National multi-purpose regional geochemical survey in China

M Li, X Xi, G Xiao, H Cheng, Z Yang, G Zhou… - Journal of Geochemical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Since 1999, a new geochemical mapping project, the National Multi-Purpose Regional
Geochemical Survey (NMPRGS), has been carried out in the agriculturally and industrially …

Fusion of airborne LiDAR data and hyperspectral imagery for aboveground and belowground forest biomass estimation

S Luo, C Wang, X Xi, F Pan, D Peng, J Zou, S Nie… - Ecological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Vegetation biomass is a key biophysical parameter for many ecological and environmental
models. The accurate estimation of biomass is essential for improving the accuracy and …

Estimation of wetland vegetation height and leaf area index using airborne laser scanning data

S Luo, C Wang, F Pan, X Xi, G Li, S Nie, S Xia - Ecological Indicators, 2015 - Elsevier
Wetland vegetation is a core component of wetland ecosystems. Wetland vegetation structural
parameters, such as height and leaf area index (LAI) are important variables required by …

A noise removal algorithm based on OPTICS for photon-counting LiDAR data

X Zhu, S Nie, C Wang, X Xi, J Wang… - IEEE Geoscience and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) shows great potential for forest height
retrieval. However, there are abundant noise photons in the ICESat-2 data, which make the …

Estimating the biomass of maize with hyperspectral and LiDAR data

C Wang, S Nie, X Xi, S Luo, X Sun - Remote Sensing, 2016 - mdpi.com
The accurate estimation of crop biomass during the growing season is very important for
crop growth monitoring and yield estimation. The objective of this paper was to explore the …

Estimating the vegetation canopy height using micro-pulse photon-counting LiDAR data

S Nie, C Wang, X Xi, S Luo, G Li, J Tian, H Wang - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
The upcoming space-borne LiDAR satellite Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2)
is scheduled to launch in 2018. Different from the waveform LiDAR system onboard the …

Ground elevation accuracy verification of ICESat-2 data: A case study in Alaska, USA

C Wang, X Zhu, S Nie, X Xi, D Li, W Zheng, S Chen - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Accurate estimation of ground elevation on a large scale is essential and worthwhile in
topography, geomorphology, and ecology. The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-…

A ground elevation and vegetation height retrieval algorithm using micro-pulse photon-counting lidar data

X Zhu, S Nie, C Wang, X Xi, Z Hu - Remote Sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) mission employs a micro-pulse
photon-counting LiDAR system for mapping and monitoring the biomass and carbon of …

Maize and soybean heights estimation from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) LiDAR data

S Luo, W Liu, Y Zhang, C Wang, X Xi, S Nie… - … and Electronics in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Crop height is a key structure parameter for the modelling of crop growth, healthy status, yield
forecasting and biomass estimation. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) LiDAR systems can …

[HTML][HTML] Retrieving building height in urban areas using ICESat-2 photon-counting LiDAR data

J Lao, C Wang, X Zhu, X Xi, S Nie, J Wang… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Building height is a pivotal factor in studying urban form and understanding the impacts of
the vertical characteristics of urban areas on the environment. The Ice, Cloud, and land …