DGGRID Users

Examples of projects using DGGRID or DGGRID-generated products:

US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund Atlas Grid
PlanetRisk/Culmen International DGGS
European Space Agency’s (ESA) SMOS Level 1 Soil Moisture Product
NSF GLOBE project
Pilot grid for the Global Forum for Geography and Statistics task force
Multiple International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) species maps
DGGRIDR (R interface to DGGRID)
FRK (Fixed Rank Krigging in R using DGGRID-generated grids)
OpenStreetMap History eXplorer

Examples of published science using DGGRID or DGGRID-generated products:

2024. Suitability of the height above nearest drainage (HAND) model for flood inundation mapping in data-scarce regions: a comparative analysis with hydrodynamic models. Thalakkottukara, N.T., Thomas, J., Watkins, M.K. Earth Sci Inform https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-023-01218-x
2023. Explaining population booms and busts in Mid-Holocene Europe. Kondor, D., Bennett, J.S., Gronenborn, D. Sci Rep 13, 9310
2023. Drivers of global irrigation expansion: the role of discrete global grid choice.Sophie Wagner, Fabian Stenzel, Tobias Krueger, and Jana de Wiljes. Preprint. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-2023-273
2023. Deriving synthetic rating curves from a digital elevation model to delineate the inundated areas of small watersheds. Camila A. Gordon, Etienne Foulon, Alain N. Rousseau. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. Volume 50, 101580, ISSN 2214-5818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101580
2023. The Ocean Depth Contour Generating Algorithm for Hexagonal Discrete Global Grids. DING Junjie, ZHOU Jianbin, BEN Jin. Geomatics and Information Science of Wuhan University, DOI: 10.13203/j. whugis20220738
2023. Modelling Global Deforestation Using Spherical Geographic Automata Approach. Addae B, Dragićević S. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 12(8):306. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi12080306
2023. Construction of quality evaluation indicator system for diamond discrete global grid systems. Luo, Fuli & Gao, Shupeng & Wang, Xinpeng & Chen, Aimei & Wang, Zheng & Li, Yalu. International Journal of Digital Earth. 16. 2301-2324. 10.1080/17538947.2023.2218115.
2023. Eco-ISEA3H, a machine learning ready spatial database for ecometric and species distribution modeling. Mechenich, M.F., Žliobaitė, I. Sci Data 10, 77. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-01966-x
2023. Analyses of ping-pong handovers in real 4G telecommunication networks. D. Zidic, T. Mastelic, I.N. Kosovic. Computer Networks. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comnet.2023.109699.
2023. Hexagonal discrete global grid systems in topographical and hydrological modeling (Unpublished doctoral thesis). Li, M. University of Calgary. http://hdl.handle.net/1880/115923
2023. Mapping the terraces on the Loess Plateau based on a deep learning-based model at 1.89 m resolution. Lu, Y., Li, X., Xin, L. Sci Data 10, 115 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02005-5
2023. Ocean surface currents estimated from satellite remote sensing data based on a global hexagonal grid. Wenbo Wang, Huijun Zhou, Senyuan Zheng, Guonian Lü, Liangchen Zhou. International Journal of Digital Earth. 16:1, 1073-1093, DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2023.2192003 https://doi.org/10.1080/17538947.2023.2192003
2023. Enabling geosimulations for global scale: Spherical geographic automata. Addae, B., & Dragićević, S. Transactions in GIS, 00, 1– 20. https://doi.org/10.1111/tgis.13054
2022. Integration of vegetation classification with land cover mapping: lessons from regional mapping efforts in the Americas. Comer PJ, Hak JC, Dockter D, Smith J. Vegetation Classification and Survey 3. 29-43. https://doi.org/10.3897/VCS.67537
2022. Manipulating spherical polygons: Underlying mathematics and an introduction to the spherical_poly Python module. Ramzi Mirshak. Defence Research and Development Canada Reference Document DRDC-RDDC-2022-D100
2022. Acoustic vector sensor analysis of the Monterey Bay region soundscape and the impact of COVID-19. Kevin B. Smith, Paul Leary, Thomas Deal, John Joseph, John Ryan, Chris Miller, Craig Dawe, Benjamin Cray. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 151:2507. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0010162.
2022. Remote Radio-Physical Harbingers of Drought in Steppes of the South of Western Siberia. Romanov A, Ryabinin I, Khvostov I, Troshkin D, Romanov D. Remote Sensing. 14(23):6141. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14236141
2022. Multi-resolution topographic analysis in hexagonal Discrete Global Grid Systems. Mingke Li, Heather McGrath, Emmanuel Stefanakis. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 113:102985. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102985.
2022. Spherical Poisson point process intensity function modeling and estimation with measure transport. Tin Lok James Ng, Andrew Zammit-Mangion. Spatial Statistics. 50:100629.
