Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Engineering (Surveying)
- Email:xiaoli.deng@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 492 18988
Career Summary
Biography
Dr Xiaoli Deng graduated with a PhD in Geodesy from Curtin University of Technology in 2004, specialising in improvement of geodetic parameter estimation in coastal regions from satellite radar altimetry. Since then, Xiaoli has broadened the scope and breadth of her research considerably to now include satellite geodesy and satellite oceanography.
She has undertaken several research projects funded by ARC, the University of Newcastle, NSW Environmental Trust, and internationally by NASA, European Space Agency and French government Space Agency. The contribution to the projects is her specific skill of improving satellite altimetry data in coastal regions, monitoring the sea level around Australia, and investigating its influence on climate change.
Xiaoli's research focuses on satellite altimetry (i.e., a remote sensing technique) and its geodetic and oceanographic applications for interdisciplinary Earth sciences, including marine gravity field, ocean bathymetry, marine geodesy, global and regional sea-level changes, ocean currents, ocean tides, extreme sea levels and coastal ocean process. Her particular expertise is to develop new algorithms for improving satellite altimetry data in coastal zones - this work is at the international forefront. She has provided unique Australian expertise in reprocessing and improving multi-altimeter data in coastal zones, having developed a coastal waveform re-tracking system, and recently adding in neural network and fuzzy logical tools that produce the best possible sea level results near the coast. Her recent algorithm based on coastal altimeter characteristics is capable of improving the quality of data in coastal zones to a similar accuracy level as those over open oceans. Her retracking algorithms have been widely used and referred by international researchers.
Research Expertise
Improvement of satellite radar altimetry data in coastal zones through developing altimetry waveform retracking algorithms. Development and use of satellite and in-situ observation techniques, models and methods for monitoring of sea level variability, ocean currents, climate, marine gravity field and natural hazards. Study of the new generation of satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar altimeters for monitoring of coastal and land-ice surfaces at small spatial scales.
Teaching Expertise
Since 2003 the following courses have been taught:
- Surveying 1 (SURV1110),
- Survey Computing (SURV2340),
- Surveying Techniques and Computations (SURV2230),
- Geodesy (SURV3510),
- Analysis of Observation (SURV3350),
- Astronomy and Satellite Positioning (SURV4410), and
- Surveying Project (SURV4850).
Deng has supervised to completion 8 PhD (Surveying) students, 6 of them as principal supervisor. Deng is now principal supervisor for 1 PhD (Surveying) students and co-supervisor two external students.
Administrative Expertise
The admin duties are mainly involved in Faculty, School and Discipline.
- SACO for School of Engineering since 2020
- Industrial experience coordinator for Surveying since 2016
- Faculty board member in 2003-2007 and 2014 - 2016
- University representative in Institution of Surveyors NSW Hunter Mining Group between 2005-2019
- University representative in of the Australian Spatial Information Education and Research Association (ASIERA) since 2011
- Discipline UNISS (University of Newcastle Industry Scholarship Scheme) representative for Surveying between 2005-2016
- Discipline annual newsletter editor between 2005 – 2016
- Research seminars coordinator between 2003 and 2004
Contributions to the International Association of Geodesy (IAG)
Deng is a Fellow of IAG and the Australian National Representative of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) to IAG, appointed by the Australian Academy of Science in 2019. She is the Chair of Satellite Altimetry in IAG gravity Commission.
Collaborations
Deng has created important research connections with leading researchers both nationally and internationally. She has collaborated with Cheinway Hwang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan), Richard Coleman (University of Tasmania), CK Shum (Ohio State University, USA), William Emery (University of Colorado, USA), Ken Ridgway (CSIRO Marine Research) and Paolo Cipollini (National Oceanography Centre, UK).
Deng has collaborated with Prof Ole Andersen (DTU Space, Denmank) on research into regional gravity recovery, SWOT simulation and ICESat-2 data analysis. She has also established strong international linkages with Wenbing Sheng (Wuhan University, China), Denise Dettmering (Technical University of Munich, Germany), and Nurul Idris (Technical University of Malaysia).
