Applying machine learning to biodiversity management: Lessons from two
2026
Miner, Kimberley, Baskaran, Latha, Davis, Frank W., Easterday, Kelly, Reynolds, Mark, Tjossem, Sara, Zumdahl, Kristen, Ajayan, Radhika, Darira, Saiarchana, Lin, Karin, Van Dyke, Christina, Veldman, Anna, Schimel, Dave
Infrared Radiance, Thermal Infrared, Visible Radiance, Sedimentation , Reflectance , Erosion/Sedimentation , Vegetation Cover, Vegetation Species, Chlorophyll , Leaf Characteristics
Delta-X: An airborne remote sensing framework to calibrate hydrodynamic
2026
Simard, Marc, Jones, Cathleen E., Twilley, Robert R., Castaneda-Moya, Edward, Fagherazzi, Sergio, Fichot, Cedric G., Lamb, Michael P., Passalacqua, Paola, Pavelsky, Tamlin M., Thompson, David R., Belhadj-aissa, Saoussen, Biswas, Pradipta, Christensen, Alexandra, Cortese, Luca, Denbina, Michael, Donatelli, Carmine, Flores, Sarah, Fontenot, Andy, Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Jensen, Daniel, Mallard, John, Nghiem, Justin, Oliver-Cabrera, Talib, Payandeh, Ali Reza, Rovai, Andre S., Solohin, Elena, Soloy, Antoine, Varugu, Bhuvan, Wang, Dongchen, Wright, Kyle, Zhang, Xiaohe, Zheng, Yang
Hydroperiod, Inundation, Water Channels, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Estuary, Water Depth, Coastal Bathymetry, Wetlands , Deltas, RIVERS/STREAMS, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) , Coastal Elevation, Wetlands , Stage Height, Salt Marsh, Coastal, Biomass, Wetlands , Sediments, Water Temperature , Sediment Transport, Discharge/Flow , Forests, Suspended Solids, Terrain Elevation , Primary Production, Drainage, Vegetation Species, Plant Characteristics, Sedimentation , Accretion, Isotopic Age, Soil Horizons/Profile, Infrared Radiance, Sedimentation , VIEWING GEOMETRY, Vegetation Cover, Geolocation, Visible Radiance, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Attenuation/Transmission, Vegetation Fraction, Sea Level Changes , Reflected Infrared, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Reflectance , Isotopes, Nutrients , Nutrient Cycling, Isotope Ratios, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Nitrogen, Organic Matter, Soil Bulk Density, Carbon , Potassium, Nitrogen, Dominant Species, Soil Rooting Depth, Salinity , Sediment Composition, Organic Matter, Solids, Surface Water Chemistry, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Sedimentation , Water Depth, Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Chlorophyll Concentrations, Sedimentation
Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Hydroperiod, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Sonar Bathymetry Survey of Channels, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Pre-Delta-X: Channel Bathymetry of the Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 Delta-X: Digital Elevation Model, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Water Level Changes, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X AVIRIS-NG and UAVSAR L3 Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids Concentration across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Stack Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: AirSWOT Level 1B Interferogram Products in Radar Coordinates, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Herbaceous Aboveground Biomass, MRD, Louisiana, USA, V3 Delta-X: AirSWOT L2 Geocoded Water Surface Elevation, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Gridded Open Water Channels, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Aboveground Vegetation Structure, Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, V2 Delta-X: Soil Accretion Rates from Cs-137 Activity and NUMAR Validation, MRD, LA Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L1B Spectral Radiance Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Delft3D Broad-Scale Sediment Model, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Pre-Delta-X: UAVSAR-derived Water Level Change Maps, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 Delta-X: In situ Beam Attenuation and Particle Size from LISST-200X, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2B Derived Fractional Cover, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L2 Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, MRD Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Root Stable Isotopes from Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, August 2021 Delta-X: AirSWOT L3 Water Surface Elevations, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: NUMAR Predictive Model for Marsh Accretion Rates and Chemical Properties Delta-X: Matlab Model for Wax Lake Delta Land Accretion Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 421, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V3 Delta-X: Foliar Stable Isotopes, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Channel Surveys, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Ecogeomorphic Cell Products across the MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1B Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Belowground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Salinity, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D Broad-Scale Sediment Model, Atchafalaya Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Particulate Organic Carbon Concentration from Water Samples, MRD, LA, 2021 Delta-X: Feldspar Sediment Accretion Measurements, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2023, Version 4 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Extended Domain Hydrodynamic Model Delta-X: In-situ Water Surface Elevation, MRD, Louisiana, USA, 2021 Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: In Situ Water Surface Reflectance across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: NUMAR Soil Accretion Modeled to 2100, MRD, Louisiana, USA
Carbon and nutrient mobilization across inundation gradients in an emerging freshwater delta
2026
Berens, Matthew J., Schwaner, Geoff, Herndon, Elizabeth M.
Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature , Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations, Nitrogen, Organic Matter, Wetlands , Soil Bulk Density, Carbon , Potassium, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Sediments, Sedimentation , Soil Organic Carbon (SOC)
Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V3 Delta-X: Feldspar Sediment Accretion Measurements, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2023, Version 3
Flocculated Silt, Not Clay, Dominates River Suspended Sediment Load
2026
Nghiem, Justin A., Li, Gen K., ZepedaRosales, Miguel, Li, Youli, Lamb, Michael P.
Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Water Channels, Sediment Transport, Sediments, Sedimentation
Repeat LiDAR Reveals Patterns of Island Accretion in a Rapidly Growing
2026
Alqattan, H., Lamb, M. P.
RIVERS/STREAMS
Water quality estimation using machine learning and deep learning neural networks
2026
Malladi, Pradyumna, Muddam, Sanjith, Majumder, Abhradeep, Anmala, Jagadeesh
Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature , Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations
Evaluating Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Water Quality in the Atchafalaya Basin Using Landsat 8 & 9 Surface Reflectance Imagery
2026
Loh, Priscilla M., Twumasi, Yaw A., Ning, Zhu H., Osei, Jeff D., Gyan, Dorcas, Dadzie, Esi
Deltas, Wetlands , Suspended Solids, Reflectance , RIVERS/STREAMS
Investigating the contributions of herbaceous vegetation biomass to soil
2026
Jensen, Daniel, Solohin, Elena, Castaneda-Moya, Edward, Simard, Marc, Thompson, David R., Jones, Cathleen E., Christensen, Alexandra, Rovai, Andre, Fontenot, Andy, Twilley, Robert
Reflected Infrared, Deltas, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Wetlands , Reflectance , Salinity , Water Depth, Water Depth, Inundation, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Sedimentation , Erosion/Sedimentation , Accretion, Soil Bulk Density, Organic Matter, Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Sedimentation , Infrared Radiance, Estuary, Sediments, VIEWING GEOMETRY, Vegetation Cover, Geolocation, Visible Radiance, Biomass, Forests, Wetlands , Soil Rooting Depth, Vegetation Fraction, Primary Production
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, MRD Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Extended Domain Hydrodynamic Model Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG BRDF-Adjusted Surface Reflectance and Mosaics, MRD, LA, 2021, V3 Delta-X: Feldspar Sediment Accretion Measurements, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2023, Version 4 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L1B Spectral Radiance Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X AVIRIS-NG and UAVSAR L3 Derived Forest Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA Delta-X: Belowground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2B Derived Fractional Cover, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Herbaceous Aboveground Biomass, MRD, Louisiana, USA, V3
Mechanisms of wetland deterioration in a sinking deltaic lagoon
2026
Donatelli, Carmine, Fichot, Cedric, Fagherazzi, Sergio
Suspended Solids, Estuary, Inundation, Sediments, Sediment Transport, Sediment Transport, Subsidence, Subsidence, Reflectance , RIVERS/STREAMS, Wetlands , Deltas, Turbidity, Surface Water Processes/Measurements
Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids Concentration across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 421, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 399, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 322, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Land Subsidence Rate, Mississippi River Delta (MRD), Louisiana, USA Delta-X: In Situ Water Surface Reflectance across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, LA 2021, V2
Mechanisms driving transport and accretion of mud from channels to islands in a riverdominated delta
2026
Nghiem, Justin A., Salter, Gerard, Li, Gen K., Wright, Kyle, Passalacqua, Paola, Lamb, Michael P.
Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Water Channels, Sediment Transport, Sediments, Water Pressure, Turbidity, Sedimentation , Surface Pressure, Sedimentation , Discharge/Flow , Wetlands , Deltas, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) , Coastal Elevation
Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2021, V3 Delta-X: Turbidity, Water and Air Pressure, Temperature, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V4 Delta-X: Sediment Core Grain Size Distribution, Wax Lake Delta, MRD, LA Delta-X: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Channel Surveys, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 Delta-X: Digital Elevation Model, MRD, LA, USA, 2021
Multi-Sensor Airborne Remote Sensing for Calibrating Hydrodynamic and
2026
Payandeh, Ali Reza, Simard, Marc, Jones, Cathleen E., Christensen, Alexandra, Jensen, Daniel, Denbina, Michael, OliverCabrera, Talib
Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Land Use/Land Cover Classification , Vegetation Cover, Salinity , Water Depth, Water Depth, Inundation, Hydroperiod, Deltas, Digital Elevation/Terrain Model (DEM) , Coastal Elevation, Wetlands , Stage Height, Estuary, Salt Marsh, Coastal, RIVERS/STREAMS, Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Sediments, Water Channels, Drainage
Delta-X: In-situ Water Surface Elevation, MRD, Louisiana, USA, 2021 Delta-X AVIRIS-NG L3 Derived Vegetation Types, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Extended Domain Hydrodynamic Model Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Hydroperiod, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: Digital Elevation Model, MRD, LA, USA, 2021 Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Water Level Changes, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Delft3D FM, Weighted Mean Salinity, MRD, Louisiana, USA Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3 Delta-X: AirSWOT L3 Water Surface Elevations, MRD, Louisiana, 2021
Preexisting phytoplankton biomass concentrations shape coastal plankton response to firegenerated ash leachate
2025
Baetge, Nicholas, Halsey, Kimberly H., Hanan, Erin J., Behrenfeld, Michael J., Milligan, Allen J., Graff, Jason R., Hansen, Parker, Carlson, Craig A., Boiteau, Rene M., Arrington, Eleanor C., Comstock, Jacqueline, Halewood, Elisa R., Harvey, Elizabeth L., Nelson, Norman B., Opalk, Keri, Ver Wey, Brian
Reflectance , Absorption, Absorption
Study of Hydrologic Connectivity and Tidal Influence on Water Flow
2025
Varugu, Bhuvan K., Jones, Cathleen E., Oliver-Cabrera, Talib, Simard, Marc, Jensen, Daniel J.
Estuary, Water Channels, Wetlands
Advancing wetland aboveground biomass mapping: Insights from high-resolution PlanetScope data in the Mississippi River Delta
2025
Hemati, Mohammadali, Mahdianpari, Masoud, Shiri, Hodjat, Mohammadimanesh, Fariba, Salehi, Bahram, Wu, Jianghua
Biomass, Forest Composition/Vegetation Structure, Wetlands
Decoding the spatiotemporal complexities of the permafrost carbon feedback with multimodal ensemble learning
2025
Gay, B. A., Pastick, N. J., Watts, J. D., Armstrong, A. H., Miner, K. R., Miller, C. E.
