Selected Peer-reveiwed articles
(Please see the full list from my Google Scholar)
2024—
Cao, Z., Wang, M., Ma, R., Zhang, Y., Duan, H., Jiang, L., Xue, K., Xiong, J., Hu, M. (2024). A decade-long chlorophyll-a data record in lakes across China from VIIRS observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 301. 113953.
2023—
Cao, Z. Hu, C., Ma, R., Duan, H., Liu, M., Loiselle, S., Song, K., Shen, M., Liu, D., Xue, K. (2023). MODIS observations reveal decrease in lake suspended particulate matter across China over the past two decades. Remote Sensing of Environment. 295, 113724.
Cao, Z., Duan. H., Ma, R., Shen, M., Yang, H., (2023), Remarkable effects of greening watershed on reducing suspended sediment flux in China major rivers, Science Bulletin. 68(20):2285-2288.
Cao, Z., Melack, J., Liu, M., Duan, H., Kutser, T., Ma, R. (2023). Shifts, Trends, and Drivers of Lake Color Across China Since the 1980s. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103225
2022—
Cao, Z., Shen, M., Kutser, T., Liu, M., Qi, T., Ma, J., Ma, R., & Duan, H. (2022). What water color parameters could be mapped using MODIS land reflectance products: A global evaluation over coastal and inland waters. Earth-Science Reviews, 232, 104154.
Cao, Z., Ma, R., Liu, M., Duan, H., Xiao, Q., Xue, K., & Shen, M. (2022). Harmonized Chlorophyll-a Retrievals in Inland Lakes from Landsat-8/9 and Sentinel 2A/B Virtual Constellation through Machine Learning. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 4209916
Cao, Z., Ma, R., Pahlevan, N., Liu, M., Melack, J. M., Duan, H. T., Xue, K., & Shen, M. (2022). Evaluating and Optimizing VIIRS Retrievals of Chlorophyll-a and Suspended Particulate Matter in Turbid Lakes Using a Machine Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 4211417.
Cao, Z., Ma, R., Melack, J., Duan, H., Liu, M., Kutser, T., Xue, K., Shen, M., Qi, T., & Yuan, H. (2022). Landsat observations of chlorophyll-a variations in Lake Taihu from 1984 to 2019. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 106, 102642.
2021—
Cao, Z., Ma, R., Liu, J., & Ding, J. (2021). Improved Radiometric and Spatial Capabilities of the Coastal Zone Imager Onboard Chinese HY-1C Satellite for Inland Lakes. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 18, 193-197
Liu M, Ling H, Wu D, Cao, Z.* Sentinel-2 and landsat-8 observations for harmful algae blooms in a small eutrophic lake. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13: 4479
Cao, Z., Melack, J.M., Liu, M., Duan, H., & Ma, R. (2021). Spatial and seasonal variability of chlorophyll a in different-sized lakes across eastern China. Inland Waters, 12, 205-214
2020—
Cao, Z., Ma, R., Duan, H., Pahlevan, N., Melack, J., Shen, M., & Xue, K. (2020). A machine learning approach to estimate chlorophyll-a from Landsat-8 measurements in inland lakes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 248, 111974. (ESI 1%; Most cited RSE paper in latest 3 years）.
2019—
Cao, Z., Ma, R., Duan, H., & Xue, K. (2019). Effects of broad bandwidth on the remote sensing of inland waters: Implications for high spatial resolution satellite data applications. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 153, 110-122
Cao, Z., Ma R., Duan H., et al. Effect of satellite temporal resolution on long-term suspended particulate matter in inland lakes. Remote Sensing, 2019, 11, 23, 2785
2018—
Cao, Z., Duan, H., Shen, M., Ma, R., Xue, K., Liu, D., & Xiao, Q. (2018). Using VIIRS/NPP and MODIS/Aqua data to provide a continuous record of suspended particulate matter in a highly turbid inland lake. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 64, 256-265
Cao, Z., Duan, H., Song, Q., Shen, M., Ma, R., & Liu, D. (2018). Evaluation of the sensitivity of China’s next-generation ocean satellite sensor MWI onboard the Tiangong-2 space lab over inland waters. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 71, 109-120
2016-2017—
Cao, Z., Duan, H., Feng, L., Ma, R., & Xue, K. (2017). Climate- and human-induced changes in suspended particulate matter over Lake Hongze on short and long timescales. Remote Sensing of Environment, 192, 98-113
Cao, Z, Duan, H., Cui H., Ma, R. (2016)., Remote estimation of suspended matters concentrations using VIIRS in Lake Hongze, China. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2016, 35, 462-469.