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University
Keywords
- Analysis of Observations
- Astronomy and Satellite Positioning
- Coastal Altimetry and Its Applications
- Geodesy
- Satellite Altimetry Retracking Algorithms
- Satellite Geodesy
- Satellite Geodesy in Natural Hazard Mitigation
- Survey Computations
- Surveying
Languages
- English (Fluent)
Fields of Research
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370603 | Geodesy | 40 |
401306 | Surveying (incl. hydrographic surveying) | 60 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
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Associate Professor | University of Newcastle School of Engineering Australia |
Academic appointment
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1/1/2014 - | Editorial Board - IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters journal | IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters journal Australia |
1/7/1999 - 1/7/2002 | PhD student | Curtin University Spatial Sciences |
1/1/1996 - 1/6/1999 | Associate Professor | Wuhan Technical University of Surveying and Mapping, China Geo-science and Surveying Engineering China |
Membership
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2010 - | Membership - Australian Spatial Information Education and Research Association | Australian Spatial Information Education and Research Association Australia |
1/1/2005 - | Membership - The Institution of Surveyors, Australia | The Institution of Surveyors, Australia Australia |
1/1/1999 - | Membership - International Association of Geodesy (IAG) | International Association of Geodesy (IAG) Australia |
Awards
Research Award
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2004 |
Visiting Research Fellow Taiwan National Chiao Tung University |
2003 |
Visiting Research Fellow Taiwan National Chiao Tung University |
Invitations
Participant
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2006 |
Characteristics of the Leeuwin Current from TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimetry in Australian coastal oceans Organisation: International Association of Geodesy Description: A 40-minute invited lecture which focused on the investigation of the Leeuwin Current off the Western Australian coast from satellite altimetry and the existing Australian geoid model. Also as a member of the workshop scientific committee. |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (3 outputs)
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2016 |
Deng X, 'Satellite Altimetry', Encyclopedia of Geodesy, Springer International Publishing, Springer Link (2016)
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2011 |
Deng X, Griffin DA, Ridgway K, Church JA, Featherstone WE, White NJ, Cahill M, 'Satellite altimetry for geodetic, oceanographic, and climate studies in the Australian region', Coastal Altimetry, Springer, Heidelberg 473-508 (2011) [B1]
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2011 |
Gommenginger C, Thibaut P, Fenoglio-Marc L, Deng X, Gomez-Enri J, Gao Y, 'Retracking altimeter waveforms near the coasts', Coastal Altimetry, Springer, Heidelberg 61-101 (2011) [B1]
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Journal article (37 outputs)
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2024 |
Peng F, Deng X, Shen Y, 'Wave contributions to sea levels along the coast of northern South China Sea over 2002 2022', Advances in Space Research, 73 4584-4596 (2024) [C1] To better understand the wave contribution to coastal sea level variation in the northern South China Sea (SCS), the total sea level time series, which is estimated as the sum of ... [more] To better understand the wave contribution to coastal sea level variation in the northern South China Sea (SCS), the total sea level time series, which is estimated as the sum of waves, tides, atmospheric surges and altimetric sea levels, over the period of 2002¿2022 are used in this study. It is found that tides and waves are two dominate contributors to coastal sea level changes at seasonal (45.7 % and 40.8 %) and interannual (58.6 % and 28.4 %) time scales. The sea level trend is dominated by the altimetric sea levels, but waves can also influence the trends in the Taiwan Strait and Beibu Gulf. The amount of sea level rise that doubles the frequency of the former 50-year return level is analyzed by using the Generalized Extreme Value Distribution (GEVD) model. The results show that the amount of sea level rise is closely related to the amplitude and variance of extreme sea levels. Because waves can significantly increase probability of occurrence of exceedingly large extreme sea levels, the amount of sea level rise (~1 m) that doubles the coastal flooding frequency is much greater than that (~10 cm) without the wave contribution. This result demonstrates the important role of waves in changing the coastal flooding frequency.
