Kai Yan

3.4k citations

105 papers · 2.4k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 28

Impact in

Environmental Engineering top 1%
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Ecology top 1%
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Papers in ⓘ

Environmental Engineering 46
- Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications 30
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation 16
Ecology 67
- Remote Sensing in Agriculture 63

Co-authors: Ranga B. Myneni (28 shared papers)Guangjian Yan (28 shared papers)Yuri Knyazikhin (21 shared papers)Taejin Park (13 shared papers)Chi Chen (10 shared papers)Zhao Liu (6 shared papers)Bin Yang (10 shared papers)Chi Wai Li (1 shared paper)
Journals: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (18 papers)Remote Sensing (16 papers)Remote Sensing of Environment (13 papers)International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation (4 papers)Forests (4 papers)
Partner nations: China United States Australia

In The Last Decade

Kai Yan

98 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Evaluating the saturation effect of vegetation indices in forests using 3D radiative transfer simulations and satellite observations 2023 · 94 citations

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1	Evaluation of MODIS LAI/FPAR Product Collection 6. Part 2: Validation and Intercomparison Remote Sensing ·Kai Yan, Taejin Park, Guangjian Yan, Zhao Liu, Bin Yang, Chi Chen, Ramakrishna Nemani, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni	2016	239
2	Evaluation of MODIS LAI/FPAR Product Collection 6. Part 1: Consistency and Improvements Remote Sensing ·Kai Yan, Taejin Park, Guangjian Yan, Chi Chen, Bin Yang, Zhao Liu, Ramakrishna Nemani, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni	2016	179
3	Global and regional changes in exposure to extreme heat and the relative contributions of climate and population change Scientific Reports ·Zhao Liu, Bruce T. Anderson, Kai Yan, Weihua Dong, Hua Liao, Peijun Shi	2017	129
4	Numerical Investigation of Wave–Current–Vegetation Interaction Journal of Hydraulic Engineering ·Chi Wai Li, Kai Yan	2007	103
5	Evaluating the saturation effect of vegetation indices in forests using 3D radiative transfer simulations and satellite observations Remote Sensing of Environment ·Si Gao, Run Zhong, Kai Yan, Xuanlong Ma, Xiaodong Chen, Jiabin Pu, Sicong Gao, Jianbo Qi, Gaofei Yin, Ranga B. Myneni Hit paper breakdown →	2023	94
6	Evaluation of the Vegetation-Index-Based Dimidiate Pixel Model for Fractional Vegetation Cover Estimation IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Kai Yan, Si Gao, Haojing Chi, Jianbo Qi, Wanjuan Song, Yiyi Tong, Xihan Mu, Guangjian Yan	2021	94
7	Generating Global Products of LAI and FPAR From SNPP-VIIRS Data: Theoretical Background and Implementation IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Kai Yan, Taejin Park, Chi Chen, Baodong Xu, Wanjuan Song, Bin Yang, Yelu Zeng, Zhao Liu, Guangjian Yan, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni	2018	92
8	Analysis of Global LAI/FPAR Products from VIIRS and MODIS Sensors for Spatio-Temporal Consistency and Uncertainty from 2012–2016 Forests ·Baodong Xu, Taejin Park, Kai Yan, Chi Chen, Yelu Zeng, Wanjuan Song, Gaofei Yin, Jing Li, Qinhuo Liu, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni	2018	75
9	PLC: A simple and semi-physical topographic correction method for vegetation canopies based on path length correction Remote Sensing of Environment ·Gaofei Yin, Ainong Li, Shengbiao Wu, Weiliang Fan, Yelu Zeng, Kai Yan, Baodong Xu, Jing Li, Qinhuo Liu	2018	67
10	Estimation of leaf area index and its sunlit portion from DSCOVR EPIC data: Theoretical basis Remote Sensing of Environment ·Bin Yang, Yuri Knyazikhin, Matti Mõttus, Miina Rautiainen, Pauline Stenberg, Lei Yan, Chi Chen, Kai Yan, Sungho Choi, Taejin Park, Ranga B. Myneni	2017	55
