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Natacha I Kalecinski, Sergii Skakun, Nathan Torbick, Xiaodong Huang, Belen Franch, Jean-Claude Roger, Eric Vermote, 2024. "Crop yield estimation at different growing stages using a synergy of SAR and optical remote sensing data", Science of Remote Sensing, Vol. 10, pp. 100153
Fàtima Della Bellver, Belen Franch Gras, Italo Moletto-Lobos, César José Guerrero Benavent, Alberto San Bautista Primo, Constanza Rubio, Eric Vermote, Sebastien Saunier, 2024. "Pest Detection in Citrus Orchards Using Sentinel-2: A Case Study on Mealybug (Delottococcus aberiae) in Eastern Spain", Remote Sensing, pp. 4362
Abdul Qadir, Sergii Skakun, Inbal Becker-Reshef, Nataliia Kussul, Andrii Shelestov, 2024. "Estimation of sunflower planted areas in Ukraine during full-scale Russian invasion: Insights from Sentinel-1 SAR data", Science of Remote Sensing, pp. 100139
Abdul Qadir, Sergii Skakun, Nataliia Kussul, Andrii Shelestov, Inbal Becker-Reshef, 2024. "A generalized model for mapping sunflower areas using Sentinel-1 SAR data", Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 306, pp. 114132
C. Abys, S. Skakun, I. Becker-Reshef, 2024. "Two decades of winter wheat expansion and intensification in Russia", Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, Vol. 33, pp. 101097
Miguel O Román, Chris Justice, Ian Paynter, Peter B Boucher, Sadashiva Devadiga, Arthur Endsley, Angela Erb, Mark Friedl, Huilin Gao, Louis Giglio, Josh M Gray, Dorothy Hall, Glynn Hulley, John Kimball, Yuri Knyazikhin, Alexei Lyapustin, Ranga B Myneni, Praveen Noojipady, Jiabin Pu, George Riggs, Sudipta Sarkar, Crystal Schaaf, Deep Shah, Khuong H Tran, Eric Vermote, Dongdong Wang, Zhuosen Wang, Aisheng Wu, Yongchang Ye, Yu Shen, Shuai Zhang, Xiaoyang Zhang, Maosheng Zhao, Carol Davidson, Robert Wolfe, 2024. "Continuity between NASA MODIS Collection 6.1 and VIIRS Collection 2 land products", Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 302, pp. 113963
C. J. Crawford, D. P. Roy, S. Arab, C. Barnes, E. Vermote, G. Hulley, A. Gerace, M. Choate, C. Engebretson, E. Micijevic, G. Schmidt, C. Anderson, M. Anderson, M. Bouchard, B. Cook, R. Dittmeier, D. Howard, C. Jenkerson, M. Kim, T. Kleyians, T. Maiersperger, C. Mueller, C. Neigh, L. Owen, B. Page, N. Pahlevan, R. Rengarajan, J.-C. Roger, K. Sayler, P. Scaramuzza, S. Skakun, L. Yan, H. K. Zhang, Z. Zhu, S. Zahn, 2023. "The 50-year Landsat collection 2 archive", Science of Remote Sensing, Vol. 8, pp. 100103
L. Shumilo, S. Skakun, M. L. Gore, A. Shelestov, N. Kussul, G. Hurtt, D. Karabchuk, V. Yarotskiy, 2023. "Conservation policies and management in the Ukrainian Emerald Network have maintained reforestation rate despite the war", Nature, Communications Earth and Environment, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 443
A. Qadir, S. Skakun, J. Eun, M. Prashnani, L. Shumilo, 2023. "Sentinel-1 time series data for sunflower (Helianthus annuus) phenology monitoring", Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 295, pp.113689
Philip E. Dennison, Brian T. Lamb, Michael J. Campbell, Raymond F. Kokaly, W. Dean Hively, Eric Vermote, Phil Dabney, Guy Serbin, Miguel Quemada, Craig S.T. Daughtry, Jeffery Masek, Zhuoting Wu, 2023. "Modeling global indices for estimating non-photosynthetic vegetation cover", Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 295, pp. 113715
Hirsh R. Goldberg, Christopher R. Ratto, Amit Banerjee, Michael T. Kelbaugh, Mark Giglio, and Eric F. Vermote, 2023. "Automated global-scale detection and characterization of anthropogenic activity using multi-source satellite-based remote sensing imagery", Proceedings SPIE, Geospatial Informatics XIII, Vol. 12525, pp. 1252502
