ZHANG Xiaohu

A5017 Biology Building, 1 Weigang Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China

+86-25-84399860   zhangxiaohu@njau.edu.cn                          

Education          

                            B.S., 2008, Geographic Information System, East China Normal University

                            Ph.D., 2013, Cartography and Geographic Information System, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Appointments    

                            College of Agriculture，Nanjing Agricultural University                                                                Sep 2013-

                            Lecturer in Agro-Geoinformatics

                            Academic researcher in National Engineering and Technology Center for Information Agriculture

Research interests     

                            Geography and Geographic Information System (Science)

                            Applied Geospatial analysis concerning the scale effects.

                            Software engineering on GIS.

                            Agro-geoinformation analysis

                            Developing the GIS-based precision agriculture management system.

                            Designing algorithms for multiscale agro-geoinformation analysis.

                            Investigating spatial patterns and the inherent mechanism of crop production in China.

Research experience   

l   Model-based prediction of food crop productivity and early-warning of safety food in China. Core investigator, sponsored by National Hi-tech Research and Development Program of China (863 program), 2011-2015.

l   Multiscale grid management zone analysis based on spatial variation of environmental factors of farmland. Principal investigator, Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2015-2017.

l   Evaluation of the technical approaches of reducing the difference in crop yield and efficiency. Core investigator, Sponsored by National key research and development plan, China, 2016-2019.

l   Machinery and software for crop precision cultivation. Core investigator, Sponsored by National key research and development plan, China, 2016-2019.

l  Precision crop cultivation. Core investigator, Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 2018-2022.

Service               

                            Geographical Postgraduate Union of China (GPUC) in the Geographical Society of China (GSC)     

                            Secretary-General of 6th GPUC Council.

                            Jiangsu Association for the Sciences of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System

                            Deputy Secretary-General

Awards               

                            Merit student of East China Normal University (2008);

                            Outstanding graduate of East China Normal University (2008);

                            Merit student of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2013);

                            The 1st prize in the Teaching Competition (College of Agriculture, 2015)

                            The 1st prize in the Teaching Competition (College of Agriculture, 2016)

                            Excellence Award in Teaching (Nanjing Agricultural University, 2016)

                            The 1st prize in the Teaching Competition (College of Agriculture, 2017)

                            Excellent teacher of College of Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University (2017)

Teaching            

                            Introduction to Geographic Information System. (Undergraduate)

                            Agro-informatics. (Undergraduate)

                            GIS & Spatial Analysis. (Graduate)

                            Digital image processing (Graduate)

Publications       

l   Published:

1.          Qiu J., Dong J., Crow W T, Zhang X., Reichle R H, Lonnoy G J. The added value of brightness temperature assimilation for the SMAP Level-4 surface and root-zone soil moisture analysis over mainland China. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES DISCUSSIONS, 2020: 1-27.

2.          Xu, H., Huang, F., Zuo, W., Tian, Y., Zhu, Y., Cao, W., Zhang X. Impacts of spatial zonation schemes on yield potential estimates at the regional scale. AGRONOMY, 2020, 10(5), 631.

3.          Zhao J., Zhang X., Gao .C, et al. Rapid mosaicking of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images for crop growth monitoring using the SIFT algorithm. REMOTE SENSING, 2019, 11(10): 1226.

4.          Zhang X., Qiu J., Leng G., et al. The potential utility of satellite soil moisture retrievals for detecting irrigation patterns in China. WATER, 2018, 10(11): 1505.

5.          Zhang, X., Xu, H., Jiang, L., Zhao, J., Zuo, W., Qiu, X., Tian, Y., Cao, W., Zhu, Y.*, Selection of Appropriate Spatial Resolution for the Meteorological Data for Regional Winter Wheat Potential Productivity Simulation in China Based on WheatGrow Model, AGRONOMY, 2018, 8:198

6.          Li Jiang#, Xiaohu Zhang# *, Wenjun Zuo, Hao Xu, Jianqing Zhao, Xiaolei Qiu, Yongchao Tian, Yan Zhu*, A neural network method for the reconstruction of winter wheat yield series based on spatio-temporal heterogeneity, COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, 2018, 154:46-53

7.          Zhang, X., Qiu, J.*, Leng, G., Yang, Y.*, Gao, Q., Fan, Y., Luo, J., The Potential Utility of Satellite Soil Moisture Retrievals for Detecting Irrigation Patterns in China, WATER, 2018, 10, 1505.

