Dr. Xiang Gao

Dr. Gao had conducted the research in a wide range of topics, including the development and application of land-surface models, remote sensing of vegetation biophysical parameters, characterizing climate extremes (heavy precipitation, heat wave) and their responses to shifts in climate regimes, global hydrological cycle, arctic permafrost degradation and associated biogeochemistry impacts, and risk-based water resource assessment. She has actively involved in several national and international projects of different disciplines, including the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), the 2nd Global Soil Wetness Project (GSWP-2), and the NASA Energy and Water Cycle Study (NEWS). She currently serves as the Principal Investigator of NASA Science Utilization of Soil Moisture Active Passive (SUSMAP) project and a member of Permafrost Carbon Network.