Erik C. Duncan, Sergii Skakun, Ankit Kariryaa, Alexander V. Prishchepov, 2023. "Detection and mapping of artillery craters with very high spatial resolution satellite imagery and deep learning", Science of Remote Sensing, Vol. 7, pp. 100092
J. Colin, O. Hagolle, L. Landier, S. Coustance, P. Kettig, A. Meygret, J. Osman, and E. Vermote. 2023. "Assessment of the Performance of the Atmospheric Correction Algorithm MAJA for Sentinel-2 Surface Reflectance Estimates", Remote Sensing, Vol. 15, Issue no. 10, pp. 2665
Georgia Doxani, Eric F. Vermote, Jean-Claude Roger, Sergii Skakun, Ferran Gascon, Alan Collison, Liesbeth De Keukelaere, Camille Desjardins, David Frantz, Olivier Hagolle, Minsu Kim, Jérôme Louis, Fabio Pacifici, Bringfried Pflug, Hervé Poilvé, Didier Ramon, Rudolf Richter, Feng Yin, 2023. "Atmospheric Correction Inter-comparison eXercise, ACIX-II Land: An assessment of atmospheric correction processors for Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 over land", Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 285, 113412
G. Gutman, C. Justice, E. Vermote, 2022. "Our changing planet: Half-a-century landscape dynamics observed from space", Frontiers in Remote Sensing, Vol. 3
E. Vermote; J. McCorkel; W.H. Rountree; A. Santamaria-Artigas; S. Skakun; B. Franch; J.C. Roger, 2022. "Validation of High Spatial Resolution Surface Reflectance using a Camera System (CAMSIS)", IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 7729-7732
S. Skakun, J. Wevers, C. Brockmann, G. Doxani, M. Aleksandrov, M. Batič, D. Frantz, F. Gascon, L. Gómez-Chova, O. Hagolle, D. López-Puigdollers, J. Louis, M. Lubej, G. Mateo-García, J. Osman, D. Peressutti, B. Pflug, J. Puc, R. Richter, J.-C. Roger, P. Scaramuzza, E. Vermote, N. Vesel, A. Zupanc, L. Žust, 2022. "Cloud Mask Intercomparison eXercise (CMIX): An evaluation of cloud masking algorithms for Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2", Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 274, 112990
Roger, J.-C., Vermote, E., Skakun, S., Murphy, E., Dubovik, O., Kalecinski, N., Korgo, B., and Holben, B., 2022. "Aerosol models from the AERONET database: application to surface reflectance validation", Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Vol. 15, Issue 5, 1123–1144
B. Franch, E. Vermote, S. Skakun, A. Santamaria-Artigas, N. Kalecinski, J.-C. Roger, I. Becker-Reshef, B. Baker, C. Justice, J.A. Sobrino, 2021. "The ARYA crop yield forecasting algorithm: Application to the main wheat exporting countries." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Vol. 104, p. 102552
A. Santamaria-Artigas, E. F. Vermote, B. Franch, J.-C. Roger, S. Skakun, 2021. "Evaluation of the AVHRR surface reflectance long term data record between 1984 and 2011." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Vol. 98, p. 102317
J. L. Villaescusa-Nadal, E. Vermote, B. Franch, A. E. Santamaría-Artigas, J.-C. Roger, S. Skakun, 2021. "MODIS-Based AVHRR Cloud and Snow Separation Algorithm." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 60, p. 1-13
S. Skakun, E.F. Vermote, A.E.S Artigas, W.H. Rountree, J.-C. Roger, 2021. "An experimental sky-image-derived cloud validation dataset for Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 satellites over NASA GSFC." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Vol. 95, 102253
B. Franch, A. San Bautista, D. Fita, C. Rubio, D. Tarrazó-Serrano, A. Sánchez, S. Skakun, E. Vermote, I. Becker-Reshef, A. Uris, 2021. “Within-Field Rice Yield Estimation Based on Sentinel-2 Satellite Data.” Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, Issue 20, p. 4095
S. Skakun (619/UMCP), N. Kalecinski (619/UMCP), M.G. Brown, D.M. Johnson, E.F. Vermote (619), J.-C. Roger (619/UMCP) and B. Franch, 2021. “Assessing within-Field Corn and Soybean Yield Variability from WorldView-3, Planet, Sentinel-2, and Landsat 8 Satellite Imagery.” Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, Issue 5, p.872.
C. Kuhn, M. Bogard, S. E. Johnston, A. John, E. Vermote, R. Spencer, M. Dornblaser, K. Wickland, R. Striegl, D. Butman, 2020. “Satellite and airborne remote sensing of gross primary productivity in boreal Alaskan lakes.” Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 15, Issue 10, p. 105001
Vermote, E.F., Skakun, S., Becker-Reshef, I., Saito, K., 2020. “Remote Sensing of Coconut Trees in Tonga Using Very High Spatial Resolution WorldView-3 Data.” Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Issue 19, p. 3113
C. Kuhn, A. de Matos Valerio, N. Ward, L. Loken, H. Oliveira Sawakuchi, M. Kampel, J. Richey, P. Stadler, J. Crawford, R. Striegl, E. Vermote, N. Pahlevan, D. Butman, 2019. "Performance of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 surface reflectance products for river remote sensing retrievals of chlorophyll-a and turbidity." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 224, p. 104-118
B. Franch, E. F. Vermote, S. Skakun, J.-C. Roger, I. Becker-Reshef, E. Murphy, C. Justice, 2019. "Remote sensing based yield monitoring: Application to winter wheat in United States and Ukraine." International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Vol. 76, p. 112-127
A. E. Santamaría-Artigas, B. Franch, P. Guillevic, J. Roger, E. F. Vermote and S. Skakun, 2019. "Evaluation of Near-Surface Air Temperature From Reanalysis Over the United States and Ukraine: Application to Winter Wheat Yield Forecasting." in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Issue 7, p. 2260-2269
S. Skakun, E. F. Vermote, J. Roger, C. O. Justice and J. G. Masek, 2019. "Validation of the LaSRC Cloud Detection Algorithm for Landsat 8 Images." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 12, Issue 7, p. 2439-2446
J. L. Villaescusa-Nadal, B. Franch, J.-C. Roger, E. F. Vermote, S. Skakun, C. Justice, 2019. "Spectral Adjustment Model's Analysis and Application to Remote Sensing Data." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol 12, Issue 3, p. 961-972
N. Gobron, M. Marioni, M. Robustelli, E. Vermote, 2019. "Can we use the QA4ECV black-sky fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation (FAPAR) using AVHRR surface reflectance to assess terrestrial global change?.", Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Issue 24, p. 3055
S. Skakun, E. Vermote, B. Franch, J.-C. Roger, N. Kussul, J. Ju, J. Masek, 2019. "Winter wheat yield assessment from Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 data: Incorporating surface reflectance, through phenological fitting, into regression yield models." Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Issue 15, p. 1768
B. Franch, E. Vermote, S. Skakun, J.-C. Roger, J. Masek, J. Ju, J. L. Villaescusa-Nadal, A. Santamaria-Artigas, 2019. "A Method for Landsat and Sentinel 2 (HLS) BRDF Normalization." Remote Sensing, Vol. 11 Issue 6, p. 632
J. L. Villaescusa-Nadal, B. Franch, E. F. Vermote, J.-C. Roger, 2019. "Improving the AVHRR Long Term Data Record BRDF Correction." Remote Sensing, Vol. 11, Issue 5, p. 502
Z. Li, D. P. Roy, H. K. Zhang, E. F. Vermote, H. Huang, 2019. "Evaluation of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A Aerosol Optical Depth Retrievals across Chinese Cities and Implications for Medium Spatial Resolution Urban Aerosol Monitoring." Remote sensing, Vol. 11, Issue 2, p. 122
Zhang, H. K., Roy, D. P., Yan, L., Li, Z., Huang, H., Vermote, E., Skakun, S., Roger, J.-C., 2018. "Characterization of Sentinel-2A and Landsat-8 top of atmosphere, surface, and nadir BRDF adjusted reflectance and NDVI differences." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 215, p. 482-494
Skakun, S., Justice, C., Vermote, E., & Roger, J.-C., 2018. "Transitioning from MODIS to VIIRS: an analysis of inter-consistency of NDVI data sets for agricultural monitoring." International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 39, Issue 4, p. 971–992
Doxani, G., Vermote, E., Roger, J. C., Gascon, F., Adriaensen, S., Frantz, D., ... & Louis, J., 2018. "Atmospheric Correction Inter-Comparison Exercise." Remote Sensing, Vol. 10, Issue 2, p. 352
Franch, B., Vermote, E. F., Roger, J. C., Murphy, E., Becker-Reshef, I., Justice, C., & Baret, F., 2017. "A 30+ year AVHRR land surface reflectance climate data record and its application to wheat yield monitoring." Remote Sensing, Vol. 9, Issue 3, p. 296
Stratoulias, D., Tolpekin, V., de By, R. A., Zurita-Milla, R., Retsios, V., Bijker, W., & Vermote, E., 2017. "A Workflow for Automated Satellite Image Processing: from Raw VHSR Data to Object-Based Spectral Information for Smallholder Agriculture." Remote Sensing, Vol. 9, Issue 10, p. 1048
Pahlevan, N., Roger, J. C., & Ahmad, Z., 2017. "Revisiting short-wave-infrared (SWIR) bands for atmospheric correction in coastal waters." Optics Express, Vol. 25, Issue 6, p. 6015-6035
Skakun, S., Franch, B., Vermote, E., Roger, J.-C., Becker-Reshef, I., Justice, C., & Kussul, N., 2017. "Early season large-area winter crop mapping using MODIS NDVI data, growing degree days information and a Gaussian mixture model." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 195, p. 244–258
Skakun, S., Vermote, E., Roger, J.-C., & Justice, C., 2017. "Multi-spectral misregistration of Sentinel-2A images: analysis and implications for potential applications." IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 12
Skakun, S., Roger, J.-C., Vermote, E., Masek, J., & Justice, C., 2017. "Automatic sub-pixel co-registration of Landsat-8 OLI and Sentinel-2A MSI images using phase correlation and machine learning based mapping." International Journal of Digital Earth, Vol. 10, Issue 12, p. 1253–1269
Skakun, S., Vermote, E., Roger, J.-C., & Franch, B., 2017. "Combined Use of Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2A Images for Winter Crop Mapping and Winter Wheat Yield Assessment at Regional Scale." AIMS Geosciences, Vol. 3, Issue 2, p. 163–186
Kussul, N., Lavreniuk, M., Skakun, S., & Shelestov, A., 2017. "Deep Learning Classification of Land Cover and Crop Types Using Remote Sensing Data." IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 14, Issue 5, p. 778–782
Shelestov, A., Lavreniuk, M., Kussul, N., Novikov, A., & Skakun S., 2017. "Exploring Google Earth Engine Platform for Big Data Processing: Classification of Multi-Temporal Satellite Imagery for Crop Mapping." Frontiers in Earth Science
Kussul N., Lemoine G., Gallego J., Skakun S., Lavreniuk M., Shelestov A., 2016. “Parcelbased Crop Classification in Ukraine Using Landsat8 Data and Sentinel1A Data.” IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol. 9, Issue 6, p. 2500–2508
Waldner F., de Abelleyra D., Veron S. R., Zhang M., Wu B., Plotnikov D., Bartalev S., Lavreniuk M., Skakun S., Kussul N., Le Maire G., Dupuy S., Jarvis I., Defourny P., 2016. “Towards a set of agrosystemspecific cropland mapping methods to address the global cropland diversity”. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 37, Issue 14, p. 3196–3231
Vermote, E., Justice, C., Claverie, M., Franch, B., 2016. “Preliminary analysis of the performance of the Landsat 8/OLI land surface reflectance product”. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 185, p. 46–56
Pahlevan, N., Sarkar, S., Devadiga, S., Wolfe, R.E., Román, M., Vermote, E., Lin, G., Xiong, X., 2016. "Impact of Spatial Sampling on Continuity of MODIS-VIIRS Land Surface Reflectance Products: A Simulation Approach." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 55, Issue 1
