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Guofan Shao

Environmental Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Established · publishing since 1986
Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesRemote Sensing in AgricultureRemote Sensing and LiDAR ApplicationsRemote Sensing and Land UseForest Management and Policy

Publications

194

Citations

8,371

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

41

Publishing since 1986

Research summary
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Guofan Shao works in environmental science, focusing on remote sensing (using satellite, drone, and LiDAR data to study land and vegetation) and land-use analysis. Recent work covers forest and urban tree monitoring, mapping wildfire risk and urban growth, and studying how green spaces affect human well-being. This research often involves combining sensor data with computational methods like machine learning to track environmental and land-cover changes over time.

Remote sensing and LiDAR-based forest and land monitoringUrban green space and ecosystem servicesLand-use change and urban sprawl modelingImage classification and geospatial data analysis methodsWildfire and landscape ecology

Publication output has been fairly steady at around 5-6 papers per year over the last decade, with a temporary spike in 2020 and a slight decline in the most recent five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 4.8/year recently
2017: 6 publications172018: 6 publications182019: 8 publications192020: 15 publications15202021: 5 publications212022: 6 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 5 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Remote Sensing×8
  • International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology×7
  • Journal of Forestry Research×4
  • Sustainability×4
  • Ecological Indicators×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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