2006年6月：南京信息工程大学应用气象学专业，获得学士学位； 

2012年6月：中国科学院青藏高原研究所自然地理学专业，获得博士学位； 

2014年6月：中国科学院青藏高原研究所，博士后出站； 

2014年7月：中国科学院青藏高原研究所，副研究员 

定量遥感，地表能量平衡与气候变化

2012年  中国科学院优秀毕业生

2012年  中国科学院院长优秀奖

2013年  中国科学院优秀博士学位论文

1. Tang, W., J. Qin, K. Yang, X. Niu, M. Min, and S. Liang, 2017: An efficient algorithm for calculating photosynthetically active radiation with MODIS products, Remote Sens. Environ., 194, 146-154.

2. Tang, W., K. Yang, Z. Sun, J. Qin, and X. Niu, 2017: Global Performance of a Fast Parameterization Scheme for Estimating Surface Solar Radiation From MODIS Data, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 55(6).

3. Tang, W., K. Yang, J. Qin, X. Niu, C. Lin, and X. Jing, 2017: A revisit to decadal change of aerosol optical depth and its impact on global radiation over China, Atmos. Env., 150, 106-115, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.11.043.

4. Tang, W., J. Qin, K. Yang, S. Liu, N. Lu, and X. Niu, 2016: Retrieving high-resolution surface solar radiation with cloud parameters derived by combining MODIS and MTSAT data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 2543-2557, doi:10.5194/acp-16-2543-2016.

5. Yang, K., Lazhu, Y. Chen, L. Zhao, J. Qin, H. Lu, W. Tang, M. Han, B. Ding, and N. Fang, 2016: Land surface model calibration through microwave data assimilation for improving soil moisture simulations, J. Hydrol., 533, 266–276.

6. Qin, J., W. Tang, K. Yang, N. Lu, X. Niu, and S. Liang (2015), An ef?cient physically based parameterization to derive surface solar irradiance based on satellite atmospheric products,J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 4975–4988.

7. Lin, C., K. Yang, J. Huang, W. Tang, J. Qin, X. Niu, Y. Chen, D. Chen, N. Lu, and R. Fu, 2015: Impacts of wind stilling on solar radiation variability in China, Sci. Rep., 5, 15135.

8. Han, M., K. Yang, J. Qin, R. Jin, Y. Ma, J. Wen, Y. Chen, L. Zhao, Lazhu, and W. Tang, 2015: An algorithm based on the standard deviation of passive microwave brightness temperatures for monitoring soil surface freeze/thaw state on the Tibetan Plateau, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 53(5), 2775-2783.

9. Yang, K., H. Wu, J. Qin, C. Lin, W. Tang, and Y. Chen, 2014: Recent climate changes over the Tibetan Plateau and their impacts on energy and water cycle: A review, Global Planet. Change, 112, 79-91.

10. Zhao, L., K. Yang, J. Qin, Y. Chen, W. Tang, H. Lu, and Z. Yang, 2014: The scale-dependence of SMOS soil moisture accuracy and its improvement through land data assimilation in the central Tibetan Plateau, Remote Sens. Environ., 152, 345-355.

11. Chen, Y., K. Yang, J. Qin, L. Zhao, W. Tang, and M. Han, 2013: Evaluation of AMSR-E retrievals and GLDAS simulations against observations of a soil moisture network on the central Tibetan Plateau, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118(10), 4466-4475.

12. Tang, W., J. Qin, K. Yang, X. Niu, X. Zhang, Y. Yu, and X. Zhu, 2013: Reconstruction of Daily Photosynthetically Active Radiation and its Trends over China, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118(23), 13,292-13,302.

13. Tang, W., K. Yang, J. Qin, and M. Min, 2013: Development of a 50-year daily surface solar radiation dataset over China, Sci. China Earth Sci., 56(9), 1555-1565.

14. Yang, K., J. Qin, L. Zhao, Y. Chen, W. Tang, M. Han, Lazhu, Z. Chen, N. Lu, B. Ding, H. Wu, and C. Lin, 2013: A Multi-Scale Soil Moisture and Freeze-Thaw Monitoring Network on the Third Pole, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94(12), 1907–1916.

15. Zhao, L., K. Yang, J. Qin, Y. Chen, W. Tang, C. Montzka, H. Wu, C. Lin, M. Han, and H. Vereecken., 2013: Spatiotemporal analysis of soil moisture observations within a Tibetan mesoscale area and its implication to regional soil moisture measurements, J. Hydrol., 482, 92-104.

16. Chen, Y., K. Yang, W. Tang, J. Qin, and L. Zhao, 2012: Parameterizing soil organic carbon's impacts on soil porosity and thermal parameters for Eastern Tibet grasslands, Sci. China Earth Sci., 55(6), 1001-1011.

17. Qin, J., K. Yang, S. Liang, and W. Tang, 2012: Estimation of daily photosynthetically active radiation under all-sky conditions from sunshine duration data, J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 51(1), 150-160.

18. Yang, K., B. Ding, J. Qin, W. Tang, N. Lu, and C. Lin, 2012: Can aerosol loading explain the solar dimming over the Tibetan Plateau?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L20710.

19. Qin, J., Z. Chen, K. Yang, S. Liang, and W. Tang, 2011: Estimation of monthly mean daily global solar radiation based on MODIS and TRMM products over the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings, Appl. Energy, 88(7), 2480-2489.

20. Tang, W., K. Yang, J. Qin, C. Cheng, and J. He, 2011: Solar radiation trend across China in recent decades: a revisit with quality-controlled data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 393-406.

21. Tang, W., K. Yang, J. He, and J. Qin, 2010: Quality control and estimation of global solar radiation in China, Sol. Energy, 84(3), 466-475.

22. Yang, K., J. He, W. Tang, J. Qin, and C. Cheng, 2010: On downward shortwave and longwave radiations over high altitude regions: Observation and modeling in the Tibetan Plateau, Agric. For. Meteorol., 150(1), 38-46.