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Leveraging big data for public health: Mapping malaria vector suitability in Malawi with Google Earth Engine by Frake, April N, Peter, Brad G, Walker, Edward D, Messina, Joseph P

“…In an era of big data, the availability of satellite-derived global climate, terrain, and land cover imagery presents an opportunity for modeling the…”
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A Bayesian maximum entropy model for predicting tsetse ecological distributions by Fox, Lani, Peter, Brad G, Frake, April N, Messina, Joseph P

“…African trypanosomiasis is a tsetse-borne parasitic infection that affects humans, wildlife, and domesticated animals. Tsetse flies are endemic to much of…”
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Sensitivity of Remote Sensing Floodwater Depth Calculation to Boundary Filtering and Digital Elevation Model Selections by Cohen, Sagy, Peter, Brad G., Haag, Arjen, Munasinghe, Dinuke, Moragoda, Nishani, Narayanan, Anuska, May, Sera

“…The Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET) calculates water depth from a remote sensing-based inundation extent layer and a Digital Elevation Model (DEM)…”
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Errors in Time-Series Remote Sensing and an Open Access Application for Detecting and Visualizing Spatial Data Outliers Using Google Earth Engine by Peter, Brad G., Messina, Joseph P.

“…Remotely sensed measures of productivity are frequently used to characterize global agriculture and vegetated ecosystems, and are often downscaled to describe…”
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Habitat Mapping and Spatiotemporal Overlap of the Amazon River Dolphin, Fishers, and Tourism in the Central Region of the Brazilian Amazon by Fung, Cadi Y., Peter, Brad G., Simmons, Cynthia S.

“…Over the past several decades, concern has grown over the rising mortality of the Amazon river dolphin (‘boto’) from increased human–dolphin interactions…”
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Diet specialization mediates drivers of Cucurbita herbivory in a semi-arid agroecosystem by Gray, Hannah L., Ivers, Nicholas A., Lopez, Elizabeth, Peter, Brad G., Longing, Scott D., López-Uribe, Margarita M., Jha, Shalene

“…•Examed ecological drivers of herbivory in Southern High Plains pumpkins fields.•Herbivory increased over the growing season but was not related to herbivore…”
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Urbanization, economic development, and environmental changes in transitional economies in the global south: a case of Yangon by Fan, Peilei, Chen, Jiquan, Fung, Cadi, Naing, Zaw, Ouyang, Zutao, Nyunt, Khaing Moe, Myint, Zin Nwe, Qi, Jiaguo, Messina, Joseph P., Myint, Soe W., Peter, Brad G.

“…Background Transitional economies in Southeast Asia—a distinct group of developing countries—have experienced rapid urbanization in the past several decades…”
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Fast Flood Extent Monitoring With SAR Change Detection Using Google Earth Engine by Hamidi, Ebrahim, Peter, Brad G., Munoz, David F., Moftakhari, Hamed, Moradkhani, Hamid

“…Flooding is one of the most frequent and disastrous natural hazards triggered by extreme precipitation, high river runoff, hurricane storm surges, and the…”
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Spatial targeting of irrigation development and water resource management to mitigate vector-borne disease by Frake, April N., Peter, Brad G., Chipula, Grivin, Messina, Joseph P.

“…Scaling irrigated agriculture is a global strategy to mitigate food insecurity concerns. While expanding irrigated agriculture is critical to meeting food…”
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Google Earth Engine Implementation of the Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET-GEE) for Rapid and Large Scale Flood Analysis by Peter, Brad G., Cohen, Sagy, Lucey, Ronan, Munasinghe, Dinuke, Raney, Austin, Brakenridge, G. Robert

“…The Floodwater Depth Estimation Tool (FwDET) provides rapid-response floodwater depth estimations during time-sensitive flood events. Recently, modern…”
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Urban flood susceptibility mapping using frequency ratio and multiple decision tree-based machine learning models by Dey, Hemal, Shao, Wanyun, Moradkhani, Hamid, Keim, Barry D., Peter, Brad G.

“…Machine learning (ML) models, particularly decision tree (DT)-based algorithms, are being increasingly utilized for flood susceptibility mapping. To evaluate…”
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Crop climate suitability mapping on the cloud: a geovisualization application for sustainable agriculture by Peter, Brad G., Messina, Joseph P., Lin, Zihan, Snapp, Sieglinde S.

“…Climate change, food security, and environmental sustainability are pressing issues faced by today’s global population. As production demands increase and…”
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Mapping Land Suitability for Agriculture in Malawi by Li, Guiying, Messina, Joseph P., Peter, Brad G., Snapp, Sieglinde S.

“…Population growth, climate sensitivity, and edaphic properties are important factors that influence decision‐making and risk mitigation for agricultural…”
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Sustainable intensification in jeopardy: Transdisciplinary evidence from Malawi by Burke, William J., Snapp, Sieglinde S., Peter, Brad G., Jayne, Thom S.

“…In Africa, achieving sustainable agricultural intensification—increasing agricultural output without deleterious environmental impacts or converting more land…”
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Hydroelectric Infrastructure and Potential Groundwater Contamination in the Brazilian Amazon: Altamira and the Belo Monte Dam by Gauthier, Cristina, Lin, Zihan, Peter, Brad G., Moran, Emilio F.

“…Heavy investments in hydroelectric development are occurring throughout the Amazon Basin, which holds 42.2 percent of Brazil's hydroelectric potential. The…”
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Nature-based agricultural solutions: Scaling perennial grains across Africa by Peter, Brad G., Mungai, Leah M., Messina, Joseph P., Snapp, Sieglinde S.

“…Modern plant breeding tends to focus on maximizing yield, with one of the most ubiquitous implementations being shorter-duration crop varieties. It is…”
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A Multiscalar Approach to Mapping Marginal Agricultural Land: Smallholder Agriculture in Malawi by Peter, Brad G., Messina, Joseph P., Snapp, Sieglinde S.

“…Marginal agricultural lands are defined here by suboptimal biophysical conditions and historically variable or low agricultural production. We characterize…”
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Re-evaluating the Malawian Farm Input Subsidy Programme by Messina, Joseph P., Peter, Brad G., Snapp, Sieglinde S.

“…The Malawian Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP) has received praise as a proactive policy that has transformed the nation's food security, yet irreconcilable…”
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Loamy, Two-Storied Soils on the Outwash Plains of Southwestern Lower Michigan: Pedoturbation of Loess with the Underlying Sand by Luehmann, Michael D., Peter, Brad G., Connallon, Christopher B., Schaetzl, Randall J., Smidt, Samuel J., Liu, Wei, Kincare, Kevin A., Walkowiak, Toni A., Thorlund, Elin, Holler, Marie S.

“…Soils on many of the outwash plains in southwestern Michigan have loamy upper profiles, despite being underlain by sand-textured outwash. The origin of this…”
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Perspectives on modifiable spatiotemporal unit problems in remote sensing of agriculture: evaluating rice production in Vietnam and tools for analysis by Peter, Brad G., Messina, Joseph P., Breeze, Victoria, Fung, Cadi Y., Kapoor, Abhinav, Fan, Peilei

“…Measuring agricultural productivity is a multiscale spatiotemporal problem that requires multiscale solutions. In Vietnam, rice comprises a substantial portion…”
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