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Name   Ma, Yaoming Home Page     
Highest Education      Ph.D. Office      18 Shuangqing Road, Haidian District, Beijing
Phone      Zip Code      100085
Fax      010-62849886 Email      ymma@itpcas.ac.cn

Education and Appointments：
Yaoming Ma was born in Xia County, Shanxi Province, China, on July 22, 1964. He went to Lanzhou University on 1983 and obtained a Bachelor Degree in Atmospheric Physics in June 1987. He obtained his Master Degree in Atmospheric Physics from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in 1995 at the Postgraduate School of the Chinese University of Science and Technology and Lanzhou Institute of Plateau Atmospheric Physics (LIPAP), CAS. He got his PhD in Atmospheric Physics from Okayama University in 2001 and in Environment Science from Wageningen University in 2006. He became employed at LIPAP, CAS in 1987. In 2000, he became employed at Cold and Arid Regions Environmental and Engineering Research Institute (CAREERI), CAS，and In March 2002, he became a professor of CAREERI, CAS. In April 2004, he joined the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (ITP), CAS, and worked as a professor in ITP, CAS. He is also Assistant Director General and the Director of Department of the Scientific and cooperation of ITP/CAS and Director of the Qomolangma Station for Atmospheric and Environmental Observation and Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. As an atmospheric boundary layer researcher, he has been actively involved in many land surface (sea surface) experiments in China. He has also been actively involved in the GEWEX Asia Monsoon Experiment on the Tibetan Plateau (GAME/Tibet, 1996-2000) for its entire duration. He was coordinating the participation of Chinese team in the GAME/Tibet. He is still in charge of the long term atmospheric monitoring on the Tibetan Plateau, which including one Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) tower and radiation system station, eleven Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs), two Portable Automated Meso-net (PAM) stations, five flux measurement towers and nine Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature Measurement Systems (SMTMSs). He is also one of the overall coordinators of Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period (CEOP) Asian-Australian Monsoon Project (CAMP) on the Tibetan Plateau (CAMP/Tibet, 2001-2010). He is also the director of Atmospheric and Environmental Comprehensive Observation and Research Station on Mt. Qomolangma (Mt. Everest), Chinese Academy of Sciences. His 40 papers have been published in the international journals. As a scientific researcher, except his domestic research work, he cooperated with the foreign scientists on atmospheric boundary layer and the application of satellite remote sensing. His cooperative institutions and universities are including Alterra (SC-DLO), Wageningen University and Research Center (WUR) and International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) (The Netherlands), University of Tokyo, Nagoya University, Kyoto University, Tsukuba University and Okayama University (Japan) etc. Yaoming Ma is Promotor of Ph.D. researchers at ITP/CAS & CAREERI/CAS(Maoshan Li, 2003-2007; Weiqiang Ma, 2003-2007;Fanglin Sun, 2004-2007;Hui Tian, 2003-2007; Lei Zhong, 2004-2008; Minhong Song, 2004-2009; Xuelong Chen, 2007-2010, and Yongjie Wang, 2005-2010)

Research Interest：
Atmospheric boundary layer observation and satellite remote sensing application
Public Services：
Deputy Director General of Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences;Director of Department of the Scientific and cooperation of Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences;Director of the Qomolangma Station for Atmospheric and Environmental Observation and Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Honors：
Winner of Outstanding Young Scientists for Meterorological Sciences and Thechology, 2006, by China Meteorological Administration；
Winner of Outstanding Young Scientists,2008,by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Seleted Publication：
  1. Ma, Y., L. Zhong, B. Wang, W. Ma, X. Chen, and M. Li, 2011, Determination of land surface heat fluxes over heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau by using the MODIS and in-situ data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10461–10469, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/11/10461/2011/doi:10.5194/acp-11-10461-2011.
  2. Ma, Y., Y. Wang, L. Zhong, R.Wu, S.Wang, M.Li, 2011, The characteristics of atmospheric turbulence and radiation energy transfer and the structure of atmospheric boundary layer over the northern slope area of Himalaya, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 89A:345-353.
