Pengfeng Xiao received the B.S. degree in land resource management from Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, China, in 2002, and the Ph.D. degree in cartography and geographical information system from Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, in 2007.

From 2007 to 2009 and from 2009 to 2018, he was a Lecturer and an Associate Professor with the School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, respectively. Since 2018, he has been a Professor with the School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University. From 2011 to 2012, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany. From 2014 to 2015, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA.

His current research interest is remote sensing of snow, with a focus on high-resolution snow recognition and change detection, high-resolution snow parameter inversion and application, as well as snow change dynamics and vegetation ecological effects. He leads the Laboratory of High-Resolution Remote Sensing in Nanjing University. He is the principal investigator of 10 research projects. He is the corresponding author of 50 papers published in international journals. He teaches two courses and has supervised 10 doctorate students and 30 graduate students.

He was a recipient of the "CPGIS Best Student Paper Award" in 2007, the "ISPRS Prize for Best Paper by Young Author" in 2008, and the "Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing of ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing" in 2017. He is the Senior Member of IEEE from 2018.

Education

2004–2007: Ph.D., Cartography and Geographic Information System, Nanjing University, China

2002–2004: Master of Science, Cartography and Geographic Information System, Nanjing University, China

1998–2002: Bachelor of Administration, Land Resource Management, Hunan Normal University, China

Professional Experience

2018–present: Professor, School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, China, researched on remote sensing of snow cover and high-resolution remote sensing image analysis

2014–2015: Visiting Scholar, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA, researched on object-based image analysis, worked with Prof. Maggi Kelly

2011–2012: Visiting Scholar, Department of Geography, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany, researched on satellite monitoring of snow cover and its climate effects on change, worked with Prof. Lorenz King

2009–2018: Associate Professor, School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, China, researched on high-resolution remote sensing image segmentation, object-based image analysis, and land use and land cover change, worked with Prof. Xuezhi Feng

2007–2009: Lecturer, School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, China, researched on high-resolution remote sensing image segmentation techniques, worked with Prof. Xuezhi Feng

Corresponding-author Papers

Hao Liu, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Siyong Chen, Yunhan Wang, Wenye Wang. Winter snow cover influences growing-season vegetation productivity non-uniformly in the Northern Hemisphere. Communications Earth & Environment, 2023, 4: 487.

Siyong Chen, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Jianbo Qi, Gaofei Yin, Wei Ma, Hao Liu. Simulating snow-covered forest bidirectional reflectance by extending hybrid geometric optical–radiative transfer model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023, 296: 113713.

Youlv Wu, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Hao Liu, Yuanbiao Dong, Lian Feng. Effects of snow cover on spring vegetation phenology vary with temperature gradient across the Pan-Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2023, 128(4): e2022JG007183.

Hao Liu, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Youlv Wu. Increased snow cover enhances gross primary productivity in cold and dry regions of the Tibetan Plateau. Ecosphere, 2023, 14(9): e4656.

Luhan Wang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Xinyang Chen. A fine-grained unsupervised domain adaptation framework for semantic segmentation of remote sensing images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023, 16: 4109–4121.

Yuanbiao Dong, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Youlv Wu, Huadong Wang, Wenbo Luan. Warmer winters are reducing potential ice roads and port accessibility in the Pan-Arctic. Environmental Research Letters, 2022, 17: 104051.

Min Li, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Xuezhi Feng, Liujun Zhu. An improved approach of dry snow density estimation using C-band synthetic aperture radar data. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2022, 191: 49–67.

Wenye Wang, Shenghua Wan, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang. A novel multi-training method for time-series urban green cover recognition from multi-temporal remote sensing images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2022, 15: 9531–9544.

Shen Qin, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang. How do snow cover fraction change and respond to climate in Altai Mountains of China? International Journal of Climatology, 2022, 42(14): 7213–7227.

Yongke Yang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Xuezhi Feng, Jiangeng Wang, Nan Ye, Zuo Wang, Guangjun He, Lizao Ye. Altitudinal and temporal variations of near-surface air temperature lapse rate on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2022, 61(12): 1881–1892.

Lizao Ye, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang*, Xuezhi Feng, Rui Hu, Wei Ma, Haixing Li, Yina Song, Tengyao Ma. Evaluating snow bidirectional reflectance of models using multiangle remote sensing data and field measurements. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2022, 19: 2000205.

Pengfeng Xiao*, Guangwei Sheng, Xueliang Zhang, Hao Liu, Rui Guo. Direction-dominated change vector analysis for forest change detection. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2021, 103: 102492.

Hao Liu, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Xinghua Zhou, Jie Li, Rui Guo. Object-based island green cover mapping by integrating UAV multispectral image and LiDAR data. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2021, 15(3): 034512.

Rui Guo, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Hao Liu. Updating land cover map based on change detection of high-resolution remote sensing images. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2021, 15(4): 044507.