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2023 |
Peng F, Deng X, Jiang M, Dinardo S, Shen Y, 'A New Method to Combine Coastal Sea Surface Height Estimates from Multiple Retrackers by Using the Dijkstra Algorithm', Remote Sensing, 15 2329-2329 (2023) [C1]
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2022 |
Peng F, Deng X, Cheng X, 'Australian Coastal Sea Level Trends Over 16 yr of Reprocessed Jason Altimeter 20-Hz Data Sets', JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, 127 (2022) [C1]
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2021 |
Agha Karimi A, Baltazar Andersen O, Deng X, 'Mean Sea Surface and Mean Dynamic Topography Determination from Cryosat-2 data around Australia', Advances in Space Research, 68 1073-1089 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Idris NH, Vignudelli S, Deng X, 'Assessment of retracked sea levels from Sentinel-3A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) mode altimetry over the marginal seas at Southeast Asia', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42 1535-1555 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Abdalla S, Abdeh Kolahchi A, Ablain M, Adusumilli S, Aich Bhowmick S, Alou-Font E, et al., 'Altimetry for the future: Building on 25 years of progress', Advances in Space Research, 68 319-363 (2021) [C1] In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology, geodes... [more] In 2018 we celebrated 25 years of development of radar altimetry, and the progress achieved by this methodology in the fields of global and coastal oceanography, hydrology, geodesy and cryospheric sciences. Many symbolic major events have celebrated these developments, e.g., in Venice, Italy, the 15th (2006) and 20th (2012) years of progress and more recently, in 2018, in Ponta Delgada, Portugal, 25 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry. On this latter occasion it was decided to collect contributions of scientists, engineers and managers involved in the worldwide altimetry community to depict the state of altimetry and propose recommendations for the altimetry of the future. This paper summarizes contributions and recommendations that were collected and provides guidance for future mission design, research activities, and sustainable operational radar altimetry data exploitation. Recommendations provided are fundamental for optimizing further scientific and operational advances of oceanographic observations by altimetry, including requirements for spatial and temporal resolution of altimetric measurements, their accuracy and continuity. There are also new challenges and new openings mentioned in the paper that are particularly crucial for observations at higher latitudes, for coastal oceanography, for cryospheric studies and for hydrology. The paper starts with a general introduction followed by a section on Earth System Science including Ocean Dynamics, Sea Level, the Coastal Ocean, Hydrology, the Cryosphere and Polar Oceans and the ¿Green¿ Ocean, extending the frontier from biogeochemistry to marine ecology. Applications are described in a subsequent section, which covers Operational Oceanography, Weather, Hurricane Wave and Wind Forecasting, Climate projection. Instruments¿ development and satellite missions¿ evolutions are described in a fourth section. A fifth section covers the key observations that altimeters provide and their potential complements, from other Earth observation measurements to in situ data. Section 6 identifies the data and methods and provides some accuracy and resolution requirements for the wet tropospheric correction, the orbit and other geodetic requirements, the Mean Sea Surface, Geoid and Mean Dynamic Topography, Calibration and Validation, data accuracy, data access and handling (including the DUACS system). Section 7 brings a transversal view on scales, integration, artificial intelligence, and capacity building (education and training). Section 8 reviews the programmatic issues followed by a conclusion.
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2021 |
Peng F, Deng X, Cheng X, 'Quantifying the precision of retracked Jason-2 sea level data in the 0 5 km Australian coastal zone', Remote Sensing of Environment, 263 112539-112539 (2021) [C1]
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2021 |
Deng X, Ren-Bin W, Peng F, Yong Y, Nan-Ming M, 'Retracking Cryosat-2 Data in SARIn and LRM Modes for Plateau Lakes: A Case Study for Tibetan and Dianchi Lakes', Remote Sensing, 13 (2021) [C1]
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2020 |
Karimi AA, Deng X, 'Estimating sea level rise around Australia using a new approach to account for low frequency climate signals', Advances in Space Research, 65 2324-2338 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Gharineiat Z, Deng X, 'Spectral Analysis of Satellite Altimeter and Tide Gauge Data around the Northern Australian Coast', Remote Sensing, 12 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Peng F, Deng X, 'Validation of Wind Speeds From Brown-Peaky Retracker in the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast of North America', IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 58 5793-5803 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Peng F, Deng X, 'Improving precision of high-rate altimeter sea level anomalies by removing
the sea state bias and intra-1-Hz covariant error', Remote Sensing of Environment, 251 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Peng F, Deng X, 'Validation of Sentinel-3A SAR mode sea level anomalies around the Australian coastal region', Remote Sensing of Environment, 237 (2020) [C1]
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2019 |
