Publications

Google Scholar:  Citations = 1668, H-index = 18, ORCID, Scopus, ResearchGate, WebofScience, SemanticScholar,  Underlined  = Students/RA supervised.

  1. Jiang, G., Lichti, D. Yin, T., and Yan, W.Y. 2024. Multispectral airborne LiDAR point cloud classification with maximum entropy hierarchical pooling. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (submitted).
  2. Cheng, X. and Yan, W.Y. 2024. Inferring radiometric quality of multispectral airborne laser scanning data via scale-based Boltzmann entropy. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (submitted).
  3. Elkin, D.K., Wang, X., Leung, C.Y., Yan, W.Y., Wernli, M., Bruyns, G.B., Cheung, E.T.C. 2024. Colonial impasse to post-colonial dispossession: experiences of informality in Tai O Village, Hong Kong. Political Geography (submitted).
  4. Fong, T.S. and Yan, W.Y. 2024. Signs on glasses: LiDAR data voids, hotspot effect, and reflection artifacts. Automation in Construction (Accepted).
  5. Jiang, G., Lichti, D. Yin, T., and Yan, W.Y. 2024. A maximum entropy based outlier removal for airborne LiDAR point clouds. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 17, 19130-19145. [PDF]
  6. Yan, W.Y. 2023. Airborne LiDAR data artifacts: what we know thus far. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, 11(3), 21-45.
  7. Jiang, G., Yan, W.Y., and Lichti, D. 2023. A maximum entropy-based optimal neighbor selection for multispectral airborne LiDAR point cloud classification. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 5705018. [PDF]
  8. Megahed, Y., Yan, W.Y. and Shaker, A., 2021. Detection of urban features by multilevel classification of multispectral airborne LiDAR data fused with very high-resolution images. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 15(4), 044521. [PDF]
  9. Yan, W.Y. 2021. Scan line void filling of airborne LiDAR point clouds for hydro-flattening DEM. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14, 6426-6437. [PDF]
  10. Megahed, Y., Shaker, A., and Yan, W.Y. 2021. Fusion of airborne LiDAR point clouds and aerial images for heterogeneous land-use urban mapping.  Remote Sensing, 13(4). [PDF]
  11. Megahed, Y., Shaker, A., and Yan, W.Y. 2020. A phase-congruency-based scene abstraction approach for 2D-3D registration of aerial optical and LiDAR images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14, 964-981. [PDF]
  12. Yan, W.Y., van Ewijk, K., Treitz, P., and Shaker, A. 2020. Effects of radiometric correction on cover type and spatial resolution for modeling plot level forest attributes using multispectral airborne LiDAR data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 169, 152-165. [PDF]
  13. Easa, S.M. and Yan, W.Y. 2019. Performance-based analysis in civil engineering: overview of applications. Infrastructures, 4(2), 28. [PDF]
  14. Shaker, A. Yan, W.Y., LaRocque, P.E. 2019. Automatic land-water classification using multispectral airborne LiDAR data for near shore and river environment. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 152, 94-108.
  15. Yan, W.Y., Shaker, A., and LaRocque, P.E. 2019. Scan line intensity-elevation ratio (SLIER): an airborne LiDAR ratio index for automatic water surface mapping. Remote Sensing,11(7). [PDF]
  16. Gill, J. Faisal, K., Shaker, A. and Yan, W.Y. 2019. Detection of waste dumping location in landfill using multi-temporal Landsat thermal images. Waste Management & Research, 37(4), 386-393.
  17. Yan, W.Y. and Shaker, A. 2018. Airborne LiDAR intensity banding: cause and solution. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 142, 301-310.
  18. Yan, W.Y. and Yuan, X.-X. 2018. A low-cost video-based pavement distress screening system for low volume roads. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, 22(5), 376-389.
  19. Shaker, A., Easa, S., and Yan, W.Y. 2017. Improved parameter estimation of the line-based transformation model for remote sensing image registration. Journal of Imaging, 3(3), 32. [PDF]
  20. Yan, W.Y., Easa, S., and Shaker, A. 2017. Polygon-based image registration: a new approach for geo-referencing historical maps. Remote Sensing Letters, 8(7), 703-712.
  21. Yan, W.Y. and Shaker, A. 2016. Radiometric normalization of overlapping LiDAR intensity data for reduction of striping noise. International Journal of Digital Earth, 9(7), 649-661.
  22. Khin, M.M.L., Shaker, A., Joksimovic, D., and Yan, W.Y. 2016. The use of Worldview-2 satellite imagery to model urban drainage system with low impact development (LID) techniques. GeoCarto International, 31(1), 92-108.
  23. Yan, W.Y., Morsy, S., Shaker, A., and Tulloch, M. 2016. Automatic extraction of highway light poles and towers from mobile LiDAR data. Optics & Laser Technology, 77, 162-168.
  24. Yan, W.Y., Shaker, A., and El-Ashmawy, N. 2015. Urban land cover classification using airborne LiDAR data: a review. Remote Sensing of Environment, 158, 295-310.
  25. Liu, X, Yan, W.Y., and Chow, J.Y.J. 2015. Time-geographic relationships between vector fields of activity patterns and transport systems. Journal of Transport Geography, 42, 22-33.
  26. Yan, W.Y., Mahendrarajah, P., Shaker, A., Faisal, K., Luong, R., and Al-Ahmad, M. 2014. Analysis of multi-temporal Landsat satellite images for monitoring land surface temperature of municipal solid waste disposal sites. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(12), 8161-8173.
  27. Yan, W.Y. and Shaker, A. 2014. Radiometric correction and normalization of airborne LiDAR intensity data for improving land cover classification. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52(2), 7658-7673.
  28. Yan, W.Y., Shaker, A., and Easa, S.M. 2013. Potential accuracy of traffic signs’ positions extracted from Google Street View. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 14(2), 1011-1016.
  29. Shaker, A., Yan, W.Y., and El-Ashmawy, N. 2012. Panchromatic satellite image classification for flood hazard assessment. Journal of Applied Research and Technology, 10(6), 902-911.
  30. Yan, W.Y., Shaker, A., Habib, A., and Kersting, A.P. 2012. Improving classification accuracy of airborne LiDAR intensity data by geometric calibration and radiometric correction. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 67, 35-44.
  31. Habib, A., Kersting, A.P., Shaker, A., and Yan, W.Y. 2011. Geometric calibration and radiometric correction of LiDAR data and their impact on the quality of derived products. Sensors, 11(9), 9069-9097. [PDF]
  32. Yan, W.Y. and Shaker, A. 2011. The effects of combining classifiers with the same training statistics using Bayesian decision rules. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 32(13), 3729-3745.
  33. Shaker, A., Yan, W.Y., and Easa, S.M., 2011. Construction of digital 3D highway model using stereo IKONOS satellite imagery. GeoCarto International, 26(1), 49-67.
  34. Shaker, A., Yan, W.Y., and Easa, S.M., 2010. Using stereo satellite imagery for topographic and transportation applications: an accuracy assessment. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 47(3), 321-337.