Publications

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2026

  1. journal article
    CropPlantHarvest: a 500 m annual dataset of crop planting and harvesting dates (2001–2024) of the U.S. Midwest
    Yin Liu, and Chunyuan Diao
    Earth System Science Data, 2026
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  2. journal article
    CropSight-US: an object-based crop type ground truth dataset using street view and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery across the contiguous United States, 2013–2023
    Zhijie Zhou, Yin Liu, and Chunyuan Diao
    Earth System Science Data, 2026
    DOI
  3. book chapter
    Monitoring crop phenology with remote sensing
    Zijun Yang, Chunyuan Diao, and Yin Liu
    In Agricultural Applications of Earth Observation, 2026
    DOI

2025

  1. journal article
    A novel Normalized Harvest Phenology Index (NHPI) for corn and soybean harvesting date detection using Landsat and Sentinel-2 imagery on Google Earth Engine
    Yin Liu, Chunyuan Diao, Zijun Yang, and 2 more authors
    Remote Sensing of Environment, 2025
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2024

  1. journal article
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    CropSight: Towards a large-scale operational framework for object-based crop type ground truth retrieval using street view and PlanetScope satellite imagery
    Yin Liu, Chunyuan Diao, Weiye Mei, and 1 more author
    ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2024
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2023

  1. journal article
    CropSow: An integrative remotely sensed crop modeling framework for field-level crop planting date estimation
    Yin Liu, Chunyuan Diao, and Zijun Yang
    ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2023
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2022

  1. journal article
    Using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Planet satellite data to map field-level tillage practices in smallholder systems
    Yin Liu, Preeti Rao, Weiqi Zhou, and 5 more authors
    Plos one, 2022
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2017

  1. conference paper
    Building damage assessment of compact polarimetric SAR using statistical model texture parameter
    Yin Liu, Linlin Li, Qihao Chen, and 3 more authors
    In 2017 SAR in Big Data Era: Models, Methods and Applications (BIGSARDATA), 2017
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