Ziwei Liu

Ms. Ziwei Liu


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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23 May 2025 in Remote Sensing
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Xu LiuXu Liu
Xu Liu
ZWZhenjie Wang
Zhenjie Wang
YZYingfeng Yingfeng Zhang
Yingfeng Yingfeng Zhang
XSXinjian Shan
Xinjian Shan
ZLZiwei Liu
Ziwei Liu
Interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) technology has been widely employed in the rapid monitoring of earthquakes and associated geological hazards. With the continued advancement of InSAR technology, the growing volume of satellite-acquired data has opened new avenues for applying deep learning (DL) techniques to the analysis of earthquake-induced surface deformation. Although DL holds great promise for processing InSAR data, its development progress has been significantly constrained by the absence of large-scale, accurately annotated datasets related to earthquake-induced deformation. To address this limitation, we propose an automated method for constructing deep learning training datasets by integrating the Global Centroid Moment Tensor (GCMT) earthquake catalog with Sentinel-1 InSAR observations. This approach reduces the inefficiencies and manual labor typically involved in InSAR data preparation, thereby significantly enhancing the efficiency and automation of constructing deep learning datasets for coseismic deformation. Using this method, we developed and publicly released a large-scale training dataset consisting of coseismic InSAR samples. The dataset contained 353 Sentinel-1 interferograms corresponding to 62 global earthquakes that occurred between 2015 and 2024. Following standardized preprocessing and data augmentation (DA), a large number of image samples were generated for model training. Multidimensional analyses of the dataset confirmed its high quality and strong representativeness, making it a valuable asset for deep learning research on coseismic deformation. The dataset construction process followed a standardized and reproducible workflow, ensuring objectivity and consistency throughout data generation. As additional coseismic InSAR observations become available, the dataset can be continuously expanded, evolving into a comprehensive, high-quality, and diverse training resource. It serves as a solid foundation for advancing deep learning applications in the field of InSAR-based coseismic deformation analysis.

28 February 2026 in Remote Sensing
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ZLZiwei Liu
Ziwei Liu
WGWenyu Gong
Wenyu Gong
ZWZhenjie Wang
Zhenjie Wang
JHJun Hua
Jun Hua
Xu LiuXu Liu
Xu Liu
Time-series interferometric synthetic aperture radar (TS-InSAR) has become a widely used technique for monitoring surface deformation with high spatial and temporal resolution. The recent rise in cloud-based InSAR platforms has significantly accelerated the production of interferograms. However, the accuracy of deformation inversion remains limited by fundamental issues affecting interferogram quality, including temporal and spatial decorrelation and phase unwrapping errors. These degrading effects are most pronounced in vegetated, desert, and snow-covered terrains, which are common in active tectonic zones and thereby exert a major impact on the quality of the unwrapped phase. Traditional quality control methods are inefficient or inadequate for large-scale analysis, and discarding low-quality data reduces the inversion accuracy. To address these limitations, we developed a deep learning-based approach to automatically assess interferogram quality and integrate it into the time-series InSAR inversion workflow. We utilized Sentinel-1 interferograms generated by the COMET-LiCSAR system as the primary data source. Based on this dataset, we developed a multi-stage selection strategy for interferogram quality control, integrating loop phase closure analysis, statistical indicators (including coherence and phase standard deviation), and manual verification. As a result, we constructed a high-quality labeled dataset comprising approximately 20,000 samples. An improved ConvNeXt-InSAR model was designed and trained to automatically quantify the quality of each pixel in individual interferograms. The model generates pixel-wise quality maps, which are then incorporated as weight constraints in the time-series InSAR network inversion. The proposed method was applied to the interseismic deformation reconstruction in the central-southern Tibetan Plateau region. This study highlights the potential of deep learning-based interferogram quality assessment in facilitating large-scale, automated time-series InSAR processing.

22 July 2026 in Remote Sensing
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XLXinxin Li
Xinxin Li
WGWenyu Gong
Wenyu Gong
SGSun Guangtong
Sun Guangtong
GZGuohong Zhang
Guohong Zhang
JHJun Hua
Jun Hua
ZLZiwei Liu
Ziwei Liu
Lakes on the Tibetan Plateau are sensitive indicators of climate change. Their water storage variations play an important role in regional hydrological processes and ecological security. This study is based on multi-source remote sensing and meteorological data from 1988 to 2025. Lake area was extracted using the MNDWI and the Otsu threshold method. HYDROWEB water level data were used to establish an area-water level relationship. This relationship was then applied to reconstruct a long-term water level time-series and estimate changes in lake water storage. GRACE/GRACE-FO data and meteorological observations were further analyzed to identify the driving factors. The results show that Siling Co experienced a persistent expansion over the study period, with the lake area increasing by 805.83 km2, water level rising by 14.33 m, and water storage increasing by 30.42 km3. Correlation analysis indicates that air temperature, precipitation, and evaporation jointly influenced lake water storage variations. Among these factors, precipitation plays a relatively more important role. During 2002–2019, lake water storage changes (LWSC) were highly consistent with terrestrial water storage (TWS) variations. However, TWS anomalies lagged approximately one year behind LWSC. These findings improve the understanding of the long-term hydrological responses of Siling Co to climate change. They also provide a scientific basis for water resource management and infrastructure planning in the region.