Faculty Profiles

Zhu, Y., Murugesan, S. B., Masara, I. K., Myint, S. W., & Fisher, J. B. (2024). Examining wildfire dynamics using ECOSTRESS data with machine learning approaches: the case of South‐Eastern Australia’s black summer. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 1–16. https://doi.org/doi: 10.1002/rse2.422

Myint, S. W. (2024). Fundamentals of Aerial Photo Interpretation. In The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge – UCGIS. The Geographic Information Science & Technology Body of Knowledge – UCGIS. Retrieved from DOI:10.22224/gistbok/2024.1.4

Liu, K., Zhu, Y., Dang, X., Myint, S. W., Liu, L., & Cao, J. (2024). Examining spatial dynamics and interactions of planted alien, native, and invasive alien species in China’s largest artificial mangrove forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 1–10. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2024.121755

Zhu, Y., Myint, S. W., Liu, K., Liu, L., & Cao, J. (2024). Integration of UAV LiDAR and WorldView-2 images for modeling mangrove aboveground biomass with GA-ANN wrapper. Ecological Processes, 1–16. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-024-00566-w

Shi, D., Song, J., Zhong, Q., Myint, S. W., Zeng, P., & Che, Y. (2024). Cooling wisdom of ‘water towns’: How urban river network scan shape city climate? Remote Sensing of Environment, 300, 113925. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113925

Schaffer-Smith, D., DeMeester, J. E., Tong, D., Myint, S. W., Libera, D. A., & Muenich, R. L. (2023). Landscape Pollution Source Dynamics Highlight Priority Locations for Basin-Scale Interventions to Protect Water Quality Under Hydroclimatic Variability. Earth’s Future, 11(9). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003137

Zhu, Y., Myint, S. W., Feng, X., & Li, Y. (2023). An Innovative Scheme to Confront the Trade-Off Between Water Conservation and Heat Alleviation With Environmental Justice for Urban Sustainability: The Case of Phoenix, Arizona. AGU Advances, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1029/2022AV000816

Tran, T. V., Bruce, D., Huang, C. Y., Tran, D. X., Myint, S. W., & Nguyen, D. B. (2023). Decadal assessment of agricultural drought in the context of land use land cover change using MODIS multivariate spectral index time-series data. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 60(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2022.2163070

Zhou, X., & Myint, S. W. (2023). Shadow Pattern-Enhanced Building Height Extraction Using Very-High-Resolution Image. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 16, 180–190. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3221146

Fan, P., Chen, J., Fung, C., Naing, Z., Ouyang, Z., Nyunt, K. M., … Peter, B. G. (2022). Urbanization, economic development, and environmental changes in transitional economies in the global south: a case of Yangon. Ecological Processes, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-022-00409-6

Zhu, Y., Myint, S. W., Schaffer-Smith, D., Sauchyn, D. J., Xu, X., Piwowar, J. M., & Li, Y. (2022). Examining ground and surface water changes in response to environmental variables, land use dynamics, and socioeconomic changes in Canada. Journal of Environmental Management, 322. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115875

Zhang, Y., Chen, G., Myint, S. W., Zhou, Y., Hay, G. J., Vukomanovic, J., & Meentemeyer, R. K. (2022). UrbanWatch: A 1-meter resolution land cover and land use database for 22 major cities in the United States. Remote Sensing of Environment, 278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113106

Estoque, R. C., Dasgupta, R., Winkler, K., Avitabile, V., Johnson, B., Myint, S. W., … Lasco, R. D. (2022). Spatiotemporal pattern of global forest change over the past 60 years and the forest transition theory. Environmental Research Letters, 17(8). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac7df5

Zhu, Y., Myint, S. W., Schaffer-Smith, D., Muenich, R. L., Tong, D., & Li, Y. (2022). Formulating Operational Mitigation Options and Examining Intra-Urban Social Inequality Using Evidence-Based Urban Warming Effects. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2021.795474

Li, Y., Schaffer-Smith, D., Myint, S. W., & Zhu, Y. (2022). Monitoring ecological and environmental stress patterns over the past two decades in the Mekong River basin. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 59(1), 1817–1836. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2022.2139387