  3. Chen, X., Y. Ma, H. Kelder, Z. Su, and K. Yang，2011，On the behaviour of the tropopause folding events over the Tibetan Plateau，Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 5113–5122, doi:10.5194/acp-11-5113-2011.
  4. Ma, W., Ma, Y., Hu, Z., Su, Z., Wang, J., and Ishikawa, H.，2011， Estimating surface fluxes over middle and upper streams of the Heihe River Basin with ASTER imagery, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,15,1403-1413, doi:10.5194/hess-15-1403-2011.
  5. Ma, W., Ma, Y., Bob Su, 2011, Feasibility of Retrieving Land Surface Heat Fluxes from ASTER Data Using SEBS: a Case Study from the NamCo Area of the Tibetan Plateau, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43(2): 239-245/DOI:10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.239.
  6. Ma, Y., M. Li, X. Chen, S. Wang, R.Wu, W. Ma, L. Zhong, B. Wang, C.Zhu, T. Yao, 2011, Third Pole Environment (TPE) program: a new base for the study of atmosphere–land interaction over the heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas, IAHS Publ. 343, 110-117.
  7. Zhong, L., Zhongbo Su, Y. Ma, Mhd. Suhyb Salama, and José A. Sobrino, 2011, Accelerated Changes of Environmental Conditions on the Tibetan Plateau Caused by Climate Change, Journal of Climate, 24(4): 6540-6550.
  8. Z. Su, J. Wen, L. Dente, R. van der Velde, L.Wang, Y. Ma, K. Yang, and Z. Hu, 2011, The Tibetan Plateau observatory of plateau scale soil moisture and soil temperature (Tibet-Obs) for quantifying uncertainties in coarse resolution satellite and model products Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 2303–2316.
  9. Wang, S., Y. Ma, 2011, Characteristics of land–Atmosphere interaction parameters over the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12（4）: 702-708.
  10. Song, M., Y. Ma, Y. Zhang, M. Li, W. Ma, F. Sun, Climate change features along the Brahmaputra Valley in the past 26 years and possible causes, Climatic Change, 106:649–660. 10.1007/s10584-010-9950-2.
  11. Zhou, D., R.Eigenmann, W.Babel, T. Foken, Y. Ma, 2011, The study of near-ground free convection conditions at Nam Co station on the Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical Applied Climatology,105:217–228,DOI 10.1007/s00704-010-0393-5.
  12. Ma Yaoming, M.Menenti, R. Feddes, 2010, Parameterization of heat fluxes at heterogeneous surfaces by integrating satellite measurements with surface layer and atmospheric boundary layer observations, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences,27(2):328-336.
  13. Zhong Lei, Y.Ma , Z.Su,　Mhd. SALAMA Suhyb, 2010,Estimation of land surface temperature over the Tibetan Plateau using AVHRR and MODIS data, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences,27(5):1110-1118.
  14. Zhong Lei, Y.Ma , Mhd. SALAMA Suhyb, Z.Su, 2010, Assessment of vegetation dynamics and their response to variations in precipitation and temperature in the Tibetan Plateau, Climatic Change，DOI 10.1007/s10584-009-9787-8.
  15. Hong, J., J. Kim, H. Ishikawa, and Y. Ma，2010，Surface layer similarity in the nocturnal boundary layer: the application of Hilbert-Huang transform，Biogeosciences, 7, 1271–1278.
  16. Li, Maoshan,  Y.Ma,  Z.Hu, H.Ishikawa, and Y. Oku, 2009， Snow distribution over the Namco lake area of the Tibetan Plateau, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 13, 2023-2030.
  17. Yu, Wusheng., Y.Ma,  Sun, W. et al., 2009. Climatic significance of delta O-18 records from precipitation on the western Tibetan Plateau. Chinese Science Bulletin, 54(16), 2732-2741.
