Peer-reviewed Journal Papers
Books
Its Chinese version has been published by High Education Press, 2013 (see its cover), (More information available here).
The expanded version in Chinese was published by High Education Press, Beijing, ISBN#: 9787040403299 , 203 pages , July 2014 (see its cover), (More information available here).
Book Series EditedLiang, S., (Editor-in-Chief), Comprehensive Remote Sensing, nine volumes, Elsevier, Nov. 2017, ISBN: 978-0-12-803221-3, 1st edition; 2nd edition (2025), ISBN: 9780443132209
Edited Special Issues Zhang, X. P., et al., (guest editors), Artificial Intelligence for Smart Agriculture, IEEE Journal pf Special Topics on Signal Processing, 2026.
Zhang, H., G. Camps-Valls, S. Liang, G. Tuia, Z. Zhu (Guest editors), special issue “Advancing deep learning for time series analysis”, Remote Sensing of Environment, March, 2025.
Roujean, J.-L., Liang, S., & He, T. (Guest Editors), Special Issue: Remotely Sensed Albedo . Remote Sensing, 2019
Liang, S., Q. Liu, G. Yan, J. Shi, and J. Kerekes (Guest Editors), special issues Recent Progress in Quantitative Land Remote Sensing: Modeling and Estimation, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 2019
Liang, S., J. Shi, and G. Yan (Guest Editors), special issues on the Quantitative Remote Sensing in China in Memory of Prof. Xiaowen Li, Remote Sensing, 2018
Liang, S., A. Li, and J. Shi, (Guest Editors), special issue of the International Journal of Digital Earth, vol. 6, suppl 1, Dec. 2013.
Liang, S., W. Kustas, G. Schaepman, and X. Li, (Guest Editors), special issue of the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Sept. 2010.
Liang, S., J. Liu, and X. Li, (guest editors), special issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Oct. 2007.
Liang, S., J. Liu, X. Li, R. Liu, and M. Schaepman, (guest editors), special issue of Journal of Remote Sensing ,Sept. 2007.
Morisette, J., F. Baret, &
S. Liang, (guest editors), Global Land Product Validation, special issue of IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing,44(7):1695-1937, July, 2006.
Liang, S., J. Liu, X. Li, R. Liu, & M. Schaepman, (editors), Proceedings of the 9th International of Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS),, Oct. 17-19, 2005, Beijing, China, 845pp, ISSN 1682-1750, 2005.
Liang, S. & A. Strahler, (guest editors), Land surface
bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF): Recent advances and
future prospects, special issue of Remote Sensing Reviews, 18:83-511, 2000.
Book Chapters
Cao, Y., Ren, B., Tian, J., & Liang, S. (2026). The GLASS global annual 500m vegetation productivity phenology product from 2000 to 2020. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 435-442). Elsevier.
Chen, Y., Liang, S., & Liu, J. (2026). A 20m paddy rice cropping intensity, intercropping status, and cropping calendar product from 2018–2021 over Monsoon Asia. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 859-863). Elsevier.
Cui, D., & Liang, S. (2026). Global 1 km Köppen-Geiger climate zone products from 1979–2099. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 955-969). Elsevier.
Fang, H., & Liang, S. (2026). Annual 30 m rice cover product for Monsoon Asia from 2018 to 2023. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 917-923). Elsevier.
Jia, A., Liang, S., & Wang, D. (2026). GHA-LST: Global hourly, 5 km, and all-sky land surface temperature product. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 101-107). Elsevier.
Jia, K., Tao, G., Zhao, L., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS fractional vegetation cover (FVC) products. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 273-276). Elsevier.
Jiang, B., Yin, X., & Liang, S. (2026). Three GLASS/Hi-GLASS net radiation products. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 123-132). Elsevier.
Li, B., Ma, H., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS all-weather land surface temperature product from MODIS data. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 109-116). Elsevier.
Li, W., & Liang, S. (2026). AsiaWheat: A 250 m annual Asian fractional wheat cover product from 2001 to 2023. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 911-915). Elsevier.
Liu, X., Ma, H., Liang, S., Li, B., & He, T. (2026). A 30m annual Fractional Forest Cover product over China’s three-North region from 1996 to 2020. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 311-316). Elsevier.
Liu, Q., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS surface albedo. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 39-46). Elsevier.
Liang, H., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS 1 km daily sensible heat flux and land surface—air temperature difference products from 2000–2020. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 141-145). Elsevier.
Ma, H., & Liang, S. (2026). The 250m, 8-day GLASS LAI product. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 209-212). Elsevier.
