Prof. Dr. Tao is a professor in the School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering at Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. He obtained his B.E. degree in Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing from Wuhan University in 2006 and PhD in Geography from the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA in 2012. His research interests encompass surface anisotropy and albedo modeling, data fusion of satellite products, and long-term regional and global surface radiation budget analysis.