2020 Research Excellence Award on COVID-19 Epidemics, Tsinghua University

2016 Elsevier Atlas Award

2015 Annual Award on Outstanding Achievement, Tsinghua University

2006 Superior Research Award, junior faculty category, University of Utah.

2004 Early Career Award, Remote Sensing Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers (AAG).

2003 William A. Fischer Memorial Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)

2003 IGARSS 2003 Travel Award, International Geoscience & Remote Sensing Symposium, IEEE, Toulouse, France, July 21-25, 2003.

2003 Young Scholars (PhD '98 or later) Travel Award, Maximum Award, U.S. National Committee for International Cartographic Association (ICA), 21st International Cartographic Conference (ICC), Durban, South Africa, August 10-16, 2003.

2003 Student Honors Paper Competition, First Place, Remote Sensing Specialty Group, Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), New Orleans, March 5-8, 2003.

2001 Travel award of UCGIS Summer Assembly, Buffalo, June 20-24, 2001.

2000-2 Graduate Student Fellowship, University of California at Berkeley

1995-7 Graduate Student Fellowship, Lund University

Refereed Articles:

[173] Tu, Y., Chen B., Yang J., Xu B. Olympic effects on reshaping urban greenspace of host cities. Landscape and Ur-ban Planning 230, 104615. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104615

[172] Y Bai, Y Zhang, O Zotova, H Pineo, J Siri, L Liang, X Luo, M Kwan, J Ji, X Jiang, C Chu, N Cong, V Lin, W Summerskill, Y Luo, H Yu, T Wu, C Yang, J Li, Y Xiao, J Zhou, D Dou, H Xiong, L Zhang, L Wang, S Tao, B Fu, Y Zhang, B Xu, J Yang, P Gong. 2022. Healthy cities initiative in China: Progress, challenges, and the way forward, The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, Vol 27, 2022, 100539

[171] Chen B, Song Y, Webster C, Xu B, Gong P. 2022. Contrasting inequality in human exposure to greenspace be-tween cities of Global North and Global South. Nature Communications 13: 4636

[170] Li M, B Chen, C Webster, P Gong, B Xu. The land-sea interface mapping: China's coastal land covers at 10 m for 2020, Science Bulletin, 2022. 67(17), 1750-1754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2022.07.012.

[169] Chen B, Tu Y, Wu S, Song Y, Jin Y, Webster C, Xu B, Gong P. Beyond green environments: Multi-scale differ-ence in human exposure to greenspace in China. Environment International, 2022, 166: 107348.

[168] Li M, Zhang T, Tu Y, Ren Z, Xu B. Monitoring Post-Flood Recovery of Croplands Using the Integrated Sentinel-1/2 Imagery in the Yangtze-Huai River Basin. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(3): 690.

[167] W Cai, C Zhang, K Sun, S Ai, Y Bai, J Bao, B Chen, L Cheng, X Cui, H Dai, Q Di, W Dong, D Dou, W Fan, X Fan, T Gao, Y Geng, D Guan, Y Guo, Y Hu, J Hua, C Huang, H Huang, J Huang, K Jiao, T Jiang, G Kiesewetter, Z Klimont, P Lampard, C Li, Q Li, T Li, R Li, B Lin, H Lin, H Liu, Q Liu, X Liu, Y Liu, Z Liu, Z Liu, Z Liu, S Lou, C Lu, Y Luo, W Ma, A McGushin, Y Niu, C Ren, Z Ren Z Ruan, W Schöpp, J Su, Y Tu, J Wang, Q Wang, Y Wang, Y Wang, N Watts, C Xiao, Y Xie, H Xiong, M Xu, B Xu, L Xu, J Yang, L Yang, L Yu, Y Yue, S Zhang, Z Zhang, J Zhao, L Zhao, M Zhao, Z Zhao, J Zhou, P Gong. 2021. Location-specific health impacts of cli-mate change require location-specific responses. Chinese Science Bulletin, https://doi.org/10.1360/TB-2021-0140.

