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Environmental Sciences
South Africa
2026

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Environmental Sciences

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47
Citations
7324
World Ranking
5865
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in South Africa Leader Award

Overview

Timothy Dube is affiliated with the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. Their academic work is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Plant Science.

The central themes in Dube's research revolve around the use of remote sensing technologies and their applications for environmental monitoring and management. Key research topics include Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Soil erosion and sediment transport.

Dube has contributed to a variety of scholarly publications in notable venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C
  • Geocarto International
  • Remote Sensing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • African Journal of Ecology

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Timothy Dube include:

  • Impacts of Climate Variability and Drought on Surface Water Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Remote Sensing: A Review, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Examining the nexus between land surface temperature and urban growth in Chattogram Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh using long term Landsat series data, 2020, Urban Climate
  • A Systematic Review on Advancements in Remote Sensing for Assessing and Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Changes Impacts on Surface Water Resources in Semi-Arid Tropical Environments, 2023, Remote Sensing
  • Advancements in the remote sensing of landscape pattern of urban green spaces and vegetation fragmentation, 2021, International Journal of Remote Sensing
  • A quantitative framework for analysing long term spatial clustering and vegetation fragmentation in an urban landscape using multi-temporal landsat data, 2020, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Collaboration is an important aspect of Dube's research career. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Cletah Shoko
  • Onisimo Mutanga
  • Mbulisi Sibanda
  • Tatenda Dalu
  • Dominic Mazvimavi

Best Publications

  • Evaluating the utility of the medium-spatial resolution Landsat 8 multispectral sensor in quantifying aboveground biomass in uMgeni catchment, South Africa

    Timothy Dube;Onisimo Mutanga

  • Impacts of Climate Variability and Drought on Surface Water Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Remote Sensing: A Review

    Trisha Deevia Bhaga;Timothy Dube;Munyaradzi Davis Shekede;Cletah Shoko

  • A Systematic Review on Advancements in Remote Sensing for Assessing and Monitoring Land Use and Land Cover Changes Impacts on Surface Water Resources in Semi-Arid Tropical Environments

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  • Investigating the robustness of the new Landsat-8 Operational Land Imager derived texture metrics in estimating plantation forest aboveground biomass in resource constrained areas

    Timothy Dube;Onisimo Mutanga

  • Estimating Above-Ground Biomass in Sub-Tropical Buffer Zone Community Forests, Nepal, Using Sentinel 2 Data

    Santa Pandit;Satoshi Tsuyuki;Timothy Dube

  • Examining the nexus between land surface temperature and urban growth in Chattogram Metropolitan Area of Bangladesh using long term Landsat series data

    Sanjoy Roy;Santa Pandit;Eshita Akter Eva;Md. Shaddam Hossain Bagmar;Md. Shaddam Hossain Bagmar

  • Separability of coffee leaf rust infection levels with machine learning methods at Sentinel-2 MSI spectral resolutions

    Abel Chemura;Abel Chemura;Onisimo Mutanga;Timothy Dube

  • An appraisal on the progress of remote sensing applications in soil erosion mapping and monitoring

    Terrence Koena Sepuru;Timothy Dube

  • The ‘plastic waste era’; social perceptions towards single-use plastic consumption and impacts on the marine environment in Durban, South Africa

    Melissa L. Van Rensburg;S'phumelele L. Nkomo;Timothy Dube

  • Ungauged runoff simulation in Upper Manyame Catchment, Zimbabwe: Application of the HEC-HMS model

    Webster Gumindoga;Donald T. Rwasoka;Innocent Nhapi;Timothy Dube

  • Intra-and-inter species biomass prediction in a plantation forest: testing the utility of high spatial resolution spaceborne multispectral RapidEye sensor and advanced machine learning algorithms.

    Timothy Dube;Onisimo Mutanga;Adam Elhadi;Riyad Ismail

  • Prediction of future urban surface temperatures using medium resolution satellite data in Harare metropolitan city, Zimbabwe

    Terence Darlington Mushore;Terence Darlington Mushore;John Odindi;Timothy Dube;Onisimo Mutanga

  • Advancements in satellite remote sensing for mapping and monitoring of alien invasive plant species (AIPs)

    Lwando Royimani;Onisimo Mutanga;John Odindi;Timothy Dube

  • Remote sensing of invasive water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes): A review on applications and challenges

    Kgabo Humphrey Thamaga;Timothy Dube

  • Water quality monitoring in sub-Saharan African lakes: a review of remote sensing applications

    T Dube;O Mutanga;K Seutloali;S Adelabu

  • Advancements in the remote sensing of landscape pattern of urban green spaces and vegetation fragmentation

    Pedzisai Kowe;Onisimo Mutanga;Timothy Dube

  • Progress in the remote sensing of C3 and C4 grass species aboveground biomass over time and space

    Cletah Shoko;Onisimo Mutanga;Timothy Dube

  • Detection of land cover changes around Lake Mutirikwi, Zimbabwe, based on traditional remote sensing image classification techniques

    T Dube;W Gumindoga;M Chawira

  • Determining extreme heat vulnerability of Harare Metropolitan City using multispectral remote sensing and socio-economic data

    Terence D. Mushore;Onisimo Mutanga;John Odindi;Timothy Dube

  • Assessing drivers of benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in African highland streams: An exploration using multivariate analysis.

    Tatenda Dalu;Ryan J. Wasserman;Jonathan D. Tonkin;Mhairi E. Alexander

  • Remote sensing based water quality monitoring in Chivero and Manyame lakes of Zimbabwe

    M. Chawira;T. Dube;W. Gumindoga

  • The impact of land-use/land cover changes on water balance of the heterogeneous Buzi sub-catchment, Zimbabwe

    Abel Chemura;Donald Rwasoka;Onisimo Mutanga;Timothy Dube

Frequent Co-Authors

Onisimo Mutanga
Onisimo Mutanga University of KwaZulu-Natal
Paramu L. Mafongoya
Paramu L. Mafongoya University of KwaZulu-Natal
Zeyaur R. Khan
Zeyaur R. Khan International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Tatenda Dalu
Tatenda Dalu University of Mpumalanga
Ryan J. Wasserman
Ryan J. Wasserman Rhodes University
Stephan Hülsmann
Stephan Hülsmann Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft
Rob Slotow
Rob Slotow University of KwaZulu-Natal
Héctor Nieto
Héctor Nieto Spanish National Research Council
Lembe Samukelo Magwaza
Lembe Samukelo Magwaza Cranfield University
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi
Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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