Prof. Ronghua Ma, born in December 1972 in Shandong province, China, is a Level-2 Professor in Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, anoutstanding Middle-aged and Young Experts with Distinguished Contributions in Jiangsu Province anda second-level candidate for Jiangsu Province's "333 Project".

Prof. Ma specializes in employingsatellite remote sensing tomonitor lake/reservoir water environment change, focusing on water quality and water resources remote sensing, especially developing new approaches to identifycyanobacterial blooms, phytoplankton concentrations, optical conditions and trophic status. He designed and manages the in-situ experimental platform for Lake Taihu, obtaining continuous above/under-water surface measurements, as well as an indoor experimental platform to observe dynamics in the vertical distribution of phytoplankton and particulate matter under different conditions.He has held key roles as an advisor and evaluator for national projects and is affiliated with numerous academic organizations.His pioneering work includesdevelopment of lake cyanobacteria bloom remote sensing observation in eutrophic lakes of China and cyanobacteria prediction and early warning system in Lake Taihu. Additionally, his another work is lake data development and sharing. The integrated lake-basin dataset is his focus. He edited the Atlas of Lake Distribution in China.

With over 200 publications, including 130 SCI-indexed articles, and co-authored severnbooks. Prof. Ma has significantly contributed to his field. His research has earned him 44 national patents and 32 software copyrights, and he has awarded the 2008/2012/2022 Jiangsu Province Science and Technology ProgressAward (Second/Second/First Prize).

• Lake Color Remote Sensing: Research on the retrievals of lake/reservoir water colorthrough remote sensing. This includes in-situ measurements and assessment of spatiotemporal changes and environmental effects under global change conditions, as well as remote sensing-based evaluation of water quality and eutrophic state.
• Lake Data Sharing: Research on the development of integrated lake basin data and the orderly flow of these data between different scientists or scientific groups. This includes the sharing rules or policy.

• Kun Xue, RonghuaMa*, GuangweiZhu, Minqi Hu, Zhigang Cao, JunfengXiong, Yibo Zhang, Jinduo Xu, Zehui Huang, Yiqiu Wu. A comprehensive time-series dataset linked to cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Taihu. Scientific Data. 2024, 11:1365. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04224-w
• Mingming Deng, Ronghua Ma*, Steven Arthur Loiselle, Minqi Hu, Kun Xue, Zhigang Cao, Lixin Wang, Chen Lin, Guang Gao. Monitoring Salinity in Inner Mongolian Lakes Based on Sentinel-2 Images and Machine Learning. Remote Sensing. 2024, 16, 3881: 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16203881
• Minqi Hu, Ronghua Ma*, Kun Xue, Zhigang Cao, Xi Chen1, JunfengXiong, Jinduo Xu, Zehui Huang,Zhengyang Yu. A dataset of trophic state index for nation-scale lakes in China from 40-year Landsat observations. Scientific Data. 2024, 11:659. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03506-7
• Minqi Hu, Ronghua Ma*, Kun Xue, Zhigang Cao, JunfengXiong, Steven Arthur Loiselle, Ming Shen, Xuan Hou. Eutrophication evolution of lakes in China: Four decades of obserbations from space. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2024, 470: 134225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134225
• Zhengyang Yu, Ronghua Ma* , Minqi Hu, Kun Xue, Zhigang Cao, JunfengXiong.An improved algorithm for the column-integrated algal biomass retrieval in Lake Chaohu, a large eutrophic lake. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 2024, 127: 103670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2024.103670
• Zhigang Cao, Menghua Wang, Ronghua Ma*, Yunlin Zhang, HongtaoDuan, Lide Jiang, Kun Xue, JunfengXiong, Minqi Hu. A decade-long chlorophyll-a data record in lakes across China from VIIRS observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2024, 301: 113953. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113953
• JunfengXiong, Chen Lin, Ronghua Ma*, Zhigang Cao. Remote Sensing Estimation of Lake Total Phosphorus Concentration Based on MODIS: A Case Study of Lake Hongze. Remote Sens. 2019, 11(17): 2068. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11172068