[166] Liu H, Gong P, Wang J, Wang X, Ning G, Xu B. Production of global daily seamless data cubes and quantification of global land cover change from 1985 to 2020-iMap World 1.0[J]. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2021, 258: 112364.

[165] Wang Y, Zhang G, Gong P, Dickinson RE, Fu R, Li X, Yang J, Liu S, He Y, Li L, Wang B, Xu B. Winter Warm-ing in North America Induced by Urbanization in China[J]. Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48(22): e2021GL095465.

[164] Ren Z, Li R, Zhang T, Chen B, Wang C, Li M, Song S, Xiao Y, Xu Bo, Liu Z, Shen C, Guan D, Hou L, Deng K, Bai Y, Gong P, Xu B. Reduction of Human Mobility Matters during Early COVID-19 Outbreaks: Evidence from India, Japan and China. [J]. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021, 18(6): 2826.

[163] Zhang T, Li R, Zhong P, Chang J, Xu B. Detection of novel reassortant H9N2 avian influenza viruses in wild birds in Jiangxi Province, China[J]. Veterinary medicine and science, 2021, 7(3): 1042-1046.

[162] Tu Y, B Chen, W Lang, T Chen, M Li, T Zhang, B Xu. Uncovering the Nature of Urban Land Use Composition Using Multi-Source Open Big Data with Ensemble Learning[J]. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13(21): 4241.

[161] Chen B, Xu B, Gong P. Mapping essential urban land use categories (EULUC) using geospatial big data: Progress, challenges, and opportunities[J]. Big Earth Data, 2021, 5(3): 410-441.

[160] Chen B, Tu Y, Song Y, Theobald DM, Zhang T, Ren Z, Li X, Yang J, Wang J, Wang X, Gong P, Bai Y, Xu B. Mapping essential urban land use categories with open big data: Results for five metropolitan areas in the United States of America [J]. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2021, 178: 203-218.

[159] Tu, Y., Chen B., Yu L., Xin Q., Gong P., Xu B. 2021. How does urban expansion interact with cropland loss? A comparison of 14 Chinese cities from 1980 to 2015. Landscape Ecology, 36(1):243-63.

[158] T Jiang, B Chen, Z Nie, Z Ren, B Xu, Shihao Tang. Estimation of hourly full-coverage PM2.5 concentrations at 1-km resolution in China using a two-stage random forest model, Atmospheric Research, Volume 248, 2021, 105146, ISSN 0169-8095, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105146.

[157] Cai W, Zhang C, Suen HP, Ai S, Bai Y, Bao J, Chen B, Cheng L, Cui X, Dai H, Di Q, Dong W, Dou D, Fan W, Fan X, Gao T, Geng Y, Guan D, Guo Y, Hu Y, Hua J, Huang C, Huang H, Huang J, Jiang T, Jiao K, Kiesewetter G, Klimont Z, Lampard P, Li C, Li Q, Li R, Li T, Lin B, Lin H, Liu H, Liu Q, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Z, Liu Z, Liu Z, Lou S, Lu C, Luo Y, Ma W, McGushin A, Niu Y, Ren C, Ren Z, Ruan Z, Schöpp W, Su J, Tu Y, Wang J, Wang Q, Wang Y, Wang Y, Watts N, Xiao C, Xie Y, Xiong H, Xu M, Xu B, Xu L, Yang J, Yang L, Yu L, Yue Y, Zhang S, Zhang Z, Zhao J, Zhao L, Zhao M, Zhao Z, Zhou J, Gong P. The 2020 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change. The Lancet Public Health. 2021;6(1):e64-e81.

[156] Ren Z., Liu Y., Chen B., Xu B. 2020. Where Does Nighttime Light Come From? Insights from Source Detection and Error Attribution. Remote Sensing.12(12), 1922.

[155] Zhang T., Fan K., Zhang Xue., Xu Yujuan., Xu B. and Li R. 2020. Diversity of avian influenza A(H5N6) viruses in wild birds in southern China. Journal of General Virology 101(9).

