Yupan ZHANG

Profile Information

Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Degree

Doctor(Mar, 2024, University of Tsukuba)

Master(Apr, 2021, University of Tsukuba)

Bachelor(Jul, 2018, Xi'an University of Science and Technology)

J-GLOBAL ID

202201016965760428

researchmap Member ID

R000046462

Research Interests

• Geospatial artificial intelligence
• 3D Point Cloud Processing
• Remote Sensing
• Rainfall-Runoff Processes
• Forest Hydrology
• LiDAR Measurement

Research Areas

• Natural sciences / Atmospheric and hydrospheric science /
• Environmental science/Agricultural science / Environmental dynamics /
• Humanities & social sciences / Geography /

Research History

• Jul, 2026 - Present

  Assistant Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
• Mar, 2025 - Jun, 2026

  Post-doctoral Researcher, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Fudan University
• Apr, 2024 - Feb, 2025

  Researcher, Center for Research in Radiation, Isotopes, and Earth System Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Education

• Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2024

  School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
• Oct, 2018 - Mar, 2019

  School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
• Sep, 2014 - Jul, 2018

  College of Geomatics, Xi'an University of Science and Technology

Papers

• ²¹⁰Po in fresh water: Sources, environmental fate, global distribution and analytical challenges

  Wieczorek, Jarosław, Zhuo, Weihai, Boryło, Alicja, Zhang, Yupan, Han, Jianfang, Steinhauser, Georg, Feng, Bin

  Journal of hazardous materials, 513, Jul, 2026
• High-resolution spatiotemporal mapping of soil radon exhalation in China combining remote sensing and machine learning

  ZHANG, Yupan, Zhuo, Weihai, Chen, Bo, Feng, Bin

  ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL, 212(110309), May, 2026 Peer-reviewed
• An individual tree stemflow model integrating branch-leaf cluster structure and drainage processes from multi-platform LiDAR scanning

  Zhang, Yupan, Tan, Yiliu, Chiu, Chenwei, Onda, Yuichi, Gomi, Takashi

  JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 654, Jun, 2025 Peer-reviewed
• LiDAR-derived canopy structure explains 137Cs concentrations in throughfall in Fukushima plantation forest

  Zhang, Yupan, Wang, Hao, Onda, Yuichi, Tan, Yiliu, Kato, Hiroaki

  ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 374, Jun, 2025 Peer-reviewed
• Individual tree branch and leaf metrics extraction in dense plantation scenario through the fusion of drone and terrestrial LiDAR

  Zhang, Yupan, Tan, Yiliu, Xu, Xin, You, Hangkai, Onda, Yuichi, Gomi, Takashi

  COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE, 232, May, 2025 Peer-reviewed
• Automated registration of forest point clouds from terrestrial and drone platforms using structural features

  Tan, Yiliu, Xu, Xin, You, Hangkai, Zhang, Yupan, Wang, Di, Onda, Yuichi, Gomi, Takashi, Wang, Xinwei, Chen, Min

  ISPRS JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND REMOTE SENSING, 223 28-45, May, 2025 Peer-reviewed
• 森林管理が空間線量率に及ぼす影響の解明とモデル化

  Uehara Yusei, Onda Yuichi, Takahashi Junko, Zhang Yupan, Takamura Shiori

  The Annual Meeting on Radioisitopes and Radiation Researches, 5 34, 2025
• A watershed-scale evapotranspiration model considering forest type, stand parameters, and climate factors

  Inokoshi, Shodai, Gomi, Takashi, Chiu, Chen-Wei, Onda, Yuichi, Hashimoto, Asahi, Zhang, Yupan, Saitoh, Taku M.

  FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, 547, Nov, 2023 Peer-reviewed
• Concurrent datasets on land cover and river monitoring in Fukushima decontaminated catchment during 2013-2018

  Feng, Bin, Onda, Yuichi, Wakiyama, Yoshifumi, Taniguchi, Keisuke, Hashimoto, Asahi, Zhang, Yupan

  SCIENTIFIC DATA, 10(1), Aug, 2023 Peer-reviewed
• Persistent impact of Fukushima decontamination on soil erosion and suspended sediment

  Feng, Bin, Onda, Yuichi, Wakiyama, Yoshifumi, Taniguchi, Keisuke, Hashimoto, Asahi, Zhang, Yupan

  NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 5(10) 879-889, Jul, 2022 Peer-reviewed
• Understory biomass measurement in a dense plantation forest based on drone-SfM data by a manual low-flying drone under the canopy

  Zhang, Yupan, Onda, Yuichi, Kato, Hiroaki, Feng, Bin, Takashi, Gomi

  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 312, Jun, 2022 Peer-reviewed

Presentations

• Elucidation of radiocesium deposition in Fukushima forests by forest structure captured by terrestrial LiDAR

  ZHANG, Yupan, Tan, Yiliu, 恩田 裕一, Feng, Bin

  The First Forum of Young Scientists of the Chinese Society for Radiation Protection
• Tree Branch and Leaf Metrics Extraction in Dense Plantation Scenario Through the Fusion of Drone and Terrestrial LiDAR

  ZHANG, Yupan, Tan, Yiliu, 恩田 裕一, Feng, Bin

  10th Youth Geoscience Forum
• Estimating Rainfall Interception by Individual Canopy Structure Analysis with Fusion LiDAR data in Plantataion Forest

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, Tan, Yiliu, You, Hangkai, Xu, Xin, 橋本 朝陽

  American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2023
• Estimation of rainfall interception from merged drone and terrestrial LiDAR data by modeling 3D canopy structure in plantation forest

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, Linh, Pham Thuy, 橋本 朝陽, Chiu, Chenwei, 五味 高志, 高村 詩央里

  European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2023
• Estimation of radiation transfer and rainfall interception from drone LiDAR data by modeling 3D canopy structure and ray tracing in plantation forest

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, 橋本 朝陽, 高村 詩央里, Linh, Pham Thuy

  American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2022
• Trunk section-based tree detection method in dense plantation forest using drone LiDAR data

  ZHANG, Yupan, 橋本 朝陽, 恩田 裕一, 加藤 弘亮, 五味 高志, 猪越 翔大

  Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) 2022
• Estimation of forest evapotranspiration using high resolution UAV-LiDAR data

  ZHANG, Yupan, 橋本 朝陽, 恩田 裕一, 加藤 弘亮, 五味 高志, Chiu, Chenwei

  Japanese Forest Society (JFS) 2022
• Estimation of rainfall interception from merged drone and terrestrial LiDAR data by modeling 3D canopy structure in plantation forest

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, Linh, Pham Thuy, 橋本 朝陽, Chiu, Chenwei, 五味 高志, 高村 詩央里

  Japanese Forest Society (JFS) 2022
• Multi-scale understory biomass estimation based on SfM data derived from a low- flying drone under the canopy

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, 加藤 弘亮, Sun, Xinchao, 五味 高志

  American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021
• Multi-scale understory biomass estimation based on SfM data derived from a low-flying drone under the canopy

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, 加藤 弘亮, Sun, Xinchao, 五味 高志

  Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) 2021
• Multi-scale understory biomass estimation based on SfM data derived from a low-flying drone under the canopy

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, 加藤 弘亮, Sun, Xinchao, 五味 高志

  European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2021
• Understory biomass measurement based on SfM data by a manual low-flying drone under the canopy

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, 加藤 弘亮, Sun, Xinchao, 五味 高志

  American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2020
• Understory vegetation biomass measurement in thinning plantation using SfM data derived from a manual low-flying drone under the canopy

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, 加藤 弘亮, Sun, Xinchao, 五味 高志

  Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU) 2020
• Stable isotope-based approach to validate effects of stand structure and understory on soil water in a Japanese forest plantation

  大桃 早贵, 恩田 裕一, Mohamed, Boutefnouche, Chiu, Chenwei, 五味 高志, Hudson, Sean, ZHANG, Yupan, Hudson, Janice

  European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2020
• UNDERSTORY BIOMASS & DRONE based on SfM data under the canopy

  ZHANG, Yupan, 恩田 裕一, 加藤 弘亮, Sun, Xinchao, 五味 高志

  European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2020

Professional Memberships

• Apr, 2019 - Present

  American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Apr, 2019 - May, 2024

  European Geosciences Union (EGU)
• Apr, 2019 - May, 2024

  THE JAPANESE FORESTRY SOCIETY

Research Projects

• Research on Soil Radon Exhalation Rate and Its Dynamic Behaviors

  Shanghai Post-doctoral Excellence Program, Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Mar, 2025 - Jun, 2026

  YUPAN ZHANG