Gensuo (Jiong) JIA, Ph.D

Deputy Director & Professor

Key Lab of Regional Climate-Environment for East Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences

PO Box 9804, Beijing 100029, China
Phone: +8610 82995314
Fax: +8610 82995135
Email: jiong@tea.ac.cn, http://green.tea.ac.cn

Research Interests:

Professor Jia has broad research interests in terrestrial ecology and atmospheric sciences, including vegetation dynamics, land use/cover changes, multi-scale remote sensing of land surface processes, land-atmosphere interactions, assimilation of remote sensing and in-situ data for vegetation-climate modeling, vegetation disturbance and carbon sequestration, and climate change adaptation.

Professor Jia’s study focuses on spatial patterns and temporal dynamics of various ecosystems, especially Arctic tundra and temperate grassland, as well as interactions between land/vegetation processes and climatic change. He has been using field observation, spectral analysis, remotely sensed imagery analysis, and spatial modeling to investigate ecosystem dynamics and to understand vegetation-atmosphere interactions. He is interested in identifying the processes controlling structure/productivity and carbon balance in various ecosystems, such as vegetation enhancement in Arctic in response to climate warming, carbon sequestration of wildland fire, and grassland productivity/carbon dynamics driven by climate fluctuation and grazing. He is also interested in understanding impact of human activities on climatic change. Here are some examples of research projects he has completed in recent years, including integrated analysis of vegetation-climate changes in Arctic tundra biome, remotely sensed detection of wildland fire and carbon sequestration in western US, satellite monitoring of deforestation and environmental changes in central Africa (CARPE), and land use/cover changes and long-term dryland ecosystem changes in East Asia.

Professional Experiences:

Gensuo Jia, also known as Jiong Jia, is a professor at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). He holds a B.S. in plant ecology from Inner Mongolia University and a Ph.D. in environmental change from Beijing Normal University. He worked as a postdoctoral research associate at University of Virginia, USA from 1999 to 2001 before moving in Colorado State University to serve as a research scientist, which he served until 2005. Dr. Jia joined CAS Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for East Asia (RCE-TEA) in 2006.

Membership in Professional Societies:

Sigma Xi
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)

ICSU Integrated Research on Disaster Risks (IRDR)-China (Committee member)

Grants and Awards:

Earth observation of sensitive climate change factors, 1/2009-10/2013, National Basic Research Program (973).

Remotely sensed vegetation processes and regional climate change, 1/2008-12/2010, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Climate change and sustainability in Asia, 10/2008-10/2010, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Application of space-based technologies and models to address land-cover/land-use change problems on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia, 6/1/06-5/31/09, NASA Land Cover/Use Change Program.

Greening of the Arctic: Synthesis and models to examine pan-Arctic vegetation change: climate, sea-ice, and terrain linkages, 9/1/2005-8/31/2008, NSF ARCSS Program.

Application of Remotely Sensed Imagery to Assessing the Probabilities and Carbon Consequence of Fire, 2003-2006, NASA Application Program.

Synthesis Study of Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System. 2002-2003. NSF ARCSS Program

START Fellowship. 1999. International START (IGBP/IHDP/GCRP) Office.

ESA young membership award. 1997-1999. Ecological Society of America

Teaching:

Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology

Global Environmental Change

Climate Change Remote Sensing

Biogeography

Principles of Ecology

Biogeography and Ecology Lab

Reviewer:

Ecological Applications

Remote Sensing of Environment

Climate Dynamics

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (PE&RS)

Journal of Arid Environment

Arctic

International Journal of Remote Sensing

International Journal of Climatology

US National Science Foundation (NSF)

NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change Project

Selected Publications:

Jia, G., C. Fu, Y. Zhou, X. Li, 2011, Towards a Sustainable Asia: Environment and Climate Change, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 106 p. ISBN: 978-3-642-16671-6.

Goetz, S.J., H.E. Epstein, U.S. Bhatt, G.J. Jia, et al, 2011, Recent Changes in Arctic Vegetation: Satellite Observations and Simulation Model Predictions, In: Eurasia Arctic land cover and land use in a changing climate, Springer. 9-36. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9118-5_2.

Walker, D.A., B.C. Forbes, M.O. Leibman, H.E. Epstein, U.S. Bhatt, J.C. Comiso, D.S. Drozdov, A.A. Gubarkov, G.J. Jia, E. Kaarlejarvi, 2011, Cumulative effects of rapid land-cover and land-use changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia. In: Eurasia Arctic land cover and land use in a changing climate, Springer. 207-236. DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9118-5_9.

