Zhang Shengkai


Professor
PHD supervisor
Geodesy and Glaciology
zskai@whu.edu.cn
86-27 68778030
•Academic Experiences 1994-1998, Bachelor, Engineering Surveying, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping 1998-2001, Engineer, Jinan Prospect and Surveying Research Institute 2001-2003, MSc, Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University 2003-2007, PhD, Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University 2007-2009, Lecture, Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University 2009-2023, Associate Professor, Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan University 2023 up to now,Professor, Chinese Antarctic Center of Surveying and Mapping, Wuhan University
•Research Results 1.Zhang Shengkai, E Dongchen, Wang Zeming, Zhou Chunxia, Shen Qiang. Surface topography around the summit of Dome A, Antarctica, from Real-Time kinematic GPS. Journal of Glaciology, 2007, 53(180): 159-160. 2.Zhang Shengkai, E Dongchen, Wang Zeming, Li Yuansheng, Jin Bo, Zhou Chunxia. Ice velocity from static GPS observations along the transect from Zhongshan Station to Dome A, East Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 2008, 48: 113-118. 3.Li Fei, Yuan Lexian, Zhang Shengkai, Yang Yuande, E Dongchen, Hao Weifeng. Mass change of the Antarctic ice sheet derived from ICESat laser altimetry. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 2016, 59(1):93-100. (In Chinese) 4.Li Fei, Ma Chao, Zhang Shengkai, Lei Jintao, Hao Weifeng, Zhang Qingchuan, Li Wenhao. Noise analysis of the coordinate time series of the continuous GPS station and the deformation patterns in the Antarctic Peninsula. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 2016, 59(7):2402-2412. (In Chinese) 5.Ma Chao, Li Fei, Zhang Shengkai, Lei Jintao, Hao Weifeng, Zhang Qingchuan, Li Wenhao. The Coordinate time series analysis of continuous GPS stations in the Antarctic Peninsula with consideration of common mode error. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 2016, 59(8):2783-2795. (In Chinese) 6.Ke hao, Li Fei, Zhang Shengkai, Ma Chao, Wang Aixue. The determination of absolute sea level changes of the Antarctic coast tidal gauges from 1994 to 2014 and its analysis. Chinese Journal of Geophysics. 2016, 59(9):3202-3210. (In Chinese) 7.Tingting Zhu, Fei Li, Georg Heygster, Shengkai Zhang. Antarctic Sea Ice Classification Based on Conditional Random Fields from RADARSAT-2 Dual Polarization Satellite Images. IEEE JSTARS，2016，9(6)，2451-2467. 8.Li Fei, Xiao Feng, Zhang Shengkai, E Dongchen, Chen Xiao, Hao Weifeng, Yuan Lexian, Zuo Yaowen. DEM development and precision analysis for Antarctic ice sheet using CryoSat-2 altimetry data. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 2017, 60(5): 1617-1629. (In Chinese) 9.Fei Li, Jintao Lei, Shengkai Zhang, Chao Ma, Weifeng Hao, Dongchen E, and Qingchuan Zhang. The Impact of Solid Earth Tide Model Error on Tropospheric Zenith Delay Estimates and GPS Coordinate Time Series in Antarctica. Survey Review, 2018，50(361)，355-363. 10. Lei Jintao, Li Fei, Zhang Shengkai, Xiao Chi, Xie Surui, Ke Hao, Zhang Qingchuan, Li Wenhao. Ocean tides observed from a GPS receiver on floating sea ice near Chinese Zhongshan Station, Antarctica. Marine Geodesy, 2018, 41(4), 353-367. 11.Ke Hao, Wu Jingwen, Li Fei, Wang Zemin, Zhang Shengkai and Zhao Jianhu. Study on the establishment of the oceanic continuous chart datum based on three-dimensional numerical simulation of tidal wave motion. Chinese Journal of Geophysics,2018, 61(6), 2220-2226. (In Chinese) 12.Li Wenhao, Li Fei, Zhang ShengKai, Lei Jintao, Zhang Qingchuan and Yuan Lexian. Spatiotemporal filtering and noise analysis for regional GNSS network in Antarctica using independent component analysis. Remote Sensing，2019,11,386, doi:10.3390/rs11040386. 13.Li Fei, Li Wenhao, Zhang Shengkai, Lei Jintao, Zhang Qingchuan and Yuan Lexian. Spatiotemporal filtering for regional GNSS network in Antarctic Peninsula using independent component analysis. Chinese Journal of Geophysics,2019, 62(9): 3279-3295. (in Chinese) 14.Li Fei, Ma Chao, Zhang Shengkai, Lei Jintao, Hao Weifeng, Zhang Qingchuan, Li Wenhao. Evaluation of the glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) models for Antarctica based on GPS vertical velocities. Science China Earth Sciences, 2020, 63（4）, 575-590. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-018-9532-5. 