Sun Yuan
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. student in Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, Tongji University, China
B.Sc. in Surveying and Mapping Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Research Areas
Space-borne LiDAR; Data Filtering and Classification; ICESat-2
Research Interests
Yuan's research focuses on the ICESat-2 satellite, with the emphasis on on-orbit filtering, ground filtering, ground classification and quality evaluation of ICESat-2 data, aiming to extract accurate land and vegetation heights as a basis for estimating large-scale biomass and biomass changes.
Biography
Yuan is a PhD student at Tongji University. She joined the Center for Nature-Based Climate Solutions with a scholarship from China Scholarship Council.
Selected Publications
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Y. Sun, H. Xie, et al., Retrieving Telemetry Range from ICESat-2 Data by a No-Prior-Terrain Onboard Filtering Algorithm. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2025.
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Y. Sun, H. Xie, et al., Potential and performance for classifying land surface only with ICESat-2 altimetric data. Advances in Space Research, 2024.
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Xie, H., Y. Sun, et al., Converting along-track photons into a point-region quadtree to assist with ICESat-2-based canopy cover and ground photon detection. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2022.
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Xie, H., Y. Sun, et al., Shore Zone Classification from ICESat-2 Data over Saint Lawrence Island. Marine Geodesy, 2021.