• Zhigang Cao, Chuanmin Hu, Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, Miao Liu, Steven Loiselle, Kaishan Song, Ming Shen, Dong Liu, Kun Xue. MODIS observation reveal decrease in lake suspended particulate matter across China over the past two decades. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2023, 295: 113724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113724
• Kun Xue, Ronghua Ma*, Ming Shen, Jinghui Wu, Minqi Hu, YuyuGuo, Zhigang Cao, JunfengXiong. Horizontal and vertical migration of cyanobacterial blooms in two eutrophic lakes observed from the GOCI satellite. Water Research. 2023, 240: 120099, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120099
• Zhigang Cao, John M. Melack, Miao Liu, TiitKutser, HongtaoDuan, Ronghua Ma*. Shifts, Trends, and Drivers of Lake Color Across China Since the 1980s. Geophysical Research Letters, 2023, 50, e2023GL103225.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103225
• Dian Wang, Xiangyu Xiang, Ronghua Ma*, YongqinGuo, Wangyuan Zhu, Zhihao Wu. A novel atmospheric correction for turbid water. Remote Sensing. 2023, 15，2091. https://doi.org/10. 3390/rs15082091
• Kun Xue, Ronghua Ma*,Zhigang Cao, Ming Shen, Minqi Hu, JunfengXiong.Monitoring Fractional Floating Algae Cover Over Eutrophic Lakes Using Multisensor Satellite Images: MODIS, VIIRS, GOCI, and OLCI. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2022, 60: 4211715
• Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma*,NimaPahlevan, Miao Liu, John M. Melack, HongtaoDuan, Kun Xue, Ming Shen. Evaluating and Optimizing VIIRS Retrievals of Chlorophyll-a and Suspended Particulate Matter in Turbid Lakes Using a Machine Learning Approach. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2022, 60: 4211417
• Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma*, Miao Liu, HongtaoDuan, Qitao Xiao, Kun Xue, Ming Shen. Harmonized Chlorophyll-a Retrievals in Inland Lakes from Landsat-8/9 and Sentinel 2A/B Virtual Constellation through Machine Learning. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2022, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3207345
• Guangjia Jiang, Wen Su, Chunchao Zhang, Wei Deng, Xinrui Wang, Zhenxiong Yang, XiangliLv, Chuqian Lu*, Shengyong Li, Ronghua Ma*, Xiaohan Huang, Lijin Ye, Meng Wang, Wei Yu. Satellite determining dominant sources of particulate organic carbon across different eutrophic waters. Ecological Indicators. 2022, 142: 109302
• Minqi Hu, Ronghua Ma*, JunfengXiong, Menghua Wang, Zhigang Cao, Kun Xue. Eutrophication state in the Eastern China based on Landsat 35-year observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022, 277, 113057:1-18
• Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma*, John M. Melack, HongtaoDuan, Miao Liu, TiitKutser. Landsat observations of chlorophyll-a variations in Lake Taihu from 1984 to 2019. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 2022, 106:102642. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2021.102642
• Minqi Hu, Ronghua Ma*, Zhiguang Cao, JunfengXiong, Kun Xue. Remote Estimation of Trophic State Index for Inland Waters Using Landsat-8 OLI Imagery. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 1988. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13101988
• Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, NimaPahlevan, John Melack, Ming Shen, Kun Xue. A machine learning approach to estimate chlorophyll-a from Landsat-8 measurements in inland lakes. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2020, 248: 111974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111974
• Guangjia Jiang, Steven A. Loiselle, Dingtian Yang, Ronghua Ma*, Wen Su, ChangjunGao. Remote estimation of chlorophyll-a concentrations over a wide range of optical conditions based on water classification from VIIRS observations. Remote Sensing of Environment. 2020, 241: 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2020.111735
• Jing Li, Ronghua Ma*, Kun Xue, Steven Loiselle. Drivers to spatial and temporal dynamics of column integrated phytoplankton biomass in the shallow lake of Chaohu, China. Ecological Indicators. 2020, 109, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105812
• Kun Xue, Emmanuel Boss, Ronghua Ma*, Ming Shen. Algorithm to derive inherent optical properties from remote sensing reflectance in turbid and eutrophic lakes. Applied Optics. 2019, 58(31): 8549-8564
• Kun Xue,Ronghua Ma*, Dian Wang, Ming Shen. Optical classification of the remote sensing reflectance and its application in deriving the specific phytoplankton absorption in optically complex lakes. Remote Sensing. 2019, 11, 184, doi:10.3390/rs11020184
