Laboratory for Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics 　 Directed by  Dr. Hongjie Xie , Assistant Professor

International Collaborations

The LRSG is actively engaged in international collaboration and research, especially with those in China.

1. Started from 2004, Dr. Xie has been working with a group (Dr. Nan Zhoutong) from the Lab for Remote Sensing and Geospatial Science, Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences to develop a MODIS-based Poyang Lake Monitoring System for The Key Lab of Poyang Lake Ecological Environment and Resource Development at the Jiangxi Normal University. The preliminary result (Wang et al., 2005) was presented in The International Workshop on Advanced Watershed Modeling, Water Resources Management, and Complex Environment System Studies, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, June 27-29, 2005.

2. The LRSG is currently collaborating with Digital Land Key Lab of Jiangxi Province and Research Center of GIS and RS at East China Institute of Technology for applying hyperspectral technology to mineral resources exploration in China. Dr. Minqiang Zhu, Director of the lab, is currently a visiting professor at the LRSG for a year. Dr. Zhu is also working on remote sensing for Mars research with the LRSG group.

3. A collaborative project, entitled "MODIS and AMSR-E based monitoring and early warning system on snow-caused disasters for the pastoral agriculture area in Northern Xinjiang Province, China" and led by Dr. Tiangang Liang  (CV in English) at Lanzhou University, is funded by the Chinese NSF (No.30571316, period 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2008, total ¥250,000 RMB). In this project, Dr. Xie is leading an effort on "remote sensing snow monitoring".  Utilizing NASA's MODIS snow cover and reflectivity products and in-situ  measurement of snowpack as well as the AMSR-E snow depth and brightness temperature products, Dr. Xie will develop algorithms to retrieve time series snow cover and snow depths in a 8-day time interval and 500 meter spatial resolution from year 2000 to present. The project will fully support Dr. Xie's visits to Lanzhou University during summer time for performing field work, giving seminar and/or workshop, and helping advise graduate students funded by the project.

4. A collaborative project, entitled "Mars Express/OMEGA surface spectra retrieving methods and mineral detection" and led by Dr. Minqiang Zhu (a former visiting professor of LRSG) at East China Institute of Technology, is funded by the Chinese NSF (#40772200, period 1/1/2008-12/31/2010, total ¥380,000 RMB). Dr. Xie and Dr. Guan (a former postdoc of LRSG and now a professor in Flinders University, Australia) are collaborators of the project.

5. A collaborative project, entitled "A digital system for grass and animal management and decision support, in the pastoral agricultural area, Southern Gansu" and led by Dr. Tiangang Liang at Lanzhou University, is funded by the Chinese High-Tech 863 Program (period 9/1/2007-8/31/2010, total ¥500,000 RMB). Dr. Xie is the USA collaborator of the project.

References:

          Wang, L., N. Zhuotong, H. Xie, and L. Xin, 2005. A web-based system (MED) for MODIS data extraction and distribution. The International Workshop on Advanced Watershed Modeling, Water Resources Management, and Complex Environment System Studies, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, June 27-29.