Seifi F, Deng X, Baltazar Andersen O, 'Assessment of the Accuracy of Recent Empirical and Assimilated Tidal Models for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Using Satellite and Coastal Data', Remote Sensing, 11 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Agha Karimi A, Deng X, Andersen OB, 'Sea Level Variation around Australia and Its Relation to Climate Indices', Marine Geodesy, 42 469-489 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Seifi F, Deng X, Ole Baltazar A, 'UoNGBR: A Regional Assimilation Barotropic Tidal Model for the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Based on Satellite, Coastal and Marine Data', Remote Sensing, 11 (2019) [C1]
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2018 |
Gharineiat Z, Deng X, 'Description and assessment of regional sea-level trends and variability from altimetry and tide gauges at the northern Australian coast', Advances in Space Research, 61 2540-2554 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Peng F, Deng X, 'Validation of improved significant wave heights from Brown-peaky (BP) retracker along the east coast of Australia', Remote Sensing, 10 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Peng F, Deng X, 'A New Retracking Technique for Brown Peaky Altimetric Waveforms', Marine Geodesy, 41 99-125 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Idris NH, Deng X, Din A, Idris NH, 'CAWRES: A Waveform Retracking Fuzzy Expert System for Optimizing Coastal Sea Levels from Jason-1 and Jason-2 Satellite Altimetry Data', Remote Sensing, 9 (2017) [C1]
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2017 |
Idris N, Deng X, Idris NH, 'Comparison of retracked coastal altimetry sea levels against high frequency radar on the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia', Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 11 032403-1-032403-14 (2017) [C1]
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2016 |
Villadsen H, Deng X, Andersen OB, Stenseng L, Nielsen K, Knudsen P, 'Improved inland water levels from SAR altimetry using novel empirical and physical retrackers', Journal of Hydrology, 537 234-247 (2016) [C1] Satellite altimetry has proven a valuable resource of information on river and lake levels where in situ data are sparse or non-existent. In this study several new methods for obt... [more] Satellite altimetry has proven a valuable resource of information on river and lake levels where in situ data are sparse or non-existent. In this study several new methods for obtaining stable inland water levels from CryoSat-2 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) altimetry are presented and evaluated. In addition, the possible benefits from combining physical and empirical retrackers are investigated.The retracking methods evaluated in this paper include the physical SAR Altimetry MOde Studies and Applications (SAMOSA3) model, a traditional subwaveform threshold retracker, the proposed Multiple Waveform Persistent Peak (MWaPP) retracker, and a method combining the physical and empirical retrackers. Using a physical SAR waveform retracker over inland water has not been attempted before but shows great promise in this study.The evaluation is performed for two medium-sized lakes (Lake Vänern in Sweden and Lake Okeechobee in Florida), and in the Amazon River in Brazil. Comparing with in situ data shows that using the SAMOSA3 retracker generally provides the lowest root-mean-squared-errors (RMSE), closely followed by the MWaPP retracker. For the empirical retrackers, the RMSE values obtained when comparing with in situ data in Lake Vänern and Lake Okeechobee are in the order of 2-5 cm for well-behaved waveforms. Combining the physical and empirical retrackers did not offer significantly improved mean track standard deviations or RMSEs. Based on these studies, it is suggested that future SAR derived water levels are obtained using the SAMOSA3 retracker whenever information about other physical properties apart from range is desired. Otherwise we suggest using the empirical MWaPP retracker described in this paper, which is both easy to implement, computationally efficient, and gives a height estimate for even the most contaminated waveforms.
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2016 |
Marshall A, Deng X, 'Image Analysis for Altimetry Waveform Selection over Heterogeneous Inland Waters', IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 13 1198-1202 (2016) [C1] Over inland waters the altimetry radar return is typically contaminated by both land and surrounding vegetation. Moreover, the radar returns corresponding to floodplain vegetation... [more] Over inland waters the altimetry radar return is typically contaminated by both land and surrounding vegetation. Moreover, the radar returns corresponding to floodplain vegetation and exposed mud flats can have similar waveform shapes to those reflected from open water surfaces so that the derived water surface elevations are either inaccurate or difficult to extract. This letter presents a robust and automated method based on image analysis of satellite imagery for the selection of altimetry waveforms over inundated zones. The altimetry footprint is assessed as being inundated if the radiometric response of an image kernel within the footprint conforms to known remotely sensed responses for water. The method was applied in the lower middle Fly floodplain of the Fly River in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG). Altimetry waveforms were assessed for inundation extent and vegetation cover, with those that met threshold levels being flagged for further retracking and water surface elevation monitoring. The results show that the method accurately identified> 90% of inundated sites along altimeter ground tracks and correctly selected waveforms reflected from water surfaces.
