Xiao Cheng

Xiao Cheng Professor


Dean of the School of Geospatial Engineering and Science
the Director of the Polar Research Center
 

Contact

Email:  chengxiao9@mail.sysu.edu.cn
 

About Xiao

Prof. Cheng serves as the Dean of the School of Geospatial Engineering and Science and the Director of the Polar Research Center. He is also the director of  Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Observation of Polar Environment  (Sun Yat-sen University), Ministry of Education. Dedicated to the research on the theories, methods and applications of remote sensing in polar regions. Specialized on the interaction mechanism of polar ice shelf - sea ice - regional climate system, key polar sea ice parameters derivation .

 

Specialties

Polar remote sensing, Atmosphere-ice-ocean-land interaction, Ice（Icebergs/Iceshelves/Glaciers）calving, Ice sheet mass balance, multiple sea ice  parameters derivation

 

Education

1994-1998,  Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping

1998-2001,  WuHan University

2001-2004, Graduate School of The Chinese Academy of Sciecnces

 

Work Experience

2004/07-2009/03，Institute of Remote Sensing Application, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor

2009/04-2009/07，College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University,Associate Professor

2009/07-2019/04，College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University,Professor

2019/04-hitherto，the School of Geospatial Engineering and Science

，Sun Yat-sen University ，Professor

 

Selected Publications

1. Y. Liu, J.C. Moore*, Cheng X.*, et al.. (2015). Ocean-driven thinning enhances iceberg calving and retreat of Antarctic ice shelves. Proceedings of the National Academy of Aciences of the United States of America, 112(11):3263-3268

2. X. Wang, D. Holland, X. Cheng*.(2016). Grounding and Calving Cycle of Mertz Ice Tongue Revealed by Shallow Mertz Bank, the Cryosphere, 10, 2043–2056

3. Zhang, Y., Cheng, X., Liu, J., & Hui, F. (2018). The potential of sea ice leads as a predictor for summer Arctic sea ice extent. The Cryosphere, 12(12), 3747-3757

4. Li, T., Shokr, M., Liu, Y., Cheng, X., et al. (2018). Monitoring the tabular icebergs C28A and C28B calved from the Mertz Ice Tongue using radar remote sensing data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 615-625 

 

Honors/Awards

the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars（2019）