Xiang Li

Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Assistant

I am studying for the Ph.D. degree in Geography and Environmental Science and Policy, University of South Florida


Interests: Human Mobility, Disaster Resilience, Climate Change, GIS, Big Data & Remote Sensing of Environment


Projects

Google Earth Engine (GEE) Workshop Dec 2022

This is the story map of GEE which I hosted in Dec 2022. I introduced some basic information of GEE and gave some training examples for GEE.

Google Earth Engine ArcGIS StoryMaps JavaScript

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SEACAR Water Quality Pilot Project 2022 - 2023

Under the leadership of Dr. Qiang and Dr. Landry, I worked on this project using statistical methods and tools to monitor water quality in five Florida nature preserves. One of my main tasks was to perform python program development so that statistical analyses could be performed in a more efficient manner.

GitHub Python

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Essays

Book Chapter: Natural Disasters and Urban Human Mobility

30 Jun 2025

Li, X., & Qiang, Y. (2025). Natural Disasters and Urban Human Mobility. In Urban Human Mobility (pp. 40-50). CRC Press. Chapter Link ABSTRACT This chapter highlights the critical value of analyzing urban human mobility during natural disasters, focusing on how...

Human Mobility Disasters Urban Areas

A SAR-based flood mapping approach: application of SAR-SIFT registration and modified DeepLabV3 segmentation in flood hazard assessment

17 Jun 2025

Zhang, Z., Xiong, J., Li, X., Li, Y., & Liu, J. (2025). A SAR-based flood mapping approach: application of SAR-SIFT registration and modified DeepLabV3 segmentation in flood hazard assessment. Geocarto International, 40(1), 2512188. Article Link The highlight of this article...

Image semantic segmentation SAR Deep learning Flooded area

Spatial Pattern and Socioeconomic Factors of 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak in the United States

08 Apr 2025

Han, L., Qiang, Y., Ma, C., Li, X., Salim, Z., Bhandari, R., … & Jin, H. (2025). Spatial Pattern and Socioeconomic Factors of 2022 Monkeypox Outbreak in the United States. The Professional Geographer, 1-12. Article Link The highlight of this...

Monkeypox Infectious disease Social disparities Spatial analysis

Using Human Mobility Data to Detect Evacuation Patterns in Hurricane Ian

14 Apr 2024

Authors: Xiang Li, Yi Qiang, Guido Cervone Article Link The highlight of this article Study area and dataset Methods Results Some ideas for future work 1. The highlight of this article Generate a framework to use human mobility data to...

SafeGraph Weekly Pattern Evacuation pattern in Hurricane Ian

Automated Glacier Snow Line Altitude Calculation Method Using Landsat Series Images in the Google Earth Engine Platform

14 May 2022

Article Link The highlight of this article Study area and dataset Methods Results Some ideas for future work 1. The highlight of this article Create automated method to calculate Snow Line Altitude (SLA) on glaciers Explore the Google Earth Engine...

GEE Snow Line Altitude High Mountain Asia

Associations of Human Migration and Natural Disasters in the United States from 2000-2020 (in preparation)

Human Migration Disasters United States