Publications

@article{nokey,

title = {Introducing Flashiness-Intensity-Duration-Frequency (F-IDF): A New Metric to Quantify Flash Flood Intensity},

author = {Zhi Li and Shang Gao and Mengye Chen and Jiaqi Zhang and Jonathan Gourley and Yixin Wen and Tiantian Yang and Yang Hong},

doi = {10.1029/2023GL104992},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-12-07},

urldate = {2023-12-07},

journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},

volume = {50},

issue = {23},

pages = {e2023GL104992},

keywords = {Flash floods, Flood modeling, Floods},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Comparison of GPM IMERG Version 06 Final Run Products and Its Latest Version 07 Precipitation Products across Scales: Similarities, Differences and Improvements},

author = {Yaji Wang and Zhi Li and Lei Gao and Yong Zhong and Xinhua Peng},

doi = {10.3390/rs15235622},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-12-04},

urldate = {2023-12-04},

journal = {Remote Sensing},

volume = {15},

issue = {23},

pages = {5622},

keywords = {Precipitation, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {CONUS-wide model calibration and validation for CRESTv3.0 - an improved Coupled Routing and Excess STorage distributed hydrological model},

author = {Mengye Chen and Zhi Li and Humberto Vergara and Jonathan Gourley and Ming Xue and Yang Hong and Xiao-Ming Hu and Hector Mayol Novoa and Elinor Martin and Renee McPherson and Shang Gao and Andres Vitaliano Perez and Isaac Yanqui Morales},

doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130333},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-10-17},

journal = {Journal of Hydrology},

abstract = {The Coupled Routing and Excess Storage (CREST) is a flood-centric distributed hydrological model that has been widely used by researchers, educators, and decision-makers around the world since 2011. With growing public concern about the impact of climate change on water security, hydrological models such as CREST need to continue improving to provide more accurate simulations, more output products, and reduced application difficulties for users. In this study, an improved version of the CREST model (version 3.0) was proposed to consider the groundwater component of the hydrological cycle. A CONUS-wide CREST model calibration was conducted to provide usable model parameters for CREST users worldwide. The calibration improved the overall NSCE score from -0.97 to 0.11 over 3,206 gauge points in CONUS. The validation results indicated that the CREST model performed well in the eastern CONUS but not in the Rocky Mountains and the Mountain West. The newly added groundwater module reduced the overestimation and the steepness of the falling limb during flood events in the eastern CONUS but drastically reduced the simulated water quantities in the mountainous regions.},

keywords = {Flood modeling},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Future Heavy rainfall and flood risks for Native America under climate and demographic changes: A case study in Oklahoma},

author = {Zhi Li and Theresa Tsoodle and Mengye Chen and Shang Gao and Jiaqi Zhang and Yixin Wen and Tiantian Yang and Farina King and Yang Hong},

doi = {10.1175/WCAS-D-23-0005.1},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-10-09},

urldate = {2023-10-09},

journal = {Weather, Climate, and Society},

keywords = {climate injustice, Flash floods, Floods},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Studying Brown Ocean Re-Intensification of Hurricane Florence Using CYGNSS and SMAP Soil Moisture Data and a Numerical Weather Model},

author = {Zhi Li and Alka Tiwari and Xinxin Sui and James Garrison and Frank Marks and Dev Niyogi},

doi = {10.1029/2023GL105102},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-10-09},

urldate = {2023-10-09},

journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},

volume = {50},

issue = {19},

pages = {e2023GL105102},

keywords = {Land-atmosphere interaction, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {A decadal review of the CREST model family: Developments, applications, and outlook},

author = {Zhi Li and Xianwu Xue and Robert Clark and Humberto Vergara and Jonathan Gourley and Guoqiang Tang and Xinyi Shen and Guangyuan Kan and Ke Zhang and Jiahu Wang and Mengye Chen and Shang Gao and Jiaqi Zhang and Tiantian Yang and Yixin Wen and Pierre Kirstetter and Yang Hong},

doi = {10.1016/j.hydroa.2023.100159},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-08-23},

