TANG HAO
My research is centered at remote sensing of the environment, with a focus on the use of satellite for mapping and monitoring terrestrial ecosystem dynamics under the changing climate and land use. Most of my work, linking remote sensing data, mathematic model and ground survey, aims to characterize spatial-temporal changes of 3D vegetation structure and its impact on nature and human society. The ever increasing monitoring and analyzing capacity helps bridge global sustainable development goals and local initiatives and requirements, and clear many uncertainties in design, planning and implementation of current climate-change and conservation projects.
Prior to joining NUS, I was a remote sensing scientist at University of Maryland and most of my research was related to the Earth Science Division of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). I have been PI and Co-I for multiple NASA research grants (total > USD 3 million) and a recipient of NASA Earth and Space Science fellow (NESSF) and New (Early Career) Investigator Program. I am on the science team of NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) - a program to support stakeholder needs for Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) of carbon stocks and fluxes; and also, a Science Team Member and Product Lead of NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) mission - the first high resolution laser ranging of Earth’s forests and topography from the International Space Station.
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