Category Archives: Publication

New Research Boosts Flood Risk Planning with Smarter Mapping Tools

Posted on March 3, 2026 by suh

We’re excited to share our latest publication in Natural Hazards , titled “A semi-automated workflow for multi-scenario flood risk mapping using Python and ArcGIS Pro” by Anil Mandal, Madan Chhetri, Fred Bloetscher, Yan Yong, and Hongbo Su.

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An article on “Prioritizing environmental determinants of urban heat islands: A machine learning study for major cities in China” was published on International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation on

Posted on July 6, 2023 by suh

Highlights of the article:

  • We quantify the attribution of surface heat island using random forest.

  • NDVI is the most prominent determinant for annual mean heat islands.

  • We recommend locality-based and coordinated heat mitigation strategies.

The study was a collaboration with 

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An article on “Spatiotemporal patterns of the impact of surface roughness and morphology on urban heat island” was published on “Sustainable Cities and Society”

Posted on April 11, 2023 by suh

Highlights of the article:

  • We quantify the correlation between urban morphology and heat island.
  • 1D surface roughness emerges as a good indicator of urban morphology.
  • Urban planning needs to consider potential nonlinearity in the correlation.

The study was a

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Hongbo Su was invited to serve as an Editor-in-Chief for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Posted on September 3, 2021 by suh

Hongbo Su was appointed as an Editor-in-Chief for Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, starting from Jan. 01, 2021.

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth is an international interdisciplinary journal for the rapid publication of collections of refereed communications …

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Special Issue on “Physical, Economic and Social Vulnerability and Resilience across Scales”

Posted on August 20, 2019 by suh

Details of the call for paper can be found on the website of  Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Important Dates:

Submission open: 30 Sep 2019

Submission Deadline: 31 July 2020

Acceptance Deadline: 28 February 2021

Editors:

Dr. Hongbo Su

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Soil salinity mapping in Everglades National Park using remote sensing techniques and vegetation salt tolerance

Posted on January 14, 2019 by suh

A research paper was published by

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

Summary: Everglades National Park (ENP) is a hydro-ecologically enriched wetland with varying salinity contents, which is a concern for terrestrial ecosystem balance and its nearby urban …

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An automatic traffic density estimation using Single Shot Detection (SSD) and MobileNet-SSD

Posted on January 14, 2019 by suh

A research paper was published by

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

Summary: Traffic density estimation is a very important component of an automated traffic monitoring system. Traffic density estimation can be used in a number of …

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Decision support system for urban major hazard installations management based on 3DGIS

Posted on September 4, 2018 by suh

A journal article on the application of 3DGIS was recently published by Wenjiang Chen, Hongbo Su, Yong Yan and Zhaoji Hu on

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C

Highlights of the Article:

• A 3D reconstruction method of
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We developed a new approach to count cars on the road automatically using traffic cameras

Posted on August 29, 2017 by suh

counting cars, managing traffic

Results of this study was published in the journal Sensors

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2015 AGU Fall Session on Evapotranspiration

Posted on August 24, 2015 by suh

Dr. Hongbo Su organizes an AGU Fall Session on Evapotranspiration with an international team of conveners. The full title of the session is:  Evapotranspiration: Advances in In Situ Measurements and Remote Sensing Based Modeling Approaches.

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