Short Biography

He is currently Associate Professor at Beihang University. He obtained the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Geophysics from Ocean University of China (Qingdao, China) in 2000 and 2003, respectively, followed by the Ph.D. degree in Cartography and Geographic Information System from the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing, China) in 2007. He has served as a visiting scholar at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany, and Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) in United Kingdom. His research focuses on fundamental theories and applications of environmental remote sensing, with achievements including over 70 academic papers, 4 monographs and 1 textbook, 40+ patents and 10+ software copyrights.

Research Area

1. Ecological and Environmental Remote Sensing including water quality, polluted and greenhouse gas, and land ecological simulation

2. Big Data Analysis and Intelligent Computing in Remote Sensing

3. Remote Sensing for Carbon Verification

4. Remote Sensing Image Processing

Courses

1. “Remote sensing physics” for graduate students

2. “Remote sensing principal and application” for undergraduate students

Papers & Books

1. Guanhua Zhou, Chen Tian, Yaxin Han, Chunyue Niu, Haoyu Miao, Guifei Jing, Guangjian Yan, Feng Zhao, Shubha Sathyendranath. Canopy reflectance modeling of row aquatic vegetation: AVRM and AVMC. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2024, 311(2024), 114296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114296

2. Guanhua Zhou, Song Yang, Shubha Sathyendranath, Trevor Platt. Canopy modeling of aquatic vegetation: a geometric optical approach (AVGO). Remote Sensing of Environment, 245 (2020) 111829. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111829

3. Guanhua Zhou, Chunyue Niu, Wujian Xu, Wenna Yang, Jiwen Wang, Huijie Zhao. Canopy modeling of aquatic vegetation: a radiative transfer approach. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2015. 163,186-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.015

4. Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Alejandro Casallas, Guanhua Zhou*, Kai Zhang, Guifei Jing, Aamir Ali, Ellie Lopez-Barrera, Luis Carlos Belalcazar, Nestor Rojas, Hongzhi Jian, High-Resolution Anthropogenic Emission Inventories with Deep Learning in Northern South America，Remote Sensing of Environment, 2025 (324) 114761. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114761

5. Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Guanhua Zhou*, Guifei Jing, Kai Zhang, Liangfu Chen, Lin Chen, Yumin Tan. Global Daily Column Average CO2 at 0.1° × 0.1° Spatial Resolution Integrating OCO-3, GOSAT, CAMS with EOF and Deep Learning. Scientific data. 2025,12(1):268. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04135-w

6. Guanhua Zhou, Wujian Xu, Chunyue Niu, Huijie Zhao. The Polarization Patterns of Skylight Reflected off Wave Water Surface. Optics Express,2013,21(26):32549-32565. DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.032549. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.032549

7. Franz Pablo Antezana Lopeza, Guanhua Zhou*, Lizandra Paye Vargasb, Guifei Jing, Maria Elena Oscori Marcab, Maritza Villalobos Quispeb, Estefany Antonio Ticonab, Neyza Maribel Mollericona Tonconib. Lithium quantification estimate based on random forest algorithm: A case study of Coipasa salt flats, Bolivia. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoiformation, 117 (2023) 103184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2023.103184

8. Aamir Ali, Guanhua Zhou*, Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Chongbin Xu, Guifei Jing, Yumin Tan. Deep learning for water quality multivariate assessment in inland water across China. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoiformation, 133 (2024) 104078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.104078

9. Guanhua Zhou, Chen Tian*, Chunyue Niu, Guifei Jing, Haoyu Miao, Zhifeng Li. Short time cloud-free image reconstruction based on time series images. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023, 16：51-65. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2023.3290679

10. Aamir Ali, Guanhua Zhou*, Guifei Jing, Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Kang Sun, Cheng Jiang, Zhongqi Mag, Yumin Tan, XGB-2DCNN based Dissolved Oxygen Inversion for Coastal Water. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3598875

11. Guanhua Zhou，Jiwen Wang, Wujian Xu, Kai Zhang, Zhongqi Ma, Polarization patterns of transmitted celestial light under wavy water surfaces. Remote Sensing, 2017.9(4),324. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs9040324

12. Guanhua Zhou, Zhongqi Ma, Shubha Sathyendranath, Trevor Platt, Cheng Jiang and Kang Sun. Canopy reflectance modeling of aquatic vegetation for algorithm development: Global sensitivity analysis. Remote Sensing, 2018,10(6),837. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10060837.