Tran, D. X., Tran, T. V., Pearson, D., Myint, S. W., Lowry, J., & Nguyen, T. T. (2022). Spatiotemporal analysis of forest cover change and associated environmental challenges: a case study in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Geocarto International, 37(25), 9277–9297. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2021.2017013

Miralha, L., Muenich, R. L., Schaffer-Smith, D., & Myint, S. W. (2021). Spatiotemporal land use change and environmental degradation surrounding CAFOs in Michigan and North Carolina. Science of the Total Environment, 800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149391

Fu, P., Hu, L., Ainsworth, E. A., Tai, X., Myint, S. W., Zhan, W., … Bernacchi, C. J. (2021). Enhanced drought resistance of vegetation growth in cities due to urban heat, CO2 domes and O3 troughs. Environmental Research Letters, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3b17

Li, Y., & Myint, S. W. (2021). Fine resolution air quality dynamics related to socioeconomic and land use factors in the most polluted desert metropolitan in the American Southwest. Science of the Total Environment, 788. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147713

Tran, T. V., Tran, D. X., Nguyen, H., Latorre-Carmona, P., & Myint, S. W. (2021). Characterising spatiotemporal vegetation variations using LANDSAT time-series and Hurst exponent index in the Mekong River Delta. Land Degradation and Development, 32(13), 3507–3523. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3934

Myint, S. W., Aggarwal, R., Zheng, B., Wentz, E. A., Holway, J., Fan, C., … Fischer, H. A. (2021). Adaptive crop management under climate uncertainty: Changing the game for sustainable water use. Atmosphere, 12(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12081080

Wang, C., Turner, V. K., Wentz, E. A., Zhao, Q., & Myint, S. W. (2021). Optimization of residential green space for environmental sustainability and property appreciation in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. Science of the Total Environment, 763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144605

Cheung, S. Y., Walker, I. J., Myint, S. W., & Dorn, R. I. (2021). Assessing land degradation induced by recreational activities in the Algodones Dunes, California using MODIS satellite imagery. Journal of Arid Environments, 185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2020.104334

Bonney, M. T., He, Y., & Myint, S. W. (2020). Contextualizing the 2019–20 kangaroo island bushfires: Quantifying landscape-level influences on past severity and recovery with landsat and google earth engine. Remote Sensing, 12(23), 1–32. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12233942

Schaffer-Smith, D., Schaffer-Smith, D., Myint, S. W., Muenich, R. L., Tong, D., & Demeester, J. E. (2020). Repeated Hurricanes Reveal Risks and Opportunities for Social-Ecological Resilience to Flooding and Water Quality Problems. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(12), 7194–7204. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b07815

Zhu, Y., Liu, K., Myint, S. W., Du, Z., Li, Y., Cao, J., … Wu, Z. (2020). Integration of GF2 optical, GF3 SAR, and UAV data for estimating aboveground biomass of China’s largest artificially planted mangroves. Remote Sensing, 12(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/RS12122039

Wang, Z., Fan, C., Zhao, Q., & Myint, S. W. (2020). A geographically weighted regression approach to understanding urbanization impacts on urban warming and cooling: A case study of Las Vegas. Remote Sensing, 12(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12020222

Ma, J., Xiao, X., Li, R., Zhao, B., & Myint, S. W. (2020). Enhanced spring phenological temperature sensitivity explains the extension of carbon uptake period in temperate forest protected areas. Forest Ecology and Management, 455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117679

Zhu, Y., Liu, K., Liu, L., Myint, S. W., Wang, S., Cao, J., & Wu, Z. (2020). Estimating and Mapping Mangrove Biomass Dynamic Change Using WorldView-2 Images and Digital Surface Models. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 13, 2123–2134. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2989500

Tran, T. V., Tran, D. X., Myint, S. W., Latorre-Carmona, P., Ho, D. D., Tran, P. H., & Dao, H. N. (2019). Assessing spatiotemporal drought dynamics and its related environmental issues in the Mekong River Delta. Remote Sensing, 11(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232742