Ma, H., Xiong, C., & Liang, S. (2026). The 250, 8-day GLASS vegetation index products. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 417-419). Elsevier.
Ma, H., Wang, Q., & Liang, S. (2026). The 20m, 5-day Hi-GLASS LAI/FAPAR products. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 189-194). Elsevier.
Shi, W., Zhao, X., Wang, Q., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS 250 m 8-day fractional forest cover Product (2000–24). In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 305-310). Elsevier.
Wang, D., & Liang, S. (2026). NOAA VIIRS daily gap-free land surface albedo product. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 47-53). Elsevier.
Wang, D., & Liang, S. (2026). MCD18 and GeoNEX downward shortwave radiation and PAR products. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 13-20). Elsevier.
Xu, J., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS thermal radiation products from AVHRR data. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 69-75). Elsevier.
Xu, J., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS-MODIS-SRF-j: A global instantaneous and daily 1 km product suite of surface radiative fluxes jointly retrieved from MODIS data from 2000 to 2023. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 85-92). Elsevier.
Yao, Y., Liang, S., & Xie, Z. (2026). GLASS MODIS (1 km, 2000–2020) and AVHRR (0.05°, 1981–2020) 8-day ET products. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 645-649). Elsevier.
Yao, Y., Liang, S., & Xie, Z. (2026). Hi-GLASS ET product. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 651-653). Elsevier.
Yuan, W., Zheng, Y., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS 8-day 500 m/0.05 degrees vegetation gross primary production (GPP) products from MODIS (2000–24) and AVHRR (1982–2018) data. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 393-401). Elsevier.
Zhang, X., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS downward shortwave radiation product. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 5-11). Elsevier.
Zhang, Y., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS annual high-resolution long-term forest aboveground biomass product. In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 363-367). Elsevier.
Zhang, Y., & Liang, S. (2026). GLASS-AVHRR 5 km seamless soil moisture product (1982–2021). In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 635-641). Elsevier.
Zhang, Y., Liang, S., & Zhao, X. (2026). GLASS 1 km daily soil moisture product (2000–2020). In Handbook of Satellite Land Products (pp. 577-583). Elsevier.
Ma, H., S. Liang, (2026), A Data Assimilation-Based Approach for Estimating Land Surface Variables, in Remote Sensing Data Processing and Analysis Methodology, vol. 2, Comprehensive Remote Sensing, 178-200.
Liang, S., et al., (2026), A Brief Review of Statistical and Machine Learning Integration Methods for Multiple High-Level Satellite Land Products, in Remote Sensing Data Processing and Analysis Methodology, vol. 2, Comprehensive Remote Sensing, 201-241.
Xu, J., S. Liang, (2026), Remote Sen, in sing of Earth's Energy Budget: An Overview of Recent Progress, in Remote Sensing of Earth Energy Budget, Vol., 5, Comprehensive Remote Sensing, 1-64.
Zhan, C., & Liang, S. (2026). 5.05 - Estimating TOA Reflected Shortwave and Outgoing Longwave Radiative Fluxes From Multispectral Satellite Data. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (pp. 148-159). Oxford: Elsevier.
Zhang, X., & Liang, S. (2026). 5.06 - Surface Incident Shortwave Radiation. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (pp. 160-187). Oxford: Elsevier.
Xu, J., & Liang, S. (2026). 5.11 - Deep Learning Methods for Producing the GLASS-AVHRR Surface Longwave Radiation Products. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (pp. 273-290). Oxford: Elsevier.
Zhou, S., Cheng, J., & Liang, S. (2026). 5.13 - Land Surface Emissivity. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing (Second Edition) (pp. 320-370). Oxford: Elsevier.
Wu, J., Chen, B., Reynolds, G., Xie, J., Liang, S., O'Brien, M. J., & Hector, A. (2020). Chapter Three - Monitoring tropical forest degradation and restoration with satellite remote sensing: A test using Sabah Biodiversity Experiment. In A. J. Dumbrell, E. C. Turner, & T. M. Fayle (Eds.), Advances in Ecological Research Vol. 62, 117-146: Academic Press.
Liang, S., J. Wang, B. Jiang, (2019), A Systematic View of Remote Sensing, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S .and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 1, 1-60, Academic Press/Elsevier.