2022. Data Fusion of AIRS and CrIMSS Near Surface Air Temperature. Peter Kalmus, Hai Nguyen, Jacola Roman, Tao Wang, Qing Yue, Yixin Wen, Jonathan M. Hobbs, Amy J. Braverman. Earth and Space Science Open Archive.
2022. Mapping the Risk for West Nile Virus Transmission, Africa. García-Carrasco, J., Muñoz, A., Olivero, J., Segura, M., & Real, R. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 28(4), 777-785. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2804.211103
2022. Integrating multi-criteria analysis and spherical cellular automata approach for modelling global urban land-use change. Bright Addae & Suzana Dragićević. Geocarto International. DOI: 10.1080/10106049.2022.2152498
2022. A GtoG Direct Coding Mapping Method for Multi-Type Global Discrete Grids Based on Space Filling Curves. Li, Y.; Zhao, X.; Sun, W.; Wang, G.; Luo, F.; Wang, Z.; Duan, Y. ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2022, 11, 595. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11120595
2022. Underlying mathematics and an introduction to the spherical_poly Python module. Ramzi Mirshak. Defence Research and Development Canada. DRDC-RDDC-2022-D100
2022. Assessing the Representativeness of Irrigation Adoption Studies: A Meta-Study of Global Research. Ruchie Pathak, Nicholas R. Magliocca. Department of Geography, University of Alabama. 12:12:2105.
2022. Extraction of ocean tidal information based on global equal-area grid and satellite altimeter data. Wenbo Wang, Huijun Zhou, Senyuan Zheng, Guonian Lü, Liangchen Zhou. International Journal of Digital Earth. 15:1:2440-2467.
2022. Multi-Scale Flood Mapping under Climate Change Scenarios in Hexagonal Discrete Global Grids. Mingke Li, Heather McGrath, Emmanuel Stefanakis. ISPRS Internațional Journal of Geo-Information. 11:627. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi11120627
2021. Integration of heterogeneous terrain data into Discrete Global Grid Systems. Mingke Li, Heather McGrath & Emmanuel Stefanakis. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 48:6, 546-564, DOI: 10.1080/15230406.2021.1966648
2021. The evolution of humanitarian mapping within the OpenStreetMap community. Herfort, Benjamin & Lautenbach, Sven & De Albuquerque, Joao & Anderson, Jennings & Zipf, Alexander. Scientific Reports. 11. 10.1038/s41598-021-82404-z.
2021. InundatEd-v1.0: a height above nearest drainage (HAND)-based flood risk modeling system using a discrete global grid system. Chaudhuri, C., Gray, A., and Robertson, C. Geosci. Model Dev. 14, 3295–3315, https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-3295-2021
2021. Climatic windows for human migration out of Africa in the past 300,000 years. Nature communications. Beyer, R. M., Krapp, M., Eriksson, A., & Manica, A. Nature communications, 12:1:4889. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24779-1
2021. Discrete Global Grid Systems as scalable geospatial frameworks for characterizing coastal environments. Justin Bousquin. Environmental Modelling & Software. 146:105210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105210
2021. Patterns of vertebrate richness across global anthromes: prioritizing conservation beyond biomes and ecoregions. John E. Quinn, Emma K. Cook, Nicolas Gauthier. Global Ecology and Conservation 27, e01591
2021. People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years. Erle C. Ellis, Nicolas Gauthier, Kees Klein Goldewijk, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Nicole Boivin, Sandra Díaz, Dorian Q. Fuller, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Jed O. Kaplan, Naomi Kingston, Harvey Locke, Crystal N. H.McMichael, Darren Ranco, Torben C. Rick, M. Rebecca Shaw, LucasStephens, Jens-Christian Svenning, James E. M. Watson. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118:17:e2023483118. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2023483118
2021. Patterns of vertebrate richness across global anthromes: prioritizing conservation beyond biomes and ecoregions. John E. Quinn, Emma K. Cook, Nicolas Gauthier. Global Ecology and Conservation. 27:e01591
2021. Infestation risk of the intermediate snail host of Schistosoma japonicum in the Yangtze River Basin: improved results by spatial reassessment and a random forest approach. Jin-Xin Zheng, Shang Xia, Shan Lv, Yi Zhang, Robert Bergquist, Xiao-Nong Zhou. Infect Dis Poverty. 10:74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-021-00852-1
2021. A 30 m terrace mapping in China using Landsat 8 imagery and digital elevation model based on the Google Earth Engine. Bowen Cao, Le Yu, Victoria Naipal, Philippe Ciais, Wei Li, Yuanyuan Zhao, Wei Wei, Die Chen, Zhuang Liu, Peng Gong. Earth System Science Data, Copernicus Publications. 13:5, pp.2437 – 2456. DOI: 10.5194/essd-13-2437-2021
2021. Geospatial Data Analysis for Global Maritime Risk Assessment Using the Discrete Global Grid System. Rawson, Andrew & Sabeur, Zoheir & Brito, Mario. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9554208
