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    Articles in Refereed Journals

    Books, Chapters, and Monographs

    Articles Published in Refereed Journals and Technical Notes

    Articles in Refereed Journals (Submitted, in review, accepted or in press; * denotes student first author)

     

    1. *David, C. H., D. J. Gochis, D. R. Maidment, W. Yu, D. N. Yates, and Z.-L. Yang, 2009a: Using NHDPlus as the Land Base for the Noah-distributed model, Transactions in GIS, 13(4), 363-377, DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2009.01168.x. [pdf]

    2. *David, C. H., D. R. Maidment, G.-Y. Niu, Z.-L. Yang and F. Habets, 2009b: River network routing in the Guadalupe and San Antonio river basins. Water Resources Research (submitted) [pdf]

    3. *David, C. H., F. Habets, and D. R. Maidment, 2009c: RAPID applied to the SIM-France model, Journal of Hydrology (in preparation) [pdf]

    4. *Jiang, X.Y. and Z.-L. Yang, 2009: Assessing projected changes of temperature and precipitation in Texas from downscaled global climate models, Climatic Change (submitted). [pdf]

    5. Lo., J. C. F. and Z.-L. Yang, 2009: Dynamical Downscaling of Future Climate Projection: Is Nudging of Large-Scale Forcing Fields Better than Standard Initial and Lateral Boundary Condition Approach? Geophys. Res. Lett. (submitted). [pdf]

    6. Massei, N., B. Laignel, E. Rosero, A. Motelay, J. Deloffre, Z.-L. Yang, and A. Rossi, 2009: A wavelet approach to the short-term to pluridecennal variability of streamflow in the Mississippi river basin from 1934 to 1998, International Journal of Climatology (in review).

    7. Niu, G.-Y., Z.-L. Yang, K. E. Mitchell, F. Chen, M. B. Ek, M. Barlage, L. Longuevergne, A. Kumar, K. Manning, D. Niyogi, E. Rosero, M. Tewari, and Y.-L. Xia, 2009: The community Noah land surface model with multi-physics options, J. Geophys. Res., (submitted). [pdf]

    8. *Rosero, E., Z.-L. Yang, T. Wagener, L. E. Gulden, S. Yatheendradas, and G.-Y. Niu, 2009: Quantifying parameter sensitivity, interaction and transferability in hydrologically enhanced versions of Noah-LSM over transition zones, J. Geophys. Res. (submitted). [pdf]

    9. *Rosero, E., L.E. Gulden, Z.-L. Yang, et al., 2009c: Ensemble evaluation of hydrologically enhanced Noah-LSM: Partitioning of the water balance in high-resolutions over the Little Washita River Experimental Watershed, J. Hydrometeorology (submitted). [pdf]

    10. *Su, H., Z.-L. Yang, G.-Y. Niu, and C. R. Wilson, 2009: Parameter estimation in ensemble based snow data assimilation: A Synthetic study, Hydrological Process (in preparation). [pdf]

    11. *Su, H., Z.-L. Yang, R. E. Dickinson, C. R. Wilson, and G.-Y. Niu, 2009: Multi-sensor snow data assimilation at continental scale: the value of GRACE TWS information, J. Geophys. Res. (submitted). [pdf]

    Books, Chapters, and Monographs (Refereed)

     

    1. Brun, E., Z.-L. Yang, R. Essery, and J. Cohen, 2008: Snow-cover parameterization and modeling, in Snow and Climate, Edited by R. L. Armstrong and E. Martin, Cambridge University Press, 125-180.

    2. Yang, Z.-L., 2004: Modeling land surface processes in short-term weather and climate studies, in Observations, Theory, and Modeling of Atmospheric Variability, (ed. X. Zhu), World Scientific Series on Meteorology of East Asia, Vol. 3, World Scientific Publishing Corporation, Singapore, 288-313. [pdf]

    3. Yang, Z.-L., 2008: Description of recent snow models, in Snow and Climate, Edited by R. L. Armstrong and E. Martin, Cambridge University Press, 129-136. [Snow Modelers Internet Platform]

     

    Articles Published in Refereed Journals and Technical Notes

      2009

    1. Chen, J. L., C. R. Wilson, B. D. Tapley , Z.-L. Yang, G.-Y. Niu, 2009: 2005 drought event in the Amazon River basin as measured by GRACE and estimated by climate models, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B05404, doi:10.1029/2008JB006056. (9 pages) [pdf]
    2. *Jiang, X., G.-Y. Niu, and Z.-L. Yang, 2009: Impacts of vegetation and groundwater dynamics on warm season precipitation over the Central United States, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D06109, doi:10.1029/2008JD010756. (15 pages) [pdf]
    3. *Rosero, E., Z.-L. Yang, L. E. Gulden, G.-Y. Niu, and D. J. Gochis, 2009: Evaluating enhanced hydrological representations in Noah-LSM over transition zones: Implications for model development, J. Hydrometeorology, 10, 600-622. DOI:10.1175/2009JHM1029.1 [pdf] 
    4. Zhang, X. P., X. Y. Wang, Z.-L. Yang, G.-Y. Niu, and Z. C. Xie, 2009: Simulation of seasonal variations of stable water isotopes in land surface process model CLM, Chinese Science Bulletin, 54 (10), 1765-1772.

