Environmental monitoring and assessment
Apr 9, 2025
Mapping and classifying the probability of occurrence of Populus tremula L. (aspen) in boreal forests is a complex task for sustainable forest management and biodiversity conservation. As a key broadleaved species in the taiga region, aspen supports ...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Apr 8, 2025
Current methods for defining traffic low emission control zones (TLEZ) often face limitations that hinder their widespread implementation and effectiveness. This study addresses these challenges by employing a comprehensive approach to analyze PM con...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Apr 1, 2025
Material deposited on road surfaces, called road dust, are known to contain different toxic elements. According to particle size, there are different fractions. Particles with an aerodynamic size less than or equal to 75 µm are called silt loading. A...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Mar 25, 2025
This study explores the impact of potentially toxic metals (PTMs) contamination in Indian tea-growing soils on ecosystems, soil quality, and human health using machine learning and statistical analysis. A total of 148 surface soil samples were collec...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Mar 22, 2025
Remote sensing and machine learning are techniques that can be used to monitor water quality properties, surpassing the limitations of the conventional techniques. Turbidity is an important water quality property directly influenced by the Fundão dam...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Mar 20, 2025
Urban areas are experiencing rapid transformations, driven by population growth, economic development, and policy changes. Understanding and monitoring these dynamic changes is crucial for sustainable urban planning and management. This study leverag...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Mar 20, 2025
Prosopis juliflora, one of the most invasive trees, adversely affects the ecosystem and native plant communities in arid lands. This disrupts biodiversity and depletes water resources, posing significant ecological and economic challenges. Several at...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Mar 19, 2025
The development of machine learning algorithms, along with high-resolution satellite datasets, aids in improved agriculture monitoring and mapping. Nevertheless, the use of high-resolution optical satellite datasets is usually constrained by clouds a...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Mar 19, 2025
Crop and drought monitoring are vital for sustainable agriculture, as they ensure optimal crop growth, identify stress factors, and enhance productivity, all of which contribute to food security. However, climate projections are equally important as ...
Environmental monitoring and assessment
Mar 18, 2025
This study presents an innovative approach to high-resolution land cover classification using deep learning, tackling the challenge of working with an exceptionally small dataset. Manual annotation of land cover data is both time-consuming and labor-...