Wei Feng is a professor and doctoral supervisor in the School of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology of Sun Yat-sen University. He was a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a selected member of the Hubei Provincial Hundred Talent Program, a recipient of the Hubei Outstanding Youth Fund, a visiting scholar of the University of Bonn, Germany, and a visiting scholar of the French Space Agency. In recent years, he has mainly carried out research work on space geodesy and global change, especially joint multi-source satellite geodetic observations and hydrological and oceanographic observations and model data, and carried out cross-sectional research in the fields of global and regional land water cycle and sea level change. His research results on groundwater and sea level change have been cited in the Sixth Assessment Report of IPCC. He has led two projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two international cooperation and exchange projects (Sino-French and Sino-German), one key project of the National Science Foundation of China, and one project of the National Major Science and Technology Infrastructure Project of "Precision Gravity Measurement". Currently, he is a member of the expert group of the Next Generation Satellite Gravity Program of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), chairman of the Committee on Gravity Inversion and Earth System Mass Migration of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), Chinese coordinator of the China-Europe Next Generation Satellite Gravity International Cooperation Program, and Chinese leader of the international team of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI). He is also the Chinese coordinator of the China-Europe Next Generation Satellite Gravity International Cooperation Program and the Chinese leader of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) international team.
Students with background in geodesy, geophysics, remote sensing, computer science, mathematics, etc. are welcome to apply for MSc and PhD degrees and work together in the fields of satellite geodesy and global change, ocean mapping, etc. The research team is always looking for postdoctoral and full-time researchers interested in geodesy and navigation, surface deformation monitoring, planetary geodesy, and ocean mapping, etc., with preferential treatment.
Education experience
2003.09 - 2007.07 Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Surveying and Mapping Engineering, Hohai University
2007.09 - 2013.07 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Institute of Surveying and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), PhD in Solid State Geophysics
2010.12 - 2015.03 University of Toulouse III, PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences
Work experience
2013.07 - 2015.12 Institute of Surveying and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Assistant Researcher
2016.01 - 2019.11 Institute of Surveying and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Associate
2016.08 - 2017.08 University of Bonn, Germany, Visiting Scholar
2019.12 - 2021.03 Institute of Precision Measurement Science and Technology Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Researcher
2021.03 - Present Professor, School of Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology, Sun Yat-SEN University
Representative Publications：
1. Feng W., Zhong M., J.-M. Lemoine, R. Biancale, Hsu H.-T., Xia J. 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
2. Feng W., GRAMAT: a comprehensive Matlab toolbox for estimating global mass variations from GRACE satellite data; Earth Science Informatics, 2019, 12:389-404 开源软件链接：https://github.com/fengweiigg/GRACE_Matlab_Toolbox
3. Feng W., C. Shum, Zhong M., Pan Y., Groundwater storage changes in China from satellite gravity: An overview, Remote Sensing, 2018, 10(5), 674
4. Feng W., J.-M. Lemoine, Zhong M., Hsu H.-T. Mass-induced sea level variations in the Red Sea from GRACE, steric-corrected altimetry, in-situ bottom pressure records, and hydrographic observations, Journal of Geodynamics, 2014, 78, 1-7
5. Feng W., Zhong M., Xu H. Z. Sea level variations in the South China Sea inferred from satellite gravity, altimetry and oceanographic data, Science China Earth Sciences, 2012, 55(10): 1696-1701, doi: 10.1007/s11430-012-4394-3
6. Yang Y. Y., Zhong M., Feng W.*, and D. P. Mu, 2021: Detecting regional deep ocean warming below 2000 meter based on altimetry, GRACE, Argo, and CTD data. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-021-1049-3
7. Zhong, Y., Zhong M., Feng W.*, Zhang Z., Shen Y., and Wu D. (2018), Groundwater Depletion in the West Liaohe River Basin, China and Its Implications Revealed by GRACE and In Situ Measurements, Remote Sens., 10(4), doi:10.3390/rs10040493.
8. 冯伟，王长青，穆大鹏，钟敏，钟玉龙，许厚泽，基于GRACE的空间约束方法监测华北平原地下水储量变化，地球物理学报，2017, 60(5):1630-1642,doi:10.6038/cjg20170502
9. 冯伟，钟敏，许厚泽. 联合卫星测高、卫星重力和海洋浮标资料研究2005-2013年的全球海平面变化，地球物理学进展，2014, 29 (2): 471-477
10. 冯伟, Jean-Michel Lemoine, 钟敏, 许厚泽. 利用重力卫星GRACE监测亚马逊流域2002-2010年的陆地水变化, 地球物理学报, 2012, 55(3): 814-821
11. 冯伟，钟敏，许厚泽. 联合卫星重力、卫星测高和海洋资料研究中国南海海平面变化，中国科学：地球科学，2012, 42(3), 313-319
12. 冯伟，钟敏，江敏，许厚泽．联合卫星测高和模式资料研究海水热含量变化，地球物理学报，2010, 53(7):1562~1570
Representative research projects
NSFC-DFG International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Program "Time-varying Gravity Field and Mass Distribution Variation by GRACE-FO and Chinese Gravity Satellite" (2021.1-2023.12)
NSF project "Spatial downscaling and time series reconstruction of hydrological signals in time-varying gravity fields" (2019.1-2022.12)
NSFC-CNRS International (Regional) Cooperation Project "Multi-source Geodetic Monitoring of Long-term Changes in Groundwater Storage in North China Plain" (2018.1-2020.12)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project "Combining GNSS and satellite gravity to study the influence of groundwater on surface deformation and water storage changes in North China Plain" (2017.1-2020.12)
International Space Science Institute (ISSI) "Time-Variable Gravity Field Modeling and Simulation from Present and Future Gravity Satellite Missions) International Team (2020-2022), project website: https://www.issibern.ch/teams/timevargravfield/
Major Academic Affiliations
Chair of the IAG Committee on Gravity Inversion and Earth System Mass Transport
Executive member of the IAG Committee on Gravity and Climate Change
Executive member of the IAG Committee on "Gravity"
Vice-Chair of the IAG Working Group on "Numerical Modelling of Climate-related Mass Transport Signals"
Member of the IAG China Committee
Member of the Geodesy and Navigation Committee of the Chinese Society of Surveying and Mapping
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Geophysics, Editorial Board Member of Pure and Applied Geophysics, Editorial Board Member of Geodesy and Geodynamics
