Faculty Member
Prof. ZHENG Qiming
Assistant Professor
BSc (Zhejiang University)
PhD (Zhejiang University)
Postdoc (NUS)
(852) 3943-6596
qmzheng@cuhk.edu.hk Visit personal website >RESEARCH PROJECTS
Research Grants and Projects (External)
PI. Building height estimation with context information. Alibaba DAMO Academy – AI Earth Joint Research & Innovation Programme. 09/2023 – 03/2024
Research Grants and Projects (Internal)
PI. Supporting both food security and climate change mitigation with abandoned cropland: potential and trade-offs. Direct Grant, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 03/2023 – 06/2024, HK$ 250,000
PI. Exploring the spatiotemporal pattern of polycentric cities based on night-time light remote sensing data. Research Fund for Academic Star Program, Zhejiang University, 01/2019 – 06/2020, RMB 40,000
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=azf48tgAAAAJ&hl=en
Dong, B., Zheng, Q.*, Lin, Y., Chen, B., Ye, Z., Huang, C., . . . Wang, K. (2024). Integrating physical model-based features and spatial contextual information to estimate building height in complex urban areas. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103625
Zheng, Q., Seto, K. C., Zhou, Y., You, S., & Weng, Q. (2023). Nighttime light remote sensing for urban applications: Progress, challenges, and prospects. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 202, 125-141. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.05.028
Zheng, Q.*, Ha, T., Prishchepov, A. V., Zeng, Y., Yin, H., & Koh, L. P. (2023). The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation. Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-41837-y
Teo, H. C., Tan, N. H. L., Zheng, Q., Lim, A. J. Y., Sreekar, R., Chen, X., . . . Koh, L. P. (2023). Uncertainties in deforestation emission baseline methodologies and implications for carbon markets. Nature Communications, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44127-9
Zheng, Q.*, Weng, Q., Zhou, Y., & Dong, B. (2022). Impact of temporal compositing on nighttime light data and its applications. Remote Sensing of Environment, 274, 113016. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113016
Zheng, Q.*, Siman, K., Zeng, Y., Teo, H. C., Sarira, T. V., Sreekar, R., & Koh, L. P. (2022). Future land-use competition constrains natural climate solutions. Science of The Total Environment, 156409. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156409
Teo, H. C., Raghavan, S. V., He, X., Zeng, Z., Cheng, Y., Zheng Q.., . . . Koh, L. P. (2022). Large-scale reforestation can increase water yield and reduce drought risk for water-insecure regions in the Asia-Pacific. Glob Chang Biol, 28(21), 6385-6403. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16404
Zheng, Q., Weng, Q., & Wang, K. (2021). Characterizing urban land changes of 30 global megacities using nighttime light time series stacks. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 173, 10-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.01.002
Teo, H. C., Zeng, Y., Sarira, T. V., Fung, T. K., Zheng, Q., Song, X. P., … & Koh, L. P. (2021). Global urban reforestation can be an important natural climate solution. Environmental Research Letters, 16(3), 034059. http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abe783
Zheng, Q., Weng, Q., & Wang, K. (2020). Correcting the Pixel Blooming Effect (PiBE) of DMSP-OLS nighttime light imagery. Remote Sensing of Environment, 240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111707
Ye, Y., Deng, J., Huang, L., Zheng, Q., Wang, K., Tong, C., & Hong, Y. (2020). Modeling and Prediction of NPP-VIIRS Nighttime Light Imagery Based on Spatiotemporal Statistical Method. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.3011695
Zheng, Q., Weng, Q., & Wang, K. (2019). Developing a new cross-sensor calibration model for DMSP-OLS and Suomi-NPP VIIRS night-light imageries. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 153, 36-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2019.04.019
Zheng, Q., Weng, Q., Huang, L., Wang, K., Deng, J., Jiang, R., . . . Gan, M. (2018). A new source of multi-spectral high spatial resolution night-time light imagery—JL1-3B. Remote Sensing of Environment, 215, 300-312. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.06.016
Teaching Fields
- Remote Sensing of Environment
- Geographic Information System
- Sustainable Development
Research interests
- Remote sensing of urban environment;
- Global environmental and climate changes;
- Land-based solutions for climate change mitigation;
- Night-time light remote sensing
Services/ Posts
Editorial Board Member, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2022 – present)
Editor, Frontier of Remote Sensing (2023 – present)
Director of Publicity, Executive Committee of IEEE GRSS Hong Kong Chapter (2024 – present)
Reviewer of 40 research journals (reviewed more than 180 manuscripts), including PNAS, Nature Ecology & Evolution, RSE, ISPRS Journal, Applied Energy, TGRS, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Building and Environment, etc.
