Dr. Dabin XUE, a Postdoctoral Fellow of LSGI at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), recently received an Excellent Presentation Award at the International Graduate Workshop on Geoinformatics (IGWG) held in Wuhan, Mainland China from 17th to 19th December 2023. Dr. Xue is a Postdoc at the Micro-Laboratory of Atmospheric Research and Geomatics Engineering (Micro-LARGE) under the supervision of Prof. George LIU, Associate Head (Partnership) & Professor of LSGI. Dr. Xue completed a PhD degree earlier in 2023 from the Micro-LARGE, with joint supervision by Prof. Jian YANG at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Mainland China.
The awarded presentation, titled "Space weather effects on aviation operation and related air traffic management solutions for mitigating these effects," provided a comprehensive overview of the impact of space weather on aviation operations. The presentation covered topics such as high-frequency communication blackouts, GNSS-based navigation and surveillance failures, and increased cosmic radiation. Additionally, Dr. Xue proposed solution methods to mitigate the effects of space weather on air transportation from an air traffic management perspective.
Some of the presentation findings were based on the paper "Examining the economic costs of the 2003 Halloween storm effects on the Northern Hemisphere aviation using flight data in 2019," which was published in Space Weather in 2023. The paper has been selected as a Research Highlight in the Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.
The annual IGWG event, jointly organized by the Wuhan University, Peking University, and PolyU, aims to facilitate the exchange of experiences and research among postgraduates and early career scholars in the field of geo-informatics. The workshop provides participants with an opportunity to broaden their knowledge and establish meaningful connections with fellow researchers.
