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Spatial-TemporalSuper-ResolutionofSatellite ImageryviaConditionalPixelSynthesis

Neural Information Processing Systems

We provide two versions of the image feature mapper. In version "EAD", we use two3 3 convolutional layers with stride= 2 in FE, a single self-attention module inFA and two3 3 transposed convolutional layers withstride=2inFD. We then extract 4 images for each house (NAIP in 2016, NAIP in 2018, Sentinel-2 in 2016, and Sentinel-2 in2018). We reserve 237 locations as the testing set and the remaining 1515 locations as the training set. Vigilance Tests Each HIT contains a vigilance image for which object counts are sufficiently unambiguous.



AI-driven multi-source data fusion for algal bloom severity classification in small inland water bodies: Leveraging Sentinel-2, DEM, and NOAA climate data

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Harmful algal blooms are a growing threat to inland water quality and public health worldwide, creating an urgent need for e fficient, accurate, and cost-e ff ective detection methods. This research introduces a high-performing methodology that integrates multiple open-source remote sensing data with advanced artificial intelligence models. Key data sources include Copernicus Sentinel-2 optical imagery, the Copernicus Digital Elevation Model (DEM), and NOAA's High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) climate data, all e ffi ciently retrieved using platforms like Google Earth Engine (GEE) and Microsoft Planetary Computer (MPC). The NIR and two SWIR bands from Sentinel-2, the altitude from the elevation model, the temperature and wind from NOAA as well as the longitude and latitude were the most important features. The approach combines two types of machine learning models--tree-based models and a neural network--into an ensemble for classifying algal bloom severity. While the tree models performed strongly on their own, incorporating a neural network added robustness and demonstrated how deep learning models can e ff ectively use diverse remote sensing inputs. The method leverages high-resolution satellite imagery and AI-driven analysis to monitor algal blooms dynamically, and although initially developed for a NASA competition in the U.S., it shows potential for global application. Keywords: Machine learning; Inland Water; Algal Bloom; Remote Sensing; Data Fusion; Water Quality 1. Introduction Algal blooms are becoming the greatest inland water quality threat to public health and aquatic ecosystems that can degrade water quality to a greater extent than many chemicals (Brooks et al., 2016). Human nutrient loading and climate change (warming, altered rainfall) synergistically enhance cyanobacterial blooms in aquatic ecosystems (Paerl and Paul, 2012). Excessive nutrient loads in many cases comes from agricultural, industrial and other sources (Novotny, 2011). Phenology and trends of chlorophyll-a and cyanobacterial blooms are established (Matthews, 2014).


Supplementary Material for " AllClear: A Comprehensive Dataset and Benchmark for Cloud Removal in Satellite Imagery "

Neural Information Processing Systems

In Sec. 2 we include a We include a datasheet for our dataset following the methodology from "Datasheets for Datasets" Ge-17 In this section, we include the prompts from Gebru et al. [2021] in blue, and in For what purpose was the dataset created? Was there a specific task in mind? The dataset was created to facilitate research development on cloud removal in satellite imagery. Specifically, our task is more temporally aligned than previous benchmarks. Who created the dataset (e.g., which team, research group) and on behalf of which entity (e.g., Who funded the creation of the dataset?



AlphaEarth Foundations: An embedding field model for accurate and efficient global mapping from sparse label data

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Unprecedented volumes of Earth observation data are continually collected around the world, but high-quality labels remain scarce given the effort required to make physical measurements and observations. This has led to considerable investment in bespoke modeling efforts translating sparse labels into maps. Here we introduce AlphaEarth Foundations, an embedding field model yielding a highly general, geospatial representation that assimilates spatial, temporal, and measurement contexts across multiple sources, enabling accurate and efficient production of maps and monitoring systems from local to global scales. The embeddings generated by AlphaEarth Foundations are the only to consistently outperform a suite of other well-known/widely accepted featurization approaches tested on a diverse set of mapping evaluations without re-training. We have released a dataset of global, annual, analysis-ready embedding field layers from 2017 through 2024.



FuseTen: A Generative Model for Daily 10 m Land Surface Temperature Estimation from Spatio-Temporal Satellite Observations

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Urban heatwaves, droughts, and land degradation are pressing and growing challenges in the context of climate change. A valuable approach to studying them requires accurate spatio-temporal information on land surface conditions. One of the most important variables for assessing and understanding these phenomena is Land Surface Temperature (LST), which is derived from satellites and provides essential information about the thermal state of the Earth's surface. However, satellite platforms inherently face a trade-off between spatial and temporal resolutions. To bridge this gap, we propose FuseTen, a novel generative framework that produces daily LST observations at a fine 10 m spatial resolution by fusing spatio-temporal observations derived from Sentinel-2, Landsat 8, and Terra MODIS. FuseTen employs a generative architecture trained using an averaging-based supervision strategy grounded in physical principles. It incorporates attention and normalization modules within the fusion process and uses a PatchGAN discriminator to enforce realism. Experiments across multiple dates show that FuseTen outperforms linear baselines, with an average 32.06% improvement in quantitative metrics and 31.42% in visual fidelity. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first non-linear method to generate daily LST estimates at such fine spatial resolution.