Scholarly output
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Pavlovic, N., Malings, C., Huang, M., He, Y., et al. Satellite-derived air quality data can effectively support health needs when use cases, earth observing capabilities, and capacities align. revising.
Li, Y., Cheng, L., He, Y. Crop yield response to drought-pluvial volatility over the contiguous United States. revising.
Tay, W., Peter, B., He, Y., Messina, J., and Fang, P. Land change dynamics in Indonesia and the multi-decadal cycle of agricultural land conversions, urbanization, and deforestation. Under review.
Lee, E., Im, A., Kim, M., Kim, Y., He, Y., Kim, K., and Hyun, Y. Vegetation and Summer Monsoon Interactions in East Asia. Resubmitted.
Li, S., Yang, D., He, Y., Li, Y., and Liu, W. A Geospatial Foundation Model Driven Framework for Remote Sensing Spatiotemporal Fusion. Under review.
He, Y., Yang, D., Li, S., Cheng, L., and Fang, F. 2026. Enhanced Extreme Precipitation Simulation in China Using NCAR CESM Based on a Realistic Remotely-Sensed Time Series of Annual Land Cover and Land Use Data From 1982 to 2013. Earth and Space Science, 13,e2025EA004618.
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Yang, D., Tai, X., He, Y., Li, S., and Katabuchi, M. 2026. Deforestation assessment. In: Huang, X. et al. (eds) Data-Driven Earth Observation for Disaster Management. Elsevier. Book Chapter
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He, Y., Huang, M., Shahpar, S., Wei, G., Liu, X., and Wang, Z. 2026. Extreme precipitation. In: Huang, X. et al. (eds) Data-Driven Earth Observation for Disaster Management. Elsevier. Book Chapter
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Li, S., Yang, D.*, He, Y.*, Li, Y., and Liu, W. 2026. The impact of land cover change–climate interactions on ecosystem productivity in the Arctic-Boreal region. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 383, 111137. (*corresponding author)
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Im, A., Kim, S., Choi, H., He, Y., and Lee, E. 2026. Changes in Environmental and Economic Benefits Caused by Land Use Policies in China. Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 61(1), 1–21.
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Li, S., He, Y.*, Yang, D.*, Li, Y., and Liu, W. 2026. Incorporating learned geospatial embeddings to deep image prior for inpainting cloud areas in remotely sensed images. Science of Remote Sensing, 13, 100404. (*corresponding author)
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Maxwell, A., Ramezan, C., and He, Y. 2025. Supervised Learning in Remote Sensing and Geospatial Science: Theory and Practice. Elsevier. Book
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Faith, V., He, Y., Pearson, B., et al. 2025. Characterizing spatiotemporal patterns of field-scale soybean phenology in the Arkansas Delta region using multi-source remote sensing data from 2002 to 2020. Papers in Applied Geography, 1–16.
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He, Y., Yang, D., Lee, E., and Yang, A. 2025. Land Cover and Land Use Change Impacts on Temperature Extremes in China from 1982 to 2013. In: Mutanga, O. et al. (eds) Revealing Ecosystem Services Through Geospatial Technologies. Springer. Book Chapter
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Li, S., Yang, D.*, He, Y.*, Parazoo, N., and Liu, W. 2025. The Biogeophysical Impacts of Land Cover Change on Climate Extremes in the Arctic and Boreal Regions. Environmental Research Letters, 20, 084057. (*corresponding author)
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He, Q., Xu, Y., He, Y., and Connolly, M. 2025. Agriculture and conflict and cooperation over international river basins. International Studies Quarterly, 69(3).
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Liu, W., Li, S., Fan, D., Wen, Y., Madson, A., Mitchell, J., He, Y., and Yang, D. 2025. A Deep Learning Workflow for CORONA-based Historical Land Use Classifications. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.
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Liao, L., Yuan, F., He, Y., et al. 2025. Spatiotemporal disparities in maternal mortality and the role of multiscale administrative levels: a 20-year study across Chinese counties. Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1572382.
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Im, A., Lee, E., and He, Y. 2024. Detecting land cover and land use transitions and the associated temperature changes in the East Asian monsoon region. The Geographical Journal, e12590.
