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Selected papers that reflect our work across climate change, Earth system science, vegetation dynamics, hydrology, remote sensing, AI for climate, and sustainable energy systems.

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Knowledge ExploreGlobal warming

Global warming

We study how heat, water, vegetation, oceans, and atmospheric circulation interact to shape the pace and regional expression of a warming climate.

113 papers, 6 projects, 1 dataset, 2 software/tools
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2026-04-07PNAS

Multimetric analysis uncovers time-dependent climate forcings from China's 2.3-fold cropland reactive nitrogen emissions

Peng Xu, Zhenzhong Zeng, Huizhong Shen, Min Hu, Mingxu Liu, Cheng Gong, Yilin Chen, Chaopu Ti, Geng Li, Xuejing Wang, Yi Zheng, Si-Liang Li, Cong-Qiang Liu, Benjamin Z. Houlton

Global warmingEarth system feedbacks
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2026-03-09GIScience & Remote Sensing

Global instantaneous monitoring of reservoir water levels using ICESat-2 photon-counting LiDAR

Xin Jiang, Yuyu Zhou, Huizhong Shen, Zhilin Guo, Zhenzhong Zeng

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoring
Renewable energyHydropower
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2026-01-20Earth System Science Data Discussions

Decadal surge of water-surface solar in China

Yan, Yue, Jiang, Xin, Wei, Sihuan, Jin, Yubin, Zou, Xinyu, Liu, Junwei, Cai, Yaotong, Ye, Jianhuai, Guo, Zhilin, Zeng, Zhenzhong

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoringFeedback and complex system
Renewable energySolar energy
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2025-07-24Science

Record-breaking 2023 marine heatwaves

Tianyun Dong, Zhenzhong Zeng, Ming Pan, Dashan Wang, Yuntian Chen, Lili Liang, Shuai Yang, Yubin Jin, Shuxin Luo, Shijing Liang, Xiaowen Huang, Dongzhi Zhao, Alan D. Ziegler, Deliang Chen, Laurent Z. X. Li, Tianjun Zhou, Dongxiao Zhang

Global warmingMarine heatwaves
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2024-05-13Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Permafrost temperature and active layer thickness.In: State of the Climate in 2023

