Papers published in 2016

1.      Cao, Y., Liang, S., He, T. & Chen, X. (2016) Evaluation of Four Reanalysis Surface Albedo Data Sets in Arctic Using a Satellite Product. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 13, 384-388.

2.      Chen, X., Liang, S. & Cao, Y. (2016a) Satellite observed changes in the Northern Hemisphere snow cover phenology and the associated radiative forcing and feedback between 1982 and 2013. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 084002.

3.      Chen, X., Liang, S., Cao, Y. & He, T. (2016b) Distribution, attribution, and radiative forcing of snow cover changes over China from 1982 to 2013. Climatic Change, 137, 363-377.

4.      Cheng, J. & Liang, S. (2016) Global Estimates for High-Spatial-Resolution Clear-Sky Land Surface Upwelling Longwave Radiation From MODIS Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 4115-4129.

5.      Cheng, J., Liang, S., Verhoef, W., Shi, L. & Liu, Q. (2016) Estimating the Hemispherical Broadband Longwave Emissivity of Global Vegetated Surfaces Using a Radiative Transfer Model. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 905-917.

6.      Feng, F., Li, X.L., Yao, Y.J., Liang, S., Chen, J.Q., Zhao, X., Jia, K., Pinter, K. & McCaughey, J.H. (2016a) An Empirical Orthogonal Function-Based Algorithm for Estimating Terrestrial Latent Heat Flux from Eddy Covariance, Meteorological and Satellite Observations. Plos One, 11, 16.

7.      Feng, Y., Liu, Q., Qu, Y. & Liang, S. (2016b) Estimation of the Ocean Water Albedo From Remote Sensing and Meteorological Reanalysis Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 850-868.

8.      Huang, F., Zhou, J., Tao, J., Tan, X., Liang, S. & Cheng, J. (2016) PMODTRAN: A parallel implementation based on MODTRAN for massive remote sensing data processing. International Journal of Digital Earth, 9, 819-834.

9.      Huang, J.X., Sedano, F., Huang, Y.B., Ma, H.Y., Li, X.L., Liang, S., Tian, L.Y., Zhang, X.D., Fan, J.L. & Wu, W.B. (2016) Assimilating a synthetic Kalman filter leaf area index series into the WOFOST model to improve regional winter wheat yield estimation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 216, 188-202.

10.   Hui, F., Li, X., Zhao, T., Shokr, M., Heil, P., Zhao, J., Liu, Y., Liang, S. & Cheng, X. (2016) Semi-Automatic Mapping of Tidal Cracks in the Fast Ice Region near Zhongshan Station in East Antarctica Using Landsat-8 OLI Imagery. Remote Sensing, 8, 242.

11.   Jia, A., Jiang, B., Liang, S., Zhang, X. & Ma, H. (2016a) Validation and Spatiotemporal Analysis of CERES Surface Net Radiation Product. Remote Sensing, 8, 90.

12.   Jia, K., Liang, S., Gu, X., Baret, F., Wei, X., Wang, X., Yao, Y., Yang, L. & Li, Y. (2016b) Fractional vegetation cover estimation algorithm for Chinese GF-1 wide field view data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 177, 184-191.

13.   Jiang, B., Liang, S., Ma, H., Zhang, X., Xiao, Z., Zhao, X., Jia, K., Yao, Y. & Jia, A. (2016) GLASS Daytime All-Wave Net Radiation Product: Algorithm Development and Preliminary Validation. Remote Sensing, 8, 222.

14.   Liu, J. & Liang, S. (2016) Pan-sharpening using a guided filter. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 37, 1777-1800.

15.   Qu, Y., Liang, S., Liu, Q., Li, X., Feng, Y. & Liu, S. (2016) Estimating Arctic sea-ice shortwave albedo from MODIS data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 186, 32-46.

16.   Shi, H., Xiao, Z., Liang, S. & Zhang, X. (2016a) Consistent estimation of multiple parameters from MODIS top of atmosphere reflectance data using a coupled soil-canopy-atmosphere radiative transfer model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 40-57.

17.   Shi, L., Liang, S., Cheng, J. & Zhang, Q. (2016b) Integrating ASTER and GLASS broadband emissivity products using a multi-resolution Kalman filter. International Journal of Digital Earth, 9, 1098-1116.

18.   Tao, X., Liang, S., He, T. & Jin, H. (2016) Estimation of fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation from multiple satellite data: Model development and validation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 539-557.

19.   Wang, D. & Liang, S. (2016) Estimating high-resolution top of atmosphere albedo from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 178, 93-103.

20.   Wang, X., Jia, K., Liang, S. & Zhang, Y. (2016) Fractional Vegetation Cover Estimation Method Through Dynamic Bayesian Network Combining Radiative Transfer Model and Crop Growth Model. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 7442-7450.

21.   Xiao, Z., Liang, S., Wang, T. & Jiang, B. (2016a) Retrieval of Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (FAPAR) from VIIRS Time-Series Data. Remote Sensing, 8, 351.

22.   Xiao, Z., Wang, T., Liang, S. & Sun, R. (2016b) Estimating the Fractional Vegetation Cover from GLASS Leaf Area Index Product. Remote Sensing, 8, 337.

23.   Xiao, Z., Liang, S., Wang, J., Xiang, Y., Zhao, X. & Song, J. (2016c) Long-time-series global land surface satellite leaf area index product derived from MODIS and AVHRR surface reflectance. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 5301-5318.

24.   Yang, L., Jia, K., Liang, S., Liu, J. & Wang, X. (2016) Comparison of Four Machine Learning Methods for Generating the GLASS Fractional Vegetation Cover Product from MODIS Data. Remote Sensing, 8, 682.

25.   Yao, Y.J., Liang, S., Li, X.L., Liu, S.M., Chen, J.Q., Zhang, X.T., Jia, K., Jiang, B., Xie, X.H., Munier, S., Liu, M., Yu, J., Lindroth, A., Varlagin, A., Raschi, A., Noormets, A., Pio, C., Wohlfahrt, G., Sun, G., Domec, J.C., Montagnani, L., Lund, M., Eddy, M., Blanken, P.D., Grunwald, T., Wolf, S. & Magliulo, V. (2016) Assessment and simulation of global terrestrial latent heat flux by synthesis of CMIP5 climate models and surface eddy covariance observations. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 223, 151-167.

26.   Zhang, X., Liang, S., Wang, G., Yao, Y., Jiang, B. & Cheng, J. (2016a) Evaluation of the Reanalysis Surface Incident Shortwave Radiation Products from NCEP, ECMWF, GSFC, and JMA Using Satellite and Surface Observations. Remote Sensing, 8, 225.

27.   Zhang, X., Liang, S., Song, Z., Niu, H., Wang, G., Tang, W., Chen, Z. & Jiang, B. (2016b) Local Adaptive Calibration of the Satellite-Derived Surface Incident Shortwave Radiation Product Using Smoothing Spline. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54, 1156-1169.

28.   Zhou, Y., Wang, D., Liang, S., Yu, Y. & He, T. (2016) Assessment of the Suomi NPP VIIRS Land Surface Albedo Data Using Station Measurements and High-Resolution Albedo Maps. Remote Sensing, 8, 137.