AWARDEE OF TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES PRIZE
XUE YONGQI
Xue Yongqi, infrared and remote sensing technique specialist, was born in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province in January 1937. He graduated from Faculty of Physics of the East China Normal University in 1959. He is currently a research professor of Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was elected the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. He has been engaged in infrared acquisition and multispectral remote sensing technique for more than 30 years. He successfully developed infrared scanners, multispectral scanners, imaging spectrometer, hyper imaging system one after another, and provided several types of advanced remote sensing means for the foundation of Chinas operational airborne remote sensing system and promoted the application of remote sensing technique in China. Remarkable results have been obtained in the applications of airborne remote sensing instrument in tree fire monitoring, geology remote sensing, marine pollution monitoring, precision agriculture, hydrology, archaeology, etc. Being the first in China to develop the threedimension imaging remote sensing technique, he combined the scanning spectral imaging with laser scanning ranging and realized fast forming digital elevation model and georeference images without ground control points which are particularly suitable for beach, desert, grasslands, islands and so on, where there are poor transport facilities. This is a real time and high effective new remote sensing system.
