[1].Zhigang Cao, Hongtao Duan, Ronghua Ma, Ming Shen, and Hong Yang(2023). Remarkable effects of greening watershed on reducing suspended sediment flux in China’s major rivers. Science Bulletin 68, 20: 2285-2288.
[2].Zhigang Cao, Menghua Wang, Ronghua Ma, Yunlin Zhang, Hongtao Duan, Lide Jiang, Kun Xue, Junfeng Xiong, and Minqi Hu(2024). A decade-long chlorophyll-a data record in lakes across China from VIIRS observations. Remote Sensing of Environment 301: 113953.
[3].Zhigang Cao, Chuanmin Hu, Ronghua Ma, Hongtao Duan, Miao Liu, Steven Loiselle, Kaishan Song, Ming Shen, Dong Liu, and Kun Xue(2023). MODIS observations reveal decrease in lake suspended particulate matter across China over the past two decades. Remote Sensing of Environment 295: 113724.
[4].Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma, Hongtao Duan, Nima Pahlevan, John Melack, Ming Shen, and Kun Xue(2020). A machine learning approach to estimate chlorophyll-a from Landsat-8 measurements in inland lakes. Remote Sensing of Environment 248: 111974.
[5].Zhigang Cao, Hongtao Duan, Lian Feng, Ronghua Ma, and Kun Xue(2017). Climate-and human-induced changes in suspended particulate matter over Lake Hongze on short and long timescales. Remote Sensing of Environment 192: 98-113.
[6].Zhigang Cao, Ming Shen, Tiit Kutser, Miao Liu, Tianci Qi, Jinge Ma, Ronghua Ma, and Hongtao Duan (2022). What water color parameters could be mapped using MODIS land reflectance products: A global evaluation over coastal and inland waters. Earth-Science Reviews 232: 104154.
[7].Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma, Hongtao Duan, and Kun Xue(2019). Effects of broad bandwidth on the remote sensing of inland waters: Implications for high spatial resolution satellite data applications. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 153: 110-122.
[8].Zhigang Cao, John M. Melack, Miao Liu, Tiit Kutser, Hongtao Duan, and Ronghua Ma(2023). Shifts, trends, and drivers of lake color across China since the 1980s. Geophysical Research Letters 50, 8: e2023GL103225.
[9].Zhigang Cao, Menghua Wang, Ronghua Ma, Hongtao Duan, Lide Jiang, Ming Shen, Kun Xue, and Fenzhen Su(2025). Seamless observations of chlorophyll-a from OLCI and VIIRS measurements in inland lakes. Water Research 270: 122825.
[10]. Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma, Nima Pahlevan, Miao Liu, John M. Melack, Hongtao Duan, Kun Xue, and Ming Shen (2022). Evaluating and optimizing VIIRS retrievals of chlorophyll-a and suspended particulate matter in turbid lakes using a machine learning approach. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 60: 1-17.
[11]. Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma, Miao Liu, Hongtao Duan, Qing Xiao, Kun Xue, and Ming Shen (2022). Harmonized chlorophyll-a retrievals in inland lakes from Landsat-8/9 and Sentinel 2A/B virtual constellation through machine learning. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 60: 1-16.
[12].Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma, John M. Melack, Hongtao Duan, Miao Liu, Tiit Kutser, Kun Xue, Ming Shen, Tianci Qi, and Huili Yuan(2022). Landsat observations of chlorophyll-a variations in Lake Taihu from 1984 to 2019. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 106: 102642.
[13].Zhigang Cao, John M. Melack, Miao Liu, Hongtao Duan, and Ronghua Ma(2022). Spatial and seasonal variability of chlorophyll a in different-sized lakes across eastern China. Inland Waters 12, 2: 205-214.
[14].Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma, Jianqiang Liu, and Jing Ding. Improved radiometric and spatial capabilities of the coastal zone imager onboard Chinese HY-1C satellite for inland lakes(2022). IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters 18, 2: 193-197.
[15].Jiahan Xu, Kun Xue, Ryan O’Shea, Chong Fang, Ming Shen, Zhigang Cao*, Hongtao Duan. (2026). Capabilities of PACE Ocean color Instrument (OCI) for phytoplankton pigments of inland lakes. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 149, 105265
[16].Jiahan Xu, Zhigang Cao*, Panpan Chen, Hongtao Duan. (2025). Assessment of land adjacency effect correction on deriving aquatic reflectance over river waters from Landsat-8/9 and Sentinel-2 imagery. Optics Express, 33(21):572553.
[17].Panpan Chen, Zhigang Cao*, Chen Yang, Zhiqiang Qiu, Xingjian Guo, and Hongtao Duan*(2024). Satellite observations of surface water dynamics and channel migration in the Yellow River since the 1980s. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 56: 102029.
[18].Jun Yuan, Zhigang Cao*, Jinge Ma, Yimin Li, Yinguo Qiu, and Hongtao Duan*(2024). Influence of climate extremes on long-term changes in cyanobacterial blooms in a eutrophic and shallow lake. Science of the Total Environment 939: 173601.
[19].Hongtao Duan*, Zhigang Cao*, Juhua Luo, Ming Shen. (2025). AI-driven opportunities and challenges in lake remote sensing. Information Geography, 1(1), 100014.
[20].Zhigang Cao, Hongtao Duan, Qingjun Song, Ming Shen, Ronghua Ma, and Dong Liu (2018). Evaluation of the sensitivity of China’s next-generation ocean satellite sensor MWI onboard the Tiangong-2 space lab over inland waters. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation 71: 109-120.
[21].Zhigang Cao, Hongtao Duan, Ming Shen, Ronghua Ma, Kun Xue, Dong Liu, and Qitao Xiao(2018). Using VIIRS/NPP and MODIS/Aqua data to provide a continuous record of suspended particulate matter in a highly turbid inland lake. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation 64: 256-265.