Dunn, R_J H, Blannin, J, Gobron, N, Miller, J B, Willett, K M, Ades, Melanie, Adler, Robert, Alexe, Mihai, Allan, Richard P, Anderson, John, Anneville, Orlane, Aono, Yasuyuki, Arguez, Anthony, Armenteras_Pascual, Dolores, Arosio, Carlo, Asher, Elizabeth, Augustine, John A, Azorin-Molina, Cesar, Baez-Villanueva, Oscar M, Barichivich, J, Beck, Hylke E, Bellouin, Nicolas, Benedetti, Angela, Blenkinsop, Stephen, Bock, Olivier, Bodin, Xavier, Bonte, Olivier, Bosilovich, Michael G, Boucher, Olivier, Buehler, Stefan A, Byrne, Michael P, Campos, Diego, Cappucci, Fabrizio, Carrea, Laura, Chang, Kai-Lan, Christiansen, Hanne H, Christy, John R, Chung, Eui-Seok, Ciasto, Laura M, Clingan, Scott, Coldewey-Egbers, Melanie, Cooper, Owen R, Cornes, Richard C, Covey, Curt, Crétaux, Jean-Francois, Crimmins, Theresa, Crotwell, Molly, Culpepper, Joshua, Cusicanqui, Diego, Davis, Sean, de_Jeu, Richard_A M, Degenstein, Doug, Delaloye, Reynald, DiGangi, Elizabeth, Dokulil, Martin T, Donat, Markus G, Dorigo, Wouter A, Duchemin, Diane, Dugan, Hilary, Durre, Imke, Dutton, Geoff, Duveiller, Gregory, Estilow, Thomas W, Estrella, Nicole, Fereday, David, Fioletov, Vitali E, Flemming, Johannes, Foster, Michael J, Frederikse, Thomas, Frith, Stacey M, Froidevaux, Lucien, Füllekrug, Martin, Garforth, Judith, Garg, Jay, Godin-Beekmann, Sophie, Goodman, Steven, Goto, Atsushi, Grimm, Alice, Gruber, Alexander, Gu, Guojun, Guglielmin, Mauro, Hahn, Sebastian, Haimberger, Leopold, Hall, Brad D, Harlan, Merritt E, Harris, I, Hemming, Deborah L, Hirschi, Martin, Ho, Shu-peng Ben, Holzworth, Robert, Horton, Radley M, Hrbáček, Filip, Hu, Guojie, Hurst, Dale, Inness, Antje, Isaksen, Ketil, John, Viju O, Jones, P D, Junod, Robert, Kääb, Andreas, Kaiser, Johannes W, Kaufmann, Viktor, Kellerer-Pirklbauer, Andreas, Khaykin, Sergey, Kidd, Richard, King, Tyler V, Kipling, Zak, Koppa, Akash, Kraemer, Benjamin M, La_Fuente, R Sofia, Laas, Alo, Lan, Xin, Lantz, Kathleen O, Lapierre, Jeff, Lavers, David A, Leblanc, Thierry, Leibensperger, Eric, Lennard, Chris, Liley, Ben, Liu, Yakun, Lo, Y_T Eunice, Loeb, Norman G, Loyola, Diego, Magnin, Florence, Matsuzaki, Shin-Ichiro, Matthews, Tom, Mayer, Michael, McCarthy, Michael, McVicar, Tim R, Mears, Carl A, Menzel, Annette, Merchant, Christopher J, Merio, Leo-Juhani, Meyer, Michael F, Miralles, Diego G, Montzka, Stephan A, Morice, Colin, Morino, Isamu, Mrekaj, Ivan, Mühle, Jens, Nance, D, Nicolas, Julien P, Noetzli, Jeannette, Noll, Ben, O’Keefe, John, Osborn, Tim J, Parrington, Mark, Pellet, Cécile, Pelto, Mauri S, Petersen, Kyle, Phillips, Coda, Pierson, Don, Pinto, Izidine, Po-Chedley, Stephen, Pogliotti, Paolo, Polvani, Lorenzo, Preimesberger, Wolfgang, Price, Colin, Randel, William J, Raymond, Colin, Rémy, Samuel, Ricciardulli, Lucrezia, Richardson, Andrew D, Robinson, David A, Rodell, Matthew, Rodriguez-Fernandez, Nemesio, Rogers, Cassandra_D W, Rohini, P, Rosenlof, Karen, Rozanov, Alexei, Rozkošný, Jozef, Rusanovskaya, Olga O, Rutishauser, This, Sabeerali, C T, Said, Ryan, Sakai, Tetsu, Sánchez-Lugo, Ahira, Sawaengphokhai, Parnchai, Schenzinger, Verena, Schlegel, Robert W, Schmid, Martin, Seneviratne, Sonia I, Sezaki, Fumi, Shao, Xi, Sharma, Sapna, Shi, Lei, Shimaraeva, Svetlana V, Shinohara, Ryuichiro, Silow, Eugene A, Simmons, Adrian J, Smith, Sharon L, Soden, Brian J, Sofieva, Viktoria, Soldo, Logan, Sreejith, O P, Stackhouse, Paul W, Stauffer, Ryan, Steinbrecht, Wolfgang, Steiner, Andrea K, Stoy, Paul C, Stradiotti, Pietro, Streletskiy, Dmitry A, Taha, Ghassan, Thackeray, Stephen J, Thibert, Emmanuel, Timofeyev, Maxim A, Tourpali, Kleareti, Tronquo, Emma, Tye, Mari R, van_der_A, Ronald, van_der_Schalie, Robin, van_der_Schrier, Gerard, van_Vliet, Arnold_J H, Verburg, Piet, Vernier, Jean-Paul, Vimont, Isaac J, Virts, Katrina, Vivero, Sebastián, Vömel, Holger, Vose, Russell S, Wang, Ray_H J, Warnock, Taran, Weber, Mark, Wiese, David N, Wild, Jeannette D, Williams, Earle, Wong, Takmeng, Woolway, Richard Iestyn, Yin, Xungang, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Zhao, Lin, Zhong, Feng, Ziemke, Jerry R, Ziese, Markus, Zotta, Ruxandra M, Zou, Cheng-Zhi

Global warmingLand warming
AI for geoscienceAI for weather
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2024-04Remote Sensing of Environment

Spatial-temporal patterns of land surface evapotranspiration from global products

Ronglin Tang, Zhong Peng, Meng Liu, Zhao-Liang Li, Yazhen Jiang, Yongxin Hu, Lingxiao Huang, Yizhe Wang, Junrui Wang, Li Jia, Chaolei Zheng, Yongqiang Zhang, Ke Zhang, Yunjun Yao, Xuelong Chen, Yujiu Xiong, Zhenzhong Zeng, Joshua B. Fisher

Global warmingLand warmingChanging water cycleEarth system feedbacks
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoring
AI for geoscienceAI for Earth twins
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2024-03Science

