Professor GUO Huadong, Director-General of the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), was elected as a member of Earth Science
Department of the Chinese Academy of Sciences on December 9th,2011. He is the
first person in AIR to be elected to the prestigious position,and the
election is not only his personal,lifelong honor, but a boon to AIR’s
development. His success is celebrated in hopes that it will strengthen the
center’s ability to work toward national strategic demands, international
scientific and technological frontiers, the “Innovation 2020” initiative, and
the sustainable development of AIR.
In the past 30 years, Prof. GUO has played a leading role in radar
remote sensing research and applications both in China and internationally. He
established a radar scattering geometric model for non-vegetated sand dunes,
methods for land identification using multi-frequency and multi-temporal radar,
and conducted pioneering research in spatial information. His research on radar
systems revealed features in radar’s electromagnetic interaction mechanism. The
non-vegetated sand dunes geometric scattering model theoretically proved SAR’s
penetration ability through dry sand. He developed radar polarimetric theory
and researched the de-polarization phenomena of volcanic lava and
multi-polarization phenomena of plants. His processing and identification
methods, using multi-frequency and multi-temporal radar, have made important
contributions to national demands in disaster mitigation and mineral
surveying.The Digital Earth concept technical model and the “Digital Earth
Prototype System DEPS/CAS”, developed under Prof. GUO, are considered a
“milestone contribution” by international peers. He co-founded the
International Society for Digital Earth, established the “International Journal
of Digital Earth”, serving as the editor in chief, and promoted the development
of global Digital Earth research. Prof. GUO has published more than 300 papers
and 15 monographs and books. He is the principal awardee of 13 national prizes,
including four second-and third-class prizes of the National Progress Award for
Science and Technology, two first-class prizes of the CAS Natural Science
Award, four first-and second-class prizes of the CAS Science and Technology
Advancement Awards, and the second-class prize of the National Progress Award
for Science and Technology in 2010. He also received the Boon Indrambarya Gold
Medal award in 2009.
The CAS Academician of the highest national academic title is
awarded to people who made systematic, creative achievements and significant
contributions to the progress of science, technology, and their country, and
have exceptional research and scholarly achievements.
In the afternoon of December 9, CAS
President BAI Chunli awards the Academician Certification to GUO Huadong (left),
who is newly elected CAS academician, scientist of Earth Science
