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Greening the Urban Landscape: Assessing the Impact of Tree-Planting Initiatives and Climate Influences on Miami-Dade County’s Greenness

SOUTHWORTH – Greening the Urban Landscape: Assessing the Impact of Tree-Planting Initiatives and Climate Influences on Miami-Dade County’s Greenness Scott C. Brown, Julius R. Dewald, Joanna L. Lombard, Jane Southworth, Jose Szapocznik Article first published online: 30 December 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16010157 ABSTRACT: In urban settings, trees and greenery play a vital role in environmental well-being […]

Latitudes and land use: Global biome shifts in vegetation persistence across three decades

SOUTHWORTH, RYAN, HERRERO, KHATAMI, BUNTING, HASSAN, MUIR, WAYLEN – Latitudes and land use: Global biome shifts in vegetation persistence across three decades Jane Southworth, Sadie J. Ryan, Hannah V. Herrero, Reza Khatami, Erin L. Bunting, Mehedy Hassan, Carly S. Muir, Peter Waylen Article first published online: 18 January 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2023.1063188 ABSTRACT: The dynamics of terrestrial […]

Comparison of NDVI Values from Multiple Satellite Sensors to Monitor for Public Health in an Urban Sub-tropical Setting

SOUTHWORTH – Comparison of NDVI Values from Multiple Satellite Sensors to Monitor for Public Health in an Urban Sub-tropical Setting Julius R. Dewald, Jane Southworth, Scott C. Brown, Jose Szapocznik Article first published online: 24 November 2022 DOI: http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ajgis.20221102.01.html ABSTRACT: Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) is commonly used as a measure of greenness in public health research. Changes in […]

Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010

HARO-CARRIÓN, SOUTHWORTH, WAYLEN – Spatiotemporal changes in vegetation greenness across continental Ecuador: a Pacific-Andean-Amazonian gradient, 1982–2010 Xavier Haro-Carrión, Peter Waylen, & Jane Southworth Article first published online: 30 DEC 2020 Journal of Land Use Science DOI: 10.1080/1747423X.2020.1866705 ABSTRACT: The tropics are greening, but little is known about greening patterns in the tropical Andes. Using Normalized […]

A Healthy Park Needs Healthy Vegetation – The Story of Gorongosa National Park in the 21st Century

CHILD, HERRERO, KHATAMI, SOUTHWORTH, WAYLEN, YANG – A Healthy Park Needs Healthy Vegetation – The Story of Gorongosa National Park in the 21st Century Hannah Herrero, Peter Waylen, Jane Southworth, Reza Khatami, Di Yang, Brian Child Article first published online: 03 FEB 2020 Remote Sensing DOI: 10.3390/rs12030476 ABSTRACT: Understanding trends or changes in biomass and […]

Integrating Surface-Based Temperature and Vegetation Abundance Estimates into Land Cover Classifications for Conservation Efforts in Savanna Landscapes

BUNTING, CHILD, HERRERO, SOUTHWORTH – Integrating Surface-Based Temperature and Vegetation Abundance Estimates into Land Cover Classifications for Conservation Efforts in Savanna Landscapes Hannah Victoria Herrero, Jane Southworth, Erin Bunting, Romer Ryan Kohlhaas, and Brian Child Article first published online: 07 AUG 2019 Sensors DOI: 10.3390/s19163456 ABSTRACT: Southern African savannas are an important dryland ecosystem, as […]

Urban vegetation loss and ecosystem services: The influence on climate regulation and noise and air pollution

DE CARVALHO – Urban vegetation loss and ecosystem services: The influence on climate regulation and noise and air pollution Roberta Mendonça De Carvalho and Claudio Fabian Szlafsztein Article first published online: 5 NOV 2018 Environmental Pollution DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.10.114 ABSTRACT: Ecosystem services are present everywhere, green vegetation coverage (or green areas) is one of the primary […]

Understanding Long-Term Savanna Vegetation Persistence across Three Drainage Basins in Southern Africa

BUNTING, SOUTHWORTH, HERRERO, RYAN, WAYLEN – Understanding Long-Term Savanna Vegetation Persistence across Three Drainage Basins in Southern Africa Erin L. Bunting , Jane Southworth, Hannah Herrero, Sadie J. Ryan, and Peter Waylen Article first published online: 25 JUN 2018 Remote Sens. 2018, 10(7), 1013 DOI: 10.3390/rs10071013 ABSTRACT: Across savanna landscapes of southern Africa, people are […]

Interpolation of Groundwater Depth Based on Data Assimilation

YANG – Interpolation of Groundwater Depth based on Data Assimilation MA Huan, YUE Depeng, YANG Di, YU Qiang, ZHANG Qibin, HUANG Yuan Article first published online: 27 APR 2017 Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Machinery (in English) DOI: 10.6041/j.issn.1000-1298.2017.04.027 ABSTRACT: Groundwater monitoring is limited by practical conditions, and only limited monitoring results can be obtained when it […]

Utilizing Multiple Lines of Evidence to Determine Landscape Degradation within Protected Area Landscapes: A Case Study of Chobe National Park, Botswana from 1982 to 2011

HERRERO, SOUTHWORTH, BUNTING – Utilizing Multiple Lines of Evidence to Determine Landscape Degradation within Protected Area Landscapes: A Case Study of Chobe National Park, Botswana from 1982 to 2011 Hannah V. Herrero, Jane Southworth, and Erin Bunting Article first published online: 28 JUL 2016 Remote Sensing DOI: 10.3390/rs8080623 ABSTRACT: The savannas of Southern Africa are an important […]