Books, Edited Special Issues and Book Chapters
Liang, S., Quantitative Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces (click here for the details) ,
John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 534 pages, 2004.
Liang, S. (editor), Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and Application, (see its cover), (see its Table of Contents),
Springer, 2008, ISBN 978-1-4020-6449-4.
Liang, S., J. Liu, and X. Li, (guest editors), special issue of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Oct. 2007.
Liang, S., J. Liu, X. Li, R. Liu, and M. Schaepman, (guest editors), special issue of Journal of Remote Sensing ,Sept. 2007.
Morisette, J., F. Baret, &
S. Liang, (guest editors), Global Land Product Validation, special issue of IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing,44(7):1695-1937, July, 2006.
Liang, S., J. Liu, X. Li, R. Liu, & M. Schaepman, (editors), Proceedings of the 9th International of Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing (ISPMSRS),, Oct. 17-19, 2005, Beijing, China, 845pp, ISSN 1682-1750, 2005.
Liang, S. & A. Strahler, (guest editors), Land surface
bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF): Recent advances and
future prospects, special issue of Remote Sensing Reviews, 18:83-511, 2000.
Radhakrishnan, J., S.
Liang, J. R. Teasdale and C. J. Shuey, (2002),
Remote sensing of weed canopies. In From
laboratory spectroscopy to remotely sensed spectra of terrestrial ecosystems,
ed. by R. S. Muttiah, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 175-202.
Liang, S., (2004),
Canopy and soil radiative transfer modeling, in Reflection properties of
vegetation canopy and soil with a
BRDF database, (ISBN 3-89685-565-4), ed. by M. Scholarmark, Wissenschaft und Technik Verlag, 71-78.
Liang, S. and H. Fang, (2004), Applications of multiangle measurements,
in Reflection properties of vegetation
canopy and soil with a BRDF database, (ISBN 3-89685-565-4), ed. by M. Scholarmark,
Wissenschaft und Technik Verlag, 243-258.
Liang, S. (2008), Recent advances in land remote
sensing: an overview. In Liang, S., editor, Advances
in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and applications:
Springer, pp. 1-6.
Sun, W., & S. Liang, (2008), Methodologies
for mapping plant functional types. In S. Liang (Ed.), Advances in Land Remote Sensing: System, Modeling, Inversion and
Application, Springer, pp. 369-393.
Liang, S. and Qin, J., (2008), Data
assimilation methods for land surface variable estimation. In Liang, S.,
editor, Advances in Land Remote Sensing:
System, Modeling, Inversion and applications: Springer, pp. 319-339.
Liang, S., M. Schaepman, and M. Kneubuhler, (2008), Remote Sensing Signatures: Measurements,
Modeling and Applications, in Advances in Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing
and Spatial Information Science: 2008 ISPRS Congress Book, ed. by Li, Z., J. Chen and M.
Baltsavias, Chapter 10, CRC Press / Balkema,127-143.
Fang, H., & S. Liang, (2008), Ecological models: Leaf area index, in Encyclopedia Ecology, ed. by Sven Erik Jorgensen and Brian D. Fath (Ed.), Vol. 3, 2139-2148, Oxford:Elsevier.
Peer-Reviewed
Journal Papers
Wang, W., S. Liang, J. A. Augustine, (2008), Estimating clear-sky land surface upwelling longwave radiation from MODIS data, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 46(12), DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2008.2005206
Wang, K., S. Liang, (2008), An improved method for estimating global evapotranspiration based on satellite determination of surface net radiation, vegetation index, tempreature, and soil moisture, Journal of Hydrometeorology,9(4):712-727.
Wang, K., R. Dickinson, S. Liang, (2008), Observational evidence on the effects of clouds and aerosols on net ecosystem exchange and evapotranspiration, Geophysical Research Letters. 35: L10401, doi:10.1029/2008GL034167.
Zheng, T., S. Liang, K. Wang, (2008), Estimation of incident PAR from GOES imagery, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47:853-868.
