Song, Xiaopeng | GEOG | Geographical Sciences Department | University of Maryland

Areas of Interest

Satellite monitoring of land cover and land use change (LCLUC)
(Socioeconomic) causes and (biophysical) consequences of LCLUC
Deforestation, urbanization and agricultural expansion

Degrees

Degree Type

PhD

Degree Details

in Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, 2015
Degree Type

BS

Degree Details

in Geographical Information Science, Peking University, 2008
Degree Type

BS

Degree Details

in Economics (double major), Peking University, 2008

Zalles, V., Hansen, M. C., Potapov, P. V., Stehman, S. V., Tyukavina, A., Pickens, A., ... & John, N. (2019). Near doubling of Brazil’s intensive row crop area since 2000. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(2), 428-435.
Li, Y., Sulla-Menashe, D., Motesharrei, S., Song, X.-P., Kalnay, E., Ying, Q., Li, S., Ma, Z., 2017. Inconsistent estimates of forest cover change in China between 2000 and 2013 from multiple datasets: differences in parameters, spatial resolution,
Song, X.P., Potapov, P.V., Krylov, A., King, L., Di Bella, C.M., Hudson, A., Khan, A., Adusei, B., Stehman, S.V. and Hansen, M.C., 2017. National-scale soybean mapping and area estimation in the United States using medium resolution satellite imagery and
Song, X.P., Sexton, J.O., Huang, C., Channan, S. & Townshend, J.R. (2016) Characterizing the magnitude, timing and duration of urban growth from time series of Landsat-based estimates of impervious cover, Remote Sensing of Environment,
Song, X.P., Huang, C., Saatchi, S.S., Hansen, M.C. & Townshend, J.R. (2015) Annual carbon emissions from deforestation in the Amazon basin between 2000 and 2010, PLOS ONE, 10, e0126754

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Email

xpsong [at] umd.edu