Xingming Liang

Xingming Liang received the Ph.D. degree in remote sensing from the Saga University, Saga, Japan, in 2005. He is currently an Associate Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS), University of Maryland (UMD), College Park, MD, USA. He subsequently served as a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Institute of Ocean Energy Saga University until 2007. From 2007 to 2016, he worked as a Research Scientist with the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, and developed the NOAA leading sea surface temperature (SST) product—Advanced Clear-Sky Processor over Ocean and SST real-time monitoring system—Monitoring of Infrared Clear-sky Radiance over Ocean for SST in collaboration with the NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research SST team. From 2016 to 2019, he served as a Senior Scientist with the Earth Resources Technology Inc., where he supported VIIRS calibration and validation and NOAA Integrated Calibration and Validation System system. Since 2019, he has been working with the CISESS, UMD, focusing on ATMS calibration and validation, artificial intelligence applications in remote sensing, data assimilation, and radiative transfer model.