Yuhan "Douglas" Rao
Also known as: Yuhan (Douglas) Rao
Works (31)
Updated: August 6th, 2023 05:02
2023 article
Extreme Heat and Mental Health-Related Outcomes in Adolescent Populations: A Machine Learning Approach
Wertis, M. L., Sugg, M., Runkle, J., & Rao, Y. (2023, April 16).
doi.org (repository)
Source: ORCID
Added: April 18, 2023
2023 webpage
Opensciency - A core open science curriculum by and for the research community
Almarzouq, B., Azevedo, F., Batalha, N., Bayer, J., Bell, T., Bhogal, S., … Yehudi, Y. (2023, February 22).
Source: ORCID
Added: March 3, 2023
2023 journal article
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Sciences An Innovative Approach for Summer School
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 104(6), E1222–E1231.
author keywords: KEYWORDS; Education; Artificial intelligence; Machine learning
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 31, 2023
2022 review
A review of Earth Artificial Intelligence
[Review of ]. COMPUTERS & GEOSCIENCES, 159.
author keywords: Geosphere; Hydrology; Atmosphere; Artificial intelligence/machine learning; Big data; Cyberinfrastructure
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: February 7, 2022
2022 article
Are We at Risk of Losing the Current Generation of Climate Researchers to Data Science?
Jain, S., Mindlin, J., Koren, G., Gulizia, C., Steadman, C., Langendijk, G. S., … Rabanal, V. (2022, August). AGU ADVANCES, Vol. 3.
author keywords: climate model data; early career researchers; CMIP; climate science; climate research
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 26, 2022
2022 journal article
Bias of area counted from sub-pixel map: Origin and correction
SCIENCE OF REMOTE SENSING, 6.
author keywords: Land cover/land use; Sub-pixel mapping; Area bias correction; Small sample size; Abundance-dependent error; Probability distribution of abundances
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: July 31, 2023
2022 journal article
ClimateBench v1.0: A Benchmark for Data-Driven Climate Projections
JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN MODELING EARTH SYSTEMS, 14(10).
author keywords: climate; emulation; precipitation; machine learning
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: October 31, 2022
2022 article
Earth and Space Science Informatics Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science
Hills, D. J., Damerow, J. E., Ahmmed, B., Catolico, N., Chakraborty, S., Coward, C. M., … Yao, T. (2022, April). EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE, Vol. 9.
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: May 2, 2022
2022 speech
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science (TAI4ES) Summer School 2022
McGovern, A., Gagne, D., Ebert-Uphoff, I., Bostrom, A., Wirz, C., Rao, D., … Haynes, K. (2022, June).
Source: ORCID
Added: March 9, 2023
2022 article
Warming does not delay the start of autumnal leaf coloration but slows its progress rate
Jiang, N., Shen, M., Ciais, P., Campioli, M., Penuelas, J., Korner, C., … Zhao, W. (2022, August 14). GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, Vol. 8.
author keywords: autumnal leaf senescence; global warming; leaf coloration onset; Northern Hemisphere; photoperiod
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 29, 2022
2021 report
A science paradigm shift is needed for Earth and Environmental Systems Sciences (EESS) to integrate Knowledge-Guided Artificial Intelligence (KGAI) and lead new EESS-KGAI theories
Source: ORCID
Added: March 9, 2023
2021 journal article
Adopting "Difference-in-Differences" Method to Monitor Crop Response to Agrometeorological Hazards with Satellite Data: A Case Study of Dry-Hot Wind
REMOTE SENSING, 13(3).
author keywords: remote sensing; vegetation indices; winter wheat; heat stress; spectral response; shape model fitting; damage assessment
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: March 1, 2021
2020 journal article
Can changes in autumn phenology facilitate earlier green-up date of northern vegetation?
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY, 291.
author keywords: Autumn phenology; Legacy effect; Climate change; Northern hemisphere; Phenological sequence; Spring phenology
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: August 24, 2020
2020 journal article
Response of winter wheat to spring frost from a remote sensing perspective: Damage estimation and influential factors
ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, 168, 221–235.
author keywords: Spring frost; Winter wheat; Damage assessment; Remote sensing; North China
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: September 28, 2020
2020 journal article
Short-term effects of specific humidity and temperature on COVID-19 morbidity in select US cities
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 740.
author keywords: COVID-19 morbidity; Distributed lag non-linear model; Time-stratified case-crossover; Weather; Seasonality
MeSH headings : Betacoronavirus; COVID-19; Cities; Coronavirus Infections / mortality; Humans; Humidity; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral / mortality; SARS-CoV-2; Temperature
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID
Added: September 14, 2020
2019 journal article
Enterprise LST Algorithm Development and Its Evaluation with NOAA 20 Data
Remote Sensing, 11(17), 2003.
author keywords: land surface temperature (LST); enterprise algorithm; VIIRS; NOAA 20; split window
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2019 journal article
Estimating daily average surface air temperature using satellite land surface temperature and top-of-atmosphere radiation products over the Tibetan Plateau
Remote Sensing of Environment, 234, 111462.