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2015 |
Gharineiat Z, Deng X, 'Application of the Multi-Adaptive Regression Splines to Integrate Sea Level Data from Altimetry and Tide Gauges for Monitoring Extreme Sea Level Events', Marine Geodesy, 38 261-276 (2015) [C1]
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2015 |
Deng X, 'Geodesy Introduction to Geodetic Datum and Geodetic Systems', Journal of Spatial Science, 60 198-200 (2015) [C3]
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2015 |
Stewart MG, Deng X, 'Climate Impact Risks and Climate Adaptation Engineering for Built Infrastructure', ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering, 1 (2015) [C1]
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2015 |
Stewart MG, Deng X, 'Closure to "Climate Impact Risks and Climate Adaptation Engineering for Built Infrastructure" by Mark G. Stewart and Xiaoli Deng', ASCE-ASME JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS PART A-CIVIL ENGINEERING, 1 (2015)
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2014 |
Idris NH, Deng X, Andersen OB, 'The importance of coastal altimetry retracking and detiding: A case study around the Great Barrier Reef, Australia', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35 1729-1740 (2014) [C1] A new approach for improving the accuracy of altimetry-derived sea level anomalies (SLAs) near the coast is presented. Estimation of SLAs is optimized using optimal waveform retra... [more] A new approach for improving the accuracy of altimetry-derived sea level anomalies (SLAs) near the coast is presented. Estimation of SLAs is optimized using optimal waveform retracking through a fuzzy multiple retracking system and the most appropriate detiding method. With the retracking system, fuzzy-retracked SLAs become available within 5 km of the coast; meanwhile it becomes more important to use pointwise tide modelling rather than state-of-the-art global tidal models, as the latter leave residual ocean tide signals in retracked SLAs. These improvements are demonstrated for Jason-2 waveforms in the area of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Comparing the retrieved SLAs with in situ tide gauge data from Townsville and Bundaberg stations showed that the SLAs from this study generally outperform those from conventional methods, demonstrating that adequate waveform retracking and detiding are equally important in bringing altimetry SLAs closer to the coast. © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
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2012 |
Idris NH, Deng X, 'The retracking technique on multi-peak and quasi-specular waveforms for Jason-1 and Jason-2 missions near the coast', Marine Geodesy, 35 217-237 (2012) [C1]
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2010 |
Lee H, Shum CK, Emery W, Calmant S, Deng X, Kuo C-Y, et al., 'Validation of Jason-2 altimeter data by waveform retracking over California Coastal Ocean', Marine Geodesy, 33 304-316 (2010) [C1]
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2009 |
Deng X, Coleman R, Featherstone WE, Ridgway KR, 'Assessment of geoid models offshore Western Australia using in-situ measurements', Journal of Coastal Research, 25 581-588 (2009) [C1]
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2008 |
Deng X, Hwang C, Coleman R, Featherstone WE, 'Seasonal and interannual variations of the Leeuwin Current off Western Australia from TOPEX/Poseidon satellite altimetry', Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 19 135-149 (2008) [C1]
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2006 |
Hwang CW, Guo JY, Deng X, Hsu HY, Liu YT, 'Coastal gravity anomalies from retracked Geosat/GM altimetry: Improvement, limitation and the role of airborne gravity data', Journal of Geodesy, 80 204-216 (2006) [C1]
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2006 |
Deng X, Featherstone WE, 'A coastal retracking system for satellite radar altimeter waveforms: Application to ERS-2 around Australia', Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 111 (2006) [C1]
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2002 |
Deng X, Featherstone WE, Hwang C, Berry PAM, 'Estimation of contamination of ERS-2 and POSEIDON satellite radar altimetry close to the coasts of Australia', Marine Geodesy, 25 249-271 (2002) [C1] It is broadly acknowledged that the precision of satellite-altimeter-measured instantaneous sea surface heights (SSH) is lower in coastal regions than in open oceans, due partly t... [more] It is broadly acknowledged that the precision of satellite-altimeter-measured instantaneous sea surface heights (SSH) is lower in coastal regions than in open oceans, due partly to contamination of the radar return from the coastal sea-surface state and from land topography. This study investigates the behavior of ERS-2 and POSEIDON altimeter waveform data in coastal regions and estimates a boundary around Australia's coasts in which the altimeter range may be poorly estimated by on-satellite tracking software. Over one million 20 Hz ERS-2 (March to April 1999) and POSEIDON (January 1998 to January 1999) radar altimeter waveform data were used over an area extending 350 km offshore Australia. The DS759.2 (5' resolution) ocean depth model and the GSHHS (0.2 km resolution) shoreline model were used together to define the coastal regions. Using the 50% threshold retracking points as the estimates of expected tracking gate, we determined that the sea surface height is contaminated out to maximum distance of between about 8 km and 22 km from the Australian shoreline for ERS-2, depending partly on coastal topography. Using the standard deviation of the mean waveforms as an indication of the general variability of the altimeter returns in the Australian coastal region shows obvious coastal contamination out to about 4 km for both altimeters, and less obvious contamination out to about 8 km for POSEIDON and 10 km for ERS-2. Therefore, ERS-2 and POSEIDON satellite altimeter data should be treated with some caution for distances less than about 22 km from the Australian coast and probably ignored altogether for distances less than 4 km.