2021. Overfishing drives over one-third of all sharks and rays toward a global extinction crisis. Nicholas K. Dulvy, Nathan Pacoureau, Cassandra L. Rigby,Riley A. Pollom, Rima W. Jabado, David A. Ebert, Brittany Finucci, Caroline M. Pollock, Jessica Cheok, Danielle H. Derrick, Katelyn B. Herman, C. Samantha Sherman, Wade J. VanderWright, Julia M. Lawson, Rachel H.L. Walls, John K. Carlson, Patricia Charvet, Kinattumkara K. Bineesh, Daniel Fernando, Gina M. Ralph, Jay H. Matsushiba, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Sonja V. Fordham, Colin A. Simpfendorfer. Current Biology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.08.062
2021. Distribution models using semi-structured community science data outperform unstructured-data models for a data-poor species, the Plain Tyrannulet. Fabricio C Gorleri, Wesley M Hochachka, Juan I Areta. Ornithological Applications, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duab038
2021. Climatic windows for human migration out of Africa in the past 300,000 years. Beyer, R.M., Krapp, M., Eriksson, A. Nat Commun, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24779-1
2021. A general theory of avian migratory connectivity. Somveille, M., Bay, R.A., Smith, T.B., Marra, P.P., Ruegg, K.C. Ecology Letters, https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13817
2021. Misidentifications in citizen science bias the phenological estimates of two hard-to-identify Elaenia flycatchers. Gorleri, F.C. Areta, J.I. Ibis, https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12985
2021. Perceived global increase in algal blooms is attributable to intensified monitoring and emerging bloom impacts. Hallegraeff, G.M., Anderson, D.M., Belin, C. Commun Earth Environ. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00178-8
2021. A machine learning approach for monitoring ship safety in extreme weather events. Andrew Rawson, Mario Brito, Zoheir Sabeur, Long Tran-Thanh. Safety Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105336
2021. People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years. Erle C. Ellis, Nicolas Gauthier, Kees Klein Goldewijk, Rebecca Bliege Bird, Nicole Boivin, Sandra Díaz, Dorian Q. Fuller, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Jed O.Kaplan, Naomi Kingston, Harvey Locke, Crystal N. H. McMichael, DarrenRanco, Torben C. Rick, M. Rebecca Shaw, Lucas Stephens, Jens-ChristianSvenning, James E. M. Watson. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2023483118
2021. Patterns of vertebrate richness across global anthromes: prioritizing conservation beyond biomes and ecoregions. John E. Quinn, Emma K. Cook, Nicolas Gauthier. Global Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01591
2021. A sequence-based and context modelling framework for recommendation. Gunjan Kumar, Houssem Jerbi, Michael P. O’Mahony. Expert Systems with Applications, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2021.114665
2021. A global Curie depth model utilising the equivalent source magnetic dipole method. M. Gard, D. Hasterok. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2021.106672.
2020. An integrated environmental analytics system (IDEAS) based on a DGGS. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Robertson, Colin & Chaudhuri, Chiranjib & Hojati, Majid & Roberts, Steven. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 162. 214-228. 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2020.02.009. \
2020. Spatial prediction of sparse events using a discrete global grid system; a case study of hate crimes in the USA. Michael Jendryke, Stephen C. McClure. International Journal of Digital Earth, doi/full/10.1080/17538947.2021.1886356
2020. The apparent exponential radiation of Phanerozoic land vertebrates is an artifact of spatial sampling biases. Roger A Close, Roger BJ Benson, John Alroy, Matthew T Carrano, Terri J Cleary, Emma M Dunne, Philip D Mannion, Mark D Uhen, Richard J Butler. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 287 (1924), 20200372.
2020. Watershed delineation on a hexagonal mesh grid. Liao, Chang, Teklu Tesfa, Zhuoran Duan, and L. Ruby Leung. Environmental Modelling & Software: 104702.
2020. Best Practices for Using eBird Data. Version 1.0. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Strimas-Mackey, M., W.M. Hochachka, V. Ruiz-Gutierrez, O.J. Robinson, E.T. Miller, T. Auer, S. Kelling, D. Fink, A. Johnston. https://cornelllabofornithology.github.io/ebird-best-practices/. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3620739
2019. Spatial challenges of maritime risk analysis using big data. Rawson, Andrew, Zoheir Sabeur, and Gianluca Correndo. Developments in the Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Collision and Grounding of Ships and Offshore Structures (ICCGS 2019), 21-23 October, 2019, Lisbon, Portugal. CRC Press.
