Research Interest :

Spatial Analysis and Modeling of Emerging Contaminants, Intelligent Watershed Computing, Environmental Big Data and Spatial Intelligence

Featured Publications :

1. Zhao, F.-H., Huang, J.*, & Zhu, A-X. (2023). Spatial prediction of groundwater level change based on the Third Law of Geography. International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 37(10), 2129-2149

2. Zhao, F.-H., et al. (2026). Predicting the spatial distribution of vegetation alliances with ecological knowledge under sample-limited conditions. Journal of Plant Ecology, rtag001

3. Zhao, F.-H., An, Y.-M., Qin, C.-Z.*, Zhu, A-X., Yang, L., Qi, F. (2025) Digital soil mapping based on the similarity of geographic environment over spatial neighborhoods. International Journal of Digital Earth, 18(1), 2471507

4. Zhao, F.-H., Qin, C.-Z., Zhu, A-X.*, Pei, T. (2025). A multivariate spatial structure indicator based on geographic similarity. International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 39(7),1518-1539.

5. Zhao, F.-H., Zhu, A-X., Qin, C.-Z.* (2024). Spatial distribution pattern analysis using variograms over geographic and feature space. Geo-spatial Information Science, 30(2), 199-214

6. Yang, J., Zhao, F.-H., Li, M., Jiang, P., Hu, Z. (2026). Reconfiguring China’s interprovincial rice distribution to support low-carbon goals under climate change. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 228, 108816

7. Fan, N.-Q., Zhao, F.-H., Zhu, L. J., Qin, C. Z.*, & Zhu, A-X. (2022). Digital soil mapping with adaptive consideration of the applicability of environmental covariates over large areas. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 113, 102986.

8. Zhu, A-X., Zhao, F.-H.*, Liang, P., & Qin, C. Z. (2020). Next generation of GIS: must be easy. Annals of GIS, 27(1), 71-86. (Best paper award)

9. Zhu, A-X., Zhao, F.-H.*, Pan, H. B., & Liu, J. Z. (2021). Mapping Rice Paddy Distribution Using Remote Sensing by Coupling Deep Learning with Phenological Characteristics. Remote Sensing, 13(7), 1360. 

10. Liu C., …, Zhao, F.-H., … Guo, K. (2020). The vegetation map of the Tibetan Plateau (1: 500,000). National Science Review, nwag418.

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