Publications

Liu, W., Dong, J., Du, G., Zhang, G., Hao, Z., You, N., Zhao, G., Flynn, K.C., Yang, T., Zhou, Y.* (2022). Biophysical effects of paddy rice expansion on land surface temperature in northeastern Asia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Volume 315, 108820. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhou, Y.*, Flynn, K.C., Gowda, P.H., Wagle, P., Ma, S., Kakani, V.G., Steiner, J.L. (2021).  The potential of active and passive remote sensing to detect frequent harvesting of alfalfa. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 104, 102539. [Link] [PDF]

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Flynn, K.C., Lee, T., Endale, D., Franzluebers, A., Ma, S., Zhou, Y. (2021). Assessing Remote Sensing Vegetation Index Sensitivities for Tall Fescue (Schedonorus arundinaceus) Plant Health with Varying Endophyte and Fertilizer Types: A Case for Improving Poultry Manuresheds. Remote Sens. 13(3), 521. [Link] [PDF]

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Wu, J., Li, M., Zhang, X., Fiedler, S., Gao, Q., Zhou, Y., Cao, W., Hassan, W., Margarint, M.C., Tarolli, P. Tietjen, B. (2021). Disentangling climatic and anthropogenic contributions to nonlinear dynamics of alpine grassland productivity on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Environmental Management Volume 281. [Link] [PDF]

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Yildirim, T., Zhou, Y., Flynn, K.C., Gowda, P.H., Ma, S. and Moriasi, D.N. (2020). Evaluating the sensitivity of vegetation and water indices to monitor drought for three Mediterranean Crops. Agronomy Journal. doi:10.1002/agj2.20475 [Link] [PDF]

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Bajgain, R., Xiao, X., Basara, J., Doughty, R., Wu, X., Wagle, P., Zhou, Y., Gowda, P., Steiner, J. (2020). Differential responses of native and managed prairie pastures to environmental variability and management practices. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. Volume 294. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhou, Y. Gholizadeh, H. LaVanchy, G.T. Hasan, E. (2020). Inspecting the Food–Water Nexus in the Ogallala Aquifer Region Using Satellite Remote Sensing Time Series. Remote Sens. 12, 2257. [Link] [PDF]

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Steiner, J.L. Wetter, J. Robertson, S. Teet, S. Wang, J. Wu, X. Zhou, Y. Brown, D. Xiao, X. (2020). Grassland Wildfires in the Southern Great Plains: Monitoring Ecological Impacts and Recovery. Remote Sens. 12, 619. [Link] [PDF]

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Wagle, P., P. H. Gowda, J. P. S. Neel, B. K. Northup, and Y. Zhou. (2020). Integrating Eddy Fluxes and Remote Sensing Products in a Rotational Grazing Native Tallgrass Prairie Pasture. Science of The Total Environment 712: 136407 [Link] [PDF]

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Flynn, K.C., Zhou, Y*., Gowda, P.H., Moffet, C.A., Wagle, P. and Kakani, V.G. (2019). Burning and Climate Interactions Determine Impacts of Grazing on Tallgrass Prairie Systems. Rangeland Ecology & Management. [Link] [PDF]

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Ma, S., Zhou, Y*., Gowda, P., Chen, L., Starks, PJ., Steiner, L.J., Neel, P.S.J. (2019). Evaluating the Impacts of Continuous and Rotational Grazing on Tallgrass Prairie Landscape Using High-Spatial-Resolution Imagery. Agronomy 9(5), 238. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhou, Y*., Gowda, P., Wagle, P., Ma, S., Neel, P.S.J., Kakani, V.G., Steiner, L.J.. (2019). Climate effects on tallgrass prairie responses to continuous and rotational grazing. Agronomy 9(5), 219. [Link] [PDF]

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Ma, S., Zhou, Y*., Chen, L., Gowda, P., Dong, J., Zhang, G., Kakani, V., Wagle, P., Chen, L., Flynn, K.C., Jiang, W. (2019). Application of the water-related spectral reflectance indices: A review. Ecological Indicators 98:68-79. [Link] [PDF]

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Bajgain, R., Xiao, X., Basara, J., Wagle, P., Zhou, Y., Mahan, H., Gowda, P., McCarthy, H.R., Northup, B., Neel, J. and Steiner, J. (2018). Carbon dioxide and water vapor fluxes in winter wheat and tallgrass prairie in central Oklahoma. Science of the Total Environment, 644:1511-1524. [Link] [PDF]