Fang, H., S. Liang, G. Hoogenboom, J. Teasdale, and M. Cavigelli,(2008), Crop yield estimation through assimilation of remotely sensed data into DSSAT-CERES, International Journal of Remote Sensing. 29(10):3011-3032, DOI: 10.1080/01431160701408386
Qin, J., S. Liang, X. Li, and J. Wang, (2008), Development of the Adjoint Model of a Canopy Radiative Transfer Model for Sensitivity Study and Inversion of Leaf Area Index, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 46(7), DOI:10.1109/TGRS.2008.916637.
Wang, W., S. Liang, , and T. Meyer, (2008), Validating MODIS land surface temperature products, Remote Sensing of Environment,112:623-635, (pdf file)
Fang, H., S. Liang, J.
Townshend, R. Dickinson, (2008), Spatially and
temporally continuous LAI data sets based on an new filtering method: Examples
from
Zhao X., S. Liang, Liu S., Wang J., Qin J. ,Li Q.
& Li X., (2008), Modified dark object
atmospheric correction method for hyperspectral
remote sensed data, Science in China Series D - Earth Sciences 51(3):349-356.
Liu, R., S. Liang, H. He, J. Liu, and T. Zheng, (2008), Mapping Photosynthetically
Active Radiation from MODIS Data in
Sun, W., S. Liang, G. Xu, H. Fang, R. Dickinson, (2008), Mapping Plant Functional Types from MODIS Data Using Multisource Evidential Reasoning, Remote Sensing of Environment, 112:1101-1024, (pdf file)
Liang, S., (2007), Recent Developments in Estimating Land Surface Biogeophysical Variables from Optical Remote Sensing, Progress in Physical Geography, 31(5):501-516. (pdf file)
Li, A., S. Liang,
A. Wang, and J. Qin, (2007), Estimating crop yield from multi-temporal
satellite data using multivariate regression and neural network techniques, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing,
73(10):1149-1157.
Lu, X., R. Liu, J. Liu, and S. Liang, (2007), Removal of noise by Wavelet method to generate the high-quality time series of terrestrial MODIS products, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. 73(10):1129-1139. (pdf file)
Fang, H., S. Liang, H. Y. Kim, J. R. Townshend, C. L. Schaaf,
A. H. Stralher, R. E. Dickinson, (2007), Developing
spatially continuous 1 km surface albedo dataset over
North America from Terra MODIS products. Journal of Geophysical Research -
Atmosphere, 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD008377
Qin, J., S. Liang, R. Liu, H. Zhang, and B. Hu, (2007), A Weak-Constraint Based Data Assimilation Scheme for Estimating Surface Turbulent Fluxes, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 4(4):649-653 (pdf file)
Zhong, B., S. Liang, and B. Holben, (2007), Validating
a New Algorithm for Estimating Aerosol Optical Depths over Land from MODIS
Imagery, International Journal of Remote
Sensing,28(18), 4207-4214.
Liang, S. T. Zheng, D. Wang, K. Wang, R. Liu, S. C. Tsay, S.
Running, J. Townshend, (2007), Mapping
High-Resolution Incident Photosynthetically Active
Radiation over Land from Polar-Orbiting and Geostationary Satellite Data, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing.
Liang, S.,J. Liu, and X. Li, (2007), Foreword to the special issue on "recent remote sensing applications", Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing,,73(10):1119-1120.
Liu, R., J. Liu, S. Liang, J. Chen, D. Zhuang, (2007), Mapping China using MODIS data: Methods, software and products, Journal of Remote Sensing, 11(5), 719-727
Liang, S., T. Zheng, R. Liu, H. Fang, S. C. Tsay, S. Running, (2006), Estimation of incident Photosynthetically Active Radiation from MODIS Data, Journal of Geophysical Research -Atmosphere, 111, D15208,doi:10.1029/2005JD006730.
(pdf file)
Liang, S., B. Zhong, and H. Fang, (2006), Improved estimation of aerosol optical depth from MODIS imagery over land surfaces, Remote Sensing of Environment. 104(4):416-425.