Pengfeng Xiao*, Chengxi Li, Liujun Zhu, Xueliang Zhang, Tengyao Ma, Xuezhi Feng. Multitemporal ensemble learning for multitemporal snow cover extraction from high-spatial-resolution images in mountain areas. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2020, 41(5): 1668–1691.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng. Object-specific optimization of hierarchical multiscale segmentations for high-spatial resolution remote sensing images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2020, 159: 308–321.

Wei Ma, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Yina Song, Tengyao Ma, Lizao Ye. Retrieving snow wetness based on surface and volume scattering simulation. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2020, 169: 17–28.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Guangjun He. Another look on region merging procedure from seed region shift for high-resolution remote sensing image segmentation. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2019, 148: 197–207.

Yongxiao Liang, Pengfeng Xiao*. Climatic effects of China large-scale urbanization on East Asian Summer Monsoon under different phases of Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Atmosphere. 2019, 10(2): 90.

Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang*, Hongmin Zhang, Rui Hu, Xuezhi Feng. Multiscale optimized segmentation of urban green cover in high resolution remote sensing image. Remote Sensing, 2018, 10(11): 1813.

Pengfeng Xiao*, Min Yuan, Xueliang Zhang*, Xuezhi Feng, Yanwen Guo. Cosegmentation for object-based building change detection from high-resolution remotely sensed images. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2017, 55(3): 1587–1603.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Min Yuan. Separate segmentation of multi-temporal high-resolution remote sensing images for object-based change detection in urban area. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017, 201: 243–255.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng. Toward combining thematic information with hierarchical multiscale segmentations using tree Markov random field model. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2017, 131: 134–146.

Yongke Yang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Haixing Li. Accuracy assessment of seven global land cover datasets over China. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2017, 125: 156–173.

Haixing Li, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Yongke Yang, Lingxiao Wang, Wenbo Zhang, Xiaohui Wang, Weiding Feng, Xiao Chang. Using Land Long Term Data Records to map land cover changes in China over 1981–2010. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2017, 10(4): 1372–1389.

Guangjun He, Xuezhi Feng, Pengfeng Xiao*, Zhenghuan Xia, Zuo Wang, Hao Chen, Hui Li, JinJin Guo. Dry and wet snow cover mapping in mountain areas using SAR and optical remote sensing data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2017, 10(6): 2575–2588.

Pengfeng Xiao*, Xueliang Zhang, Dongguang Wang, Min Yuan, Xuezhi Feng. Change detection of built-up land: a framework of combining pixel-based detection and object-based recognition. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2016, 119: 402–414.

Liujun Zhu, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Xueliang Zhang, Yinyou Huang, Chengxi Li. A co-training, mutual learning approach towards mapping snow cover from multi-temporal high-spatial resolution satellite imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2016, 122: 179–191.

Haixing Li, Xingong Li*, Pengfeng Xiao*. Impact of Sensor Zenith Angle on MOD10A1 Data Reliability and Modification of Snow Cover Data for the Tarim River Basin. Remote Sensing, 2016, 8(9): 750.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Li Feng, Nan Ye. Toward evaluating multiscale segmentations of high-spatial-resolution remote sensing images. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2015, 53(7): 3694–3706.

Xueliang Zhang, Xuezhi Feng, Pengfeng Xiao*, Guangjun He, Liujun Zhu. Segmentation quality evaluation using region-based precision and recall measures for remote sensing images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2015, 102: 73–84.

Xueliang Zhang, Xuezhi Feng, Pengfeng Xiao*. Multiscale segmentation of high spatial resolution remote sensing images using adaptively increased scale parameter. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 2015, 81(6): 461–470.

Guangjun He, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Xueliang Zhang, Zuo Wang, Ni Chen. Extracting snow cover in mountain areas based on SAR and optical data. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2015, 12(5): 1136–1140.

Pengfeng Xiao*, Xiaohui Wang, Xuezhi Feng, Xueliang Zhang. Detecting China’s urban expansion over the past three decades using nighttime light data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2014, 7(10): 4095–4106.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Jiangeng Wang, Zuo Wang. Hybrid region merging method for segmentation of high-resolution remote sensing images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2014, 98: 19–28.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng. Fast hierarchical segmentation of HR image with adaptive edge penalty. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, 2014, 80(1): 71–80.

Lingxiao Wang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Haixing Li, Wenbo Zhang, Jintang Lin. Effective compositing method to produce cloud-free AVHRR image. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2014, 11(1): 328–332.

Wei Wan, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Hui Li, Ronghua Ma, Hongtao Duan, Limin Zhao. Monitoring lake changes of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau over 1 the past 30 years using satellite remote sensing data. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2014, 59(10): 1021–1035.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xiaoqun Song, Jiangfeng She. Boundary- constrained multi-scale segmentation method for remote sensing image. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2013, 78: 15–25.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng. Impervious surface extraction from high-resolution satellite image using pixel- and object-based hybrid analysis. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2013, 34(12): 4449–4465.

Zuo Wang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xingfa Gu, Xuezhi Feng, Xiaoying Li, Hailiang Gao, Hui Li, Jintang Lin, Xueliang Zhang. Uncertainty analysis of cross-calibration for HJ-1 CCD camera. Science China Technological Sciences, 2013, 55(3): 713–723.