• Dian Wang,Ronghua Ma*, Kun Xue. Improved atmospheric correction algorithm for Landsat 8–OLI data in turbid waters: a case study for the Lake Taihu, China. Optics Express, 2019, 27(20): A1400-A1418, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.0A1400
• Dian Wang, Ronghua Ma*, Kun Xue, Steven Arthur Loiselle. The Assessment of Landsat-8 OLI Atmospheric Correction Algorithms for Inland Waters. Remote Sensing. 2019, 11(169): 1-23, doi:10.3390/rs11020169
• Zhigang Cao, Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, Kun Xue. Effects of broad bandwidth on the remote sensing of inland waters: implications for high spatial resolution satellite data applications. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2019, 153: 110-122
• Kun Xue, Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, Ming Shen. Inversion of inherent optical properties in optically complex waters using sentinel-3A/OLCI images: A case study using China's three largest freshwater lakes. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2019, 225: 328-346
• Guangjia Jiang, Steven A. Loiselle, Dingtian Yang, ChangjunGao, Ronghua Ma*, Wen Su, HongtaoDuan. An Absorption-specific Algorithm to Examine Dynamics of Particulate Organic Carbon from VIIRS Observations in Inland and Coastal Waters. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2019, 224: 29-43
• Jing Li, Ronghua Ma*, Kun Xue, Yuchao Zhang, Steven Loiselle. A remote sensing algorithm of column-integrated algal biomass covering algal bloom conditions in a shallow eutrophic lake. International Journal of Geo-Information. 2018, 7, 466, doi:10.3390/ijgi7120466
• Chen Lin, Chuangchun Huang, Ronghua MA. Can the watershed non-point source phosphorus flux amount be reflected by lake sediment? Ecological Indicators, 2019, 102: 118-130
• Lin Qi, Chuanmin Hu, Peter M. Visser, Ronghua Ma*. Diurnal changes of cyanobacteria blooms in Taihu Lake as derived from geostationary ocean color AQ1 imager observations. Limnology & Oceanography, 2018, 63: 1711-1726
• Kai Liu, Hu Ding, Guoan Tang, Chunqiao Song, Yiwen Liu, Ling Jiang, Bangyuan Zhao, Yunfei Gao, Ronghua Ma*. Large-scale mapping of gully-affected areas: An approach integrating Google Earth images and terrain skeleton information. Geomorphology, 2018, 314: 13-26
• Juhua Luo, HongtaoDuan,Ronghua Ma*, XiuliangJin, Fei Li, Weiping Hu, Kun Shi, Wenjiang Huang. Mapping species of submerged aquatic vegetation withmulti-seasonal satellite images and considering life history information. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2017, 57: 154-165
• Jing Li, Yuchao Zhang, Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, Steven Loiselle, Kun Xue, and Qichun Liang. Satellite-Based Estimation of Column-Integrated Algal Biomass in Nonalgae Bloom Conditions: A Case Study of Lake Chaohu, China. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2017, 10(2): 450-460
• Kun Xue, Yuchao Zhang, HongtaoDuan, Ronghua Ma*. Variability of light absorption properties in optically complex inland waters of Lake Chaohu, China. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2017, 43: 17-31
• Juhua Luo, Xinchuan Li, Ronghua Ma*, Fei Li, HongtaoDuan, Weiping Hu, Boqiang Qin, Wenjiang Huang. Applying remote sensingtechniques to monitoring seasonal andinterannual changes of aquatic vegetation in Taihu Lake, China. Ecological Indicators, 2016, 60:503-513
• Kun Xue, Yuchao Zhang, HongtaoDuan, Ronghua Ma*, Steven Loiselle, Minwei Zhang. A Remote Sensing Approach to Estimate Vertical Profile Classes of Phytoplankton in a Eutrophic Lake, Remote Sensing, 2015, 7(7)：14403-14427
• Yuchao Zhang, Ronghua Ma*, Min Zhang, HongtaoDuan, Steven Loiselle and Jinduo Xu. Fourteen-Year Record (2000–2013) of theSpatial and Temporal Dynamics of Floating Algae Blooms in Lake Chaohu, Observed from Time Series of MODIS Images. RemoteSensing, 2015,7:10523-10542
• Guangjia Jiang, Ronghua Ma*, Steven A. Loiselle, HongtaoDuan, Wen Su, WeixuCai, Chuguang Huang, Jie Yang, Wei Yu. Remotesensing of particulate organic carbon dynamics in a eutrophic lake (Taihu Lake, China). Science of the Total Environment, 2015, 532: 245-254
• Yuchao Zhang, Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, Steven A. Loiselle, Jinduo Xu, and Mengxiao Ma. A novel algorithm to estimate algalbloom coverage to subpixel resolution in Lake Taihu. IEEE J-STARS, 2014, 7: 3060-6068
• Lin Qi, Chuanmin Hu, HongtaoDuan, Jennifer Cannizzaro, Ronghua Ma*. A novel MERIS algorithm to derive cyanobacterialphycocyanin pigment concentrations in a eutrophic lake: Theoretical basis and practical considerations. Remote Sensing ofEnvironment, 2014, 9:298-317