    5. Zhang, X. P., Z.-L. Yang, G.-Y. Niu, and X.-Y. Wang, 2009: Stable water isotope simulation in different reservoirs of Manaus, Brazil, by Community Land Model incorporating stable isotopic effect, International Journal of Climatology, 29 (5), 619-628. [pdf]

      2008

    6. *Gulden, L.E., Z.-L. Yang, and G.-Y. Niu, 2008: Sensitivity of biogenic emissions simulated by a land-surface model to land-cover  representations,  Atmospheric Environment, 42, 4185-4197. [pdf]

    7. *Gulden, L.E., E. Rosero, Z.-L. Yang, T. Wagener, and G.-Y. Niu, 2008: Model performance, model robustness, and model fitness scores: A new method for identifying good land-surface models, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L11404, doi:10.1029/2008GL033721. (7 pages) [pdf]

    8. *Jiang, X., C. Wiedinmyer, F. Chen, Z.-L. Yang, and J. C.-F. Lo, 2008: Predicted impacts of climate and land use change on surface ozone in the Houston, Texas, area, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D20312, doi:10.1029/2008JD009820. (16 pages) [pdf]

    9. Lo, J. C.-F., Z.-L. Yang, and R. Pielke Sr., 2008: Assessment of dynamical climate downscaling methods using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D09112, doi:10.1029/2007JD009216. (16 pages) [pdf]

    10. *Lowrey, M. R. K. and Z.-L. Yang, 2008: Assessing the capability of a regional-scale weather model to simulate extreme precipitation patterns and flooding in Central Texas, Weather and Forecasting, 23, 1102–1126. [pdf]

    11. Oleson, K. W., G.-Y. Niu, Z.-L. Yang, D. M. Lawrence, P. E. Thornton, P. J. Lawrence, R. Stöckli, R. E. Dickinson, G. B. Bonan, S. Levis, A. Dai, and T. Qian, 2008: Improvements to the Community Land Model and their impact on the hydrological cycle, J. Geophys. Res., 113, G01021, doi:10.1029/2007JG000563. (26 pages) [pdf]

    12. Stöckli, R., D. M. Lawrence, G.-Y. Niu, K. W. Oleson, P. E. Thornton, Z.-L. Yang, G. B. Bonan, A. S. Denning, and S. W. Running, 2008: Use of FLUXNET in the Community Land Model development, J. Geophys. Res.,113, G01025, doi:10.1029/2007JG000562. (19 pages) [pdf]

    13. *Su, H., Z.-L. Yang, G.-Y. Niu, and R. E. Dickinson, 2008: Enhancing the estimation of continental-scale snow water equivalent by assimilating MODIS snow cover with the ensemble Kalman filter, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D08120, doi:10.1029/2007JD009232. (12 pages)[pdf]

    14. Yuan, X., Z. Xie, J. Zheng, X. Tian, and  Z.-L. Yang, 2008: Effects of water table dynamics on regional climate: A case study over east Asian monsoon area,  J. Geophys. Res., 113, D21112, doi:10.1029/2008JD010180. (16 pages) [pdf]

      2007

    15. *Gulden, L. E., E. Rosero, Z.-L. Yang, M. Rodell, C.S. Jackson, G.-Y. Niu, P. J.-F. Yeh, and J. Famiglietti, 2007: Improving land-surface model hydrology: Is an explicit aquifer model better than a deeper soil profile? Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09402, doi:10.1029/2007GL029804. (5 pages) [pdf] [AGU Journal Editor's Highlight]

    16. *Gulden, L. E., Z.-L. Yang, and G.-Y. Niu, 2007: Interannual variation in biogenic emissions on a regional scale,  J. Geophys. Res., 112 (D14), D14103, 10.1029/2006JD008231. (12 pages) [pdf]

    17. Li, W. H., R. E. Dickinson, R. Fu, G.-Y. Niu, Z.-L. Yang, and J. G. Canadell, 2007: Future precipitation changes and their implications for tropical peatlands,  Geophys. Res. Lett.,  34, L01403, doi:10.1029/2006GL028364. (6 pages) [pdf]

    18. Niu, G.-Y., and Z.-L. Yang, 2007: An observation-based formulation of snow cover fraction and its evaluation over large North American river basins, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D21101, doi:10.1029/2007JD008674. (14 pages) [pdf]

