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  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,691 Views
21 Pages

3 August 2022

Under the downward pressure of the economy, China’s extensive economic growth relying on factor input is difficult to sustain, and adjusting the total amount and structure of energy consumption to promote high-quality economic development has b...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
5,206 Views
18 Pages

28 June 2022

Based on the ArcGIS geostatistical analysis method, this study offers a visualization of the spatial distribution pattern and spatial trend of vegetable production in China. The research also examines the degree of spatial agglomeration patterns of v...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Rural Development: Strategies, Good Practices, and Opportunities Ⅱ)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,001 Views
15 Pages

8 September 2022

In this paper, we propose a structured additive regression (STAR) model for modeling the occurrence of a disease in fields or nurseries. The methodological approach involves a Gaussian field (GF) affected by a spatial process represented by an approx...

(This article belongs to the Section Agricultural Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,705 Views
21 Pages

Temporal–Spatial Partial Differential Equation Modeling of Land Cover Dynamics via Satellite Image Time Series and Sparse Regression

  • Ming Kang,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Zhitao Zhao,
  • Keli Shi and ,
  • Junfang Zhao and
  • Ping Tang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 March 2025

Land cover dynamics play a critical role in understanding environmental changes, but accurately modeling these dynamics remains a challenge due to the complex interactions between temporal and spatial factors. In this study, we propose a novel tempor...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,512 Views
17 Pages

Design and Analysis of an Effective Multi-Barriers Model Based on Non-Stationary Gaussian Random Fields

  • Zhi Li,
  • Lei Liu,
  • Jiaqiang Wang,
  • Li Lin and ,
  • Jichang Dong and
  • Zhi Dong
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In this paper, we propose an extension to the barrier model, i.e., the Multi-Barriers Model, which could characterize an area of interest with different types of obstacles. In the proposed model, the area of interest is divided into two or more areas...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,540 Views
25 Pages

Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Actual Evapotranspiration Changes and Their Climatic Causes in China

  • Qin Dai,
  • Hong Chen,
  • Chenfeng Cui,
  • Jie Li and ,
  • Jun Sun,
  • Yuxin Ma,
  • Xuelian Peng,
  • Yakun Wang and
  • Xiaotao Hu
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

19 December 2023

As the main expenditure item in water balance, evapotranspiration has an important impact on the surface ecosystem. Assessing the impact of changes in meteorological elements on evapotranspiration is essential to identify the spatiotemporal heterogen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Monitoring Water, Vegetation, and Soil Condition in Farmland Ecosystems: Integration of Multi-Source Remote Sensing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,272 Views
18 Pages

A Knowledge-Embedded Machine Learning Approach for Predicting the Moisture Content of Forest Dead Fine Fuel

  • Zhe Han,
  • Jianping Huang,
  • Chong Mo,
  • Qiang Liu and ,
  • Chen Liang,
  • Yanzhu Lv and
  • Jiawei Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

6 January 2026

The dead fine fuel moisture content (DFFMC) directly affects forest fire occurrence and spread. Accurate DFFMC prediction is key to estimating forest fire risk and behavior. The well-fitting machine learning (ML)-based meteorological factor regressio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effects of Climate Change on Fire Danger)
  • Article
  • Open Access
720 Views
36 Pages

20 March 2026

This study introduces an efficient and accurate two-stage explicit computational scheme for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) containing first-order time derivatives. The suggested method is a modification of the classical Runge–Kut...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Mathematical Fluid Dynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,167 Views
17 Pages

Soil is one of the most significant natural resources in the world, and its health is closely related to food security, ecological security, and water security. It is the basic task of soil environmental quality assessment to monitor the temporal and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Applications of Optical Sensors and Machine Learning in Agricultural Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,615 Views
19 Pages

Spatial Mapping of Soil Salinity Using Machine Learning and Remote Sensing in Kot Addu, Pakistan

  • Yasin ul Haq,
  • Muhammad Shahbaz,
  • H. M. Shahzad Asif,
  • Ali Al-Laith and
  • Wesam H. Alsabban

28 August 2023

The accumulation of salt through natural causes and human artifice, such as saline inundation or mineral weathering, is marked as salinization, but the hindrance toward spatial mapping of soil salinity has somewhat remained a consistent riddle despit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in Soil Environment Monitoring)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,659 Views
15 Pages

10 August 2022

Soil moisture plays an important role in hydrology, climate, agriculture, and ecology, and remote sensing is one of the most important tools for estimating the soil moisture over large areas. Soil moisture, which is calculated by remote sensing inver...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,978 Views
22 Pages

Estimation of the Total Soil Nitrogen Based on a Differential Evolution Algorithm from ZY1-02D Hyperspectral Satellite Imagery

  • Rongrong Zhang,
  • Jian Cui,
  • Wenge Zhou,
  • Dujuan Zhang and ,
  • Wenhao Dai,
  • Hengliang Guo and
  • Shan Zhao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

12 July 2023

Precise fertilizer application in agriculture requires accurate and dependable measurements of the soil total nitrogen (TN) concentration. Henan Province is one of the most important grain-producing areas in China. In order to promote the development...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Current Research on Hyperspectral and Multispectral Imaging and Their Applications in Precision Agriculture Ⅱ)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
848 Views
28 Pages

Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Driving Mechanisms of Ecosystem Service Values in China’s Southern Collective Forest Region

  • Mei Zhang,
  • Li Ma,
  • Yiru Wang,
  • Ji Luo and ,
  • Minghong Peng,
  • Dingdi Jize,
  • Cuicui Jiao,
  • Ping Huang and
  • Yuanjie Deng
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

18 April 2026

As a crucial national ecological barrier, China’s Southern Collective Forest Region (SCFR) plays an essential role in maintaining regional ecological security and promoting sustainable development. Understanding the mechanisms driving the evolu...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,901 Views
25 Pages

Estimating Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Contents of West–East Grassland Transect in Inner Mongolia Based on Sentinel-2 and Meteorological Data

  • Haiyang Pang,
  • Aiwu Zhang,
  • Shengnan Yin,
  • Jiaxin Zhang and ,
  • Gang Dong,
  • Nianpeng He,
  • Wenxuan Qin and
  • Dandan Wei
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

6 January 2022

Estimating the carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P) contents of a large-span grassland transect is essential for evaluating ecosystem functioning and monitoring biogeochemical cycles. However, the field measurements are scattered, such that t...