15.Fei Li, Qingchuan Zhang, Shengkai Zhang, Jintao Lei and Wenhao Li . Evaluation of Spatio‐Temporal Characteristics of Different Zenith Tropospheric Delay Models inAntarctica. Radio Science,2020, 55, e2019RS006909. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019RS006909 16.Zhang Qingchuan, Li Fei, Lei Jintao, Zhang Shengkai, Ding Zhuoming, Chen Wu and Li Wenhao. Freeboard height and snow depth observed by floating GPS on land-fast sea ice in Nella Fjord, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 2020,1–13. https://doi.org/ 10.1017/aog.2020.41 17.Zhang, Q.; Li, F. ; Zhang, S.; Li, W. Modeling and Forecasting the GPS Zenith Troposphere Delay in West Antarctica Based on Different Blind Source Separation Methods and Deep Learning. Sensors 2020, 20, 2343; doi:10.3390/s20082343 18.Jintao Lei, Wu Chen, Zhao Li, Fei Li, Shengkai Zhang. A new full spectrum bedrock thermal expansion model and its impact on the Global Positioning System height time series. Geophysical Research Letter，2020, 47, e2019GL086022. http://dio.org/10.1029/2019GL086022 19.Hao Ke, Fei Li, Songtao Ai, Jintao Lei, Zemin Wang, Shengkai Zhang. 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 20.Wenhao Li, C.K. Shum, Fei Li, Shengkai Zhang, Feng Ming, Wei Chen, Bao Zhang, Jintao Lei, Qingchuan Zhang. Contributions of Greenland GPS observed deformation from multi-source mass loading induced seasonal and transient signals. Geophysical Research Letter, 2020，47，e2020GL088627. http://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088627. 21.Feng XIAO, Fei LI, Shengkai ZHANG, Jiaxing LI, Tong GENG and Yue XUAN. Estimating Arctic sea ice thickness with CryoSat-2 altimetry data using the least squares adjustment method. Sensors, 2020, 20, 7011, doi:10.3390/s20247011 22.Shengkai Zhang, Yue Xuan, Jiaxing Li, Tong Geng, Xiao Li and Feng Xiao. Arctic sea ice freeboard retrieval from Envisat altimetry data. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13, 1414. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13081414 23.Shengkai Zhang, Li Gong, Qi Zeng, Wenhao Li, Feng Xiao and Jintao Lei. Imputation of GPS coordinate time series using missForest. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13, 2312.http://doi.org/10.3390/rs13122312 24.Xiao F, Zhang S K, Li J X, Geng T, Xuan Y, Li F. Arctic sea ice thickness variations from CryoSat-2 satellite altimetry data. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 2021. Doi: 10.1007/s11430-020-9777-9 25.Tong Geng, Shengkai Zhang, Xiao Feng Jiaxing Li, Yue Xuan, Xiao Li, Fei Li. DEM Generation with ICESat-2 Altimetry Data for the Three Antarctic Ice Shelves: Ross, Filchner–Ronne and Amery. Remote Sensing,2021,13,5137. https://doi.org;10.3390/rs13245137. 26.Xiao F, Zhang S K, Li J X, Geng T, Xuan Y, Li F. Arctic sea ice thickness variations from CryoSat-2 satellite altimetry data. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 2021, 64(7), 1080-1089. Doi: 10.1007/s11430-020-9777-9 27.Zhang Shengkai, Geng Tong, Zhu Chaohui, Li Jiaxing, Li Xiao, Zhu Benxin, Liu Laixing and Xiao Feng. Arctic sea ice freeboard estimation and variations from Operation IceBridge. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING, 2022, 60: 4305110. DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2022.3185230 28.Xiao Li, Shengkai Zhang, Tong Geng, Jiaxing Li, Benxin Zhu, Laixing Liu and Feng Xiao. An Improved Algorithm for Extracting Crossovers of Satellite Ground Tracks. Computers and Geosciences, 2022,166: 105179. DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2022.105179 29.Wenhao Li, Fei Li, C.K. Shum, Chanfang Shu, Feng Ming, Shengkai Zhang , Qingchuan Zhang, Wei Chen. Assessment of contemporary GIA models using high-precision GPS timeseries. Remote Sensing, 2022, 14, 1070. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14051070 30.Chengcheng Luo, Feng Xiao, Li Gong, Jintao Lei, Wenhao Li, Shengkai Zhang. Comparison of Weighted Mean Temperature in Greenland Calculated by Four Reanalysis Data. Remote Sensing. 2022, 14, 5431. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14215431 31.Hao Wang, Wenhao Li, Chanfang Shu, C. K. Shum, Fei Li, Shengkai Zhang and Zikang Zhang. Assessment of spatiotemporal filtering methods toward optimizing Crustal Movement Observation Network of China. All Earth, 2022, DOI: 10.1080/27669465.2022.2098611. 