2019. Utilizing a Discrete Global Grid System for Handling Point Clouds with Varying Locations, Times, and Levels of Detail. Neeraj Sirdeshmukh, Edward Verbree, Peter Van Oosterom, Stella Psomadaki, Martin Kodde. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, 54(1):4-15. doi:10.3138/cart.54.1.2018-0009.
2019. Survey completeness of a global citizen-science database of bird occurrence. Frank A. La Sorte, Marius Somveille. Ecography. doi: 10.1111/ecog.04632.
2019. Comparison of FOSS4G Supported Equal-Area Projections Using Discrete Distortion Indicatrices. Luís Moreira de Sousa, Laura Poggio, Bas Kempen. International Journal of Geo-Information 8(8):351. doi: 10.3390/ijgi8080351.
2019. Land Cover Grid Data of Henan Province in 2015 [J/OL]. Li Ning, Zhu Xi, Qin Fen. China Science Data, 2019. doi: 10.11922/csdata.2018.0097.en.
2019. Global opportunities to increase agricultural independence through phosphorus recycling. Powers, S. M., Chowdhury, R. B., MacDonald, G. K., Metson, G. S., Beusen, A. H. W., Bouwman, A. F., et al. Earth’s Future, 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF001097
2019. Where the wild birds go: explaining the differences in migratory destinations across terrestrial bird species. Somveille, M. , Manica, A. and Rodrigues, A. S. Ecography, 42: 225-236. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.03531
2019. Biodiversity data integration–The significance of data resolution and domain. König, Christian, Weigelt, Patrick, Schrader, Julian, Taylor, Amanda, Kattge, Jens, Kreft, Holger. PLOS Biology; doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000183.
2019. Temperature drives the evolution and global distribution of avian eggshell colour. Wisocki, Phillip A., Kennelly, Patrick, Rivera, Indira Rojas, Cassey, Phillip, Hanley, Daniel. bioRxiv 559435; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/559435.
2019. Time of emergence of novel climates for North American migratory bird populations. La Sorte, F. A., Fink, D. and Johnston, A. Ecography. doi:10.1111/ecog.04408.
2019. Comparison of Two Synergy Approaches for Hybrid Cropland Mapping. Chen, D.; Lu, M.; Zhou, Q.; Xiao, J.; Ru, Y.; Wei, Y.; Wu, W. Remote Sens, no. 11: 213.
2019. Central Place Indexing: Hierarchical Linear Indexing Systems for Mixed-Aperture Hexagonal Discrete Global Grid Systems. Sahr, K. Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization, 54(1):16-29.
2019. Mapping crime – Hate crimes and hate groups in the USA: A spatial analysis with gridded data. Michael Jendryke, Stephen C. McClure. Applied Geography, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2019.102072
2018. Ecological Resilience Indicators for Five Northern Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems. Kathleen L. Goodin, Don Faber-Langendoen, Jorge Brenner, Scott T. Allen, Richard H. Day, Victoria M. Congdon, Christine Shepard, Katherine E. Cummings, Camille L. Stagg, Christopher A. Gabler, Kenneth H. Dunton, R. Rob Ruzicka, Kate Semon-Lunz, Dave Reed, Katherine Wirt Ames, Matthew Love. http://www.natureserve.org/conservation-tools/projects/ecological-resilience-indicators-five-northern-gulf-mexico-ecosystems
2018. Holding steady: Little change in intensity or timing of bird migration over the Gulf of Mexico. Horton KG, Van Doren BM, La Sorte FA, et al. Glob Change Biol, no. 00: 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14540.
2018. The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization. La Sorte FA, Lepczyk CA, Aronson MFJ, et al. Divers Distrib, no. 24: 928–938. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12738.
2018. Seasonal associations with novel climates for North American migratory bird populations. La Sorte, F. A., Fink, D. and Johnston, A. Ecol Lett, no. 21: 845-856. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12951.
2018. Energy Efficiency Drives the Global Seasonal Distribution of Birds. Somveille, Marius, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, and Andrea Manica. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, no. 6: 962-69. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-018-0556-9.
2018. An Evaluation of SMOS L-band Vegetation Optical Depth (L-VOD) Data Sets: High Sensitivity of L-VOD to Above-ground Biomass in Africa. Rodríguez-Fernández, Nemesio J., Arnaud Mialon, Stephane Mermoz, Alexandre Bouvet, Philippe Richaume, Ahmad Al Bitar, Amen Al-Yaari, Martin Brandt, Thomas Kaminski, Thuy Le Toan, Yann H. Kerr, and Jean-Pierre Wigneron. Biogeosciences 15, no. 14: 4627-645. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-4627-2018.
