Artificial impervious areas are predominant indicators of human settlements. Timely,
accurate, and frequent information on artificial impervious areas is critical to understanding …

Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of global urbanization over a long time series is
increasingly important for sustainable development goals. The harmonized time-series …

Recently, time series image (TSI) has been reported to be an effective resource to map**
fine land use/land cover (LULC), and deep learning, in particular, has been gaining growing …

The future of islands has been the subject of international concern, scientific debate and
media interest in the last decade. As a result of global warming and sea level rise …

Accurate and up-to-date land use land cover (LULC) map** has long been a challenge in
Africa. Recently, three LULC maps with moderate spatial resolution (20 m to 100 m) have …

Accurate geo-information of cropland is critical for food security strategy development and
grain production management, especially in Africa continent where most countries are food …

The subtropical region of China possesses abundant forest resources and features a
mountainous terrain. Under the implementation of policies such as natural forest protection …

The configuration of urban land-covers is essential for improving dwellers' environments and
ecosystem services. A city-level comparison of land-cover changes along the Belt and Road …

Land cover products are an indispensable data source in land surface process research,
and their accuracy directly affects the reliability of related research. Due to the differences in …

The Urban Agglomerations of Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River Economic
Belt (UAMLYREB) have experienced rapid and intense urbanization over the past decades …