Prof. Dr. Aqil
Tariq
Regional Center for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific, China
Affiliated to the United Nations, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute of Beihang University, China
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Qualifications
2018-2021 Ph.D.: Wuhan
University, China
2014-2016 M.S.: PMAS
Arid Agricultural University, Pakistan
2006-2009 MSc:
University of the Punjab, Pakistan
Publications
(Selected)
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Haseeb, M.; Tahir,
Z.; Amer, S.; Shitu, K.; Prasittisopin, L.; Tariq, A*. Operational Wheat
Mapping in Smallholder Systems Using Sentinel-2 and Extreme Gradient Boosting
Learning. 2026, 14, 102065, Smart Agricultural Technology (IF. 5.7) [Q-1]
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Batool, H.; Ali,
A.; Faisal, A.; Kousar, S.; Mahmood, S.A.; Gulzar, H.; Rebouh, N.Y.; Faqeih,
K.Y.; Alamri, S.M.; Alamery, E.R.; Tariq, A*. Assessing Seven-Decade Precipitation
Patterns Using CRU, ERA5, and WorldClim with Space–Time Cube Trend Detection.
2026, 64, 188, Climate Dynamics (IF. 3.7) [Q-1]
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Aydi, A.; Sifi,
S.; Tariq, A*.; Rebouh, N.Y.; Kraiem, H.; Said, Y. A Data-Driven Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill Suitability Mapping Using GIS-Based Multi-Criteria
Evaluation, Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. 2026, Environmental
Development and Sustainability. (IF. 4.2) [Q-1]
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Zhang, J.; Ullah,
S.; Tariq, A*.; Ahmad, I.; Abbas, M. Linking Urban Expansion to Thermal Stress:
Assessing Land Use Transitions, Spectral Dynamics, and Surface Temperature in
Burewala. 2026, 198, 311, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (IF. 3.0)
[Q-1]
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Xia, W.; Tariq,
A.*; El-Askary, H.; Aslam, R.W.; Barboza, E.; Kucher, D.E.; Youssef, Y.M.;
Kraiem, H. Tackling Data Quality Challenges in Remote Sensing: Solutions for
Reliable Urban Heat Island Analysis. 2025, 18, 1–14, IEEE Journal of Selected
Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (IF 5.3) [Q-1]
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Jie, Y.; Ullah,
N.; Tariq, A.*; Panezai, S.; Abdullah-Al-Wadud, M.; Ullah, S. Assessment and
Economic Evaluation of Delineation of Agricultural Groundwater Potential Zones
Using Geo-Spatial and Multi-Influencing Factor Techniques. 2025, 15, 210,
Applied Water Sciences (IF 5.7) [Q-1]
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Hussain, S.;
Qaisrani, S.A.; Tariq, A.*; Mubeen, M.;
Ullah, S.; Assessing Past, Present, and Simulated Future Prediction of Land Use
Land Cover Changes using CA-Markov Chain Models with Satellite Data, 2025,
Results in Engineering (IF 6.0) [Q-1]
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Haseeb, M.; Tahir,
Z.; Mahmood, S.A.; Tariq, A.*. Winter Wheat Yield Prediction Using Linear and
Nonlinear Machine Learning Algorithms Based on Climatological and Remote
Sensing Data. 2025, Information Processing in Agricuture (IF 7.7) [Q-1]
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Xianglin, D.,
Tariq, A.*, Jamil, A., Waqar Aslam, R., Zafar, Z., Bailek, N., Zhran, M.,
Almutairi, K.F., Soufan, W., Advanced Machine Vision Techniques for Groundwater
Level Prediction Modeling Geospatial and Statistical Research, (2024). Advances
in Space Research (IF: 2.8) [Q-1]
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Tomar, S.;
Kulkarni, K.S.; Tariq, A. Mapping Time-Frequency Climate Shifts in Cities: A