2018. Spatial Statistical Downscaling for Constructing High-Resolution Nature Runs in Global Observing System Simulation Experiments. Ma, Pulong, Emily L. Kang, Amy J. Braverman, and Hai M. Nguyen. Technometrics, 1-45. doi:10.1080/00401706.2018.1524791.
2018. Diversity change during the rise of tetrapods and the impact of the ‘Carboniferous rainforest collapse. Dunne E.M., R.A. Close, D.J. Button, N. Brocklehurst, D.D. Cashmore, G.T. Lloyd, and R.J. Butler. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285: 20172730.
2018. Genetic landscapes reveal how human genetic diversity aligns with geography. Peter, B.M., D. Petkova, and J. Novembre. bioRxiv 233486. https://doi.org/10.1101/233486.
2017. Towards a global oil palm sample database: design and implications. Cheng, Y., L. Yu, Y. Zhao, Y. Xu, K. Hackman, A.P. Cracknell, and P. Gong. International Journal of Remote Sensing 38, no. 14: 4022–4032.
2017. Deep learning for wind vector determination. McAllister, Richard and John Sheppard. 2017 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI). 1-8.
2017. Migration distance, ecological barriers and en-route variation in the migratory behaviour of terrestrial bird populations. La Sorte, F.A., and D. Fink. Global Ecology and Biogeography, vol. 26, issue 2, pp. 216-227.
2017. A Synergy Cropland of China by Fusing Multiple Existing Maps and Statistics. Lu, M., W. Wu, L.You, D. Chen, L. Zhang, P. Yang, and H. Tang. Sensors, vol. 17, issue 7.
2017. Historical biome distribution and recent human disturbance shape the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Pärtel, M., M. Öpik, M. Moora, L. Tedersoo, R. Szava-Kovats, S. Rosendahl, M.C. Rillig, Y. Lekberg, H. Kreft, T. Helgason, O. Eriksson, J. Davison, F. de Bello, T. Caruso, and M. Zobel. Global Phytologist.
2017. Projected changes in prevailing winds for transatlantic migratory birds under global warming. La Sorte, F.A., and D. Fink. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 86, issue 2, pp. 1365-2656.
2017. The Global Distribution and Drivers of Alien Bird Species Richness. Dyer, Ellie E., Ellie E. Dyer, Phillip Cassey, David W. Redding, Ben Collen, Victoria Franks, Kevin J. Gaston, Kate E. Jones, Salit Kark, C. David L. Orme, and Tim M. Blackburn. PLOS Biology.
2017. Wãhi, a discrete global grid gazetteer built using linked open data. Adams, Benjamin. International Journal of Digital Earth, vol. 10, issue 5, pp. 490-503.
2016. Convergence of broad-scale migration strategies in terrestrial birds. La Sorte, F.A., D. Fink, W.M. Hochachka, and S. Kelling. Proc. R. Soc. B, vol. 283, no. 1823, p. 20152588. The Royal Society.
2016. Prey depletion as a threat to the world’s large carnivores. Wolf, C., and W.J. Ripple. Royal Society Open Science 3, no. 8: 160252.
2016. Fruiting Season Length Restricts Global Distribution of Female-Only Parental Care in Frugivorous Passerine Birds. Barve, S., and F.A. La Sorte. PloS one 11, no. 5: e0154871.
2016. The implications of mid‐latitude climate extremes for North American migratory bird populations. La Sorte, F.A., W.M. Hochachka, A. Farnsworth, A.A. Dhondt, and D. Sheldon. Ecosphere 7, no. 3.
2016. Convergence of broad-scale migration strategies in terrestrial birds. La Sorte, F.A., D. Fink, W.M. Hochachka, and S. Kelling. Proc. R. Soc. B, vol. 283, no. 1823, p. 20152588. The Royal Society.
2015. Small, medium, and revolutionary advances to global ocean Geographic Information Systems. Barbuzano Jr, Ramiro. University of Miami.
2015. Detecting change in urban areas at continental scales with MODIS data. Mertes, C.M., A. Schneider, D. Sulla-Menashe, A.J. Tatem, and Bin Tan. Remote Sensing of Environment 158: 331-347.
2015. Why do birds migrate? A macroecological perspective. Somveille, M., A.S.L. Rodrigues, and A. Manica. Global Ecology and Biogeography 24, no. 6: 664-674.
2015. Global aerial flyways allow efficient travelling. Kranstauber, B., R. Weinzierl, M. Wikelski, and K. Safi. Ecology letters 18, no. 12: 1338-1345.
2015. Frankenplace: interactive thematic mapping for ad hoc exploratory search. Adams, B., G. McKenzie, and M. Gahegan. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web, pp. 12-22. ACM.
