Climate Change Impact and Hydrological Response

The mechanisms of generation and evolution of extreme hydrological events such as precipitation, floods, and droughts under steady state and unsteady state under climate change were elucidated. The attributions of runoff reduction affected by natural condition and human activities were quantitatively identified. The influence and associated impacts of hydraulic conservancy project group on the watershed hydrological system was revealed. Results provided a new theoretical basis for reducing flood risk in the downstream area and optimizing water quantity-quality joint operation.

List of related publications:

1.      Yu, Z., Jiang, P., Gautam, M.R., Zhang, Y., and Acharya, K. 2015. Changes of seasonal storm properties in California and Nevada from an ensemble of climate projections. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 120(7), 2676-2688. (SCI, IF: 3.82)

2.      Yu, Z., Barron, E., Yarnal, B., Lakhtakia, M., White, R., Pollard, D., and Miller, D. 2002. Evaluation of basin scale hydrologic response to a multi storm simulation. Journal of Hydrology, 257(1-4), 212-225. (SCI, IF: 6.708)

3.      Yu, Z., Gu, H., Wang, J., Xia, J., and Lu, B. 2018. Effect of projected climate change on the hydrological regime of the Yangtze river basin, China. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 32(1), 1-16. (SCI, IF: 3.821)

4.      Yu, Z., Lü, H., Zhu, Y., Drake, S., and Liang, C. 2010. Long-term effects of revegetation on soil hydrological processes in vegetation-stabilized desert ecosystems. Hydrological Processes, 24(1), 87-95. (SCI, IF: 3.784)

5.      Yu, Z., Fu, X., Lü, H., Luo, L., Liu, D., Ju, Q., Xiang, L., and Wang, Z. 2014. On evaluating ensemble Kalman, particle and ensemble particle filters through the soil temperature prediction. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 19(12). (SCI)

6.      Yu, Z., Yang, T., Liang, Z., and Li, Q. 2013. Special section on sustainable development of water resources and protection of the aquatic ecological system. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 18(9), 1069-1069. (SCI)

7.      Liu, J., Li, M., Wu, M., Luan, X., Wang, W., and Yu, Z.* 2020. Influences of the south–to-north water diversion project and virtual water flows on regional water resources considering both water quantity and quality. Journal of Cleaner Production, 244, 118920. (SCI, IF: 11.072)

8.      Li, P., Yu, Z.*, Jiang, P.*, and Wu, C. 2021. Spatiotemporal characteristics of regional extreme precipitation in Yangtze River basin. Journal of Hydrology, 603(D14), 126910. (SCI, IF: 6.708)

9.      Xing, Z.K., Yu, Z.*, Wei, J.H., Zhang, X.J., Ma, M.M., Yi, P., Ju, Q., Wang, J.Y., Laux, P., Kunstmann, H., 2022. Lagged influence of ENSO regimes on droughts over the Poyang Lake basin, China. Atmospheric Research. 275. (SCI, IF:5.965)

10.   Yang, Q., Yu, Z.*, Wei, J.*, Yang, C., Gu, H., Xiao, M., Shang, S., Dong, N., Gao, L., Arnault, J., Laux, P., and Kunstmann, H. 2021. Performance of the WRF model in simulating intense precipitation events over the Hanjiang River Basin, China – A multi-physics ensemble approach. Atmospheric Research, 248, 105206. (SCI, IF: 5.965)

11.   Lu, X., Zhou, X., Xu, Y., Ruan, A.*, and Yu, Z.* 2021. The investigation of the connections among hydrogeological factors and the emissions of two greenhouse gases in lake sediment. Water Resources Research, 57(5),e2020WR029375. (SCI, IF: 6.16)

12.   Dai, X., Yu, Z.*, Yang, G., and Wan, R. 2020. Role of flooding patterns in the biomass production of vegetation in a typical herbaceous wetland, Poyang Lake wetland, China. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, 521358. (SCI, IF: 6.627)

13.   Gu, H., Yu, Z.*, Yang, C., Ju, Q., Yang, T., and Zhang, D. 2018. High-resolution ensemble projections and uncertainty assessment of regional climate change over China in CORDEX East Asia. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22(5), 3087-3103. (SCI, IF: 6.617)

