Title Remote Sensing Evapotranspiration Model (Sim-ReSET) and Its Applications in Asia and Africa

Reporter：Dr. Zhigang Sun
Time：9：00-10:00 Am., 2011.06.03（Friday）

ROOM: Meeting room on 5th floor

Everyone is welcome!

Introductions to Dr. Zhigang Sun

l　　　 Work experience

Sep. 2004 – Mar. 2008

National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES),　 Tsukuba, Japan　 Research assistant

Improve the MOD16-Evapotranspiration model (NASA/EOS) in China

Apr. 2008 – Jun. 2009

National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES),　 Tsukuba, Japan　 Postdoctoral fellow

Develop data products of evapotranspiration (ET) and land surface moisture index (LSMI) over Asia using MODIS land L3 products.Manage the processing system of MODIS land products over Asian Process remote sensing data

Jul. 2009 – Present

Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, CT, USA Postdoctoral fellow

Mapping African ET using MODIS/Terra and SEVIRI/MSG data

l　　　 Education

Sep. 1997 – Jul. 2001

Chinese Agricultural University (CAU),Beijing, China

Bachelor / Agricultural meteorology

Climate zoning of tobacco planting in Yunnan Province of China using the fuzzy math technology

Sep. 2001 – Jul. 2004

Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS),　 Beijing, China

Master / Agricultural ecology

Estimate crop water consumption in North China Plain using remote sensing data

Sep. 2004 – Mar. 2008

University of Tsukuba　  　 Tsukuba, Japan

Doctor / Environmental modeling and creation (Remote sensing of environment)

Development of a simple model for estimating evapotranspiration using remote sensing (Sim-ReSET)

l　　　 Personal research interests

Ecosystem modeling, micrometeorology, hydrometeorology, water resources, climate change, remote sensing for environment, GIS application in geosciences, landscape ecology, studies on information flow and eco-service, integrated environmental improvement in rural areas.

Work experience

Key Laboratory of Agricultural Water Resources, CAS

2011-5-30