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Xu, W., Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Di, G., Doughty, R., Zhou, Y., Zou, Z., Kong, L., Niu, Q., Kou, W. (2018). Quantifying spatial-temporal changes of tea plantations in complex landscapes through integrative analyses of optical and microwave imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 73:697-711. [Link] [PDF]

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Wagle, P., Gowda, P.H., Northup, B.H., Turner, K.E., Neel, P.S.J., Manjunatha, P., Zhou, Y. (2018). Variability in carbon dioxide fluxes among six winter wheat paddocks managed under different tillage and grazing practices. Atmospheric Environment, 185:100-108. [Link] [PDF]

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Doughty, R., Xiao, X., Wu, X., Zhang, Y., Bajgain, R., Zhou, Y., Qin, Y., Zou, Z., McCarthy, H., Friedman, J. and Wagle, P. (2018). Responses of gross primary production of grasslands and croplands under drought, pluvial, and irrigation conditions during 2010–2016, Oklahoma, USA. Agricultural Water Management, 204:47-59. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhang, G., Biradar, C. M., Xiao, X., Dong, J., Zhou, Y., Qin, Y., Zhang, Y., Liu, F., Ding, M. and Thomas, R. J. (2018). Exacerbated grassland degradation and desertification in Central Asia during 2000–2014. Ecological Applications, 28: 442–456. [Link] [PDF]

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Qin Y., Xiao X., Dong J., Zhou Y., Wang J., Doughty R., Chen Y., Zou Z., Moore B. (2017). Annual dynamics of forest areas in South America during 2007–2010 at 50- m spatial resolution. Remote Sensing of Environment, 201:73-87. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhou, Y., Xiao, X., Zhang, G., Wagle, P., Bajgain, R., Dong, J., Jin, C., Basara, B.J., Anderson, C. M., Hain, R.C., Otkin, A. J. (2017). Quantifying agricultural drought in tallgrass prairie region in the U.S. Southern Great Plains through analysis of a water-related vegetation index from MODIS images. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 246:111-122. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhou, Y., Xiao, X., Wagle, P., Bajgain, R., Mahan, H., Basara, B.J., Dong, J., Qin, Y., Zhang, G., Luo, Y., Gowda, P.H., Neel, P.S.J., Steiner, L.J. (2017). Examining the short-term impacts of diverse management practices on plant phenology and carbon fluxes of Old World bluestems pasture. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 237-238:60-70. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhang, G., Xiao, X., Biradar, C., Dong, J., Qin, Y., Menarguez, M., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Jin, C., Wang, J., Doughty, R., Ding, M., Moore, B. (2016). Spatiotemporal patterns of paddy rice croplands in China and India from 2000 to 2015. Science of the Total Environment, 579:82-92. [Link] [PDF]

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Bajgain, B., Xiao, X., Basara, J., Wagle, P., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y., Mahan, H. (2016). Assessing agricultural drought in summer over Oklahoma Mesonet sites using the water-related vegetation index from MODIS. International Journal of Biometeorology, 61(2):377-390. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhou, Y., Xiao, X., Qin, Y.W., Dong, J.W., Zhang, G.L., Kou, W.L., Jin, C, Wang, J., Li, X.P. (2016). Mapping paddy rice planting area in rice-wetland mixed areas through analysis of Landsat 8 OLI and MODIS images. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 46:1-12. [Link] [PDF]

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Dong, J., Xiao, X., Kou, W., Qin, Y., Zhang, G., Li, L., Jin, C., Zhou, Y., Wang, J., Biradar, C., Liu, J., Moore III, B. (2015). Tracking the dynamics of paddy rice planting area in 1986–2010 through time series Landsat images and phenology-based algorithms. Remote Sensing of Environment, 160:99-113. [Link] [PDF]

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Dong, J., Xiao, X., Wagle, P., Zhang, G., Zhou, Y., Jin, C., Torn, M., Meyers, T., Suyker, A., Wang, J., Yan, H., Biradar, C., Moore, B. (2015). Comparison of four EVI-based models for estimating gross primary production of maize and soybean croplands and tallgrass prairie under severe drought. Remote Sensing of Environment, 162:154-168. [Link] [PDF]

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Qin, Y., Xiao, X., Dong, J., Zhou, Y., Zhu, Z., Zhang, G., Du, G., Jin, C., Kou, W., Wang, J., Li, X. (2015). Mapping paddy rice planting area in cold temperate climate region through analysis of time series Landsat 8 (OLI), Landsat 7 (ETM+) and MODIS imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 105:220–233. 

