Scientific Data,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
12(1)
Published: March 3, 2025
Abstract
Frequent,
large-scale
wildfires
threaten
ecosystems
and
human
livelihoods
globally.
To
effectively
quantify
attribute
the
antecedent
conditions
for
wildfires,
a
thorough
understanding
of
Earth
system
dynamics
is
imperative.
In
response,
we
introduce
SeasFire
datacube,
meticulously
curated
spatiotemporal
dataset
tailored
global
sub-seasonal
to
seasonal
wildfire
modeling
via
observation.
The
datacube
consists
59
variables
including
climate,
vegetation,
oceanic
indices,
factors.
It
offers
8-day
temporal
resolution,
0.25°
spatial
covers
period
from
2001
2021.
We
showcase
versatility
exploring
variability
seasonality
drivers,
causal
links
between
ocean-climate
teleconnections
predicting
patterns
across
multiple
timescales
with
Deep
Learning
model.
have
publicly
released
appeal
scientists
Machine
practitioners
use
it
an
improved
anticipation
wildfires.
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2020,
Volume and Issue:
12(18), P. 3062 - 3062
Published: Sept. 18, 2020
Recent
applications
of
Landsat
8
Operational
Land
Imager
(L8/OLI)
and
Sentinel-2
MultiSpectral
Instrument
(S2/MSI)
data
for
acquiring
information
about
land
use
cover
(LULC)
provide
a
new
perspective
in
remote
sensing
analysis.
Jointly,
these
sources
permit
researchers
to
improve
operational
classification
change
detection,
guiding
better
reasoning
landscape
intrinsic
processes,
as
deforestation
agricultural
expansion.
However,
the
results
their
have
not
yet
been
synthesized
order
coherent
guidance
on
effect
different
well
identify
promising
approaches
issues
which
affect
performance.
In
this
systematic
review,
we
present
trends,
potentialities,
challenges,
actual
gaps,
future
possibilities
L8/OLI
S2/MSI
LULC
mapping
detection.
particular,
highlight
possibility
using
medium-resolution
(Landsat-like,
10–30
m)
time
series
multispectral
optical
provided
by
harmonization
between
sensors
cube
architectures
analysis-ready
that
are
permeated
publicizations,
open
policies,
science
principles.
We
also
reinforce
potential
exploring
more
spectral
bands
combinations,
especially
three
Red-edge
two
Near
Infrared
Shortwave
S2/MSI,
calculate
vegetation
indices
sensitive
phenological
variations
were
less
frequently
applied
long
time,
but
turned
since
mission.
Summarizing
peer-reviewed
papers
can
guide
scientific
community
data,
enable
detailed
knowledge
detection
landscapes,
natural
scenarios.
Geophysical Research Letters,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
48(6)
Published: Feb. 5, 2021
Abstract
Global
greening
trends
have
been
widely
reported
based
on
long‐term
remote
sensing
data
of
terrestrial
ecosystems.
Typically,
a
hypothesis
test
is
performed
for
each
grid
cell;
this
leads
to
multiple
testing
and
false
positive
trend
detection.
We
reanalyze
global
account
issue
with
novel
statistical
method
that
allows
robust
inference
regions.
Based
leaf
area
index
(LAI)
data,
our
methods
reduce
the
detected
from
35.2%
15.3%
land
surface;
reduction
most
notable
in
nonwoody
vegetation.
Our
results
confirm
several
regions
(China,
India,
Europe,
Sahel,
North
America,
Brazil,
Siberia),
are
also
supported
by
independent
products.
report
evidence
an
increasing
seasonal
amplitude
LAI
north
35°N.
Considering
widespread
use
spatially
replicated
tests
change
research,
we
recommend
adopting
proposed
procedure
control
outcomes.
Science,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
377(6613), P. 1436 - 1439
Published: Sept. 22, 2022
Forestation
of
the
vast
global
drylands
has
been
considered
a
promising
climate
change
mitigation
strategy.
However,
its
actual
climatic
benefits
are
uncertain
because
forests'
reduced
albedo
can
produce
large
warming
effects.
Using
high-resolution
spatial
analysis
drylands,
we
found
448
million
hectares
suitable
for
afforestation.
This
area's
carbon
sequestration
potential
until
2100
is
32.3
billion
tons
(Gt
C),
but
22.6
Gt
C
that
required
to
balance
The
net
equivalent
would
offset
~1%
projected
medium-emissions
and
business-as-usual
scenarios
over
same
period.
Focusing
forestation
only
on
areas
with
cooling
effects
use
half
area
double
emissions
offset.
Although
such
smart
clearly
important,
limited
reinforce
need
reduce
rapidly.
Scientific Data,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(1)
Published: April 8, 2023
Abstract
Spectral
Indices
derived
from
multispectral
remote
sensing
products
are
extensively
used
to
monitor
Earth
system
dynamics
(e.g.
vegetation
dynamics,
water
bodies,
fire
regimes).
The
rapid
increase
of
proposed
spectral
indices
led
a
high
demand
for
catalogues
and
tools
their
computation.
However,
most
these
resources
either
closed-source,
outdated,
unconnected
catalogue
or
lacking
common
Application
Programming
Interface
(API).