2015. Citizen‐science data provides new insight into annual and seasonal variation in migration patterns. Supp, S.R., F.A. La Sorte, T.A. Cormier, M.C.W. Lim, D.R. Powers, S.M. Wethington, S. Goetz, and C.H. Graham. Ecosphere 6, no. 1: 1-19.
2015. The PlanetRisk Discrete Global Grid System. Sahr, K., M. Dumas, and N. Chaudhuri.
2014. Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays. Dulvy, N.K., S.L. Fowler, J.A. Musick, R.D. Cavanagh, P.M. Kyne, L.R. Harrison, and J.K. Carlson. Elife 3: e00590.
2014. Conservation opportunities across the world’s anthromes. Martin, L.J., J.E. Quinn, E.C. Ellis, M.R. Shaw, M.A. Dorning, L.M. Hallett, N.E. Heller. Diversity and distributions 20, no. 7: 745-755.
2014. The role of atmospheric conditions in the seasonal dynamics of North American migration flyways. La Sorte, F.A., D. Fink, W.M. Hochachka, Andrew Farnsworth, Amanda D. Rodewald, Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Brian L. Sullivan, David W. Winkler, Chris Wood, and Steve Kelling. Journal of Biogeography 41, no. 9: 1685-1696.
2014. Spatially explicit trends in the global conservation status of vertebrates. Rodrigues, Ana SL, Thomas M. Brooks, Stuart HM Butchart, Janice Chanson, Neil Cox, Michael Hoffmann, and Simon N. Stuart. PloS one 9, no. 11: e113934.
2014. Mechanisms driving an unusual latitudinal diversity gradient for grasses. Visser, Vernon, W. Derek Clayton, David A. Simpson, Robert P. Freckleton, and Colin P. Osborne. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23, no. 1: 61-75.
2014. Empirical sea ice thickness retrieval during the freeze up period from SMOS high incident angle observations. Huntemann, Marcus, Georg Heygster, Lars Kaleschke, Thomas Krumpen, M. Mäkynen, and M. Drusch. The Cryosphere 8, no. 2: 439-451.
2014. Global priorities for marine biodiversity conservation. Selig, E.R., Turner, W.R., Troeng, S., Wallace, B.P., Halpern, B.S., Kaschner, K., Lascelles, B.G., Carpenter, and R.A. Mittermeier. PLoS ONE, 9(1): e82898.
2014. The potential, realised and essential ecosystem service benefits of biodiversity conservation. Turner, Will R., Katrina Brandon, Thomas M. Brooks, Claude Gascon, Holly K. Gibbs, Keith Lawrence, Russell A. Mittermeier, and Elizabeth R. Selig. Roe D, Elliot J, Sandbrook C, Walpole M. Biodiversity Conservation and Poverty Alleviation, Exploring the Evidence for a Link. London: Wiley-Blackwell: 850-1216.
2014. Central Place Indexing: Optimal Location Representation for Digital Earth. Sahr, K. AutoCarto 2014, Pittsburgh, PA.
2014. Analytics for Assessing Global Representativeness. Matthew D. Schmill, Lindsey M. Gordon, Nicholas R. Magliocca, Erle C. Ellis, Tim Oates. Computing for Geospatial Research and Application. Washington, DC, USA.
2013. Contextualizing the global relevance of local land change observations. N R Magliocca, E C Ellis, T Oates and M Schmill. 2014 IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 18 012107
DOI 10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012107
2013. Population‐level scaling of avian migration speed with body size and migration distance for powered fliers. Sorte, F.A. La, D. Fink, W.M. Hochachka, John P. DeLong, and Steve Kelling. Ecology 94, no. 8: 1839-1847.
2013. Mapping global diversity patterns for migratory birds. Somveille, Marius, Andrea Manica, Stuart HM Butchart, and Ana SL Rodrigues. PLoS One 8, no. 8: e70907.
2013. Brood parasitism and the evolution of cooperative breeding in birds. Feeney, William E., Iliana Medina, M. Somveille, Robert Heinsohn, M. L. Hall, R. A. Mulder, J. A. Stein, R. M. Kilner, and Naomi E. Langmore. Science 342, no. 6165: 1506-1508.
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2013. Finer resolution observation and monitoring of global land cover: first mapping results with Landsat TM and ETM+ data. Peng Gong, Jie Wang, Le Yu, Yongchao Zhao, Yuanyuan Zhao, Lu Liang, Zhenguo Niu, Xiaomeng Huang, Haohuan Fu, Shuang Liu, Congcong Li, Xueyan Li, Wei Fu, Caixia Liu, Yue Xu, Xiaoyi Wang, Qu Cheng, Luanyun Hu, Wenbo Yao, Han Zhang, Peng Zhu, Ziying Zhao, Haiying Zhang, Yaomin Zheng, Luyan Ji, Yawen Zhang, Han Chen, An Yan, Jianhong Guo, Liang Yu, Lei Wang, Xiaojun Liu, Tingting Shi, Menghua Zhu, Yanlei Chen, Guangwen Yang, Ping Tang, Bing Xu, Chandra Giri, Nicholas Clinton, Zhiliang Zhu, Jin Chen, and Jun Chen. International Journal Of Remote Sensing, Vol 34, Issue 7, 2607-2654.
