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Education
- Ph.D in University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2000-2024 (supervisor: Yongqiang Zhang 张永强)
- M.S. in Sun Yat-Sen University, 2017-2019 (supervisor: Guoping Tang 唐国平)
- B.S. in Sun Yat-Sen University, 2013-2017
Work experience
- PostDoc in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2024-Now
- Joint educated at Vienna University of Technology, 2023-2024 (supervisor: Günter Blöschl)
Skills
- Evapotranspiration model: Penman-Monteith-Leuning Version 2 Model (PML-V2, a diagnostic ET and GPP model)
- Ecohydrological model: Coupled Hydro-Ecological Simulation Systems (CHESS)
- Lumped hydrological models: GR4J, HBV, etc.
- Programing: Advanced at C++, R and JavaScript (in Google Earth Engine), basic at Fortran, Linux
- Language: English, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka)
Publications
First Author / Corresponding Author Paper
- Xu, Z., Zhang, Y., Blöschl, G., & Piao, S. (2023). Mega forest fires intensify flood magnitudes in southeast Australia. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103812. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL103812
- Xu, Z., Zhang, Y., Zhang, X., Ma, N., Tian, J., Kong, D., & Post, D. (2022). Bushfire-induced water balance changes detected by a modified paired catchment method. Water Resources Research, 58(11), e2021WR031013. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021wr031013
- Xu, Z., Sun, L., Tang, G., Chen, X., Niu, X., Li, Y., & Yu, Y. (2022). Do model results vary under different routing algorithms based on a distributed ecohydrological model? Journal of Hydrometeorology, 23(12), 1913–1928. https://doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-21-0251.1
- Xu, Z., Tang, G., Jiang, T., Chen, X., Chen, T., & Niu, X. (2021). An automatic partition-based parallel algorithm for grid-based distributed hydrological models. Environmental Modelling & Software, 144, 105142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105142
Teaching
- Modern hydrology, CAS, 2025
- Modern hydrology, CAS, 2024
Peer review
Reviewers for following journals (ORCID):
- Science Advances (1 time)
- Water Resources Research (2)
- Journal of Hydrology (5)
- Environmental Modelling & Software (2)
- Agricultural Water Management (1)