journal = {Journal of Hydrology X},

volume = {100159},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Examining impacts of policy, technology, and climate extremes on thermoelectric power production and river thermal pollution in the Midwest and Northeast of the United States},

author = {Jiaqi Zhang and Mengye Chen and Shang Gao and Zhi Li and Charles Vorosmarty and Balazs Fekete and Ariel Miara and Yang Hong},

doi = {10.3389/fenvs.2023.1212211},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-08-01},

urldate = {2023-08-01},

journal = {Frontiers in Environmental Science},

volume = {11},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Triple Collocation of Ground-, Satellite- and Land Surface Model-Based Surface Soil Moisture Products in Oklahoma Part II: New Multi-Sensor Soil Moisture (MSSM) Product},

author = {Zhen Hong and Hernan Moreno and Laura Alvarez and Zhi Li and Yang Hong},

doi = {10.3390/rs15133450},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-07-07},

urldate = {2023-07-07},

journal = {Remote Sensing},

volume = {15},

issue = {13},

keywords = {Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Diverging identifications of extreme precipitation events from satellite observations and reanalysis products: A global perspective based on an object-tracking method},

author = {Tsechun Wang and Zhi Li and Ziqiang Ma and Zhen Gao and Guoqiang Tang},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113490},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-04-01},

urldate = {2023-04-01},

journal = {Remote Sensing of Environment},

volume = {288},

pages = {113490},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Joint collaboration on comparing NOAA’s ground-based weather radar and NASA-JAXA’s spaceborne radar},

author = {Zhi Li and Yixin Wen and Liang Liao and David Wolff and Robert Meneghini and Terry Schuur},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0127.1},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-03-09},

urldate = {2023-03-09},

journal = {Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Triple Collocation of Ground-, Satellite-and Land Surface Model-Based Surface Soil Moisture Products in Oklahoma—Part I: Individual Product Assessment},

author = {Zhen Hong and Hernan A Moreno and Zhi Li and Shuo Li and John S Greene and Yang Hong and Laura V Alvarez;},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-11-08},

urldate = {2022-11-08},

journal = {Remote Sensing},

volume = {14},

issue = {22},

pages = {5641},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Cross-Examining Precipitation Products by Rain Gauge, Remote Sensing, and WRF Simulations over a South American Region across the Pacific Coast and Andes},

author = {Mengye Chen and Yongjie Huang and Zhi Li and Albert Johan Mamani Larico and Ming Xue and Yang Hong and Xiao-Ming Hu and Hector Mayol Novoa and Elinor Martin and Renee McPherson and Jiaqi Zhang and Shang Gao and Yixin Wen and Andres Vitaliano Perez and Isaac Yanqui Morales},

doi = {10.3390/atmos13101666},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-10-16},

urldate = {2022-10-16},

journal = {Atmosphere},

volume = {13},

issue = {10},

pages = {1666},

note = {A comparison of precipitation products from satellite observation, WRF simulation, and insitu gauges over Andes },

keywords = {Precipitation, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Disentangling error structures of precipitation datasets using decision trees},

author = {Xinxin Sui and Zhi Li and Guoqiang Tang and Zong-Liang Yang and Dev Niyogi},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0034425722002978},

doi = {10.1016/j.rse.2022.113185},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-10-01},

urldate = {2022-10-01},

journal = {Remote Sensing of Environment},

volume = {280},

pages = {113185},

note = {Interpret decision tree structures to infer spatiotemporal errors on satellite precipitation products.},

keywords = {Precipitation, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Spatiotemporal characteristics of US floods: Current status and forecast under a future warmer climate},

author = {Zhi Li and Shang Gao and Mengye Chen and Jonathan Gourley and Yang Hong },

url = {https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002700},

doi = {10.1029/2022EF002700},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-10-01},

urldate = {2022-10-01},

journal = {Earth's Future},

volume = {10},

pages = {e2022EF002700},

note = {Quantify extreme rainfall and flood seasonality identifying more frequent, widespread, yet less seasonal rainfall and flood events in the future},

keywords = {Climate change, Floods},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Can re-infiltration process be ignored for flood inundation mapping and prediction during extreme storms? A case study in Texas Gulf Coast region},

