University of North Dakota
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Xiaodong Zhang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Earth Systems Science and Policy
University of North Dakota

Address:
     Clifford Hall Room 326
     4149 University Ave Stop 9011
     Grand Forks, ND 58202-9011

telephone:
fax:
e-mail:		 701.777.6087
701.777.2940
zhang@aero.und.edu


Professional Experience
2007-present Associate Professor, Earth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota
2003-2007 Assistant Professor, Earth System Science and Policy, University of North Dakota
2002-2003 Assistant Research Professor, Earth System Science Institute, University of North Dakota
1995-1996 Lecturer, Ocean Remote Sensing Institute, Ocean University of China
1994 Visiting Scientist, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, Japan.
1989-1993 Assistant Engineer, Department of Physics, Ocean University of China
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Education
Ph.D. 2001, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Oceanography.
M.S. 1998, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. Oceanography.
B.S. 1989 Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Computer Science.
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Major research interests:
  • Determine the size distribution for microbubbles in the ocean and investigate their optical contribution to both under- and above water lightfield.
  • Application of remote sensing in evaluating hydrologic cycle.
  • Internet Geographic Information System
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Currently funded research (as PI or Co-PI):
  • Development of Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for the UND AgCam Sensor, Montana State University,G174-07-W1444
  • An Infomart for Precision Agriculture: Zoning Maps for Variable Rate Fertilizer Application, Universities Space Research Association, NCC8-259
  • Northern Great Plains Center for People and the Environment, NASA, NNX06AE16G
  • Optical Modeling for Non-uniform Waters and Retrieval of Depth, Internal Waves, and Bubbles from Oceans, National Natural Science Foundation of China.
  • Suborbital Research and Education with NASA's DC-8 Aircraft, NASA
  • ND View, America View Consortium
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Students and their research:
  • Tedros Berthane, MS, Remote sensing of evapotranspiration using Landsat and MODIS
  • Longbin Zhao, MS, Impacts of bubble clouds on underwater light field using a 3-D Monte Carlo simulation
  • Prospective students: funding is available for M.S. or Ph. D students who would like to pursue research in remote sensing, ocean optics, or GIS.
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Publications
  1. Lijian Shi, X. Zhang, G. Seielstad, M-X He, C. Zhao, Oil spill detection by MODIS images using fuzzy cluster and texture feature extraction, IEEE Oceans 07, Aberdeen, UK, June 18 - 21, 2007
  2. Zhang X., G. Seielstad, Digital Northern Great Plains: A view of Earth on a regional scale, Earth System Science Partnership Open Science Conference, Beijing, Nov 9 - 12, 2006 (poster)
  3. Noel Aloysius, X. Zhang, G. Seielstad, Climate Change and water stress: A spatial and temporal analysis over the Indian subcontinent, Earth System Science Partnership Open Science Conference, Beijing, Nov 9 - 12, 2006 (poster)
  4. Zhang X., Estimate of chlorophyll concentration from ocean color: Uncertainty associated with unknown backscattering, Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference, Busan, Nov 2 -4, 2006
  5. Zhang X., Ming-Xia He, Qian Yang, Kan Zeng, Effects of Wind on Ocean Color, IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Denver, 31 July - 04 August 2006
  6. Beeri O. X. Zhang, T. Newcomb, P. Carson, and G. Wagner. Using Landsat images to map the quality and quantity of sugar beet yield, Sugarbeet Research and Extension Reports 35, Sugarbeet Research & Education Board of Minnesota and North Dakota, January 2005.
  7. Zhang X., M. Lewis, The global albedo on a rough sea, Ocean Optics XVII, Fremantle, Australia, Oct. 24-29, 2004
