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Yao Yan
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| Dr. Yan is a Senior Geographer/Scientist in South Florida Water Management District. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with emphasis on spatial statistics and spatial modeling from Florida International University, and Master Degrees in Geosciences and GIS (University of Houston and China University of Geosciences, Beijing). He has over 20 years of working experience in GIS, Spatial Database, Remote Sensing and Earth Sciences. He prides wide-range of research support to Everglades ecosystem restoration, Arc Hydro databases, Storm Water Treatment Areas (STAs) evaluation and Lake Okeechobee Sediment Quality using comprehensive remote sensing and GIS technologies. Most recently, he provided extensive spatial-temporal analysis and 2D/3D mapping for Florida Power & Light (FPL) Turkey Point Plant's Cooling Canal System (CCS) evaluations and performed water quality monitoring and CCS volume calculations. Before his tenure in the District, he also worked in USGS National Wetlands Research Center, University of West Florida and Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences. His most recent studies focus on the evaluation and comparison of traditional kriging techniques, spatial regression (especially Geographically Weighted Regress) and hybrid models (such as regression-kriging) using GIS ModelBuilder, R scripts and SAS. Validated models have been developed and applied to the sediments quality studies of Lake Okeechobee, Florida and their spatial-temporal change from 1988 to 2006. He has authored/co-authored two monographs, and numerous professional papers. Several of his publications and research won national rewards for sciences and technology advancements. |
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