Publications

Here are some papers that I have worked and been published on over the years.

Wenjie Sun, Yang Chen, Xingyu Zhou, Xin Yang, Junfei Ma, Sijin Li, Guoan Tang (2025). Understanding the hydrological valley landscape: A multi-scenario adaptive framework for delineating valley floors. CATENA.
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Yang Chen, Xin Yang, Huangjunxi Fu, Chenrui Li, Guoan Tang (2025). Characterizing spatial patterns and regionalization of anthropogenic landforms using multi-source geospatial data: Insights from Loess Plateau of China. Geomorphology.
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Liyang Xiong, Yanxiang Wang, Haoyu Cao, Yingchao Ren, Sijin Li, Yang Chen, Guoan Tang (2025). Deep learning detects entire multiple-size lunar craters driven by elevation data and topographic knowledge. Geo-spatial Information Science.
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Xingyu Zhou, Yang Chen, Wenjie Sun, Xin Yang, Yanxiang Wang, Chenrui Li, Guoan Tang (2025). Delineating individual alluvial fans and morphological analysis based on digital elevation models. Geomorphology.
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Chenrui Li, Xin Yang, Yang Chen, Xingyu Zhou, Sijin Li, Xujia Cui, Guoan Tang (2024). Assessing the influence of geo-environmental factors on discontinuous gully erosion at regional scales: A case study of spoon gullies on the loess plateau of China. Journal of Environmental Management.
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Ling Yang, Yang Chen, Yue Li, Hui Zhu, Xin Yang, Sijin Li, Guoan Tang (2024). Is 3D building morphology really related to land surface temperature? Insights from a new homogeneous unit. Building and Environment.
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Hui Zhu, Yang Chen, Xin Yang, Hong Wei, Chenrui Li, Guoan Tang (2024). DEM-based sand dune analysis: Identification and morphological regionalization in the Grand Erg Oriental. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.
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Yang Chen, Wenjie Sun, Ling Yang, Xin Yang, Xingyu Zhou, Xin Li, Sijin Li, Guoan Tang (2024). Refining urban morphology: An explainable machine learning method for estimating footprint-level building height. Sustainable Cities and Society.
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Ling Yang, Xingyu Zhou, Xin Yang, Yang Chen, Haiping Zhang, Jiaming Na (2023). A new hierarchical analysis framework of building heights: Towards a more intuitive understanding of 3D urban structure. Transactions in GIS, 28(1), 40-57.
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Chen, Yang, Yang, Xin, Li, Sijin, Tang, Guoan (2023). Mapping Global Basic Landforms Using 30-meter DEMs. In AGU.
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Yang, Chen, Xin, Yang, Ling, Yang, Jiayu, Feng (2022). An Automatic Approach to Extracting Large-Scale Three-Dimensional Road Networks Using Open-Source Data. Remote Sensing, 14(22).
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