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2025

44. Gamagedara, Y., Feng, G., Waiser, T., Tagert, M. L., Martins, V. S., & Wijewardane, N. K. (2025). Application of calibration transfer techniques between different mid‐infrared spectrometers/modules to improve accuracy in estimating soil properties. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 89(5), e70147.

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43. Paulino, R. S., Novo, E. M. L. M., & Martins, V. S. (2025). Satellite for probing aquatic microbiological processes: A review. In S. M. Tiquia-Arashiro, G. Medema, E. Ubomba-Jaswa, H. Urakawa, V. Ella, & N. Libardi (Eds.), Urban watershed microbiology (Vol. 1). Springer. (Book chapter)

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42. Santos, J. C. P., Martins, V. S., Barbosa, C. C. F., Paulino, R. S., Maciel, D. A., Novo, E. M.L.M., Tavares, M. H., Júnior, R. F., & Bacellar, P. F. M. (2025). Detecting and correcting sky and Sun glint effects in Sentinel-2 images over tropical reservoir. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 1–25.

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41. Thayananthan, T., Zhang, X., Huang, Y., Chen, J., Wijewardane, N. K., Martins, V. S., Chesser, G. D., & Goodin, C. T. (2025). CottonSim: A vision-guided autonomous robotic system for cotton harvesting in Gazebo simulation. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 239, 110963.

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40. Lima, T. M., Martins, V. S., Paulino, R. S., Caballero, C. B., Barbosa, C. C., & Ashapure, A. (2025). AQUAVis: Landsat-Sentinel Virtual Constellation of Remote Sensing Reflectance (Rrs) Product for Coastal and Inland Waters. Science of Remote Sensing, 100294.

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39. Caballero, C. B., Martins, V. S., Paulino, R. S., Lima, T. M., Butler, E., & Sparks, E. (2025). Sentinel-3 Coastal Analysis Ready Data (S3CARD): An Operational Framework for Coastal Water Applications. Water Research, 124432.

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38. Maciel, D. A., Barbosa, C. C. F., de Moraes Novo, E. M. L., Wanderley, R. L. d. N., Bacellar, P., Baia, L. B., … Zem, R. C. (2025). A bio‑optical database for the remote sensing of water quality in BRAZil coastal and inland waters (BRAZA). Nature Scientific Data, 12, Article 1270.

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37. Chasles, R. G., Maciel, D. A., Barbosa, C. C. F., Novo, E. M. L. M., Martins, V. S., Paulino, R., Wanderley, R., Júnior, R. F., Lima, T. M., Bacellar, P., dos Santos, J. C. P., da Silva, A. C. C., Tavares, M., da Motta-Marques, D., Noernberg, M. A., Zem, R. C., Ciotti, A. M., Kabir, S., Begliomini, F. N., & Ashapure, A. (2025). Accuracy assessment of PlanetScope SuperDove products for aquatic reflectance retrieval over Brazilian inland and coastal waters. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 227, 678–690.

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36. Aires, U. R. V., Martins, V. S., Ferreira, L. B., Huang, Y., Heintzman, L., & Ouyang, Y. (2025). Impact of sampling techniques on crop type mapping using multi-temporal composites from Harmonized Landsat-Sentinel images. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 237(Part B), 110676.

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35. Lima, T. M., Martins, V. S., Paulino, R. S., Caballero, C. B., Maciel, D. A., & Giardino, C. (2025). A General Spectral Bandpass Adjustment Function (SBAF) for Harmonizing Landsat-Sentinel over Inland and Coastal Waters. Science of Remote Sensing, 100225.

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34. Lima, T. M. A., Barbosa, C. C. F., Nordi, C. S. F., Begliomini, F. N., Martins, V. S., Watanabe, F. S. Y., Wanderley, R. L. N., & Paulino, R. S. (2025). A novel hybrid cyanobacteria mapping approach for inland reservoirs using Sentinel-3 imagery. Harmful Algae.

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33. Caballero, C. B., Martins, V. S., Paulino, R. S., Butler, E., Sparks, E., Lima, T. M., & Novo, E. M. L. M. (2025). The need for advancing algal bloom forecasting using remote sensing and modeling: Progress and future directions. Ecological Indicators, 172, 113244.

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32. Ferreira, L. B., Martins, V. S., Aires, U. R., Wijewardane, N., Zhang, X., & Samiappan, S. (2025). FieldSeg: A scalable agricultural field extraction framework based on the Segment Anything Model and 10-m Sentinel-2 imagery. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 232, 110086.

