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  1. Gulden, L.E., Z.-L. Yang, and G.-Y. Niu, 2005: Relative contribution of climate variability and vegetation phenology to biogenic emissions: Results from regional study in Texas, USA, poster presented to American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December, 2005.

  2. Gulden, L.E. and Z.-L. Yang, 2006: Incorporating plant-species variation in biogenic emission rates into regional weather and climate models, poster presented to the Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry, American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 29 January–2 February 2006.

  3. Gulden, L.E., M. Rodell, Z.-L. Yang, G.-Y. Niu, P.J. Yeh, and J.S. Famiglietti, 2006: Improving land-surface model hydrology: Is an explicit aquifer model better than a deeper soil profile? [pdf], AGU Fall Meeting, 2006. H34D-05 (Oral).

  4. Gulden, L.E., Rodell, M, Niu, G.-Y., Z.-L. Yang, Yeh, P J, and Famiglietti, J S, 2007: Simulation of regional changes in terrestrial water storage using two land-surface models, oral presentation to the Ninth conference on American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 January 2007.

  5. Gulden, L.E., E. Rosero, Z.-L. Yang, C. S. Jackson, M. Rodell (2007), Why is an LSM augmented with an aquifer model less sensitive to parameter choices than a standard LSM?, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H51D-06, Acapulco, Mexico.

  6. Jiang, X.-Y., Niu, G.-Y., and Z.-L. Yang, 2007: The Sensitivity of North American Warm Season Precipitation to Vegetation and Groundwater Dynamics, oral presentation to the Ninth conference on American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 January 2007.

  7. Knebl, M.R. and Z.-L. Yang, 2005: Use of High-Resolution Precipitation Products Derived from the Weather Research and Forecasting Model to Drive GIS-Based Hydrological Flood Inundation Modeling; Effects of Rainfall Error on Flood Accuracy, poster presented to American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December, 2005.

  8. Knebl, M.R., and Z.-L. Yang, 2007: Assessing the capability of a regional-scale weather model to simulate extreme precipitation patterns and flooding: Central Texas, USA, poster presented to the Ninth conference on American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 January 2007

  9. Lo, J. C. F. and Z.-L. Yang, 2007: Evaluation of the WRF model for regional climate downscaling driven by CCSM3 at T85 resolution, oral presentation to the Ninth conference on American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 January 2007.

  10. Niu, G.-Y. and Z.-L. Yang, 2006: The Effects of Frozen Soil on Snowmelt Runoff and Soil Water Storage, poster presented to the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 20th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 29 January–2 February 2006.

  11. Niu, G.-Y and Z.-L. Yang, 2006: Assessing a land surface model's improvements with GRACE estimates, 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, 24-27 July 2006.

  12. Niu, G.-Y and Z.-L. Yang, R.E. Dickinson, L.E. Gulden, and H. Su, 2006: A Simple Groundwater Model (SIMGM) for use in Climate Models: The Impacts of Groundwater Dynamics on Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration, 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, 24-27 July 2006.

  13. Niu, G.-Y., 2006: Improving the Simulation of Runoff in the Community Land Model, Seminar at the START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 26 July, 2006.

  14.  Niu, G.-Y. and Z.-L. Yang, 2007: Terrestrial Water Storage Change from 1948-2004 as Modeled by a Land Surface Model, oral presentation to the Ninth conference on American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 January 2007.

  15.  Rodell, M., J.S. Famiglietti, K. Kato, B. Zaitchik, and L.E. Gulden, 2006: Estimating Seasonal to Interannual Groundwater Variability Using GRACE, 2006 AGU Fall Meeting, H41E-0444 (Poster).

  16. Rosero, E., and L. A. Bastidas, 2007. Evaluation of LSM Parameter Transferability Accross Semi-Arid Environments, paper presented at AMS Hydrology Conference, AMS, San Antonio, Texas, January 14-18.

  17. Rosero, E., L.E. Gulden, Z.-L. Yang, G. Niu, F. Chen, K. Mitchell, D.J. Gochis, 2007: Do improved hydrological representations in the Community Noah Land Surface Model yield a more robust model?, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(23), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H53F-07, Acapulco, Mexico.

  18. Song, J.H., L. E. Gulden, Z.-L. Yang, and D. T. Allen, 2006: The response of biogenic emissions to land-cover change and climate change, EPA Science Forum 2006 "Your Health, Your Environment, Your Future", Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC. 16-18 May, 2006.

  19. Strassberg, G., B. Scanlon, G.-Y. Niu, Z.-L.Yang, and M. Rodell, 2006: Comparison of Seasonal Water Storage Variations with Terrestrial Water Storage from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Over the High Plains Aquifer, 2006 AGU Fall Meeting, H34D-06 (Oral).