Wang, C., Li, Y., Myint, S. W., Zhao, Q., & Wentz, E. A. (2019). Impacts of spatial clustering of urban land cover on land surface temperature across Köppen climate zones in the contiguous United States. Landscape and Urban Planning, 192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103668

Tran, T. V., Tran, D. X., Myint, S. W., Huang, C. ying, Pham, H. V., Luu, T. H., & Vo, T. M. T. (2019). Examining spatiotemporal salinity dynamics in the Mekong River Delta using Landsat time series imagery and a spatial regression approach. Science of the Total Environment, 687, 1087–1097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.056

Fu, P., Xie, Y., Moore, C. E., Myint, S. W., & Bernacchi, C. J. (2019). A Comparative Analysis of Anthropogenic CO<inf>2</inf> Emissions at City Level Using OCO-2 Observations: A Global Perspective. Earth’s Future, 7(9), 1058–1070. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001282

Fu, P., Xie, Y., Weng, Q., Myint, S. W., Meacham-Hensold, K., & Bernacchi, C. (2019). A physical model-based method for retrieving urban land surface temperatures under cloudy conditions. Remote Sensing of Environment, 230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.05.010

Feng, Y., Du, S., Myint, S. W., & Shu, M. (2019). Do urban functional zones affect land surface temperature differently? A case study of Beijing, China. Remote Sensing, 11(15). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11151802

Liu, W., Agusdinata, D. B., & Myint, S. W. (2019). Spatiotemporal patterns of lithium mining and environmental degradation in the Atacama Salt Flat, Chile. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 80, 145–156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2019.04.016

Wang, C., Wang, Z. H., Wang, C., & Myint, S. W. (2019). Environmental cooling provided by urban trees under extreme heat and cold waves in U.S. cities. Remote Sensing of Environment, 227, 28–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.03.024

Ishtiaque, A., Eakin, H., Chhetri, N., Myint, S. W., Dewan, A., & Kamruzzaman, M. (2019). Examination of coastal vulnerability framings at multiple levels of governance using spatial MCDA approach. Ocean and Coastal Management, 171, 66–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.01.020

Wang, C., Myint, S. W., & Hutchins, M. (2019). The assessment of deforestation, forest degradation, and carbon release in myanmar 2000-2010. Environmental Change in the Himalayan Region: Twelve Case Studies (pp. 47–64). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03362-0_3

Estoque, R. C., Murayama, Y., Lasco, R. D., Myint, S. W., Pulhin, F. B., Wang, C., … Hijioka, Y. (2018). Changes in the landscape pattern of the La Mesa Watershed – The last ecological frontier of Metro Manila, Philippines. Forest Ecology and Management, 430, 280–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.08.023

Wang, Y., Hu, B. K. H., Myint, S. W., Feng, C. C., Chow, W. T. L., & Passy, P. F. (2018). Patterns of land change and their potential impacts on land surface temperature change in Yangon, Myanmar. Science of the Total Environment, 643, 738–750. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.209

Estoque, R. C., Myint, S. W., Wang, C., Ishtiaque, A., Aung, T. T., Emerton, L., … Fan, C. (2018). Assessing environmental impacts and change in Myanmar’s mangrove ecosystem service value due to deforestation (2000–2014). Global Change Biology, 24(11), 5391–5410. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14409

Fan, P., Chen, J., Ouyang, Z., Groisman, P., Loboda, T., Gutman, G., … Qi, J. (2018). Urbanization and sustainability under transitional economies: A synthesis for Asian Russia. Environmental Research Letters, 13(9). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aadbf8

Wang, C., Middel, A., Myint, S. W., Kaplan, S., Brazel, A. J., & Lukasczyk, J. (2018). Assessing local climate zones in arid cities: The case of Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 141, 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.04.009

Wang, C., Wang, C., Myint, S. W., & Wang, Z. H. (2018). Corrigendum to “Landscape determinants of spatio-temporal patterns of aerosol optical depth in the two most polluted metropolitans in the United States” [Sci. Total Environ. 609 (2017) 1556–1565](S0048969717319836)(10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.273). Science of the Total Environment (Vol. 626, pp. 1502–1504). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.039

