He Yin wants to increase precision in quantifying land abandonment across a diversity of biomes and complex crop systems.
Agricultural land abandonment mapping
Dec 2018 - Land Use
- Remote Sensing
Land Use
Smallholder woodlots in Tanzania
Nov 2018 - Land Use
- Remote Sensing
How much do smallholder woodlots contribute to overall planted tree cover? Niwaeli Kimambo answers this question for Tanzania.
Satellite Classification of Tree Species
Jan 2016 - Land Use
- Remote Sensing
The economic, ecosystem service, and recreational value of forests depends on their tree composition. Konrad Turlej’s goal is to map how widespread different tree species are.
Which houses burn when wildfire hits?
Jan 2015 - Fire
- Houses & WUI
- Land Use
A study lead by Patricia Alexander is trying to identify the factors that determine the likelihood of house loss given a wildfire.
Removing clouds that obscure satellite imagery
Apr 2013 - Conservation
- Land Use
- Remote Sensing
Satellite imagery provides invaluable information regarding land cover features over time. However, since many satellite-based image sensors cannot see through clouds, imagery researchers need to screen cloudy pixels from cloud-free pixels in order to analyze land change through time.