author = {Zhi Li and Mengye Chen and Shang Gao and Yixin Wen and Jonathan Gourley and Tiantian Yang and Randall Kolar and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105450},

doi = {10.1016/j.envsoft.2022.105450},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-01},

urldate = {2022-09-01},

journal = {Environmental Modelling and Software},

volume = {155},

pages = {105450},

note = {Answered the scientific question of whether re-infiltration process in Hydrology is important and can be ignored in flood inundation mapping during extreme events},

keywords = {Flood modeling, Floods},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {A flood predictability study for Hurricane Harvey with the CREST-iMAP model using high-resolution quantitative precipitation forecasts and U-Net deep learning precipitation nowcasts},

author = {Mengye Chen and Zhi Li and Shang Gao and Ming Xue and Jonathan Gourley and Randall Kolar and Yang Hong},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-09-01},

urldate = {2022-09-01},

journal = {Journal of Hydrology},

volume = {612},

pages = {128168},

note = {Comparing different QPFs and their impact on flood inundation},

keywords = {Flood modeling, Floods, Precipitation},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {CREST-VEC: A framework towards more accurate and realistic flood simulation across scales},

author = {Zhi Li and Shang Gao and Mengye Chen and Jonathan Gourley and Naoki Mizukami and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6181-2022},

doi = {10.5194/gmd-15-6181-2022},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-08-08},

urldate = {2022-08-08},

journal = {Geoscientific Model Development},

volume = {15},

pages = {6181-6196},

note = {Developed an efficient and accurate flood forecast framework that can operate globally in real time},

keywords = {Flood modeling},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {The conterminous United States are projected to become more prone to flash floods in a high-end emissions scenario},

author = {Zhi Li and Shang Gao and Mengye Chen and Jonathan Gourley and Changhai Liu and Andreas Prein and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00409-6},

doi = {10.1038/s43247-022-00409-6},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-04-17},

urldate = {2022-04-17},

journal = {Communications Earth and Environment},

volume = {3},

issue = {1},

pages = {1-9},

note = {First study to quantify flash flood potential in the US in a warmer climate},

keywords = {Climate change, Flash floods},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Evaluation of GPM IMERG and its constellations in extreme events over the conterminous United States},

author = {Zhi Li and Guoqiang Tang and Pierre Kirstetter and Shang Gao and J-F Li and Yixin Wen and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127357},

doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127357},

year  = {2022},

date = {2022-03-01},

urldate = {2022-03-01},

journal = {Journal of Hydrology},

volume = {606},

pages = {127357},

note = {Continental-scale evaluation of satellite precipitation utilities during extreme rainfall events},

keywords = {Precipitation, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Spatiotemporal variability of global river extent and the natural driving factors revealed by decades of Landsat observations, GRACE gravimetry observations, and land surface model simulations},

author = {Shang Gao and Zhi Li and Mengye Chen and Peirong Lin and Zhen Hong and Daniel Allen and Thomas Neeson and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112725},

doi = {10.1016/j.rse.2021.112725},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-12-15},

urldate = {2021-12-15},

journal = {Remote Sensing of Environment},

volume = {267},

pages = {112725},

note = {A Global study of investigating spatiotemporal hydrologic processes using modern satellite products},

keywords = {Climate change, Remote Sensing, water resources},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Mapping dynamic non-perennial stream networks using high-resolution distributed hydrologic simulation: A case study in the upper blue river basin},

author = {Shang Gao and Mengye Chen and Zhi Li and Stephen Cook and Daniel Allen and Thomas Neeson and Titantian Yang and Teshome Yami and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126522},

doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126522},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-09-01},

urldate = {2021-09-01},

journal = {Journal of Hydrology},

volume = {600},

pages = {126522},

note = {One of the first use of hydrological models to interpret stream intermittency},

keywords = {Remote Sensing, River intermittency},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Monitoring Drought through the Lens of Landsat: Drying of Rivers during the California Droughts},

author = {Shang Gao and Zhi Li and Mengye Chen and Daniel Allen and Thomas Neeson and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13173423},

