StatementofObjectives案例StatementofObjectivesApplicant’sName:LeiLuoStudyIntention:M.A.Fall2014PreferredAdvisors:Prof.DouglasG.Goodin,Prof.MarcellusM.CaldasWhenIfirstheardtheterm“RemoteSensing”inthecourseIntroductiontoRemoteSensing,Ithoughtitwassomethingrelatedtotelevisionremotesuntilmyteacherusedanapplicationofittoillustrateremotesensing.TherewasadroughtinanAfricancountry,wherepeoplewerestarvingtodeathforthelackoffood.TheUnitedNationsdecidedtosendsomefoodtherebeforewhichtheywantedtoknowhowmuchfoodtosendthere.Remotesensingexpertsfirstevaluatedtheproduceofriceorothercropsinthatcountrybyemployingremotesensingtocalculatehowmuchfoodwasneededforsurvival,andthentheUNwouldsendtheexactamountoffoodthere.Thoughthejobmaysoundeasy,Ifeelitagreathonorandresponsibilityforitsaveslifeandallowsfornomistake.Afterthat,Imadeupmymindtopursuemycareerasaremotesensingexpert,whichasksforin-depthstudiesingraduateschool.ThusIwanttofirstcompletemygraduatestudyabroad,andthencontinuetostudyforaPh.D.degree.IwillgetmydiplomaforBachelorofScienceinGeographicInformationSciencefromChinaUniversityofGeosciences(Beijing)inJuly2014,andIhavestudiedcoursesrelatedtoremotesensing,suchasIntroductiontoGeo-informationScience,ThePrincipleandMethodsofRemoteSensing,RemoteSensingImageProcessing,ApplicationofRemoteSensingandRemoteSensingSoftwarePractice,withanaveragescoreof92.96.Apartfromtakingtheoreticalcourses,Ihavedonemanyresearchesonremotesensing’sapplicationinenvironment,vegetationandlanduse/cover.Ialsopublishedseveralpapersinthesefields.StudyonGeographicalChangeoftheEconomicCenterofBeijingBasedonLandsatTMData,publishedonHuazhang,isaboutlanduseclassification,economicandstatisticmodelsprovidingguidancetocityplanning.WaystoImprovetheAccuracyofLandUseClassificationforMid-resolutionRemoteSensingData:ACaseStudyofTongliangCounty,ChongqingCityisapaperconcerningmultiplewaystoimprovetheaccuracyofsupervisedclassificationformoderateresolutionsatelliteimages.VegetationDynamicMonitoring:ACaseStudyofYanqing,Huairou,MiyunDistrict,publishedonInformation&Communications,isabouttheuseofNDVIandmethodofpixeldichotomizationindealingwithdynamicmonitoringonforestvariance.Withmoresparetimeinthefinalyear,Iwenttoseekinternshiptoexploremoreaboutremotesensing.NowIamavisitinggraduateatInstituteofRemoteSensingandDigitalEarth,ChineseAcademyofSciences,workingwithresearcherZhangXin,mainlyresponsibleforremotesensingimagesprocessing,landuseclassification,inversionofenvironmentalparametersandevaluationofmodels.Weareresearchingobject-orientedclassification,inversionofenvironmentalparameters,evaluationofhumanimpactonlandusechange,ecologyandenvironmentinJiulongjiangBasinregion,FujianProvince,China.Iwanttocontinuemystudyinenvironmentalprocesses,physicalgeographyandlanduse/coverbyusingremotesensing,GISandspatial-temporalapproaches.I’dliketoworkwithDr.DouglasG.GoodinandDr.MarcellusM.Caldas,becausewesharemanycommonresearchinterests,andmostimportantly,theyareexcellentresearcherswithwhomIwilllearnalotofstudymethodsandrealizemypursuitofbeingaremotesensingexpert.IrecentlyreadDr.Goodin’spaperIdentifyingasuitablecombinationofclassificationtechniqueandbandwidth(s)forburnedareamappingintallgrassprairiewithMODISimagery,inwhichpixel-basedclassificationandobject-basedclassificationarecompared.Ialsohavedonesimilarresearchonthesetwoclassificationmethods,andlikeSPOT5,andforartificiallanduse,suchasfarmland,andnotsuitformountainareas,inthiscaseburnedandunburnedareas,becausetherearenotmanygeometricproperties.Studyingandexploringmethodstobetterunderstandtheenvironmentalprocesses,landuse/coverarewhatIwanttostudyandIbelieveIcanmakeaqualifiedresearcheroutofmeundertheinstructionofDr.GoodinandDr.Caldas.Myresearchinterestistostudylanduse/coverandphysicalgeographybyemployingremotesensingandGIScience.GraduatestudyattheGeographyDepartment,K-Stateaddressesalltheseaspects,makingitaperfectplacetocontinuemyfuturestudywheremanyresearchlabsandfacilities,suchasGISSALandRemoteSensingLab,areavailable,whichcanfacilitatemyresearchesandstudyatK-State.TheGeographyDepartmentatKansasStateUniversityrepresentshighacademicandresearchabilityinlanduse/cover,physicalgeography,remotesensingandGIScience.IwillimprovemyresearchabilityanddevotemyselftowhatIaminterestedinifIwasgiventheopportunitytoentertheGeographyDepartmentatK-State.