{"title":"A novel salient object detection network for burned area segmentation in high-resolution remote sensing images","authors":"Yuxiang Fu, Wei Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106629","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106629","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Burned area segmentation (BAS) in remote sensing images (RSIs) is critical for forest fire monitoring, as it helps locate and extract damaged areas, providing a scientific basis for post-disaster recovery. However, existing BAS methods underperform on high-resolution RSIs due to diluted location information and blurred edges during sampling. To this, we propose PANet, a novel salient object detection (SOD) network designed for BAS in high-resolution RSIs. PANet introduces two key modules: Path Aggregation Decoder (PAD) and Progressive Multi-level Aggregation Predictor (PMAP). PAD integrates multi-level features for richer semantics, using detail feature flow to enhance edge quality and refined location feature flow to improve spatial accuracy. PMAP progressively fuses features from PAD to predict saliency maps, leveraging higher-level features to complement lower-level ones. We also constructed a new dataset for high-resolution BAS. Experiments on two BAS datasets show that PANet outperforms state-of-the-art methods. Code is available at: <span><span>https://github.com/Voruarn/PANet</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106629"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144664916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agent-Based Modelling of food systems: A scoping review on incorporation of behavioural insights","authors":"Alexander Öttl, Mette Termansen","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106617","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106617","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Agent-Based Models (ABMs) offer a flexible and interdisciplinary approach to food system modelling by simulating the interactions of heterogeneous agents within social and environmental contexts. Given their bottom-up structure, the validity of ABMs critically depends on the behavioural assumptions underpinning agent decision-making. This scoping review examines how behavioural assumptions are informed in ABMs applied to food systems by analysing 55 relevant studies. We classify approaches into two categories: data-driven methods and behavioural theory. Our findings reveal that more than a third of the included studies rely on neither behavioural theory nor behavioural data to inform their behavioural assumptions in the model, raising concerns about model validity. The highlighted gaps in the usage of behavioural data and theory to inform ABMs, emphasizes the need for a stronger focus on robust behavioural assumptions in ABMs of food systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106617"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144664919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuxia Hu , Jirui Gong , Siqi Zhang , Weiyuan Zhang , Xuede Dong , Guisen Yang , Chenyi Yan , Yingying Liu
{"title":"Monitoring carbon dynamics and driving forces in arid and semi-arid river basin: A case study of China's West Liao river Basin","authors":"Yuxia Hu , Jirui Gong , Siqi Zhang , Weiyuan Zhang , Xuede Dong , Guisen Yang , Chenyi Yan , Yingying Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106625","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106625","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accurate estimation of ecosystem carbon stocks and their dynamics and exploration of their drivers will contribute to the sustainable management of carbon neutrality. We combined field measurements in China's West Liao River Basin with the improved Terrestrial Ecosystem Regional (TECO-R) model to quantify the carbon pools and carbon turnover time from 2000 to 2021. Ecosystem carbon density averaged 3.65 kg C m<sup>−2</sup>; soil carbon pools accounted for about 80 %. Forests are major contributors to carbon sinks. The turnover times in the leaf, root, and soil carbon pools and the whole ecosystem were 0.54, 5.26, 42.76, and 23.31 years, respectively, depended on elevation and vegetation type. Although warming and increased precipitation promoted vegetation carbon accumulation, this increase was offset by a more substantial loss of soil organic carbon, the entire ecosystem (e<sub>c</sub>) decreased at an average rate of 84.21 g C m<sup>−2</sup> yr<sup>−1</sup>, mainly due to enhanced soil carbon loss. Precipitation significantly affects the e<sub>c</sub> in arid and semi-arid river basin; human activities and the natural environment also directly or indirectly influenced the evolution of e<sub>c</sub>. Our hybrid modeling framework enables spatially explicit assessment of carbon dynamics and provides a transferable approach for management, and guide nature-based climate solutions in fragile ecosystems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106625"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144664921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unravelling spatiotemporal patterns of event-based surface rainfall-runoff response using a cellular automata approach","authors":"Lidan Zhang , Yuming Wang , Xiaohong Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106623","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106623","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Understanding surface water flow is critical for hydrological modeling and water resource management. Distributed hydrological models capture spatial heterogeneity in surface runoff, yet their full potential, especially in simulating surface flow complexities, requires further exploration. To bridge this gap, we developed the Surface Rainfall-Runoff Cellular Automata (SRRCA) model, a distributed hydrological framework featuring a Local-Finer Iteration (LFI) strategy to mitigate evolution errors from varying iteration steps. Implemented in a watershed in Wharfedale, England, the SRRCA model leverages multi-scale capabilities to resolve catchment-scale runoff dynamics and grid-scale flow interactions. Results indicated significant infiltration fluctuations in early rainfall due to spatial heterogeneity, alongside a strong correlation between peak flow and catchment size. Cells near confluence points exhibit delayed peaks, highlighting the influence of spatial position on runoff. This study systematically evaluates the strengths and limitations of cellular automata in hydrological modeling, and introduces a novel paradigm for investigating spatial heterogeneity in hydrology.