[154] Guan D, Wang, D, Hallegatte, S, Davis, S J., Huo, J, Li, S, Bai, Y, Lei, T, Xue, Q, Coffman, D, Cheng, D, Chen, P, Liang, X, Xu, B, Lu, X, Wang, S, Hubacek, K, Gong, P. Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures. Nature Human Behaviour, 2020, 4(6): 577-87.

[153] R Li, B Chen, T Zhang, Z Ren, Y Song, Y Xiao, L Hou, J Cai, Bo Xu, M Li, K K Y Chan, Y Tu, M Yang, J Yang, Z Liu, C Shen, C Wang, L Xu, Q Liu, S Bao, J Zhang, Y Bi, Y Bai, K Deng, W Zhang, W Huang, J D. Whittington, N C Stenseth, D Guan, P Gong, B Xu. 2020. Global COVID-19 pandemic demands joint interventions for the suppression of future waves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (42) 26151-26157; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2012002117

[152] Cui, Y., Schmid, B.V., Cao, H. X Dai, Z Du, W R Easterday, H Fang, C Guo, S Huang, W Liu, Z Qi, Y Song, H Tian, M Wang, Y Wu, B Xu, C Yang, J Yang, X Yang, Q Zhang, K S Jakobsen, Y Zhang, N C Stenseth and R Yang. Evolutionary selection of biofilm-mediated extended phenotypes in Yersinia pestis in response to a fluctuating environment. Nat Commun 11, 281 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14099-w

[151] Gong P, Chen B, Li X, Liu H, Wang J, Bai Y, Chen J, Chen X, Fang L, Feng S, Feng Y, Gong Y, Gu H, Huang H, Huang X, Jiao H, Kang Y, Lei G, Li A, Li X, Li X, Li Y, Li Z, Li Z, Liu C, Liu C, Liu M, Liu S, Mao W, Miao C, Ni H, Pan Q, Qi S, Ren Z, Shan Z, Shen S, Shi M, Song Y, Su M, Ping Suen H, Sun B, Sun F, Sun J, Sun L, Sun W, Tian T, Tong X, Tseng Y, Tu Y, Wang H, Wang L, Wang X, Wang Z, Wu T, Xie Y, Yang J, Yang J, Yuan M, Yue W, Zeng H, Zhang K, Zhang N, Zhang T, Zhang Y, Zhao F, Zheng Y, Zhou Q, Clinton N, Zhu Z, Xu B. Mapping essential urban land use categories in China (EULUC-China): pre-liminary results for 2018. Science Bulletin. 2020;65(3):182-7.

[150] Y Tu ; W Lang ; L Yu ; Y Li ; J Jiang ; Y Qin ; J Wu ; T Chen ; B Xu. Improved Mapping Results of 10 m Reso-lution Land Cover Classification in Guangdong, China Using Multisource Remote Sensing Data With Google Earth Engine. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 13, pp. 5384-5397, 2020, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2020.3022210.

[149] Y Tu, H Zhou, W Lang, T Chen, X Li and B Xu (2020) A novel cross-sensor calibration method to generate a con-sistent night-time lights time series dataset, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41:14, 5482-5502, DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2020.1731935

[148] Z Chen, D Chen, C Zhao, M Kwan, J Cai, Y Zhuang, B Zhao, X Wang, B Chen, J Yang, R Li, B He, B Gao, K Wang, B Xu. Influence of meteorological conditions on PM2.5 concentrations across China: A review of methodolo-gy and mechanism, Environment International, Volume 139, 2020, 105558, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105558.

