Title：Monitoring eco-environment 
based on MODIS and MERSI data
Speaker：Prof. Dingyi Wang
Time：At 15:00 -17:00 on 25thApril, 2016.
Address：No. E211, Science Building

Professor Dingyi Wang is a Chinese-Canadian expert in optical remote sensing. He is honorable research scientist at Dept. of Physics, Univ. of New Brunswick, Canada, visiting professor (Xian Jiaotong Univ.) in "Oversea ExperProject” of the Ministry of Education of China, and distinguished professor in"Overseas talent recruitment program of Chongqing”. Prof. Wang got his Bachelor, Master, and Ph. D Degreesat Peking University University, Science and Technology of China, and Univ. of Cincinnati, respectively. He had worked at several famous research institutes in the world, such as Mawson Institute for Antarctic Research, Univ. of Adelaide, Australia; Geophysical Institute, Univ. of Alaska, USA; Centre for Research in Earth and Space Technology, Canada; InstitutfürMeteorologie und Klimaforschung (IMK), Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany; Science Application International Corporation, USA; Dept. of Physics, Univ. of New Brunswick, Canada; Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto Univ., Japan; etc. He has published more than 100 SCI research papers. 
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is an instrument aboard the Terra and Aqua satellites of USA. MEdium Resolution Spectral Imager(MERSI) is an instrument abroad the Fengyun satellites of China. They are the key instruments to explore the atmosphere, land and ocean etc. In particular, the remote sensing of the atmosphere (atmospheric temperature/moisture, total ozone burden, water vapor, aerosol, and cloud etc.), land (surface reflectance, land surface temperature/emissivity, snow cover/sea ice, land cover/land cover dynamics, vegetation indices, vegetation cover conversion, photosynthesis/primary production, and fire etc.), and ocean (water-leaving radiance/ ocean aerosol,  sea surface temperature, particle concentration, chlorophyll, and ocean primary productivity etc. ) In this talk, MODIS and MERSI measurements will be outlined. The huge data could provide us many useful information to do researches in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, geography, and environmental sciences etc. It is also helpful for the decision management of the departments such as industry, agriculture, forestry, irrigation, meteorology, geology,environmental protection, land and resources, planning, aerospace, defense force, and so on. Some constructive suggestions will be proposed to help us to use the data in scientific researches and policy decision/ management.

School of Sciences
20th Apr., 2016