The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle

Xingxing Kuang, Junguo Liu, Bridget R. Scanlon, Jiu Jimmy Jiao, Scott Jasechko, Michele Lancia, Boris K. Biskaborn, Yoshihide Wada, Hailong Li, Zhenzhong Zeng, Zhilin Guo, Yingying Yao, Tom Gleeson, Jean-Philippe Nicot, Xin Luo, Yiguang Zou, Chunmiao Zheng

Global warmingChanging water cycle
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2024-02Nature

Fertilizer management for global ammonia emission reduction

Xu, Peng, Li, Geng, Zheng, Yi, Fung, Jimmy C. H., Chen, Anping, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Shen, Huizhong, Hu, Min, Mao, Jiafu, Zheng, Yan, Cui, Xiaoqing, Guo, Zhilin, Chen, Yilin, Feng, Lian, He, Shaokun, Zhang, Xuguo, Lau, Alexis K. H., Tao, Shu, Houlton, Benjamin Z.

Global warmingEarth system feedbacks
Earth system feedbacksFeedback and complex system
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2024-01Nature Climate Change

Global patterns and drivers of tropical aboveground carbon changes

Feng, Yu, Ciais, Philippe, Wigneron, Jean-Pierre, Xu, Yidi, Ziegler, Alan D., van Wees, Dave, Fendrich, Arthur Nicolaus, Spracklen, Dominick V., Sitch, Stephen, Brandt, Martin, Li, Wei, Fan, Lei, Li, Xiaojun, Wu, Jie, Zeng, Zhenzhong

Global warmingEarth system feedbacks
Earth system feedbacksGlobal forest change
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2023-08Nature Climate Change

Asymmetric influence of forest cover gain and loss on land surface temperature

Su, Yongxian, Zhang, Chaoqun, Ciais, Philippe, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Cescatti, Alessandro, Shang, Jiali, Chen, Jing Ming, Liu, Jane, Wang, Ying-Ping, Yuan, Wenping, Peng, Shushi, Lee, Xuhui, Zhu, Zaichun, Fan, Lei, Liu, Xiaoping, Liu, Liyang, Lafortezza, Raffaele, Li, Yan, Ren, Jiashun, Yang, Xueqin, Chen, Xiuzhi

Global warmingLand warming
Earth system feedbacksGlobal forest change
AI for geoscienceAI for climate
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2023-01Nature Water

A global-scale framework for hydropower development incorporating strict environmental constraints

Xu, Rongrong, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Pan, Ming, Ziegler, Alan D., Holden, Joseph, Spracklen, Dominick V., Brown, Lee E., He, Xinyue, Chen, Deliang, Ye, Bin, Xu, Haiwei, Jerez, Sonia, Zheng, Chunmiao, Liu, Junguo, Lin, Peirong, Yang, Yuan, Zou, Junyu, Wang, Dashan, Gu, Mingyi, Yang, Zongliang, Li, Dongfeng, Huang, Junling, Lakshmi, Venkataraman, Wood, Eric. F.

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Renewable energyHydropower
AI for geoscienceAI for energyAI for climate
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2022-08Nature Geoscience

Rewetting global wetlands effectively reduces major greenhouse gas emissions

Zou, Junyu, Ziegler, Alan D., Chen, Deliang, McNicol, Gavin, Ciais, Philippe, Jiang, Xin, Zheng, Chunmiao, Wu, Jie, Wu, Jin, Lin, Ziyu, He, Xinyue, Brown, Lee E., Holden, Joseph, Zhang, Zuotai, Ramchunder, Sorain J., Chen, Anping, Zeng, Zhenzhong

Global warmingEarth system feedbacks
Earth system feedbacksFeedback and complex system
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2022-01Earth's Future

Inhibitive Effects of Recent Exceeding Air Temperature Optima of Vegetation Productivity and Increasing Water Limitation on Photosynthesis Reversed Global Greening

Baozhang Chen, Yu Ke, Philippe Ciais, Zhenzhong Zeng, Andy Black, Honggang Lv, Mengtian Huang, Wenping Yuan, Xiangming Xiao, Junjun Fang, Kun Hou, Ying‐Ping Wang, Yiqi Luo

Global warmingLand warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksGlobal forest changeVegetation monitoring
AI for geoscienceAI for climate
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2021-08ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing

Rapid and large-scale mapping of flood inundation via integrating spaceborne synthetic aperture radar imagery with unsupervised deep learning

Xin Jiang, Shijing Liang, Xinyue He, Alan D. Ziegler, Peirong Lin, Ming Pan, Dashan Wang, Junyu Zou, Dalei Hao, Ganquan Mao, Yelu Zeng, Jie Yin, Lian Feng, Chiyuan Miao, Eric F. Wood, Zhenzhong Zeng

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoring
AI for geoscienceAI for Earth twinsAI for climate
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2021-01Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Global Reach-Level 3-Hourly River Flood Reanalysis (1980–2019)

Yuan Yang, Ming Pan, Peirong Lin, Hylke E. Beck, Zhenzhong Zeng, Dai Yamazaki, Cédric H. David, Hui Lu, Kun Yang, Yang Hong, Eric F. Wood

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksFeedback and complex system
AI for geoscienceAI for weather
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2020-08-21Earth's Future

Flood Risks in Sinking Delta Cities: Time for a Reevaluation?