14.   Xu, S., Yu, Z.*, Zhang, K., Ji, X., Yang, C., and Sudicky, E. 2018. Simulating canopy conductance of the Haloxylon ammodendron shrubland in an arid inland river basin of northwest China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 249, 22-34. (SCI, IF: 6.424)

15.   Xu, S., Yu, Z.*, Yang, C., Ji, X., and Zhang, K. 2018. Trends in evapotranspiration and their responses to climate change and vegetation greening over the upper reaches of the Yellow river basin. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 263, 118-129. (SCI, IF: 6.424)

16.   Dong, N., Yu, Z.*, Gu, H., Yang, C., Yang, M., Wei, J., Wang, H., Arnault, J., Laux, P., and Kunstmann, H. 2019. Climate-induced hydrological impact mitigated by a high-density reservoir network in the Poyang Lake basin. Journal of Hydrology, 579, 124148. (SCI, IF: 6.708)

17.   Liu, D. Yu, Z.*, and Zhang, J. 2015. Diagnosing the strength of soil temperature in the land-atmosphere interactions over Asia based on RegCM4 model. Global and Planetary Change, 130, 7-21. (SCI, IF: 4.956)

18.   Gu, H., Yu, Z.*, Wang, J., Wang, G., Yang, T., Ju, Q., Yang, C., Xu, F., and Fan, C. 2015. Assessing CMIP5 general circulation model simulations of precipitation and temperature over China. International Journal of Climatology, 35(9), 2431-2440. (SCI, IF: 3.651)

19.   Yu, C., Duan, P., Yu, Z.*, and Gao, B. 2019. Experimental and model investigations of vegetative filter strips for contaminant removal: A review, Ecological Engineering, 126, 25-36. (SCI, IF: 4.397)

20.   Gu, H., Yu, Z.*, Wang, G., Wang, J., Ju, Q., Yang, C., and Fan, C. 2015. Impact of climate change on hydrological extremes in the Yangtze River Basin, China. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 29(3), 693-707. (SCI, IF:3.821)

21.   Xiao, M.*, Yu, Z.*, and Zhu, Y. 2019. Copula-based frequency analysis of drought with identified characteristics in space and time: a case study in Huai River basin, China, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 137(3-4), 2865-2875. (SCI, IF: 3.409)

22.   Gu, H., Yu, Z.*, Li, G., and Ju, Q. 2018. Nonstationary multivariate hydrological frequency analysis in the upper Zhanghe River basin, China. Water, 10(6), 772. (SCI, IF: 3.530)

23.   Gu, H., Yu, Z.*, Yang, C., and Ju, Q. 2018. Projected changes in hydrological extremes in the Yangtze River Basin with an ensemble of regional climate simulations. Water, 10(9), 1279. (SCI, IF: 3.530)

24.   Jiang, P., Yu, Z.*, and Acharya, K. 2019. Drought in the western United States: Its Connections with large-scale oceanic oscillations, Atmosphere, 10(2), 82. (SCI, IF: 3.110)

25.   Li, B., Zhou, W., Zhao, Y., Ju, Q., Yu, Z.*, Liang, Z., and Acharya, K. 2015. Using the SPEI to assess recent climate change in the Yarlungzangbo river basin, south Tibet. Water, 7(10), 5474-5486. (SCI, IF: 3.530)

26.   Chen, Z., Wang, W., Yu, Z., Xia, J. and Schwartz, F. 2020. The collapse points of increasing trend of vegetation rain-use efficiency under droughts. Environmental Research Letters, 15(10), 104072 (SCI, IF: 6.947)

27.   Xing, Z.K., Ma, M.M., Zhang, X.J.*, Leng, G.Y., Su, Z.C., Lv, J., Yu, Z., Yi, P., 2021. Altered drought propagation under the influence of reservoir regulation. Journal of Hydrology. 603.(SCI, IF:6.708)

28.   Zhang, K., Kimball, J., Nemani, R., Running, S., Hong, Y., Gourley, J., and Yu, Z. 2015. Vegetation Greening and climate change promote multidecadal rises of global land evapotranspiration. Scientific Reports, 5, 15956. (SCI, IF: 4.996)

29.   Cheng, S., Wang, W.*, and Yu, Z. 2021. Evaluating the drought-monitoring utility of GPM and TRMM Precipitation products over mainland China. Remote Sensing, 13(20), 4153. (SCI, IF: 5.349)

