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  1. Mapping 30 m fractional tree cover using PlanetScope-3B images and Landsat-8 spectral-texture data for a case study of different forest types in Indonesia

    Article • Geo-spatial Information Science, October 2025, Tsinghua University Press

    Tao He

  2. Estimation and validation of 30 m fractional vegetation cover over China through integrated use of Landsat 8 and Gaofen 2 data

    Article • Science of Remote Sensing, December 2022, Elsevier

    Tao He

  3. Generating high spatial resolution GLASS FAPAR product from Landsat images

    Article • Science of Remote Sensing, December 2022, Elsevier

    Tao He

  4. Quantifying the impacts of DEM uncertainty on clear-sky surface shortwave radiation estimation in typical mountainous areas

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, December 2022, Elsevier

    Tao He

  5. Estimating fractional snow cover in vegetated environments using MODIS surface reflectance data

    Article • International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, November 2022, Elsevier

    Tao He

  6. Pixel-level parameter optimization of a terrestrial biosphere model for improving estimation of carbon fluxes with an efficient model–data fusion method and satellite-derived LAI and GPP data

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, September 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Tao He

  7. Determining the accuracy of the landsat-based land continuous Variable Estimator

    Article • Science of Remote Sensing, June 2022, Elsevier

    Tao He

  8. Land Surface Phenology Retrieval through Spectral and Angular Harmonization of Landsat-8, Sentinel-2 and Gaofen-1 Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  9. Soil moisture content retrieval from Landsat 8 data using ensemble learning

    Article • ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, March 2022, Elsevier

    Tao He

  10. Estimation of Aerosol Optical Depth at 30 m Resolution Using Landsat Imagery and Machine Learning

    Article • Remote Sensing, February 2022, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  11. Extension of the Hapke model to the spectral domain to characterize soil physical properties

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, February 2022, Elsevier

    Tao He

  12. Multi-decadal analysis of high-resolution albedo changes induced by urbanization over contrasted Chinese cities based on Landsat data

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, February 2022, Elsevier

    Tao He

  13. Estimation of 1-km Resolution All-Sky Instantaneous Erythemal UV-B with MODIS Data Based on a Deep Learning Method

    Article • Remote Sensing, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  14. An Automatic Radiometric Cross-Calibration Method for Wide-Angle Medium-Resolution Multispectral Satellite Sensor Using Landsat Data

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  15. Developing a Land Continuous Variable Estimator to Generate Daily Land Products From Landsat Data

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  16. Estimation of Daily All-Wave Surface Net Radiation With Multispectral and Multitemporal Observations From GOES-16 ABI

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  17. Estimation of Land Surface Downward Shortwave Radiation Using Spectral-Based Convolutional Neural Network Methods: A Case Study From the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Images

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  18. Estimation of Land Surface Incident Shortwave Radiation From Geostationary Advanced Himawari Imager and Advanced Baseline Imager Observations Using an Optimization Method

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  19. Improving Fractional Snow Cover Retrieval From Passive Microwave Data Using a Radiative Transfer Model and Machine Learning Method

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  20. Land Surface Albedo Estimation With Chinese GF-1 WFV Data in Northwest China

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  21. Landsat Snow-Free Surface Albedo Estimation Over Sloping Terrain: Algorithm Development and Evaluation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  22. Evaluation and Intercomparison of Topographic Correction Methods Based on Landsat Images and Simulated Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  23. An all-sky 1 km daily land surface air temperature product over mainland China for 2003–2019 from MODIS and ancillary data

    Article • Earth System Science Data, August 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Tao He

  24. Mapping 30 m Fractional Forest Cover over China’s Three-North Region from Landsat-8 Data Using Ensemble Machine Learning Methods

    Article • Remote Sensing, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  25. An all-sky 1 km daily surface air temperature product over mainland China for 2003–2019 from MODIS and ancillary data

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Tao He

  26. Estimating fractional snow cover from passive microwave brightness temperature data using MODIS snow cover product over North America

    Article • The Cryosphere, February 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Tao He

  27. Estimation of Land Surface Incident and Net Shortwave Radiation from Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Using an Optimization Method

    Article • Remote Sensing, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  28. Improved modeling and analysis of the patch size–frequency distribution of forest disturbances in China based on a Landsat forest cover change product

    Article • International Journal of Digital Earth, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Tao He

  29. A General Parameterization Scheme for the Estimation of Incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation Under Cloudy Skies

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, September 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  30. Intercomparison of Machine-Learning Methods for Estimating Surface Shortwave and Photosynthetically Active Radiation

    Article • Remote Sensing, January 2020, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  31. Surface Shortwave Net Radiation Estimation from Landsat TM/ETM+ Data Using Four Machine Learning Algorithms

    Article • Remote Sensing, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  32. Anisotropic characteristic of artificial light at night – Systematic investigation with VIIRS DNB multi-temporal observations

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, November 2019, Elsevier

    Tao He

  33. Local land surface temperature change induced by afforestation based on satellite observations in Guangdong plantation forests in China

    Article • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, October 2019, Elsevier

    Wenjuan Shen, Tao He

  34. Editorial for Special Issue: “Remotely Sensed Albedo”

    Article • Remote Sensing, August 2019, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  35. Remote sensing of earth’s energy budget: synthesis and review

    Article • International Journal of Digital Earth, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Tao He

  36. Mapping Climatological Bare Soil Albedos over the Contiguous United States Using MODIS Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  37. Estimation of all-sky instantaneous surface incident shortwave radiation from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data using optimization method

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, May 2018, Elsevier

    Tao He

  38. Improving Satellite Estimates of the Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation Through Data Integration: Methodology and Validation

