Publication

Last update: Nov 3, 2021

47.  Meyarian A+, Yuan XH, Liang L, Wang WC, Gu LC. (2022) Gradient convolutional neural network for classification of agricultural fields with contour levee. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 43(1):75-94.

48.  Liang L, Meyarian A+, Yuan XH, Runkle B.R.K., Mihaila G+, Qin YC, Daniels J+, Reba ML, Rigby JR. (2021) The First Fine-Resolution Mapping of Contour Levee Irrigation Using Deep Bi-Stream Convolutional Neural Networks. International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation. 105:102631.    

47. Meyarian A+, Yuan XY, Liang L, Qiao ZN, Guo X. (2021) Contour levee classification using a two-stream convolutional neural network. In International Conference on Urban Intelligence and Applications. Accepted.

46.   Liang L. (2021). Calibrating low-cost sensors for ambient air monitoring: techniques, trends, and challenges. Environmental Research. p.111163.

45.    Liang L*, Gong P. (2020). Urban and air pollution: a multi-city study of long-term effects of urban landscape patterns on air quality trends. Scientific Reprots. 10(1), 1-13.

44.    Hart R+, Liang L*, Dong PL. (2020) Monitoring, mapping, and modeling spatial–temporal patterns of PM2.5 for improved understanding of air pollution dynamics using portable sensing technologies. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. (No distinction between first and second authors). 17(14), 4914.

43. Sapkota B+, Liang L*. (2020) High resolution mapping of ash (Fraxinus spp.) in bottomland hardwoods to slow emerald ash borer infection. Science of Remote Sensing. 100004.

42.    Huang HB, Wang J, Liu CX, Liang L, Li CC, Gong P. (2020) The migration of training samples towards dynamic global land cover mapping. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 161: 27-36. 

41.     Jia PF*, Liang L*, Tian XY, Chen J, Chen X. (2019) Potential effects of heat waves on the population dynamics of the dengue mosquito Aedes albopictus. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 13(7): e0007528. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0007528 (equal contribution)

40.     Liang L, Gong P, Cong N, Li ZC, Zhao Y, Chen Y. (2019) Assessment of personal exposure to particulate air pollution: the first result of City Health Outlook (CHO) project. BMC Public Health. 19(1), 711.

39.     Wang BJ, Liang L, Hui FM, Cheng X, Gong P, Chen ZQ, Huang HB. (2019) Spatiotemporal changes of the Chinese coastlines: Landsat imagery from 1975 to 2015. Journal of Beijing Normal University (Natural Science). 55(1): 83-100.  

38.     Liang L, Runkle B, Sapkota B, Reba L. (2019) Automated mapping of rice fields using multi-year training sample normalization. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 40(18): 7252-7271

37.     Li XC, Zhou YY, Zhu ZY, Liang L, et al., (2018) Mapping annual urban dynamics (1985–2015) using time series of Landsat data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 216: 674-683

36.     Yang J, …Liang L, et al., (2018) The Tsinghua-Lancet commission on healthy cities in china: unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China. The Lancet. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(18)30486-0

35.     Watts N, Amann M, Ayeb-Karlsson S, ..., Liang L, et al., (2018). The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. The Lancet. 391(10120): 581-630. 

34.     Sapkota B+, Liang L*. (2017) A multi-step approach to classify full canopy and leafless trees in bottomland hardwoods using very high resolution image. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. DOI: 10. 1080/10549811.2017.1409637.

33.     Watts N, Ayeb-Kalsson S, Belesova K, …, Liang L, et al., (2017) The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health. The Lancet. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32464-9.

32.     Li XC, Lu H, Zhou YY, Hu TY, Liang L. Liu XP, Hu GH, Yu L. (2017) Exploring the performance of spatio-temporal assimilation in an urban cellular automata model. International Journal of Geographical Information Science. Doi:10.1080/13658816.2017.1357821

31.     Liang L*, Gong P. (2017) Climate change and human infectious diseases: a synthesis of research findings from global and spatio-temporal perspective. Environment International. 103: 99-108.

30.     Liang L*, Li XC, Huang YB, Qin YC, Huang HB. (2017) Integrating remote sensing, GIS and dynamic models for landscape-level simulation of forest insect disturbance. Ecological Modeling. 354:1-10.

29.     Runkle B, Rigby JR, Reba ML, …Liang L, et al. (2017) Delta-Flux: an eddy covariance network for a climate-smart Lower Mississippi Basin. Agricultural & Environmental Letters. Doi: 10.2134/ael2017.01.0003.  

28.   Reynolds R+, Liang L*, Li XC, Dennis J. (2017) Monitoring annual urban changes in a rapidly growing portion of Northwest Arkansas with a 20-year Landsat record. Remote Sensing. 9(1):71.

27.   Watts N, Adger N, Ayeb-Karlsson, … Liang L, et al. (2016) The Lancet countdown: tracking progress on health and climate change. Lancet. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32124-9.

26.   Liang L*, Hawbaker T, Zhu ZL, Li XC, Gong P. (2016) Forest disturbance interactions and successional pathways in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Forest Ecology and Management. 375: 35-45.