13. Guanhua Zhou, Wujian Xu,Chunyue Niu. A Versatile Time-dependent Spatial Distribution Model of Sun Glint for Satellite Based Ocean Imaging. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 11(1), 016020 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.11.016020.

14. Haseeb Ur Rehman, Guanhua Zhou*, Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Hongzhi Jiang. Harmonization of Gaofen-1/WFV imagery with the HLS dataset 2 using Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks. Remote sensing, 2025,17, 2995. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17172995

15. Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Guanhua Zhou*, Guifei Jing, Kai Zhang, Yumin Tan, XCO2 and XCH4 reconstruction using GOSAT satellite data based on EOF-Algorithm. Remote sensing. 2022,14(11), 2622. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14112622

16. Rana Ahmad Faraz Ishaq, Guanhua Zhou*, Guifei Jing, Syed Roshaan Ali Shah, Aamir Ali, Muhammad Imran, Hongzhi Jiang, Obaid-ur-Rehman. Geospatial robust wheat yield prediction using machine learning and integrated crop growth model and time series satellite data. Remote Sensing, 2025, 17, 1140. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17071140

17. Rana Ahmad Faraz Ishaq, Guanhua Zhou*, Cheng Tian, Yumin Tan，Guifei Jing, Hongzhi Jiang and Obaid-ur-Rehman. A Systematic Review of Radiative Transfer Models for Crop Yield Prediction and Crop Traits. Remote Sensing, 2024, 16,121. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs160101212024.

18. Rana Ahmad Faraz Ishaq, Guanhua Zhou*, Aamir Ali, Syed Roshaan Ali Shah, Cheng Jiang, Zhongqi Ma, Kang Sun, Hongzhi Jiang. A synergistic framework for coupling crop growth, radiative transfer and machine learning to estimate wheat crop traits in Pakistan. Remote Sensing, 2024,16, 4386. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16234386

19. Guanhua Zhou, Yue Zhang, Zhongqi Ma, Wujian Xu, Kai Zhang, Junhui Liu, Yumin Tan. A geostastic method to determine the pixel distance in structure function model for aerosol optical depth inversion. Atmosphere, 2017.8(6): 1-16. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8010006.

20. Guanhua Zhou, Zhiyuan Wang, Haoyu Miao, Cheng Jiang and Guifei Jing. Wetland Classification in Poyang Lake Using Dual-polarization Synthetic Aperture Radar Data with Feature Combination. Sensors and Materials, 2021,33(12): 4607-4621. https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM.2021.3590

21. Guanhua Zhou, Sizhong Chen, Anqi Li, Chongbin Xu, Guifei Jing, Qian Chen, Shunjie Tang, Meile Lv and Kejian Xiao. Pollution Source Apportionment of River Tributary Based on PMF Receptor Model and Water Quality Remote Sensing in Xinjian River, China. Water 2023, 15, 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15010007

22. Muhammad Imran, Guanhua Zhou*, Guifei Jing, Chongbin Xu, Yumin Tan,Rana Ahmad Faraz Ishaq, Muhammad Kamran Lodhi, Maimoona Yasinzai, Ubaid Akbar and Anwar Ali. Assessing Above-Ground Biomass Dynamics and Carbon Sequestration Potential Using Machine Learning and Spaceborne LiDAR in Hilly Conifer Forests of Mansehra District, Pakistan. Forests, 2025, 16(2), 330; https://doi.org/10.3390/f16020330

23. Yasir Shabbir, Zhou Guanhua, Obaid-ur-Rehman, Syed Roshaan Ali Shah, Rana Ahmad Faraz Ishaq. Trans-boundary Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Sentinel 5P Tropospheric Nitrogen Dioxide and Total Carbon Monoxide Column with COVID-19 Lockdown Impact, Environmental monitoring and Assessment, 2024,196(291). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-024-12458-9

24. Jiahao Ren, Yizhen Chen, Xi Zhang, Yuxi Zhao, Shuang Zhu, Guanhua Zhou*, Bowen Li, Zhichun Cha, Kai Zhang. An Advection-diffusion equation-based approach to discern the meteorological factor effects on particle concentrations. Atmospheric Research, 299 (2024) 107213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.107213.

