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Weile Wang

Senior Research Scientist, NASA Earth eXchange (NEX)

Contents

Affiliation: NASA Earth eXchange (NEX)

Branch: Biospheric Science Branch (SGE)

Email: weile.wang@nasa.gov

Education

2002 – 2006: Ph.D., Physical Geography,  Boston University, USA

1993 – 2001: B.S & M.S., Electrical Engineering,  Tsinghua University, China

Honors

2008: NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, NASA

2003 – 2005: NASA Earth System Science Fellow, NASA

Specialization

  • Carbon cycle and climate change
  • Ecological monitoring and forecasting
  • Remote sensing of vegetation and radiative-transfer equation
  • Spatial analysis and Geographic Information System
  • Numerical modeling, data assimilation, and statistical inference

Experience

2021 – present: Senior Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center

  • Atmospheric correction of GEO-LEO observations
  • Modeling working group and pathfinder studies for SBG hyperspectral mission

2006 – 2021: Research Scientist, California State University Monterey Bay/NASA Ames Research Center

  • Land surface monitoring from the new generation of geostationary sensors (GeoNEX)
  • Forest disturbance modeling and biomass estimation from satellite data
  • Ensemble ecosystem model experiments for North American Carbon Program
  • Ecological forecasting with Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System

2002 – 2006: Boston University, Research Assistant

  • Stochastic radiative transfer modeling in 3D vegetation canopy with application to remote sensing
  • Diagnosing and modeling atmosphere-vegetation interactions over temperate and semi-arid climate regions

Academic Service

Reviewer for top-ranked research journals including Nature, Geophysical Research Letter, Global Change Biology, Journal of Climate, and Remote Sensing of Environment

Publications

  • Wang, W., et al., 2022: Ames Global Hyperspectral Synthetic Dataset: Surface Bidirectional Distribution Function. JGR-Biogeosciences (in review)
  • Wang, W., Y. Wang, A. Lyapustin, H. Hashimoto, T. Park, A. Michaelis, and R. Nemani, 2021: A novel atmospheric correction algorithm exploiting the diurnal variability of geostationary observations. Remote Sensing
  • Wang, W., Li, S. Hashimoto, H. Takenaka, H., Higuchi, A., Kalluri, S., and Nemani, R. 2020: An introduction to the Geostationary-NASA Earth Exchange (GeoNEX) Products: 1. Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance and Brightness Temperature. Remote Sensing.
  • Wang, W., R. Nemani, H. Hashimoto, S. Ganguly, D. Huang, and et al. 2018: An interplay between photons, canopy structure, and recollision probability: a review of the spectral invariants theory of 3D canopy radiative tranfer process. Remote Sensing.
  • Wang, W., and R. Nemani , 2016:  Dynamics of atmospheric CO2 from 1850 to 2010: a linear approximation. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
  • Wang, W., P. Ciais, R. Nemani, J.G. Canadell, S. Piao, and et al., 2013. Variations in atmospheric CO2 growth rates coupled with tropical temperature. P.N.A.S. USA
  • Wang, W., J. Dungan, H. Hashimoto, A. Michaelis, C. Milesi, K. Ichii, and R. Nemani, 2010: Diagnosing and assessing uncertainties of terrestiral ecosystem models in a multi-model ensemble experiment: 2. carbon balance, Global Change Biology.
  • Wang, W., J. Dungan, H. Hashimoto, A. Michaelis, C. Milesi, K. Ichii, and R. Nemani, 2010: Diagnosing and assessing uncertainties of terrestiral ecosystem models in a multi-model ensemble experiment: 1. primary production, Global Change Biology.
  • Wang, W.,  K. Ichii, H. Hashimoto, P. Thornton, and R. Nemani, 2009 :  A hierarchical analysis of the terrestrial ecosystem model BIOME-BGC: model calibration and equilibrium analysis. Ecological Modeling.
  • Wang, W., B. T. Anderson, Y. Su, D. Huang, N. Phillips, R.K. Kaufmann, and R.B. Myneni, 2007: Intraseasonal interactions between temperature and vegetation over the boreal forests. Earth Interactions.
  • Wang, W.,  B. T. Anderson, N. Phillips, R.K. Kaufmann, and R.B. Myneni, 2006: Feedbacks of vegetation on summertime climate variability over the North American Grasslands: 1. Statistical Analysis. Earth Interactions.
  • Wang, W.,  B. T. Anderson, D. Entekhabi, D. Huang, R.K. Kaufmann, and R.B. Myneni, 2006: Feedbacks of vegetation on summertime climate variability over the North American Grasslands: 2. A coupled stochastic model. Earth Interactions
  • Wang, W.,  B. T. Anderson, R. K. Kaufmann, and R.B. Myneni, 2004: On the relation between the North Atlantic Oscillation and SSTs in the North Atlantic basin. J. Climate.