2013. Keynote Address: Global grids and the future of geospatial computing. Sahr, K. ISPRS WebMGS 2013 & DMGIS 2013 Workshop on Global Spatial Grids and Cloud-based Services, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
2013. On the optimal representation of vector location using fixed-width multi-precision quantizers. Sahr, K. Presented at ISPRS WebMGS 2013 & DMGIS 2013 Workshop on Global Spatial Grids and Cloud-based Services, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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2012. Technical implementation of SMOS data in the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System. Sabater, Joaquín Munoz, Anne Fouilloux, and Patricia de Rosnay. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 9, no. 2: 252-256.
2012. A.P.E.S. Dashboard: Methodology. Farmer E., Larrosa C., and J.P.W. Scharlemann. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK.
2012. The SMOS Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithm. Yann H. Kerr, Philippe Waldteufel, Philippe Richaume, Jean Pierre Wigneron, Paolo Ferrazzoli, Ali Mahmoodi, Ahmad Al Bitar, François Cabot, Claire Gruhier, Silvia Enache Juglea, Delphine Leroux, Arnaud Mialon, and Steven Delwart. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 50:5.
2011. Spatio-temporal smoothing and EM estimation for massive remote-sensing data sets. Katzfuss, M. and Cressie, N. Journal of Time Series Analysis, 32: 430-446. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9892.2011.00732.x
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2011. Complete, accurate, mammalian phylogenies aid conservation planning, but not much. Rodrigues, Ana SL, Richard Grenyer, Jonathan EM Baillie, Olaf RP Bininda-Emonds, John L. Gittlemann, Michael Hoffmann, Kamran Safi, Jan Schipper, Simon N. Stuart, and Thomas Brooks. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 366, no. 1578: 2652-2660.
2011. Global priorities for conservation of threatened species, carbon storage, and freshwater services: scope for synergy?. Larsen, Frank W., Maria C. Londoño‐Murcia, and Will R. Turner. Conservation Letters 4, no. 5: 355-363.
2011. Hexagonal discrete global grid systems for geospatial computing. Sahr, K. Archives of Photogrammetry, Cartography and Remote Sensing, 22:363-376.
2010. The impact of conservation on the status of the world’s vertebrates. Hoffmann M, C. Hilton-Taylor, A. Angulo, M. Böhm, T.M. Brooks, S.H. Butchart, K.E. Carpenter, J. Chanson, B. Collen, N.A. Cox, W.R. Darwall, N.K. Dulvy, L.R. Harrison, V. Katariya, C.M. Pollock, S. Quader, N.I. Richman, A.S. Rodrigues, M.F. Tognelli, J.C. Vié, J.M. Aguiar, D.J. Allen, G.R. Allen, G. Amori, N.B. Ananjeva, F. Andreone, P. Andrew, A.L. Aquino Ortiz, J.E. Baillie, R. Baldi, B.D. Bell, S.D. Biju, J.P. Bird, P. Black-Decima, J.J. Blanc, F. Bolaños, W. Bolivar-G, I.J. Burfield, J.A. Burton, D.R. Capper, F. Castro, G. Catullo, R.D. Cavanagh, A. Channing, N.L. Chao, A.M. Chenery, F. Chiozza, V. Clausnitzer, N.J. Collar, L.C. Collett, B.B. Collette, C.F. Cortez Fernandez, M.T. Craig, M.J. Crosby, N. Cumberlidge, A. Cuttelod, A.E. Derocher, A.C. Diesmos, J.S. Donaldson, J.W. Duckworth, G. Dutson, S.K. Dutta, R.H. Emslie, A. Farjon, S. Fowler, J. Freyhof, D.L. Garshelis, J. Gerlach, D.J. Gower, T.D. Grant, G.A. Hammerson, R.B. Harris, L.R. Heaney, S.B. Hedges, J.M. Hero, B. Hughes, S.A. Hussain, M.J. Icochea, R.F. Inger, N. Ishii, D.T. Iskandar, R.K. Jenkins, Y. Kaneko, M. Kottelat, K.M. Kovacs, S.L. Kuzmin, E. La