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Conference (37 outputs)
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2023 |
Yu D, Deng X, Andersen O, 'Investigation of geoid gradients estimated from simulated SWOT altimeter data', Berlin, Germany (2023)
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2023 |
Deng X, Shum CK, Scharroo R, 'International Altimetry Service (IAS) for geodesy and climate research', Berlin (2023)
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2020 |
Idris NH, 'ANALYSIS OF SENTINEL-3A SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (SAR) ALTIMETRY WAVEFORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST ASIA REGION', IGARSS 2020 - 2020 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, ELECTR NETWORK (2020)
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2017 |
Idris NH, Deng X, Idris NH, 'Validation of Sea levels from coastal altimetry waveform retracking expert system: A case study around the Prince William Sound in Alaska', Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2017) [E1]
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2016 |
Deng X, Gharineiat Z, Andersen O, Stewart M, 'Observing and Modelling the High Water Level from Satellite Radar Altimetry
during Tropical Cyclones', IAG 150 Years: Proceedings of the 2013 IAG Scientific Assembly, Potsdam, Germany (2016) [E1]
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2014 |
Andersen OB, Cheng Y, Deng X, Steward M, Gharineiat Z, 'Using satellite altimetry and tide gauges for storm surge warning', COMPLEX INTERFACES UNDER CHANGE: SEA - RIVER - GROUNDWATER - LAKE, Gothenburg, SWEDEN (2014) [E1]
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2013 |
Idris NH, Deng X, 'An iterative coastal altimetry retracking strategy based on fuzzy expert system for improving sea surface height estimates', International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Melbourne, VIC (2013) [E2]
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2013 | Idris NH, Deng X, 'Coastal Waveform Retracking for Sea Surface Height Estimates: a Fuzzy Expert System Approach', Proceedings of 20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimerty, Venice, Italy (2013) [E2] | Nova | |||||||||
2013 |
Deng X, Andersen OB, Cheng Y, Stewart MG, Gharineiat Z, 'Integrated Mapping of Coastal Sea Level Using Altimetry and Tide Gauges for Monitoring Extreme Sea Levels', Proceedings of 20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry, Venice, Italy (2013) [E2]
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2013 |
Andersen O, Deng X, Stewart M, Gharinerat Z, 'Tide gauge and satellite altimetry integration for storm surge prediction', Proceedings of ESA Living Planet Symposium 2013, Edinburgh, UK (2013) [E2]
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2011 | Deng X, 'Tropical Cyclone Yasi observed by Jason-1 and Jason-2', 5th Coastal Altimetry Workshop. Abstract Book, San Diego, USA (2011) [E3] | ||||||||||
2011 | Idris N, Deng X, 'Waveform retracking techniques for Quasi-specular and multi-peaked echoes near the coast', 5th Coastal Altimetry Workshop. Abstract Book, San Diego, USA (2011) [E3] | ||||||||||
2011 | Deng X, Andersen O, Cheng Y, 'Sea level changes from altimetry and tide gauges in the south-eastern Australian coastal region', Earth on the Edge - Science For A Sustainable Planet: IUGG XXV General Assembly Online Abstract Proceedings, Melbourne (2011) [E3] | ||||||||||
2011 | Deng X, 'Satellite altimetry sees large tropical cyclone Yasi towards Queensland, Australia', Earth on the Edge - Science For A Sustainable Planet: IUGG XXV General Assembly Online Abstract Proceedings, Melbourne (2011) [E3] | ||||||||||
2010 | Deng X, Ridgway K, 'Altimetry for ocean current systems around Australia', 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting. Abstracts, Taipei, Taiwan (2010) [E3] | ||||||||||
2010 | Shum C, Lee H, Calmant S, Deng X, Duan J, Guo J, et al., 'Study of terrestrial hydrology using space geodetic techniques', 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting. Abstracts, Taipei, Taiwan (2010) [E3] | ||||||||||
2010 | Nurmaulia SL, Fenoglio-Marc L, Deng X, Becker M, 'Inter-comparison of tide gauge and satellite altimetry for long-term sea level change in the Indonesian region', 4th Coastal Altimetry Workshop, Porto, Potugal (2010) [E3] | ||||||||||
2010 |
Lee H, Shum CK, Emery W, Calmant S, Deng X, Kuo C-Y, et al., 'Validation of Jason-2 altimeter data by waveform retracking over coastal ocean', OSTST 2010. Ocean Surface Topography Science Team 2010 Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal (2010) [E3]
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2009 |
Deng X, Stewart MG, 'Retracking satellite radar altimeter Jason-1 waveforms in the coastal zone: A case study of joint analysis with tide gauges', 3rd Coastal Altimetry Workshop. Program and Abstracts, Frascati, Italy (2009) [E3]
