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Journal manuscripts 2

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Islam, M.S., and Islam, M.R. (2026). Characterization of Urban Trees with Deep Learning Techniques in Pabna Municipality. Submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. Under review
Tree crowns delineated from 5 cm UAV imagery with deep learning, then scaled to 3 m PlanetScope imagery to map canopy, biomass and carbon across the city.
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Ali, M.Y., Islam, M.S., and Islam, M.R. (2026). Spatio-temporal Patterns of Lightning Events and Associated Casualties in Bangladesh: Linkages with Land Use and Land Cover. Submitted to a peer-reviewed journal. Under review

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Islam, M.S., Ali, M.Y., and Islam, M.R. (2026). Impact of Armed Conflict on Ambient Air Quality: A Multi-Pollutant Spatiotemporal Analysis Across Iranian Provinces, 2022 to 2026. International Conference on Emerging Frontiers in Advanced Sciences and Technologies (EFAST 2026), Pabna, Bangladesh. Presented
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Islam, M.S., and Islam, M.R. (2026). Urban Tree Cover Detection Using UAV, Remote Sensing and Deep Learning. 2nd International Conference on Engineering and Technology for Sustainable Development (ETSD 2026), Jashore University of Science and Technology, Jashore, Bangladesh. Poster presented
SegFormer (MiT-B2) on RGB+ExG input mapped 285.6 ha of tree canopy (26.4% cover) across Pabna's 15 wards from 3 cm UAV and 3 m PlanetScope imagery.
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Islam, M.S., and Islam, M.R. (2025). Urban Tree Cover Detection Using UAV, Remote Sensing and Deep Learning. 1st International Conference on Life and Earth Sciences for Sustainable Development (ICLESSD-2025), Jagannath University, Dhaka. Presented

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Field Data Collector (2025). CH4Rice Project. JAXA Earth Observation Research Center and the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo.