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View article: Deep Learning-Driven Weed Detection in Lettuce Farms: Box Annotation and Post-Segmentation
Deep Learning-Driven Weed Detection in Lettuce Farms: Box Annotation and Post-Segmentation Open
Weed infestations cause billions of dollars in annual loss and devastate natural habitats. Current weed recognition methods remain vulnerable to seasonal and environmental variations, and their performance relies on tedious manual curation…
View article: Restoration Efforts in Riparian Ecosystems in the Colorado River Delta as Measured by Greenness Indices and Evapotranspiration (ET) and using Hydrology, Avian Studies and ET Change Maps 
Restoration Efforts in Riparian Ecosystems in the Colorado River Delta as Measured by Greenness Indices and Evapotranspiration (ET) and using Hydrology, Avian Studies and ET Change Maps  Open
Colorado River water has been allocated through recent Minutes (319 from 2014-2017; 323 from 2018-2026) to the 1944 Water Treaty between the United States and Mexico to support efforts to restore native riparian forests, which provide esse…
View article: A hydrologic engineering analysis of a failed rangeland water control structure on the Buenos Aires national wildlife refuge
A hydrologic engineering analysis of a failed rangeland water control structure on the Buenos Aires national wildlife refuge Open
This report summarizes a hydrologic engineering analysis of a failed concrete drop spillway (broad-crested weir) water control structure at the outlet or “pour point” on the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) watershed southwest…
View article: Saguaro Recognition from Drone Imagery Using Mask R-CNN in Detectron2
Saguaro Recognition from Drone Imagery Using Mask R-CNN in Detectron2 Open
The saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) plays a pivotal role in desert ecosystems, making its population monitoring essential. Traditional census methods used by the United States Forestry Service are resource-intensive, prompting a need f…
View article: Effect of water delivery and irrigation for riparian restoration in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico
Effect of water delivery and irrigation for riparian restoration in the Colorado River Delta, Mexico Open
Along Mexico's arid Colorado River Delta, the riparian corridor lacks water due to a reduction in frequent flows, climate change, human infrastructure, and altered riparian landcover from disturbances to invasive species, fire, and high so…
View article: Greenness and Actual Evapotranspiration in the Unrestored Riparian Corridor of the Colorado River Delta in Response to In-Channel Water Deliveries in 2021 and 2022
Greenness and Actual Evapotranspiration in the Unrestored Riparian Corridor of the Colorado River Delta in Response to In-Channel Water Deliveries in 2021 and 2022 Open
Natural resource managers may utilize remotely sensed data to monitor vegetation within their decision-making frameworks for improving habitats. Under binational agreements between the United States and Mexico, seven reaches were targeted …
View article: Riparian Corridors of the Sonoran Desert: New Estimates of Riparian Evapotranspiration Change Using Daymet and Landsat Vegetation Index Methods
Riparian Corridors of the Sonoran Desert: New Estimates of Riparian Evapotranspiration Change Using Daymet and Landsat Vegetation Index Methods Open
Accurate estimates of riparian vegetation water use are import-ant to quantify, particularly in arid environments. In these narrow riparian corridors, we quantify loss of water from leaves and soil as one variable, actual evapotranspiratio…
View article: Crop water use dynamics over arid and semi-arid croplands in the lower Colorado River Basin
Crop water use dynamics over arid and semi-arid croplands in the lower Colorado River Basin Open
Numerous studies have evaluated the application of Remote Sensing (RS) techniques for mapping actual evapotranspiration (ETa) using Vegetation-Index-based (VI-based) and surface energy balance methods (SEB). SEB models computationally requ…
View article: Random Forest Classification of Multitemporal Landsat 8 Spectral Data and Phenology Metrics for Land Cover Mapping in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts
Random Forest Classification of Multitemporal Landsat 8 Spectral Data and Phenology Metrics for Land Cover Mapping in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts Open
Geospatial data and tools evolve as new technologies are developed and landscape change occurs over time. As a result, these data may become outdated and inadequate for supporting critical habitat-related work across the international boun…
