| Improved population mapping for China using remotely sensed and points-of-interest data within a random forests model T Ye, N Zhao, X Yang, Z Ouyang, X Liu, Q Chen, K Hu, W Yue, J Qi, Z Li, ... Science of the total environment 658, 936-946, 2019 | 239 | 2019 |
| Contribution of urbanization to the increase of extreme heat events in an urban agglomeration in east China X Yang, L Ruby Leung, N Zhao, C Zhao, Y Qian, K Hu, X Liu, B Chen Geophysical Research Letters 44 (13), 6940-6950, 2017 | 217 | 2017 |
| Forecasting China’s GDP at the pixel level using nighttime lights time series and population images N Zhao, Y Liu, G Cao, EL Samson, J Zhang GIScience & Remote Sensing 54 (3), 407-425, 2017 | 170 | 2017 |
| Improve ground-level PM2. 5 concentration mapping using a random forests-based geostatistical approach Y Liu, G Cao, N Zhao, K Mulligan, X Ye Environmental pollution 235, 272-282, 2018 | 125 | 2018 |
| Day-of-week and seasonal patterns of PM2. 5 concentrations over the United States: Time-series analyses using the Prophet procedure N Zhao, Y Liu, JK Vanos, G Cao Atmospheric environment 192, 116-127, 2018 | 105 | 2018 |
| Machine learning and dengue forecasting: Comparing random forests and artificial neural networks for predicting dengue burden at national and sub-national scales in Colombia N Zhao, K Charland, M Carabali, EO Nsoesie, M Maheu-Giroux, E Rees, ... PLoS neglected tropical diseases 14 (9), e0008056, 2020 | 100 | 2020 |
| Net primary production and gross domestic product in China derived from satellite imagery N Zhao, N Currit, E Samson Ecological Economics 70 (5), 921-928, 2011 | 97 | 2011 |
| Mapping spatio-temporal changes of Chinese electric power consumption using night-time imagery N Zhao, T Ghosh, EL Samson International Journal of Remote Sensing 33 (20), 6304-6320, 2012 | 85 | 2012 |
| Correcting incompatible DN values and geometric errors in nighttime lights time-series images N Zhao, Y Zhou, EL Samson IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 53 (4), 2039-2049, 2014 | 82 | 2014 |
| Population mapping with multisensor remote sensing images and point-of-interest data X Yang, T Ye, N Zhao, Q Chen, W Yue, J Qi, B Zeng, P Jia Remote Sensing 11 (5), 574, 2019 | 80 | 2019 |
| Improving accuracy of economic estimations with VIIRS DNB image products N Zhao, FC Hsu, G Cao, EL Samson Remote Sensing of Night-time Light, 45-64, 2021 | 71 | 2021 |
| Long-term ozone exposure and mortality from neurological diseases in Canada N Zhao, L Pinault, O Toyib, J Vanos, M Tjepkema, S Cakmak Environment international 157, 106817, 2021 | 62 | 2021 |
| Effects of synoptic weather on ground-level PM2. 5 concentrations in the United States Y Liu, N Zhao, JK Vanos, G Cao Atmospheric Environment 148, 297-305, 2017 | 58 | 2017 |
| Estimation of anthropogenic heat emissions in China using Cubist with points-of-interest and multisource remote sensing data Q Chen, X Yang, Z Ouyang, N Zhao, Q Jiang, T Ye, J Qi, W Yue Environmental Pollution 266, 115183, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| Time series analysis of VIIRS-DNB nighttime lights imagery for change detection in urban areas: A case study of devastation in Puerto Rico from hurricanes Irma and Maria N Zhao, Y Liu, FC Hsu, EL Samson, H Letu, D Liang, G Cao Applied Geography 120, 102222, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| Fine particulate matter components and interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis N Zhao, Z Al-Aly, B Zheng, A van Donkelaar, RV Martin, CA Pineau, ... European Respiratory Journal 60 (1), 2022 | 46 | 2022 |
| These lit areas are undeveloped: Delimiting China’s urban extents from thresholded nighttime light imagery Y Liu, T Delahunty, N Zhao, G Cao International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation 50, 39-50, 2016 | 45 | 2016 |
| Tweets or nighttime lights: Comparison for preeminence in estimating socioeconomic factors N Zhao, G Cao, W Zhang, EL Samson ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 146, 1-10, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
| Brightness of nighttime lights as a proxy for freight traffic: A case study of China J Tian, N Zhao, EL Samson, S Wang IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote …, 2013 | 40 | 2013 |
| Long-term exposure to a mixture of industrial SO2, NO2, and PM2.5 and anti-citrullinated protein antibody positivity N Zhao, A Smargiassi, M Hatzopoulou, I Colmegna, M Hudson, MJ Fritzler, ... Environmental Health 19, 1-8, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