(pdf file)
Morisette, J., F. Baret, and
S. Liang, (2006), Special issue on global land validation, IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,44(7):1695-1697.
(pdf file)
Sun, W., Xu, G., Gong, P. and S. Liang, (2006),
Fractal analysis of remotely sensed images: A review of methods and applications,
International Journal of Remote Sensing,27(22):4963-4990
(pdf file)
Li, A., A. Wang, S. Liang, and W. Zhou, (2006), Eco-environmental vulnerability evaluation in mountainous region using remote sensing and GIS.A case study in the upper reaches of Minjiang River, China, Ecological Modeling, 192:175-187.
(pdf file)
Liu, R., S. Liang, J. Liu, and D. Zhuang, (2006), Continuous tree distribution in China : A comparison of two estimates from MODIS and Landsat data, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere,111,D08101,doi:10.1029/2005JD006039.
(pdf file)
Jin, M.,
S. Liang, (2006), Improved emissivity parametrization for land surface modeling
using global remote sensing observations, Journal of Climate. 19(12):2867-2881.
(pdf file)
Liu, R., J. Liu, and S. Liang, (2006), Estimation of systematic errors of MODIS thermal infrared bands, IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Letters,3(4):541-545.
(pdf file)
Qin J., G. Yan, S. Liu, S. Liang, et al., (2006), application of Ensemble Kalman Filter to remote sensing inversion of land surface parameters, Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences,49(6):632-640. (Its Chinese version is from 35(8): 790-797, 2005.)
Liang, S.,
Y. Yu, and T. P. Defelice, (2005), VIIRS narrowband to broadband land surface albedo conversion: Formula and validation, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26 (5): 1019-1025.
(pdf file)
Fang, H., S. Liang, (2005), A hybrid inversion method for mapping leaf area index from MODIS data:
experiments and application to broadleaf and needleleaf canopies, Remote Sensing of Environment,94(2):405-424.
(pdf file)
Fang, H., S. Liang, M. P. McClaran,W. J. D. van Leeuwen, S. Drake, S. E. Marsh, A. Thomson, R. C. Izaurralde, N. J. Rosenberg, (2005), Biophysical characterization and management effects on semiarid rangeland observed from Landsat ETM+ data, IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing.
43(1):125-134. (pdf file)
Liang, S., J. Stroeve and J. Box, (2005), Mapping daily snow shortwave broadband albedo from MODIS: The improved direct estimation algorithm and validation, Journal of Geophysical Research.
110 (D10): Art. No. D10109, MAY 26 2005. (pdf file)
Stroeve, J., J. Box, F. Gao, S. Liang, A., Nolin, and C. Schaaf, (2005), Accuracy assessment of the MODIS 16-day snow albedo product: Comparisons with Greenland in situ measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 94(1):46-60.
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Zhao, Y., X. Zhou, S. Liang, (2005), Methods and applications of coupling remote sensing data and crop growth models: Advances in research, Journal of Natural Disasters,14(1):103-109.
Liang, S.,
H. Fang, (2004),An improved atmospheric correction algorithm for hyperspectral remotely sensed imagery. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 1(2):112-117.
(pdf file)
Fang, H, S. Liang, M. Chen, C. Walthall, and C. Daughtry, (2004),
Intercomparison of MISR land surface reflectance and albedo products with ETM+
and MODIS products, International Journal
of Remote Sensing, 25(2):409-422.
(pdf file)
Walthall, C. L., W. P. Dulaney, M. C. Anderson; J. M. Norman, H. Fang, S. Liang, (2004), A comparison of empirical and neural network approaches for estimating corn and soybean leaf area index from Landsat ETM+ imagery, Remote Sensing of Environment,92(4):465-474.
