XUE Yongqi, a Chinese expert in infrared and remote sensing technology, was born in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province in January 1937. He obtained his BSc from the Department of Physics of East China Normal University in 1959. He is currently a Research Professor at Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a professor of Tongji University. He was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999.

Main Work and Achievements:

During the four decades of his dedication to infrared acquisition and multispectral remote sensing technology, he developed infrared scanners, multispectral scanners, imaging spectrometers, hyper-spectral imaging systems, and provided several advanced remote sensing devices that laid the foundation for China’s operational airborne remote sensing system and promoted the application of remote sensing technology in China. Being the first in China to develop the three-dimension imaging remote sensing technology, he combined the scanning spectral imaging with laser scanning ranging and realized fast-forming digital elevation model and geo-reference images without ground control points, which is particularly suitable for beaches, and deserts, and islands. where there are poor transport facilities. This is a new real-time and high effective remote sensing system.

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