Source: ORCID
Added: March 9, 2023
2018 journal article
A practical sampling method for assessing accuracy of detected land cover/land use change: Theoretical analysis and simulation experiments
ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 144, 379–389.
author keywords: Land use land cover change; Accuracy assessment; Transition accuracy; Sample design
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2018 journal article
Land Surface Air Temperature Data Are Considerably Different Among BEST‐LAND, CRU‐TEM4v, NASA‐GISS, and NOAA‐NCEI
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(11), 5881–5900.
author keywords: land surface air temperature; intercomparison; surface warming; warming hiatus
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2016 journal article
A Simple Method for Detecting Phenological Change From Time Series of Vegetation Index
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(6), 3436–3449.
author keywords: Cross-correlogram spectral matching (CCSM); moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS); phenological change; start of season (SOS); vegetation index (VI)
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2016 journal article
Land cover change detection by integrating object-based data blending model of Landsat and MODIS
Remote Sensing of Environment, 184, 374–386.
author keywords: Change detection; Object-based; Data blending; NDVI gradient difference; NDVI time series
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2015 journal article
A method for screening climate change-sensitive infectious diseases
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(1), 767–783.
author keywords: climate change; infectious diseases; climate change-sensitive diseases; relative sensitivity; screening method
MeSH headings : Child; Child, Preschool; China / epidemiology; Climate Change; Communicable Diseases / epidemiology; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Malaria / epidemiology; Mass Screening; Schistosomiasis / epidemiology; Temperature
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2015 conference paper
A quantitative assessment of multiple scattering in plant-soil mixtures and the implications on nonlinear spectral unmixing models
2015 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS).
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2015 journal article
An improved method for producing high spatial-resolution NDVI time series datasets with multi-temporal MODIS NDVI data and Landsat TM/ETM+ images
Remote Sensing, 7(6), 7865–7891.
author keywords: NDVI time series; linear mixing model; MODIS; Landsat TM/ETM; data fusion
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2015 journal article
Identification of climate factors related to human infection with avian influenza A H7N9 and H5N1 viruses in China
Scientific Reports, 5.
MeSH headings : Algorithms; Atmospheric Pressure; China / epidemiology; Climate; Disease Outbreaks / prevention & control; Geography; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Humans; Humidity; Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / physiology; Influenza A Virus, H7N9 Subtype / physiology; Influenza, Human / epidemiology; Influenza, Human / virology; Models, Theoretical; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Species Specificity; Temperature
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2015 journal article
Temperature sensitivity of spring vegetation phenology correlates to within-spring warming speed over the Northern Hemisphere
Ecological Indicators, 50, 62–68.
author keywords: Climate change; NDVI time series; Spring vegetation phenology; Spring temperature; Temperature sensitivity
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2014 journal article
A combination of TsHARP and thin plate spline interpolation for spatial sharpening of thermal imagery
Remote Sensing, 6(4), 2845–2863.
author keywords: thermal sharpening; land surface temperature; TsHARP; thin plate spline; error estimation
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2014 journal article
A simple error estimation method for linear-regression-based thermal sharpening techniques with the consideration of scale difference
Geo-Spatial Information Science, 17(1), 54–59.
author keywords: thermal sharpening; error estimation; linear regression; equivalent random sample size
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2014 journal article
Earlier vegetation green-up has reduced spring dust storms
Scientific Reports, 4.
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
2013 conference paper
Quantitative assessment of the different methods addressing the endmember variability
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 3317–3320.
author keywords: SMA; endmember variability; simulated data; quantitative
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
journal article
混合像元分解技术及其进展
遥感学报, 20(5), 1102. http://www.jors.cn/jrs/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=r16169&flag=1
Source: ORCID
Added: January 3, 2023
Employment
Updated: March 2nd, 2023 06:23
2022 - present
North Carolina State University Asheville, North Carolina, US
Research Scientist
North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies
2019 - 2022
North Carolina State University Asheville, North Carolina, US
Postdoctoral Research Scholar
North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies
2015 - 2019
University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland, US
Graduate Research Assistant
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center
Education
Updated: January 3rd, 2023 15:59
2014 - 2019
University of Maryland College Park, Maryland, US
Ph.D. (Geographical Sciences)
Department of Geographical Sciences
2011 - 2014
Beijing Normal University Beijing, Beijing, CN
Master of Engineering (Cartography and Geo-information Engineering)
Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management
2007 - 2011
Beijing Normal University Beijing, Beijing, CN
Bachelor of Science (Statistics)
School of Mathematical Sciences