(pdf file)
Liang, S.,
H. Fang, M. Kaul, T. Van Niel, T. McVicar, J.
Pearlman, C. Walthall, C. Daughtry, F. Huemmerich, (2003), Estimation of land
surface broadband albedos and leaf area index from EO-1 ALI data and validation,
EO-1 special issue of IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
41(6):1260-1267. (pdf file)
Liang, S., (2003), A direct algorithm for estimating land
surface broadband albedos from MODIS Imagery, IEEE Transactions on
Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 41(1):136-145. (pdf file)
Fang, H. and S. Liang,
(2003), Retrieve LAI from Landsat 7 ETM+ Data with a Neural Network
Method: Simulation and Validation Study, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 41(9):2052-2062. (pdf file)
Fang, H., S. Liang, and A. Kuusk, (2003), Retrieving Leaf Area Index (LAI) Using a Genetic Algorithm with a Canopy Radiative Transfer Model, Remote Sensing of Environment,85(3):257-270. (pdf file)
Van Niel, T., T. McVicar, H.
Fang, S. Liang, (2003), Calculating environmental moisture for pre-field
discrimination of rice crops, International Journal of Remote Sensing,
24:885-890. (pdf file)
Jin, Y. C. Schaaf, F. Gao, X. Li, A. H.
Strahler, W. Lucht and S. Liang, (2003), Consistency of MODIS surface BRDF/Albedo
retrievals 1. Algorithm performance, Journal
of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 108(D5), article #: 4158
(pdf file)
Jin, Y. C. Schaaf, C. Woodcock, F. Gao, X. Li, A. Strahler,
W. Lucht and S. Liang, (2003),
Consistency of MODIS surface BRDF/Albedo retrievals 2. Validation, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 108(D5), article #: 4159.
(pdf file)
Su, L., X.Li, S. Liang & A.Strahler,(2003),Simulation of
Scaling Effects of Thermal Emission from a non-Isothermal Pixel with the
Typical 3D Structure, Intl. J. Remote
Sens., 24(19):3743-3753. (pdf file)
Liang, S., C. Shuey, A. Russ, H. Fang, M. Chen, C. Walthall, C.
Daughtry, (2003), Narrowband to Broadband Conversions of Land Surface Albedo:
II. Validation, Remote Sensing of Environmen, 84(1):25-41. (pdf file)
Liang, S., H. Fang, J. Morisette, M. Chen, C. Walthall, C.
Daughtry, and C. Shuey, (2002), Atmospheric Correction of Landsat ETM+ Land
Surface Imagery: II. Validation and Applications, IEEE Transactions on
Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 40(12): 2736-2746 (pdf file).
Liang, S., H. Fang, M. Chen, C. Walthall, C. Daughtry, J.
Morisette, C. Schaaf, and A. Strahler, (2002), Validating MODIS land surface
reflectance and albedo products: Methods and preliminary results, Remote
Sensing of Environment, 83(1-2):149-162. (pdf file)
Su, L., X. Li., S. Liang, et al., (2002), Data framework and spectral simulations for remote sensing spectral database, Geo-Information Science,4(4):7-15.
Huang, C., J. R. G.
Townshend, S. Liang, S. N. V. Kalluri,and R. S. DeFries, (2002), Impact
of sensor's point spread function on land cover characterization: assessment
and deconvolution, Remote Sensing of Environment, 80(2):203-212. (pdf file)
Schaaf, C., A. Strahler, W. Lucht, T. Tsung, F. Gao, X. Li, N. Strugll, L. Chen, P. Muller, P. Lewis, M. Barnsley, P. Hobson, M. Disney, M. Dunderdale, R. d'Entremont, B. Hu, S. Liang, J. Privette, (2002), First operational BRDF, albedo nadir reflectance products from MODIS, Remote Sensing of Environment, 83:135-148. (pdf file)
Liang, S., H. Fang, M. Chen, (2001), Atmospheric Correction of Landsat
ETM+ Land Surface Imagery:
Liang, S.,
(2001), An Optimization Algorithm for Separating Land Surface Temperature and
Emissivity from Multispectral Thermal Infrared Imagery, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39:264-274. (pdf file)
Liang, S.,
(2001), Narrowband to Broadband Conversion of Land Surface Albedo. I.