Marca, J.F. Lamoreux, M.W. Lau, E.O. Lavilla, K. Leus, R.L. Lewison, G. Lichtenstein, S.R. Livingstone, V. Lukoschek, D.P. Mallon, P.J. McGowan, A. McIvor, P.D. Moehlman, S. Molur, A.A. Muñoz, J.A. Musick, K. Nowell, R.A. Nussbaum, W. Olech, N.L. Orlov, T.J. Papenfuss, G. Parra-Olea, W.F. Perrin, B.A. Polidoro, M. Pourkazemi, P.A. Racey, J.S. Ragle, M. Ram, G. Rathbun, R.P. Reynolds, A.G. Rhodin, S.J. Richards, L.O. Rodríguez, S.R. Ron, C. Rondinini, A.B. Rylands, Y. Sadovy de Mitcheson, J.C. Sanciangco, K.L. Sanders, G. Santos-Barrera, J. Schipper, C. Self-Sullivan, Y. Shi, A. Shoemaker, F.T. Short, C. Sillero-Zubiri, D.L. Silvano, K.G. Smith, A.T. Smith, J. Snoeks, A.J. Stattersfield, A.J. Symes, A.B. Taber, B.K. Talukdar, H.J. Temple, R. Timmins, J.A. Tobias, K. Tsytsulina, D. Tweddle, C. Ubeda, S.V. Valenti, P.P. van Dijk, L.M. Veiga, A. Veloso, D.C. Wege, M. Wilkinson, E.A. Williamson, F. Xie, B.E. Young, H.R. Akçakaya, L. Bennun, T.M. Blackburn, L. Boitani, H.T. Dublin, G.A. da Fonseca, C. Gascon, T.E Jr. Lacher, G.M. Mace, S.A. Mainka, J.A. McNeely, R.A. Mittermeier, G.M. Reid, J.P. Rodriguez, A.A. Rosenberg, M.J. Samways, J. Smart, B.A. Stein, S.N. Stuart. Science 330, no. 6010: 1503-1509.
2010. Global congruence of carbon storage and biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems. Strassburg, B.B.N., A. Kelly, A. Balmford, R.G. Davies, H.K. Gibbs, A. Lovett, L. Miles. Conservation Letters 3, no. 2: 98-105.
2010. A global assessment of amphibian taxonomic effort and expertise. Rodrigues, A.S.L., C.L. Gray, B.J. Crowter, R.M. Ewers, S.N. Stuart, T. Whitten, and A. Manica. BioScience 60, no. 10: 798-806.
2010. The Superfund_500m Discrete Global Grid. Sahr, K., and D. White.
2009. Mapping urban areas on a global scale: which of the eight maps now available is more accurate? Potere, D., A. Schneider, S. Angel, and D.L. Civco. International Journal of Remote Sensing 30, no. 24: 6531-6558.
2009. The European heat wave 2003: Early indicators from multisensoral microwave remote sensing? Loew, A., T. Holmes, and R. de Jeu. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 114, no. D5.
2009. Odonata enter the biodiversity crisis debate: the first global assessment of an insect group. Clausnitzer, V., V.J. Kalkman, M. Ram, B. Collen, J.E.M. Baillie, M. Bedjanič, W.R.T. Darwall. Biological Conservation 142, no. 8: 1864-1869.
2009. 13 Comparison of Global Urban Maps. Potere, D., and A. Schneider. Global Mapping of Human Settlement: Experiences, Datasets, and Prospects: 269.
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2008. The status of the world’s land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge. Schipper, J., J.S. Chanson, F. Chiozza, N.A. Cox, M. Hoffmann, V. Katariya, J. Lamoreu. Science 322, no. 5899: 225-230.
2008. Preparing the ESA-SMOS (soil moisture and ocean salinity) mission-overview of the user data products and data distribution strategy. Pinori, S., R. Crapolicchio, and S. Mecklenburg. In Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, 2008. MICRORAD 2008, pp. 1-4. IEEE.
2008. Fixed rank kriging for very large spatial data sets. Cressie, N., and G. Johannesson. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B (Statistical Methodology), 70(1), pp. 209– 226.
2008. Horizontal positional accuracy of Google Earth’s high-resolution imagery archive. Potere, D. Sensors 8, no. 12: 7973-7981.
2008. Location coding on icosahedral aperture 3 hexagon discrete global grids. Sahr, K. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 32(3):174-187.
2007. A critical look at representations of urban areas in global maps. Potere, D., and A. Schneider. GeoJournal 69, no. 1-2: 55-80.
2004. Trends in time‐varying percentiles of daily minimum and maximum temperature over North America. Robeson, S.M. Geophysical Research Letters 31, no. 4.
2004. Processing of SMOS level 1c data onto a Discrete Global Grid. Suess, M., P. Matos, A. Gutierrez, M. Zundo, and M. Martín-Neira. IGARSS, pp. 1914-1917.