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Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification (2022)
Journal Article
Li, G., Choi, B., Xu, J., Bhowmick, S. S., Chun, K. P., & Wong, G. L. H. (2022). Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 34(3), 1149-1163. https://doi.org/10.1109/TKDE.2020.2995870

Time-series shapelets are discriminative subsequences, recently found effective for time series classification (tsc). It is evident that the quality of shapelets is crucial to the accuracy of tsc. However, major research has focused on building accur... Read More about Efficient Shapelet Discovery for Time Series Classification.

Community voices: The importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring (2022)
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Mentor relationships are crucial to retention, success, and wellbeing of women and underrepresented minority scientists in academia. A network of diverse mentors may support achieving long-term career goals, advancement, and retention of both mentors... Read More about Community voices: The importance of diverse networks in academic mentoring.

A framework to evaluate the accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of green-blue spaces (GBSs) related to pedestrian movement (2022)
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Fan, P. Y., Chun, K., Mijic, A., Tan, M., & Yetemen, O. (2022). A framework to evaluate the accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of green-blue spaces (GBSs) related to pedestrian movement. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 69, Article 127494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127494

The planning of green-blue spaces (GBSs) requires considering the pedestrian needs in their walking routes for improving the walking experience. Incorporating the quantitative spatial characteristics of pedestrian movement is essential for pedestrian... Read More about A framework to evaluate the accessibility, visibility, and intelligibility of green-blue spaces (GBSs) related to pedestrian movement.

Analysis of the relationship between climate change and land use change using the ESA CCI land cover maps in Sungai Kelantan Basin, Malaysia (2022)
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Tew, Y. L., Tan, M. L., Chun, K. P., Samat, N., & Mahamud, M. A. (2022). Analysis of the relationship between climate change and land use change using the ESA CCI land cover maps in Sungai Kelantan Basin, Malaysia. Sains Malaysiana, 51(2), 437-449. https://doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2022-5102-09

Climate and land use land cover (LULC) are two major key drives that affect the hydrological cycle pattern within a river basin. This study aims to evaluate the capability of the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative land cover (ESA CCI LC)... Read More about Analysis of the relationship between climate change and land use change using the ESA CCI land cover maps in Sungai Kelantan Basin, Malaysia.

Spatially-heterogeneous impacts of surface characteristics on urban thermal environment, a case of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (2021)
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One-size-fits-all approach is common in climate-sensitive urban design due to neglecting spatial heterogeneities in urban form and urban climate. This study explores a spatially-varied climate-sensitive urban design based on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-M... Read More about Spatially-heterogeneous impacts of surface characteristics on urban thermal environment, a case of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area.

ENSO diversity shows robust decadal variations that must be captured for accurate future projections (2021)
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El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) shows a large diversity of events that is modulated by climate variability and change. The representation of this diversity in climate models limits our ability to predict their impact on ecosystems and human livel... Read More about ENSO diversity shows robust decadal variations that must be captured for accurate future projections.

Drought variability and characteristics in the Muda river basin of Malaysia from 1985 to 2019 (2021)
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This study aimed to analyze the spatiotemporal changes of historical droughts over the Muda River basin (MRB), Malaysia, from 1985 to 2019 using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Standardized Streamflow Index (SSI). The Mann–Kendall... Read More about Drought variability and characteristics in the Muda river basin of Malaysia from 1985 to 2019.

Tropical drought patterns and their linkages to large-scale climate variability over Peninsular Malaysia (2021)
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Ocean–atmosphere modes of climate variability in the Pacific and Indian oceans, as well as monsoons, regulate the regional wet and dry episodes in tropical regions. However, how those modes of climate variability, and their interactions, lead to spat... Read More about Tropical drought patterns and their linkages to large-scale climate variability over Peninsular Malaysia.

Species-specific control of DBH and landscape characteristics on tree-to-tree variability of sap velocity (2021)
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The substantial tree-to-tree variability of transpiration poses a major challenge to a reliable stand-scale quantification of transpiration. The diameter at breast height (DBH) and landscape characteristics have been identified as drivers of tree-to-... Read More about Species-specific control of DBH and landscape characteristics on tree-to-tree variability of sap velocity.

