DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3974/geodp.2021.04.16
CSTR:
https://cstr.escience.org.cn/CSTR:20146.99.2021.04.16
Prof. Li, Guoqing was Honored the GEO Individual Excellence
Award 2021
Editorial office of Journal
of Global Change Data & Discovery
Prof.
Li, Guoqing, Associate Chief Editor of the Digital
Journal of Global Change Data Repository and Director of the National Earth
Observation Data Center, Professor of Institute of Aerospace Information
Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, was honored the GEO Individual Excellent
Award 2021 on November 26, 2021.
Wang,
Qi’an, director of the National Remote Sensing Center, presented the
certification to Prof. Li, Guoqing
Prof. Li has been
engaged in GEO data sharing activities and inferred remote sensing applications
for a long time. He was the leading scientist to establish the National Earth
Observation Science Data Center. He is now serving as member of China GEO
Scientific Committee, co-chair of AOGEO (GEO in Asia and Pacific Region) Data
Sharing Task Group. He has been working on promoting GEO data sharing, and
application for more than 20 years. He is the leader in operation of China’s
National Integrated Earth Observation Data Sharing Platform, and contributor for
the international rescue of nearly 30 major disaster data emergency responses
carried out by China’s GEO.
Prof. Li is an
excellent expert who promotes international cooperation. He has worked
internationally with the European Space Agency (ESA/ESRIN), George Mason
University (GMU), Purdue University (Purdue), Space Research Institute of the
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences (NASU), University of Salzburg, Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), the National Institute
for Environment Studies (NIES), and the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change
Research (APN).
GEO, established in
February 2005, is the largest and most authoritative intergovernmental
international organization in earth observation. The GEO Excellence Individual
Award was proposed by the GEO Project Management Committee in 2019. Every year,
3–4 individuals with outstanding devotion and dedication to GEO Mission are
selected to recognize their exceptional personal contributions to the
international community through earth observation.