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2008 | Deng X, Lee H, Shum CK, Roesler C, Emery W, 'Retracking of radar altimetry for coastal applications', 2nd Coastal Altimetry Workshop: Presentations, Pisa, Italy (2008) [E3] | ||||||||||
2008 | Deng X, Ridgway KR, Coleman R, 'The time series of the Leeuwin Current transport from satellite altimeter measurements', OSTST 2008 Meeting: GODAE First Symposium IDS Workshop. Posters, Nice, France (2008) [E3] | ||||||||||
2008 | Deng X, Ridgway KR, Coleman R, 'The baroclinic transport across the Leeuwin Current system from satellite altimetry', EOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, Cairns, QLD (2008) [E3] | ||||||||||
2007 | Deng X, 'Assessment of geoid models off Western Australia using in-situ measurements', 2007 Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting. Program, Hobart, Tasmania (2007) [E3] | ||||||||||
2007 | Lee H, Shum CK, Yi Y, Ibaraki M, Schwartz F, Deng X, 'Hydrologic study of vegetated wetland using reftracked satellite altimetry', 2007 Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting. Program, Hobart, Tasmania (2007) [E3] | ||||||||||
2005 |
Deng X, Featherstone WE, 'Improved Determination Of Sea Surface Heights Close To The Australian Coast From ESR-2 Satellite Radar Altimetry', Window on the future of geodesy : Sapporo, Japan June 30-July 11, 2003, Sapporo, Japan (2005) [E1]
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Other (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2012 | Deng X, 'SC 2.5 Satellite Altimetry', Geodesists' Handbook 2012 ( pp.872-872) (2012) |
Thesis / Dissertation (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2004 | Deng X, Improvement of Geodetic parameter Estimation in Coastal Regions from Satellite Radar Altimetry, (2004) [T3] |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 19 |
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Total funding | $1,128,933 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20221 grants / $568,746
Enhancing marine bathymetry using new generation satellite sensors$568,746
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng, Professor Ole B Andersen, Richard Coleman, Professor Richard Coleman |
Scheme | Discovery Projects |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2025 |
GNo | G2100083 |
Type Of Funding | C1200 - Aust Competitive - ARC |
Category | 1200 |
UON | Y |
20152 grants / $56,200
Quantifying sea-level trends and extremes along Australia's coastal margin$55,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng, Professor Matt King, Dr Christopher Watson, Dr John Church, Dr John Hunter, Professor Ole B Andersen |
Scheme | Discovery Projects |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | G1401527 |
Type Of Funding | C1200 - Aust Competitive - ARC |
Category | 1200 |
UON | Y |
The 26th General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Pargue Czech Republic, 22/6 - 2/7 2015$1,200
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | G1500689 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20141 grants / $1,500
3rd International Gravity Field Service (IGFS) General Assembly (IGFS2014), Shanghai China, 30 June- 6 July 2014$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | G1400737 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20131 grants / $1,500
IAG Scientific Assembly 2013, Potsdam Germany, 1 - 6 September 2013$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | G1300881 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20121 grants / $1,200
The "6th Altimetry Workshop" and the "20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry" Symposium, Riva del Garda and Venice, Italy, 20- 29 September 2012$1,200
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2012 |
GNo | G1200791 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20111 grants / $1,200
The 5th Coastal Altimetry Workshop and Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting, San Diego, USA, 16 - 21 October 2011$1,200
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2011 |
Funding Finish | 2011 |
GNo | G1100891 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20102 grants / $38,000
Local sea-level rise in the coastal waters of NSW$20,000
Funding body: NSW Environmental Trust
Funding body | NSW Environmental Trust |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Environmental Research (Seeding Grant) |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | G1000080 |
Type Of Funding | Other Public Sector - State |
Category | 2OPS |
UON | Y |
Synergy of space geodetic and oceanographic observations for studying sea-level cariations in australian coastal regions$18,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Pilot Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | G0900034 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20091 grants / $1,200