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31. Paulino, R. S., Martins, V. S., Novo, E. M., Barbosa, C. C., Maciel, D. A., Wanderley, R. L. D. N., ... & Lima, T. M. (2025). Generation of robust 10-m Sentinel-2/3 synthetic aquatic reflectance bands over inland waters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 318, 114593.

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2024

30. Schumacher, V., Setzer, A., Martins, V., & Victorino, P. (2024). Evaluation and comparison of MODIS and MISR aerosol products with ground-based monitoring stations in the Amazon Basin. Atmospheric Environment, 331, 120597..

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29. Portela, C. F., Martins, V. S., Novo, E. M., Paulino, R. S., & Barbosa, C. C. (2024). Recent advances in geostationary satellites for inland and coastal aquatic systems: scientific research and applications. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 45(5), 1574-1607.

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28. Gamagedara, Y., Wijewardane, N. K., Feng, G., Seybold, C., Williams, M., Tagert, M. L., & Martins, V. S. (2024). Can we use a mid-infrared fine-ground soil spectral library to predict non-fine-ground spectra?. Geoderma, 443, 116799.

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2023

27. Maciel, D.A., Pahlevan,N., Barbosa, C.C.F., Martins, V.S., Smith, B., O'Shea, R.E., Balasubramanian, S.V., Saranathan, Arun M., Novo,E.M.L.M.. (2023), Towards global long-term water transparency products from the Landsat archive. Remote Sensing of Environment, V. 299., 113889.

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26. Begliomini, F. N., Barbosa, C.C.F., Martins, V.S., Novo, E.M.L.M., Paulino, R.S., Maciel, D.A., Lima, T.M.A., O'Shea, R.E., Pahlevan, N., Lamparelli, M.C. (2023). Machine learning for cyanobacteria mapping on tropical urban reservoirs using PRISMA hyperspectral data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Volume 204, 378-396.

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25. Paulino, R.S., Martins, V.S., Novo, E.M.L.M., Maciel,D.A., Correia-Lima,D.L., Barbosa, C.C.F., Bonnet, M.P., Uhde, A. (2023), A framework based on spectral similarity to estimate hydrological connectivity in Juruá River floodplain lakes using 3-m PlanetScope data. Journal of Hydrology. 130156.

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24. Maciel, D.A., Pahlevan, N., Barbosa, C.C.F., Novo, E.M.L.M., Paulino, R.S., Martins, V.S., Vermote, E. and Crawford, C.J. (2023), Validity of the Landsat surface reflectance archive for aquatic science: Implications for cloud-based analysis. Limnology and Oceanography Letters.

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23. Caballero, C. B., Guedes, H. A. S., Fraga, R. D. S., Mendes, K. G. P., Fonseca, E. H. D., Martins, V. S., & Mensch, M. D. S. (2023). Predictive model for monitoring water turbidity in a subtropical lagoon using Sentinel-2A/B MSI images. RBRH, 28, e5..

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2022

22. Caballero, C. B., Guedes, H. A. S., ANDRADE, A. C. F., Martins, V. S., Fraga, R. S., & Mendes, K. G. (2022). Empirical and semi-empirical chlorophyll-a modeling for water quality assessment through river-lake transition in extreme Southern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 94.

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21. Martins, V. S., Roy, D. P., Huang, H., Boschetti, L., Zhang, H. K., & Yan, L. (2022). Deep learning high resolution burned area mapping by transfer learning from Landsat-8 to PlanetScope. Remote Sensing of Environment, 280, 113203

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20. Paulino, R. S., Martins, V. S., Novo, E. M., Barbosa, C. C., de Carvalho, L. A., & Begliomini, F. N. (2022). Assessment of Adjacency Correction over Inland Waters Using Sentinel-2 MSI Images. Remote Sensing, 14(8), 1829.

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19. Zhai, Y., Roy, D. P., Martins, V. S., Zhang, H. K., Yan, L., & Li, Z. (2022). Conterminous United States Landsat-8 top of atmosphere and surface reflectance tasseled cap transformation coefficients. Remote Sensing of Environment, 274, 112992.

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18. Nagel, G. W., de Moraes Novo, E. M. L., Martins, V. S., Campos-Silva, J. V., Barbosa, C. C. F., & Bonnet, M. P. (2022). Impacts of meander migration on the Amazon riverine communities using Landsat time series and cloud computing. Science of The Total Environment, 806, 150449.

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2021

17. Lobo, F. D. L., Nagel, G. W., Maciel, D. A., Carvalho, L. A. S. D., Martins, V. S., Barbosa, C. C. F., & Novo, E. M. L. D. M. (2021). AlgaeMAp: algae bloom monitoring application for inland waters in latin america. Remote Sensing, 13(15), 2874.

