# Extracting Diurnal Activity Patterns of Birds in Communal Roosts From Polarimetric Weather Radar Data

*PRI Rank #6 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Avian ecology and behavior Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #6 |
| 18m citations | 29 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1109/tgrs.2024.3513294 |
| Corresponding authors | Zhuoran Sun |
| Institution | Beijing Institute of Technology, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Avian ecology and behavior Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/avian-ecology-and-behavior/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1109/tgrs.2024.3513294](https://doi.org/10.1109/tgrs.2024.3513294)

## Topics

diurnal activity patterns of birds in communal roosts · polarimetric weather radar · differential phase · probability distribution function · mixed von Mises distribution · bird-insect mixing ratio · reflectivity factor · radar cross section · biological echo classification · nonbiological echo removal · differential phase · differential phase · posterior probabilities · communal roosts · migratory bird monitoring · Huai River Basin · pixel-level extraction · Population size estimation

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