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Dr. Cuizhen (Susan) Wang

Assistant Professor

10A, Stewart Hall

Dept. of Geography

University of Missouri

Columbia, MO 65203

E-mail: wangcu@missouri.edu

Tel: 1-573-884-0895

Webpage: http://www.missouri.edu/~wangcu

 

 

 


Research Interests

Dr. Wang’s primary research areas are bio-environmental remote sensing, GIS and spatial analysis. Particular interests are innovative modeling of optical/radar synergy in biophysical remote sensing, vegetation mapping and environmental stress monitoring. My past research experience includes Land Use/Land Cover mapping, canopy radiative transfer modeling, and quantitative biophysical estimation (canopy cover, biomass, soil moisture, etc.) with optical and microwave remotely sensed data, with associated field studies in China, Japan, Thailand and the United States. Example applications include studies in weed invasion, drought and oak decline, rice mapping, prairie grassland mapping and forest biophysical quantification. Please check “Research activities” and “Field studies” for detailed information.

Teaching

-         Introduction to Mapping Science (GEOG 2840)

-         Remote Sensing (GEOG 4830/7830)

-         Advanced Remote Sensing (GEOG 4860/7860)

-         Spatial Analysis (GEOG 4710/7710)

-         Seminar – Applied Remote Sensing (GEOG 8810)

Employment

2004 – present             Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Missouri, USA

1999 – 2004                Research Assistant, Center for Global Change and Earth Observations (CGCEO) & Dept. of Geography, Michigan State University

1996 – 1999                Research Associate, Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Science

 

Education

Ph.D. (2004)    Department of Geography, Michigan State University, USA

M.S. (1996)     Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

B.S.  (1993)     Shandong University of Science and Technology, China

 

Selected Publications

Wang, C., Jamison, B., and Spicci A (in review). Trajectory-based warm season grass mapping in Missouri prairies with multi-temporal ASTER imagery. Submitted to Remote Sensing of Environment.

Wang, C., D. J. Bentivegna, R. J. Smeda, and R. E. Swanigan (accepted). Comparing multispectral and hyperspectral classifiers for mapping cut-leaved teasel in highway environments, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS).

Zhang Y., C. Wang (corresponding author), J. Wu, J. Qi and W. A. Salas (accepted), Mapping Paddy Rice with Multi-temporal ALOS PALSAR Imagery in Southeast China. International Journal of Remote Sensing. Will be published in 2009.

Wang, C., 2009. Rice mapping using multi-temporal ALOS PALSAR imagery in Monsoon Asia, 9 April, SPIE newsroom, DOI: 10.1117/2.1200903.1586.

Wang, C., J. Wu, Y. Zhang, G. Pan, J. Qi and W. A. Salas, 2009. Characterizing L-band scattering of paddy rice in southeast China with Radiative Transfer Model and multitemporal ALOS/PALSAR imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 47 (4): 988-998.

Wang, C., H. S. He, and J. M. Kabrick, 2008. A risk rating study to predict oak decline and recovery in the Missouri Ozark Highlands, USA. GIScience and Remote Sensing, 45 (4): 406 – 425. 

Wang, C. and J. Qi, 2008. Biophysical estimation in tropical forests using JERS-1 VNIR and SAR imagery: I - leaf area index. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (23), 6811 – 6826. (DOI: 10.1080/01431160802270115)

Wang, C. and J. Qi, 2008. Biophysical estimation in tropical forests using JERS-1 SAR and VNIR Imagery: II- aboveground woody biomass. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (23): 6827 – 6849. (DOI: 10.1080/01431160802270123)

Wang, C., B. Zhou, and H. L. Palm, 2008. Detecting invasive Sericea Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata) in Mid-Missouri pastureland using hyperspectral imagery, Environment Management, 41(6): 853-862. (DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9092-8)

Wang, C., and H. S. He, 2008. Detecting post-drought oak decline and recovery in the Mark Twain National Forest, Ozark Highlands, in Droughts: Causes, Effects and Prediction, Javier M. Sánchez (Ed.), Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY. ISBN: 978-1-60456-285-9.

Wang, C., Z. Lu, and T. L. Haithcoat. Detecting forest dynamics responding to oak dieback in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri. Forest Ecology and Management. 240(1-3): 70-78, 2007. (doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2006.12.007)

Wang, C., J. Qi and M. Cochrane, 2005. Assessment of Tropical Forest Degradation with Canopy Fractional Cover from Landsat ETM+ and IKONOS Imagery. Earth Interactions, 9(22), 1-18. (DOI: 10.1175/EI133.1)

Wang, C., J. Qi, M. S. Moran, and R. Marsett, 2004. Soil Moisture Estimation in Semi-arid Rangeland Using ERS-2 and TM imagery, Remote Sensing Environment, 90(2), 178-189. (doi:10.1016/j.rse.2003.12.001)

Qi, J., and C. Wang. 2004. A Microwave/Optical Canopy Scattering Model and its Application in Tropical forests. Chinese Journal of Radio Science. 19(4): 409-417.

Qi, J., C. Wang, and Y. Inoue. 2004. Optical and microwave remote sensing applications in agriculture. Chinese Journal of Radio Science. 19(4): 399-404.

Shao Y., J. Liao, and C. Wang, 2002. Analysis of temporal radar backscatter of rice: a comparison of SAR observations with modeling results. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing: 28(2): 128-138.

Wang, C. and H. Guo, 2000. Applications of radar polarimetric decomposition in geological classification. Chinese Journal of Remote Sensing: 4(3):219-223.

Liu H., Y. Shao and C. Wang, 1997. Multi-temporal RADARSAT Data for Rice Classification in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, Land Resource Remote Sensing: 4:1-6.