Associate Professor in GIS and Remote Sensing
611 N Pleasant St.,Amherst, MA
01003
Office: 267 Morrill Science
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I am an
environmental geographer, interested in using GIS, remote sensing and spatial
modeling to study environmental system. My current research focuses on
these following topics.
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APPOINTMENT2012 – now
Associate Professor, Geosciences, UMass 2006 - 2012 Assistant
Professor, Geosciences, UMass April 2010 -
now School of Marine Sciences (Intercampus
Graduate Program), UMass |
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EDUCATION2005 Ph.D.
in Environmental
Science, University of California at
Berkeley 2001
M.S. in Cartography and GIS, Nanjing University,
P.R.China 1999 B.S.
in Geography, Nanjing University, P.R.China
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TEACHINGSpring, GEO-SCI 678: Spatial Data Analysis Spring, GEOGRAPH
593a: Aquatic Remote Sensing ADVISING Honors
Advisor for the Geography Program Advisor for
the Environmental Science Program |
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MENTORINGGraduate StudentsWenxiu
Teng (Fall 2020-)
Bonnie
Turek (Fall 2020-)
Monica
Weisenbach (M.S.) (Fall 2018-Spring2021)
Changjiang Ye (M.S.) (Fall 2010 – Spring 2013) Bradford
Wheeler (M.S.) (Fall 2007- Spring2009) |
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Artur José Freire Gil (Visiting Ph.D student, 10/2010-4/2011) PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONPublication in Research
ID Google Scholar |
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2022 |
48. Ouyang,
Linke, Caiyan Wu, Junxiang Li, Yuhan Liu, Meng Wang, Ji Han, Conghe Song, Qian
Yu, and Dagmar Haase. Mapping Impervious Surface Using
Phenology-Integrated and Fisher Transformed Linear Spectral Mixture Analysis.
Remote Sensing, 14, no. 7 (2022): 1673. (PDF) https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14071673 47. Jiang
Chen, Weining Zhu, and Qian Yu, High-spatiotemporal-resolution
estimation of solar energy component in the United States using a new
satellite-based model, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol 302,
Part B, 15 January 2022, 114077, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114077 |
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2021 |
46. Jiang
Chen, Weining Zhu, and Qian Yu, Estimating half-hourly solar radiation
over the Continental United States using GOES-16 data with iterative random
forest, Renewable Energy, Vol 178, November 2021, Pages 916-929. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2021.06.129 45.
Cawse-Nicholson et al, NASA's surface biology and geology designated
observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms, Remote Sensing of
Environment, 257, 112349, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112349 44. Thaler,
Evan A., Isaac J. Larsen, and Qian Yu. "The extent of soil loss
across the US Corn Belt.", Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, 118.8 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922375118 |
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2020 |
43. Zhang,
Y., Zhou, L., Zhou, Y., Zhang, L., Yao, X., Shi, K., Jeppesen, E., Yu, Q.
and Zhu, W., 2020. Chromophoric dissolved organic matter in inland waters:
present knowledge and future challenges. Science of The Total Environment,
p.143550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143550 42. Jiang
Chen, Weining Zhu, Yong Tian, and Qian Yu, Monitoring dissolved
organic carbon by combining Landsat-8 and Sentinel-2 satellites: Case study
in Saginaw River estuary, Lake Huron, Science of the Total Environment,
718. (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137374 |
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2019 |
41. Evan
Thaler, Isaac Larsen and Qian Yu, A New Index for Remote Sensing of
Soil Organic Carbon Based Solely on Visible Wavelengths, Soil Science
Society of America Journal, 83(5), p. 1443-1450. (PDF) 40. David F. Boutt, Stephen B. Mabee, and Qian Yu,
2019, Multi‐year increase in the
stable isotopic composition of stream water from groundwater recharge due to
extreme precipitation, Geophysical Research Letters, 10.1029/2019GL082828.