Geodesy for Planet Earth - International Association of Geodesy 2009 Scientific Assembly, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 31 August - 4 September 2009$1,200
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2009 |
Funding Finish | 2009 |
GNo | G0190327 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20082 grants / $427,000
A New Method for Mapping Geostrophic Circulation over the Shelf$425,300
Funding body: NASA
Funding body | NASA |
---|---|
Project Team | William Emery, CK Shum, Xiaoli Deng and Paolo Cipollini |
Scheme | Ocean Surface Topography Scientific Team |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2008 |
Funding Finish | 2011 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | International - Competitive |
Category | 3IFA |
UON | N |
Second Coastal Altimetry Workshop, Pisa Italy, 6/11/2008 - 7/11/2008$1,700
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2008 |
Funding Finish | 2008 |
GNo | G0189614 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20071 grants / $1,700
The XXIV International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly$1,700
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2007 |
Funding Finish | 2007 |
GNo | G0187749 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20061 grants / $1,500
International workshop on coast and land applications of satellite altimetry, 21-22 July 2006$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2006 |
Funding Finish | 2006 |
GNo | G0186721 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20052 grants / $10,995
Estimation of the Mean Sea Surface for Ocean Surface Current Studies around Australia$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Early Career Researcher Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2005 |
Funding Finish | 2005 |
GNo | G0185416 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Dynamic Planet 2005 'Monitoring and Understanding a Dynamic Planet with Geodetic and Oceanographic Tools' 22-26 August 2005$995
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2005 |
Funding Finish | 2005 |
GNo | G0185709 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20041 grants / $2,400
International Symposium on Gravity, Geoid and Space Missions, 30 August - 3 Septembert 2004$2,400
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2004 |
Funding Finish | 2004 |
GNo | G0184472 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20032 grants / $15,792
Investigations of the leeuwin current from the satellite radar altimetry and a regional gravimetric geoid model$13,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Early Career Researcher Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2003 |
Funding Finish | 2003 |
GNo | G0183108 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
XXIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Sapporo, Japan 30 June - 11 July, 2003$2,292
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
---|---|
Project Team | Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2003 |
Funding Finish | 2003 |
GNo | G0183123 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2021 | PhD | Adaptive Retracking of Radar Altimetry Waveforms Over Heterogeneous Inland Waters | PhD (Surveying), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Development of a Regional Barotropic Ocean Tide Model for Northeast Australian Coastal Zones | PhD (Surveying), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Retrieval and Validation of Improved Coastal Altimetry Datasets from a New Retracking Strategy | PhD (Surveying), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Sea Level Variability and Mean Sea Level Determination around Australia from Satellite Altimetry | PhD (Surveying), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Coastal Altimetry for Sea Level Changes in Northern Australian Coastal Oceans | PhD (Surveying), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Satellite Altimetry for Land Hydrology | Surveying, DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark | Co-Supervisor |
2014 | PhD | Development of New Retracking Methods for Mapping Sea Levels Over the Shelf Areas from Satellite Altimetry Data | PhD (Civil Eng), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2010 | PhD | Robust Non-Rigid Surface Matching and its Application to Scoliosis Modelling | PhD (Civil Eng), College of Engineering, Science and Environment, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Associate Professor Xiaoli Deng
Position
Honorary Associate Professor
School of Engineering
College of Engineering, Science and Environment
Focus area
Surveying
Contact Details
xiaoli.deng@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 492 18988 |
Fax | (02) 492 16991 |
Office
Room | EA113 |
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Building | Engineering A |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |