Xihan Mu

4.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
111 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Xihan Mu is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Xihan Mu has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Ecology, 70 papers in Environmental Engineering and 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Xihan Mu's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (80 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (57 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (17 papers). Xihan Mu is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (80 papers), Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (57 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (17 papers). Xihan Mu collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Xihan Mu's co-authors include Guangjian Yan, Donghui Xie, Wanjuan Song, Wuming Zhang, Linyuan Li, Ronghai Hu, Jianbo Qi, Jinghui Luo, Tianxing Wang and Zhonghu Jiao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Xihan Mu

103 papers receiving 2.9k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Review of indirect optical measurements of leaf area index: Recent advances, challenges, and perspectives

2018 337 citations Guangjian Yan, Ronghai Hu et al. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology profile →
Remote sensing algorithms for estimation of fractional vegetation cover using pure vegetation index values: A review

2019 289 citations Xihan Mu et al. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing profile →

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This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xihan Mu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xihan Mu based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Xihan Mu. Xihan Mu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Using an improved radiative transfer model to estimate leaf area index, fractional vegetation cover and leaf inclination angle from Himawari-8 geostationary satellite data 2025 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Yaoyao Chen, Xihan Mu, Tim R. McVicar, Yuanyuan Wang, (unknown), Kai Yan, (unknown), Donghui Xie, Guangjian Yan	1
2	Improvement of NDVI mixture model for fractional vegetation cover estimation with consideration of shaded vegetation and soil components 2024 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Xihan Mu, Yang Yang, Hui Xu, (unknown), (unknown), Tim R. McVicar, Donghui Xie, Guangjian Yan	13
3	Validating GEDI tree canopy cover product across forest types using co-registered aerial LiDAR data 2024 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Linyuan Li, Wenjian Ni, Xihan Mu, Xiaodan Wu, Gaia Vaglio Laurin, Elia Vangi, Krzysztof Stereńczak, Gherardo Chirici, (unknown), Huaguo Huang	16
4	Downward shortwave radiation modeling over rugged terrain with clouds 2024 ·Remote Sensing of Environment ·Guangjian Yan, (unknown), (unknown), Xihan Mu, (unknown), Yanan Liu, (unknown), Donghui Xie	0
5	Accurate spaceborne waveform simulation in heterogeneous forests using small-footprint airborne LiDAR point clouds 2024 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Guangjian Yan, (unknown), Donghui Xie, Hailan Jiang, Linyuan Li, Jianbo Qi, Ronghai Hu, Xihan Mu, (unknown), Shanshan Wei, Hao Tang	0
6	Unveiling Anomalies in Terrain Elevation Products from Spaceborne Full-Waveform LiDAR over Forested Areas 2024 ·Forests ·Hailan Jiang, (unknown), Guangjian Yan, (unknown), Linyuan Li, Feng Yang, Anxin Ding, Donghui Xie, Xihan Mu, Jing Li, Kaijian Xu, Ping Zhao, Jun Geng, Felix Morsdorf	2
7	Correction of Sun-View Angle Effect on Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) With Single View-Angle Observation 2024 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Xihan Mu, Yaoyao Chen, Donghui Xie, Guangjian Yan	3
8	Review of ground and aerial methods for vegetation cover fraction (fCover) and related quantities estimation: definitions, advances, challenges, and future perspectives 2023 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Linyuan Li, Xihan Mu, Hailan Jiang, Francesco Chianucci, Ronghai Hu, Wanjuan Song, Jianbo Qi, Shouyang Liu, (unknown), Ling Chen, Huaguo Huang, Guangjian Yan	58
9	Correction for the Sun-Angle Effect on the NDVI Based on Path Length 2023 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Xinli Liu, Yaoyao Chen, Xihan Mu, Guangjian Yan, Donghui Xie, Xuanlong Ma, Kai Yan, Wanjuan Song, (unknown)	1
10	Human Activity Changes During COVID‐19 Lockdown in China—A View From Nighttime Light 2022 ·GeoHealth ·(unknown), Guangjian Yan, Xihan Mu, Donghui Xie, Jiachen Xu, Zhiyu Zhang, (unknown)	9
11	Remote sensing experiments for earth system science 2021 ·International Journal of Digital Earth ·Tianjie Zhao, Michael H. Cosh, Alexandre Roy, Xihan Mu, Yubao Qiu, Jiancheng Shi	6
12	Quantitative Analysis of Terrain Reflected Solar Radiation in Snow‐Covered Mountains: A Case Study in Southeastern Tibetan Plateau 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·(unknown), Guangjian Yan, Jianbo Qi, Xihan Mu, Linyuan Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yanan Liu, Donghui Xie, Martin Wild	24
13	Quantifying Understory and Overstory Vegetation Cover Using UAV-Based RGB Imagery in Forest Plantation 2020 ·Remote Sensing ·Linyuan Li, Jun Chen, Xihan Mu, (unknown), Guangjian Yan, Donghui Xie, Wuming Zhang	42
14	Quantitative Analysis of Aerosol Influence on Suomi-NPP VIIRS Nighttime Light in China 2020 ·IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing ·(unknown), Xihan Mu, Guangjian Yan	15
15	Estimating Leaf Angle Distribution From Smartphone Photographs 2019 ·IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters ·Jianbo Qi, Donghui Xie, Linyuan Li, Wuming Zhang, Xihan Mu, Guangjian Yan	17
16	Using Airborne Laser Scanner and Path Length Distribution Model to Quantify Clumping Effect and Estimate Leaf Area Index 2018 ·IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ·Ronghai Hu, Guangjian Yan, Françoise Nerry, (unknown), (unknown), Shuren Wang, Yiming Chen, Xihan Mu, Wuming Zhang, Donghui Xie	35
17	Reconstruction of Single Tree with Leaves Based on Terrestrial LiDAR Point Cloud Data 2018 ·Remote Sensing ·Donghui Xie, Xiangyu Wang, Jianbo Qi, Yiming Chen, Xihan Mu, Wuming Zhang, Guangjian Yan	19
18	Review of indirect optical measurements of leaf area index: Recent advances, challenges, and perspectives breakdown → 2018 ·Agricultural and Forest Meteorology ·Guangjian Yan, Ronghai Hu, Jinghui Luo, Marie Weiss, Hailan Jiang, Xihan Mu, Donghui Xie, Wuming Zhang	337
19	Implications of Whole-Disc DSCOVR EPIC Spectral Observations for Estimating Earth’s Spectral Reflectivity Based on Low-Earth-Orbiting and Geostationary Observations 2018 ·Remote Sensing ·Wanjuan Song, Yuri Knyazikhin, Guoyong Wen, Alexander Marshak, Matti Mõttus, Kai Yan, Bin Yang, Baodong Xu, Taejin Park, Chi Chen, Yelu Zeng, Guangjian Yan, Xihan Mu, Ranga B. Myneni	18
20	Extracting the Green Fractional Vegetation Cover from Digital Images Using a Shadow-Resistant Algorithm (SHAR-LABFVC) 2015 ·Remote Sensing ·Wanjuan Song, Xihan Mu, Guangjian Yan, (unknown)	76

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