Respiration Rate, Biogeochemical Cycles , Primary Production, Gross Primary Production (gpp), Heterotrophic Respiration (rh), NET ECOSYSTEM CO2 EXCHANGE (NEE), Soil Organic Carbon (SOC), Earthquakes , Plate Tectonics, Volcanic Activity, Glaciers/Ice Sheets , Vegetation
Comparative Analysis of UAVSAR Polarimetric Decompositions for Wetland Aboveground Biomass Mapping Using Machine Learning Models
2025
Hemati, Mohammadali, Mahdianpari, Masoud, Shiri, Hodjat, Mohammadimanesh, Fariba
Forests, Wetlands , Plant Characteristics, Biomass, Vegetation Species, Deltas, RIVERS/STREAMS, Salt Marsh, Terrain Elevation , Estuary, Inundation, Wetlands , Reflectance
Pre-Delta-X: Vegetation Species, Structure, Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA, USA, 2015 Delta-X: UAVSAR L1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Stack Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Herbaceous Aboveground Biomass from AVIRIS-NG, MRD, Louisiana, USA, 2021
Identifying wet troposphere delay in Lband InSAR using weather radar reflectivity
2025
OliverCabrera, Talib, Jones, Cathleen E., Simard, Marc, Varugu, Bhuvan, BelhadjAissa, Saoussen
Salt Marsh, Terrain Elevation , Estuary, Inundation, Wetlands , Coastal Elevation, Sea Level Changes
High spatial-resolution satellite mapping of suspended particulate
2025
Teng, Wenxiu, Yu, Qian, Stramski, Dariusz, Reynolds, Rick A., Woodruff, Jonathan D., Yellen, Brian
Wetlands , Suspended Solids, Deltas, Reflectance , RIVERS/STREAMS
Brief communication: Not as dirty as they look, flawed airborne and satellite snow spectra
2025
Bair, Edward H., Roberts, Dar A., Thompson, David R., Brodrick, Philip G., Wilder, Brenton A., Bohn, Niklas, Crawford, Christopher J., Carmon, Nimrod, Vuyovich, Carrie M., Dozier, Jeff
Viewing Geometry, Geolocation, Infrared Radiance, Visible Radiance, Reflectance , Absorption, Absorption
Evidence for mud as flocculated bedmaterial load versus washload in a river delta
2025
Nghiem, Justin A., Li, Gen K., Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Salter, Gerard, Fichot, Cedric G., Wright, Kyle, Passalacqua, Paola, Lamb, Michael P.
Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Water Channels, Sediment Transport, Sediments, Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Water Pressure, Sedimentation , Surface Pressure, Sedimentation
Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2021, V3 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3 Delta-X: Turbidity, Water and Air Pressure, Temperature, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V4 Delta-X: Sediment Core Grain Size Distribution, Wax Lake Delta, MRD, LA
Controlling Factors on Water and Sediment Partitioning at Deltaic Bifurcations
2025
Barile, Gabriele, Passalacqua, Paola, Kwon, Siyoon, Tubino, Marco
Coastal Bathymetry, Wetlands , Deltas, RIVERS/STREAMS, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Water Channels, Sediment Transport, Sediments, Coastal Elevation, Discharge/Flow , Turbidity, Suspended Solids
Pre-Delta-X: Channel Bathymetry of the Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2021, V3 Delta-X: Calibrated ANUGA Hydrodynamic Outputs for the Atchafalaya Basin, MRD, LA Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3
Integrating Characteristic Arctic Vegetation in a Land Surface Model
2025
Murphy, Bailey A., Sulman, Benjamin N., Yuan, Fengming, Salmon, Verity G., Yang, Daryl, Kumar, Jitendra, Dengel, Sigrid, Herndon, Elizabeth, Fettrow, Sean, Brown, Colette, Torn, Margaret S., Chafe, Oriana E., Pegoraro, Elaine F., Iversen, Colleen M.
Reflectance , Absorption, Absorption
Optical and biomarker indicators reveal contrasting saltmarsh and riverine contributions of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon
2025
Harringmeyer, Joshua P., Kaiser, Karl, Yan, Ge, Weiser, Matthew W., Zhu, Xiaohui, Ghosh, Nilotpal, Fichot, Cedric G.
Water Characteristics, Turbidity, Water Temperature , Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations
Mixing patterns of river deltas obtained from remotely sensed rouse number
2025
Kwon, Siyoon, Passalacqua, Paola, Nghiem, Justin A., Lamb, Michael P.
Turbidity, Suspended Solids, Surface Water Processes/Measurements, Sediments, Water Characteristics, Water Temperature , Estuary, Chlorophyll Concentrations, Water Pressure, Sedimentation , Surface Pressure, Reflected Infrared, Deltas, VISIBLE IMAGERY, Wetlands , Reflectance , Water Channels, Water Depth, Sediment Transport, Discharge/Flow , RIVERS/STREAMS
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3 Delta-X: In Situ Water Quality Indicators across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 Delta-X: Turbidity, Water and Air Pressure, Temperature, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V4 Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, MRD Louisiana, 2021 Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2
Mapping Carbon Dynamics in Coastal Wetlands: A High-Resolution PlanetScope Expedition
2025
Hemati, Mohammadali, Mahdianpari, Masoud, Shiri, Hodjat, Mohammadimanesh, Fariba
Wetlands , Biomass