Kamal, S., Huang, H. P., & Myint, S. W. (2018). Numerical simulations to quantify the diurnal contrast in local climate trend induced by desert urbanization. Environment Systems and Decisions, 38(2), 261–273. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-017-9657-2

Wang, C., Myint, S. W., Fan, P., Stuhlmacher, M., & Yang, J. (2018). The impact of urban expansion on the regional environment in Myanmar: a case study of two capital cities. Landscape Ecology, 33(5), 765–782. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0632-1

Wang, C., Wang, C., Myint, S. W., & Wang, Z. H. (2017). Landscape determinants of spatio-temporal patterns of aerosol optical depth in the two most polluted metropolitans in the United States. Science of the Total Environment, 609, 1556–1565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.273

Song, J., Wang, Z. H., Myint, S. W., & Wang, C. (2017). The hysteresis effect on surface-air temperature relationship and its implications to urban planning: An examination in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning, 167, 198–211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.06.024

Zhu, Y., Liu, K., Liu, L., Myint, S. W., Wang, S., Liu, H., & He, Z. (2017). Exploring the potential of world view-2 red-edge band-based vegetation indices for estimation of mangrove leaf area index with machine learning algorithms. Remote Sensing, 9(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9101060

Fan, C., Rey, S. J., & Myint, S. W. (2017). Spatially filtered ridge regression (SFRR): A regression framework to understanding impacts of land cover patterns on urban climate. Transactions in GIS, 21(5), 862–879. https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.12240

Fan, C., Myint, S. W., Kaplan, S., Middel, A., Zheng, B., Rahman, A., … Blumberg, D. G. (2017). Understanding the impact of urbanization on surface urban heat Islands-A longitudinal analysis of the oasis effect in subtropical desert cities. Remote Sensing, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9070672

Fan, C., Myint, S. W., Rey, S. J., & Li, W. (2017). Time series evaluation of landscape dynamics using annual Landsat imagery and spatial statistical modeling: Evidence from the Phoenix metropolitan region. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 58, 12–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.01.009

Tran, D. X., Pla, F., Latorre-Carmona, P., Myint, S. W., Caetano, M., & Kieu, H. V. (2017). Characterizing the relationship between land use land cover change and land surface temperature. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 124, 119–132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2017.01.001

Estoque, R. C., Murayama, Y., & Myint, S. W. (2017). Effects of landscape composition and pattern on land surface temperature: An urban heat island study in the megacities of Southeast Asia. Science of the Total Environment, 577, 349–359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.195

Hernandez, N. N., & Myint, S. W. (2017). Can Myanmar’s older people lead the way to universal health coverage? The Lancet (10065th ed., Vol. 389, pp. 137–139). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32065-7

Wang, C., Yang, J., Myint, S. W., Wang, Z. H., & Tong, B. (2016). Empirical modeling and spatio-temporal patterns of urban evapotranspiration for the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 53(6), 778–792. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2016.1243399

Ishtiaque, A., Myint, S. W., & Wang, C. (2016). Examining the ecosystem health and sustainability of the world’s largest mangrove forest using multi-temporal MODIS products. Science of the Total Environment, 569–570, 1241–1254. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.200

Wang, Z. H., Fan, C., Myint, S. W., & Wang, C. (2016). Size Matters: What are the characteristic source areas for urban planning strategies? PLoS ONE, 11(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165726

Galletti, C. S., Turner, B. L., & Myint, S. W. (2016). Land changes and their drivers in the cloud forest and coastal zone of Dhofar, Oman, between 1988 and 2013. Regional Environmental Change, 16(7), 2141–2153. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-0942-2

Wang, C., & Myint, S. W. (2016). Environmental concerns of deforestation in myanmar 2001-2010. Remote Sensing, 8(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8090728

Kaplan, S., Galletti, C. S., Chow, W. T. L., & Myint, S. W. (2016). First order approximation of Broadband Directional Albedo with High Resolution Quickbird Imagery: A case study for arid urban areas. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 53(3), 303–319. https://doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2016.1153944

