Personal profile:
Yang Yaping, senior engineer of the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), director of the National Earth System Science Data Center, deputy director of Research Laboratory of Earth Data Science and Sharing of IGSNRR, director of the Earth System Science Data Center of CAS, person in charge of the Geography Resources and Ecology Knowledge Service System of China Knowledge Center for Engineering Sciences and Technology, person in charge of the Data Collection and Delivery Management Center for the National Key Basic Research and Development Plan (973 Projects) in the field of resources and environment and for the National Science and Technology Basic Resources Investigation Projects. Yang has been engaged in the research and practice of earth data science and informatization in scientific researches for a long time.
As an expert in the field of scientific data sharing, Yang has successively participated in the planning of the National Scientific Data Sharing Project, the data collection and delivery planning of 973 projects in the the field of resources and environment, the planning of the National Science and Technology Basic Resources Investigation Projects, the formulation of the Measures for the Management of National Scientific Data. She also participated in the special informatization projects of CAS in periods of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, the Eleventh Five-Year Plan, the Twelfth Five-Year Plan, and the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan. She once led the construction of the Thematic Database of Natural Resources and Human-Earth System. As the person in charge of a number of major national research projects, Yang is organizing and implementing the collection, management and open sharing of data resources generated by national funds. Besides, she has conducted many academic exchange visits and field trips abroad.

Areas of Specialization:
Data sharing mechanism of earth system science, data integration and data mining.

Scientific research projects in charge:
（1）National Earth System Science Data Center, National Special Project, 2014-2020.
（2）Geography Resources and Ecology Knowledge Service System of China Knowledge Center for Engineering Sciences and Technology, National Major Special Project, 2016-2020.
（3）Establishment of standards and specifications, and network platform for data integration and sharing for multidisciplinary joint investigation of China Mongolia Russia international economic corridor, National Science and Technology Basic Resources Investigation Projects, National Special Project, 2017-2022.
（4）Data Aggregation in the Field of Geo-Spatial, Land Surface and Socio Economic for Big Earth Data Science Engineering, Strategic Priority Research Program (class A) of CAS, 2018-2022.
（5）Basic Data Analysis and Database Construction of Disaster Risk in Scientific Investigation of Qinghai Tibet Plateau, National Special Project, 2019-2023.
（6）Research on the Intelligent Development Strategy of Agricultural Big Data, Mar. 2019-Mar. 2021.
（7）Comprehensive Study on the Development Strategy of Data Sharing in Yunnan Province, Aug. 2019-July 2020.
（8）Earth System Science Data Center of CAS, 2019-2020.
（9）Data Integration of Foundation Programs in the Field of Resources and Environment, National Science and Technology Foundation Project, National Special Project, 2013-2018.
（10）Data Products Integration and System Development in the field of Resource and Environment in the region of Belt and Road, the Major Engineering Projects of National Development and Reform Commission to Promote the Development of Big Data, National Special Project, 2017-2019.
（11）Ecological Risk Assessment and Basic Information Base Construction for China, Mongolia and Russia Economic Corridor, Key Foreign Cooperation Project of the Bureau of International Cooperation of CAS, 2017-2019.
（12）Science and Technology Summit Forum for Belt and Road Initiative and Study on China Mongolia Russia Economic Corridor and Revitalization of Northeast China, 2016-2018.
（13）The Construction of Strategic Planning Database for Rural Revitalization in Zunyi City, Apr. 2018-Sep. 2018.
（14）The Program of Data Sharing and Exchange System for Yunnan Province, Oct. 2019-Dec. 2019.

Scientific research awards:
（1）Best Practice Award of Knowledge Service of China Society for Scientific and Technical Information in 2018.
（2）The Fourth China Publishing Government Award: Printing and Reproduction Award in 2018
（3）Science and Technology Award of China Society for Geodesy，Photogrammetry and Cartography: Silver Award of Peixiu Award for excellent Map Works in 2016, ranking No. 1.
（4）The Second Class Prize of the State Scientific and Technological Progress Award in 2014, ranking No. 5.
（5）The First Class Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Henan Province in 2013, ranking No. 5.
（6）The First Class Prize of Scientific and Technological Achievements Award of Henan Provincial Department of Education in 2013, ranking No. 6.
（7）Advanced Individual of National Science and Technology Infrastructure in 2013.
（8）Excellent Team for the Implementation of the National Science and Technology Plan of the Eleventh Five Year Plan in 2011.

