Yiming Xu

Contact Details: 

Email: xuyiming@btbu.edu.cn

Office: Building #1, East Campus, Xizhong 2# Office

Position

Lecturer, Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Beijing Technology and Business University, 2017-until now

Education Background

Bachelor of Engineering, Environmental Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China, 2005-2009

Master of Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 2009-2012

Ph.D, Interdisciplinary Ecology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

Research Field/Interests

Environmental Science, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System, Soil Science, Spatial Modelling, Data mining

Publications

1. Yiming Xu, Scot E. Smith, Sabine Grunwald, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Suhas P. Wani. Effects of image pansharpening on soil total nitrogen prediction models in South India[J]. Geoderma, 2018, 320:52–66.

2. Yiming Xu, Scot E. Smith, Sabine Grunwald, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Suhas P. Wani, and Vimala D. Estimating soil total nitrogen in smallholder farm settings using remote sensing spectral indices and regression kriging[J]. Catena, 2018, 163:111-122.

3. Yiming Xu, Scot E. Smith, Sabine Grunwald, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Suhas P. Wani. Incorporation of satellite remote sensing pan-sharpened imagery into digital soil prediction and mapping models to characterize soil property variability in small agricultural fields [J]. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2017, 123: 1-19.

4. Yiming Xu, Scot E. Smith, Sabine Grunwald, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Suhas P. Wani, and Vimala D. Nair. "Spatial downscaling of soil prediction models based on weighted generalized additive models in smallholder farm settings." Environmental monitoring and assessment 189, no. 10 (2017): 502.

5. Yiming Xu, Scot E. Smith, Sabine Grunwald, Amr Abd-Elrahman, Suhas P. Wani. Evaluating the effect of remote sensing image spatial resolution on soil exchangeable potassium prediction models in smallholder farm settings. Journal of Environmental Management. 2017 Sep 15;200:423-33.

6. Xuelei Wang, and Yiming Xu*. "Soil heavy metal dynamics and risk assessment under long-term land use and cultivation conversion." Environmental Science and Pollution Research 22.1 (2015): 264-274.

7. Yiming Xu, Yong Li, Wei Ouyang, Fanghua Hao, Zili Ding, Delin Wang. (2012). The impact of long-term agricultural development on the wetlands landscape pattern in Sanjiang Plain. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 13, 2012, 1922-1932.

8. Fanghua Hao, Xuehui Lai, Wei Ouyang, Yiming Xu, Xinfeng Wei, and Kaiyu Song. "Effects of land use changes on the ecosystem service values of a reclamation farm in Northeast China." Environmental management 50, no. 5 (2012): 888-899.

9. Ouyang Wei, Yiming Xu, Fanghua Hao, Xuelei Wang, Chen Siyang, and Chunye Lin. "Effect of long-term agricultural cultivation and land use conversion on soil nutrient contents in the Sanjiang Plain." Catena 104 (2013): 243-250.

Teaching Interests

Human and Environment, Clearer Production and Circular Economy, ArcGIS Application, GIS in Land Resource Management, Remote Sensing, Programming for GIS & Remote Sensing, Sustainable Natural Resource Management, Soil Science