25. Jie Cheng, Xiaolong Cheng, Xiangchen Meng and Guanhua Zhou*. A Monte Carlo emissivity model for wind-roughened sea surface. Sensors. 2019,19,2166, https://doi.org/10.3390/s19092166

26. Wang, Jinhe, Xi Zhang, Qing Yang, Kai Zhang, Yue Zheng, Guanhua Zhou*. Pollution characteristics of atmospheric dustfall and heavy metals in a typical inland heavy industry city in China, Journal of Environment Sciences (2018). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2018.05.031

27. Yumin Tan，Peng Wu, Guanhua Zhou，Yunxin Li, Bingxin Bai. Combining Residual Neural Networks and Feature Pyramid Networks to Estimate Poverty using Nighttime Light Data, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2020, 13, 553-565. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2020.2968468.

28. Xiaolu Wang, Yumin Tan, Guanhua Zhou, Guifei Jing. Emolu John Francis. A framework for analyzing energy consumption in urban built-up areas based on single photonic radar and spatial big data. Energy, 2023, 130202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.130202.

29. Zhichun Cha, Xi Zhang, Kai Zhang, Guanhua Zhou, Jian Gao, Sichu Sun, Yuanguan Gao and Haiyan Liu. Atmospheric Heavy Metal Pollution Characteristics and Health Risk Assessment Across Various Type of Cities in China. Toxics, 2025, 13, 220. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13030220

30. Heidarian, P.; Antezana Lopez, F.P.; Tan, Y.; Fathtabar Firozjaee, S.; Yousefi, T.; Salehi, H.; Osman Pour, A.; Elena Oscori Marca, M.; Zhou, G.; Azhdari, A.; et al. Deep Learning and Transformer Models for Groundwater Level Prediction in the Marvdasht Plain: Protecting UNESCO Heritage Sites—Persepolis and Naqsh-e Rustam. Remote Sensing. 2025, 17, 2532. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17142532

31. Zakaria Khaldi, Jingnong Weng, Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Guanhua Zhou, Ilyes Ghedjatti and Aamir Ali. PyGEE-ST-MEDALUS: AI Spatiotemporal Framework Integrating MODIS and Sentinel-1/-2 Data for Desertification Risk Assessment in Northeastern Algeria. Remote Sensing. 2025, 17(19), 3350. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17193350

32. Mao Kebiao, Ma Ying, Xia Lang, Shen Xinyi, Sun Zhiwen, He Tianjue, Zhou Guanhua, 2014. A neural network method for monitoring snowstorm: A case study in southern China. Chinese Geographical Science, 24(5): 599-606. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-014-0675-4

33. Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Guanhua Zhou*, Guifei Jing, Lizandra Paye Vargas. Ground Motion based on Deep Learning with InSAR & Composite Geodata: Rocha River Basin, Cochabamba Case Study, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2025 (submitted).

34. Aamir Ali, Guanhua Zhou*, Franz Pablo Antezana Lopeza, Cheng Jiang, Guifei Jing. Explainable Hybrid Physics-Guided Neural Network (HPGNN) for Global Lakes Water Quality Inversion, Ecological Informatics, 2025 (submitted).

35. Aamir Ali, Guanhua Zhou*, Franz Pablo Antezana Lopez, Biochemical Oxygen Demand Estimation using Explainable Ensemble Learning Methods, Remote sensing applications-Society and environment, 2025 (submitted)

36. Muhammad Imran, Yumin Tan, Guanhua Zhou*, Guifei Jing, Maimoona Yasinzai, Rana Ahmad Faraz Ishaq. Ensemble Modelling for National-Scale Forest Site Suitability Assessment and Potential Afforestation Mapping in Pakistan. European Journal of Remote Sensing, 2025 (submitted)

37. Peng W.L, Zhou G.H, Jiang C. et al. (Ed.), 2021. Chinese Remote Sensing Satellite Application Technology, China Aerospace Publishing House, Monograph.

38. Li et al. (Ed.), 2010. Remote Sensing of Island and Coastal Environment, Science Press, Monograph.

39. Liu et al. (Ed.), 2011. Quantitative Inversion and Data Assimilation in Environmental Remote Sensing, Science Press, Monograph.

40. Li et al. (Ed.), 2012. Resource Information Technology, Higher Education Press, Textbook.