Jenerette, G. D., Harlan, S. L., Buyantuev, A., Stefanov, W. L., Declet-Barreto, J., Ruddell, B. L., … Li, X. (2016). Micro-scale urban surface temperatures are related to land-cover features and residential heat related health impacts in Phoenix, AZ USA. Landscape Ecology, 31(4), 745–760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-015-0284-3

Li, Z., Shi, W., Myint, S. W., Lu, P., & Wang, Q. (2016). Semi-automated landslide inventory mapping from bitemporal aerial photographs using change detection and level set method. Remote Sensing of Environment, 175, 215–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2016.01.003

Hamdan, A., & Myint, S. W. (2016). Biogeomorphic Relationships and Riparian Vegetation Changes Along Altered Ephemeral Stream Channels: Florence to Marana, Arizona. Professional Geographer, 68(1), 26–38. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2015.1007431

Feng, X., & Myint, S. W. (2016). Exploring the effect of neighboring land cover pattern on land surface temperature of central building objects. Building and Environment, 95, 346–354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.09.019

Wang, C., Myint, S. W., Wang, Z., & Song, J. (2016). Spatio-temporal modeling of the urban heat island in the Phoenix metropolitan area: Land use change implications. Remote Sensing, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs8030185

Fan, C., Li, W., Wolf, L. J., & Myint, S. W. (2015). A Spatiotemporal Compactness Pattern Analysis of Congressional Districts to Assess Partisan Gerrymandering: A Case Study with California and North Carolina. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 105(4), 736–753. https://doi.org/10.1080/00045608.2015.1039109

Myint, S. W., Zheng, B., Talen, E., Fan, C., Kaplan, S., Middel, A., … Brazel, A. (2015). Does the spatial arrangement of urban landscape matter? examples of urban warming and cooling in phoenix and las vegas. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 1(4), 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1890/EHS14-0028.1

Yang, J., Wang, Z. H., Chen, F., Miao, S., Tewari, M., Voogt, J. A., & Myint, S. W. (2015). Erratum to: Enhancing Hydrologic Modelling in the Coupled Weather Research and Forecasting–Urban Modelling System [Boundary-Layer Meteorol, 155, (2015) 87-109, DOI 10.1007/s10546-014-9991-6]. Boundary-Layer Meteorology (2nd ed., Vol. 155, p. 369). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-015-0020-1

Wang, C., & Myint, S. W. (2015). A Simplified Empirical Line Method of Radiometric Calibration for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Based Remote Sensing. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 8(5), 1876–1885. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2015.2422716

Fan, C., Myint, S. W., & Zheng, B. (2015). Measuring the spatial arrangement of urban vegetation and its impacts on seasonal surface temperatures. Progress in Physical Geography, 39(2), 199–219. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133314567583

Yang, J., Wang, Z. H., Chen, F., Miao, S., Tewari, M., Voogt, J. A., & Myint, S. W. (2015). Enhancing Hydrologic Modelling in the Coupled Weather Research and Forecasting–Urban Modelling System. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 155(1), 87–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-014-9991-6

Ackley, J. W., Wu, J., Angilletta, M. J., Myint, S. W., & Sullivan, B. (2015). Rich lizards: How affluence and land cover influence the diversity and abundance of desert reptiles persisting in an urban landscape. Biological Conservation, 182, 87–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.009

Myint, S. W., Mesev, V., Quattrochi, D. A., & Wentz, E. A. (2015). Urban image classification: Per-pixel classifiers, subpixel analysis, object-based image analysis, and geospatial methods. Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies (Vol. 1, pp. 219–230). https://doi.org/10.1201/b19294

Wang, C., Myint, S. W., Price, K. P., Wang, H., & An, N. (2015). A simplified empirical line calibration method for sUAS-based remote sensing. In Imaging and Geospatial Technology Forum, IGTF 2015 - ASPRS Annual Conference and co-located JACIE Workshop (pp. 219–229). Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84943539863

Myint, S. W., Zhu, T., & Zheng, B. (2015). A Novel Image Classification Algorithm Using Overcomplete Wavelet Transforms. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 12(6), 1232–1236. https://doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2015.2390133

Zheng, B., Myint, S. W., Thenkabail, P. S., & Aggarwal, R. M. (2015). A support vector machine to identify irrigated crop types using time-series Landsat NDVI data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 34(1), 103–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.07.002