Academic position:
（1）Deputy secretary general of the International Scientists Alliance for Belt and Road Initiative.
（2）Deputy secretary general of the Northeast Asia Sustainable Development Research Center.
（3）Deputy secretary general of the Resource Big Data Branch of China Society of Natural Resources.
（4）Council member of Agricultural Monitoring and Early Warning Branch of China Association of Agricultural Science Societies.
（5）Postgraduate tutor of Nanjing Normal University
（6）Postgraduate tutor of Chongqing Normal University
（7）Postgraduate tutor of Shaanxi Normal University
（8）Postgraduate tutor of Capital Normal University
（9）Postgraduate tutor of Henan University

Books:
（1）Achievements Compilation of National Science and Technology Foundation Programs in the Field of Resources and Environment (Volume I), editor in chief, Science Press, 2018.
（2）Achievements Compilation of National Science and Technology Foundation Programs in the Field of Resources and Environment (Volume Ⅱ), editor in chief, Science Press, 2018.
（3）Scientific Investigation and Transect Datasets of North China and Its Adjacent Areas, editor in chief, Science Press, 2016.
（4）Model and Strategy of Ecological Civilization Construction in Typical Western China Regions, ranking No. 5, Science Press, 2020.

Atlases:
（1）Atlas of the changes of county administrative divisions in China (1949-1979), editor in chief, SinoMaps Press, 2015.
（2）Atlas of the changes of county administrative divisions in China (1980-2017), editor in chief, SinoMaps Press, 2018.
（3）Remote Sensing Image Atlas of Environmental Change in China, ranking No. 4, Science Press, 2015.
（4）Remote Sensing Image Atlas of Environmental Change in China (in Chinese), ranking No. 4, Science Press, 2015.

