Peer-Reviewed Publications (*Corresponding Author)  

1. Zhu, Y.*, Myint, S., Schaffer-Smith, D., Tong, D., Zhou, Y., Li, Y., Muenich, R. Rising environmental inequalities and their relationship to racial and socioeconomic disparities in the US Southwest. Environmental Science & Technology. 2025. 

2. Zhu, Y.*, Murugesan, S., Masara, I., Myint, S., Fisher, J. Examining wildfire dynamics using ECOSTRESS data with machine learning approaches: The case of South-Eastern Australia’s black summer. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 2025. 

3. Zhu, Y., Myint, S., Cao, J., Liu, K., Zeng, M., Diao, C. Evaluating time-series vegetation indices from Zhuhai-1 hyperspectral images for detecting a rapidly spreading invasive species - Spartina alterniflora. Ecological Informatics. 2025. 

4. Zhu, Y.*, Myint, S., Chen, J., Fan, P., Seto, K., Jain, A., Qi, J., Wang, J. Thermal changes along the urban-rural continuums in Southeast Asia. Environmental Research Letters. 2025. 

5. Xia, Y., Liu, K., Zhu, Y., Wen, X., Cao, J. Tracking Mangrove Disturbance Over 30 Years in Myanmar: Patterns, Severity, and Drivers. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2025. 

6. Heidari, B., Myint, S., Zhu, Y. Examining Environmental Stress Changes in Response to Climate Change and Land Use Dynamics in the Colorado River Basin over the Past Two Decades. Sustainable Futures. 2025. 

7. Xiang, Z., Liu, K., Yu, C., Cao, J., Fang, M., Deng, H., Zhu, Y. Individual-level tree crown delineation of Sonneratia apetala in UAV imagery using an improved Mask2Former model. Forest Ecology and Management. 2025. 

8. Chao, F., Prothan, M., Zhu, Y., Shi, D., Two Decades of Urban Transformation and Heat Dynamics in a Desert Metropolis: Linking Land Cover, Demographics, and Surface Temperature. Land. 2025. 

9. Zhu, Y., Myint, S., Liu, K., Liu, L., Cao, J. Integration of UAV LiDAR and Worldview-2 Images for Modeling Mangrove Aboveground Biomass with GA-ANN Wrapper. Ecological Processes. 2024. 

10. Liu, K., Zhu, Y.*, Dang, X., Myint, S. W., Liu, L., Cao, J. Examining spatial dynamics and interactions of planted alien, native, and invasive alien species in China’s largest artificial mangrove forest. Forest Ecology and Management. 2024. 

11. Zhu, Y., Myint, S., Feng, Li, Y. An Innovative Scheme to Confront the Trade-Off Between Water Conservation and Heat Alleviation with Environmental Justice for Urban Sustainability: The Case of Phoenix, Arizona. AGU Advances. 2023. (Featured as an Editor’s Highlight, an honor given to fewer than 2 percent of all AGU papers) 

12. Zhu, Y., Myint, S., Schaffer-Smith, D., Muenich, R., Tong, D, Li, Y. Formulating operational mitigation options and examining intra-urban social inequality using evidence-based urban warming effects. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 2022. 

13. Zhu, Y., Myint, S.W., Schaffer-Smith, D., Sauchyn, D.J., Xu, X., Piwowar, J.M., Li, Y. Examining ground and surface water changes in response to environmental variables, land use dynamics, and socioeconomic changes in Canada. Journal of Environmental Management. 2022. 

14. Li, Y., Schaffer-Smith, D., Myint, S.W. and Zhu, Y. Monitoring ecological and environmental stress patterns over the past two decades in the Mekong River basin. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 2022, 59(1): 1817-1836. 

15. Zhou, J., Zhou, W., Zhou, Q., Zhu, Y.*, Xie, F., Liang, S., Hu, Y., The Impact of Multiple Pond Conditions on the Performance of Dike-Pond Extraction. Fishes. 2022, 7(4). 

16. Cao, J., Liu, K., Zhuo, L., Liu, L., Zhu, Y., Peng, L. Combining UAV-based hyperspectral and LiDAR data for mangrove species classification using the rotation forest algorithm. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 2021, 102, 102414.  

