Publications

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2026

8. Song, K.*, Knighton, J., Qiu, S., Yang, X., Suh, J. W., Tavares, J., Liu, Y., Tai, X., Fahey, R. T., Neigh, C. S. R., Callahan, R., Hong, F., Li, T., Grinstead, A., Ren, W., Witharana, C., Hedges, S. B., Yang, Z., Leite, R., Bittencourt, P., & Zhu, Z.* (2026). The Physiological Key to a Satellite-derived Forest Resilience Indicator: Evidence from Amazonian Forests. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOI
   Media: Yale ·
7. Zhu, Z.*, Fragkias, M., Suh, J. W., McCoshan, E., Chen, L., Song, K., Kong, J., Li, T., Karen C Seto* (2026). The Urban Pulse: Diagnosing the urbanization process as spiky, cyclical, and asynchronous. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(24), e2537770123. DOI
   Media: Yale · UConn · Reuters · Kudos · Earth.com
6. Li, T.*, Wang, Z., Kyba, C., Román, M. O., Seto, K. C., Yang, Y., Qiu, S., Kuester, T.,... Song, K. ..., Zhe Zhu* (2026). Satellite imagery reveals increasing volatility in human night-time activity. Nature, 652(8109), 379–386. DOI
   Media: NASA ·

2025

5. Qiu, S.*, Zhu, Z.*, Yang, X., Woodcock, C. E., Fahey, R. T., Stehman, S., Zhang, Y., Song, K., et al. (2025). A shift from human-directed to undirected wild land disturbances in the USA. Nature Geoscience, 18(10), 989–996. DOI
4. Song, K*., Zhu, Z.*, Qiu, S., Olofsson, P., Neigh, C. S. R., Ju, J., & Zhou, Q. (2025). TIF: A time-series-based image fusion algorithm. Remote Sensing of Environment, 331, 115035. DOI

2024

3. Song, K., & Minnett, P. J.* (2024). Evaluation of summertime passive microwave and reanalysis sea-ice concentration in the central Arctic. Earth and Space Science, 11(1), e2023EA003214. DOI
2. Worthley, T., Bunce, A., Morzillo, A. T., Witharana, C., Zhu, Z., Cabral, J., Crocker, E., Song, K., et al. (2024). Stormwise: Innovative Forest Management to Promote Storm Resistance in Roadside Forests. Journal of Forestry, 122(4), 398–409. DOI

Thesis

1. Song, K. (2020). Accuracy Assessment of Summertime Reanalysis and Passive Microwave Sea-Ice Concentration Products in the Central Arctic. M.S. Thesis, University of Miami.