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Tang, Q., Zhao, Y., He, Y., Yu, Q., and Liang, T. 2024. Analysis of Aerosol Types and Vertical Distribution in Seven Typical Cities in East Asia. Atmosphere, 15(2), 195.
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He, Y., Connolly, M. H., Xu, R., Huang, X., Wang, Z., Filares-Arreguin, M., and Rhodes, C. 2023. Impacts of irrigation–climate interactions on irrigated soybean yields in the US Arkansas Delta from 2003 to 2017. Progress in Physical Geography, 0(0).
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Wang P., Tang Q., Zhu Y., He, Y., Yu Q., Liang T., and Ran Y. 2023. Coupling coordination degree of AOD and air pollutants in Shandong Province from 2015 to 2020. Atmosphere, 14(4), 654.
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Huang, X., Yang, D., He, Y., Nelson, P., et al. 2023. Land cover mapping via crowdsourced multi-directional views. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 122, 103382.
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Tay, W., and He, Y. 2023. Detecting land cover and land use change and its impact on biomass carbon emission from 2001 to 2019 in Arkansas. Biogeochemistry, 1–14.
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Fang, F., Greenlee, A.J., He, Y., and Eutsler, E. 2023. Evaluating the quality of street trees in Washington, DC: Implications for environmental justice. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 85, 127947.
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He, Y., Siminara, P., Huang, X., Yang, D., Fang, F., and Song, C. 2023. Geospatial Modeling of Health, Socioeconomic, Demographic, and Environmental Factors with COVID-19 Incidence Rate in Arkansas. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf, 12(2), 45.
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Wang, P., Tang, Q., Zhu, Y., Zheng, K., Liang, T., Yu, Q., and He, Y. 2022. Validation and Analysis of MAIAC AOD Aerosol Products in East Asia from 2011 to 2020. Remote Sensing, 14(22).
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Wang, P., Tang, Q., Zhu, Y., He, Y., Yu, Q., Liang, T., and Zheng, K. 2022. Spatial-temporal variation of AOD based on MAIAC AOD in East Asia from 2011 to 2020. Atmosphere, 13(12).
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He, Y., Chipman, J., Siegert, N., and Mankin, J. S. 2022. Rapid land cover and land use change in the Indo-Malaysian region over the last 34 years based on AVHRR NDVI data. Annals of the AAG, 1–21.
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He, Q., Meng, Q., Flatley, W., and He, Y. 2022. Agricultural aid and deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa: a causal analysis based on remote sensed data of Sierra Leone. Land, 11, 668.
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Yadav, S., Lee, E., and He, Y. 2022. Positive effects of vegetation on temperature over the Alpine Grasslands in the Western Tibetan Plateau. Earth Interactions.
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He, Y.†, Oh, J.†, Lee, E., and Kim, J. 2022. Land cover and land use mapping of the East Asian Summer Monsoon region from 1982 to 2015. Land, 11, 391. (†equal contribution)
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Yang A., Yang, J., Yang, D., Xu, R., He, Y., Aragon, A., and Qiu, H. 2021. Human Mobility to Parks under the COVID-19 Pandemic and Wildfire Seasons in the Western and Central United States. Geohealth, 5(12).
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He, Y.†, Xu, R.†, Prior, S. A., Yang, D., Yang, A., and Chen, J. 2021. Satellite-detection of ammonia changes in the United States: natural or anthropogenic impacts. Science of the Total Environment, 147899. (†equal contribution)
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Liu, J., Shen, W., and He, Y.* 2021. Effects of cropland expansion on temperature extremes in western India from 1982 to 2015. Land, 10, 489. (*corresponding author)
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You, G., Liu, B., Zou, C., Li, H., McKenzie, S., He, Y., et al. 2021. Sensitivity of vegetation dynamics to climate variability in a forest-steppe transition ecozone, north-eastern Inner Mongolia, China. Ecological Indicators, 120, 106833.
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Li, Y., Chen, Y., Wang, F., He, Y., and Li, Z. 2020. Evaluation and projection of snowfall changes in High Mountain Asia based on NASA's NEX-GDDP dataset. Environmental Research Letters, 15(10), 104040.
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You, G., Arain, M. A., Wang, S., McKenzie, S., Xu, B., He, Y., et al. 2020. Inter-annual Climate Variability and Vegetation Dynamic in the Upper Amur (Heilongjiang) River Basin. Environmental Research Communications, 2(6), 061003.
