Publications


Recent Books

Weng, Q. and Dale A. Quattrochi. 2006. Urban Remote Sensing, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, p. 448. (ISBN: 0849391997)

Weng, Q. 2007. Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces, CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, to be published in October. ISBN: 1420043749.

Recent Peer Reviewed Publications

Weng, Q. 2009 (expected). Landscape as a Continuum: An Examination of the Urban Landscape Structures and Dynamics
     of Indianapolis City, 1991-2000, by Using Satellite Images. Submitted to International Journal of Remote Sensing.
     Accepted on Mar. 31, 2008.

Weng, Q., Liu, H., Liang, B. and D. Lu. 2008 (expected). The spatial variations of urban land surface temperatures:
     pertinent factors, zoning effect, and seasonal variability. Submitted to IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied
     Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (JSTARS). Accepted on Dec. 17, 2007.

Rajasekar, U. and Weng, Q. 2009 (expected) . Application of association rule mining for e xploring the relationship between
     urban land surface temperature and biophysical/social parameters. Submitted to Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing.
     Accepted on Dec. 11, 2007.

Liu, H. and Q. Weng. 2009 (expected) . Scaling-up effect on the relationship between landscape pattern and land surface temperature.
      Submitted to Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. Accepted on Nov. 14, 2007.

Weng, Q., Hu , X., and H. Liu . 2009 (expected) . Estimating impervious surfaces using linear spectral mixture analysis with
     multi-temporal ASTER images. Submitted to International Journal of Remote Sensing. Accepted on Oct. 5, 2007.

Liang, B. and Weng, Q . 2008 (expected) . A multi-scale analysis of census-based land surface temperature variations
     and determinants in Indianapolis, United States. Submitted to Journal of Urban Planning and Development.
     Accepted September 20, 2007.

Liu, H. and Q. Weng. 2008 (expected) . Seasonal variations in the relationship between landscape pattern and land surface temperature
     in Indianapolis, U.S.A. Submitted to Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. Accepted August 31, 2007.

Weng, Q. and Lu, D. 200 8 (expected). Sub-pixel analysis of urbanization effects on the interactions between land surface temperature
     and vegetation cover in Indianapolis, U.S.A. Submitted to International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation.
     Accepted May 24 , 2007.

Weng, Q., Hu , X. and D. Lu. 2008 (expected). Extracting impervious surface from medium spatial resolution multispectral and
     hyperspectral imagery: a comparison. Submitted to International Journal of Remote Sensing on August 7, 2006.
     Accepted May 12, 2007.

Weng, Q., Hu, X., and H. Liu. 2008/9 (expected). Estimating impervious surfaces using linear spectral mixture analysis with
     multi-temporal ASTER images. Submitted to International Journal of Remote Sensing. Accepted on Oct. 5, 2007.

Liang, B. and Weng, Q. 2008 (expected). A multi-scale analysis of census-based land surface temperature variations and determinants
     in Indianapolis, United States. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. Accepted September 20, 2007.

Weng, Q. and D. Lu. 2008/9. A sub-pixel analysis of urbanization effect on land surface temperature and its interplay with impervious
     surface and vegetation coverage in Indianapolis, United States. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and
    Geoinformation. Accepted.

Weng, Q., Hu, X. and D. Lu. 2008/9. Extracting impervious surface from medium spatial resolution multispectral and hyperspectral
     imagery: a comparison. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Accepted.

Xiao, R., Weng, Q., Ouyang, Z., Li, W., Schienke, E.W. and Z. Zhang. 2008 (expected). Land surface temperature variation
     and major factors in Beijing, China. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. Accepted.

Weng, Q., Liu, H. and D. Lu. 2007. Assessing the effects of land use and land cover patterns on thermal conditions using landscape
     metrics in city of Indianapolis, United States. Urban Ecosystems. 10(2): 1083-8155 (Print) 1573-1642 (Online).

Melesse, A., Weng, Q., Thenkabail, P., and Senay, G. 2007. Remote sensing sensors and applications in environmental resources
     mapping and modeling. Sensors, 7 : 3209-3241.

Weng, Q. 2007. A historical perspective of river basin management in the Pearl River Delta of China.
     Journal of Environmental Management, 85(4): 1048-1062.

Xiao, H. and Weng, Q. 2007. The impact of land use and land cover changes on land surface temperature in a Karst area of China.
     Journal of Environmental Management, 85: 245-257.