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16. Roy, D. P., Huang, H., Houborg, R., & Martins, V. S. (2021). A global analysis of the temporal availability of PlanetScope high spatial resolution multi-spectral imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 264, 112586..

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15. Martins, V. S., Kaleita, A. L., & Gelder, B. K. (2021). Digital mapping of structural conservation practices in the Midwest US croplands: Implementation and preliminary analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 772, 145191.

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14. Damascena, A. S., Yamasoe, M. A., Martins, V. S., Rosas, J., Benavente, N. R., Sánchez, M. P., ... & Saldiva, P. H. N. (2021). Exploring the relationship between high-resolution aerosol optical depth values and ground-level particulate matter concentrations in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo. Atmospheric Environment, 244, 117949.

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2020

13. Martins, V. S., Kaleita, A. L., Gelder, B. K., da Silveira, H. L., & Abe, C. A. (2020). Exploring multiscale object-based convolutional neural network (multi-OCNN) for remote sensing image classification at high spatial resolution. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 168, 56-73.

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12. Martins, V. S., Kaleita, A. L., Gelder, B. K., Nagel, G. W., & Maciel, D. A. (2020). Deep neural network for complex open-water wetland mapping using high-resolution WorldView-3 and airborne LiDAR data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 93, 102215.

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11. Maciel, D. A., Barbosa, C. C. F., de Moraes Novo, E. M. L., Cherukuru, N., Martins, V. S., Júnior, R. F., ... & Carlos, F. M. (2020). Mapping of diffuse attenuation coefficient in optically complex waters of amazon floodplain lakes. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 170, 72-87.

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10. Prudente, V. H. R., Martins, V. S., Vieira, D. C., e Silva, N. R. D. F., Adami, M., & Sanches, I. D. A. (2020). Limitations of cloud cover for optical remote sensing of agricultural areas across South America. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 20, 100414.

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9. Fraga, R. S., Guedes, H. A., Martins, V. S., Caballero, C. B., Mendes, K. G., Monks, J. L., & Fassoni-Andrade, A. C. (2020). Empirical modelling of suspended solids in a subtropical lagoon (Brazil) using linear spectral mixing algorithm. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 20, 100380.

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8. Maciel, D. A., Novo, E. M. L. D. M., Barbosa, C. C. F., Martins, V. S., Flores Júnior, R., Oliveira, A. H., ... & Lobo, F. D. L. (2020). Evaluating the potential of CubeSats for remote sensing reflectance retrieval over inland waters. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 41(7), 2807-2817.

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<2019

7. Martins, V. S., Lyapustin, A., Wang, Y., Giles, D. M., Smirnov, A., Slutsker, I., & Korkin, S. (2019). Global validation of columnar water vapor derived from EOS MODIS-MAIAC algorithm against the ground-based AERONET observations. Atmospheric Research, 225, 181-192.

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6. Martins, V. S., Martins, V. S., Kaleita, A., Barbosa, C. C., Fassoni-Andrade, A. C., de Lucia Lobo, F., & Novo, E. M. (2019). Remote sensing of large reservoir in the drought years: Implications on surface water change and turbidity variability of Sobradinho reservoir (Northeast Brazil). Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 13, 275-288.

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5. Barbosa, C.C.F.; Novo, E.M.L.M.; Martins, V.S. (2019), Introduction to Remote Sensing for Aquatic Systems: Principles and Applications. National Institute for Space Research. (Book in Portuguese)

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4. Martins, V. S., Soares, J. V., Novo, E. M., Barbosa, C. C., Pinto, C. T., Arcanjo, J. S., & Kaleita, A. (2018). Continental-scale surface reflectance product from CBERS-4 MUX data: Assessment of atmospheric correction method using coincident Landsat observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 218, 55-68.

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3. Martins, V. S., Novo, E. M., Lyapustin, A., Aragão, L. E., Freitas, S. R., & Barbosa, C. C. (2018). Seasonal and interannual assessment of cloud cover and atmospheric constituents across the Amazon (2000–2015): Insights for remote sensing and climate analysis. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 145, 309-327.

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2. Martins, V. S., Lyapustin, A., de Carvalho, L. A., Barbosa, C. C. F., & Novo, E. M. L. D. M. (2017). Validation of high‐resolution MAIAC aerosol product over South America. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(14), 7537-7559.

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1. Martins, V. S., Barbosa, C. C. F., De Carvalho, L. A. S., Jorge, D. S. F., Lobo, F. D. L., & Novo, E. M. L. D. M. (2017). Assessment of atmospheric correction methods for Sentinel-2 MSI images applied to Amazon floodplain lakes. Remote Sensing, 9(4), 322.

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