[147] Li, X., Li, X. and Xu, B. Phylogeography of Highly Pathogenic H5 Avian Influenza Viruses in China. Virol. Sin. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-020-00193-7

[146] Li, R, Zhang, T, Xu, J, Chang, J, Xu, B. Isolation of two novel reassortant H3N6 avian influenza viruses from long‐distance migratory birds in Jiangxi Province, China. MicrobiologyOpen. 2020; 9:e1060. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1060

[145] Tu Y., Chen B., Zhang T., Xu B. (2020) Regional Mapping of Essential Urban Land Use Categories in China: A Segmentation-Based Approach. Remote Sensing 12(7). DOI: 10.3390/rs12071058

[144] B Chen, Y Song, B Huang, B Xu, A novel method to extract urban human settlements by integrating remote sens-ing and mobile phone locations, Science of Remote Sensing, Volume 1, 2020, 100003, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2020.100003.

[143] Xu, Bo, Cai, J., He, D., Chowell, G., Xu, Bing. 2020. Mechanistic modelling of multiple waves in an influenza epidemic or pandemic. Journal of Theoretical Biology 486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.110070

[142] Gong, P., Li, X., Wang, J., Bai, Y., Chen, B., Hu, T., Liu, X., Xu, B., Yang, J., Zhang, W., Zhou, Y., 2020. Annual maps of global artificial impervious area (GAIA) between 1985 and 2018. Remote Sensing of Environment. 236, 111510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111510

[141] Sun, Z. L. Xu, B. V. Schmid, K. R. Dean, Z. Zhang, Y. Xie, X. Fang, S. Wang, Q. Liu, B. Lyu, X. Wan, J. Xu, N. C. Stenseth and B. Xu 2019. Human plague system associated with rodent diversity and other environmental fac-tors. R. Soc. Open Sci. 6 : 190216. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190216

[140] Jiang T, B Chen, KKY Chan, B Xu. 2019. Himawari-8/AHI and MODIS aerosol optical depths in China: Evalua-tion and comparison. Remote Sens. 11(9), 1011; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11091011

[139] Cai, J., B. Zhang, B. Xu, K. K. Y. Chan, G. Chowell, H. Tian and B. Xu, 2019: A maximum curvature method for estimating epidemic onset of seasonal influenza in Japan. BMC infectious diseases 19, 181.

[138] Chen, B., C. M. Kennedy and B. Xu, 2019: Effective moratoria on land acquisitions reduce tropical deforestation: evidence from Indonesia. Environmental Research Letters, 14, 044009.

[137] Li, R., T. Zhang, J. Xu, J. Chang and B. Xu, 2019: Novel Reassortant Avian Influenza A(H3N8) Virus Isolated from a Wild Bird in Jiangxi, China. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8.

[136] Gong, P., B. Chen, X. Li, et al., B. Xu. 2019. Mapping Essential Urban Land Use Categories in China (EULUC-China): preliminary results for 2018. Science Bulletin 3(65): 182-187. DOI: 10.1016/j.scib.2019.12.007

[135] Chen, Z., D. Chen, M. P. Kwan, B. Chen, B. Gao, Y. Zhuang, R. Li, and B. Xu, 2019. The control of anthropo-genic emissions contributed to 80 % of the decrease in PM2.5 concentrations in Beijing from 2013 to 2017. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 13519–13533

[134] P Gong, H Liu, Meinan Zhang, Congcong Li, Jie Wang, Huabing Huang, Nicholas Clinton, Luyan Ji, Wenyu Li, Yuqi Bai, Chen B, Xu B, Zhu Z, Yuan C, Suen HP, Guo J, Xu N, Li W, Zhao Y, Yang J. Chaoqing Yu, Xi Wang, Haohuan Fu, Le Yu, Iryna Dronova, Fengming Hui, Xiao Cheng, Xueli Shi, Fengjin Xiao, Qiufeng Liu, Lianchun Song, Stable classification with limited sample: Transferring a 30-m resolution sample set collected in 2015 to mapping 10-m resolution global land cover in 2017. Sci Bulletin. 2019;64(6):370-3.

[133] Li, X., K. K. Y. Chan, B. Xu, M. Lu and B. Xu, 2019: Spatial, Temporal and Genetic Dynamics Characteristics of Influenza B Viruses in China, 1973-2018. Virologica Sinica.