Scientific papers:
（1）Jiang H, Yang Y P*, Bai Y Q, et al. Evaluation of the Total, Direct, and Diffuse Solar Radiations from the ERA5 Reanalysis Data in China, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2020, 17(1): 47-51.
（2）Bai Y Q, Yang Y P*, Jiang H. Intercomparison of AVHRR GIMMS3g, Terra MODIS, and SPOT-VGT NDVI Products over the Mongolian Plateau, Remote Sensing, 2019, 11(17), 2030.
（3）Liu Y X Y, Yang Y P*, Jing W L, et al. Comparison of Different Machine Learning Approaches for Monthly Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Downscaling over Northeast China. Remote Sensing, 2018, 10(1), 31.
（4）Chen Z G, Song J, Yang Y P*. An Approach to Measuring Semantic Relatedness of Geographic Terminologies Using a Thesaurus and Lexical Database Sources. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2018, 7(3), 98.
（5）Chen Z G, Song J, Yang Y P*. Similarity Measurement of Metadata of Geospatial Data: An Artificial Neural Network Approach. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 2018, 7(3), 90.
（6）Liu Y X Y, Yang Y P*, Jing W L, et al. Evaluation of satellite-based soil moisture products over four different continental in-situ measurements. Remote Sensing, 2018, 10(7), 1161.
（7）Liu N J, Yang Y P*, Yao L, et al. A regionalized study on the spatial-temporal changes of grassland cover in the three-river headwaters region from 2000 to 2016. Sustainability, 2018, 10(10), 3539.
（8）Jiang H, Yang Y P*, Bai Y Q. Evaluation of All-for-One Tourism in Mountain Areas Using Multi-Souce Data. Sustainability, 2018, 10(11), 4065.
（9）Liu Y X Y, Yang Y P*, Jing W L, et al. A New Urban Index for Expressing Inner-City Patterns Based on MODIS LST and EVI Regulated DMSP/OLS NTL. Remote Sensing, 2017, 9(8), 777.
（10）Che X H, Yang Y P*, Feng M, et al. Mapping Extent Dynamics of Small Lakes Using Downscaling MODIS Surface Reflectance. Remote Sensing, 2017, 9(1), 82.
（11）Jing W L, Yang Y P*, Yue X F, et al. A Spatial Downscaling Algorithm for Satellite-Based Precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau Based on NDVI, DEM, and Land Surface Temperature. Remote Sensing, 2016, 8(8), 655.
（12）Jing W L, Yang Y P*, Yue X F, et al. A Comparison of Different Regression Algorithms for Downscaling Monthly Satellite-Based Precipitation over North China. Remote Sensing, 2016, 8 (10): 835.
（13）Jing W L, Yang Y P*, Yue X F, et al. Mapping Urban Areas with Integration of DMSP/OLS Nighttime Light and MODIS Data Using Machine Learning Techniques. Remote Sensing, 2015, 7 (9): 12419-12439.
（14）Chen Z G, Sun J L, Yang Y P*. The research and practice of professional knowledge sharing and service: A case study of the geography, resources, and ecology knowledge service system, Journal of Resources and Ecology, 2018, 9(2): 218-226.
（15）Che X H, Feng M*, Sexton J O, Channan S, Yang Y P, et al. Assessment of MODIS BRDF/Albedo Model Parameters (MCD43A1 Collection 6) for Directional Reflectance Retrieval, Remote Sensing, 2017, 9(11), 1123.
（16）Yang F, Ren H Y, Li X Y*, Hu M G, Yang Y P. Assessment of MODIS, MERIS, GEOV1 FPAR Products over Northern China with Ground Measured Data and by Analyzing Residential Effect in Mixed Pixel, Remote Sensing, 2014, 6(6): 5428-5451.
（17）Wang J L*, Sun J L, Zhu Y Q, Yang Y P. A Study on the Organizational Architecture and Standard System of The Data Sharing Network of Earth System Science in China, Data Science Journal, 2013, 12(13): 91-101.
（18）Wang J L*, Sun J L, Yang Y P, et al. A New Approach to Research Data Archiving for WDS Sustainable Data Integration in China, Data Science Journal, 2013, 12(5): 120-123.
（19）Yang Y P*, Wang Y, Bai Y, et al. Development and Practice of National Earth System Science Data Center in China, Journal of Agricultural Big Data, 2019, 01(04): 5-13. (in Chinese)
（20）Bai Y Q, Yang Y P*, Sun J L. Advances in the Study of Domestic and Foreign Scientific Data Management Methods, Journal of Agricultural Big Data, 2019, 01(03): 5-20. (in Chinese)
（21）Jiang H, Yang Y P*, Sun J L. Research and Application of Big Data in Agricultural, Journal of Agricultural Big Data, 2019, 1(1): 5-15. (in Chinese)
（22）Chen Z G, Yang Y P*. A Case of Establishment and Application of Spatial Correlation Degree Algorithm for Geographic Entities Coupling Scales, Journal of Geo-information Science, 2018, 20(1): 37-47. (in Chinese)
（23）Wang H Z, Yang Y P*. Discussion on Scientific Data Classification Application in Resources and Its Environment Field, China Science and Technology Resources Review, 2018, 50(1): 85-91. (in Chinese)
（24）Zhang X P, Wang H Z, Yang Y P*. Study on Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Biological Resources Investigations from 2006 to 2015, China Science and Technology Resources Review, 2017, 49(5): 95-103. (in Chinese)
（25）Zhu Y Q, Sun K*, Yang Y P, et al. Data Resources Collection and Reorganization for National Special Program on Basic Works for Science and Technology of China, China Science and Technology Resources Review, 2017, 49(5): 12-20. (in Chinese)
（26）Xu G M, Yang Y P*, Yang F, et al. Quality Assessment of Multi-resolution Remote Sensing Land Cover Data: A Case Study in Taoyuan County of Hunan Province, Journal of Geo-information Science, 2016, 18(4): 553-563. (in Chinese)
（27）Zhao X D, Yang Y P*, Jing W L. Evaluation on Comprehensive Suitability of Cultivated Land in Hunan Province Based on AHP, Research of Soil and Water Conservation, 2015, 22(2): 219-223. (in Chinese)
（28）Bai Z Q, Wang J L*, Yang Y P, et al. Characterizing Spatial Patterns of Population Distribution at Township Level across the 25 Provinces in China, Acta Geographic Sinica, 2015, 70(8): 1229-1242. (in Chinese)
（29）Zhu Y Q, Sun J L, Wang J L, Yang Y P. Study on Earth Data Science and Data Sharing, Land and Resources Informatization, 2015(1): 3-9. (in Chinese)
（30）Wang J L, Yang Y P, Yang F*, et al. Simulation and Evaluation of Sustainable Land Use in Zhengzhou City, Research of Soil and Water Conservation, 2014, 21(3): 84-98. (in Chinese)
（31）Wang J L, Zhu J X, Yang Y P, et al. Edifying by Data Archiving Policy of International Science and Technology Research Program to China, China Science and Technology Resources Review, 2013, 45(2): 17-23. (in Chinese)
（32）Jing W L, Feng M*, Yang Y P. A Statistical Downscaling Approach of NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis Temperature Data, Journal of Geo-information Science, 2013, 15(6): 819-828. (in Chinese)
（33）Liao S B, Sun J L, Yang Y P*, et al. Construction and Data Sharing Service of Thematic Database in Human-Earth System, China Science and Technology Resources Review, 2012, 44(1): 11-16. (in Chinese)

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