  18. Zhong Lei, Y.Ma, Z.Su, L.Lu, W.Ma, and Y.Lu, 2009, Land-Atmosphere Energy Transfer and Surface Boundary Layer Characteristics in the Rongbu Valley on the Northern Slope of Mt. Everest ,Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 41(3), 2009, 396–405.
  19. Ma, W., Y.Ma, M.Li, Z.Hu, L. Zhong, Z.Su, H.Ishikawa, J.Wang, 2009, Estimating surface fluxes over the north Tibetan Plateau area with ASTER imagery, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 57–67. 
  20. Ma Yaoming, Y.Wang, R. Wu, Z. Hu, K. Yang, M. Li, W. Ma, L. Zhong, F. Sun, X.Chen, Z.Zhu, S.Wang, and H. Ishikawa, 2009: Recent advances on the study of atmosphere-land interaction observations on the Tibetan Plateau, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 1103-1111.
  21. Ma Yaoming, S. Kang, L. Zhu, B. Xu, L. Tian, and T. Yao, 2008, Tibetan Observation and Research Platform- Atmosphere–land interaction over a heterogeneous landscape, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89: 1487–1492;
  22. Wusheng Yu, T.Yao,L.Tian, Y.Ma,N.Kurita, K. Ichiyanagi, Y. Wang, W. Sun, 2008,Relationships between δ18O in precipitation and air temperature and moisture origin on a south–north transect of the Tibetan Plateau，Atmospheric Research, 87: 158–159.
  23. Kun Yang, Rachel T. Pinker, Y.Ma, T.Koike, Margaret M. Wonsick, Stephen J. Cox, Y.Zhang, and P.Stackhouse, 2008, Evaluation of satellite estimates of downward shortwave radiation over the Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D17204, doi:10.1029/2007JD009736.　
  24. Ma Yaoming, M. Menenti, R. A. Feddes, J. Wang,2008, The analysis of the land surface heterogeneity and its impact on atmospheric variables and the aerodynamic and thermodynamic roughness lengths, Journal of Geophysics Research-Atmospheres, 113, D08113, doi: 10.1029/2007JD009124;
  25. Ma Yaoming, M. Song, H. Ishikawa, K.Yang, T.Koike, L.Jia, M. Menenti, Z. Su, 2007, Estimation of the regional evaporative fraction over the Tibetan Plateau area by using Landsat-7 ETM data and the field observations, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, 85A: 295–309;
  26. Fanglin Sun, Y. Ma, M. Li, W. Ma, H. Tian, S. Metzge, 2007, Boundary layer effects above a Himalayan valley near Mount Everest, Geophysics  Research Letter, 34, L08808, doi:10.1029/2007GL029484. 
  27. Wusheng Yu, T.Yao,L.Tian, Y.Ma,N.Kurita, K. Ichiyanagi, Y. Wang, W. Sun, 2007, Stable Isotope Variations in Precipitation and Moisture Trajectories on the Western Tibetan Plateau, China, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 39 (4): 688–693. 
  28. Ma Yaoming., L. Zhong, Z. Su, H. Ishikawa, M. Menenti, and T. Koike, 2006, Determination of regional distributions and seasonal variations of land surface heat fluxes from Landsat-7 Ehanced Thematic Mapper data over the central Tibetan Plateau area, Journal of Geophysics Research-Atmospheres, 111, D10305, doi: 10.1029/2005JD006742;
  29. Ma, W., Y.Ma, 2006, The annual variations on land surface energy in the northern Tibetan Plateau, Environmental Geology, 50(5). DOI 10.1007/s00254-006-0238-9. 
  30. Li, M., Y. Ma, W. Ma, Z. Hu, H. Ishikawa, Z. Su, and F. Sun, 2006, Analysis of turbulence characteristics over the northern Tibetan Plateau area, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 23(4), 579-585.
  31. Oku, Y., H. Ishikawa, S. Haginoya, and Y. Ma, 2006, Recent trends in land surface temperature on the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Climate, 19(12): 2995-3003.
