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Lian Feng is affiliated with the Southern University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

Their work covers a range of main topics related to aquatic and coastal environments, including Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Maritime Ports and Logistics, Transportation Planning and Optimization, and Cryospheric Studies and Observations.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Chunmiao Zheng, Junguo Liu, Dan Zhao, Luke Gibson, and Jing Tang.

Lian Feng has published notable papers as part of their scholarly output. Selected recent publications include:

  • Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade (2022, Nature Geoscience)
  • Coastal phytoplankton blooms expand and intensify in the 21st century (2023, Nature)
  • Mapping global lake dynamics reveals the emerging roles of small lakes (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Changes of water clarity in large lakes and reservoirs across China observed from long-term MODIS (2020, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Eutrophication changes in fifty large lakes on the Yangtze Plain of China derived from MERIS and OLCI observations (2020, Remote Sensing of Environment)

The venues where Lian Feng frequently publishes include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Remote Sensing of Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and Environmental Research Letters.

Best Publications

  • Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade

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  • Assessment of inundation changes of Poyang Lake using MODIS observations between 2000 and 2010

    Lian Feng;Lian Feng;Chuanmin Hu;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaobin Cai

  • Four decades of winter wetland changes in Poyang Lake based on Landsat observations between 1973 and 2013

    Xingxing Han;Xiaoling Chen;Lian Feng

  • Fifteen-year monitoring of the turbidity dynamics in large lakes and reservoirs in the middle and lower basin of the Yangtze River, China

    Xuejiao Hou;Lian Feng;Hongtao Duan;Xiaoling Chen

  • Natural and Unnatural Oil Slicks in the Gulf of Mexico

    I. R. MacDonald;O. Garcia‐Pineda;A. Beet;S. Daneshgar Asl

  • Dramatic inundation changes of China's two largest freshwater lakes linked to the Three Gorges Dam.

    Lian Feng;Chuanmin Hu;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaoling Chen;Xi Zhao

  • Dynamic range and sensitivity requirements of satellite ocean color sensors: learning from the past

    Chuanmin Hu;Lian Feng;Zhongping Lee;Curtiss O. Davis

  • Influence of the Three Gorges Dam on total suspended matters in the Yangtze Estuary and its adjacent coastal waters: Observations from MODIS

    Lian Feng;Lian Feng;Chuanmin Hu;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaoling Chen;Qingjun Song

  • Climate- and human-induced changes in suspended particulate matter over Lake Hongze on short and long timescales

    Zhigang Cao;Hongtao Duan;Lian Feng;Ronghua Ma

  • Monitoring and understanding the water transparency changes of fifty large lakes on the Yangtze Plain based on long-term MODIS observations

    Lian Feng;Xuejiao Hou;Yi Zheng

  • Eutrophication changes in fifty large lakes on the Yangtze Plain of China derived from MERIS and OLCI observations

    Qi Guan;Qi Guan;Lian Feng;Xuejiao Hou;Guy Schurgers

  • Spectral and spatial requirements of remote measurements of pelagic Sargassum macroalgae

    Chuanmin Hu;Lian Feng;Robert F. Hardy;Robert F. Hardy;Eric J. Hochberg

  • Human induced turbidity changes in Poyang Lake between 2000 and 2010: Observations from MODIS

    Lian Feng;Lian Feng;Chuanmin Hu;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaoling Chen;Liqiao Tian

  • Changes of water clarity in large lakes and reservoirs across China observed from long-term MODIS

    Shenglei Wang;Shenglei Wang;Junsheng Li;Bing Zhang;Zhongping Lee

  • Improving Satellite Global Chlorophyll a Data Products Through Algorithm Refinement and Data Recovery

    Chuanmin Hu;Lian Feng;Zhongping Lee;Bryan A. Franz

  • Four decades of wetland changes of the largest freshwater lake in China: Possible linkage to the Three Gorges Dam?

    Lian Feng;Xingxing Han;Chuanmin Hu;Xiaoling Chen

  • Uncertainties of SeaWiFS and MODIS remote sensing reflectance: Implications from clear water measurements

    Chuanmin M. Hu;Lian Feng;Lian Feng;ZhongPing Lee

  • MODIS observations of the bottom topography and its inter-annual variability of Poyang Lake

    Lian Feng;Lian Feng;Chuanmin Hu;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaoling Chen;Rongfang Li

  • Improved capabilities of the Chinese high-resolution remote sensing satellite GF-1 for monitoring suspended particulate matter (SPM) in inland waters: Radiometric and spatial considerations

    Jian Li;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaoling Chen;Liqiao Tian;Jue Huang

  • Long-Term Distribution Patterns of Chlorophyll-a Concentration in China’s Largest Freshwater Lake: MERIS Full-Resolution Observations with a Practical Approach

    Lian Feng;Chuanmin Hu;Xingxing Han;Xiaoling Chen

  • Anthropogenic transformation of Yangtze Plain freshwater lakes: patterns, drivers and impacts

    Xuejiao Hou;Lian Feng;Jing Tang;Jing Tang;Xiao-Peng Song

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoling Chen
Xiaoling Chen Wuhan University
Chuanmin Hu
Chuanmin Hu University of South Florida St. Petersburg
Junguo Liu
Junguo Liu North China University of Water Conservancy and Electric Power
Hong Yang
Hong Yang Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Zhongping Lee
Zhongping Lee University of Massachusetts Boston
Chunmiao Zheng
Chunmiao Zheng Southern University of Science and Technology
Deliang Chen
Deliang Chen University of Gothenburg
Yunlin Zhang
Yunlin Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hongtao Duan
Hongtao Duan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ira Leifer
Ira Leifer University of California, Santa Barbara

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