32.Shengkai Zhang1, Li Gong1, Wenliang Gao2, Qi Zeng1, Feng Xiao1, Zhizhao Liu3, Jintao Lei3. A weighted mean temperature model using principal component analysis for Greenland. GPS Solutions, 2023, 27，57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10291-022-01392-3 33.Wenhao, Li, Jintao Lei , C.K. Shum, Fei Li, Shengkai Zhang, Chanfang Shu and Wei Chen. Unraveling contributions of Greenland’s seasonal and transient crustal deformation during the past two decades. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023, 295, 113701. Http://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113701 34.Jintao Lei, Wenhao Li, and Shengkai Zhang. Improving Consistency of GNSS-IR Reflector Height Estimates between Different Frequencies using Multichannel Singular Spectrum Analysis. Remote Sensing, 2023, 15, 1779. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15071779 35.Unraveling the contributions of atmospheric rivers on Antarctica crustal deformation and its spatiotemporal distribution during the past decade. Jingming, li, Wenhao Li, C.K. Shum, Fei Li, Shengkai Zhang and Jintao Lei. Geophysical Journal International, 2023, 235, 1325-1338, Http:doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad306 36.Aiguo Zhao, Lu An, Yinsheng Zhang, Hansheng Wang, Fei Li, Tiantian Feng, Tong Hao, Weifeng Hao, Yan He, Liming Jiang, Ping Lu, Xianglian Meng, Xiaolei Niu, Gang Qiao, Xiaochun Ren, Qiang Shen, Yunzhong Shen, Yixiang Tian, Yongjie Wang, Bin Xiao, Huan Xie, Shengkai Zhang, Fujun Zhou Shiqiao Zhou and Rongxing Li. The global change and response special project: using remote sensing data to monitor and invert key components in the cryosphere. All Earth, 2023, 35(1), 2227488. https://doi.org/10.1080/27669645.2023.2227488 37.Yuan Lexian, Zhang Shengkai , Xiao Feng , Li Xiao, Lu Tingguo and Li Fei. Constructing Seasonal Records of Ross Ice Shelf Elevation Changes Using ICESat Altimetry Data. Geodesy and Geodynamics., 2024， http://doi.org/10.1016/j.geog.2024.11.002 38.Li Wenhao, Qin Xinyu, Zhu Tingting, Lei Jintao, C.K. Shum, Li Fei and Zhang Shengkai. The Impact of Atmospheric Rivers on Precipitation and Their Contribution to Crustal Deformation in Greenland, 2010 to 2019. Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. DOI 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3517142. 39.Li Jingming, Qin Xinyu, Li Wenhao, C.K. Shum, Li Fei and Zhang Shengkai. Impact of Atmospheric River Evolutions on Greenland Ice Sheet Mass Change Over the Last Two decades，2000-2019. Polar Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2024.101158 40.Zhu B, Zhang S, Xiao F, Li X, Lu T, Yuan X. 2025. An improved and robust method of estimating ice sheet elevation changes with ICESat-2 altimetry data. Geodesy and Geodynamics. 2025, http://dio.org/10.1016/j.geog.2025.02.006. 41.Lu Tingguo, Zhang Shengkai, Xiao Feng, Li Jiaxing, Geng Tong, Luo Hui, Yang Yidi and Wu Haojian. Determination of Mass Changes in the Totten Glacier Basin, East Antarctica, Using an Improved Mascon Method With GRACE/GRACE‐FO Data. JGR-Solid Earth, 130, e2025JB031384, http://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB31384. 42.Zhang Yu, Dong Zijun, Tefeike Saideaihemaiti, Ezhar Elijan, Xiao Feng, Zhang Shengkai and Li Fei. Ice-Unet: A very high-resolution UAV-optimized deep learning model for sea ice classification. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 22, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/LGRS.2025.3583786. 43.Wenhao Li, Chanfang Shu, Zhaoliang Zeng, CK. Shum, Shengkai Zhang and Fei Li. Evaluation of the Applicability of AEOLUS Satellite Wind Products in Antarctica. Earth and Space Science. 2025. 44.Tingting Zhu, Wenchao Liu; Wenhao Li, CK Shum; Shengkai Zhang; Yu Zhang. Exploration of the spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of atmospheric rivers in East Asia in the past decade based on a multidimensional adaptive atmospheric river identification algorithm. Atmospheric Research, 2025, 330. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2025.108589. 45.Xiao Li, Shengkai Zhang, Lexian Yuan, Luke D. Tresel, Haotian Cui and Feng Xiao. An advanced algorithm for constructing elevation change time series with satellite altimetry observations. IEEE journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol.19, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2026.3657671.