**About the Editors**

### **Yaoming Ma**

Prof. Dr. Yaoming Ma is a professor at Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He obtained a doctor's degree in atmospheric physics from Okayama University in Japan and a doctor's degree in environmental science from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He is a distinguished research fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and post professor of the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the academic director of the National Observation and Research Station for Qomolongma Special Atmospheric Processes and Environmental Changes. His research interests are atmospheric boundary layer observation and satellite remote sensing application. He was responsible for nearly 20 national major scientific research programs, including key programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, major international cooperation programs, etc. At the same time, he is one of the two chief coordinators of the major international cooperation research programs 'GAME/Tibet' and 'CAMP/Tibet'.

### **Li Jia**

Prof. Dr. Li Jia is a full professor and director of the Laboratory for Earth Observation for Terrestrial Water Cycle and Climate Change in the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). She received her PhD degree in Environmental Science from Wageningen University of the Netherlands in 2004. Her main research disciplines are quantitative remote sensing and remote sensing applications to hydrometeorology, eco-hydrology, water resources, carbon assimilation, drought process and monitoring, and climate change. She has more than 300 publications, with more than 90 peer-reviewed ISI journal papers. She is a member of the WCRP/GEWEX Hydroclimatology Panel (GHP) (since 2019) and an IEEE member. She is the co-chair of a working group on drought monitoring and evaluation in the AOGEO (Asia–Oceania Group on Earth Observations) (since 2017). She acts as the Editor/Associate Editor of several professional journals.

### **Massimo Menenti**

Prof. Dr. Massimo Menenti is an internationally renowned scientist in the fields of earth observation and global terrestrial water cycles. He held senior research positions in the Netherlands, France, USA, China, and Italy; received research awards in the Netherlands, France, USA, and China; and led large projects with participants from Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. His best-known achievements have been attained in the topics of surface parameter retrievals from remote sensing, remote sensing-based evapotranspiration (ET) estimation, time series analysis of remote sensing data, and the application of remote sensing technology in hydrology and climate models. Prof. Menenti initiated the use of RS to assess and monitor crop water requirements and irrigation performance in the late 1980s. He was one of the earliest researchers to use laser technology to measure surface aerodynamic roughness. He initiated the use of time series analysis of satellite data. He presented the surface energy balance index (SEBI) theory for ET estimation, which is the prototype of the S-SEBI, SEBS, and SEBAL models.

### **Lei Zhong**

Prof. Dr. Lei Zhong is a professor at the School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. He received his PhD degree in Natural Geography in 2008 at the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main research interests mainly focus on land–atmosphere interaction, energy and water cycles, the application of remote sensing, and monsoon climate. He was recognized by theNational Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2015. He got the first prize of the Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology Award in 2022. He has been actively involved in major international cooperation programs, such as 'CAMP/Tibet' and ESA-MOST Dragon programme. He is a director of the China Association for Scientific Exploration. He is also a member of the IAMAS Youth Working Group.