[132] Li, X., B. Xu and J. Shaman, 2019: The Impact of Environmental Transmission and Epidemiological Features on the Geographical Translocation of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16.

[131] Nie, Z., K. K. Y. Chan and B. Xu, 2019: Preliminary Evaluation of the Consistency of Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 Time Series Products in An Urban Area—An Example in Beijing, China. Remote Sensing 11(24), 2957.

[130] Sun, Z., Z. Zhang, Q. Liu, B. Lyu, X. Fang, S. Wang, J. Xu, L. Xu and B. Xu, 2019: Identifying the spatiotem-poral clusters of plague occurrences in China during the Third Pandemic. Integrative zoology.

[129] Xu, B., H. Tian, C. E. Sabel and B. Xu, 2019: Impacts of Road Traffic Network and Socioeconomic Factors on the Diffusion of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Mainland China. International Journal of Environmental Re-search and Public Health, 16.

[128] Yang, J., D. Xie, Z. Nie, B. Xu and A. J. Drummond, 2019: Inferring host roles in bayesian phylodynamics of global avian influenza A virus H9N2. Virology, 538, 86-96.

[127] Zhang, T., R. Li, G. Zhu, J. Chang and B. Xu, 2019: First Detection of a Novel Reassortant Avian Influenza A(H5N6) Clade 2.3.2.1c Virus, Isolated from a Wild Bird in China. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8.

[126] Li, X., K. K. Y. Chan, B. Xu, M. Lu and B. Xu 2019. Phylogeography of highly pathogenic H5 avian influenza viruses in China,. Virologica Sinica.

[125] Yang J, NF M ̈uller, R Bouckaert, W Xie, B Xu, and AJ Drummond. 2019. Bayesian phylodynamics of avian in-fluenza A virus H9N2 in Asia with time-dependent predictors of migration. PLoS Computational Biology

[124] Cai J, Bo Xu, K K Y Chan, X Zhang, B Zhang, Z Chen and B Xu. 2019. Roles of Different Transport Modes in the Spatial Spread of the 2009 Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic in Mainland China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 16, 222; doi:10.3390/ijerph16020222

[123] Li R, L Xu, O N Bjørnstad, K Liu, T Song, A Chen, B Xu, Q Liu, NC Stenseth. 2019. Climate-driven variation in mosquito density predicts the spatio-temporal dynamics of dengue. Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienc-es. 116(9): 3624-3629.

[122] Chen Z, D Chen, W Wen, Y Zhuang, M P Kwan, B Chen, B Zhao, L Yang, B Gao, R Li, and B Xu. 2019. Evalu-ating the “2+26” regional strategy for air quality improvement during two air pollution alerts in Beijing: variations in PM2.5 concentrations, source apportionment, and the relative contribution of local emission and regional transport Atmos. Chem. Phys., 19, 6879–6891

[121] Dai, S., Feng, D., Chan, K.K.Y., Gong, P., Xu, B., 2019. A spatialized digital database for all bird species in Chi-na. Science China Life Sciences. 62, 661–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-018-9419-2

[120] Li R, T Zhang, Y Bai, H Li, Y Wang, Y Bi, J Chang and B Xu. 2018. Live Poultry Trading Drives China’s H7N9 Viral Evolution and Geographical Network Propagation. Frontiers of PH 6:210.

[119] Chen S, B Xu, B Chen. 2018. Unfolding the interplay between carbon flows and socioeconomic development in a city: What can network analysis offer? Applied Energy. 211:403-412

[118] Chen Z.Y, X Xie, J Cai, D Chen, B Gao, B He, N Cheng, and B Xu. 2018. Understanding meteorological influ-ences on PM2.5 concentrations across China: a temporal and spatial perspective. Atm Chem and Phy.18:9343-9358

[117] Cai W, J Hui, P Gong, C Wang, B Xu. 2018. China’s challenges and policy recommendations for addressing cli-mate change and improving public health. Chinese Science Bulletin DOI: 10.1360/n972017-01363

[116] Feng Y, J Cai, X Tong, R Chen, Y Zhu, B Xu, X Mo,2018. Non-inheritable risk factors during pregnancy for con-genital heart defects in offspring: A matched case-control study. Int J. Cardiology 264:45-52.

