Advancing Scientific Understanding and Practical Adaptation and Mitigation of Floods Through Remote Sensing, Modeling, and AI
LI's Flood Lab at CU Boulder
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2024

Evaluation of IMERG climate trends over land in the TRMM and GPM eras

Zhu, Siyu; Li, Zhi; Chen, Mengye; Wen, Yixin; Liu, Zhong; Huffman, George; Tsoodle, Theresa; Ferraro, Sebastian; Wang, Yuzhou; Hong, Yang

Evaluation of IMERG climate trends over land in the TRMM and GPM eras Journal Article

In: Environmental Research Letters, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Climate change, Precipitation, Remote Sensing

How has the latest IMERG V07 improved the precipitation estimates and hydrologic utility over CONUS against IMERG V06?

Zhu, Siyu; Li, Zhi; Chen, Mengye; Wen, Yixin; Gao, Shang; Zhang, Jiaqi; Wang, Jiao; Nan, Yi; Ferraro, Sebastian; Tsoodle, Theresa; Hong, Yang

How has the latest IMERG V07 improved the precipitation estimates and hydrologic utility over CONUS against IMERG V06? Journal Article

In: Journal of Hydrology, vol. 645, 2024.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Flood modeling, Precipitation, Remote Sensing

2023

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

Wang, Yaji; Li, Zhi; Gao, Lei; Zhong, Yong; Peng, Xinhua

Comparison of GPM IMERG Version 06 Final Run Products and Its Latest Version 07 Precipitation Products across Scales: Similarities, Differences and Improvements Journal Article

In: Remote Sensing, vol. 15, iss. 23, pp. 5622, 2023.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Precipitation, Remote Sensing

2022

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

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

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

In: Atmosphere, vol. 13, iss. 10, pp. 1666, 2022, (A comparison of precipitation products from satellite observation, WRF simulation, and insitu gauges over Andes ).

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Precipitation, Remote Sensing

Disentangling error structures of precipitation datasets using decision trees

Sui, Xinxin; Li, Zhi; Tang, Guoqiang; Yang, Zong-Liang; Niyogi, Dev

Disentangling error structures of precipitation datasets using decision trees Journal Article

In: Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 280, pp. 113185, 2022, (Interpret decision tree structures to infer spatiotemporal errors on satellite precipitation products.).

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Precipitation, Remote Sensing

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

Chen, Mengye; Li, Zhi; Gao, Shang; Xue, Ming; Gourley, Jonathan; Kolar, Randall; Hong, Yang

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 Journal Article

In: Journal of Hydrology, vol. 612, pp. 128168, 2022, (Comparing different QPFs and their impact on flood inundation).

BibTeX | Tags: Flood modeling, Floods, Precipitation

Decadal development of CREST hydrological model family: review, improvements, applications, and outlook

Li, Zhi

Decadal development of CREST hydrological model family: review, improvements, applications, and outlook PhD Thesis

2022.

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Climate change, Flash floods, Flood modeling, Floods, Precipitation, Remote Sensing

Multisensor Remote Sensing and the Multidimensional Modeling of Extreme Flood Events: A Case Study of Hurricane Harvey–Triggered Floods in Houston, Texas, USA

Chen, Mengye; Li, Zhi; Gao, Shang

Multisensor Remote Sensing and the Multidimensional Modeling of Extreme Flood Events: A Case Study of Hurricane Harvey–Triggered Floods in Houston, Texas, USA Book Chapter

In: Zhang, Ke; Hong, Yang; AghaKouchak, Amir (Ed.): Remote Sensing of Water-related Hazards, Chapter 5, pp. 87-104, American Geophysical Union, 2022.

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Evaluation of GPM IMERG and its constellations in extreme events over the conterminous United States

Li, Zhi; Tang, Guoqiang; Kirstetter, Pierre; Gao, Shang; Li, J-F; Wen, Yixin; Hong, Yang

Evaluation of GPM IMERG and its constellations in extreme events over the conterminous United States Journal Article

In: Journal of Hydrology, vol. 606, pp. 127357, 2022, (Continental-scale evaluation of satellite precipitation utilities during extreme rainfall events).

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Precipitation, Remote Sensing

2021

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

Li, Zhi; Tang, Guoqiang; Hong, Zhen; Chen, Mengye; Gao, Shang; Kirstetter, Pierre; Gourley, Jonathan; Wen, Yixin; andd Soumaya Nabih, Teshome Yami; YangHong,

Two-decades of GPM IMERG early and final run products intercomparison: Similarity and difference in climatology, rates, and extremes. Journal Article

In: Journal of Hydrology, vol. 594, pp. 125975, 2021, (Global evaluation of satellite precipitation product utilities and its applicability in real time weather forecast).

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Precipitation, Remote Sensing

2020

Ground Validation and Error Sources Identification for GPM IMERG Product over the Southeast Coastal Regions of China

Sui, Xinxin; Li, Zhi; Ma, Ziqiang; Xu, Jintao; Zhu, Siyu; Liu, Hui

Ground Validation and Error Sources Identification for GPM IMERG Product over the Southeast Coastal Regions of China Journal Article

In: Remote Sensing, vol. 12, iss. 24, pp. 4154, 2020, (Satellite precipitation products error identification in coastal regions).

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Precipitation, Remote Sensing

Advancing Satellite Precipitation Retrievals with Data Driven Approaches: Is black box model explainable?

Li, Zhi; Wen, Yixin; Schreier, Mathias; Behrangi, Ali; Hong, Yang; Lambrigtsen, Bjorn

Advancing Satellite Precipitation Retrievals with Data Driven Approaches: Is black box model explainable? Journal Article

In: Earth and Space Science, vol. 8, pp. e2020EA001423, 2020, (One of the first machine learning interpretation used in satellite precipitation retrievals).

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Deep Learning, Precipitation, Remote Sensing

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

Li, Zhi; Chen, Mengye; Gao, Shang; Hong, Zhen; Tang, Guoqiang; Wen, Yixin; Gourley, Jonathan; Hong, Yang

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 Journal Article

In: Remote Sensing, vol. 12, iss. 8, pp. 1258, 2020, (Investigate the uncertainties of precipitation products derived from three sources: satellite, weather radar, and in-situ gauges).

Links | BibTeX | Tags: Precipitation, Remote Sensing