Algorithms, Remote Sensing of
Environment, 76:213-238. (pdf file)
Liang, S.,
(2001), Numerical Experiments on Spatial Scaling of Land Surface Albedo and
Leaf Area Index, Remote Sensing Reviews,
19:225-242.
Liang, S., (2001), Land Cover Classification Methods for
Multiyear AVHRR Data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22(8):1479-1493. (pdf file)
Kalluri, S., Z. Zhang, J.
JaJa, S. Liang, and J.
Townshend, (2001), Characterizing Land Surface Anisotropy from AVHRR Data at a
Global Scale Using High Performance Computing, International Journal of
Remote Sensing, 22(11):2171-2191. (pdf file)
Liang, S.,
J. Stroeve, I. Grant, A. Strahler, and J. Duvel, (2000), Angular
Corrections to Satellite Data for Estimating Earth's Radiation Budget, Remote Sensing Reviews, 18:103-136.
Liang, S.,
A. Strahler, M. Bernsley, C. Borel, S. Gerstl, F. Prata, and C. Walthall,
(2000), Multiangle Remote Sensing: Past and Future, Remote Sensing Reviews, 18: 83-102.
Nolin, A. and S. Liang, (2000), Progress in Surface
Particulate Medium Bidirectional Reflectance Modeling and Applications, Remote Sensing Reviews, 18:307-342.
Qin, W. and S. Liang, (2000), Plane-Parallel Canopy
Radiation Transfer Modeling: Recent Advances and Future Directions, Remote Sensing Reviews, 18:281-306.
Townshend, J., C. Huang, S.
Kalluri, R. DeFries, S. Liang and K.
Yang, (2000), Beware of Per-Pixel Characterization of Land Cover, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 21(4):839-843 (pdf file) .
Liang, S.,
A. Strahler and C. Walthall, (1999), Retrieval of Land Surface Albedo from
Satellite Observations: A Simulation Study, Journal
of Applied Meteorology, 38:712-725.
(pdf file)
Gong, P., D. Wang, and S. Liang, (1999), Inverting A Canopy
Reflectance Model Using An Artificial Neural Network, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 20(1):111-122. (pdf file)
Zhang, Z., S. Kalluri, J.
JaJa, S. Liang, and J. Townshend,
(1998), Models and High-Performance Algorithms for Global BRDF Retrieval, IEEE Computational Science and Engineering,
5(4):16-29.
Liang S.,
(1997), An Investigation of Remotely Sensed Soil Depth in the Optical Region, International Journal of Remote Sensing,
18(16):3395-3408. (pdf file)
Liang S., and M. I. Mishchenko, (1997), Calculation of Soil Hot Spot Effects Using Coherent Backscattering Theory, Remote Sensing of Environment, 60:163-173. (pdf file)
Liang S., A.
H. Strahler, Q. Zhu, and X. Jin (1997), Comparisons of Radiative Transfer
Models of Vegetation Canopies and Laboratory Measurements, Remote Sensing of Environment, 61:129-138. (pdf file)
Liang S., H.
Fallah-Adl, S. Kalluri, J. JaJa, Y. Kaufman, and J. Townshend, (1997),
Development of an Operational Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for TM Imagery, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere,
102:17173-17186.
(pdf file)
Liang S., P.
Lewis, R. Dubayah, W. Qin, and D. Shirey, (1997), Topographic Effects on
Surface Bidirectional Reflectance Scaling, Journal
of Remote Sensing (China), (special issue on the First International
Workshop on Multiangle Remote Sensing) 1:82-93.
Fallah-Adl, H., J. JaJa and S. Liang, (1997), Fast Algorithms for
Estimating Aerosol Optical Depth of Thematic Mapper (TM) Imagery, Journal of Supercomputing, 10:315-330.
