Zhihao LIU
Climate & Energy Data Scientist
๐Offshore Bergen, 2020 Aug
Small systems, field notes, and decision tools.
Recorded from the edge of climate, geospatial intelligence, and AI productivity.
A personal mission log for the systems I build, the research I keep, and the observations that shape my work.
Reading sequence
A compact route through current work, deployed systems, research records, field observations, career trajectory, and contact paths.
Active tasks and systems in motion
A task log of live, in-progress, and research systems.
CCUS Policy Hub
Maintaining a public-facing policy and project intelligence layer for CCUS deployment, regulation, and dMRV evidence.
Open system โOwnly
Building a local-first ownership memory system across Obsidian, web, and agent-readable CLI surfaces.
Open app โFlappyK
Testing a market-intuition game around hidden historical K-line decisions, positive excess return, and lightweight play.
Play game โRhythmCoach
Refining a lightweight rhythm and speech-practice tool with simple onboarding, PWA installation, and focused review.
Open app โAlphaEngine
Investigating practical routes toward durable alpha discovery, cleaner data foundations, and reproducible strategy records.
View repository โManually prioritized systems and technical assets
Selected systems ordered by importance rather than repository chronology.
Primary systems
Public-facing systems and products that best represent the current direction of Hao's Notes.
CCUS Policy Hub
Climate intelligence / public data product
A policy and project knowledge layer for CCUS deployment, regulation, and dMRV evidence.
Ownly
Local-first memory / personal systems
Ownership memory for humans and AI agents, spanning Obsidian, web, and stable CLI JSON surfaces.
FlappyK
Market intuition game
A browser game built around hidden historical K-lines, positive excess return, and lightweight decision practice.
RhythmCoach
Speech rhythm / PWA practice tool
A local-first speaking practice tool focused on rhythm, timing, recording, and post-session review.
Supporting tools and infrastructure
Smaller systems, plugins, and research engines that support the wider one-person operating surface.
iCal Pro for Obsidian
Markdown tasks to iCalendar feeds
An Obsidian plugin that turns Markdown tasks into standards-compliant feeds for Google, Apple, Outlook, and other calendar clients.
AlphaEngine
Quant research / strategy records
A research engine for factor experiments, backtests, strategy persistence, and reproducible alpha-discovery workflows.
4D Seismic Hub
Geophysical monitoring knowledge base
A best-practice 4D seismic exploration and monitoring knowledge base with AI-agent oriented interfaces.
HTTP to Obsidian CLI Gateway
Agent-to-vault bridge
A lightweight HTTP proxy that lets sandboxed AI agents safely reach a host Obsidian CLI.
Open-source footprint
Selected repositories and public artifacts that show the technical substrate behind the main systems.
GhostCam
Virtual camera / real-time background replacement
An ultra-light Windows virtual camera for background replacement, blur, and solid-color background workflows.
Open Phrasebank
Writing system / phrase extraction
A custom phrasebank generation workflow built from selected texts and corpora.
GEO4300 2023
Geophysical data science exercises
Exercise templates and learning artifacts for GEO4300 Geophysical Data Science.
Selected research outputs and knowledge records
Formal publication, research systems, and field-oriented technical records.
Retrieving snow depth distribution by downscaling ERA5 Reanalysis with ICESat-2 laser altimetry
Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2025
A geospatial modeling record on using ICESat-2 laser altimetry, ERA5 Land, calibration, and XGBoost to map snow-depth variability.
CCUS Policy Hub
CCUS policy, deployment, and dMRV evidence
A public-facing knowledge and data interface for tracking CCUS policy, project deployment, governance context, and MRV-related evidence questions.
4D Seismic Hub
Geophysical monitoring and subsurface data systems
A best-practice knowledge base for 4D seismic exploration and monitoring, connecting offshore field practice with AI-readable technical knowledge.
Underwater seismic device identification system
Underwater seismic devices, PRC patent record
A patent record connected to offshore seismic-device identification and operational field systems.
Selected notes from the field
A curated reading path through observations, build notes, and technical records.
The Agentic Brain: A Blueprint for Personal AI OS with LifeOS 5.0
A systems note on moving from passive digital hoarding to an active agentic brain for personal knowledge and memory workflows.
Read note โ่ฎฉ AI ็่งไฝ ็ๅคง่๏ผObsidian CLI ็ไปทๅผไธๆไน
A short note on why an Obsidian CLI can turn a local knowledge base into an agent-readable working surface.
Read note โA tabular dataset ready for machine learning applications
A field note on retrieved snow depth in mainland Norway based on ICESat-2 ATL08, DEMs, and machine-learning-ready tabular data.
Read note โICESat-2 vs DTM1, DTM10, Copernicus30, FABDEM
A technical observation on DEM comparison, co-registration, bias correction, and ICESat-2 snow-free segments.
Read note โHow this path formed
A phase narrative; the complete formal record remains in the CV archive.
Foundations
Technical formation in geodesy, geomatics, spatial data, and Earth observation. This is the base layer behind the later climate, offshore, and geospatial systems work.
Field Work
Offshore geophysical work and survey operations shaped a practical understanding of expensive, uncertain, high-stakes Earth-system data.
Research
Geosciences research connected remote sensing, snow-depth modeling, spatial validation, and climate-related data systems.
Builder Phase
Independent tools, public data systems, and personal operating surfaces now connect climate intelligence, geospatial systems, and AI productivity.
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news
| Feb 14, 2026 | Honored to be selected for the Caixin ESG30 Young Scholars ! I will be focusing on building the โDigital Baseโ for CCUS clusters, aiming to transition from manual verification to Agent-driven digital MRV.   |
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| Aug 01, 2024 | Back to industry as a Business Development Manager!   |
| Jul 17, 2023 | Excited to present my study in IUGG 2023 in Berlin! |
| Aug 01, 2021 | Moving to Oslo, studying geoscience at UiO!   |