30.   Zhang, K., Ruben, B., Li, X., Li, Z., Yu, Z., Xia, J., and Dong, Z. 2020. A comprehensive assessment framework for quantifying climatic and anthropogenic contributions to streamflow changes: A case study in a typical semi-arid North China basin. Environmental Modelling & Software, 128, 104704. (SCI, IF: 5.471)

31.   Zhou, M.*, Yu, Z., Gu, H., Ju, Q., Gao, Y., Wen, L., Huang, T., 2022. Evaluation and projections of surface air temperature over the Tibetan Plateau from CMIP6 and CMIP5: Warming trend and uncertainty. Climate Dynamics. (SCI, IF:4.901)

32.   Wang, X., Young, M., Yu, Z., Li, X., and Zhang, Z. 2007. Long-term effects of restoration on soil hydraulic properties in revegetation-stabilized desert ecosystems. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(24), L24S22. (SCI, IF: 5.58)

33.   Wei, J., Wang, W., Shao, Q., Yu, Z., Chen, Z., Huang, Y., and Xing, W. 2020. Heat wave variations across China tied to global SST modes. Journal of Geophysical Research- Atmospheres, 125(6), e2019JD031612. (SCI, IF: 4.956)

34.   Wang, Q., Wang, J., Zhao, Y., Li, H., Zhai, J., Yu, Z., and Zhang, S. 2015. Reference evapotranspiration trends from 1980 to 2012 and their attribution to meteorological drivers in the three-river source region, China. International Journal of Climatology, 36(11), 3759 - 3769. (SCI, IF: 3.651)

35.   Jiang, P., Yu, Z., Gautam, M., Yuan, F., and Acharya, K. 2016. Changes of storm properties in the United States: Observations and multimodel ensemble projections. Global and Planetary Change, 142, 41-52. (SCI, IF: 4.956)

36.   Liu, D., Mishra, A. K., Yu, Z., Yang, C., Konapala, G., and Vu, T. 2017. Performance of SMAP, AMSR-E and LAI for weekly agricultural drought forecasting over continental United States. Journal of Hydrology, 553, 88-104. (SCI, IF: 6.708)

37.   Liu, D., Wang, G., Mei, R., Yu, Z., and Yu, M. 2014. Impact of initial soil moisture anomalies on climate mean and extremes over Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(2), 529-545. (SCI, IF: 5.217)

38.   Gu, H., Wang, G., Yu, Z., and Mei, R. 2012. Assessment on impact of climate change on East and South Asia using the RegCM4 regional climate model. Climatic Change, 114(2), 301-317. (SCI, IF: 5.174)

39.   Jiang, P., Yu, Z., and Gautam, M. 2013. Pacific and Atlantic Ocean influence on the spatiotemporal variability of heavy precipitation in the western United States. Global and Planetary Change, 109, 38-45. (SCI, IF: 4.956)

40.   Li, Y., Tang, C., Wang, C., Anim, D., Yu, Z., and Acharya, K. 2013. Improved Yangtze River diversions: are they helping to solve algal bloom problems in Lake Taihu, China?. Ecological Engineering, 51, 104-116. (SCI, IF: 4.379)

41.   Yang, T., Wang, C., Chen, Y., Chen, X., and Yu, Z. 2015. Climate change and water storage variability over an arid endorheic region. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 330-339. (SCI, IF: 6.708)

42.   Xia X., Liu, T., Yang, Z., Zhang, X., and Yu, Z. 2013. Dissolved organic nitrogen transformation in river water: Effects of suspended sediment and organic nitrogen concentration. Journal of Hydrology, 484, 96-104. (SCI, IF: 6.708)

43.   Jiang, P., Gautam, M., Zhu, J., and Yu, Z. 2013. How well do the GCMs/RCMs capture the multi-scale temporal variability of precipitation in the Southwestern United States. Journal of Hydrology, 479, 75-85. (SCI, IF: 6.708)

44.   Tang, C., Li, Y., Acharya, K., Du, W., Gao, X., Luo, L., and Yu, Z. 2019. Impact of intermittent turbulent bursts on sediment resuspension and internal nutrient release in lake Taihu, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 26(16), 16519-16528. (SCI, IF: 5.190)

