Sun Ranhao
Professor
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Biography
Ranhao Sun (Ph.D., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008) is an associate professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (RCEES – CAS). His main areas of expertise are landscape ecology, geography, remote sensing and geographic information systems. His current studies focus on two fields: (1) urban heat island effects in large cities related to landscape design and planning; and (2) ecosystem services evaluation and modeling using GIS and remote sensing technologies.
Research Interest
Landscape geography, Remote sensing and GIS
Publications
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  3. Ranhao Sun, Zhaoming Wang, Liding Chen*, Wei Wang. 2013. Surface water quality assessment at large watershed scale: Land use, anthropogenic, and administrative impacts. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 49(4): 741-752.
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  2. Ranhao Sun, Yihe Lü, Liding Chen*, Liu Yang, Ailian Chen. 2013. Assessing the stability of annual temperatures for different urban functional zones. Building and Environment, 65: 90-98.
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  1. Ranhao Sun*, Baiping Zhang, Liding Chen. 2014. Regional-scale identification of three-dimensional pattern of vegetation landscapes. Chinese Geographical Science, 24(1): 104-112.