Zhao, X., X. Zhang, X. Tian, H. Wang, Q. Liu, S. Liang, (2019), Atmospheric Correction of Optical Imagery, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 4, 132-157, Academic Press/Elsevier
Zhang, X., S. Liang, (2019), Solar radiation, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 5, 158-194, Academic Press/Elsevier
Cheng, J., S. Liang, X. Meng, Q. Zhang, S. Zhou, (2019), Land surface temperature and thermal infrared emissivity, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 7, 251-297, Academic Press/Elsevier
J. Cheng, W. Wang, S. Liang, F. Yang, S. Zhou, (2019), Surface longwave radiation budget, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 8, 298-349, Academic Press/Elsevier
Ni, W., Y. Pang, Z, Zhang, W. Sun, S. Liang, E. Chen, G. Sun, (2019), Above-ground Biomass, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 14, 544-581, Academic Press/Elsevier
Liang, S., B. Jiang, T. He, and X. Zhu, (2019), Estimation of Soil Moisture, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 18, 589-614, Academic Press/Elsevier
Zhu, X., Liang, S.,(2019), Urbanization: monitoring and impact assessment, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 23, 834-871, Academic Press/Elsevier
Zhu, X., S. Liang, (2019), Remote Sensing Applications in Agriculture, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 24, 872-915, Academic Press/Elsevier
Jiang, B., S. Liang, Forest Cover Changes: Mapping and Climatic Impact Assessment, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, 2nd Edition, Liang, S. and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 25, 916-952, Academic Press/Elsevier
Liang, S., (2017). Remote Sensing of Earth s Energy Budget: An Overview of the Recent Progress. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing Vol. 5 Earth's Energy Budget, 1-31, Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Liang, S., Wang, D., Cheng, J., He, T., Tao, X., Yao, Y., & Zhang, X. (2017). Methodologies for integrating multiple high-level remotely sensed land products. In M.M. Crawford (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing Vol. 2 Remote sensing data processing and analysis methodology, 278-317, Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Xiao, Z., & Liang, S., (2017). A data assimilation based approach for estimating land surface variables. In M.M. Crawford (Ed.), Remote Sensing Vol. 2 Remote sensing data processing and analysis methodology, 244-277, Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Cheng, J., Liang, S., & Wang, W. (2017). Surface downward longwave radiation. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing Vol. 5 Earth's Energy Budget, 196-216, Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Zhang, X., Liang, S., & Wang, G. (2017). Surface Incident Shortwave Radiation. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing Vol. 5 Earth's Energy Budget, 114-139, Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Cheng, J., & Liang, S. (2017). Land Surface Emissivity. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing Vol. 5 Earth's Energy Budget, 217-263, Oxford, UK: Elsevier
Jiang, B., & Liang, S., (2017). Land Surface Net Radiation. In S. Liang (Ed.), Comprehensive Remote Sensing Vol. 5 Earth's Energy Budget, 304-331, Oxford, UK: Elsevier
He, T., and S. Liang, (2016), Temporal analysis of remotely sensed land surface shortwave albedo, in Multi-temporal remote sensing: method and applications, Y. Ban (ed.), Chapter 13, 255-275, Springer
Radhakrishnan, J., S.
Liang, J. R. Teasdale and C. J. Shuey, (2002),
Remote sensing of weed canopies. In From
laboratory spectroscopy to remotely sensed spectra of terrestrial ecosystems,
ed. by R. S. Muttiah, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 175-202.
Liang, S., (2004),
Canopy and soil radiative transfer modeling, in Reflection properties of
vegetation canopy and soil with a
BRDF database, (ISBN 3-89685-565-4), ed. by M. Scholarmark, Wissenschaft und Technik Verlag, 71-78.
Liang, S. and H. Fang, (2004), Applications of multiangle measurements,
in Reflection properties of vegetation
canopy and soil with a BRDF database, (ISBN 3-89685-565-4), ed. by M. Scholarmark,
Wissenschaft und Technik Verlag, 243-258.
Liang, S. (2008), Recent advances in land remote
sensing: an overview. In Liang, S., editor, Advances
in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and applications:
Springer, pp. 1-6.
Sun, W., & S. Liang, (2008), Methodologies
for mapping plant functional types. In S. Liang (Ed.), Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and
Application, Springer, pp. 369-393.
Liang, S. and Qin, J., (2008), Data
assimilation methods for land surface variable estimation. In Liang, S.,
editor, Advances in Land Remote Sensing:
System, Modeling, Inversion and applications: Springer, pp. 319-339.
Liang, S., M. Schaepman, T. Jackson, D. Jupp, X. Li, J. Liu, R. Liu, A. Strahler, J. Townshend, and D. Wickland, (2008),Emerging issues in land remote sensing, Chapter 19,
In Liang, S.,
editor, Advances in Land Remote Sensing:
System, Modeling, Inversion and applications: Springer, pp. 485-494.