25.   Gong P, Yu L, Li CC, Wang J, Liang L, Li XC, et al. (2016) A new research paradigm for global land cover mapping. Annals of GIS. DOI:10.1080/19475683.2016.1164247

24.   Li XY, Clinton N, Si YL, Liao JS, Liang L, Gong P. (2015) Projected impacts of climate change on protected bird and nature reserves in China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 10.1007/s11434-015-0892-y

23.   Li XC, Gong P, Liang L. (2015) A 30 year (1984-2013) record of annual impervious surface dynamics of Beijing City derived from Landsat Data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 116(1): 78-90. 

22.   Watts N, Adger N, Agnolucci P, … Liang L, et al. (2015) Health and climate change: policy responses to protect public health. Lancet. 386 (10006), 1861-1914. (authors listed alphabetically)

21.   Fang LQ, Goeijenbier M, Zuo SQ, … Liang L, et al. (2015) The association between hantavirus infection and selenium deficiency in mainland China. Viruses, 7(1):333-51. doi: 10.3390/v7010333.

20.   Liang L, Gong P. (2015) Evaluation of global land cover maps for cropland area estimation in the conterminous United States. International Journal of Digital Earth, 8(2): 100-115. 

19.   Liang L, Hawbaker T, Chen YL, Zhu ZL, Gong P. (2014) Characterizing recent and projecting future potential patterns of mountain pine beetle outbreaks in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Applied Geography, 55: 165-175. 

18.   Liang L, Liu Y, Liao JS, Gong P. (2014) Wetlands explain most in the genetic divergence pattern of Oncomelania hupensis. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 27: 436-444. 

17.   Shangguan W, Gong P, Liang L, Dai YJ, Zhang KL. (2014) Soil diversity as affected by land use in China: consequences for soil protection. The Scientific World Journal. 913852, DOI:10.1155/2014/913852. 

16.   Liang L, Chen YL, Hawbaker T, Zhu ZL, Gong P. (2014) Mapping mountain pine beetle infestation through growth trend analysis of time-series Landsat data. Remote Sensing, 6(6): 5696-5716.  

15.   Yu L, Liang L, Wang J, Zhao YY, et al. (2014) Meta-Discoveries from a synthesis of satellite-based land cover mapping research. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(13): 4573-4588.

14.   Shangguan W, Dai YJ, Liu BY,… Liang L, et al. (2013) A China data set of soil properties for land surface modeling, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 5, 212-224. 

13.   Gong P, Wang J, Yu L, Zhao YC, Zhao YY, Liang L, et al. (2013) Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: first mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34(7): 2607-2654. 

12.   Li XY, Liang L, Gong P, et al. (2012) Bird watching in China reveals bird distribution changes. Chinese Science Bulletin, 58(6): 649-656. 

11.   Wang L, CC Li, Q Ying, X Cheng, XY Wang, XY Li, Hu LY, Liang L, et al. (2012) China’s urban expansion from 1990 to 2010 determined with satellite remote sensing. Chinese Science Bulletin, 57(22): 2802-2812.

10.   Gong P, Zhang H, Zhang HY, Liang L, Wang L. (2011) Mapping tsunami damaged area caused by the magnitude 9.0 Japan earthquake using China's HJ-1 satellite imagery. Journal of Remote Sensing, 15(4): 863-865. (journal cover paper) 

9.   Gong P, Liang L, Zhang Q. (2011) China must reduce fertilizer use too. Nature, 473: 284-285.

8.   Gong P, Zhao YC, Yu L, Liang L. (2011) Development of an integrated software platform for global mapping and analysis. Geomatics world. 4(2): 34-37. 

7.   Liang L, Xu B, Chen Y, Liu Y, Cao W, et al. (2010) Combining spatial-temporal and phylogenetic analysis approaches for improved understanding on global H5N1 transmission. PLoS ONE, 5(10): e13575. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013575 

6.   Liang L, Gong P. (2010) An assessment of MODIS Collection 5 global land cover product for biological     conservation studies. Geoinformatics. 1-6. 

5.   Guo JH, Liang L, Gong P. (2010) Removing shadows from Google Earth images. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(6): 1379-1389.

4.   Hui FM, Xu B, Chen ZW, Cheng X, Liang L, et al. (2009) Spatio-temporal distribution of malaria in Yunnan province, China. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 81(3): 503-509. 

3.   Niu ZG, Gong P, Cheng X, Guo JH, Wang L, Huang HB, Shen SQ, Wu YZ, Wang XF, Wang XW, Ying Q, Liang L, et al. (2009) Geographical characteristics of China's wetlands derived from remotely sensed data. Science in China: Earth Science, 52(6): 723-738. 

2.   Gong P, Niu ZG, Cheng X, Zhao KY, Zhou DM, Guo JH, Liang L, et al. (2010) China's wetland change (1990-2000) determined by remote sensing, Science in China: Earth Science, 53(7): 1036-1042. 

1.   Sun R, Liang L, Yang L. (2007) Estimation of daily solar radiation in China based on weather station data. Meteorological and Environmental Sciences, 30(1): 24-27.