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Wang, J., Xiao, X., Qin,Y., Dong, J., Zhang, G., Kou, W., Jin, C., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y. (2015). Mapping paddy rice planting area in wheat-rice double-cropped areas through integration of Landsat-8 OLI, MODIS, and PALSAR images. Scientific Reports, 5:1-11. [Link] [PDF]

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Zhang, G., Xiao, X., Dong, J., Kou, W., Jin, C., Qin, Y., Zhou, Y., Wang, J., Menarguez, M., Biradar, C. (2015). Mapping paddy rice planting areas through time series analysis of MODIS land surface temperature and vegetation index data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 106:157-171. [Link] [PDF]

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Wagle, P., Xiao, X., Scott, R. L., Kolb, T. E., Cook, D. R., Brunsell, N., Baldocchi, D. D., Basara, J., Matamala, R., Zhou, Y., Bajgain, R. (2015). Biophysical controls on carbon and water vapor fluxes across grassland climatic gradient in the United States. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 214:293-305. [Link] [PDF]

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Fu, G., Shen, Z., Sun, W., Zhong, Z., Zhang, X., Zhou, Y. (2015). A meta-analysis of the effects of experimental warming on plant physiology and growth on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 34(1):57-65. [Link] [PDF]

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Bajgain, B., Xiao, X., Wagle, P., Basara, J., Zhou, Y. (2015). Sensitivity analysis of vegetation indices to drought over two tallgrass prairie sites. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 108:151-160. 

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Fu, G., Zhang, X., Zhou, Y., Yu, C., Shen, Z. (2014). Partitioning sources of ecosystem and soil respiration in an alpine meadow of Tibet Plateau using regression method. Polish Journal of Ecology, 62(1):17-24. [Link] [PDF]

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Wu J., Shen Z., Shi P., Zhou Y., & Zhang X. (2014). Effects of grazing exclusion on plant functional group diversity of alpine grasslands along a precipitation gradient on the northern Tibetan Plateau. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 46:419-429. [Link] [PDF]

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Fu, G., Zhang, X., Yu, C., Shi, P., Zhou, Y., Li., Y., Yang, P., Shen, Z. (2014). Response of soil respiration to grazing in an alpine meadow at three elevations in Tibet. The Scientific World Journal 2014. [Link] [PDF]

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Fu, G., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Shi, P., Li., Y., Zhou, Y., Yang, P., Shen, Z. (2013). Experimental warming does not enhance gross primary production and above-ground biomass in the alpine meadow of Tibet. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 7(1):073505. [Link]

 

Fu, G., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Shi, P., Zhou, Y., Li., Y., Shen, Z. (2013).  Response of ecosystem respiration to experimental warming and clipping in Tibetan alpine meadow at three elevations. Biogeosciences Discussions, 10(8):13015-13047. [Link]

 

Fu, G., Shen, Z., Zhang, X., Yu, C., Zhou, Y., Li., Y., Yang, P. (2013). Response of ecosystem respiration to experimental warming and clipping at daily time scale in an alpine meadow of Tibet. Journal of Mountain Science, 10(3):455-463. [Link]

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Fu, G., Shen, Z., Zhang, X., Zhou, Y. (2012). Response of soil microbial biomass to short-term experimental warming in alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Applied Soil Ecology, 61:158-160. [Link]

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Fu, G., Shen Z., Zhang, X., Zhou, Y., Zhang, Y. (2012). Response of microbial biomass to grazing in an alpine meadow along an elevation gradient on the Tibetan Plateau. European Journal of Soil Ecology, 52:27-29. [Link]

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Fu, G., Shen, Z., Zhang, X., Shi, P., He, Y., Zhang, Y., Sun, W., Wu, J., Zhou, Y., Pan, X. (2012). Calibration of MODIS-based gross primary production over an alpine meadow on the Tibetan Plateau. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(2):157-168. [Link]