  8. Zhang X., M. Lewis, W.P. Bissett, B. Johnson, and D. Kohler, Optical Influence of Ship Wakes, Applied Optics, 43(15), 3122-3132, 2004.
  9. Zhang X., M. Lewis, M. Lee, B. Johnson, and G. Korotaev, The volume scattering function of natural bubble populations, Limnology and Oceanography, 47(5), 1273-1282, 2002.
  10. Zhang X. and M. Lewis, Submicron bubbles as inferred from in situ measurements of the volume scattering function, Ocean Opitcs XVI, Santa Fe, NW, November 18-22, 2002.
  11. Zhang X. and M. Lewis, Bubbles and their contribution to the ocean surface albedo, Proceedings of the Sixth Pan Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC'2002), Bali, Indonesia, September 3-6, 2002.
  12. Zhang X., and M. Lewis, Volume scattering function of bubbles, Ocean Optics XV, Monaco, November 10-13, 2000.
  13. Zhang X., M. Lewis, B. Johnson, Influence of bubbles on scattering of light in the ocean, Applied Optics, 37(27), 6525-6536, 1998.
  14. Zhang X., and M. Lewis, Scattering of light of bubbles and its effect on remote sensing, Proceedings of the Fourth Pacific Ocean Remote Sensing Conference (PORSEC'98), Qingdao, China, July 28-31, 1998.
  15. Zhang X., M. Lewis, and B. Johnson, The effect of bubbles on light scattering in the ocean, Ocean Optics, XIV, Kailua-Kona Hawaii, 1998.
  16. Zhang X., Y. Okada, N. Kimura, H. Fukushima, Y. Senga, Y. Sugimori, and M. He, Comparison of pigment concentration between CZCS-estimation and ship-observation in the waters around Japan: Test of an improved atmospheric correction method, Journal of Advanced Marine Science and Technology Society, 1(2), 14-25, 1995, 1998.
  17. He, M., C. Zhao, X. Zhang, Ocean wave directional spectra by optical methods, In Oceanology of China Seas, Zhou Di et al. (Eds.), Vol. 2, Academic, 557-564, 1994.
  18. Zhang, X., and M. X. He, An improved atmospheric correction method for the application of CZCS data in the waters around China and Japan, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Material Flux in Coastal Seas with Special Reference to the East China Sea, Qingdao, Nov. 15-17, 1995.
  19. He, M. X., X. Zhang, and W. Huang, Transportation characteristic of subsurface suspended matter observed by satellite, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Material Flux in Coastal Seas with Special Reference to the East China Sea, Qingdao, Nov. 15-17, 1995.
  20. He, M. X., and X. Zhang, Distribution and variation of subsurface pigment concentration observed by CZCS, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Material Flux in Coastal Seas with Special Reference to the East China Sea, Qingdao, Nov. 15-17, 1995.
  21. Wang, X., Y. Qiu, M. X. He, and X. Zhang, The measurement of ocean optical properties and the estimation of euphotic depth in the East China Sea, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Material Flux in Coastal Seas with Special Reference to the East China Sea, Qingdao, Nov. 15-17, 1995.
  22. He, D., X. Zhang, and X. He, Polarization state of reflection laser speckles for multieffect simulated biotissue, Proceedings SPIE, Clinical Application of Modern Imaging Technology II, Cerullo et al. (Eds.), Vol. 2132, 453-464, 1994.
  23. Chen, B., M. X. He, and X. Zhang, A new method of ambiguity removal for scatterometer wind field derived from ERS-1, The Technical Proceedings of PORSEC'94, Melbourne, 337, 1994.
  24. He, M. X., C. Zhao, and X. Zhang, Surface wave verification spectra, In Satellite Remote Sensing of the Oceanic Environment, Ian S. F. Jones, Y. Sugimori, and R. W. Stewart (Eds.), Seibutsu Kenkyusha Co. Ltd., 100-108, 1993.
  25. He, M. X., G. Chen, and X. Zhang, Satellite observations of two meso-scale eddies in the East China Sea, Proceedings of the Commission of the European Communities and the People's Republic of China Workshop, A. Ghazi (Ed.), 245-250, 1993.
  26. He, M. X., C. Zhao, X. Zhang, The optical/computer hybrid processing of extracting ocean wave directional spectrum by airborne photograph, Proceedings of PORSEC'92, Okinawa, Japan, 229-232, 1992.
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