从事热红外遥感机理与即时遥感技术研究，2014年博士毕业于中国科学院遥感与数字地球研究所，同年加入该研究所遥感科学国家重点实验室开展科研工作。2023年9月担任北京师范大学副教授，依托遥感与数字地球全国重点实验室平台开展教学科研工作。主持国家自然科学基金委基金项目3项，授权国家发明专利9项，发表第一/通讯学术论文30余篇，获得北京市科技进步二等奖1项。 

热红外遥感机理、热红外即时遥感

1. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目(B类)：多角度热红外遥感，2025-2027，负责人

2. 国家自然科学基金重点项目：复杂地表辐射收支虚拟星座多角度遥感监测机理研究，2020-2024，骨干

3. 国家自然科学基金面上项目：非均质场景热辐射方向性核驱动模型研究，2019-2022，负责人

4. 国家自然科学基金青年项目：非均质场景热辐射方向性模型构建与应用研究，2016-2018，负责人

1. Qin, B., Chen, S., Cao, B.*, Yu, Y., Yu, P., Na, Q., ... & Liu, Q. (2025). Angular normalization of GOES-16 and GOES-17 land surface temperature over overlapping region using an extended time-evolving kernel-driven model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 318, 114532.

2. Na, Q., Li, H., Cao, B.*, Qin, B., Zheng, L., Bian, Z., ... & Liu, Q. (2024). Comprehensive Analysis of Current 1-km Land Surface Temperature Products in Sparsely Vegetated Area: T-based Evaluation, Thermal Anisotropy and Joint Application. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

3. Qin, B., Cao, B.*, Roujean, J. L., Gastellu-Etchegorry, J. P., Ermida, S. L., Bian, Z., ... & Liu, Q. (2023). A thermal radiation directionality correction method for the surface upward longwave radiation of geostationary satellite based on a time-evolving kernel-driven model. Remote Sensing of Environment, 294, 113599.

4. Cao, B., Gastellu-Etchegorry, J. P., Yin, T., Bian, Z., Bai, J., Fang, J., ... & Liu, Q. (2023). Optimizing the protocol of near-surface remote sensing experiments over heterogeneous canopy using DART simulated images. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 1-16.

5. Bian, Z., Wu, S., Roujean, J. L., Cao, B.*, Li, H., Yin, G., ... & Liu, Q. (2022). A TIR forest reflectance and transmittance (FRT) model for directional temperatures with structural and thermal stratification. Remote Sensing of Environment, 268, 112749.

6. Cao, B., Roujean, J. L., Gastellu-Etchegorry, J. P., Liu, Q., Du, Y., Lagouarde, J. P., ... & Xiao, Q. (2021). A general framework of kernel-driven modeling in the thermal infrared domain. Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, 112157.

7. Cao, B., Liu, Q., Du, Y., Roujean, J. L., Gastellu-Etchegorry, J. P., Trigo, I. F., ... & Xiao, Q. (2019). A review of earth surface thermal radiation directionality observing and modeling: Historical development, current status and perspectives. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232, 111304.

8. Cao, B., Gastellu-Etchegorry, J. P., Du, Y., Li, H., Bian, Z., Hu, T., ... & Liu, Q. (2019). Evaluation of four kernel-driven models in the thermal infrared band. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(8), 5456-5475.

9. Hu, T., Renzullo, L. J., Cao, B.*, van Dijk, A. I., Du, Y., Li, H., ... & Liu, Q.* (2019). Directional variation in surface emissivity inferred from the MYD21 product and its influence on estimated surface upwelling longwave radiation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 228, 45-60.

10. Cao, B., Guo, M., Fan, W., Xu, X., Peng, J., Ren, H., ... & Liu, Q. (2018). A new directional canopy emissivity model based on spectral invariants. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 56(12), 6911-6926.