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106623"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144664772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VegRecoverAI: A deep learning-based system for automated vegetation recovery assessment and prediction with demonstration case study on gas pipeline construction","authors":"Alessandro Galdelli , Simone Pesaresi , Giacomo Quattrini , Roberto Pierdicca , Amal Benson Thaliath , Adriano Mancini","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106601","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106601","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vegetation restoration is crucial for environmental conservation and maintaining ecosystem services. Traditional methods, such as manual inspections and expert photo interpretation, have been widely used to assess vegetation recovery but are labor-intensive, time-consuming, and prone to human bias. In contrast, modern Artificial Intelligence (AI) based methods use satellite imagery for efficient vegetation analysis, enabling large-scale monitoring with minimal human effort. This paper introduces VegRecoverAI, a comprehensive system that leverages multisource satellite data from Landsat, Sentinel-2, and PlanetScope. VegRecoverAI autonomously detects both subtle and significant vegetation changes, providing a reliable alternative to manual assessment. The system extracts NDVI time series data, detects vegetation change and uses an ensemble of forecasting models to predict future vegetation restoration. The system is demonstrated as a case study following gas pipeline construction in Italy. The results indicate that VegRecoverAI is automated and a scalable solution complementary to traditional techniques to support proactive environmental management.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106601"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144664728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"FloodSformer: A transformer-based data-driven model for predicting the 2-D dynamics of fluvial floods","authors":"Matteo Pianforini , Susanna Dazzi , Andrea Pilzer , Renato Vacondio","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106599","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106599","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents the open-source FloodSformer (FS) model, which uses a transformer-based deep learning architecture to simulate real-time evolution of fluvial floods. A cross-attention mechanism captures spatiotemporal correlations between inundation maps and inflow discharges, while maps compression is obtained by an autoencoder neural network. Long-duration events are predicted using an autoregressive approach. Model performance is assessed considering two case studies: an urban flash flood at laboratory scale and real flood events along the Po River (Italy). Results show that prediction errors are within the range of uncertainties typical in hydraulic modelling. The FS model accurately predicts 2D inundation maps over time with negligible accumulation error and requires minimal computational time, making it suitable for real-time forecasting. These results demonstrate the model’s potential to improve flood prediction accuracy and responsiveness, supporting more effective flood management and resilience strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106599"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144664922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alina Premrov , Jagadeesh Yeluripati , Richard Slevin , Adam Bates , Magdalena Matysek , Stephen Barry , Kenneth A. Byrne , Rowan Fealy , Bernard Hyde , Gary Lanigan , Mark McCorry , Rachael Murphy , Florence Renou-Wilson , Amey Tilak , David Wilson , Matthew Saunders
{"title":"Introducing ‘miniRECgap’ R package for simple gap-filling of missing eddy covariance CO2 flux measurements with classic nonlinear environmental response functions via GUI-supported R-scripts (case-study: In-sample gap-filling with ‘miniRECgap’ vs. MDS and an optimised shallow ANN in a ‘challenging’ peatland ecosystem)","authors":"Alina Premrov , Jagadeesh Yeluripati , Richard Slevin , Adam Bates , Magdalena Matysek , Stephen Barry , Kenneth A. Byrne , Rowan Fealy , Bernard Hyde , Gary Lanigan , Mark McCorry , Rachael Murphy , Florence Renou-Wilson , Amey Tilak , David Wilson , Matthew Saunders","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106611","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106611","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Numerous tools/software exist to gap-fill missing eddy covariance (EC) data, with varying performance depending on study-site dynamics. Disturbed ecosystems like former cutaway-peatlands may be challenging for gap-filling. Researchers using gap-filling spreadsheets may benefit from transitioning to R, but may face challenges if they lack programming skills. To address these, we introduce ‘miniRECgap’, a user-friendly tool in R for effortless gap-filling of <span>EC</span> carbon dioxide flux data using well-known temperature- and light-response functions. ‘miniRECgap’ can model net ecosystem exchange (NEE) via GUI-supported scripts with only five code-lines and minimal inputs. A case-study on one ‘classic’ (forest) and one ‘challenging’ (rehabilitating cutaway-peatland) ecosystem indicated that standard gap-filling (MDS) performed better for the ‘classic’, but not for the ‘challenging’ ecosystem (MDS R<sup>2</sup> = 0.24; ‘miniRECgap’ R<sup>2</sup> = 0.57). For the rehabilitating-peatland, an optimised shallow Artificial Neural Network outperformed other two approaches (R<sup>2</sup> = 0.68). These findings demonstrate the importance of NEE gap-filling for assessing ecosystem-level carbon-dynamics, important for rehabilitating-peatlands.