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China

Project Leader and Regional RS/GIS

He has developed methods to better use the high spatial and temporal variability inherent in time-series remote sensing for regional hydrology applied research. He will be involved in the spatial modelling in both countries., coordinating the overall project, ensuring project reports and milestones are delivered on-time and on-budget.

Project Leader

He has extensive regional spatial information systems experience and more recently has been intensively involved in project management and scientific administration. Li Rui will coordinate Chinese scientists, ensuring resource availability, and will work on project reporting and coordination with Dr Tim McVicar.

Regional Hydrology

Has extensive experience in hydrology modelling, using both 'top-down' and 'bottom-up' approaches. Previously Lu Zhang has modelled the change to average annual runoff as a function of land-use change, reducing (clearing) and increasing (re-vegetation and plantations) the area of catchments planted with trees.

Regional GIS

He has extensive experience in modelling regional soil erosion and regional database development. In this project he will perform the daily management and regional GIS modelling. Yang Qinke also has the important role of being the day-to-day manager and the Chinese point of contact for communication between the two teams.

Regional GIS/RS

He has skills in regional spatial information system development (both remote sensing and GIS) and is an experienced ArcView programmer, currently developing Visual Basic Applications experience. In the project he will assist developing the spatial models tools (especially the prototypes developed in ArcView) and will provide supporting GIS skills when needed.

Regional Eco-hydrology

Leads a group to assess the impact of regional soil conservation within ISWC. He has extensive eco-hydrological experience and soil moisture modelling for the entire Loess Plateau. In this project he will perform regional hydrologic modelling.

Web Programmer and GIS/ RS Database Developer

with skills in development of spatial databases, from both GIS and remote sensing sources. He will have programming skills with object-orientated languages such as JAVA, Delphi, and experience in database programming.

Yong'an Zhao

WWW Software Development and Hardware Support

He has installed and maintained the computing resources for ISWC, including computer, printer and network facilities. He has extensive knowledge and experience of programming, mainly in FORTRAN, C++ and the Web-based language JAVA. In this project he will ensure that there are suitable hardware and network facilities to 'serve' the Web-based GIS tool.

Web Programmer

Mr Harold Hotham, is an experienced software engineer, with extensive experience in Web-based development using JAVA and Delphi. In the project Harold will provide expertise and guidance to the specifically appointed Support Scientist to ensure delivery of the Web-based scenario modelling tool.

Wen Zhongming Land Suitability Assessment

He has conducted research mapping re-vegetation from remotely sensed data and has a background in plant physiology. He will be involved in producing maps of planned re-vegetation by matching plant type suitability with water resource constraints.

Admin Support

Ms Tanya Jacobson, is a highly experienced and effective Personal Assistant, she is organised and often books accommodation, international travel (often requesting ancillary information before others think of the issue) and can assist, if required, in mail outs.

GIS and Data Management

She has experience in land-use change survey and assessment using remote sensing and GIS analysis, and expert system development. In this project she will develop regional climate, land-use, runoff databases and be involved in spatial modelling.

Hydrology

Mr Gao Peng, is a Masters Student of Dr Mu Xingming, in 1997 he completed his Bachelor Degree of Engineering from Northwest Agricultural University.

Director, CRC for Catchment Hydrology

Catchment Modelling

Dr Liu Wenzhao, leads the eco-hydrology and catchment management group of ISWC and is vice-director of Ansai station. He has extensive research experience in soil moisture and hydrology processes modelling. In this project he will undertake catchment hydrologic modelling.