Chandi Witharana
Assistant Professor/Natural Resources and Environ

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Scholarly Contributions

140 Scholarly Contributions

70
Journal Articles
53
Poster/Presentations
12
Conference Proceedings
3
Other Scholarly Works
2
Artistic and Professional Performancess
Transferability of GEOBIA rulesets for detecting penguin guano in very high spatial resolution satellite images
2017
Heather Lynch, Chandi Witharana
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Towards First pan-Arctic Ice-wedge Polygon Map: Understanding the Synergies of Data Fusion and Deep Learning in Automated Ice-wedge Polygon Detection from High Resolution Commercial Satellite Imagery
2019
Anna K Liljedahl, Chandi Witharana, Md Abul Ehsan Bhuiyan
Research Type: Journal Article

Topography is a more important control than air temperature on circumpolar variability in thermokarst pool expansion
William R Bolton, Adam L Atchley, Chandi Witharana, Torre M Jorgenson, Cathy J Wilson, Charles R Abolt, Julia Boike, Dylan R Harp, Anna Liljedahl, Collin T Rumpca, Guido Grosse, Tabea Rettelbach, , Ingmar Nitze, Katrina Bennett
Research Type: Journal Article

Topography controls variability in circumpolar permafrost thaw pond expansion
2024
G Grosse, D R Harp, A L Atchley, others, T Rettelbach, J Schwenk, W R Bolton, M T Jorgenson, C J Abolt, J Boike, C Witharana
Research Type: Journal Article

The evolution of ice-wedge polygon networks in tundra fire scars
2022
Guido Gross, Anna Liljedhal, Chandi Witharana, Ingmar Nitze, Tabea Rettelbach
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The capillaries of the Arctic tundra
2024
Chandi Witharana, Anna K Liljedahl, Elias Manos
Research Type: Journal Article

The Permafrost Discovery Gateway: A web platform to enable knowledge-generation from big geospatial data
2020
Anna Liljedahl, , Chandi Witharana, Ingmar Nitze, Matthew B Jones, Daniel S Katz, Michael Brook, Rajitha Udawalpola, Luigi Marini, Kenton McHenry, Guido Grosse, Benjamin M Jones
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Stormwise: Innovative forest management to promote storm resistance in roadside forests.
2024
Emlyn Crocker, Robert T. Fahey, John Volin, Anita T. Morzillo, Thomas Worthley, Zhe Zhu, Julia Rogers, Kexin Song, Jacob Cabral, Daniel Hale, Amanda Bunce, Harshana Wedagedara, Nancy Marek, Chandi Witharana, Steven DiFalco, Durga Joshi, Nicholas Cranmer, Mark Rudnicki, Danielle Kloster, Jeff Ward, Jason Parent
Research Type: Journal Article

Segment Anything Model Can Not Segment Anything: Assessing AI Foundation Model’s Generalizability in Permafrost Mapping
2024
Kenton McHenry, Sizhe Wang, Chia-Yu Hsu, Patricia Solis, Brendan Rogers, Yezhou Yang, Matthew Jones, Anna Liljedahl, Chandi Witharana, Samantha Arundel, Li Wenwen, Yili Yang, Hyunho Lee
Research Type: Journal Article

Satellite Imagery and GeoAI in Action at Pan-Arctic Scale
2025
Michael Pimenta, Anna Liljedahl, Amal Perera, Chandi Witharana, Elias Manos
Research Type: Journal Article

Roadside vegetation risk modelling using Dashcam video data
Chandi Witharana, Durga Joshi
Research Type: Journal Article

Roadside Forest Modelling using Dashcam Videos and Convolutional Neural Nets
2022
Durga Joshi, Chandi Witharana
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Remote sensing of ecological hotspots: value-added information from multiple data sources for Horton Plains National Park, Sri Lanka
2013
AAJK GUNATILAKE, US NISHSHANKA, Chandi Witharana
Research Type: Journal Article

Remote Sensing of ice wedge systems through varying spatial scales with a focus on NDVI
2022
Amit Hasan, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Anna Liljedhal, Chandi Witharana, Benjamin Jones, , Melissa Ward Jones, Rajitha Udawalpola
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Real-time GeoAI for high-resolution mapping and segmentation of arctic permafrost features: the case of ice-wedge polygons
2024
Chandi Witharana, Sizhe Wang, Chi-Yu Hsu, WenWen Li, Anna Liljedahl
Research Type: Conference Proceedings

Rapid transformation of tundra ecosystems from ice-wedge degradation
2022
Benjamin Jones, Moly Boldenow, Yurri Shur, Howies Epsrein, Chandi Witharana, Kelcy Kent, Ronal Daanen, Claire Griffin, Misha Kanevskiy, Kate Orndadh, Torry Jorgenson, Jenny Jorgenson, Anna Liljedhal
Research Type: Journal Article

Permafrost thaw-related infrastructure damage costs in Alaska are projected to double under medium and high emission scenarios
2025
Elias Manos, Chandi Witharana, Anna K Liljedahl
Research Type: Journal Article

Permafrost thaw drives surface water decline across lake-rich regions of the Arctic
2022
Chandi Witharana, Anna Liljedhal, Jada A Corderio, Elizabeth E Webb, Jeremy W Lichstein, Michael M Loranty
Research Type: Journal Article

Permafrost Thaw Drives Surface Water Drainage Across the Pan-Arctic
Chandi Witharana, Jada Cordeiro, Anna Lijedah, Michael M Loranty, Elizabeth E Webb, Jeremy W Lichstein
Research Type: Journal Article

Permafrost Discovery Gateway–Big geospatial data creation and discovery
2022
Luigi Marini, Kenton McHenry, Matthew Jones, Robyn Thiessen-Bock, Chandi Witharana, Anna Liljedahl
Research Type: Poster/Presentation