Independent experts nominated by country party

Changzhen Yan

Title
Prof.
First name
Changzhen
Last name
Yan
Gender
M
Nominating Country
Date of Nomination
Discipline of Expertise
Geography
Other Disciplines
Remote sensing
Ecology/Ecosystems
Other
Thematic Areas
Remote sensing
UN languages spoken

English

Geographical Focus
China
Job function
Researcher
Division
Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute
Email
yancz@lzb.ac.cn
Telephone number
86 09314967548
Work experience
The desertification developing process in last 35 years has been evaluated in North China using Landsat MSS,TM/ETM images. _x000D_
Land use/cover change in last 35 years has been monitor in Northwest China using Landsat MSS,TM/ETM images. _x000D_
Assessing the ecological and environmental effects of the Three-North Shelter Forest by remote sensing method
Highest Academic achievement and qualification
Phd. Degree,GIS, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Science
Number of Publications
20
Publication titles
1.Corridor from a land cover database: an approach that combines remote sensing with GIS. Environmental Geology, 2009, 7:707–713. _x000D_
2. C.Z. Yan, T. Wang, Z.W. Han, Surveying sandy deserts and desertified lands in north-western China by remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2007. Vol. 28, No. 16, 20 August 2007: p.3603-3618. _x000D_
3. C.Z. Yan, X. Song, Y.M. Zhou, H.C. Duan, et 2009. Assessment of aeolian desertification trends from 1975's to 2005's in the watershed of the Longyangxia Reservoir in the upper reaches of China's Yellow River. Geomorphology , Volume 112, Issues 3-4, 15 November 2009, Pages 205-211 _x000D_
4. Yan, Changzhen; Wang, Tao; Guo, Jian; Zhang, Yong. Evaluating effects of national key eco-environment conservation projects by vegetation change on the Loess Plateau of China. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), v 4, 25th Anniversary IGARSS 2005: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005, p 2281-2283. _x000D_
5. Yan, Changzhen; Wang, Tao; Han, Zhiwen. Using MODIS data to assess land desertification in Ordos Plateau - Mu us sandy land case study. International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), v 4, 25th Anniversary IGARSS 2005: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2005, p 2373-2375.
Other activities
1. The member of editors of the Journal of Chinese Desert
Organisation name
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Organisation street address
No. 260 West Donggang Road, 730000
Organisation city
Lanzhou Gansu Province
Organisation country
China