Songtao Ai


Professor
PHD supervisor
GIS,GNSS,RS with applications in polar sciences,global changes
ast@whu.edu.cn
+86 27 68777389
•Academic Experiences AI, Songtao Ph.D. Professor, Deputy Director of Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan Univesity. Chairman of Hubei Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Expedition Association. Chinese national representative for several international organizations, including the Ny-Alesund GLAcier Mass Balance Flagship project (NAGLAMB) since 2015, the IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology (IASC-NAG) since 2016 (http://nag.iasc.info/contact ), the SCAR Strategic Planning Committee since 2021 and the SCAR’s Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI) since 2013 (https://scar.org/science/standing/scagi). Participated in the 19th,24th,30th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition(CHINARE) to Great Wall Station and Zhongshan Station Participation in the Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition to the Yellow River Station(Svalbard) in 2004~2010,2013,2014,2015 and 2016.
•Research Results [1] Shoukat Ali Shah, Songtao Ai, Wolfgang Rack. Interconnections, trend analysis and forecasting of water-air temperature with water level dynamics in Blue Moon Lake Valley: A statistical and machine learning approach. Journal of Environmental management, 2025, 379, 124829, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124829【SCI】 [2] Shoukat Ali Shah & Songtao Ai. A Multi-Source Strategy for Assessing Major Winter Crops Performance and Irrigation Water Requirements. Land, 2025, 14, 340. https://doi.org/10.3390/land14020340【SCI】 [3] Shoukat Ali Shah, Songtao Ai* &Hanxiao Yuan. Predicting water level fluctuations in glacier-fed lakes by ensembling individual models into a quad-meta model. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 2025, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/19942060.2024.2449124【SCI】 [4] Songtao Ai, Shoukat Ali Shah, Yi Cai, Jiajun Ling, Xinde Chu, Shijin Wang, Yuande Yang, Runchuan Ouyang, Jiachun An & Wolfgang Rack. Lake pulses driven by glacier melting and climate variability. Scientific Reports, 2024, 14, 31623. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-78660-4【SCI】 [5] Shoukat Ali Shah, Songtao Ai. Flood susceptibility mapping contributes to disaster risk reduction: A case study in Sindh, Pakistan. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2024, 108,104503【SCI】 [6] Liu T., Rui Ding and Songtao Ai. An Improved Intersection Method for Positioning and Its Application to Dalk Glacier, East Antarctica. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 2023, 149(1): 05022004【SCI】 [7] Huai, B.; Ding, M.; Ai, S.; Sun, W.; Wang, Y.; Gao, J. Glacial Debris Flow Blockage Event (2018) in the Sedongpu Basin of the Yarlung Zangbo River, China: Occurrence Factors and Its Implications. Land, 2022, 11, 1217. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081217【SCI】 [8] Jiang P, Wang Z, Yan B, Ai S and Jin S (2022) Changes in the Runoff of Urumqi Glacier No. 1 Under Climate Change: From Historical Observation to Future Prediction. Front. Earth Sci. 10:920768. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.920768【SCI】 [9] Hao Ke, Songtao Ai, Boya Yan, Chunxia Zhou, Zemin Wang, Yuande Yang, Tingting Liu, Jiachun An and Yifan Chen. Iceberg-Induced Tsunamis Near D？lk Glacier, Antarctica. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 2022, 148(1). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000385【SCI】 [10] Zemin Wang, Boya Yan, Songtao Ai, Kim Holmén, Jiachun An, Hongmei Ma. Quantitative analysis of Arctic ice flow acceleration with increasing temperature. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(1): 22-32. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1718-1【SCI】 [11] Jiachun An, Baojun Zhang, Songtao Ai, Zemin Wang, Yu Feng. Evaluation of vertical crustal movements and sea level changes around Greenland from GPS and tide gauge observations. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2021, 40(1): 4-12. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1719-0【SCI】 [12] Jiachun An, Pan Deng, Baojun Zhang, Jingbin Liu, Songtao Ai, Zemin Wang and Qiuze Yu. Snow Depth Variations in Svalbard Derived from GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12(20), 3352【SCI】 [13] Songtao Ai, Shansi Wang, Yuansheng Li, Leibao Liu. Multi-parameter adjustment for high-precision azimuthal intersection positioning. MethodsX, 2020, 7, 100968 [14] Yiming Chen, Chunxia Zhou, Songtao Ai, Qi Liang, Lei Zheng, Ruixi Liu and Haobo Lei. Dynamics of Dalk Glacier in East Antarctica derived from multisource satellite observations since 2000. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12, 1809【SCI】 [15] Hao Ke, Fei Li, Songtao Ai, Jintao Lei, Zemin Wang, Shengkai Zhang. Forthcoming. Establishment of chart datum and vertical datum transformation for hydrography in the Chinese Great Wall Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 2020, 146(2):05020003; https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)SU.1943-5428.0000312【SCI】 [16] Songtao Ai, Xi Ding, Florian Tolle, Zemin Wang, Xi Zhao. Latest Geodetic Changes of Austre Lovénbreen and Pedersenbreen, Svalbard. Remote Sensing, 2019, 11(24), 2890; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11242890【SCI】 [17] Zemin Wang, Guobiao Lin, Songtao Ai. How long will an Arctic mountain glacier survive? A case study of Austre Lovénbreen, Svalbard. Polar Research, 2019, 38, 3519; https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v38.3519【SCI】 [18] Songtao Ai, Boya Yan, Zemin Wang, Ming Yan. A decadal record of inter-annual surface ice flow from Pedersenbreen, Svalbard (2005-15). Polar Science, 2019, 22,100485; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2019.100485【SCI】 [19] Songtao Ai, Xi Ding, Jiachun An, Guobiao Lin, Zemin Wang and Ming Yan. Discovery of the Fastest Ice Flow along the Central Flow Line of Austre Lovénbreen, a Poly-thermal Valley Glacier in Svalbard. Remote Sensing, 2019, 11(12), 1488; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11121488 【SCI】 [20] Songtao Ai, Shansi Wang, Yuansheng Li, Geir Moholdt, Chunxia Zhou, Leibao Liu, Yuande Yang. High-precision ice-？ow velocities from ground observations on Dalk Glacier, Antarctica. Polar Science, 2019, 19: 13-23 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2018.09.003 【SCI】 [21] Yang Yuande, Ke Hao, Wang Zemin, Li Fei, Ding Minghu, Sun Bo, Jin Bo, Wang Lianzhong, Ai Songtao. Decadal GPS-derived ice surface velocity along the transect from Zhongshan Station to and around Dome Argus, East Antarctica, 2005–16. Annals of Glaciology, 2018, 59(76pt1):1-9, https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2018.3【SCI】 [22] Johannes J. Fürst, Francisco Navarro, Fabien Gillet‐Chaulet, Matthias Huss, Geir Moholdt, Xavier Fettweis, Charlotte Lang, Thorsten Seehaus, Songtao Ai, Toby J. Benham, Douglas I. Benn, Helgi Bj？rnsson, Julian A. Dowdeswell, Mariusz Grabiec, Jack Kohler, Ivan Lavrentiev, Katrin Lindb？ck, Kjetil Melvold, Rickard Pettersson, David Rippin, Albane Saintenoy, Pablo Sánchez‐Gámez, Thomas V. Schuler, He？di Sevestre, Evgeny Vasilenko, Matthias H. Braun. The Ice‐Free Topography of Svalbard. Geophysical Research Letters, 2018, 45(21):11760-11769, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079734 【SCI】 [23] Songtao Ai, Zemin Wang, Dongchen E, Kim Holmén, Zhi Tan, Chunxia Zhou, Weijun Sun. Topography, ice thickness and ice volume of the glacier Pedersenbreen in Svalbard, using GPR and GPS. Polar Research, 2014, 33, 18533, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v33.18533 【SCI】 [24] Chunxia ZHOU, Yu ZHOU, Fanghui DENG, Songtao AI, Zemin WANG, Dongchen E. Seasonal and interannual ice velocity changes of Polar Record Glacier, East Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 2014, 55(66):45-50【SCI】 [25] Yuande YANG, BO Sun, Zemin WANG, Minghu DING, Cheinway HWANG, Songtao AI, Lianzhong WANG, Yujun DU, Dongchen E. GPS-derived velocity and strain fields around Dome Argus,Antarctica. Journal of Glaciology, 2014, 60(222):735-742【SCI】 [26] AI SongTao* , WANG ZeMin, TAN Zhi, E DongChen & YAN Ming．Mass change study on Arctic glacier Pedersenbreen, during 1936-1990-2009．Chinese Science Bulletin, 2013, 58(25):3148-3154 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-013-5772-8【SCI】 [27] WANG ZeMin, AI SongTao, ZHANG ShengKai & DU YuJun. Elevation determination of nunataks in the Grove Mountains. Advances in Polar Science, 2011, 22(3):199-204 [28] Songtao AI, Jie ZHANG, Dongchen E. Design & Realization of Interactive Management System for M/V XUELONG. Proceedings of IEEE 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Management Science and Electronic Commerce, Aug. 2011,ISBN 978-1-4577-0535-9:2020~2023 【EI】 [29] Chunxia Zhou, Songtao Ai, Nengcheng Chen, Zemin Wang, Dongchen E. Grove Mountains meteorite recovery and relevant data distribution service. Computers & Geosciences, November 2011, 37(11): 1727~1734 【SCI】 [30] YANG YuanDe, E DongChen, WANG HaiHong, CHAO DingBo,HWANG CheinWay, LI Fei & AI SongTao. Sea ice concentration over the Antarctic Ocean from satellite pulse altimetry. SCIENCE CHINA-Earth Sciences,January 2011, 54(1): 113~118 【SCI】 [31] Xu Mingxing, Yan Ming, Ren Jiawen, Ai Songtao, Kang Jiancheng and E Dongchen. Surface mass balance and ice flow of the glaciers Austre Lovenbreen and Pedersenbreen, Svalbard, Arctic. Chinese Journal of Polar Science, 2010, 21(2):147 -159 [32] Ai Songtao, E Dongchen, YanMing, Ren J iawen. Arctic Glacier Movement Monitoring with GPS Method on 2005. Chinese Journal of Polar Science, June 2006, 17(1):61-68