Jie Yin, Sebastiaan Jonkman, Ning Lin, Dapeng Yu, Jeroen Aerts, Robert Wilby, Ming Pan, Eric Wood, Jeremy Bricker, Qian Ke, Zhenzhong Zeng, Qing Zhao, Jianzhong Ge, Jun Wang

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksFeedback and complex system
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2018-09Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Spatiotemporal pattern of terrestrial evapotranspiration in China during the past thirty years

Xiangyi Li, Yue He, Zhenzhong Zeng, Xu Lian, Xuhui Wang, Mingyuan Du, Gensuo Jia, Yingnian Li, Yaoming Ma, Yanhong Tang, Weizhen Wang, Zhixiang Wu, Junhua Yan, Yitong Yao, Philippe Ciais, Xianzhou Zhang, Yiping Zhang, Yu Zhang, Guangsheng Zhou, Shilong Piao

Global warmingChanging water cycleEarth system feedbacks
Earth system feedbacksGlobal forest change
AI for geoscienceAI for weather
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2018-04-01Journal of Climate

Impact of Earth Greening on the Terrestrial Water Cycle

Zhenzhong Zeng, Shilong Piao, Laurent Z. X. Li, Tao Wang, Philippe Ciais, Xu Lian, Yuting Yang, Jiafu Mao, Xiaoying Shi, Ranga B. Myneni

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoring
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2017-06Nature Climate Change

Climate mitigation from vegetation biophysical feedbacks during the past three decades

Zeng, Zhenzhong, Piao, Shilong, Li, Laurent Z. X., Zhou, Liming, Ciais, Philippe, Wang, Tao, Li, Yue, Lian, Xu, Wood, Eric F., Friedlingstein, Pierre, Mao, Jiafu, Estes, Lyndon D., Myneni, Ranga B., Peng, Shushi, Shi, Xiaoying, Seneviratne, Sonia I., Wang, Yingping

Global warmingEarth system feedbacks
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoringFeedback and complex system
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2016-03Nature

The contribution of China’s emissions to global climate forcing

Li, Bengang, Gasser, Thomas, Ciais, Philippe, Piao, Shilong, Tao, Shu, Balkanski, Yves, Hauglustaine, Didier, Boisier, Juan-Pablo, Chen, Zhuo, Huang, Mengtian, Li, Laurent Zhaoxin, Li, Yue, Liu, Hongyan, Liu, Junfeng, Peng, Shushi, Shen, Zehao, Sun, Zhenzhong, Wang, Rong, Wang, Tao, Yin, Guodong, Yin, Yi, Zeng, Hui, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Zhou, Feng

Global warmingEarth system feedbacks
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2016-01Nature Plants

Plausible rice yield losses under future climate warming

Zhao, Chuang, Piao, Shilong, Wang, Xuhui, Huang, Yao, Ciais, Philippe, Elliott, Joshua, Huang, Mengtian, Janssens, Ivan A., Li, Tao, Lian, Xu, Liu, Yongwen, M&252;ller, Christoph, Peng, Shushi, Wang, Tao, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Pe&241;uelas, Josep

Global warmingLand warming
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2015-09-08Environmental Research Letters

Disentangling climatic and anthropogenic controls on global terrestrial evapotranspiration trends

Jiafu Mao, Wenting Fu, Xiaoying Shi, Daniel M Ricciuto, Joshua B Fisher, Robert E Dickinson, Yaxing Wei, Willis Shem, Shilong Piao, Kaicun Wang, Christopher R Schwalm, Hanqin Tian, Mingquan Mu, Altaf Arain, Philippe Ciais, Robert Cook, Yongjiu Dai, Daniel Hayes, Forrest M Hoffman, Maoyi Huang, Suo Huang, Deborah N Huntzinger, Akihiko Ito, Atul Jain, Anthony W King, Huimin Lei, Chaoqun Lu, Anna M Michalak, Nicholas Parazoo, Changhui Peng, Shushi Peng, Benjamin Poulter, Kevin Schaefer, Elchin Jafarov, Peter E Thornton, Weile Wang, Ning Zeng, Zhenzhong Zeng, Fang Zhao, Qiuan Zhu, Zaichun Zhu

