Academic Writing for Graduate Students; Planetary Remote Sensing

• Period	Category	Role	Project Title
  2016.01–2019.12	National Natural Science Foundation	Principle Investigator	Distribution characteristics and formation mechanism of radar    anomalous craters over the lunar polar regions
  2013.01–2015.12	National Natural Science Foundation	Principle Investigator	Investigation of lunar surface roughness from multisource remote sensing data
  2013.01–2017.12	National Natural Science Foundation	Co-Investigator	Mechanism for farmland monitoring using remote sensing and inversion of key parameters in ecological processes

1.   2015.07–present Associate editor, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.

2.   Member of China’s Chang’E-3 science team.

3.   Committee member, the Second International Symposium on Lunar and Planetary Science, June 3-5, 2014, Macau China.

4.   Committee member, The Second International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications (EORSA 2012), Shanghai, China.

5.   Regular reviewer for Natural Science Foundation of China and Ministry of Education Degree Center.

6.   Regular reviewer for Icarus, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Meteoritic & Planetary Science, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Science Bulletin, and Science China.

 Wenzhe Fa, Yuzhen Cai, Zhiyong Xiao, and Wei Tian (2016), Topographic roughness of the northern high latitudes of Mercury from MESSENGER Laser Altimeter data, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 3078–3087, doi:10.1002/2016GL068120.

2.   Yanlong Bu, Wenlin Tang, Wenzhe Fa, Geshi Tang, Chibiao Ding, Yang Yang, Jianfeng Cao, Hai Chen, Hejun Yin (2016), Relative trajectory estimation during Chang’E-2 probe’s flyby of asteroid Toutatis using dynamics, optical and radio constraints, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 54(8), 4680–4693, doi:10.1109/TGRS. 2016.2548713.

3.   Shuoran Yu, and Wenzhe Fa (2016), Thermal conductivity of surficial lunar regolith estimated from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Radiometer data, Planetary and Space Science, 124, 48–61, doi:10.1016/j.pss.2016.02.001.

4.   Wenzhe Fa, Meng-Hua Zhu, Tiantian Liu, and Jeffrey B. Plescia (2015), Regolith stratigraphy at the Chang’E-3 landing site as seen by lunar penetrating radar, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 10179–10187, doi:10.1002/2015GL066537.

5.   Chao Chen, Qiming Qin, Li Chen, Hong Zheng, Wenzhe Fa, Abduwasit Ghulam, and Chengye Zhang (2015), Photometric correction and reflectance calculation for lunar images from the Chang’E-1 CCD stereo camera, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, 32(12), 2409–2422, doi:10.1364/JOSAA.32.002409. 


6.   Yanlong Bu, Geshi Tang, Kaichang Di, Wenzhe Fa, Tianjiang Hu, Chibiao Ding, Bin Xu, Bin Liu, Jianfeng Cao, Songjie Hu, Cheng Yang, and Chuankai Liu (2015), New insight of asteroid 4179 Toutatis using China Chang’E-2 close flyby optical measurements, The Astronomical Journal, 149, 1–11, doi:10.1088/0004-6256/149/1/21. 


7.   Wenzhe Fa, Tiantian Liu, Meng-Hua Zhu, and Junichi Haruyama (2014), Regolith thickness over Sinus Iridum: Results from morphology and size-frequency distribution of small impact craters, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 119, 1914–1935, doi:10.1002/ 2013JE004604.

8.   Menghua Zhu, Wenzhe Fa, Wing-Huen Ip, Jiangchuan Huang, Tiantian Liu, Linzhi Meng, Jun Yan, Aoao Xu, Zesheng Tang, Xiaolei Wang, and Dong Qiao (2014), Morphology of asteroid (4179) Toutatis as imaged by Chang’E-2 spacecraft, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 328–333, doi:10.1002/2013GL058914.

9.   Tuo Fang, and Wenzhe Fa (2014), High frequency thermal emission from the lunar surface and near surface temperature of the Moon from Chang’E-2 microwave radiometer, Icarus, 232, 34–53, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2013.12.024.

10.   Wenzhe Fa, and Yuzhen Cai (2013), Circular polarization ratio characteristics of impact craters from Mini-RF observations and implications for ice detection at the polar regions of the Moon, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 118, 1582–1608, doi:10.1002 /jgre.20110.

