Publications

Peer-reviewed work spanning ecosystem resilience, satellite time-series methods, land-system change, and environmental monitoring.

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2026

08Song, 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). Physiological fidelity of a satellite-derived forest resilience indicator in the Amazon. Nature Ecology & Evolution. DOIMedia: Yale · UConn
07Zhu, Z.*, Fragkias, M., Suh, J. W., McCoshan, E., Chen, L., Song, K., Kong, J., Li, T., Seto, K. C.* (2026). The Urban Pulse: Diagnosing the urbanization process as spiky, cyclical, and asynchronous. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 123(24), e2537770123. DOIMedia: Yale · UConn · Reuters · Kudos · Earth.com
06Li, T.*, Wang, Z., Kyba, C., Román, M. O., Seto, K. C., Yang, Y., Qiu, S., Kuester, T., et al., including Song, K., Zhu, Z.* (2026). Satellite imagery reveals increasing volatility in human night-time activity. Nature, 652(8109), 379–386. DOIMedia: NASA

05Qiu, 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
04Song, 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

03Song, 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
02Worthley, 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

01Song, K. (2020). Accuracy Assessment of Summertime Reanalysis and Passive Microwave Sea-Ice Concentration Products in the Central Arctic. M.S. Thesis, University of Miami.