Global warmingChanging water cycleEarth system feedbacks
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2015-04-23Nature Communications

Leaf onset in the northern hemisphere triggered by daytime temperature

Piao, Shilong, Tan, Jianguang, Chen, Anping, Fu, Yongshuo H., Ciais, Philippe, Liu, Qiang, Janssens, Ivan A., Vicca, Sara, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Jeong, Su-Jong, Li, Yue, Myneni, Ranga B., Peng, Shushi, Shen, Miaogen, Pe&241;uelas, Josep

Global warmingLand warming
Earth system feedbacksFeedback and complex system
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2015-01Global Ecology and Biogeography

Global patterns and climate drivers of water‐use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems deduced from satellite‐based datasets and carbon cycle models

Yan Sun, Shilong Piao, Mengtian Huang, Philippe Ciais, Zhenzhong Zeng, Lei Cheng, Xiran Li, Xinping Zhang, Jiafu Mao, Shushi Peng, Benjamin Poulter, Xiaoying Shi, Xuhui Wang, Ying‐Ping Wang, Hui Zeng

Global warmingChanging water cycleEarth system feedbacks
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoring
AI for geoscienceAI for Earth twins
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2014-01Nature Communications

Evidence for a weakening relationship between interannual temperature variability and northern vegetation activity

Piao, Shilong, Nan, Huijuan, Huntingford, Chris, Ciais, Philippe, Friedlingstein, Pierre, Sitch, Stephen, Peng, Shushi, Ahlstr&246;m, Anders, Canadell, Josep G., Cong, Nan, Levis, Sam, Levy, Peter E., Liu, Lingli, Lomas, Mark R., Mao, Jiafu, Myneni, Ranga B., Peylin, Philippe, Poulter, Ben, Shi, Xiaoying, Yin, Guodong, Viovy, Nicolas, Wang, Tao, Wang, Xuhui, Zaehle, Soenke, Zeng, Ning, Zeng, Zhenzhong, Chen, Anping

Global warmingLand warming
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoring
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2024.1.1-2028.12.31300 万参与(课题组负责人)国家自然科学基金国际(地区)合作与交流项目

气候变化对澜湄流域水-粮-能耦合系统的影响机制研究

围绕澜湄流域水、粮食与能源耦合系统,研究气候变化影响机制。

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksFeedback and complex system
Renewable energyHydropower
2023.11.21-2026.11.20300 万主持深圳市科技创新委员会 / 深圳市可持续发展科技专项

海洋气象信息与生态灾害一体化监测预警技术研究及应用示范

面向海洋气象信息与生态灾害,开展一体化监测预警技术研究与应用示范。

Global warmingMarine heatwaves
Earth system feedbacksVegetation monitoring
AI for geoscienceAI for Earth twinsAI for weather
2022.8-2023.1260 万参与可持续发展大数据国际研究中心开放研究计划

全球高分辨率洪范区提取及洪范区土地覆盖变化分析研究

开展全球高分辨率洪范区提取与洪范区土地覆盖变化分析。

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Earth system feedbacksGlobal forest changeVegetation monitoring
AI for geoscienceAI for Earth twins
2021.1.1-2024.12.3155 万主持国家自然科学基金面上项目

21 世纪中国地表风速变化及其对风能生产的影响机制

研究中国地表风速变化及其对风能生产的影响机制。

Global warmingLand warming
Renewable energyWind energy
2020.1-2021.12600 万参与南方科技大学高水平二期专项经费项目

水安全与全球变化

围绕水安全与全球变化开展综合研究。

Global warmingChanging water cycle
2012-2015参与国家自然科学基金委员会

全球变化与陆气生态系统

围绕全球变化与陆气生态系统开展基础研究。

Global warmingEarth system feedbacks
Earth system feedbacksFeedback and complex system
1982-2009Open dataset

Global evapotranspiration (WB-MTE)

A global monthly evapotranspiration dataset at 0.5 degree resolution from 1982 to 2009, built by coupling a water balance model with machine learning.

Global warmingChanging water cycleEarth system feedbacks
AI for geoscienceAI for Earth twinsAI for climate
Code resource

Multi-greenhouse-gas assessments

Code resources for multi-greenhouse-gas assessments in wetland restoration and greenhouse gas mitigation studies.

Global warmingEarth system feedbacks
Code resource

Floating solar power

Code resources for assessing energy production and water savings from floating solar photovoltaics on global reservoirs.

Global warmingChanging water cycle
Renewable energySolar energyHydropower
AI for geoscienceAI for energy