Liang S.,
and P. Lewis, (1996), A Parametric Radiative Transfer Model forá Sky Radiance Distribution, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and
Radiative Transfer, 55:181-189. (pdf file)
Liang S.,
and J. R. G. Townshend, (1996), A Parametric Soil BRDF Model: A Four-Stream
Approximation, International Journal of
Remote Sensing, 17:1303-1315.
Liang S.,
and J. R. G. Townshend, (1996), A Modified Hapke Model for Soil Bidirectional
Reflectance, Remote Sensing of
Environment, 55:1-10. (pdf file)
Fallah-Adl H., J. JaJa, S. Liang, Y. Kaufman, and J. R. G.
Townshend, (1996), Efficient Parallel Algorithms for Atmospheric Correction of
Remotely Sensed Data, IEEE Computational
Sciences and Engineering, 66-77.
Liang S.,
and A. H. Strahler, (1995), An Analytic Radiative Transfer Model for a Coupled
Atmosphere and Leaf Canopy, Journal of
Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 100:5085-5094.
Liang S.,
and A. H. Strahler, (1994), Four-Stream Solution for Atmospheric Radiative
Transfer over an Non-Lambertian Surface, Applied
Optics, 33:5745-5753.
(pdf file)
Liang S.,
and A. H. Strahler, (1994), Retrieval of Surface BRDF from Multiangle Remotely
Sensed Data, Remote Sensing of
Environment, 50:18-30. (pdf file)
Goward S. N., S. Turner, D.
G. Dye, and S. Liang, (1994), The
Liang S.,
and A. H. Strahler, (1993), The Calculation of the Radiance Distribution of the
Coupled Atmosphere-Canopy, IEEE
Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 31:491-502. (pdf file)
Liang S.,
and A. H. Strahler, (1993), An Analytic BRDF Model of Canopy Radiative Transfer
and Its Inversion, IEEE Transactions on
Geosciences and Remote Sensing, 31:1081-1092. (pdf file)
Albers B. J., A. H. Strahler,
X. Li, S. Liang and K. C. Clarke,
(1990), Radiometric Measurements of Gap Probability in Conifer Tree Canopies, Remote Sensing of Environment,
34:179-192.
Liang S., J.
Hu and Q. Huang, (1990), Geometry Characteristics and Mechanism Analysis of
Band Combinations, Remote Sensing of
Environment (
Liang S.,
(1989), Data Flows and Quantitative Models for Interpreting Satellite Imagery, Remote Sensing Progress,
Liang S., and
B. Chen, (1989), Determination of Optimum Bands for Remote Bathymetry, Journal of
Liang S.,
and B. Chen, (1989), A Study on Remote Sensing Perspective Depth into Water in
Visible Bands, Journal of Nanjing
University (Natural Sciences Edition), 25(2):322-332.
Liang S.,
(1986), A New Algorithm to Draw Isoline Maps of Surface Roughness with Raster
Data, Proceedings of the First Symposium
on Computer Cartography, Science Press, Beijing, 225-228. (Peer reviewed
article)
Liang S.,
and B. Chen, (1986), A Study on the Transfer Model of Water Surface Radiation
in Visible Bands, Donghai Marine Science,
4(3):54-62.
Liang S.,
(1986), Bathymetry Approaches Using Remote Sensing Technique, Remote Sensing Communication, 1(4):10-13.
Jin J., S. Liang and Y. Ma, (1986), Using Color Air-photos to Compile a Map
of Population Density in Du-Kou City, Journal
of Nanjing University (Geography Edition), 7:96-102.
Chen, Y., S. Liang, J. Wang, H. Kim, and J. V. Martonchik, Validation of the MISR land surface broadband albedo, International Journal of Remote Sensing
Wang, D., S. Liang, R. Liu, and T. Zheng, Estimation of daily-integrated PAR from sparse satellite observations: Comparison of temporal scaling methods, International Journal of Remote Sensing
Wang, K., S. Liang , Estimation of Daytime Net Radiation from Shortwave Radiation Measurements and Meteorological Observations, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
