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Svetlana Turubanova is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specific focus on several subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work includes studies on Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Forest Ecology and Management, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture.

Recent notable publications by Svetlana Turubanova include:

  • Mapping global forest canopy height through integration of GEDI and Landsat data, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Global maps of cropland extent and change show accelerated cropland expansion in the twenty-first century, 2021, Nature Food
  • The Global 2000-2020 Land Cover and Land Use Change Dataset Derived From the Landsat Archive: First Results, 2022, Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation, 2021, Nature Sustainability

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Peter Potapov
  • Matthew C. Hansen
  • Alexandra Tyukavina
  • Amy Pickens
  • Xiao-Peng Song

Publications by Svetlana Turubanova have appeared repeatedly in journals such as:

  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Nature Food
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • High-Resolution Global Maps of 21st-Century Forest Cover Change

    M.C. Hansen;P.V. Potapov;R. Moore;M. Hancher

  • An Ecoregion-Based Approach to Protecting Half the Terrestrial Realm

    Eric Dinerstein;David Olson;Anup Joshi;Carly Vynne

  • Mapping global forest canopy height through integration of GEDI and Landsat data

    Peter Potapov;Xinyuan Li;Andres Hernandez-Serna;Alexandra Tyukavina

  • Primary forest cover loss in Indonesia over 2000–2012

    Belinda Arunarwati Margono;Belinda Arunarwati Margono;Peter V. Potapov;Svetlana Turubanova;Fred Stolle

  • Global maps of cropland extent and change show accelerated cropland expansion in the twenty-first century

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  • Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes

    Nancy L. Harris;David A. Gibbs;Alessandro Baccini;Richard A. Birdsey

  • The last frontiers of wilderness: Tracking loss of intact forest landscapes from 2000 to 2013

    Peter Potapov;Matthew C. Hansen;Lars Laestadius;Svetlana Turubanova

  • Mapping the World's Intact Forest Landscapes by Remote Sensing

    Peter Potapov;Aleksey Yaroshenko;Svetlana Turubanova;Maxim Dubinin

  • Mapping and monitoring deforestation and forest degradation in Sumatra (Indonesia) using Landsat time series data sets from 1990 to 2010

    Belinda Arunarwati Margono;Belinda Arunarwati Margono;Svetlana Turubanova;Ilona Zhuravleva;Peter Potapov

  • Quantifying forest cover loss in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2000–2010, with Landsat ETM + data

    Peter V. Potapov;Svetlana A. Turubanova;Matthew C. Hansen;Bernard Adusei

  • Massive soybean expansion in South America since 2000 and implications for conservation.

    Xiao Peng Song;Xiao Peng Song;Matthew C. Hansen;Peter Potapov;Bernard Adusei

  • Eastern Europe's forest cover dynamics from 1985 to 2012 quantified from the full Landsat archive

    P.V. Potapov;S.A. Turubanova;A. Tyukavina;A.M. Krylov

  • Congo Basin forest loss dominated by increasing smallholder clearing.

    Alexandra Tyukavina;Matthew C. Hansen;Peter Potapov;Diana Parker

  • Humid tropical forest disturbance alerts using Landsat data

    Matthew C Hansen;Alexander Krylov;Alexandra Tyukavina;Peter V Potapov

  • Ongoing primary forest loss in Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Indonesia

    Svetlana Turubanova;Peter V Potapov;Alexandra Tyukavina;Matthew C Hansen

  • Reductions in emissions from deforestation from Indonesia’s moratorium on new oil palm, timber, and logging concessions

    Jonah Busch;Kalifi Ferretti-Gallon;Jens Engelmann;Max Wright

  • Landsat Analysis Ready Data for Global Land Cover and Land Cover Change Mapping

    Peter Potapov;Matthew C. Hansen;Indrani Kommareddy;Anil Kommareddy

  • Regional-scale boreal forest cover and change mapping using Landsat data composites for European Russia

    Peter Potapov;Svetlana Turubanova;Matthew C. Hansen

  • The fate of tropical forest fragments.

    Matthew C. Hansen;Lei Wang;Xiao-Peng Song;Xiao-Peng Song;Alexandra Tyukavina

  • Aboveground carbon loss in natural and managed tropical forests from 2000 to 2012

    A Tyukavina;A Baccini;M C Hansen;P V Potapov

  • Reconciling forest conservation and logging in Indonesian Borneo

    David L. A. Gaveau;Mrigesh Kshatriya;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Sean Sloan

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Potapov
Peter Potapov University of Maryland, College Park
Matthew C. Hansen
Matthew C. Hansen University of Maryland, College Park
Alexandra Tyukavina
Alexandra Tyukavina University of Maryland, College Park
Stephen V. Stehman
Stephen V. Stehman SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Scott J. Goetz
Scott J. Goetz Northern Arizona University
Alessandro Baccini
Alessandro Baccini Boston University
Richard A. Houghton
Richard A. Houghton Woods Hole Research Center
Alexander V. Prishchepov
Alexander V. Prishchepov University of Copenhagen
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Thomas R. Loveland
Thomas R. Loveland United States Geological Survey

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