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Faculty

Zhibin Sun Professor

Bio: 

Educational Background

PhD, Applied Mathematics, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA (2007)

MS, Applied Mathematics, Central South University, China (2000)

BS, Applied Mathematics, Central South University, China (1997)

 

Research

Research Interests

  • Theory and application of data assimilation
  • Large-scale numerical simulations of nonlinear dynamic systems
  • Mathematical modeling
  • Machine learning
  • Remote sensing applications
  • Matrix computation

Journal Articles

  1. Zhibin Sun, Ni-Bin Chang*, Chi-Farn Chen, Wei Gao, Lake algal bloom monitoring via remote sensing with biomimetic and computational intelligence, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Volume 113, 2022, 102991, ISSN 1569-8432, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2022.102991.
  2. Sun Z, Qian W, Huang Q, Lv H, Yu D, Ou Q, Lu H, Tang X*. Use Remote Sensing and Machine Learning to Study the Changes of Broad-Leaved Forest Biomass and Their Climate Driving Forces in Nature Reserves of Northern Subtropics. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(5):1066. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051066
  3. Zhao H, Wang Y, Sun Z, Xu Q, Liang D*. Failure Detection in Eucalyptus Plantation Based on UAV Images. Forests. 2021; 12(9):1250. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12091250
  4. Sun, Z., Chang, N.B.*, Chen, C.F., Mostafiz, C. and Gao, W., 2021. Ensemble Learning via Higher Order Singular Value Decomposition for Integrating Data and Classifier Fusion in Water Quality Monitoring. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 14, pp.3345-3360.
  5. Zhao H, Wang Y, Sun Z, Xu Q, Liang D*. Failure Detection in Eucalyptus Plantation Based on UAV Images. Forests. 2021; 12(9):1250. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12091250
  6. Liu, Y.*, Tang, A., Sun, Z.*, Tang, W., Cai, F. and Wang, C., 2020. An Integrated Retrieval Framework for Similar Questions: Word-semantic Embedded Label Clustering-LDA with Question Life Cycle. Information Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2020.05.014
  7. Yan, L.*, Zhang, S., Chang, Y., Sun, Z., Sheng, Z., 2020. Quantum Secure Direct Communication Protocol with Mutual Authentication Based on Single Photons and Bell States. CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, 63(3), 1297–1307.
  8. Mao, W., Zhao, X., Zhang, T., Sun, Z.*, Li, Y. and Smith, M.D., 2020. Divergent interactive impacts on productivity and functional diversity from fluctuated snowfall and continuous nitrogen pollution within Inner Mongolian. Science of The Total Environment, 704, p.135443.
  9. Chen, M.*, Sun, Z.*, Davis, J.M., Liu, Y.A.*, Corr, C.A. and Gao, W., 2019. Improving the mean and uncertainty of ultraviolet multi-filter rotating shadowband radiometer in situ calibration factors: utilizing Gaussian process regression with a new method to estimate dynamic input uncertainty. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12(2), pp.935-953.
  10. Liu, Y.*, Tang, A., Cai, F., Ren, P. and Sun, Z., 2019. Multi-feature based Question-Answerer Model Matching for predicting response time in CQA. Knowledge-Based Systems, 182, p.104794.
  11. Sun, Z.*, Davis, J. and Gao, W., 2018. Estimating error covariance and correlation region in UV irradiance data fusion by combining TOMS-OMI and UVMRP ground observations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 56(1), pp.355-370.
  12. Mao, W., Zhao, X., Sun, Z.*, Felton, A.J., Zhang, T., Li, Y. and Smith, M.D., 2018. Limiting similarity mediates plant community niche hypervolume across a desert-steppe ecotone of Inner Mongolia. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 153, pp.320-326.
  13. Mao, W., Felton, A.J.*, Ma, Y., Zhang, T., Sun, Z., Zhao, X. and Smith, M.D., Relationships between aboveground and belowground trait responses of a dominant plant species to alterations in watertable depth. Land Degradation & Development. 2018;1–10. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3159
  14. Liu, Yan-An, Zhibin Sun*, Maosi Chen, Hung-Lung Allen Huang, and Wei Gao*. "Assimilation of atmospheric infrared sounder radiances with WRF-GSI for improving typhoon forecast." Frontiers of Earth Science (2018): 1-11.
  15. Wang, Y.*, Zhu, X., Bai, S., Zhu, T., Qiu, W., You, Y., Wu, M., Berninger, F., Sun, Z., Zhang, H. and Zhang, X., 2018. Effects of forest regeneration practices on the flux of soil CO2 after clear-cutting in subtropical China. Journal of environmental management, 212, pp.332-339.
  16. VoPham, T.*, Hart, J.E., Bertrand, K.A., Sun, Z., Tamimi, R.M. and Laden, F., 2016. Spatiotemporal exposure modeling of ambient erythemal ultraviolet radiation. Environmental Health, 15(1), p.111.
  17. Wang, Y., Gu, C.*, Bai, S., Sun, Z., Zhu, T., Zhu, X., Grit, D.H. and Tembrock, L.R., 2016. Cadmium accumulation and tolerance of Lagerstroemia indica and Lagerstroemia fauriei (Lythraceae) seedlings for phytoremediation applications. International journal of phytoremediation, 18(11), pp.1104-1112.
  18. Sun, Z.* and W. Kuang, An ensemble algorithm based component for geomagnetic data assimilation. Terr. Atmos. Ocean. Sci., 26, 53-61, doi: 10.3319/TAO.2014.08.19.05(GRT), 2015.
  19. Sun, Z.*, L.-Y. Oey and Y.-H. Zhou, Skill-Assessments of Statistical and Ensemble Kalman-Filter Data Assimilative Analyses using Surface and Deep Observations in the Gulf of Mexico, Frontiers of Earth Science, 7, 271-281, doi:10.1007/s11707-013-0377-8, 2013.
  20. Warner, J. X.*, Yang, R., Wei, Z., Carminati, F., Tangborn, A., Sun, Z., Lahoz, W., Attié, J.-L., El Amraoui, L., and Duncan, B.: Global carbon monoxide products from combined AIRS, TES and MLS measurements on A-train satellites, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 13, 15409-15441, doi:10.5194/acpd-13-15409-2013, 2013.
  21. L.-Y. Oey*, Y.-L. Chang, Z.-B. Sun and X.-H. Lin, Topocaustics, Ocean Modelling, 29, 277-286, 2009.
  22. Tangborn, A.*, R. Cooper, S. Pawson and Z. Sun, Chemical Source Inversion Using Assimilated Constituent Observations in an Idealized Two-dimensional System, Monthly Weather Review, 137, 3013-3025, 2009.
  23. Kuang, W.*, A. Tangborn, W. Jiang, D. Liu, Z. Sun, J. Bloxham and Z. Wei, MoSST_DAS: the first generation geomagnetic data assimilation framework, Communications in Computational Physics, 3, 85-108, 2008.
  24. Sun, Z., A. Tangborn* and W. Kuang, Data Assimilation in a Sparsely Observed MHD System, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 14, 1-12, 2007.

Academic Title

Research Scientist of Colorado State University (USA)

SPIE Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability conference committee (2014-2018)

Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of Science of the Total Environment

Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor of Atmosphere

Contact 

zhibin.sun@njnu.edu.cn