Zhao, Q., Myint, S. W., Wentz, E. A., & Fan, C. (2015). Rooftop surface temperature analysis in an Urban residential environment. Remote Sensing, 7(9), 12135–12159. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs70912135

Kamal, S., Huang, H. P., & Myint, S. W. (2015). The influence of urbanization on the climate of the las vegas metropolitan area: A numerical study. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54(11), 2157–2177. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0003.1

Fan, C., Zheng, B., Myint, S. W., & Aggarwal, R. (2014). Characterizing changes in cropping patterns using sequential Landsat imagery: an adaptive threshold approach and application to Phoenix, Arizona. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(20), 7263–7278. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2014.967891

Myint, S. W., Franklin, J., Buenemann, M., Kim, W. K., & Giri, C. P. (2014). Examining change detection approaches for tropical mangrove monitoring. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 80(10), 983–993. https://doi.org/10.14358/pers.80.10.983

Zhang, C., Cooper, H., Selch, D., Meng, X., Qiu, F., Myint, S. W., … Xie, Z. (2014). Mapping urban land cover types using object-based multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis. Remote Sensing Letters, 5(6), 521–529. https://doi.org/10.1080/2150704X.2014.930197

Kaplan, S., Myint, S. W., Fan, C., & Brazel, A. J. (2014). Quantifying outdoor water consumption of urban land use/land cover: Sensitivity to drought. Environmental Management, 53(4), 855–864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-014-0245-7

Myint, S. W., Zheng, B., Chao, F., & Smith, M. (2014). The impact of spatial arrangements of built land cover types on urban warming. In 35th Asian Conference on Remote Sensing 2014, ACRS 2014: Sensing for Reintegration of Societies. Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84925437389

Huang, H. P., Hedquist, B. C., Lee, T., & Myint, S. W. (2014). Climate modeling for renewable energy applications. Advances in Meteorology (Vol. 2014). https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/354862

Fan, C., & Myint, S. W. (2014). A comparison of spatial autocorrelation indices and landscape metrics in measuring urban landscape fragmentation. Landscape and Urban Planning, 121, 117–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.10.002

Wentz, E. A., Wills, A. J., Kim, W. K., Myint, S. W., Gober, P., & Balling, R. C. (2014). Factors Influencing Water Consumption in Multifamily Housing in Tempe, Arizona. Professional Geographer, 66(3), 501–510. https://doi.org/10.1080/00330124.2013.805627

Galletti, C. S., & Myint, S. W. (2014). Land-use mapping in a mixed urban-agricultural arid landscape using object-based image analysis: A case study from Maricopa, Arizona. Remote Sensing, 6(7), 6089–6110. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs6076089

Li, X., Myint, S. W., Zhang, Y., Galletti, C., Zhang, X., & Turner, B. L. (2014). Object-based land-cover classification for metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, using aerial photography. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 33(1), 321–330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2014.04.018

Zheng, B., Myint, S. W., & Fan, C. (2014). Spatial configuration of anthropogenic land cover impacts on urban warming. Landscape and Urban Planning, 130(1), 104–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.07.001

Wentz, E. A., Anderson, S., Fragkias, M., Netzband, M., Mesev, V., Myint, S. W., … Seto, K. C. (2014). Supporting global environmental change research: A review of trends and knowledge gaps in urban remote sensing. Remote Sensing (5th ed., Vol. 6, pp. 3879–3905). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs6053879

Myint, S. W., Galletti, C. S., Kaplan, S., & Kim, W. K. (2013). Object vs. pixel: A systematic evaluation in urban environments. Geocarto International, 28(7), 657–678. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2013.776642

Myint, S. W., Wentz, E. A., Brazel, A. J., & Quattrochi, D. A. (2013). The impact of distinct anthropogenic and vegetation features on urban warming. Landscape Ecology, 28(5), 959–978. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9868-y

Middel, A., Brazel, A. J., Gober, P., Myint, S. W., Chang, H., & Duh, J. D. (2012). Land cover, climate, and the summer surface energy balance in Phoenix, AZ, and Portland, OR. International Journal of Climatology, 32(13), 2020–2032. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.2408