[115] Yang J, J G Siri, J V Remais, Q Cheng, H Zhang, K K Y Chan, Z Sun, Y Zhao, N Cong, X Li, W Zhang, Y Bai, J Bi, W Cai, E Y Y Chan, W Chen, W Fan, H Fu, J He, H Huang, J S Ji, P Jia, X Jiang, M Kwan, T Li, X Li, S Liang, X Liang, L Liang, Q Liu, Y Lu, Y Luo, X Ma, B Schwartländer, Z Shen, P Shi, J Su, T Wu, C Yang, Y Yin, Q Zhang, Yi Zhang, Y Zhang, B Xu, P Gong. 2018. The Tsinghua– Lancet Commission on Healthy Cities in China: unlocking the power of cities for a healthy China. Lancet 391(10135) DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)30486-0

[114] Hu, L., Li, W., and Xu, B. 2018. Monitoring mangrove forest change in China from 1990 to 2015 using Landsat-derived spectral-temporal variability metrics. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinfor-mation 73, 88–98.

[113] Hu, L., Li, W., and Xu, B. 2018. The role of remote sensing on studying mangrove forest extent change. Interna-tional Journal of Remote Sensing 1–23.

[112] Chen B., Song Y., Kwan M., Huang B. and Xu B. 2018. How do people in different places experience different levels of air pollution? Using worldwide Chinese as a lens. Environmental Pollution 238:874-883.

[111] Chen B., Song Y., Jiang T., Chen Z., Huang B. and Xu B. 2018. Real-time estimation of population exposure to PM2.5 using mobile- and station-based big data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2018, 15(4), 573.

[110] Chen B., Chen L., Huang B., Michishita R. and Xu B. 2018. Dynamic monitoring of the Poyang Lake Basin by integrating Landsat and MODIS observations. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 2018, 139, 75-87.

[109]Yu P, Li Y, Xu B, Wei J, Li S, Dong JH, Qu JH, Xu J, Huang Z, Ma CF, Yang J, Zhang GG, Chen B, Huang SQ, Shi CM, Gao HW, Liu F, Tian HY, Stenseth NC, Xu B, Wang JJ. 2017.Using satellite data for the characterization of local animal reservoir populations of Hantaan virus on the Weihe Plain, China. Remote Sensing 9(10): 1076.

[108]Qi WB et al. 2017. Emergence and Adaptation of a Novel Highly Pathogenic H7N9 Influenza Virus in Birds and Humans from a 2013 Human-Infecting Low-Pathogenic Ancestor. Journal of Virology 92(2):JVI.00921-17DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00921-17

[107] Tian HY, Yu P, Cazelles B, Xu L, Tan H, Yang J, Huang S, Xu B, Cai J, Ma C, Wei J, Li S, Qu J, Laine M, Wang J, Tong S, Stenseth NC, Xu B. Interannual cycles of Hantaan virus outbreaks at the human–animal interface in Central China are controlled by temperature and rainfall. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017, 114(30): 8041-8046.

[106] Chen, Z. J. Cai, B. Gao, B. Xu, S. Dai, B. He, and X. Xie, Detecting the Causality Influence of Individual Mete-orological Factors on Local Pm(2.5) Concentration in the Jing-Jin-Ji Region, Scientific Reports, 7 (2017), 40735.

[105] Tian H, Sun Z, Faria NR, Yang J, Cazelles B, Huang SQ, Xu Bo, Yang Q, Pybus OG, Xu Bing. Increasing airline travel may facilitate co-circulation of multiple dengue virus serotypes in Asia. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017, 11(8): e0005694.