(PDF) https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082828 |
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2018 |
39. *Jiwei
Li, Qian Yu, Yong Q. Tian , Brian
L. Becker, Paul Siqueira, and Nathan Torbick, 2018, Spatio-temporal
Variations of CDOM in Shallow Inland Waters from a Semi-analytical Inversion
of Landsat-8, Remote Sensing of
Environment, 218, 189-200.(PDF) Access online 38. *Jiwei
Li, Qian Yu, Yong Q. Tian, David
F. Boutt, 2018, Effects of landcover, soil property and temperature on
co-variations of DOC and CDOM in inland waters, Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 10.1002/2017JG004179. (PDF) Highlighted by AGU EOS Research Spotlight 37. Meng Li,
R. Chu, Q. Yu, A. Islam, S. Chou and S. Shen, 2018, Evaluating Structural,
Chlorophyll-Based and Photochemical Indices to Detect Summer Maize Responses
to ContinuousWater Stress, Water,
10, 500; doi:10.3390/w10040500 (PDF) |
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2017 |
36. Jiang
Chen, Weining Zhu, Yong Q. Tian, Qian
Yu, Yuhan Zheng, and Litong Huang, 2017, Remote estimation of colored
dissolved organic matter and chlorophyll-a in Lake Huron using Sentinel-2
measurements, Journal of Applied Remote
Sensing, 11(3), 036007. (PDF) 35. Qiao,
H.J., Y.Q. Tian, Q. Yu, H.J.
Carrick and J.W. Li, 2017, Snowpack enhanced dissolved organic carbon export
during a variety of hydrologic of events in an agricultural landscape,
Midwestern USA, Agricultural and Forest
Meteorology, 246, 31-41. (PDF) 34. Chingwen
Cheng, Ethan Yang, Robert Ryan, Qian
Yu and Elizabeth Brabec, 2017, Assessing
climate change-induced flooding mitigation for adaptation in Boston's Charles
River watershed, USA, Landscape and
Urban Planning, 167, 25-36. (PDF) 33. *Jiwei
Li, Q. Yu, Y.Q. Tian, and B.L. Becker, 2017, Remote Sensing
Estimation of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) in Optically Shallow
Waters, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing, 128, 98-110. (PDF) 32. Jiang
Chen, Wei-Ning Zhu, Yong Q. Tian, and Qian
Yu, 2017, Estimation of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter From Landsat-8
Imagery for Complex Inland Water: Case Study of Lake Huron, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing, 55(4), 2201-2211. (PDF) |
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2016 |
31. Gil, A., Pacheco-Vieira, C., Yu,
Q., Lobo, A., & Calado, H. (2016). Mapping
the Ecological Structure in Oceanic Islands - the case-study of S. Miguel
Island (Portugal). Environmental
Engineering and Management Journal, 15(7):1593-1602. |
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2015 |
30. *Zhu,
W.N., Q. Yu, Y.Q. Tian, B.L. Becker and
H.J.Carrick, Issues and Potential Improvement of Multiband Models for
Remotely Estimating Chlorophyll-a in Complex Inland Waters, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in
Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 8(2), 562-575. (PDF) |
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2014 |
29.* Gil,
A., Yu, Q., Abadi, M., and Calado,
H. (2014). Using ASTER multispectral imagery for mapping woody invasive
species in Pico da Vara Natural Reserve (Azores Islands, Portugal). Revista
ARVORE, 38: 391-401. DOI: 10.1590/S0100-67622014000300001. (PDF)
Available online 28. *Zhu,
W.N., Q. Yu, Y.Q. Tian, B.L.
Becker, T. Zheng, and H.J.Carrick, 2014, An assessment of remote sensing
algorithms for colored dissolved organic matter in complex freshwater
environments, Remote Sensing of
Environment, 140, 766-778. (PDF) |
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2013 |
27. *Zhu,
W.N., Q. Yu and Y.Q. Tian, 2013,
Uncertainty analysis of remote sensing of colored dissolved organic matter:
evaluations and comparisons for three rivers in North America, ISPRS Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,
84, 12-22. (PDF) 26. *Zhu,
W.N., Y. Q. Tian, Q. Yu and B. L.
