IGSNRRsupervisor:Prof.Cheng-ZhiQIN
UNNCsupervisors:DrPingFU(SchoolofGeographicalSciences)
Geomorphicmappinghasbeenwidelyusedforreconstructingtheextentanddynamicsofpaleoice,includingicesheetsandmountainglaciers.Currentapproachestogeomorphicmappingtypicallyinvolvesthemanualdigitisationofglaciallandformfeaturesfromdigitalelevationmodelsandimageswhichlargelydependsonhumanvisualinterpretationandisatime-consumingprocess.
ThePhDprojectaimstodevelopanautomatedGIS-basedapproachtodelineatingthemaintypesofglaciallandformsusingtopographicandremotely-senseddata.ThemethodwillbeappliedtotheHimalayaregiontoaidthereconstructionandanalysisofthepaleoiceextentandpatternsinthisregion.Thisregionisakeysiteforpaleoglaciology,butlacksdetailedandsystematicmappingresults.TheresultswillbecomparedwithpaleoglaciologicalstudiesintheotherregionsoftheTibetanPlateau,allowingforadetailedexaminationofthevariationsofglaciationpatternsacrosstheplateau.
InformalinquiriesmaybeaddressedtoDrPingFU(ping.fu@***.cn)andProfCheng-ZhiQIN(qincz@lreis.***),butformalapplicationsshouldfollowtheinstructionsin‘Howtoapply’sectionbelow.