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D-Index
70
Citations
21886
World Ranking
1655
National Ranking
699

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to satellite remote sensing.

Overview

William J. Emery is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on remote sensing technologies, with notable contributions in image classification, data management, and environmental monitoring.

The scientist has authored papers published in several prominent venues, including:

  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • IEEE Access

Among their recent research papers are:

  • "Coastal Marine Debris Detection and Density Mapping With Very High Resolution Satellite Imagery," 2022, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
  • "Hybrid Fully Connected Tensorized Compression Network for Hyperspectral Image Classification," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Life-Long Learning With Continual Spectral-Spatial Feature Distillation for Hyperspectral Image Classification," 2022, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Spectral-Spatial Evidential Learning Network for Open-Set Hyperspectral Image Classification," 2024, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • "Enhancing the Detection of Coastal Marine Debris in Very High-Resolution Satellite Imagery via Unsupervised Domain Adaptation," 2024, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

They have collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including:

  • D Kunkee
  • Lorenzo Bruzzone
  • John P. Kerekes
  • Paolo Gamba
  • Mark Burgin

Their research covers multiple subfields such as:

  • Media Technology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Pollution
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Information Systems and Management

Main research topics addressed by William J. Emery include:

  • Remote-Sensing Image Classification
  • Remote Sensing and Land Use
  • Advanced Image Fusion Techniques
  • Scientific Computing and Data Management
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Water Quality Monitoring Technologies

William J. Emery was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2012. Earlier, in 2003, Emery was named an IEEE Fellow for contributions to satellite remote sensing.

Best Publications

  • Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography

    William J. Emery;Richard E. Thomson

  • Satellite-derived urban heat islands from three coastal cities and the utilization of such data in urban climatology

    M. Roth;T. R. Oke;W. J. Emery

  • A younger, thinner Arctic ice cover: Increased potential for rapid, extensive sea-ice loss

    J. A. Maslanik;C. Fowler;J. Stroeve;S. Drobot

  • Distribution and trends in Arctic sea ice age through spring 2011

    James Maslanik;Julienne Stroeve;Charles Fowler;William Emery

  • Active Learning Methods for Remote Sensing Image Classification

    D. Tuia;F. Ratle;F. Pacifici;M.F. Kanevski

  • Data Analysis Methods in Physical Oceanography

    M. R. Nayak;William J. Emery;Richard E. Thomson

  • Introduction to Descriptive Physical Oceanography

    Lynne D. Talley;George L. Pickard;William J. Emery;James H. Swift

  • An objective method for computing advective surface velocities from sequential infrared satellite images

    W. J. Emery;A. C. Thomas;M. J. Collins;W. R. Crawford

  • A neural network approach using multi-scale textural metrics from very high-resolution panchromatic imagery for urban land-use classification

    Fabio Pacifici;Marco Chini;William J. Emery

  • On the bulk-skin temperature difference and its impact on satellite remote sensing of sea surface temperature

    Peter Schluessel;William J. Emery;Hartmut Grassl;Theodor Mammen

  • Global water masses: summary and review

    W. J. Emery;J. Meincke

  • Atmospheric forcing of interannual variability in the northeast Pacific Ocean: Connections with El Niño

    William J. Emery;Kevin Hamilton

  • Geographic and Seasonal Distributions of Brunt–Väisälä Frequency and Rossby Radii in the North Pacific and North Atlantic

    W. J. Emery;W. G. Lee;L. Magaard

  • Object-Based Convolutional Neural Network for High-Resolution Imagery Classification

    Wenzhi Zhao;Shihong Du;William J. Emery

  • Using active learning to adapt remote sensing image classifiers

    D. Tuia;E. Pasolli;W.J. Emery

  • Automated extraction of pack ice motion from advanced very high resolution radiometer imagery

    R. M. Ninnis;W. J. Emery;M. J. Collins

  • On the Arctic climate paradox and the continuing role of atmospheric circulation in affecting sea ice conditions

    James Maslanik;Sheldon Drobot;Charles Fowler;William Emery

  • Classification of Very High Spatial Resolution Imagery Using Mathematical Morphology and Support Vector Machines

    D. Tuia;F. Pacifici;M. Kanevski;W.J. Emery

  • Very High Resolution Multiangle Urban Classification Analysis

    N. Longbotham;C. Chaapel;L. Bleiler;C. Padwick

  • Precise AVHRR image navigation

    G.W. Rosborough;D.G. Baldwin;W.J. Emery

  • The assessment of leaf water content using leaf reflectance ratios in the visible, near-, and short-wave-infrared

    H. D. Seelig;A. Hoehn;L. S. Stodieck;D. M. Klaus

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Maslanik
James A. Maslanik University of Colorado Boulder
Gary A. Wick
Gary A. Wick National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Heng-Chao Li
Heng-Chao Li Southwest Jiaotong University
Devis Tuia
Devis Tuia École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marco Chini
Marco Chini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology
Richard E. Thomson
Richard E. Thomson Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Adriano Camps
Adriano Camps Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Qian Du
Qian Du Mississippi State University
Nazzareno Pierdicca
Nazzareno Pierdicca Sapienza University of Rome
Ranga B. Myneni
Ranga B. Myneni Boston University

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