Becker, 2013, Using Hyperion Imagery to Monitor the Spatial and Temporal
Distribution of Colored Dissolved Organic Matter in Estuarine and Coastal Regions,
Remote Sensing of Environment, 134,
342-354. (PDF) 25. Tian
Y.Q., Yu Q., Feig A.D., Ye CJ.,
and Blunden A.M., 2013, Effects of climate and land-surface processes on
terrestrial dissolved organic carbon export to major U.S. coastal Rivers, Ecological Engineering, 54, 192-201. (PDF) 24. *Zhu, W.N. and Q. Yu, 2013, Inversion of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter
(CDOM) from Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Images for Turbid Estuarine and
Coastal Waters, IEEE Transactions of
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51(6), 3286-3298. (PDF) |
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2011 |
23. Zimmerman,
M.J., Q. Yu, and Y.Q. Tian, 2011,
Monitoring to assess progress toward meeting the Assabet River,
Massachusetts, Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load - Aquatic macrophyte
biomass and sediment-phosphorus flux, U.S.
Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 2011-5179, 77p.
(available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5179/) 22. *Gil, A., Q.
Yu, A. Lobo, P. Lourenço, L. Silva and H. Calado, 2011, Assessing the
effectiveness of high resolution satellite imagery for vegetation mapping in
small islands protected areas, Journal
of Coastal Research, SI 64, 1663-1667, Szczecin, Poland, ISSN 0749-0208.
(PDF) 21. *Zhu, W.N., Q.
Yu, Y.Q. Tian, R.F. Chen, and B.G. Gardner, 2011, Estimation of
chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the Mississippi and Atchafalaya
river plume regions using above‐surface hyperspectral remote sensing, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans,
116, C02011, doi:10.1029/2010JC006523. (PDF) 20. Pu, R.L.,
S. Landry, and Q. Yu, 2011, Object-based urban detailed land cover
classification with high spatial resolution IKONOS Imagery, International Journal of Remote Sensing,
32(12), 3285-3308. (PDF) |
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2010 |
19. *Zhu,
W.N. and Q. Yu, 2010, Spatial
chromatic tessellation: structure, topology, interpretation and implication, Annals of GIS, 16(4), 238-254. (Best
Student Paper Awards in Geoinformatics 2010) (PDF) 18. Yu, Q., Y. Q. Tian, R.F. Chen, A.
Liu, G.B. Gardner and W.N. Zhu, 2010, Functional linear analysis for
estimating riverine CDOM in coastal environment using in situ hyperspectral
data, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 76(10),
1147–1158. (2009 Early Career Best
Paper Award, AAG Remote Sensing Specialty Group) (PDF) 17. Tian,
Y.Q., Q. Yu, , M.J.
Zimmerman, S. Flint, and M. C. Waldron, 2010, Differentiating aquatic plant
communities and densities in a eutrophic river using hyperspectral and
multispectral remote sensing, Freshwater Biology, 55(8), 1658–1673.(PDF) |
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2008 |
16. Hui,
F.M., B. Xu, H.B. Huang, Q. Yu,
and P. Gong, 2008, Modeling spatial-temporal change of Poyang Lake using
multi-temporal Landsat imagery, International Journal of Remote Sensing,
29(20), 5767-5784.(PDF) 15. Yang, J.,
Q. Yu, P. Gong, 2008, Quantifying
air pollution removal by green roofs in Chicago, Atmospheric Environment,
42(31), 7266-7273.(PDF) 14. Pu, R.L.,
P. Gong, and Q. Yu, 2008,
Comparative analysis of EO-1 ALI and Hyperion, and Landsat ETM+ data for
mapping forest crown closure and leaf area index, Sensors, 8(6),
3744-3766; DOI: 10.3390/s8063744.(PDF) 13. Yu, Q., P. Gong, Y.Q. Tian, R. Pu
and J. Yang, 2008, Factors affecting spatial variation of classification
uncertainty in an object-based vegetation mapping, Photogrammetric
Engineering and Remote Sensing, 74 (8), 1007-1018.(PDF) 12. Ge, S.K.,
R.I. Carruthers, D.F. Spencer, and Q.
Yu, 2008, Canopy assessment of biochemical features by ground-based
hyperspectral data for an invasive species, giant reed (Arundo donax), Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment,147(1-3):271-278. DOI
10.1007/s10661-007-0119-z.(PDF) 11. *He, H.M., Q.