Gober, P., Middel, A., Brazel, A., Myint, S. W., Chang, H., Duh, J. D., & House-Peters, L. (2012). Tradeoffs between water conservation and temperature amelioration in Phoenix and Portland: Implications for urban sustainability. Urban Geography, 33(7), 1030–1054. https://doi.org/10.2747/0272-3638.33.7.1030

Judkins, G., & Myint, S. W. (2012). Spatial variation of soil salinity in the Mexicali Valley, Mexico: Application of a practical method for agricultural monitoring. Environmental Management, 50(3), 478–489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-012-9889-3

Middel, A., Brazel, A. J., Kaplana, S., & Myint, S. W. (2012). Daytime cooling efficiency and diurnal energy balance in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Climate Research, 54(1), 21–34. https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01103

Wentz, E. A., Quattrochi, D. A., Netzband, M., & Myint, S. W. (2012). Synthesizing urban remote sensing through application, scale, data and case studies. Geocarto International, 27(5), 425–442. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2012.687400

Myint, S. W., & Mesev, V. (2012). A comparative analysis of spatial indices and wavelet-based classification. Remote Sensing Letters, 3(2), 141–150. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2010.531777

Myint, S. W. (2012). Effects of the spatial pattern of vegetation cover on urban warming in a desert city. Advances in Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery: Techniques and Applications (pp. 261–278). https://doi.org/10.1201/b13770

Kaplan, S., & Myint, S. W. (2012). Estimating irrigated agricultural water use through landsat TM and a simplified surface energy balance modeling in the semi-arid environments of Arizona. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 78(8), 849–859. https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.78.8.849

Wagner, M. A., Myint, S. W., & Cerveny, R. S. (2012). Geospatial assessment of recovery rates following a tornado disaster. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (11 PART1, Vol. 50, pp. 4313–4322). https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2012.2191973

Middel, A., Brazel, A., Hagen, B., & Myint, S. W. (2011). Land Cover Modification Scenarios and Their Effects on Daytime Heating in the Inner Core Residential Neighborhoods of Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Urban Technology, 18(4), 61–79. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630732.2011.648434

Myint, S. W., Gober, P., Brazel, A., Grossman-Clarke, S., & Weng, Q. (2011). Per-pixel vs. object-based classification of urban land cover extraction using high spatial resolution imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 115(5), 1145–1161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2010.12.017

Myint, S. W., & Stow, D. (2011). An Object-Oriented Pattern Recognition Approach for Urban Classification. Urban Remote Sensing: Monitoring, Synthesis and Modeling in the Urban Environment (pp. 129–140). https://doi.org/10.1002/9780470979563.ch9

Myint, S. W., Brazel, A., Okin, G., & Buyantuyev, A. (2010). Combined effects of impervious surface and vegetation cover on air temperature variations in a rapidly expanding desert city. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 47(3), 301–320. https://doi.org/10.2747/1548-1603.47.3.301

Myint, S. W. (2010). Multi-resolution decomposition in relation to characteristic scales and local window sizes using an operational wavelet algorithm. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 31(10), 2551–2572. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160903032893

Gober, P., Brazel, A., Quay, R., Myint, S. W., Grossman-Clarke, S., Miller, A., & Rossi, S. (2010). Using watered landscapes to manipulate urban heat island effects: How much water will it take to cool phoenix? Journal of the American Planning Association, 76(1), 109–121. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944360903433113

Myint, S. W., Jain, J., Lukinbeal, C., & Lara-Valencia, F. (2010). Simulating urban growth on the US-Mexico border: Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(3), 166–184. https://doi.org/10.5589/m10-038

Myint, S. W., & Okin, G. S. (2009). Modelling land-cover types using multiple endmember spectral mixture analysis in a desert city. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 30(9), 2237–2257. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160802549328

Myint, S. W. (2008). An exploration of spatial dispersion, pattern, and association of socio-economic functional units in an urban system. Applied Geography, 28(3), 168–188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2008.02.005

