Name: YAO YongHui
Current Appointment: Associate Professor, State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environment Information System, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
A11, Datun Road, Beijing 100101, PRC
Telephone Office: +86 10 64888367
Fax:   +86 10 64889630
Email:   yaoyh@lreis.ac.cn

PERSONAL DATA & CAREER
Areas of Specialization: Spatial analysis /Remote sensing classification of vegetation
Education      
2005 Visiting scholarship  Geography, Kiel University of Germany
2004 Ph.D.  Geographic Information Science, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PRC.
1999 M.S.  Mineral Survey and Exploration，China University of Geology (Wuhan), PRC.
1996 B.S.  Mineral Survey and Exploration，China University of Geology (Wuhan), PRC.
Academic Positions
2015 – present: Associate Professor of State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PRC
2007-2015: Assistant Professor of State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PRC
2005-2007: Postdoctor of State Key Laboratory of Resources and Environmental Information System, Institute of Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, PRC

RESEARCH GRANTS
[1]Temporal trajectory analysis of Karst rocky desertification and quantitative analysis for Its driving forces based onmiddle-high resolution remote sensing images, National Science Foundation of China, No. 41001278, Jan 2011- Dec 2013, RMB 180,000
[2]Comparative study on mountain elevation effect and its implications for mountain altitudinal belts, National Science Foundation of China, No. 41571099, Jan 2016- Dec 2019, RMB 750,000
[3]Covariation analysis of vegetation and climate in the Qinling-daba Mountains, National Science Foundation of China, No. 41871350, Jan 2019- Dec 2022, RMB 575,000

REPRESENTIVE PUBLICATIONS
[1]Yao YH; Suonan DZ; Zhang JY. Complication of 1:50,000 vegetation type map with remote sensing images based on mountain altitudinal belts of Taibai Mountain in the North-South transitional zone of China,Journal of Geographical Sciences,2020,30(2):267-280
[2]Yao YH, Zhang BP. The mass elevation effect of the Tibetan Plateau and its implications for Alpine treelines. International Journal of Climatology，2015, 35：1833-1846
[3]Yao YH, Xu M, Zhang BP. The implication of mass elevation effect of the Tibetan Plateau for altitudinal belts. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2015, 25(12): 1411-1422
[4]Yao YH, Zhang BP. A Preliminary Study of the Heating Effect of the Tibetan Plateau. PLOS One，2013，8(7): doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0068750
[5]Yao YH, Zhang BP. MODIS-based air temperature estimation of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2013, 23(4): 627-640
[6]Yao YH, Zhang BP. MODIS-based air temperature estimation in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau and neighboring areas. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2012,22(1):1-15
[7]Yao YH, Zhang BP, et al. Diversity and geographical pattern of altitudinal belts in the Hengduan Mountains in China. Journal of Mountain Sciences, 2010, 7(2):123-132
[8]Yao YH; Zhang JY; Suonan DZ. Compilation of 1∶50000 vegetation type map with remote sensing images based on mountain altitudinal belts of Taibai Mountain in the north-south transitional zone of China, ACTA Geographica Sinica, 2020, 75(3): 620-630.(in Chinese)
[9]Yao YH; Suonan DZ; Zhang JY; et al. Spatio-temporal characteristics of karst rocky desertification and the impact of human activities from 2010 to 2015 in Guanling County,Guizhou Province. Progress in Geography, 2019, 38(11):1759-1769. (in Chinese)
[10]Zhang JY, Yao YH, Suonan DZ, et al. Mapping of mountain vegetation in Taibai Mountain based on mountain altitudinal belts with remote sensing. Journal of Geo-information Science, 2019, 21(8):1284-1294. (in Chinese)
[11]Yao YH; Zhang BP; Zhao C. Geographical distribution of cripple tree forest and its importance for forest line in China. Progress in Geography, 2017,36(4):491-499. (in Chinese)
[12]Yao YH; Xu M; Zhang BP. The implication of mass elevation effect of the Tibetan Plateau for altitudinal belts. ACTA Geographica Sinica, 2015,70(3):407-419. (in Chinese)
[13]Yao YH; Zhang BP. The spatial pattern of monthly air temperature of the Tibetan Plateau and its implications for the geo-ecology pattern of the Plateau. Geographical Research, 2015, 34(11): 2084-2094. (in Chinese)
[14]Yao YH. Progress and prospect of Karst rocky desertification research in South-west China. Progress in Geography, 2014, 33(1):1-9. (in Chinese)
[15]Yao YH; Zhang BP. MODIS-based air temperature estimation in the Hengduan Mountains and its spatio-temporal analysis. ACTA Geographica Sinica,2011, 66(7): 917-927. (in Chinese)