8.          Zhang, X., Zuo, W., Zhao, S., Jiang, L., Chen, L., & Zhu, Y. Uncertainty in upscaling in situ soil moisture observations to multiscale pixel estimations with kriging at the field level. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION, 2018, 7(1), 33.

9.          ZHANG, Shi-yuan, ZHANG, Xiao-hu, QIU Xiao-lei, & TANG, et al. Quantifying the spatial variation in the potential productivity and yield gap of winter wheat in China. JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE, 2017, 16(4): 845-857.

10.       Zhang, X., Jiang, L., Qiu, X., Qiu, J., Wang, J., & Zhu, Y. An improved method of delineating rectangular management zones using a semivariogram-based technique. COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, 2016, 121: 74-83.

11.       Zhang X, Zhong E S, Zhang X H*，et al. A modified algorithm to construct gridded area cartograms by scale effect index, GEOMATICS AND INFORMATION SCIENCE OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY. 2015.40(8):673-676. (In Chinese)

12.       Zhang X, Zhang X H*, Zhong E, et al. Multiscale Centrality Measures of Street Network in Beijing, China. SENSOR LETTERS, 2014, 12(3):651-658(8).

13.       Zhang X H, et al. Research on the uncertainty of polygon-based statistical data spatial analysis – Case of census data of Haidian, Beijing. JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION SCIENCE. 2013, 5(3): 369-379. (In Chinese)

14.       Zhang X H, et al. Study on the spatial structure and driving force of urban area in Beijing based on building space structure, GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH. 2013, 32(11). (In Chinese)

15.       Zhang X H, Zhong E S, et al. Reconstructing continuous population density surface from polygon-based data. 2010 2nd International Conference on Information Science and Engineering (ICISE), 2010, 3885-3888.

16.       Zhang X H, Guo Z Y, Dai X Y, et al. Application of satellite remote sensing to coastal topography generation: case study of Chongming Island in Shanghai, China. JOURNAL OF APPLIED REMOTE SENSING, 2009, 3(1):033572-033572-12.

Project       

l   In progress

1.          Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province, the Key Research and Development (R&D) Program of Jiangsu Province (BE2019383), Development of High-Throughput Plant Phenotyping System of Rice and wheat, 2019-07 to 2023-06, 2 million Yuan, Participant.

2.          Department of Science and Technology of Qinghai Province, Special Project of Transformation of Scientific and Technological Achievements (2018-NK-126), Research and Demonstration of Crop Growth Monitoring and Yield Forecasting with Remote Sensing, 2018-07 to 2020-12, Participant.

3.          Ministry of Science and Technology, Subproject of the National Key R&D Program (2016YFD0300607-2), Design and Construction of farmland perception and intelligent management platform, 2016-01 to 2020-12, 1.2 million yuan, Participant.

4.          Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Key R&D Program (2016YFD0300110), Comprehensive Evaluation of Difference Reduction Technology of Yield and Efficiency in Major Rice and Wheat Production Areas, 2016-01 to 2020-12, 1.2 million Yuan, Participant.

l   Completed

5.          Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province, the Key R&D Program of Jiangsu Province (BE2016375), Integrated Innovation and Demonstration of Intelligent Management Technology of Rice and Wheat Production in Jiangsu Province, 2017-06 to 2019-12, 3 million Yuan, Participant.

6.          Ministry of Science and Technology, Spark Program Project (2015GA690001), Integration, Demonstration and Promotion of Intelligent Management Technology of Modern Crop Production, 2015-01 to 2017-12, 1.8 million Yuan, Participant.

7.          National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Youth Science Foundation Project (31401292), Multi-scale Grid Site-specific Management Zone based on spatial variation characteristics of farmland environmental factors, 2015-01 to 2015-12, 240 thousand Yuan, Presided.

8.          Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Jiangsu Province, Three New Projects in Agriculture of Jiangsu Province (SXGC[2014]304), Research and Development of Intelligent Management Platform for Modern Agricultural Park in Jiangsu Province, 2014-08 to 2017-12, 600 thousand Yuan, Presided.