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

Funded Grants

(18). 08/2008-07/2009, PI Xie, Better understanding NEXRDA Level II reflectivity using a network of four double-gauge platforms in a single radar cell. NOAA UCAR/COMET program ($10,424)

(17). 06/2008-05/2011, PI Ackley and Co-PIs H. Xie, T. Marcus (NASA/GSFC), and T. Worby (Australia). Collaborators J. Zwally, D. Yi and S. Laxon. Antarctic sea ice thickness from space: validating estimates from the laser and radar satellite altimeters with ship-based measurements. NASA Cryosphere Program ($585,964)

(16). 04/2008-05/2009, Co-PI Ackley (PI Nowak), Robotic exploration of the geophysical and microbial environments at the ice sea water interface of arctic and Antarctic sea ice. 2008/2009 UTSA Collaborative Research Seed Grant Program ($30,000).

(15). 01/2008-12/31/2010, USA collaborator Xie (PI: Minqiang Zhu at East China Institute of technology), Mars Express/OMEGA surface spectra retrieving methods and mineral detection. National Natural Science Foundation of China-NSFC (¥380,000 RMB).

(14). 09/2007-08/2009 PI Xie, Martian surface compositions and H2O/CO2 circulation investigations using OMEGA and THEMIS data. NASA/Texas Space Grant Consortium New Investigations Program (TSGC NIP) ($10,000, plus $10,000 match fund from UTSA).

(13). 07/2007-12/2007 PI Xie, Developing an algorithm for automatically producing multi-day MODIS Terra and Aqua snow cover composite for its better utilities,  USGS/TexasView Remote Sensing Consortium Research Award ($3,000)

(12). 05/2007-05/2010 Co-PI (UTSA PI) Xie (Project PI Zong-liang Yang -UT Austin, Co-PIs David Maidment, Paul Montagna, James McClelland, Guo-yue Niu, and Hongjie Xie), Using satellite data and fully coupled regional hydrologic, ecological and atmospheric models to study complex coastal environmental processes. NASA Interdisciplinary Science Program (#NNX07AL79G) (total $1,236,979, UTSA portion $120,000).

(11). 01/2007-12/2009 Collaborator Xie (PI Sonia Alconini - UTSA Department of Anthropology), Imperial marginality and frontier: Kallawayas and Chunchos in the eastern Inka borders. NSF ($154,269)

(10). 09/2006-08/2010 PI Ackley and Co-PI Xie, Sea Ice Mass Balance in the Antarctic - SIMBA Drift Station. NSF Polar Program ($533,000)

A supplemental fund (to the SIMBA project) was awarded for participating the ODEN expedition in December 2006 and data processing and analysis. NSF Polar Program and IPY Program ($61,980)

(9). 09/2006-08/2008 PI Sharif and Co-PI Xie, Enhanced short-term hydrometeorological forecasting. NOAA MSI program ($99,856)

(8). 08/2006-02/2008 PI Xie, Validating DSP precipitation product using 50 GBRA rain gauge rainfall. NOAA UCAR/COMET program ($9,906)

(7). 04/2006-09/2006 PI Xie, Validation of remotely sensed precipitation using rain gauge data in the Texas Hill Country. USGS/TexasView Remote Sensing Consortium Research Award ($5,000)

(6). 01/2006-07/2006 PI Xie, NEXRAD radar rainfall downscaling. A subcontract from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (funded by the New Mexico WRRI) ($10,000).

(5). 01/2006-12/2008 USA collaborator Xie (PI: Tiangang Liang at Lanzhou University, China), MODIS and AMSR-E based monitoring and early warning system on snow-caused disasters for the pastoral agriculture area in Northern Xinjiang Province, China. National Natural Science Foundation of China-NSFC (¥250,000 RMB).

(4). 10/2005-09/2008 PI Xie, Minority Opportunities for Research Experience in Earth Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio (MORE Science at UTSA). U.S. Department of Education ($281,653).

(3). 09/2005-08/2006 Blake Weissling (a PhD student under Xie's supervision) for project titled early detection of oak wilt using hyperspectal technology and awarded a graduate research fellow by NASA/Texas Space Grant Consortium ($5,000).

(2). 06/2005-12/2005 PI Xie, Establishing a spectral library of oak wilt for early detection using hyperspectral remote sensing approach. USGS/TexasView Remote Sensing Consortium Research Award 2005 ($5,000).

(1). 01/2005-07/2005 PI Xie, Mars remote sensing for determining Martian evolution of the surface and interior. UTSA Faculty Research Award ($5,000).