  20. Su, H., G.-Y. Niu, and Z.-L. Yang, 2005: Calibration of a Monthly Water Table-Runoff Scheme Representing Spatial Aggregation of Major Runoff Processes in Humid Watersheds of Illinois, poster accepted for presentation to American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December, 2005.

  21. Su, H., Z.-L. Yang and Niu, G.-Y., 2007: Assimilating MODIS Snow Cover Data for Global Snow Water Equivalent Estimation Using Ensemble Kalman Filter and An Improved Observational Operator, poster presented to the Ninth conference on American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 January 2007.

  22. Wang, X.M., 2006: Study on Air Quality in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) Region, China, Seminar at NCAR, 5 December, 2006.

  23. Wang, X.-M. and W. Li and Z.-L. Yang, 2007: Impacts of Biogenic and Anthropogenic Emissions on Photochemical Oxidants over the Pearl River Delta Region, China, oral presentation to the Ninth conference on American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 January 2007.

  24. Yang, Z.-L., L.E. Gulden, and G.-Y. Niu, 2005: Sensitivity of biogenic emission estimates to uncertainties in land-cover datasets: An example from Texas, USA, oral talk presented to American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December, 2005.

  25. Yang, Z.-L. and G.-Y. Niu, 2006: Reducing the wintertime warm bias in NCAR GCMs through the use of a new snow cover fraction scheme, oral talk presented to the 18th Conference on Climate Variability and Change and the 20th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, Georgia, 29 January–2 February 2006.

  26. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: Modeling Regional-to-Global-Scale Land-Atmosphere Interaction, Texas A&M University Department of Atmospheric Sciences Seminar. February 21, 2006 (Invited).

  27. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: Introduction to Land Surface Modeling, Presented at the Technical Analysis Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin Texas, May 24, 2006.

  28. Yang, Z.-L., G.-Y. Niu and R.E. Dickinson, 2006: Modeling Runoff in CLM, NCAR CCSM Land Model Working Group Meeting Presentation (March 27, 2006) (Invited).

  29. Yang, Z.-L., H. Su and G.-Y. Niu, 2006: Modeling Frozen Soil and Subgrid Snow Cover in CLM, NCAR CCSM Land Model Working Group Meeting Presentation (March 28, 2006) (Invited).

  30. Yang, Z.-L., H. Su and G.-Y. Niu, 2006: Comparison of Two Approaches to Modeling Subgrid Snow Cover Variability, 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, 24-27 July 2006.

  31. Yang, Z.-L. and L.E. Gulden, 2006: Issues in the Simulated Biogenic Emissions at a Regional Scale, 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, 24-27 July 2006.

  32. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: Land Surface Hydrology and Climate Modeling Program at The University of Texas at Austin, Seminar at the START Regional Center for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 26 July, 2006.

  33. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: Progress in Land Surface Modeling, Seminar at the National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, 1 August, 2006.

  34. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: Modeling Regional-to-Global-Scale Land-Atmosphere Interaction, Seminar at the National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China, 2 August, 2006.

  35. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: Review of Land Surface Processes, Presented as a series of three lectures at the ECCE Summer School for Advanced Study in Climate and Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, 30 July to 11 August, 2006.

  36. Yang, Z.-L., G.-Y. Niu, and X.-Y. Jiang, 2006: Sensitivity of North American Monsoon System Precipitation to Vegetation and Groundwater Dynamics, presented at the first CPPA PI's Meeting, Tucson, AZ, 14-16 August, 2006.

  37. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: What causes climate change? Seminar presented at the New Wesley Class at University United Methodist Church, Austin, TX, 27 August, 2006.

  38. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: What does the future hold for climate change -- probable consequences for humanity? Seminar presented at the New Wesley Class at University United Methodist Church, Austin, TX, 10 September, 2006.

  39. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: What causes climate change? Seminar presented at the St John's United Methodist Church, Austin, TX, 24 September, 2006.

  40. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: What does the future hold for climate change -- probable consequences for humanity? Seminar presented at the St John's United Methodist Church, Austin, TX, 1 October, 2006.

  41. Yang, Z.-L., 2006: Developing a Regional Environmental Prediction System for Central and Eastern Texas. University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Earth and Environmental Science Seminar. 27 October, 2006 (Invited).

  42. Zhang, X.-P. and Z.-L Yang, 2005: Analyses on the factors influencing stable isotopes in precipitation in the southwestern China, poster accepted for presentation to American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 5-9 December, 2005.

  43. Zhang, X.-P., G.-Y. Niu and Z.-L. Yang, 2006: Incorporating Stable Water Isotopes in the Community Land Model, 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, 24-27 July 2006.

  44. Z.-L. Yang and G.-Y. Niu, 2007: Modeling Regional-to-Global–Scale Terrestrial Water Storage Dynamics, oral presentation to the Ninth conference on American Meteorological Society, San Antonio, Texas, 14-18 January 2007.