17. Zhu, Y., Liu, K., Myint, S., Du Z., Li, Y., Cao, J., Liu, L., Wu, Z. Integration of GF2 optical, GF3 SAR, and UAV data for estimating aboveground biomass of China’s largest artificially planted mangroves. Remote Sensing. 2020, 12(12), 2039. 

18. Zhu, Y., Liu, K., Liu, L., Myint, S., Wang, S., Cao, J., Wu, Z. Estimating and mapping mangrove biomass dynamic changes using WorldView-2 images and digital surface models. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 2020, 13, 2123-2134 

19. Yu, C., Feng, J., Liu, K., Wang, G., Zhu, Y., Chen, H., Guan, D. Changes of ecosystem carbon stock following the plantation of exotic mangrove Sonneratia apetala in Qi'ao Island, China. Science of The Total Environment. 2020. 

20. Peng, L., Liu, K., Cao, J., Zhu, Y., Li, F., Liu, L. Combining GF-2 and RapidEye satellite data for mapping mangrove species using ensemble machine-learning methods. International Journal of Remote Sensing 2020, 41, 813-838. 

21. Cao, J., Liu, K., Liu, L., Zhu, Y., Li, J., He, Z. Identifying mangrove species using field close-range snapshot hyperspectral imaging and machine-learning techniques. Remote Sensing 2018, 10, 2047. 

22. Cao, J., Leng, W., Liu, K., Liu, L., He, Z., Zhu, Y. Object-based mangrove species classification using unmanned aerial vehicle hyperspectral images and digital surface models. Remote Sensing 2018, 10, 89. (The highly cited paper) 

23. Zhu, Y., Liu, K., Liu, L., Myint, S., Wang, S., Liu, H., He, Z. Exploring the potential of worldview-2 red-edge band-based vegetation indices for estimation of mangrove leaf area index with machine learning algorithms [J]. Remote Sensing. 2017, 9 (10), 1060. 

24. Zhu, Y., Liu, K., Liu, L., Wang, S., Liu, H. Retrieval of mangrove aboveground biomass at the individual species level with WorldView-2 images. Remote Sensing. 2015, 7 (9): 12192-12214. 

Manuscripts Under Review and In Preparation 

25. Wang, J., Chena, J., Fan, P., Myint, S., Liu, Z., Qia, J., Jain, A., Seto, K., Zhu, Y. Asymmetric Urban-Rural Continuums of Southeast Asian Cities. (Major revision in Environmental Research Letters) 

26. Liu, Y., Liu, K., Cao, J., Wen, X., Zhu, Y., Wang, Xina. Exploring fine-scale mangrove phenology along the coast of China using calibrated SuperDove time series. (Under review in Ocean and Coastal Management) 

27. Hou, H., Longyang, Q., Wang, Z., Fan, S., Xu, T., Zeng, R., Albertson, J., Zhu, Y., Dong, G., Zhou, W. Attribution of urban thermal environment in the contiguous United States by machine learning. (Under review in Sustainable Cities and Society) 

28. Wang, F., Zhao, W., Xua, Y., He, Y., Chih, Y., Zhu, Y. The Impact of Digital Economy on Carbon Emission Mitigation via Urban Functional Spatial Restructuring. (Under review in Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies) 

29. Zhu, Y.*, Myint, S., Gu, X., Tong, D., Chao, F., Li, Y. Rising Aerosol Burdens in a Warming Desert: Hydroclimatic Linkages and Environmental Exposure Disparities. (Manuscript in preparation for submission to Earth’s Future) 

30. Liu, K., Wen, X., Wang, Z., Zhu, Y.*, Cao, J., Xia, Y. Monitoring Two Decades of Mangrove Biomass Dynamics in the South China Sea Region and Its Carbon Implications. (Manuscript in preparation for International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation) 

31. Gu, X., Han, S., Myint, S., Cho, E., Zhu, Y., Lee, L., Roy, L., Kim, J. Understanding Dynamic Mobility Patterns of Diverse Social Groups under Extreme Heat Conditions. ((Manuscript in preparation for Computational Urban Science) 

32. Heidari, B., Myint, S., Zhu, Y. Integrating GEDI and SRTM to Track Water Volume Changes in the Colorado River Basin: Climate Linkages Over the Past 20 Years. (Manuscript in preparation for submission to Water Research) 

33. Mahmud, M., Myint, S., Zhu, Y., Han, S., Cho, E. Examining the Recent Outrageous Wildfire in Los Angeles. (Manuscript in preparation for submission to International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation) 

Conference Proceedings (peer-reviewed) 

34. Gu, X., Han, S. Y., Myint, S. W., Cho, E., Zhu, Y., Kim, J. Exploring Dynamic Human Mobility of Diverse Social Groups Under Heat Conditions: A Simulation-Based Approach. I-GUIDE Forum 2025: Geospatial AI and Innovation for Sustainability Solutions. 2025. 

