Students
Visiting Research Fellow
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Hua Yuan Education: B.S., Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Normal University, 2005. Research Interests: Hua Yuan is from Beijing Normal University, China. In 2007, after two years of working at the Graduate School of Beijing Normal University, he began his PhD studying with Prof. Yongjiu Dai. He joined Prof. Dickinson’s group as a visiting scholar in 2010. He is now working on incorporating 3D canopy radiation models into the climate model. In his spare time, he likes playing tennis, Ping-Pong and watching movies. |
Graduate Research Assistants
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Wenting Fu Education: B.S., Nanjing University of science and technology, 2010. Research Interests: Wenting’s research interests are land surface modeling and land-atmosphere interaction dynamics. |
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Ying Sun Education: PhD (in progress), University of Texas, Austin, TX, present; B.S., Remote Sensing, Beijing Normal University, China, 2008. Research Interests: Ying Sun received her bachelor’s degree in GIS and remote sensing at Beijing Normal University in China and is now a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Dickinson. Her interest is in the impact of extreme weather events and climate variability on terrestrial carbon cycle. She chose the University of Texas because of its excellent resources and it is “a very cool place”. |
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Binyan Yan Education: M.S., Photometry and Remote Sensing, Peking University, China, 2011; B.S., Geographical Information System, Peking University, China, 2008. Research Interests: My past research focuses on quantitative remote sensing of vegetation canopies, including vegetation canopy reflectance model, ecological parameter (LAI, f APAR) retrieval and spatial scaling effect. My current research interest lies in applications of remote sensing in climate models. |
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Kai Wang Education: M.S., Remote Sensing, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010; B.S., Geographical Information System (GIS) and Economics, Peking University, China, 2007. Research Interests: During my past studies I have worked on various projects involving LAI, LST, and AOD retrieval methods, spatial scaling effect and validation methodology. Currently, I am researching on the applications of remote sensing in climate model. |