Earth System Science Programme, Faculty of Science

ESSC4540 Remote Sensing — Principles and Applications

Prof. Amos P.K. Tai received the WMO Research Award for Young Scientists

	Announcement A new integrated programme “Earth and Environmental Sciences (EESC)” is introduced for admissions in 2022-23.
	9 Dec 22 Public Lecture: Large-scale Monitoring of Urban Environments by Fiber-optic Seismology: Lessons from Six Years of the Stanford DAS Project by Professor Biondo Biondi, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, U.S.A.
	5 Dec 22 Source and Transformation of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: from Typical Aerosol Particles to the Emerging Micro- and Nano-plastics by Dr. Yiming QIN, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A.
	25 Nov 22 Experimental Simulations of Planetary Interiors by Professor Bin CHEN, Associate Researcher, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.
	14 Nov 22 Air Quality over East Asia: Trends and Broader Impacts by Dr. Shixian ZHAI, Research Associate, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, U.S.A.
	11 Nov 22 Satellite Gravimetry and Global Climate Change by Professor CHEN Jianli, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, Faculty of Construction and Environment, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
	08 Nov 22 Prof. YANG Hongfeng was interviewed twice in September by China Global Television Network (CGTN) on the Luding Earthquake in Sichuan province, speaking about the causes of the earthquake and what to expect in terms of observation period for secondary disasters following a major earthquake. Facebook - Faculty of Science, CUHK CGTN - 6 Sept (from ~10:34) CGTN - 8 Sept (from ~13:16)
	21 Sep 22 Professor WONG Tengfong was inteviewed by RTHK about the earthquake happened recently.
	01 Sep 22 ESSC graduate YEUNG Chi Hang Henry received the Hong Kong Scholarship for Excellence (HKSES). He is now the PhD Student in Environmental Sciences at University of Virginia.
	16 Aug 22 Professor YANG Hongfeng recently conducted comprehensive studies of the high-resolution structure & earthquakes near the Challenger Deep, and his team's recent paper was the research spotlight of AGU Eos
	26 Aug 22 A Leaky Himalaya? Streamflow Composition and Dynamics Affected by Rifts and Faults in the Yarlung Zangbo River in Northern Himalayas by Dr. FAN Linfeng, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
	2-4 Aug 22 EASC Online Student Summer Workshop 2022

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