35. Du, Y., Liu, L., Feng, G., Peng, X., Liang, H., Zhu, Y. Time-Series Landslide Monitoring Based on Stamps-Sbas: A Case Study in Lushan, Taiwan. In Proceedings of IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 28 July-2 Aug. 2019, pp. 9622-9625. 

36. Deng, C., Li, L., He, Z., Li, J., Zhu, Y. Monte Carlo Non-Local Means Method for Hyperspectral Image Denoising. IGARSS 2018-2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2018. 4772-4775. 

37. Li, X., Liu, K., Zhu, Y., Cao, J., Li, Q., Meng, L. The investigation of coastal wetland resources based on Drone2Map and UAV images. 14th Esri China User conference. Beijing, China: 2016.  

38. He Z., Lin, L., Zhu, Y., Zhou, S. Anisotropically Foveated Nonlocal Weights for Joint Sparse Representation-based Hyperspectral Classification. 2015 7th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS), Tokyo, Japan: 2015. 

Conference Presentations (Oral) 

39. Zhu, Y., Myint, S., Li, Y. Rising Aerosol Burdens in a Warming Desert: Hydroclimatic Linkages and Environmental Exposure Disparities. AGU Fall Meeting. 2025 

40. Zhu, Y. Hydroclimatic Stress and LULC Changes Amplify Aerosol Burdens and Inequitable Exposure in Phoenix (2000–2020). SWAAG 2025 

41. Zhu, Y. Examining spatial dynamics and interactions of planted alien, native, and invasive alien species in China’s largest artificial mangrove forests. Oral presentation, AAG Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii. 2024. 

42. Gu, X., Han, S. Y., Myint, S. W., Cho, E., Zhu, Y., & Kim, J. (2025). Exploring Dynamic Human Mobility of Diverse Social Groups Under Heat Conditions: A Simulation-Based Approach. 

43. Myint, S., Zhu, Y., Feng, X., Li, Y. 2023. An Innovative Scheme to Confront the Trade-Off Between Water Conservation and Heat Alleviation with Environmental Justice for Urban Sustainability: The Case of Phoenix, Arizona, AGU Meeting, San Francisco, California. 

44. Li, Y., Schaffer-Smith, D., Myint, S., Zhu, Y. 2022. Assessing Terrestrial Ecosystem Water Use in the Lower Mekong Basin. Chicago, Illinois.  

45. Myint, S., Zhu, Y., Schaffer-Smith, D., Muenich, R., Tong, D., Li, Y. 2021. Formulating mitigation options and examining intra-urban social inequality using evidence-based urban warming effects. AGU Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana. 

46. Myint, S., Murugesan,S., Masara, I., Fisher, J., Zhu, Y. Wildfire Dynamics with ECOSTRESS, Sentinel, and MODIS: The Case of Australia's Black Summer. AGU Fall Meeting. 2020. 

47. Myint, S., Murugesan, S., Masara, I., Fisher, J., Zhu, Y. 2020. Wildfire Dynamics with ECOSTRESS, Sentinel, and MODIS: The Case of Australia's Black Summer. AGU Meeting, Virtual. 

Book Chapters 

48. Li, Y., Liu, K., Liu, Y., Zhu, Y. The Dynamic of Dike-Pond System in the Pearl River Delta During 1964–2012[M]. Global Changes and Natural Disaster Management: Geo-information Technologies, Springer International Publishing, 2017, 47-59. 

Patents 

49. Liu, K., Liu, Y., Zhu, Y., Lin, L. Fusion method of UAV image and multispectral image based on gradient filter and PCA algorithms. 2016. (Patent No. CN201610399560.8) 

Software copyright 

50. Zhu, Z., Liu, L., Meng, X., Zhu, Y. Accessibility analysis system for urban green space based on Huff model V1.0. 2015. (Registration No. 2015SR118631) 

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