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Qiaozhen Mu is affiliated with Science Systems & Applications, Inc. in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a notable focus on calibration and measurement techniques in remote sensing applications.

Mu's main areas of study include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Their research covers several key topics, including:

  • Calibration and Measurement Techniques
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Infrared Target Detection Methodologies
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Several frequent coauthors have collaborated with Mu, such as:

  • Xiaoxiong Xiong
  • Amit Angal
  • Aisheng Wu
  • Sainbuyan Bayarsaikhan
  • Sherry Li

Mu has published multiple papers across various respected venues, with a concentration in remote sensing research. Notable venues where Mu has contributed include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
  • Geographical Issues
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Measurement

Selected recent publications featuring Mu as an author or coauthor are:

  • "Impacts of the scale effect on quantifying the response of spring vegetation phenology to urban intensity," 2024, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Surface roughness prediction based on fusion of dynamic-static data," 2024, Measurement
  • "Positional Dependence of SNPP VIIRS Solar Diffuser BRDF Change Factor: An Empirical Approach," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "An Assessment of SNPP and NOAA20 VIIRS RSB Calibration Performance in NASA SIPS Reprocessed Collection-2 L1B Data Products," 2022, Remote Sensing
  • "Assessment of SNPP VIIRS RSB detector-to-detector differences using deep convective clouds and deserts," 2020, Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm

    Qiaozhen Mu;Maosheng Zhao;Steven W. Running

  • Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Development of a global evapotranspiration algorithm based on MODIS and global meteorology data

    Qiaozhen Mu;Faith Ann Heinsch;Maosheng Zhao;Steven W. Running

  • Regional evaporation estimates from flux tower and MODIS satellite data

    Helen A. Cleugh;Ray Leuning;Qiaozhen Mu;Steven W. Running

  • Local cooling and warming effects of forests based on satellite observations

    Yan Li;Maosheng Zhao;Safa Motesharrei;Qiaozhen Mu;Qiaozhen Mu

  • A Remotely Sensed Global Terrestrial Drought Severity Index

    Qiaozhen Mu;Maosheng Zhao;John S. Kimball;Nathan G. McDowell

  • The WACMOS-ET project – Part 2: Evaluation of global terrestrial evaporation data sets

    Diego Miralles;Diego Miralles;C Jiménez;M Jung;D Michel

  • Comparison of satellite-based evapotranspiration models over terrestrial ecosystems in China

    Yang Chen;Jiangzhou Xia;Shunlin Liang;Shunlin Liang;Jinming Feng;Jinming Feng

  • Satellite based analysis of northern ET trends and associated changes in the regional water balance from 1983 to 2005

    Ke Zhang;John S. Kimball;Qiaozhen Mu;Lucas A. Jones

  • Direct impacts on local climate of sugar-cane expansion in Brazil

    Scott R. Loarie;David B. Lobell;Gregory P. Asner;Qiaozhen Mu

  • Bayesian multimodel estimation of global terrestrial latent heat flux from eddy covariance, meteorological, and satellite observations

    Yunjun Yao;Shunlin Liang;Shunlin Liang;Xianglan Li;Yang Hong;Yang Hong

  • Upscaling key ecosystem functions across the conterminous United States by a water‐centric ecosystem model

    Ge Sun;Peter Caldwell;Asko Noormets;Steven G. McNulty

  • Validation of MODIS 16 global terrestrial evapotranspiration products in various climates and land cover types in Asia

    Hyun Woo Kim;Kyotaek Hwang;Qiaozhen Mu;Seung Oh Lee

  • The WACMOS-ET project – Part 1: Tower-scale evaluation of four remote-sensing-based evapotranspiration algorithms

    D. Michel;C. Jiménez;Diego G. Miralles;Diego G. Miralles;M. Jung

  • Potential and Actual impacts of deforestation and afforestation on land surface temperature

    Yan Li;Yan Li;Maosheng Zhao;David J. Mildrexler;Safa Motesharrei

  • Assessment of the MODIS global evapotranspiration algorithm using eddy covariance measurements and hydrological modelling in the Rio Grande basin

    A. L. Ruhoff;A. R. Paz;L. E.O.C. Aragao;Qiaozhen Mu

  • Evaluating water stress controls on primary production in biogeochemical and remote sensing based models

    Qiaozhen Mu;Maosheng Zhao;Faith Ann Heinsch;Mingliang Liu

  • Assessing the remotely sensed Drought Severity Index for agricultural drought monitoring and impact analysis in North China

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  • Improving global terrestrial evapotranspiration estimation using support vector machine by integrating three process-based algorithms.

    Yunjun Yao;Shunlin Liang;Xianglan Li;Jiquan Chen

  • A satellite-based hybrid algorithm to determine the Priestley–Taylor parameter for global terrestrial latent heat flux estimation across multiple biomes

    Yunjun Yao;Shunlin Liang;Shunlin Liang;Xianglan Li;Jiquan Chen

  • Satellite assessment of land surface evapotranspiration for the pan-Arctic domain

    Qiaozhen Mu;Lucas A. Jones;John S. Kimball;Kyle C. McDonald

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven W. Running
Steven W. Running University of Montana
Xiaoxiong Xiong
Xiaoxiong Xiong Goddard Space Flight Center
Maosheng Zhao
Maosheng Zhao Science Systems and Applications (United States)
John S. Kimball
John S. Kimball University of Montana
Shunlin Liang
Shunlin Liang University of Hong Kong
Joshua B. Fisher
Joshua B. Fisher Chapman University
Kaicun Wang
Kaicun Wang Beijing Normal University
Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Diego G. Miralles
Diego G. Miralles Ghent University
Nate G. McDowell
Nate G. McDowell Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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