Lei Zhao
leizhao.bsky.social
Lei Zhao
@leizhao.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; alum of @Yale and @Princeton

Urban climate | land-atmosphere interactions | Earth system modeling | climate change | remote sensing | AI/ML
Reposted by Lei Zhao
In our recent paper in @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social Earth System Science Data, we develop #U-Surf, a global 1 km facet-level #urban property dataset.

U-Surf is structurally consistent with the urban canyon assumption in process-based #models & addresses a longstanding data gap in these models.
May 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Reposted by Lei Zhao
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Reposted by Lei Zhao
The next US president says global warming is a hoax. If you think this is crazy, given 2024 will again be the warmest year, welcome to reality. Rough times for climate and science, not just in the US.

In the old days, things were simply not known…. (Thread 1/12)
November 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Reposted by Lei Zhao
Google AI has just released the Population Dynamics Foundation Model (PDFM), designed to enhance geospatial analysis! 🌍
🔍 Learn more:
📖 Blog Post: t.co/ZhApcQME52
📝 Research Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2411.07207
💻 GitHub Repository: github.com/google-resea...
#geospatial #deeplearning
November 17, 2024 at 3:30 AM