Xueliang Zhang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng. An unsupervised evaluation method for remotely sensed imagery segmentation. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2012, 9(2): 156–160.

Ke Wang, Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Guiping Wu. Image feature detection from phase congruency based on two-dimensional Hilbert transform. Pattern Recognition Letters, 2011, 32(15): 2015–2024.

Pengfeng Xiao*, Xuezhi Feng, Ru An, Shuhe Zhao. Segmentation of multispectral high-resolution satellite imagery using log Gabor filters. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2010, 31(2): 1427–1439.

Conference presentations

Pengfeng Xiao, Yuanbiao Dong. Spatiotemporal changes in Arctic ice road potential areas and their accessibility contributions. International Conference on the Response Mechanism of Global Ice and Snow to Climate Change and the Exploitation of Ice and Snow Resources, oral presentation, 2023/2/26–28, Urumqi, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Yuanbiao Dong. Spatiotemporal changes in the Pan-Arctic ice road potential areas and their impact on land accessibility. The Annual Academic Conference of the China-Norway Marine University Consortium Alliance 2022, oral presentation, 2022/11/14–16, Qingdao, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Yue Zhuo, Xueliang Zhang, Xuezhi Feng, Yina Song. Retrieving dry snow depth based on co-polarized phase difference of X-band radar image. 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2019), poster presentation, 2019/07/28–08/02, Yokohama, Japan.

Pengfeng Xiao. Retrieving dry snow depth from copolar phase difference of radar image in Altay. The 2nd International Symposium on Watershed Geographic Sciences (ISWSGS2018), oral presentation, 2018/10/11–14, Nanjing, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Maggi Kelly, Qinghua Guo, Qin Ma. Comparison of Individual Tree Crown Delineation Using High Resolution Multispectral Image and Lidar Data. 2016 International Symposium on Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA 2016), oral presentation, 2016/09/14–16, Enschede, Netherlands.

Pengfeng Xiao, Xueliang Zhang, Min Yuan. Cosegmentation of high-resolution remotely sensed images: a new framework for object-based change detection. ISPRS Workshop on Mobility and Land Cover Change Mapping, oral presentation, 2015/12/05–06, Changsha, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Maggi Kelly, Qinghua Guo. Comparing individual tree segmentation based on high resolution multispectral image and lidar data. 2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (AGU 2014), oral presentation, 2014/12/15–19, San Francisco, United States.

Pengfeng Xiao. High-spatial resolution remote sensing: a visiting scholar introduction. Kelly Research & Outreach Lab Meeting, oral presentation, 2014/04/30, Berkeley, United States.

Pengfeng Xiao, Haixing Li, Lingxiao Wang, Yongke Yang, Weiding Feng, Xiao Chang. Detecting large-scale land cover change in China over the past 30 years. Beijing Symposium on Global Change, poster presentation, 2013/09/23–25, Beijing, China.

Pengfeng Xiao. Satellite snow cover in Manas River Basin: current research and the future. Seminar on Satellite Snow Cover Monitoring and the Effects of Climate Change in Tianshan Area, oral presentation, 2011/10/17, Nanjing, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Xuezhi Feng, Hui Li, Wei Wan. Lake investigation using remotely sensed data in Tibetan Plateau. Proceedings of Joint Conference of the 5th International Symposium on the Tibetan Plateau and the 24th Himalaya- Karakorum-Tibet Workshop, oral presentation, 2009/08/11–14, pp. 156, Beijing, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Xuezhi Feng, Hui Li. Multispectral remotely sensed imagery segmentation based on first fundamental form. Proceedings of 2009 Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event, poster presentation, 2009/05/20–22, vol. 1–3, pp. 1176–1180, Shanghai, China.

Pengfeng Xiao. Multispectral QuickBird-2 image segmentation based on vector field model. International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, The XXI Congress of the ISPRS, oral presentation, 2008/07/03–11, vol. 37, part B4, pp. 1171–1176, Beijing, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Xuezhi Feng, Shuhe Zhao, Jiangfeng She. Multispectral IKONOS image segmentation based on texture marker-controlled watershed algorithm. Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Multispectral Image Processing and Pattern Recognition (MIPPR 2007), oral presentation, 2007/11/15–17, vol. 6790, pp. 67900U, Wuhan, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Xuezhi Feng, Shuhe Zhao, Shijie Xie, Peifa Wang, Rami Badawi. Applying texture marker-controlled watershed transform to the segmentation of IKONOS image. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Geoinformatics, oral presentation, 2007/05/25–27, vol. 6752, pp. 67520W, Nanjing, China.

Pengfeng Xiao, Xuezhi Feng, Shuhe Zhao. Feature detection from IKONOS pan imagery based on Phase Congruency. Proceedings of the 13th SPIE European Symposium on Remote Sensing, poster presentation, 2006/09/11–16, vol. 6365, pp. 63650F, Stockholm, Sweden.