• HongtaoDuan, Lian Feng, Ronghua Ma*, Yuchao Zhang and Steven Arthur Loiselle. Variability of particulate organic carbon in inlandwaters observed from MODIS Aqua imagery. Environmental Research Letters, 2014, 5, 084011
• Yuchao Zhang, Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, Steven Loiselle, and Jinduo Xu. A spectral decomposition algorithm for estimating  chlorophyll-a concentrations in Lake Taihu, China. Remote Sensing, 2014,6:5090–5016
• HongtaoDuan, Ronghua Ma*, Steven Loiselle, Shen Q, Yin H, Yuchao Zhang. Optical characterization of black water blooms in eutrophicwaters. Science of The Total Environment, 2014; 482–483: 174-183
• HongtaoDuan, Ronghua Ma*, Yuchao Zhang, Steven Arthur Loiselle. Are algal blooms occurring later in Lake Taihu? Climate local effects outcompete mitigation prevention. Journal of Plankton Research. 2014,36(3): 866–871
• Ronghua Ma*, Guishan Yang, HongtaoDuan, Jiahu Jiang, Sumin Wang, Xuezhi Feng, Ainong Li, Fanxiang Kong, Bin Xue, Jinglu Wu, Shijie Li. China’s lakes at present: number, area and spatial distribution. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences (Science in China Series D),2011, 54(2): 283-289,doi: 10.1007/s11430-010-4052-6
• HongtaoDuan, Ronghua Ma*, Chuanmin Hu. Remote sensing algorithms of cyanobacteria pigments during spring bloom formation in several lakes of East China. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2012, 126: 126-135
• Guangjia Jiang, Ronghua Ma*, Steven Loiselle, HongtaoDuan. Optical approaches to examining the dynamics of dissolved organic carbon in optically complex inland waters. Environmental Research Letters, 2012, 7 (3), 034014 
• Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, Qinhuo Liu, Steven Arthur Loiselle. Approximate bottom contribution to remote sensing reflectance inTaihu Lake, China. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 2011, 37(1): 18-25
• Ronghua Ma*, Guangjia Jiang, HongtaoDuan, Luca Bracchini, Steven Loiselle. Effective upwelling irradiance depths in turbid waters: a spectral analysis of origins and fate. Optics Express. 2011, 19(8): 7127-7138
• Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, ChuanguangLv, Steven Loiselle. Unusual links between inherent and apparent optical properties in shallow lakes, the case of Taihu Lake. Hydrobiologia, 2011, 667:149–158
• HongtaoDuan, Ronghua Ma*, Yuanzhi Zhang, Steven Arthur Loiselle, Jingping Xu, Chenlu Zhao, Lin Zhou, and Linlin Shang. A new three-band algorithm for estimating chlorophyll-concentrations in turbid inland lakes. Environmental Research Letters, 2010, 5, 044009
• Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, Chuanmin Hu, Xuezhi Feng, Ainong Li, WeiminJu, Jiahu Jiang, Guishan Yang. A half-century ofchanges in China's lakes: Global warming or human influence? Geophysical Research Letters. 2010, 37：L24106，doi:10.1029/2010GL045514（IF2014=4.196）
• Ronghua Ma*,Delu Pan, HongtaoDuan, Qingjun Song. Absorption and scattering properties of water body in Taihu Lake, China: backscattering. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2009, 30(9): 2321-2335
• Ronghua Ma*, ChaolinGu, Yingxia Pu, Xiaodong Ma. Mining the Urban Sprawl Pattern: A Case Study on Sunan, China. Sensors, 2008, 8: 6371-6395
• Ronghua Ma*, HongtaoDuan, XiaohongGu, Shouxuan Zhang. Detecting Aquatic Vegetation Change of Taihu Lake, China Using Multi-Temporal Satellite Imageries. Sensors, 2008, 8: 3988-4005
• Ronghua Ma*, Xiaodong Ma, Jinfang Dai. Hyperspectral feature analysis of chlorophyll-a and suspended solids with fieldmeasurements in Taihu Lake, Eastern China. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2007, 52(4): 808-824
• Ronghua Ma*, Junwu Tang, Jinfang Dai, Yunlin Zhang, Qingjun Song. Absorption and scattering properties of water body in Taihu Lake, China: absorption. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2006, 27(19):4277-4304
• Ronghua Ma*, Junwu Tang, Jinfang Dai. Bio-optical model with optimal parameter suitable for Taihu Lake in water colour remotesensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 2006, 27(19): 4305-4328
• Ronghua Ma*, Jinfang Dai. Investigation of chlorophyll-a and total suspended matter concentrations using Landsat ETM and field spectral measurement in Taihu Lake, China. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2005, 26: 2779-2787

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