Franch, B., E. F. Vermote, I. Becker-Reshef, et al., 2015. "Improving the timeliness of winter wheat production forecast in the United States of America, Ukraine and China using MODIS data and NCAR Growing Degree Day information." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 161, p. 131-148
Franch, B., E. F. Vermote, J. A. Sobrino, and Y. Julien, 2014. "Retrieval of surface albedo on a daily basis: Application to MODIS data." IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 52, Issue 12, p. 7549-7558
Nagol, J. R., E. Vermote, and S. D. Prince, 2014. "Quantification of Impact of Orbital Drift on Inter-Annual Trends in AVHRR NDVI Data." Remote Sensing, Vol. 6, Issue 7, p. 6680-6687
Vermote, E., C. Justice, and I. Csiszar, 2014. "Early evaluation of the VIIRS calibration, cloud mask and surface reflectance Earth data records." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 148, p. 134-145
Yeo, I.-Y., M. Lang, and E. Vermote, 2014. "Improved Understanding of Suspended Sediment Transport Process Using Multi-Temporal Landsat Data: A Case Study From the Old Woman Creek Estuary (Ohio)." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations Remote Sensing, Vol. 7, Issue 2, p. 636-647
Franch, B., E. F. Vermote, and M. Claverie, 2014. "Intercomparison of Landsat albedo retrieval techniques and evaluation against in situ measurements across the US SURFRAD network." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 152, p. 627-637
Franch, B., E. Vermote, J. A. Sobrino, and Fedele, E., 2013. "Analysis of directional effects on atmospheric correction." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 128, p. 276-288
Sobrino, J. A., B. Franch, R. Oltra-Carrio, E. Vermote, and E. Fedele, 2013. "Evaluation of the MODIS Albedo product over a heterogeneous agricultural area." International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol. 34, Issue 15, p. 5530-5540
Ju, J., D. P. Roy, E. Vermote, J. Masek, and V. Kovalskyy, 2012. "Continental-scale validation of MODIS-based and LEDAPS Landsat ETM+ atmospheric correction methods." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 122, p. 175-184
Vermote, E. F., C. Justice, and F. Breon, 2009. "Towards a Generalized Approach for Correction of the BRDF Effect in MODIS Directional Reflectances." IEEE Transactions Geosciences Remote Sensing, Vol. 47, Issue 3, p. 898-908
Ellicott, E., E. F. Vermote, F. Petitcolin, and S. Hook, 2009. "Validation of a New Parametric Model for Atmospheric Correction of Thermal Infrared Data." IEEE Transactions Geosciences Remote Sensing, Vol. 47, Issue 1, p. 295-311
Vermote, E., E. Ellicott, O. Dubovik, et al., 2009. "An approach to estimate global biomass burning emissions of organic and black carbon from MODIS fire radiative power." Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 114, Issue D18
Kotchenova, S., E. F. Vermote, R. C. Levy, and A. I. Lyapustin, 2008. "Radiative transfer codes for atmospheric correction and aerosol retrieval: intercomparison study." Applied Optics, Vol. 47, Issue 13, p. 2215-2226
Vermote, E., and S. Kotchenova, 2008. "Atmospheric correction for the monitoring of land surfaces." Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 113, Issue D23
Vermote, E., J. Roger, A. Sinyuk, N. Saleous, and O. Dubovik, 2007. "Fusion of MODIS-MISR aerosol inversion for estimation of aerosol absorption." Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 107, Issue 1-2, p. 81-89
Levy, R. C., R. C. Levy, S. Mattoo, E. F. Vermote, and Y. Kaufman, 2007. "Second-generation operational algorithm: Retrieval of aerosol properties over land from inversion of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer spectral reflectance." Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, Issue D13
Vermote, E. F., and N. Z. Saleous, 2006. "Calibration of NOAA16 AVHRR over a desert site using MODIS data." Remote Sens Environ, Vol. 105, Issue 3, p. 214-220