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Sawaid Abbas
Researcher at Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Publications - 57
Citations - 1551
Sawaid Abbas is an academic researcher from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Secondary forest & Vegetation. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 56 publications receiving 902 citations. Previous affiliations of Sawaid Abbas include Asian Institute of Technology & World Wide Fund for Nature.
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Distribution and dynamics of mangrove forests of South Asia
Chandra Giri,Jordan Long,Sawaid Abbas,R. Mani Murali,Faisal Mueen Qamer,Bruce W. Pengra,David Thau +6 more
TL;DR: The current extent of mangroves in South Asia is mapped and mangrove forest cover change (gain and loss) from 2000 to 2012 is identified using Landsat satellite data and three case studies in Indus Delta, Goa, and Sundarbans are conducted to identify rates, patterns, and causes of change.
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Comparison of machine learning algorithms for retrieval of water quality indicators in case-II waters : a case study of Hong Kong
Sidrah Hafeez,Man Sing Wong,Hung Chak Ho,Majid Nazeer,Janet Elizabeth Nichol,Sawaid Abbas,Danling Tang,Kwon-Ho Lee,Lilian Pun +8 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that the NN based machine learning approaches perform better and, thus, can be used for improved water quality monitoring with satellite data in optically complex coastal waters.
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Characterization of drought development through remote sensing : a case study in Central Yunnan, China
TL;DR: Identifying differences in rainfall lag-time relationships among land cover types using a remote sensing-based integrated drought index enables more accurate drought prediction, and can thus assist in the development of more specific drought adaptation strategies.
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Green waste to biogas: Renewable energy possibilities for Thailand's green markets
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that converting organic waste into biogas is not only environmentally beneficial but also financially rewarding in the Talaad Thai (Thailand's largest green market).
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Mapping Deforestation and Forest Degradation Patterns in Western Himalaya, Pakistan
Faisal Mueen Qamer,Khuram Shehzad,Sawaid Abbas,M. S. R. Murthy,Chen Xi,Hammad Gilani,Birendra Bajracharya +6 more
TL;DR: This work comprises a satellite image based study in combination with national expert validation to generate sub-district level statistics for forest cover over the Western Himalaya, Pakistan, which accounts for approximately 67% of the total forest cover of the country.