Ioannis Z. Gitas

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
129 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Ioannis Z. Gitas is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ioannis Z. Gitas has authored 129 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Ecology, 81 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 66 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ioannis Z. Gitas's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (81 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (59 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (57 papers). Ioannis Z. Gitas is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (81 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (59 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (57 papers). Ioannis Z. Gitas collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United States and Italy. Ioannis Z. Gitas's co-authors include George Mitri, Christos Karydas, A. Polychronaki, Thomas Katagis, Dimitris Stavrakoudis, Panos Panagos, Giorgos Mallinis, Thomas Alexandridis, N. Silleos and Sander Veraverbeke and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ioannis Z. Gitas

123 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Historical background and current developments for mapping burned area from satellite Earth observation

2019 372 citations Jesús F. San Miguel, Ioannis Z. Gitas et al. profile →

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Kevin Tansey United Kingdom

Aqil Tariq United States

Heiko Balzter United Kingdom

Nicholas Clinton United States

J. T. Morisette United States

Martin Kappas Germany

Meisam Amani Iran

Pietro Alessandro Brivio Italy

John L. Dwyer United States

Sytze de Bruin Netherlands

Kevin Tansey United Kingdom

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351 ×0.8

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Sparks, Aaron M., et al.. (2024). Assessing the effects of landcover and land use change on wildfire exposure and risk to communities and olive orchards in Mediterranean landscapes. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177723–177723. 2 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2024). A Novel Spectral–Spatial Methodology for Hierarchical Fuel Type Mapping in Mediterranean Ecosystems Using Sentinel-2 Timeseries and Auxiliary Thematic Data. Fire. 7(11). 407–407.

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2024). Forest Habitat Mapping in Natura2000 Regions in Cyprus Using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and Topographical Features. Remote Sensing. 16(8). 1373–1373. 7 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2024). Investigating the potential of ICEYE-SAR data in storm damage detection in a coniferous forest with rugged terrain. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 46(4). 1622–1651.

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2024). A Spectral–Spatial Approach for the Classification of Tree Cover Density in Mediterranean Biomes Using Sentinel-2 Imagery. Forests. 15(11). 2025–2025. 1 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., Kyriacos Themistocleous, Argyro Nisantzi, et al.. (2023). The use of remote sensing data for the fire damage assessment in a burnt area in Cyprus. 12. 84–84. 1 indexed citations

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Katagis, Thomas, et al.. (2023). Classification of seasonal Sentinel-2 imagery for mapping vegetation in Mediterranean ecosystems. 12–12. 1 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2023). Supporting Operational Tree Marking Activities through Airborne LiDAR Data in the Frame of Sustainable Forest Management. Forests. 14(12). 2311–2311. 4 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2023). Estimating Crown Biomass in a Multilayered Fir Forest Using Airborne LiDAR Data. Remote Sensing. 15(11). 2919–2919. 5 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2022). Total Stem Biomass Estimation Using Sentinel-1 and -2 Data in a Dense Coniferous Forest of Complex Structure and Terrain. Forests. 13(12). 2157–2157. 9 indexed citations

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Tsouvaltzis, Pavlos, et al.. (2021). Nutritional composition changes in bell pepper as affected by the ripening stage of fruits at harvest or postharvest storage and assessed non‐destructively. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 102(1). 445–454. 17 indexed citations

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Xanthopoulos, Gavriil, et al.. (2021). Development of an Early Warning and Incident Response System for the Protection of Visitors from Natural Hazards in Important Outdoor Sites in Greece. Sustainability. 13(9). 5143–5143. 8 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2020). ON-THE-FLY LAND COVER MAPPING USING MACHINE LEARNING WITH MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY ON GOOGLE EARTH ENGINE. 1 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2020). Multispectral LiDAR-Based Estimation of Surface Fuel Load in a Dense Coniferous Forest. Remote Sensing. 12(20). 3333–3333. 21 indexed citations

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Alexandridis, Thomas, et al.. (2020). Downscaling of MODIS leaf area index using landsat vegetation index. Geocarto International. 37(9). 2466–2489. 14 indexed citations

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Elhag, Mohamed, et al.. (2019). Effect of Water Surface Area on the Remotely Sensed Water Quality Parameters of Baysh Dam Lake, Saudi Arabia. 4 indexed citations

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Karydas, Christos, Panos Panagos, & Ioannis Z. Gitas. (2012). A classification of water erosion models according to their geospatial characteristics. International Journal of Digital Earth. 7(3). 229–250. 132 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2008). Burned area mapping and post-fire impact assessment in the Kassandra peninsula (Greece) using Landsat TM and Quickbird data. Geocarto International. 24(3). 193–205. 15 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z. & D. X. Viegas. (2002). An investigation into the usefulness of applying topographic correction prior to the mapping of recently burned areas from LANDSAT TM images.. 1 indexed citations

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Gitas, Ioannis Z., et al.. (2002). Object-oriented classification modelling for fuel type mapping in the Mediterranean, using LANDSAT TM and IKONOS imagery- preliminary results. 200218–23200266. 12 indexed citations

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