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106611"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144664729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A mangrove lifecycle ecosystem analysis and forecasting (LEAF) model","authors":"Thomas Dunlop , Stefan Felder , William Glamore","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106619","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106619","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Mangroves are recognised for the ecosystem services they provide, yet practitioners lack guidance for quantifying these services over time. To overcome this knowledge gap, this study developed a numerical tool, the mangrove Lifecycle Ecosystem Analysis and Forecasting (LEAF) model, that simulates the growth and mortality of mangroves across all lifecycle stages (seedling to senescence). To test model functionality, the LEAF model (version 1.0, dated January 31, 2025) was coupled to Delft3D Flexible Mesh, where individual mangrove size, impacts of extreme events, biomass, and coastal protection parameters were monitored. Cross-shore mangrove distribution was successfully predicted in four estuary typologies over temporal domains of 5–12 years. Sensitivity analyses revealed the timing and duration of the fruiting window, inundation free period, and inundation depth as critical to forest development. Results highlight the need for field data acquisition to target these thresholds, further validate mangrove growth, and expand the model to other species and locations worldwide.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106619"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144613132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VIC-Res Mekong: An open-source hydrological-water management model for the Mekong River basin","authors":"Hisham Eldardiry , Shanti Shwarup Mahto , Simone Fatichi , Stefano Galelli","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106603","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106603","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Decades of research on the Mekong River basin have vastly expanded our knowledge of key hydrological and ecological processes, in part thanks to the development of modelling tools. However, few of these models are openly available to the research community or adhere to FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) principles, particularly in the domain of hydrology, in turn limiting transparency, reproducibility, and broader scientific engagement. Here, we address this gap and introduce VIC-Res Mekong, an open-source hydrological-water management model for the Mekong River basin. The model is implemented over a spatial domain of <span><math><mo>∼</mo></math></span>630,000 km<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>2</mn></mrow></msup></math></span> and has a resolution of 0.0625 degrees. Water and energy budgets are simulated with the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model, while streamflow routing is simulated with VIC-Res, which explicitly accounts for the storage and release dynamics of reservoirs. This is of key importance for a basin like the Mekong, where the active storage capacity of dams has increased from 20 km<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></math></span> to nearly 80 km<span><math><msup><mrow></mrow><mrow><mn>3</mn></mrow></msup></math></span> in the past fifteen years. To this purpose, VIC-Res Mekong integrates information from a database containing reservoir storage time series (inferred from satellite images) for 129 dams that accounts for more than 90% of total storage capacity. These data support both hindcast simulations and the derivation of reservoir operating rules, enabling a flexible and realistic representation of dam operations that allows to characterize in detail dam-induced hydrological alterations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106603"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144613133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Josep Serra Gallego , Hollie Blaydes , Emma Gardner , Richard F. Pywell , J. Duncan Whyatt , John W. Redhead
{"title":"ECOBRIDGE an expert system for spatial downscaling of land use/land cover change scenario outputs","authors":"Josep Serra Gallego , Hollie Blaydes , Emma Gardner , Richard F. Pywell , J. Duncan Whyatt , John W. Redhead","doi":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106616","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106616","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Present day mapping captures fine land cover/land use (LC/LU) details, but future/alterative LC/LU scenarios are typically constructed at coarser spatial resolution, hindering comparisons.</div><div>ECOBRIDGE (<strong>Eco</strong>logy and <strong>B</strong>iodive<strong>r</strong>sity <strong>I</strong>ntegrated <strong>D</strong>ownscale <strong>Ge</strong>neration) is an open, knowledge-based ArcGIS Pro workflow, to produce high-resolution LC/LU maps from coarser sources. ECOBRIDGE draws on specialist knowledge to parse a low-resolution baseline and scenario, a higher-resolution baseline and information defining LC/LU change, to generate high-resolution spatial data for the scenario.</div><div>These outputs are produced in the form of two datasets: as a raw pixel map and as an intelligent mapping layout which considers the structure of the landscape. The datasets created by ECOBRIDGE can contribute to more detailed analysis, bridging the gap between low-resolution datasets and more precise high-resolution information.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":310,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Modelling & Software","volume":"193 ","pages":"Article 106616"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144613134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}