Quantifying land use heterogeneity on drought conditions for mitigation strategies development in the Dongjiang River Basin, China (2021)
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Spatially-invariant land use and cover changes (LUCC) are not suitable for managing non-stationary drought conditions. Therefore, developing a spatially varying framework for managing land resources is necessary. In this study, the Dongjiang River Ba... Read More about Quantifying land use heterogeneity on drought conditions for mitigation strategies development in the Dongjiang River Basin, China.

Identifying drivers of streamflow extremes in West Africa to inform a nonstationary prediction model (2021)
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West Africa exhibits decadal patterns in the behaviour of droughts and floods, creating challenges for effective water resources management. Proposed drivers of prolonged shifts in hydrological extremes include the impacts of land-cover change and cl... Read More about Identifying drivers of streamflow extremes in West Africa to inform a nonstationary prediction model.

Improvement of the ESA CCI land cover maps for water balance analysis in tropical regions: A case study in the Muda River Basin, Malaysia (2021)
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Study region: The Muda River Basin (MRB), Malaysia. Study Focus: This study proposed a framework to improve the European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative Land Cover (ESA CCI LC) products through the integration with the Annual Oil Palm Dataset... Read More about Improvement of the ESA CCI land cover maps for water balance analysis in tropical regions: A case study in the Muda River Basin, Malaysia.

Coastal reservoirs as a source of nitrous oxide: Spatio-temporal patterns and assessment strategy (2021)
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Coastal reservoirs are widely regarded as a viable solution to the water scarcity problem faced by coastal cities with growing populations. As a result of the accumulation of anthropogenic wastes and the alteration of hydroecological processes, these... Read More about Coastal reservoirs as a source of nitrous oxide: Spatio-temporal patterns and assessment strategy.

Hydro-climatic changes of wetlandscapes across the world (2021)
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Assessments of ecosystem service and function losses of wetlandscapes (i.e., wetlands and their hydrological catchments) suffer from knowledge gaps regarding impacts of ongoing hydro-climatic change. This study investigates hydro-climatic changes dur... Read More about Hydro-climatic changes of wetlandscapes across the world.

On the laboratory calibration of dielectric permittivity models for agricultural soils: Effect of systematic porosity variation (2021)
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Dielectric techniques are fundamental methods for measuring soil water content, and they commonly rely on the conventional laboratory calibration of the dielectric permittivity models between a dielectric constant and water content. As a non-negligib... Read More about On the laboratory calibration of dielectric permittivity models for agricultural soils: Effect of systematic porosity variation.

The role of landscape morphology on soil moisture variability in semi-arid ecosystems (2020)
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Previous studies on semi-arid ecosystems have shown high values of soil moisture variability (SMV) primarily induced by the combined effects of non-uniform precipitation, incoming solar radiation, and soil and vegetation properties. However, the rela... Read More about The role of landscape morphology on soil moisture variability in semi-arid ecosystems.

Large spatial variations in diffusive CH₄ fluxes from a subtropical coastal reservoir affected by sewage discharge in Southeast China (2020)
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Coastal reservoirs are potentially CH4 emission hotspots owing to their biogeochemical role as the sinks of anthropogenic carbon and nutrients. Yet, the fine-scale spatial variations in CH4 concentrations and fluxes in coastal reservoirs remain poorl... Read More about Large spatial variations in diffusive CH₄ fluxes from a subtropical coastal reservoir affected by sewage discharge in Southeast China.

Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world (2020)
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Geography and associated hydrological, hydroclimate and land-use conditions and their changes determine the states and dynamics of wetlands and their ecosystem services. The influences of these controls are not limited to just the local scale of each... Read More about Data for wetlandscapes and their changes around the world.

Under-measured daily maximum precipitation from manual gauge observations over the northern regions (2020)
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Extreme precipitation is a major issue for regional climate, hydrology, and safety of society. Our knowledge of extreme precipitation is poor because of difficulties in gauge observations and biases in regional and global datasets, in particular over... Read More about Under-measured daily maximum precipitation from manual gauge observations over the northern regions.

Gravimetry-based water storage shifting over the China-India border area controlled by regional climate variability (2019)
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The regional water storage shifting causes nonstationary spatial distribution of droughts and flooding, leading to water management challenges, environmental degradation and economic losses. The regional water storage shifting is becoming evident due... Read More about Gravimetry-based water storage shifting over the China-India border area controlled by regional climate variability.