View article: Four Riparian Corridors in the Lower Colorado River Basin: New Estimates of Riparian Evapotranspiration and Consumptive Water Use
Four Riparian Corridors in the Lower Colorado River Basin: New Estimates of Riparian Evapotranspiration and Consumptive Water Use Open
Accurate estimates of riparian vegetation water use are important to quantify. In these narrow riparian landscapes, we quantify loss of water from leaves and soil as one variable, actual evapotranspiration (ETa). ETa is the most difficult …
View article: Mapping Vegetation Index-Derived Actual Evapotranspiration across Croplands Using the Google Earth Engine Platform
Mapping Vegetation Index-Derived Actual Evapotranspiration across Croplands Using the Google Earth Engine Platform Open
Precise knowledge of crop water consumption is essential to better manage agricultural water use, particularly in regions where most countries struggle with increasing water and food insecurity. Approaches such as cloud computing and remot…
View article: The association between the incidence of Lyme disease in the USA and indicators of greenness and land cover
The association between the incidence of Lyme disease in the USA and indicators of greenness and land cover Open
Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne illness in the USA. Incidence is related to specific environmental conditions such as temperature, metrics of land cover, and vertebrate species diversity. To determine whether greenness, a…
View article: Riparian Plant Evapotranspiration and Consumptive Use for Selected Areas of the Little Colorado River Watershed on the Navajo Nation
Riparian Plant Evapotranspiration and Consumptive Use for Selected Areas of the Little Colorado River Watershed on the Navajo Nation Open
Estimates of riparian vegetation water use are important for hydromorphological assessment, partitioning within human and natural environments, and informing environmental policy decisions. The objectives of this study were to calculate th…
View article: Effect of Restoration on Plant Greenness and Water Use in Relation to Drought in the Riparian Corridor of the Colorado River Delta
Effect of Restoration on Plant Greenness and Water Use in Relation to Drought in the Riparian Corridor of the Colorado River Delta Open
Revitalization of the Colorado River delta riparian corridor and increasing riparian plant greenness and water use may be accomplished by added water and restoration efforts to offset declines measured since 2000 by Landsat. We use the two…
View article: The association between the incidence of Lyme disease in the United States and indicators of greenness and land cover
The association between the incidence of Lyme disease in the United States and indicators of greenness and land cover Open
Background Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States. Incidence is related to specific environmental conditions such as temperature, metrics of land cover, and species diversity. Objective To determine wheth…
View article: Estimating Productivity Measures in Guayule Using UAS Imagery and Sentinel-2 Satellite Data
Estimating Productivity Measures in Guayule Using UAS Imagery and Sentinel-2 Satellite Data Open
Guayule (Parthenium argentatum Gray) is a perennial desert shrub currently under investigation as a viable commercial alternative to the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), the traditional source of natural rubber. Previous studies on g…
View article: How Changes in Harvested Area Impacts the Actual Evapotranspiration of Croplands Using Optical Remote Sensing
How Changes in Harvested Area Impacts the Actual Evapotranspiration of Croplands Using Optical Remote Sensing Open
<p>Associated with drought, the increased agricultural water consumption in arid and semi-arid regions has caused water competition among water users and worsened water scarcity and food security. Hence, there is an imminent need for…
View article: Consumptive Water Use for the Riparian Areas of the Little Colorado River within Navajo Nation
Consumptive Water Use for the Riparian Areas of the Little Colorado River within Navajo Nation Open
<p>Accurate estimates of natural plant area water use or evapotranspiration (ET, mm/day) are important to quantify so that in-stream use can be partitioned for human and natural environments. The natural grasses, shrubs and trees tha…
View article: Estimating Actual Evapotranspiration over Croplands Using Vegetation Index Methods and Dynamic Harvested Area