    19. Niu, G.-Y., K.-W. Seo, Z.-L. Yang, C. Wilson, H. Su, J.L. Chen, and M. Rodell, 2007: Retrieving snow mass from GRACE terrestrial water storage change with a land surface model, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L15704, doi:10.1029/2007GL030413. (5 pages) [pdf]

    20. Niu, G.-Y., Z.-L. Yang, R. E. Dickinson, L. E. Gulden, and H. Su, 2007: Development of a simple groundwater model for use in climate models and evaluation with Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment data, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D07103, doi:10.1029/2006JD007522. (14 pages)[pdf]

      2006

    21. Dickinson, R.E., K.W. Oleson, G.B. Bonan, F. Hoffman, P. Thornton, M. Vertenstein, Z.-L. Yang, and X. Zeng, 2006: The Community Land Model and its climate statistics as a component of the Community Climate System Model, Journal of Climate, 19 (11), 2302–2324. [pdf]

    22. Fassnacht, S.R., Z.-L. Yang, K.R. Snelgrove, E.D. Soulis, and N. Kouwen, 2006: Effects of averaging and separating soil moisture and temperature in the presence of snow-cover in a SVAT and hydrological model for a southern Ontario, Canada, watershed, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 7, 298-304. [pdf]

    23. *Gulden, L.E. and Z.-L. Yang,  2006: Development of species-based, regional emission capacities for simulation of biogenic volatile organic compound emissions in land-surface models: An example from Texas, USA, Atmospheric Environment, 40(8), 1464-1479.  [pdf]

    24. Niu, G.-Y. and Z.-L. Yang, 2006: Assessing a land surface model's improvements with GRACE estimates, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07401, doi:10.1029/2005GL025555. (4 pages) [pdf]

    25. Niu, G.-Y. and Z.-L. Yang, 2006: Effects of frozen soil on snowmelt runoff and soil water storage at a continental scale, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 7 (5), 937-952. [pdf]

      2005

    26. *Knebl, M.R., Z.-L. Yang, K. Hutchison, and D.R. Maidment, 2005: Regional scale flood modeling using NEXRAD rainfall, GIS, and HEC-HMS/RAS: A case study for the San Antonio River Basin summer 2002 storm event, Journal of Environmental Management, 75, 325-336. [pdf]

    27. Xia, Y., Z.-L. Yang, P.L. Stoffa, and M.K. Sen, 2005a: Optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation of a land surface model: Sensitivity to parameter ranges and model complexities, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 22 (1), 142-157. [pdf]

    28. Xia, Y., Z.-L. Yang, P.L. Stoffa, and M.K. Sen, 2005b: Using different hydrologic variables to assess the impacts of forcing errors on optimization and uncertainty analysis of a land surface model at a cold catchment, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D01101, doi:10.1029/2004JD005130.

      29. (15 pages) [pdf] 

    29. Niu, G.-Y., Z.-L. Yang, R.E. Dickinson, and L.E. Gulden, 2005: A simple TOPMODEL-based runoff parameterization (SIMTOP) for use in global climate models, Journal of Geophysical Research,  110, D21106, doi:10.1029/2005JD006111. (15 pages) [pdf]

      2004

    30. Boone A., F. Habets, J. Noilhan, D. Clark, P. Dirmeyer, S. Fox, Y. Gusev, I. Haddeland, R. Koster, D. Lohmann, S. Mahanama, K. Mitchell, O. Nasonova, G.-Y. Niu, A. Pitman, J. Polcher, A. B. Shmakin, K. Tanaka, B. Van Den Hurk, S. Verant, D. Verseghy, P. Viterbo, and Z.-Y. Yang, 2004: The Rhone-Aggregation Land Surface Scheme Intercomparison Project: An Overview. Journal of Climate, 17, 187-208. [pdf]

    31. Etchevers, P., E. Martin, R. Brown, C. Fierz, Y. Lejeune, E. Bazile, A. Boone, Y. Dai, R. Essery, A. Fernandez, Y. Gusev, R. Jordan, V. Koren, E. Kowalcyzk, N.O. Nasonova, R.D. Pyles, A. Schlosser, A.B. Shmakin, T.G. Smirnova, U. Strasser, D. Verseghy, T. Yamazaki, Z.-L. Yang, 2004: Validation of the energy budget of an alpine snowpack simulated by several snow models (SnowMIP project), Annals of Glaciology, 38, 150-158.

    32. Niu, G.-Y. and Z.-L. Yang, 2004: The effects of canopy processes on snow surface energy and mass balances, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D23111, doi:10.1029/2004JD004884. (15 pages) [pdf]

    33. Oleson, K.W., Y. Dai, G. Bonan, M. Bosilovich, R. Dickinson, P. Dirmeyer, F. Hoffman, P. Houser, S. Levis, G.-Y. Niu, P. Thornton, M. Vertenstein, Z.-L. Yang, and X. Zeng, 2004: Technical Description of the Community Land Model (CLM), NCAR/TN-461+STR, 174 p. [Available at www.cgd.ucar.edu/tss/clm/distribution/clm3.0/index.html]

    34. Xia, Y., Z.-L. Yang, C. Jackson, P.L. Stoffa, and M.K. Sen, 2004: Impacts of data length on optimal parameter and uncertainty estimation of a land surface model, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D07101, doi:10.1029/2003JD004419. (13 pages) [pdf]

      2003

    35. Bowling, L.C., D.P. Lettenmaier, B. Nijssen, P.L. Graham, D. Clark, M.E. Maayar, R. Essery, S. Goers, F. Habets, B. van der Hurk, J. Jin, D. Kahan, D. Lohmann, S. Mahanama, D. Mocko, O. Nasonova, G.-Y. Niu, P. Samuelsson, A.B. Shmakin, K. Takata, D. Verseghy, P. Viterbo, X. Ma, Y. Xue, and Z.-L. Yang, 2003: Simulation of high latitude hydrological processes in the Torne-Kalix basin: PILPS Phase 2e. 1: Experimental description and summary intercomparisons, Global and Planetary Change, 38, 1-30. [pdf]

    36. Dai, Y., X. Zeng, R.E. Dickinson, I. Baker, G.B. Bonan, M.G. Bosilovich, A.S. Denning, P.A. Dirmeyer, P.R. Houser, G.-Y. Niu, K.W. Oleson, C.A. Schlosser, and Z.-L. Yang, 2003: The Common Land Model, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84 (8), 1013-1023. [pdf]

    37. *Gochis, D.J., W.J. Shuttleworth, and Z.-L. Yang, 2003: Hydrometeorological response of the modeled North American monsoon to convective parameterization, J. Hydrometeor., 4, 235-250. [pdf]

    38. Luo, Lifeng, A. Robock, K. Y. Vinnikov, C. A. Schlosser, A. G. Slater, A. Boone, H. Braden, P. Cox, P. de Rosnay, R. E. Dickinson, Y. Dai, Q. Duan, P. Etchevers, A. Henderson-Sellers, N. Gedney, Y. M. Gusev, F. Habets, J. Kim, E. Kowalczyk, K. Mitchell, O. N. Nasonova, J. Noilhan, A. J. Pitman, J. Schaake, A. B.  Shmakin, T. G. Smirnova, P. Wetzel, Y. Xue, Z.-L.Yang, and Q.-C. Zeng, 2003: Effects of frozen soil on soil temperature, spring infiltration, and runoff: Results from the PILPS 2(d) experiment at Valdai, Russia. J. Hydrometeorology, 4, 334-351. [pdf]

    39. Nijssen, B., L.C. Bowling, D.P. Lettenmaier, D. Clark, M.E. Maayar, R. Essery, S. Goers, F. Habets, B. van der Hurk, J. Jin, D. Kahan, D. Lohmann, S. Mahanama, D. Mocko, O. Nasonova, G.-Y. Niu, P. Samuelsson, A.B. Shmakin, K. Takata, D. Verseghy, P. Viterbo, X. Ma, Y. Xia, Y. Xue, and Z.-L. Yang, 2003: Simulation of high latitude hydrological processes in the Torne-Kalix basin: PILPS Phase 2e. 2: Comparison of model results with observations, Global and Planetary Change, 38, 31-53. [pdf]

    40. Niu, G.-Y. and Z.-L. Yang, 2003: The Versatile Integrator of Surface and Atmosphere processes (VISA) Part II: Evaluation of three topography-based runoff schemes, Global and Planetary Change, 38, 191-208. [pdf]

    41. Yang, Z.-L. and G.-Y. Niu, 2003: The Versatile Integrator of Surface and Atmosphere Processes (VISA) Part 1: Model description, Global and Planetary Change, 38, 175-189. [pdf]

    42. Yang, Z.-L., D. Gochis, W.J. Shuttleworth, and G.-Y. Niu, 2003: The impacts of sea surface temperature on the North American monsoon: A GCM study, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(2), 1033, 10.1029/2002GL015628. (4 pages) [pdf]

    43. Zhou, L., R.E. Dickinson, Y. Tian, X. Zeng, Y. Dai, Z.-L. Yang, C.B. Schaaf, F. Gao, Y. Jin, A. Strahler, R.B. Myneni, H. Yu, W. Wu, and M. Shaikh, 2003: Comparison of seasonal and spatial variations of albedos from Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and Common Land Model, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108 (D15), 4488, doi:10.1029/2002JD003326. (20 pages) [pdf]