Wang, H., G. Jia, C. Fu, J. Feng, T. Zhao, Z. Ma, 2010, deriving maximal light use efficiency from coordinated flux measurements and satellite data for regional gross primary production modeling, Remote Sensing of Environment 114: 2248-2258

Hu, Y. and G. Jia, 2010, Influence of land use change on urban heat island derived from multi-sensor data, International Journal of Climatology 30: 1382-1395.

Bhatt, U.S., D.A. Walker, M.K. Raynolds, J.C. Comiso, H.E. Epstein, G.Jia, et al, 2010, Circumpolar Arctic tundra vegetation change is linked to sea-ice decline, Earth Interactions 14(8): 1-20

Wang, H., G. Jia, J. Fang, T. Zhao, Z. Ma, 2010, Modeling gross primary production by integrating satellite data and coordinated flux measurements in arid and semi-arid China, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters 3(1): 7-13

Zhou T, Shi P J, Jia G S, et al. 2010, Spatial patterns of ecosystem carbon residence time in Chinese forests. Sci China Earth Sci, 53: 1229–1240, doi: 10.1007/s11430-010-3061-9

Walker, D.A., U.S. Bhatt, J.C. Comiso, H.E. Epstein, W.A. Gould, G.H.R. Henry, G.J. Jia, et al. 2010. Arctic land. In: State of the Climate in 2009, Bulletin American Meteorological Society 91: S90-92.

Tàbara, J.D., X. Dai, G. Jia, D. McEvoy, A. Serra, S. Werners & J.J. West, 2010, The climate learning ladder. A pragmatic procedure to support climate adaptation, Environmental Policy and Governance 20(1): 1-11

Jia, G.J., H.E. Epstein and D.A. Walker, 2009, Vegetation greening in the Canadian Arctic related to warming and sea ice decline, Journal of Environmental Monitoring 11: 2231-2238.

Hu, Y. G. Jia, H. Guo, 2009, Linking primary production, climate, and landuse along urban-wildland transect: A satellite view, Environmental Research Letters 4(4): 044009

Walker, D.A., U.S. Bhatt, M.K. Raynolds, J.E. Comiso, H.E. Epstein, and G.J. Jia. 2009. Arctic Land. in: State of the Climate in 2008, Bulletin American Meteorological Society 90:S104-S108.

Walker, D.A., M.O. Leibman, H.E. Epstein, B.C. Forbes, U.S. Bhatt, M.K. Raynolds, J.C. Comiso, A. A. Gubarkov, A.V. Khomutov, G.J. Jia, et al, 2009, Tundra greening on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia: Spatial and temporal patterns of NDVI and the roles of rapid permafrost thawing and landslides, Environmental Research Letters 4 (4): 045004.

Epstein, H.E., D.A. Walker, M.K. Raynolds, G.J. Jia, A.M. Kelley, 2008, Phytomass patterns across the full temperature gradient of the arctic tundra, Journal of Geophysical Research 113, G03S02, doi:10.1029/2007JG000555.

Romanovsky, V., R. Armstrong, A. Shiklomanov, D. Walker, and G. Jia, 2008, Arctic land. In: State of the Climate in 2007, Bulletin American Meteorological Society 89(7): 91-94.

van Bogaert, R., D. Walker, G.J. Jia, O. Grau, M. Hallinger, M. De Dapper, C. Jonasson, T.V. Callaghan, 2008, Recent Changes in Vegetation, NOAA State of Arctic Report.

Jia, G.J., H.E. Epstein and D.A. Walker, 2006. Spatial heterogeneity of tundra vegetation response to recent temperature changes, Global Change Biology 12: 42-55.

Jia, G.J., I.C. Burke, A.F.H. Goetz, M.R. Kaufmann, and B.C. Kindel, 2006. Assessing spatial patterns of forest fuel using AVIRIS data, Remote Sensing of Environment 102: 318-327.

Jia, G.J., I.C. Burke, M.R. Kaufmann, A.F.H. Goetz, B.C. Kindel, Y. Pu, 2006. Estimates of forest canopy fuel attributes using hyperspectral data. Forest Ecology and Management 229 (1): 27-38.

Zeng, W., Z. Yang, G. Jia, 2006, integrated management of water resources in river basins in China, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 9(3): 327-336.

Chapin III, F.S., M. Sturm, M.C. Serreze, J.P. McFadden, J.R. Key, A.H. Lloyd, A.D. McGuire, T.S. Rupp, A.H. Lynch, J.P. Schimel, J. Beringer, W.L. Chapman, H.E. Epstein, E.S. Euskirchen, L.D. Hinzman, G. Jia, C.-L. Ping, K.D. Tape, C.D.C. Thompson, D.A. Walker, and J.M. Welker. 2005. Role of Terrestrial Ecosystem Changes in Arctic Summer Warming. Science 310: 657-660.