11	A half-Gaussian fitting method for estimating fractional vegetation cover of corn crops using unmanned aerial vehicle images Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Linyuan Li, Xihan Mu, Craig Macfarlane, Wanjuan Song, Jun Chen, Kai Yan, Guangjian Yan	2018	43
12	Temporal Extrapolation of Daily Downward Shortwave Radiation Over Cloud-Free Rugged Terrains. Part 1: Analysis of Topographic Effects IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Guangjian Yan, Yiyi Tong, Kai Yan, Xihan Mu, Qing Chu, Yingji Zhou, Yanan Liu, Jianbo Qi, Linyuan Li, Yelu Zeng, Hongmin Zhou, Donghui Xie, Wuming Zhang	2018	43
13	Performance stability of the MODIS and VIIRS LAI algorithms inferred from analysis of long time series of products Remote Sensing of Environment ·Kai Yan, Jiabin Pu, Taejin Park, Baodong Xu, Yelu Zeng, Guangjian Yan, Marie Weiss, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni	2021	43
14	Assessment of remote-sensed vegetation indices for estimating forest chlorophyll concentration Ecological Indicators ·Si Gao, Kai Yan, Jinxiu Liu, Jiabin Pu, Dongxiao Zou, Jianbo Qi, Xihan Mu, Guangjian Yan	2024	41
15	A radiative transfer model for solar induced fluorescence using spectral invariants theory Remote Sensing of Environment ·Yelu Zeng, Grayson Badgley, Min Chen, Jing Li, Leander D. L. Anderegg, Ari Kornfeld, Qinhuo Liu, Baodong Xu, Bin Yang, Kai Yan, Joseph A. Berry	2020	41
16	Evaluation of the MODIS LAI/FPAR Algorithm Based on 3D-RTM Simulations: A Case Study of Grassland Remote Sensing ·Jiabin Pu, Kai Yan, Guohuan Zhou, Yongqiao Lei, Yingxin Zhu, Donghou Guo, Hanliang Li, Linlin Xu, Yuri Knyazikhin, Ranga B. Myneni	2020	38
17	Large Kernel Spectral and Spatial Attention Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Genyun Sun, Zhaojie Pan, Aizhu Zhang, Xiuping Jia, Jinchang Ren, Hang Fu, Kai Yan	2023	38
18	3D Building Roof Modeling by Optimizing Primitive’s Parameters Using Constraints from LiDAR Data and Aerial Imagery Remote Sensing ·Wuming Zhang, Hongtao Wang, Yiming Chen, Kai Yan, Mei Chen	2014	36
19	Analyses of Impact of Needle Surface Properties on Estimation of Needle Absorption Spectrum: Case Study with Coniferous Needle and Shoot Samples Remote Sensing ·Bin Yang, Yuri Knyazikhin, Yi Lin, Kai Yan, Chi Chen, Taejin Park, Sungho Choi, Matti Mõttus, Miina Rautiainen, Ranga B. Myneni, Lei Yan	2016	35
20	An Operational Method for Validating the Downward Shortwave Radiation Over Rugged Terrains IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Guangjian Yan, Qing Chu, Yiyi Tong, Xihan Mu, Jianbo Qi, Yingji Zhou, Yanan Liu, Tianxing Wang, Donghui Xie, Wuming Zhang, Kai Yan, Shengbo Chen, Hongmin Zhou	2020	33

About Kai Yan

Kai Yan is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science, having authored 105 papers that have together received 2.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (63 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (30 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Remote Sensing and Land Use (17 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (16 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (13 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (10 papers) and Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Environmental Engineering (916 citations), Ecology (1.5k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.1k citations), Ecological Modeling (138 citations) and Atmospheric Science (497 citations). Kai Yan has collaborated with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Ranga B. Myneni, Guangjian Yan, Yuri Knyazikhin, Taejin Park, Chi Chen, Zhao Liu, Bin Yang, Chi Wai Li, Yelu Zeng and Ramakrishna Nemani. Their work appears in journals such as IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation and Forests.

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