45.   Li, X., Ding, Y., Yu, Z., Mika, S., Liu, S., Shangguan, D., and Lu, C. 2015. An 80-year summer temperature history from the Xiao Dongkemadi ice core in the central Tibetan Plateau and its association with atmospheric circulation. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 98, 285-295. (SCI, IF: 3.374)

46.   Tang, C., Li, Y., Jiang, P., Yu, Z., and Acharya, K. 2015. A coupled modeling approach to predict water quality in Lake Taihu, China: linkage to climate change projections. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 30(1), 59-73. (SCI)

47.   Zhang, Y., Su, F., Hao, Z., Xu, C., Yu, Z., Wang, L., and Tong, K. 2015. Impact of projected climate change on the hydrology in the headwaters of the Yellow River basin: Future Climate Change on the Hydrological Elements in the HYRB. Hydrological Processes, 29(20), 4379-4397. (SCI, IF: 3.784)

48.   Yang, T., Zhou, X., Yu, Z., Krysanova, V., and Wang, B. 2015. Drought projection based on a hybrid drought index using Artificial Neural Networks. Hydrological Processes, 29(11), 2635-2648. (SCI, IF: 3.784)

49.   Ouyang, F., Zhu, Y., Fu, G., Lv, H., Zhang, A., Yu, Z., and Chen, X. 2015. Impacts of climate change under CMIP5 RCP scenarios on streamflow in the Huangnizhuang catchment. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 29(7), 1781-1795. (SCI, IF: 3.821)

50.   Tu, A., Xie, S., Yu, Z., Li, Y., and Nie, X. 2018. Long-term effect of soil and water conservation measures on runoff, sediment and their relationship in an orchard on sloping red soil of southern China. PLoS ONE, 13(9), e0203669. (SCI, IF: 3.752)

51.   Liu, D., Mishra, A. K., and Yu, Z. 2019. Evaluation of hydroclimatic variables for maize yield estimation using crop model and remotely sensed data assimilation. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 33(7), 1283-1295. (SCI, IF: 3.821)

52.   Li, Y., Tang, C., Wang, J., Acharya, K., Du, W., Gao, X., Luo, L., Li, H., Dai, S., Mercy, J., Yu, Z., and Pan, B. 2016. Effect of wave-current interactions on sediment resuspension in large shallow Lake Taihu, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(4), 4029-4039. (SCI, IF: 5.190)

53.   Li, Y., Jalil, A., Du, W., Gao, X., Wang, J., Luo, L., Li, H., Dai, S., Hashim, S., Yu, Z., and Acharya, K. 2017. Wind induced reverse flow and vertical profile characteristics in a semi-enclosed bay of large shallow Lake Taihu, China. Ecological Engineering, 102, 224-233. (SCI, IF: 4.379)

54.   Zhou, X., Yang, T., Shi, P., Yu, Z., Wang, X., and Li, Z. 2017. Prospective scenarios of the saltwater intrusion in an estuary under climate change context using Bayesian neural networks. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 31(4), 981-991. (SCI, IF: 3.821)

55.   Gao, X., Li, Y., Tang, C., Acharya, K., Du, W., Wang, J., Luo, L., Li, H., Dai, S., Yu, Z., Abdul, J., Yu, W., Zhang, S., Bofah-Buoh, R., Jepkirui, M., Lu, X., and Pan, B. 2016. Using ADV for suspended sediment concentration and settling velocity measurements in large shallow lakes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(3), 2675-2684. (SCI, IF: 5.190)

56.   Lakhtakia, M., Yu, Z., Yarnal, B., White, R., and Miller, D. 1999. Sensitivity of simulated surface runoff to mesoscale meteorological model resolution in a linked-model experiment. Climate Research, 12(1), 15-27. (SCI)

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60.   Xing, Z., Ma, M., Wei, Y., Zhang, X., Yu, Z., and Yi, P. 2020. A new agricultural drought index considering the irrigation water demand and water supply availability. Natural Hazards, 104(3), 2409-2429. (SCI, IF: 3.158)

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63.   Wang, W., Wei, J., Shao, Q., Xing, W., Yong, B., Yu, Z., and Jiao, X. 2015. Spatial and temporal variations in hydro-climatic variables and runoff in response to climate change in the Luanhe River basin, China. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 29(4), 1117-1133. (SCI, IF: 3.821)

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