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, April 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  39. Strong cooling induced by stand-replacing fires through albedo in Siberian larch forests

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tao He

  40. Evaluating land surface albedo estimation from Landsat MSS, TM, ETM +, and OLI data based on the unified direct estimation approach

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, January 2018, Elsevier

    Tao He

  41. Urban expansion patterns of 291 Chinese cities, 1990–2015

    Article • International Journal of Digital Earth, November 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Tao He

  42. Enhanced wintertime greenhouse effect reinforcing Arctic amplification and initial sea-ice melting

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tao He

  43. Temperature changes in Three Gorges Reservoir Area and linkage with Three Gorges Project

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2017, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Tao He

  44. Direct Estimation of Land Surface Albedo From Simultaneous MISR Data

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, May 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  45. A New Method for Retrieving Daily Land Surface Albedo From VIIRS Data

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, March 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  46. Estimation of fraction of absorbed photosynthetically active radiation from multiple satellite data: Model development and validation

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, October 2016, Elsevier

    Tao He

  47. Distribution, attribution, and radiative forcing of snow cover changes over China from 1982 to 2013

    Article • Climatic Change, May 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tao He

  48. Assessment of the Suomi NPP VIIRS Land Surface Albedo Data Using Station Measurements and High-Resolution Albedo Maps

    Article • Remote Sensing, February 2016, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  49. Evaluation of Four Reanalysis Surface Albedo Data Sets in Arctic Using a Satellite Product

    Article • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, January 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  50. Temporal Analysis of Remotely Sensed Land Surface Shortwave Albedo

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tao He

  51. Observed contrast changes in snow cover phenology in northern middle and high latitudes from 2001–2014

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Tao He

  52. Estimation of Daily Surface Shortwave Net Radiation From the Combined MODIS Data

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, October 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  53. Evaluation of Medium Spatial Resolution BRDF-Adjustment Techniques Using Multi-Angular SPOT4 (Take5) Acquisitions

    Article • Remote Sensing, September 2015, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  54. Estimating clear-sky all-wave net radiation from combined visible and shortwave infrared (VSWIR) and thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing data

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, September 2015, Elsevier

    Tao He

  55. Estimation of high-resolution land surface net shortwave radiation from AVIRIS data: Algorithm development and preliminary results

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, September 2015, Elsevier

    Tao He

  56. Estimating daily mean land surface albedo from MODIS data

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Tao He

  57. Surface Shortwave Net Radiation Estimation from FengYun-3 MERSI Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, May 2015, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  58. Land Surface Albedo Estimation from Chinese HJ Satellite Data Based on the Direct Estimation Approach

    Article • Remote Sensing, May 2015, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  59. Assessment of Sea Ice Albedo Radiative Forcing and Feedback over the Northern Hemisphere from 1982 to 2009 Using Satellite and Reanalysis Data

    Article • Journal of Climate, February 2015, American Meteorological Society

    Tao He

  60. Mapping Surface Broadband Albedo from Satellite Observations: A Review of Literatures on Algorithms and Products

    Article • Remote Sensing, January 2015, MDPI AG

    Tao He

  61. Global albedo change and radiative cooling from anthropogenic land cover change, 1700 to 2005 based on MODIS, land use harmonization, radiative kernels, and reanalysis

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, December 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Tao He

  62. Estimation of High-Resolution Land Surface Shortwave Albedo From AVIRIS Data

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, December 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  63. Multiscale climatological albedo look-up maps derived from moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer BRDF/albedo products

    Article • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, November 2014, SPIE

    Tao He, Dr Christopher M Williams

  64. Angular Effects and Correction for Medium Resolution Sensors to Support Crop Monitoring

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, November 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  65. Analysis of global land surface albedo climatology and spatial-temporal variation during 1981-2010 from multiple satellite products

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 2014, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Tao He

  66. An approach for the long-term 30-m land surface snow-free albedo retrieval from historic Landsat surface reflectance and MODIS-based a priori anisotropy knowledge

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, September 2014, Elsevier

    Tao He

  67. Fusion of Satellite Land Surface Albedo Products Across Scales Using a Multiresolution Tree Method in the North Central United States

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  68. Assessment of Long-Term Sensor Radiometric Degradation Using Time Series Analysis

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, May 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  69. Mapping High-Resolution Surface Shortwave Net Radiation From Landsat Data

    Article • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, February 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  70. Greenland surface albedo changes in July 1981–2012 from satellite observations

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, December 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Tao He

  71. Direct estimation of land surface albedo from VIIRS data: Algorithm improvement and preliminary validation

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, November 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Tao He

  72. Remote Sensing of the Land Surface Radiation Budget

    Article • October 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Tao He

  73. Influence of angular effects and adjustment on medium resolution sensors for crop monitoring

    Article • August 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  74. Method of parameterization and discrimination of spectral profile shape

    Article • August 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  75. Estimation of fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation from multiple satellite data

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  76. Generating consistent satellite land surface albedo products across scales using a data fusion method

    Article • July 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  77. Use of In Situ and Airborne Multiangle Data to Assess MODIS- and Landsat-Based Estimates of Directional Reflectance and Albedo

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, March 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  78. Bidirectional Reflectance for Multiple Snow-Covered Land Types From MISR Products

    Article • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, September 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  79. Estimation of surface albedo and directional reflectance from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) observations

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, April 2012, Elsevier

    Tao He

  80. Snow BRDF characteristics from MODIS and MISR data

    Article • July 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  81. Prototyping GOES-R albedo algorithm based on modis data

    Article • July 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He

  82. An Improved Algorithm to Produce Spatio-Temporally Continuous MODIS Albedo Product in China

    Article • January 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Tao He