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He, Y., Lee, E., and Mankin, J. S. 2020. Seasonal tropospheric cooling in Northeast China associated with cropland expansion. Environmental Research Letters.
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Ji, X., Li, X., He, Y.*, and Liu, X. 2019. A Simple Method to Improve Estimates of County-Level Economics in China Using Nighttime Light Data. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf, 8, 419. (*corresponding author)
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Song, C.†, He, Y.†, Bo, Y., Wang, J., Ren, Z., Guo, J., and Yang, H. 2019. Disease relative risk downscaling model to localize various epidemiologic indicators for mapping hand, foot, and mouth disease over China. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 1–19. (†equal contribution)
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Gaertner, B. A., Zegre, N., Warner, T., Fernandez, R., He, Y., and Merriam, E. R. 2019. Climate, forest growing season, and evapotranspiration changes in the central Appalachian Mountains. Science of The Total Environment, 650, 1371–1381.
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Lee, E., and He, Y. 2018. Could the Enhanced Forests Reduce Summer Warming in Southern China? Journal of Climate Research, 13(4), 345–359.
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Lee, E., He, Y., and Park, Y-L. 2018. Effects of Climate Change on the Phenology of Osmia cornifrons: implications for population management. Climatic Change.
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Song, C., He, Y., Bo, Y., Wang, J., Ren, Z., and Yang, H. 2018. Risk Assessment and Mapping of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease at the County Level in Mainland China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 15, 1476.
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He, Y., Warner, T. A., McNeil, B. E., and Lee, E. 2018. Reducing Uncertainties in Applying Remotely Sensed Land Use and Land Cover Maps in Land-Atmosphere Interaction. Remote Sensing, 10, 506.
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Lee, E., He, Y., and Shanmugasundaram, J. 2017. "Geography of Monsoons." In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. New York: Oxford University Press.
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He, Y., Lee, E., and Warner, T. A. 2017. A time-series of annual land use and land cover maps of China from 1982 to 2013 generated using AVHRR GIMMS NDVI3g data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 199, 201–217.
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He, Y. and Lee, E. 2016. Empirical relationships of sea surface temperature and vegetation activity with summer rainfall variability over the Sahel. Earth Interactions, 20(6), 1–18.
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He, Y., Bo, Y., Chai, L., Liu, X., and Li, A. 2016. Linking in situ LAI and fine resolution remote sensing data to map reference LAI over cropland and grassland using geostatistical method. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 50, 26–38.
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Ahn, J. J., Son, Y., He, Y., Lee, E., and Park, Y-L. 2016. Effects of Temperature on Development and Voltinism of Chaetodactylus krombeini: Implications for Climate Change Impacts. PLoS ONE, 11(8), e0161319.
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He, Y., Bo, Y., de Jong, R., Li, A., Zhu, Y., and Cheng, J. 2015. Comparison of vegetation phenological metrics extracted from GIMMS NDVIg and MERIS MTCI datasets over China. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(1), 300–317.
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Lee, E., He, Y., Zhou, M., and Liang, J. 2015. Potential feedback of recent vegetation changes on summer rainfall in the Sahel. Physical Geography, 36(6), 449–470.
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Zhu, Y., Kang, E., Bo, Y., Tang, Q., Cheng, J., and He, Y. 2015. A Robust Fixed Rank Kriging Method for Improving the Spatial Completeness and Accuracy of Satellite SST Products. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 53(9), 5021–5035.
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Liu, X., Bo, Y., Zhang, J., and He, Y. 2015. Classification of C3 and C4 Vegetation Types Using MODIS and ETM+ Blended High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Data. Remote Sensing, 7(11), 15244–15268.
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Zheng, L., Bo, Y., and He, Y. 2015. Comparison of natural vegetation phenology developed from MODIS, CYCLOPES, and GLASS LAI data. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 30(6), 1103–1112. (Chinese with English abstract)
Li, A., Bo, Y., Zhu, Y., Guo, P., Bi, J., and He, Y. 2013. Blending multi-resolution satellite sea surface temperature products using Bayesian maximum entropy method. Remote Sensing of Environment, 135, 52–63.
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