  32. Asanuma，J., I. Tamagawa, H. Ishikawa, Y. Ma, T. Hayashi, Y. Qi, J. Wang, 2006, Spectral similarity between scalars at very low frequencies in the unstable atmospheric surface layer over the Tibetan plateau, Boundary Layer Meteorology, DOI 10.1007/s10546-006-9096-y.
  33. Ma Yaoming, S. Fan, H. Ishikawa, O. Tsukamoto, T. Yao, T. Koike, H. Zuo, Z. Hu, andZ. Su, 2005, Diurnal and inter-monthly variation of land surface heat fluxes over the central Tibetan Plateau area, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 80, 259-273;
  34. Asanuma, J., H. Ishikawa, I. Tamagawa, Y. Ma, T. Hayashi, Y. Qi, and J. Wang，2005, Application of the band-pass covariance technique to portable flux measurements over the Tibetan Plateau, Water Resources Research, 41, W09407, doi:10.1029/2005WR003954. 
  35. Wen, J., Z. Su, and Y. Ma, 2004, Reconstruction of cloud-free vegetation index time series for the Tibetan Plateau, Mountain Research and Development, 24(4): 348-353.
  36. Yang, K., T. Koike, H. Ishikawa, and Y. Ma, 2004, Analysis of the surface energy budget at a site of GAME/Tibet using a single-source model, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, 82(1): 131-153.
  37. Wen, J., Z. Su, and Y. Ma, 2003, Determination of land surface temperature and soil moisture from Tropic Rainfall Measuring Mission/Microwave Imager remote sensing data, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 108(D2), 4038, doi: 10.1029/2002JD002176,2003.
  38. Tanaka, K., I. Tamagawa, H. Ishikawa, Y. Ma, and Z. Hu, 2003, Surface energy budget and closure of the eastern Tibetan Plateau during the GAME/Tibet IOP 1998,  Journal of Hydrology, 283:169-283.
  39. Ma Yaoming, H. Ishikawa, O. Tsukamoto, M. Menenti, Z. Su, T. Yao, T. Koike, and T. Yasunari,, 2003, Regionalization of surface fluxes over heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau by using satellite remote sensing, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, 81(2): 277-293;
  40. Ma Yaoming, 2003, Remote sensing parameterization of regional net radiation over heterogeneous land surface of GAME/Tibet and HEFE, International Journal of Remote Sensing，24 (15): 3137-3148;
  41. Ma Yaoming, Z. Su, T. Koike, T. Yao, H. Ishikawa, K. Ueno, and M. Menenti, 2003, On measuring and remote sensing surface energy partitioning over the Tibetan Plateau-from GAME/Tibet to CAMP/Tibet, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, 28: 63-74;
  42. Ma Yaoming，O. Tsukamoto, J. Wang, H. Ishikawa, and I. Tamagawa, 2002, Analysis of aerodynamic and thermodynamic parameters over the grassy marshland surface of Tibetan Plateau, Progress in Natural Sciences, 12(1): 36-40;
  43. Ma Yaoming， Z. Su, Z-L. Li, T. Koike, and M.Menenti, 2002, Determination of regional net radiation and soil heat flux densities over heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, Hydrological Processes, 16(15): 2963-2971.

Supported Projects：
Project in progress:
  • Chinese National Key Programme for Developing Basic Sciences ("973"project,2010CB951700,2010-2014);
  • EU-FP7 project"Coordinated Asia-European long-term Observing system of Qinghai–Tibet Plateau hydro-meteorological processes and the Asian-monsoon systEm with Ground satellite Image data and numerical Simulations（CEOP-AEGIS）"(212921,2008.5-2012.4）; CEOP-AEGIS Database
  • Outstanding Young Scientists project of National Natural Science Foundation of China“The observation of land-atmospheric inteaction and satellite remote sensing apllication over the Tibetan Plateau"(40825015,2009-2012).