Liang, S., M. Schaepman, and M. Kneubuhler, (2008), Remote Sensing Signatures: Measurements,
Modeling and Applications, in Advances in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing
and Spatial Information Science: 2008 ISPRS Congress Book, ed. by Li, Z., J. Chen and M.
Baltsavias, Chapter 10, CRC Press / Balkema,127-143.
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Fang, H., & S. Liang, (2008), Ecological models: Leaf area index, in Encyclopedia Ecology, ed. by Sven Erik Jorgensen and Brian D. Fath (Ed.), Vol. 3, 2139-2148, Oxford:Elsevier.
Liang, S., (2009),
Quantitative Models and Inversion in Remote Sensing. In Warner, T. A., M. D. Nellis,
G. Foody, Editors, Handbook of Remote Sensing, Chapter 20, 282-296,Sage Publication.
Liang , S. , K. Wang, W. Wang, D. Wang, S. Gui, X. Zhang, J. Mirmelstein, X. Zhu, H. Kim, J. Du, S. Running, J. Townshend, S. Tsay, R. Wolf, C. Schaaf, & A. Strahler, (2009),
Mapping High-Resolution Land Surface Radiative Fluxes from MODIS: Algorithms and Preliminary Validation Results,
in Geospatial Technology for Earth Observation, D. Li, J. Shan, and J. Gong, (Ed.), Springer, Chapter 6, pp. 141-176
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Liang, S. , R. Liu, J. Qin, W. Sun, K. Wang, and J. Yang, (2009), Remote sensing observations and inversion of land parameters for supporting ecosystem model simulation, in Human Activities and Ecosystem Dynamics.
Yu, G. et al. (Ed.), Higher Education Press, Beijing (in Chinese), Chapter 4, pp. 121-156.
Cheng, J., and S. Liang, (2011), Radiative Transfer Modeling, in Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers,V. P. Singh, P. Singh, U. K. Haritashya (eds.), 903-913 Springer
Liang, S., J. Wang, B. Jiang, (2012), A Systematic View of Remote Sensing, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, Liang, S., X. Li, and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 1, 1-31, Academic Press.
Zhang, X., S. Liang, G. Zhou, H. Wu, (2012), Estimation of incident solar radiation, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, Liang, S., X. Li, and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 6, 127-173, Academic Press,
Zhao, X., X. Zhang, S. Liang, (2012), Atmospheric Correction of Optical Imagery, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, Liang, S., X. Li, and J. Wang J. Wang (eds), Chapter 5, 111-126, Academic Press
Sun, G., W. Sun, S. Liang, Z. Zhang, E. Chen, (2012), Above-ground Biomass, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, Liang, S., X. Li, and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 15, 467-499, Academic Press
Liang, S., B. Jiang, T. He, and X. Zhu, (2012), Estimation of Soil Moisture, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, Liang, S., X. Li, and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 19, 589-614, Academic Press
Zhu, X., Liang, S., B. Jiang, (2012), Land Cover and Land Use Changes, in Advanced Remote Sensing: Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications, Liang, S., X. Li, and J. Wang (eds), Chapter 24, 703-772, Academic Press
Liang, S., T. He, X. Zhang, J. Cheng, and D. Wang, (2013),Remote sensing of Earth surface radiation budget,
in Remote Sensing of Land Surface Turbulent Fluxes and Soil Surface moisture Content: State of the Art, George P. Petropoulos (Ed.),
125-165, CRC Press
Yao, Y., S. Liang, T. Xu, (2013), Remote sensing data products for land surface data assimilation system application,
in Land Surface Observation, Modeling and Data Assimilation, S. Liang, X. Li, andX. Xie (Ed.), World Scientific, 1-43
Fang, H., S.Liang, G. Hoogenboom, (2013), Assimilation of remote sensing data and crop simulation models for agricultural study: Recent Advances and Future Directions,
in Land Surface Observation, Modeling and Data Assimilation, S. Liang, X. Li, andX. Xie (Ed.), World Scientific, 405-439
Schaepman, M.E., Liang, S., Groot, N.E., Kneubühler, M., (Editors), (2007), Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Spectral Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS'07), March 12-14, 2007, Intl. Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Vol. XXXVI, Part 7/C50, ISPRS, Davos (CH), 620pp, ISSN 1682-1777. Liang, S., J. Liu, X. Li, R. Liu, and M. Schaepman, (Editors), Proceedings of the 9th International of Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS), Oct. 17-19, 2005, Beijing, China, two volumes, 845pp, ISSN 1682-1750.
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