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39
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22427
World Ranking
8202
National Ranking
250

Overview

A. S. Belward is affiliated with the Joint Research Center in Spain and works across multiple scientific disciplines. Their research spans environmental science and computer science, with focused contributions to subfields including global and planetary change, ecology, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's recent publications include the paper titled "Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts", published in 2022 in the journal Remote Sensing of Environment. This work has been cited extensively, reflecting engagement within the remote sensing community.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with A. S. Belward encompass the following researchers:

  • Michael A. Wulder
  • David P. Roy
  • Volker C. Radeloff
  • Thomas R. Loveland
  • Martha C. Anderson

Their publications predominantly appear in the venue Remote Sensing of Environment, which aligns with their main research topics.

Main fields of study for A. S. Belward include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Computer Science

Within these fields, the following subfields are of particular interest:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Artificial Intelligence

The primary topics addressed in their work are:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Best Publications

  • High-resolution mapping of global surface water and its long-term changes

    Jean-François Pekel;Andrew Cottam;Noel Gorelick;Alan S. Belward

  • Landsat-8: Science and Product Vision for Terrestrial Global Change Research

    David P. Roy;M.A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;C.E. Woodcock

  • GLC2000: a new approach to global land cover mapping from Earth observation data

    E. Bartholomé;A. S. Belward

  • Free access to Landsat imagery.

    Curtis E. Woodcock;Richard Allen;Martha Anderson;Alan Belward

  • Current status of Landsat program, science, and applications

    Michael A. Wulder;Thomas R. Loveland;David P. Roy;Christopher J. Crawford

  • The IGBP-DIS global 1km land cover data set, DISCover: First results

    Thomas R. Loveland;A.S. Belward

  • The global Landsat archive: Status, consolidation, and direction

    Michael A. Wulder;Joanne C. White;Thomas R. Loveland;Curtis E. Woodcock

  • Fifty years of Landsat science and impacts

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  • The Best Index Slope Extraction ( BISE): A method for reducing noise in NDVI time-series

    N. Viovy;O. Arino;A. S. Belward

  • A new land-cover map of Africa for the year 2000

    Philippe Mayaux;Etienne Bartholomé;Steffen Fritz;Alan Belward

  • Improved estimates of net carbon emissions from land cover change in the tropics for the 1990s

    Frédéric Achard;Hugh D. Eva;Philippe Mayaux;Hans-Jürgen Stibig

  • Who launched what, when and why; trends in global land-cover observation capacity from civilian earth observation satellites

    Alan S. Belward;Jon O. Skøien

  • Living Planet Report 2018: Aiming Higher

    M. Barrett;A. Belward;S: Bladen;T. Breeze

  • A land cover map of South America

    Hugh D. Eva;Alan S. Belward;Evaristo E. De Miranda;Carlos Marcelo Di Bella

  • Developments in the 'validation' of satellite sensor products for the study of the land surface

    C. Justice;A. Belward;J. Morisette;P. Lewis

  • A new SPOT4-VEGETATION derived land cover map of Northern Eurasia

    S. A. Bartalev;A. S. Belward;D. V. Erchov;A. S. Isaev

  • State and evolution of the African rainforests between 1990 and 2010

    Philippe Mayaux;Jean-François Pekel;Baudouin Desclée;François Donnay

  • Framing the concept of satellite remote sensing essential biodiversity variables: challenges and future directions

    Nathalie Pettorelli;Martin Wegmann;Martin Wegmann;Andrew Skidmore;Sander Mucher

  • Characterizing interannual variations in global fire calendar using data from Earth observing satellites

    César Carmona‐Moreno;Alan Belward;Jean‐Paul Malingreau;Andrew Hartley

  • A joint initiative for harmonization and validation of land cover datasets

    M. Herold;C.E. Woodcock;Antonio di Gregorio;P. Mayaux

  • An improved approach to fire monitoring in West Africa usingAVHRR data

    P.J. Kennedy;A.S. Belward;J.M. Gregoire

  • The Exceptional 2018 European Water Seesaw Calls for Action on Adaptation

    Andrea Toreti;Alan Belward;Ignacio Perez-Dominguez;Gustavo Naumann

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Mayaux
Philippe Mayaux European Commission
Frédéric Achard
Frédéric Achard Joint Research Centre
Steffen Fritz
Steffen Fritz International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Curtis E. Woodcock
Curtis E. Woodcock Boston University
Thomas R. Loveland
Thomas R. Loveland United States Geological Survey
Michael A. Wulder
Michael A. Wulder Natural Resources Canada
Christopher O. Justice
Christopher O. Justice University of Maryland, College Park
Warren B. Cohen
Warren B. Cohen Oregon State University
Eric Vermote
Eric Vermote Goddard Space Flight Center
James E. Vogelmann
James E. Vogelmann United States Geological Survey

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