Remote Sensing Technology and Application, Volume. 40, Issue 3, 671(2025)

Downscaling of Groundwater Storage in the Yellow River Basin based on Random Forest

Mengran LIU1, Yanping CAO2,3、*, Shaokun WANG2, and Yingjun PANG4
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Mathematics and Statistics, Henan University, Kaifeng475004, China
  • 2Faculty of Geographical Science and Engineering, Henan University, Zhengzhou450046, China
  • 3Key Laboratory of Geospatial Technology of the Middle and Lower Yellow River Region, Ministry of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng475004,China
  • 4Institute of Ecological Conservation and Restoration, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing100091, China
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    Received: Feb. 16, 2024

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    Published Online: Sep. 28, 2025

    The Author Email: Yanping CAO (caoyp@henu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.11873/j.issn.1004-0323.2025.3.0671

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