CWT and ML-Based Predictive Study. 2025, Earth Systems and Environments (IF
4.7) [Q-1]
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Zhao, Z.; Islam,
F.; Waseem, L.A.; Tariq, A.*; Nawaz, M.; Islam, I.U.; Bibi, T.; Rehman, N.U.;
Ahmad, W.; Aslam, R.W.; et al. Comparison of Three Machine Learning Algorithms
Using Google Earth Engine for Land Use Land Cover Classification. 2024, 92,
129–137, Range Land and Ecology Management (IF: 2.4) [Q-2]
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Waqar Aslam, R.;
Shu, H.; Tariq, A.; Naz, I.; Nasar Ahmad, M.; Quddoos, A.; Javid, K.; Mustafa,
F.; Aeman, H. Monitoring Landuse Change in Uchhali and Khabeki Wetland Lakes,
Pakistan Using Remote Sensing Data. 2024, 129, 252–267, Gondwana Research (IF:
7.2) [Q-1]
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Tariq, A.; Yan,
J.; Gagnon, A.S.; Riaz Khan, M.; Mumtaz, F. Mapping of cropland, cropping
patterns and crop types by combining optical remote sensing images with
decision tree classifier and random forest. 2022, 26, 302–320, Geospatial
Information Science (IF: 4.4) [Q-1]
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Hussain, S.; Raza,
A.; Abdo, H.G.; Mubeen, M.; Tariq, A.; Nasim, W.; Majeed, M.; Almohamad, H.; Al
Dughairi, A.A. Relation of Land Surface Temperature with Different Vegetation
Indices Using Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Data in Sahiwal Region, Pakistan.
2023, 10, 33, Geoscience Letters (IF: 4.0) [Q-2]
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Tariq, A.*,
Mumtaz, F., Majeed, M. et al. Spatio-temporal assessment of land use land cover
based on trajectories and cellular automata Markov modelling and its impact on
land surface temperature of Lahore district Pakistan. 2023. 195, 114.
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (IF: 2.9) [Q-3]
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Ali, S.; Khorrami,
B.; Jehanzaib, M.; Tariq, A.*; Ajmal, M.; Arshad, A.; Shafeeque, M.; Dilawar,
A.; Basit, I.; Zhang, L.; Sadri, S.; Niaz, M.A.; Jamil, A.; Khan, S.N. Spatial
Downscaling of GRACE Data Based on XGBoost Model for Improved Understanding of
Hydrological Droughts in the Indus Basin Irrigation System (IBIS). 2023, 15,
15. Remote Sensing (IF: 5.0) [Q-1]
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Esmaeili, M.;
Abbasi-Moghadam, D.; Sharifi, A.; Tariq, A.*; Li, Q. ResMorCNN Model:
Hyperspectral Images Classification Using Residual-Injection Morphological
Features & 3D-CNN Layers. 2024, 17, 219–243, IEEE Journal of Selected
Topics in Applied Earth Observation and Remote Sensing (IF: 4.7) [Q-1]
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Hussain, S.; Lu,
L.; Mubeen, M.; Nasim, W.; Karuppannan, S.; Fahad, S.; Tariq, A.*; Mousa, B.G.;
Mumtaz, F.; Aslam, M. Spatiotemporal Variation in Land Use Land Cover in the
Response to Local Climate Change Using Multispectral Remote Sensing Data. 2022,
11, 595. Land (IF: 3.2) [Q-2]
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Khan, A.M.; Li,
Q.; Saqib, Z.; Khan, N.; Habib, T.; Khalid, N.; Majeed, M.; Tariq, A.*. MaxEnt
Modelling and Impact of Climate Change on Habitat Suitability Variations of
Economically Important Chilgoza Pine (Pinus gerardiana Wall.) in South Asia.
2022, 13, 715. Forests (IF: 2.4) [Q-1]
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Tariq, A.; Shu, H.
CA-Markov Chain Analysis of Seasonal Land Surface Temperature and Land Use Land
Cover Change Using Optical Multi-Temporal Satellite Data of Faisalabad,
Pakistan. 2020, 12, 1–23, Remote Sensing (IF: 5.0) [Q-1]
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