doi = {10.3390/rs13173423},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-08-28},

volume = {13},

issue = {17},

pages = {3423},

note = {The use of remote sensing optical sensors to detect river intermittency},

keywords = {Remote Sensing, River intermittency, water resources},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {CREST-iMAP v1. 0: A fully coupled hydrologic-hydraulic modeling framework dedicated to flood inundation mapping and prediction},

author = {Zhi Li and Mengye Chen and Shang Gao and Xiangyu Luo and Jonathan Gourley and Pierre Kirstetter and Tiantian Yang and Randall Kolar and Amy McGovern and Yixin Wen and Bo Rao and Teshome Yami and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105051},

doi = {10.1016/j.envsoft.2021.105051},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-07-01},

journal = {Environmental Modelling and Software},

volume = {141},

pages = {105051},

note = {Developed a coupled system that integrates hydrologic process and hydraulic routing for flood prediction},

keywords = {Flood modeling, Floods, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {CREST/EF5 capacity building to enhance resilience to hydrodynamic disasters in emerging regions},

author = {Yami Teshome and Gao Shang and Chen Mengye and Li Zhi and Labriola Laura and Wara Calvince and Beshah Feleke and Hong Yang},

url = {https://academicjournals.org/journal/AJEST/article-full-text-pdf/2DF9A4F67018},

doi = {10.5897/AJEST2021.2989},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-06-30},

journal = {African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology},

volume = {15},

issue = {6},

pages = {230-242},

note = {Capacity building project to use hydrologic models/tools to protect African local residents},

keywords = {Capacity building, Flood modeling},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Two-decades of GPM IMERG early and final run products intercomparison: Similarity and difference in climatology, rates, and extremes.},

author = {Zhi Li and Guoqiang Tang and Zhen Hong and Mengye Chen and Shang Gao and Pierre Kirstetter and Jonathan Gourley and Yixin Wen and Teshome Yami andd Soumaya Nabih and YangHong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.125975},

doi = {10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.125975},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-03-01},

urldate = {2021-03-01},

journal = {Journal of Hydrology},

volume = {594},

pages = {125975},

note = {Global evaluation of satellite precipitation product utilities and its applicability in real time weather forecast},

keywords = {Precipitation, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Ground Validation and Error Sources Identification for GPM IMERG Product over the Southeast Coastal Regions of China},

author = {Xinxin Sui and Zhi Li and Ziqiang Ma and Jintao Xu and Siyu Zhu and Hui Liu},

url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12244154},

doi = {10.3390/rs12244154},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-12-28},

urldate = {2020-12-28},

journal = {Remote Sensing},

volume = {12},

issue = {24},

pages = {4154},

note = {Satellite precipitation products error identification in coastal regions},

keywords = {Precipitation, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Advancing Satellite Precipitation Retrievals with Data Driven Approaches: Is black box model explainable?},

author = {Zhi Li and Yixin Wen and Mathias Schreier and Ali Behrangi and Yang Hong and Bjorn Lambrigtsen},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001423},

doi = {10.1029/2020EA001423},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-12-01},

urldate = {2020-12-01},

journal = {Earth and Space Science},

volume = {8},

pages = {e2020EA001423},

note = {One of the first machine learning interpretation used in satellite precipitation retrievals},

keywords = {Deep Learning, Precipitation, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{nokey,

title = {Cross-Examination of Similarity, Difference and Deficiency of Gauge, Radar and Satellite Precipitation Measuring Uncertainties for Extreme Events Using Conventional Metrics and Multiplicative Triple Collocation},

author = {Zhi Li and Mengye Chen and Shang Gao and Zhen Hong and Guoqiang Tang and Yixin Wen and Jonathan Gourley and Yang Hong},

url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12081258},

doi = {10.3390/rs12081258},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-04-06},

urldate = {2020-04-06},

journal = {Remote Sensing},

volume = {12},

issue = {8},

pages = {1258},

note = {Investigate the uncertainties of precipitation products derived from three sources: satellite, weather radar, and in-situ gauges},

keywords = {Precipitation, Remote Sensing},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}