Myint, S. W., Yuan, M., Cerveny, R. S., & Giri, C. (2008). Categorizing natural disaster damage assessment using satellite-based geospatial techniques. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 8(4), 707–719. https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-8-707-2008

Myint, S. W., Giri, C. P., Wang, L., Zhu, Z., & Gillete, S. C. (2008). Identifying mangrove species and their surrounding land use and land cover classes using object-oriented approach with a lacunarity spatial measure. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 45(2), 188–208. https://doi.org/10.2747/1548-1603.45.2.188

Myint, S. W., Yuan, M., Cerveny, R. S., & Giri, C. P. (2008). Comparison of remote sensing image processing techniques to identify tornado damage areas from Landsat TM data. Sensors, 8(2), 1128–1156. https://doi.org/10.3390/s8021128

Tang, J., Wang, L., & Myint, S. W. (2007). Improving urban classification through fuzzy supervised classification and spectral mixture analysis. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(18), 4047–4063. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160701227687

Myint, S. W., Wentz, E. A., & Purkis, S. J. (2007). Employing spatial metrics in urban land-use/land-cover mapping: Comparing the Getis and Geary indices. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 73(12), 1403–1415. https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.73.12.1403

Myint, S. W., Mesev, V., & Lam, N. (2006). Urban textural analysis from remote sensor data: Lacunarity measurements based on the differential box counting method. Geographical Analysis, 38(4), 371–390. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4632.2006.00691.x

Myint, S. W. (2006). Urban vegetation mapping using sub-pixel analysis and expert system rules: A critical approach. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(13), 2645–2665. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160500534630

Myint, S. W. (2006). A new framework for effective urban land use and land cover classification: A wavelet approach. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 43(2), 155–178. https://doi.org/10.2747/1548-1603.43.2.155

Purkis, S. J., Myint, S. W., & Riegl, B. M. (2006). Enhanced detection of the coral Acropora cervicornis from satellite imagery using a textural operator. Remote Sensing of Environment, 101(1), 82–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2005.11.009

Myint, S. W. (2006). Urban mapping with geospatial algorithms. Urban Remote Sensing (pp. 109–135). Retrieved from https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85058080505

Myint, S. W., & Wang, L. (2006). Multicriteria decision approach for land use land cover change using Markov chain analysis and a cellular automata approach. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(6), 390–404. https://doi.org/10.5589/m06-032

Myint, S. W., & Lam, N. (2005). A study of lacunarity-based texture analysis approaches to improve urban image classification. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 29(5 SPEC. ISS.), 501–523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2005.01.007

Myint, S. W., & Lam, N. (2005). Examining lacunarity approaches in comparison with fractal and spatial autocorrelation techniques for urban mapping. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 71(8), 927–937. https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.71.8.927

Myint, S. W., Lam, N. S. N., & Tyler, J. M. (2004). Wavelets for urban spatial feature discrimination: Comparisons with fractal, spatial autocorrelation, and spatial co-occurrence approaches. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (7th ed., Vol. 70, pp. 803–812). https://doi.org/10.14358/PERS.70.7.803

Walker, N., Myint, S. W., Babin, A., & Haag, A. (2003). Advances in satellite radiometry for the surveillance of surface temperatures, ocean eddies and upwelling processes in the Gulf of Mexico using GOES-8 measurements during summer. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(16). https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL017555

Myint, S. W. (2003). Fractal approaches in texture analysis and classification of remotely sensed data: Comparisons with spatial autocorrelation techniques and simple descriptive statistics. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24(9), 1925–1947. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160210155992

Myint, S. W., & Walker, N. D. (2002). Quantification of surface suspended sediments along a river dominated coast with NOAA AVHRR and Sea WiFS measurements: Louisiana, USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 23(16), 3229–3249. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160110104700

Myint, S. W., Lam, N., & Tyler, J. (2002). An evaluation of four different wavelet decomposition procedures for spatial feature discrimination in urban areas. Transactions in GIS, 6(4), 403–429. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9671.00120

Myint, S. W. (2001). A robust texture analysis and classification approach for urban land-use and land-cover feature discrimination. Geocarto International, 16(4), 29–40. https://doi.org/10.1080/10106040108542212