Zhong Min, Professor II, PhD supervisor and discipline leader of School of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University.
He was the director of the Key Laboratory of Dynamic Geodesy of Chinese Academy of Sciences, the assistant director of the Institute of Surveying and Geophysics of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the director of Geodetic Instrument Research Laboratory. He has long been devoted to theoretical and applied research on satellite gravity, Earth rotation, and climate change. His current research team is dedicated to 1) the research on the ground system of Tianqin-2 gravity satellite, satellite gravity inversion and climate change applications; 2) the development of polar absolute gravity instrument; 3) InSAR monitoring and ocean mapping. He was awarded the title of "Outstanding Contribution to Young and Middle-aged Experts" in Hubei Province.
The team is looking for professors, associate professors, postdocs, full-time research positions and technical positions, and welcomes excellent undergraduates and master students to apply for master and doctoral degrees.
Educational Experience
Graduated from Institute of Surveying and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1990, majoring in solid geophysics
Work Experience
1996 - 2002 Associate Researcher, Institute of Surveying and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
2002 - 2018 Researcher, Institute of Surveying and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
2018 - 2021 Researcher, Institute of Precision Measurement Science and Technology Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
2021 - Professor and Discipline Leader, School of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, Sun Yat-SEN University.
Representative Publications:
1. Zhong Min, Naito I, Kitoh A. Atmospheric, hydrological and ocean current contributions to Earth’s annual wobble and length-of-day signals based on output from a climate model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2003, 108(B1), 2057, doi:10, 1029/2001JB000457
2. Zhong Min, Yan Haoming, Wu Xiaoping et al. Non-tidal oceanic contribution to polar wobble estimated from two oceanic assimilation data sets, Journal of Geodynamics, 2006, 41:147–154
3. Zhong Min, Duan Jianbin, Xu Houze, etc.,Trend of China land water storage redistribution at medi- and large-spatial scales in recent five years by satellite gravity observations，Chinese Science Bulletin, 2009, 54(5) 816-821, doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1005.2008.00225
4. Feng Wei, Zhong Min, Jean-Michel Lemoine, Richard Biancale, Hsu Hou-Tse., Xia Jun Evaluation of groundwater depletion in North China using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) data and ground-based measurements, Water Resources Research, 2013, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20192
5. Zhong Yulong, Zhong Min, Feng Wei, Zhang Zizhan, Shen Yingchun, Wu Dingcheng, Groundwater Depletion in the West Liaohe River Basin, China and Its Implications Revealed by GRACE and In Situ Measurements. Remote Sensing, 2018, 10(4):493. DOI:10.3390/rs1004 0493
6. Zhong Yulong, Feng Wei, Humphrey Vincent, Zhong Min. Human-Induced and Climate-Driven Contributions to Water Storage Variations in the Haihe River Basin, China. Remote Sensing, 2019, 11(24). DOI:10.3390/rs11243050
7. Ran Yanhong, Zhong Min, Chen Wei, Zhong Yulong, Feng Wei. Monitoring the extreme drought in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in 2019 from GRACE-FO satellites. Chinese Science Bulletin-Chinese 2021, 66 (1), 107-117. DOI:10.1360/TB-2020-0375
Scientific Research Projects
At present, he is responsible for one National Natural Science Instrument Major Fund (free application), one project on the surface, and one project on the 13th Five-Year Plan National Major Research Facility.
Part-time academic positions
Executive member of the "Gravity" Committee of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
Deputy Director of Earth Observation Committee, China Earthquake Society