Fan, F., Weng, Q. and Y. Wang. 2007. Land use and land cover change in Guangzhou, China, from 1998 to 2003, based on Landsat
     TM /ETM+ imagery . Sensors, 7: 1323-1342.

Li, G. and Weng, Q. 2007. Measuring the quality of life in city of Indianapolis by integration of remote sensing and census data.
     International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(2): 249-267.

Lu, D. and Weng, Q. 2007. A survey of image classification methods and techniques for improving classification performance.
     International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(5): 823-870.

Lu, D. and Weng, Q. 2006. Spectral mixture analysis of ASTER imagery for examining the relationship between thermal features
      and biophysical descriptors in Indianapolis, Indiana. Remote Sensing of Environment, 104(2): 157-167.

Weng, Q., Lu, D. and B. Liang. 2006. Urban surface biophysical descriptors and land surface temperature variations.
     Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 72(11): 1275-1286.

Lu, D., Weng, Q. and G. Li. 2006. Residential population estimation using remote sensing derived impervious surface.
     International Journal of Remote Sensing, 27(16): 3553-3570.

Weng, Q. and S. Yang. 2006. Urban air pollution patterns, land use, and thermal landscape: an examination of the linkage using GIS.
     Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 117(1-3): 463-489.

Weng, Q. 2006. An evaluation of spatial interpolation accuracy of elevation data, In Riedl, A., Kainz, W. and G.A. Elmes (eds.):
     Progress in Spatial Data Handling. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 805-824.

Lu, D. and Weng, Q. 2006. Use of impervious surface in urban land use classification. Remote Sensing of Environment,
     102(1-2): 146-160.

Lu, D. and Weng, Q. 2005. Urban Land-Use and Land-Cover Mapping Using the Full Spectral Information of Landsat ETM+ Data
      in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 71(11): 1275-1284.

Li, G. and Weng, Q. 2005. Using Landsat ETM+ Imagery to Measure Population Density in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
     Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 71(8): 947-958.

Weng, Q., Lu, D. and J. Schubring. 2004. Estimation of Land Surface Temperature-Vegetation Abundance Relationship for Urban
     Heat Island Studies. Remote Sensing of Environment, 89(4): 467-483.

Weng, Q. and S. Yang. 2004. Managing the Adverse Thermal Effects of Urban Development in a Densely Populated Chinese City.
     Journal of Environmental Management, 70(2): 145-156.

Lu, D. and Q. Weng. 2004. Spectral Mixture Analysis of the Urban Landscape in Indianapolis with Landsat ETM+ Imagery.
     Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 70(9): 1053-1062.

Weng, Q. and Yang, S. 2003. An Approach to Evaluation of Sustainability for Guangzhou’s Urban Ecosystem. International Journal
     of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 10(1): 69-81.

Weng, Q. 2003. Fractal Analysis of Satellite-Detected Urban Heat Island Effect. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing,
     69(5): 555-566.

Weng, Q., Qiao, L., Yang, S., and H. Guo. 2003. Guangzhou’s Growth and Urban Planning, 1960-1997: an Analysis through Remote
     Sensing. Asian Geographer, 22(1-2): 77-92.

Weng, Q. 2002. Quantifying uncertainty of digital elevation models derived from topographic maps. In: Advances in Spatial Data Handling,
     edited by D. Richardson and P. van Oosterom, Springer-Verlag, New York, pp.403-418.

Weng, Q. 2002. Land use change analysis in the Zhujiang Delta of China using satellite remote sensing, GIS, and stochastic modeling.
     Journal of Environmental Management, 64: 273-284.

Weng, Q. 2001. A remote sensing-GIS evaluation of urban expansion and its impact on surface temperature in the Zhujiang Delta, China.
     International Journal of Remote Sensing, 22(10): 1999-2014.

Weng, Q. and C. P. Lo. 2001. Spatial Analysis of Urban Growth Impacts on Vegetative Greenness with Landsat TM Data.
     Geocarto International, 16(4): 17-25.

Weng, Q. 2001. Modeling urban growth effect on surface runoff with the integration of remote sensing and GIS.
     Environmental Management, 28(6): 737-748.

Weng, Q. 2001. Human-environment interactions in agricultural land use in a South China’s wetland region: a study on the
     Zhujiang Delta in the Holocene. GeoJournal, 51(3): 191-202.

Weng, Q. 1998. Local impacts of the post-Mao development strategy: the case of the Zhujiang Delta. International Journal of
     Urban and Regional Research, 22(3): 425-442.