Here
we
present
“Awesome
Indices”
(ASI),
standardized
research.
ASI
provides
comprehensive
machine
readable
indices,
which
is
linked
Python
library.
delivers
broad
set
attributes
each
index,
including
names,
formulas,
source
references.
can
be
extended
by
the
user
community,
ensuring
that
remains
current
enabling
wider
range
scientific
applications.
Furthermore,
library
enables
application
real-world
data
thereby
facilitates
efficient
use
in
multiple
domains.
IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
10(2), P. 172 - 200
Published: Jan. 14, 2022
The
synergistic
combination
of
deep
learning
(DL)
models
and
Earth
observation
(EO)
promises
significant
advances
to
support
the
Sustainable
Development
Goals
(SDGs).
New
developments
a
plethora
applications
are
already
changing
way
humanity
will
face
challenges
our
planet.
This
article
reviews
current
DL
approaches
for
EO
data,
along
with
their
toward
monitoring
achieving
SDGs
most
impacted
by
rapid
development
in
EO.
We
systematically
review
case
studies
achieve
zero
hunger,
create
sustainable
cities,
deliver
tenure
security,
mitigate
adapt
climate
change,
preserve
biodiversity.
Important
societal,
economic,
environmental
implications
covered.
Exciting
times
coming
when
algorithms
data
can
help
endeavor
address
crisis
more
development.
Scientific Data,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
9(1)
Published: Dec. 24, 2022
Abstract
Accurately
characterizing
clouds
and
their
shadows
is
a
long-standing
problem
in
the
Earth
Observation
community.
Recent
works
showcase
necessity
to
improve
cloud
detection
methods
for
imagery
acquired
by
Sentinel-2
satellites.
However,
lack
of
consensus
transparency
existing
reference
datasets
hampers
benchmarking
current
methods.
Exploiting
analysis-ready
data
offered
Copernicus
program,
we
created
CloudSEN12,
new
multi-temporal
global
dataset
foster
research
shadow
detection.
CloudSEN12
has
49,400
image
patches,
including
(1)
level-1C
level-2A
multi-spectral
data,
(2)
Sentinel-1
synthetic
aperture
radar
(3)
auxiliary
remote
sensing
products,
(4)
different
hand-crafted
annotations
label
presence
thick
thin
shadows,
(5)
results
from
eight
state-of-the-art
algorithms.
At
present,
exceeds
all
previous
efforts
terms
annotation
richness,
scene
variability,
geographic
distribution,
metadata
complexity,
quality
control,
number
samples.
PeerJ,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11, P. e15593 - e15593
Published: June 23, 2023
The
global
potential
distribution
of
biomes
(natural
vegetation)
was
modelled
using
8,959
training
points
from
the
BIOME
6000
dataset
and
a
stack
72
environmental
covariates
representing
terrain
current
climatic
conditions
based
on
historical
long
term
averages
(1979-2013).
An
ensemble
machine
learning
model
stacked
regularization
used,
with
multinomial
logistic
regression
as
meta-learner
spatial
blocking
(100
km)
to
deal
autocorrelation
points.
Results
cross-validation
for
classes
show
an
overall
accuracy
0.67
R2logloss
0.61,
"tropical
evergreen
broadleaf
forest"
being
class
highest
gain
in
predictive
performances
(R2logloss
=
0.74)
"prostrate
dwarf
shrub
tundra"
lowest
-0.09)
compared
baseline.
Temperature-related
were
most
important
predictors,
mean
diurnal
range
(BIO2)
shared
by
all
base-learners
(i.e.,random
forest,
gradient
boosted
trees
generalized
linear
models).
next
used
predict
future
periods
2040-2060
2061-2080
under
three
climate
change
scenarios
(RCP
2.6,
4.5
8.5).
Comparisons
predictions
epochs
(present,
2061-2080)
that
increasing
aridity
higher
temperatures
will
likely
result
significant
shifts
natural
vegetation
tropical
area
(shifts
forests
savannas
up
1.7
×105
km2
2080)
around
Arctic
Circle
tundra
boreal
2.4
2080).
Projected
maps
at
1
km
resolution
are
provided
probability
hard
IUCN
(six
aggregated
classes).
Uncertainty
(prediction
error)
also
should
be
careful
interpretation
projections.
Earth s Future,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(6)
Published: June 1, 2024
Abstract
Climate
extremes
are
on
the
rise.
Impacts
of
extreme
climate
and
weather
events
ecosystem
services
ultimately
human
well‐being
can
be
partially
attenuated
by
organismic,
structural,
functional
diversity
affected
land
surface.
However,
ongoing
transformation
terrestrial
ecosystems
through
intensified
exploitation
management
may
put
this
buffering
capacity
at
risk.
Here,
we
summarize
evidence
that
reductions
in
biodiversity
destabilize
functioning
facing
extremes.
We
then
explore
if
impaired
could,
turn,
exacerbate
argue
only
a
comprehensive
approach,
incorporating
both
ecological
hydrometeorological
perspectives,
enables
us
to
understand
predict
entire
feedback
system
between
altered
This
ambition,
however,
requires
reformulation
current
research
priorities
emphasize
bidirectional
effects
link
ecology
atmospheric
processes.