Estimating Actual Evapotranspiration over Croplands Using Vegetation Index Methods and Dynamic Harvested Area Open
Advances in estimating actual evapotranspiration (ETa) with remote sensing (RS) have contributed to improving hydrological, agricultural, and climatological studies. In this study, we evaluated the applicability of Vegetation-Index (VI) -b…
View article: Riparian Area Changes in Greenness and Water Use on the Lower Colorado River in the USA from 2000 to 2020
Riparian Area Changes in Greenness and Water Use on the Lower Colorado River in the USA from 2000 to 2020 Open
Declines in riparian ecosystem greenness and water use have been observed in the delta of the Lower Colorado River (LCR) since 2000. The purpose of our case study was to measure these metrics on the U.S. side of the border between Hoover a…
View article: Spatio-temporal changes in water demand of urban greenery
Spatio-temporal changes in water demand of urban greenery Open
<p>Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) and water demand of urban green spaces (UGS) remain critical, especially in water-limited cities. Measuring ET helps decision&#8208;makers, urban planners and urban water managers…
View article: Changes in Water Use on the Lower Colorado River in the USA from 2000-2020
Changes in Water Use on the Lower Colorado River in the USA from 2000-2020 Open
<p>We studied the health and water use of seven riparian reaches of the Lower Colorado River from Hoover to Morelos Dam over the last 20-years, since 2000, to evaluate trends in the riparian ecosystem. This ecosystem has been in decl…
View article: Inter-comparison of remotely-sensed actual evapotranspiration products in the Zayandehrud river basin, Iran
Inter-comparison of remotely-sensed actual evapotranspiration products in the Zayandehrud river basin, Iran Open
<p>Accurate estimation of evapotranspiration (ET) helps to create a better understanding of water allocation, irrigation scheduling, and crop management especially in arid and semiarid regions where agricultural areas are far more af…
View article: Changes in the water footprint of urban green spaces over time
Changes in the water footprint of urban green spaces over time Open
<p>The concept of a sustainable green city based on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)&#8211;Goal 11 - sustainable cities and communities &#8211; may not be narrowed down to solely intensifying urban green spaces. Sustainab…
View article: Competitiveness of Enterprise: The Essence and Approaches to Definition
Competitiveness of Enterprise: The Essence and Approaches to Definition Open
The article is aimed at generalizing the views of various scholars on the essence of the concept of «competitiveness» and allocating the properties and factors that characterize the competitiveness of enterprise. In modern conditions of ec…
View article: Effect of spatial resolution of satellite images on estimating the greenness and evapotranspiration of urban green spaces
Effect of spatial resolution of satellite images on estimating the greenness and evapotranspiration of urban green spaces Open
Urban green spaces (UGS), like most managed land covers, are getting progressively affected by water scarcity and drought. Preserving, restoring and expanding UGS require sustainable management of green and blue water resources to fulfil e…
View article: Vegetation‐groundwater dynamics at a former uranium mill site following invasion of a biocontrol agent: A time series analysis of Landsat normalized difference vegetation index data
Vegetation‐groundwater dynamics at a former uranium mill site following invasion of a biocontrol agent: A time series analysis of Landsat normalized difference vegetation index data Open
Because groundwater recharge in dry regions is generally low, arid and semiarid environments have been considered well‐suited for long‐term isolation of hazardous materials (e.g., radioactive waste). In these dry regions, water lost (trans…
View article: Short and long-term analyses of plant greenness and evapotranspiration dynamics in the riparian zone of the Colorado River Delta before and after the 2014 Minute 319 environmental pulse flow
Short and long-term analyses of plant greenness and evapotranspiration dynamics in the riparian zone of the Colorado River Delta before and after the 2014 Minute 319 environmental pulse flow Open
<p>Our study assessed the effects of ecological environmental flows from one nation to another, using remote sensing.&#160; Remote sensing approaches to plant water use quantification can inform binational, integrated water resou…