Hinzman, L.D., N. Bettez, W.R. Bolton, F.S. Chapin, M. Dyurgerov, C. Fastie, B. Griffith, R.D. Hollister, A. Hope, H.P. Huntington, A. Jensen, G.J. Jia, et al. 2005, Evidence and implications of recent climate change in northern Alaska and other Arctic regions, Climate Change 72(3): 251-298.

Jia, G. J., H. E. Epstein and D. A. Walker, 2004, Controls over intra-seasonal dynamics of AVHRR-NDVI for the Arctic tundra in northern Alaska. International Journal of Remote Sensing 25(9): 1547–1564.

Stow, D., A. Hope, D. McGuire, D. Verbyla, J. Gamon, F. Huemmrich, S. Houston, C. Racine, M. Sturm, K. Tape, L. Hinzman, K. Yoshikawa, C. Tweedie, B. Noyle, C. Silapaswan, D. Douglas, B. Griffith, G. Jia, H. Epstein, D. Walker, S. Daeschner, A. Petersen, L. Zhou, R. Myneni, 2004, Remote sensing of vegetation and land-cover change in Arctic tundra ecosystems. Remote Sensing of Environment 89: 281-308.

Jia, G. J., H. E. Epstein and D. A. Walker, 2003, Greening of Arctic Alaska, 1981-2001. Geophysical Research Letters 30(20), 2067, doi: 10.1029/2003GL018268.

Walker, D. A., G. J. Jia, H. E. Epstein, F. S. Chapin III, C. Copass, L. D. Hinzman, H. Maier, G. J. Michaelson, F. Nelson, C. L. Ping, M. K. Raynolds, V. E. Romanovsky, N. Shiklomanov and Y. Shur. 2003. Vegetation-soil-thaw-depth relationships along a low arctic bioclimate gradient, Alaska: synthesis of information from the ATLAS studies. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 14: 103-123

Walker, D. A., H. E. Epstein, G. J. Jia, A. Balsar, C. Copass, E. J. Edwards, W. A. Gould, J. Hollingsworth, J. Knudson, H. Meier, A. Moody, and M. K. Raynolds, 2003. Phytomass, LAI, and NDVI in northern Alaska: relationships to summer warmth, soil pH, plant functional types and extrapolation to the circumpolar Arctic. Journal of Geophysical Research Vol. 108, No. D2, 8169, doi:10.1029/2001D000986.

Jia, G. J., H. E. Epstein and D. A. Walker, 2002, Spatial characteristics of AVHRR-NDVI along latitudinal transects in northern Alaska. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 315-326.

McGuire, A.D, M. Apps, J. Beringer, J. Clein, H. Epstein, D.W. Kicklighter, C. Wirth, J. Bhatti, F.S. Chapin III, B. de Groot, D. Efremov, W.Eugster, M Fukuda, T. Gower, L. Hinzman, B. Huntley, G.J. Jia, E. Kasischke, J. Melillo, V. Romanovsky, A. Shvidenko, E. Vaganov, D. Walker, 2002, Environmental variation, vegetation distribution, carbon dynamics, and water/energy exchange in high latitudes. Journal of Vegetation Science 13: 301-314.

Epstein, H. E., R. A. Gill, J. M. Paruelo, G. J. Jia, W. K. Lauenroth and I. C. Burke, 2002, The relative abundance of plant functional types in temperate grasslands and shrublands of North and South America: Effects of projected climate change. Journal of Biogeography 29: 875-888.

Walker, D.A., H. E. Epstein, G. J. Jia, E.J. Edwards, and A. Moody. 2000. Climate, vegetation, soil, and spectral reflectance patterns across zonal vegetation boundaries in arctic Alaska. Eos Transactions 81: F 223.

Jia, J., 2000, Rangeland degradation in Ordos Plateau, its nature and assessment, RALA 200: 87-95.

Jia, J. and Z. Jiao, 1999, The Kyoto Protocol and Its Flexible Instruments, World Environment, Vol.11, No.2 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Jia, J. and J. Li, 1999, Global Change - Scientific Insight for a Sustainable Future, Hubei Educational Press, Wuhan (in Chinese, with detailed English abstract and table of contents).

Footprints:

Western U.S., 2003-2005
Alaska and Arctic region, summer 2002
Eastern U.S., 1999-2002
Germany and central Europe, 1998
Iceland, autumn 1997
Sweden and Norway, summer 1996
Beijing and various eco-regions in China, 1988-1997
Inner Mongolia grassland, China, before 1988.

Hobbies:

Tennis and hiking

Field photography and image processing

Fine food

Last Updated: October 18, 2010