11.   Wenzhe Fa (2013), Simulation for ground penetration radar (GPR) study of the subsurface structure of the Moon, Journal of Applied Geophysics, 99, 98–108, doi: 10.1016/j. jappgeo. 2013.08.002.

12.   Jun Du, and Wenzhe Fa (2013), A rectification model for lunar surface circular polarization ratio (CPR) images based on range-dependent incidence angle, SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy, 43(11), 1411–1420, doi:10.1360/132013-319. (In Chinese with English abstract)

13.   Meng-Hua Zhu, Jin Chang, Tao Ma, Wing-Huen Ip, Wenzhe Fa, Jian Wu, Mingsheng Cai, Yizhong Gong, Yiming Hu, Aoao Xu, Zesheng Tang (2013), Potassium map from Chang’E-2 constraints the impact of Crisium and Orientale basin on the Moon, Scientific Reports, 3, 1611, doi:10.1038/srep01611.

14.   Wenzhe Fa, and Mark A. Wieczorek (2012), Regolith thickness of the lunar nearside: Result from Earth-based 70-cm Arecibo radar observations, Icarus, 218, 771–778, 10.1016/j. icarus.2012.01.010.

15.   Wenzhe Fa, Mark A. Wieczorek, and Essam Heggy (2011), Modeling polarimetric radar scattering from the lunar surface: study on the effect of physical properties of the regolith layer, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 116, E03005, doi:10.1029/ 2010JE003649.

16.   Wenzhe Fa, and Ya-Qiu Jin (2010), Global inventory of Helium-3 in lunar regolith estimated by multi-channel microwave radiometer on Chang-E 1, Chinese Science Bulletin, 2010, 55(35), 4005–4009, doi: 10.1007/s11434-010-4198-9.

17.   Wenzhe Fa, and Ya-Qiu Jin (2010), A primary analysis of microwave brightness temperature of lunar surface from Chang-E 1 multi-channel radiometer observation and inversion of regolith layer thickness, Icarus, 207(2), 605–615, doi: 10.1016/j.icarus. 2009.11.034.

18.   Wenzhe Fa, and Ya-Qiu Jin (2010), Simulation of radar sounder echo from lunar surface and subsurface structure, Science in China D, 53(7), 1043–1055, doi:10.1007/s11430-010-3070-8.

19.   Ya-Qiu Jin, and Wenzhe Fa (2010), The modeling analysis for microwave emission from stratified media of non-uniform lunar cratered terrain surface in Chinese Chang-E 1 observation, IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Letters, 7(3), 530–534, doi: 10.1109/ LGRS.2010.2040802.

20.   Wenzhe Fa, Feng Xu, and Ya-Qiu Jin (2009), SAR imaging simulation for an inhomogeneous undulated lunar surface based on triangulated irregular network, Science in China F, 2009, 52(4), 559–574, doi:10.1007/s11432-009-0065-1.

21.   Ya-Qiu Jin, and Wenzhe Fa (2009), An inversion approach for lunar regolith layer thickness using optical albedo data and microwave emission simulation, Acta Astronautica, 65, 1409–1423, doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.03.082. 

22.   Rui Ding, Wenzhe Fa, and Zhiliang Wang (2008), Analysis on vector radiative transfer through a finite slab of stochastic precipitation medium, Waves in Random and Complex Media, 18 (3), 371–385.

23.   Wenzhe Fa, and Ya-Qiu Jin (2007), Simulation of brightness temperature from lunar surface and inversion of regolith-layer thickness, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 112, E05003, doi: 10.1029/2006JE002751.

24.   Wenzhe Fa, and Ya-Qiu Jin (2007), Quantitative estimation of helium-3 spatial distribution in the lunar regolith layer, Icarus, 190(1), 15–23, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2007.03.014.

25.   Ya-Qiu Jin, Feng Xu, and Wenzhe Fa (2007), Numerical simulation of polarimetric radar pulse echoes from lunar regolith layer with scatter inhomogeneity and rough interfaces, Radio Science, 42, RS3007, doi:10.1029/2006RS003523.

2014   Outstanding Teaching Award, Peking University.

2013   Excellent Reviewer for Science Bulletin.

2013   AGU Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Journal of Geophysical 

             Research: Planets 

2011   The Second Class National Natural Science Award, China.

2009   The First Class Ministry of Education Natural Science Award, China.