[104] Chen B. , Z. Nie, Z. Chen, and B. Xu, 2017. Quantitative Estimation of 21st-Century Urban Greenspace Changes in Chinese Populous Cities, Science of the Total Environment, 609, 956-65.

[103] Chen Z, D. Chen, Y. Zhuang, J. Cai, N. Zhao, B. He, B. Gao, and B. Xu, 2017. Examining the Influence of Crop Residue Burning on Local Pm2. 5 Concentrations in Heilongjiang Province Using Ground Observation and Remote Sensing Data, Remote Sensing, 9, 971.

[102] Lu M., B. Chen, X. Liao, T. Yue, H. Yue, S. Ren, X. Li, Z. Nie, and B. Xu, 2017. Forest Types Classification Based on Multi-Source Data Fusion, Remote Sensing, 9, 1153.

[101] Chen Z., X. Xie, J. Cai, D. Chen, B. Gao, B. He, N. Cheng, B. Xu. 2017. Understanding meteorological influ-ences on PM 2.5 concentrations across China: a temporal and spatial perspective. Atmospheric Chemistry and Phys-ics. DOI10.5194/acp-2017-376

[100] Lv B., J. Cai, B. Xu, Y. Bai. 2017. Understanding the Rising Phase of the PM2.5 Concentration Evolution in Large China Cities. Scientific Reports 7:46456.

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[98] Tian, H.Y., P. Yu, O. N. Bjørnstad, B. Cazelles, J. Yang, H. Tan, S. Huang, Y. J. Cui, L. Dong, C. Ma, C. Ma, S. Zhou, M. Laine, X. Wu, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, R. F. Yang, N. C. Stenseth, and B. Xu. 2017: Anthropogenically driven environmental changes shift the ecological dynamics of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome. PLOS Patho-gens 13(1):e1006198.doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006198

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[96] Lu M., L. Hu, T. Yue, Z. Chen, B. Chen, X. Lu, Z. Nie and B. Xu 2017. Penal-ized linear discriminant analysis of hyperspectral imagery for noise removal. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters. 14 (2017), 359-63.

[95] Chen, B. L. Chen, M. Lu and B. Xu 2017. Wetland mapping by fusing fine spatial and hyperspectral resolution im-ages. Ecological Modelling. doi：10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2017.01.004.

[94] Tian, H., Yu, P., Chowell, G., Li, S., Wei, J., Tian, H., Lv, W., Han, Z., Yang, J., Huang, S., Zhou, S., Brown-stein, J., Wang, J., Xu, B. 2017. Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in humans, domesticated ani-mals, ticks, and mosquitoes, Shaanxi Province, China. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 96(6), 1346–1349.

[93] Chen, B. B. Huang and B. Xu 2017. Multi-source remotely sensed data fusion for improving land cover classifica-tion. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 124:27–39

[92] Lv, B., Hu Y., Chang H. H., Russell A. G., Cai J., Xu B., Bai Y. 2016. Daily estimation of ground-level PM2.5 concentrations at 4km resolution over Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei by fusing MODIS AOD and ground observations. Sci-ence of The Total Environment. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.049

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[90] Chen, B. B. Huang and B. Xu 2016. A hierarchical spatiotemporal adaptive fusion model using one image pair. In-ternational Journal of Digital Earth. DOI: 10.1080/17538947.2016.1235621

[89] Xu B., J Yang, Y Zhang, P Gong. 2016. Healthy cities in China: a Lancet Commission. Lancet 388, 1863-1864.

[88] Y Bi, Q Chen, Q Wang, J Chen, T Jin, G Wong, C Quan, J Liu, J Wu, R Yin, L Zhao, M Li, Z Ding, R Zou, W Xu, H Li, H Wang, K Tian, G Fu, Y Huang,A Shestopalov, S Li, B Xu, H Yu, T Luo, L Lu, X Xu, Y Luo, Y Liu, W Shi, D Liu, and G F Gao 2016. Genesis, Evolution and Prevalence of H5N6 Avian Influenza Viruses in China. Cell Host & Microbe 20, 1–12

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