Yu, J. Zhou, Y.Q. Tian and R.F. Chen, 2008, Modelling complex flood
flow evolution in the Middle Yellow River basin, China, Journal of Hydrology, 353, 76– 92.
doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.01.030.(PDF) |
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2007 |
10. *He,
H.M., J. Zhou, Y.J. Wu, Q. Yu,
W.C. Zhang and X.P. Xie, 2007, Estimating water quality pollution impacts
based on economic loss models in urbanization process in Xi'an, China, Journal of Urban Planning and Development,
133(3), 151-160.(PDF) 9. *He, H.M., J. Zhou, Q. Yu, Y.Q. Tian, and R.F. Chen,
2007, Flood Frequency and Routing Processes at a Confluence of the Middle
Yellow River in China, River Research
and Applications, 23 (4) 407-427.(PDF) 8. Tian Y.Q., R. McDowell, Q. Yu, G.W. Sheath, W.T. Carlson and
P. Gong, 2007, Modeling to analyze the impacts of animal treading effects on
soil infiltration, Hydrological
Processes, 21(8), 1106-1114 (DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6293).(PDF) |
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2006 |
7.
Yu, Q., P. Gong, N. Clinton,G. Biging, M. Kelly and D.
Schirokauer, 2006, Object-based detailed vegetation classification with
airborne high spatial resolution remote sensing imagery, Photogrammetric
Engineering and Remote Sensing, 72(7) 799-811. (PDF). Top most-cited Classic
Papers in Remote
Sensing by Google Scholar 6. Guo, Y. Y., R.G. Amundson, P. Gong
and Q. Yu, 2006, Quantity and
spatial variability of soil carbon in the conterminous United States, Soil
Science Society of America Journal, 70: 590-600.(PDF) 5. Guo, Y. Y., R.G. Amundson, P. Gong
and Q. Yu, 2006, Analysis of
factors controlling soil carbon in the conterminous United States, Soil Science Society of America Journal,
70: 601-612.(PDF) |
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2005 |
4. Tian Y.Q., D.G. McCall, W. Dripps, Q. Yu and P. Gong, 2005, Using
surface features to evaluate meat tenderness of grazing beef animals, Food
Australia, 57 (8): 322-326. (PDF) 3. Pu, R.L., Q. Yu, P. Gong and G.S. Biging, 2005, EO-1 Hyperion, ALI and
Landsat 7 ETM+ data comparison for estimating forest crown closure and leaf
area index, International Journal of
Remote Sensing, 26(3):457-474.(PDF)
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2004 |
2. Tian,
Y.Q., J.D. Radke, P. Gong and Q. Yu,
2004, Model development for spatial variation of PM2.5 emissions from
residential wood burningSpatially allocating PM2.5 emissions from residential
wood burning in California, Atmospheric
Environment, 38 (6):
833-843.(PDF) |
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2001 |
1. Yu, Q., G. Wu, and X. Li, 2001, Studies
on relational storage of spatial data, Remote
Sensing Information, 61(1): 24-30. (In Chinese) |
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Conference
Proceedings |
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2011 |
Liu,
H., Q. Yu, W. Ding, D.H. Ni, HG
Wang, and S. Shannon, 2011, Feasibility Study For Automatic Calibration Of
Transportation Simulation Models, 2011 Spring Simulation Multiconference. (PDF) |
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AWARDSAward
to Advisee Weining Zhu, International Student Travel Award, Geographic
Information Systems and Science Specialty Group (GISS-SG), 2011 AAG
Conference, Seattle, WA. Weining Zhu and Qian Yu, Spatial chromatic tessellation:
conception, interpretation, and implication, Best Student Paper Awards
in Geoinformatics 2010, June 18-20, Peking, China. |
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GRANTS1. UMass President's 2010 Science & Technology
(S&T) Initiatives, Hong Liu (PI), Co-PIs: Qian Yu et al., Consortium on Anytime-Anywhere-Anyway
(AAA) Transportation Information, Nov, 2010. 3. USGS Water Resources Annual Institute Program
(sponsored by MA WRRC), Qian Yu (PI), Co-PIs: Weining Zhu, Monitoring and modeling chromophoric
dissolved organic matter in Neponset River and Boston Harbor using GIS and hyperspectral remote sensing,
May 2010-April 2011. |
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