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Discipline:Ecology

Education Background

  • 2003-2006, Ph.D., The department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo Ph.D. dissertation: Development of a Microwave Radiative Transfer Model for a Soil Layer and Its Application to Satellite Remote Sensing of Soil Moisture Advisor:Prof. Toshio Koike
  • 2000-2003,M.E., Hydrology and Water Resource, Tsinghua University Master Thesis: A Study on the Irrigation Water Decision Support System Advisor:Prof. Heping Hu
  • 1995-2000,B.E., Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University Bachelor Thesis: A Preliminary Study of the Fussy Decision and Intelligent Dredging System Advisor:Prof. Heping Hu
  • Work Experience

  • Associate Chair (2021 - Now), Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University
  • Professor (2023 - Now), Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University
  • Associate Professor (2010 - 2023), Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University
  • Research Associate (2007 - 2010), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  • Research Assistant (2006 - 2007), Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  • -2021-

    116)Yao, P., Lu, H.*, Shi, J., Zhao, T., Yang, K., Cosh, M.H., Gianotti, D.J.S., Entekhabi, D.A long term global daily soil moisture dataset derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2 (2002–2019) (2021) Scientific Data, 8 (1), art. no. 143.

    115)Yun, X., Tang, Q., Li, J., Lu, H., Zhang, L., Chen, D.Can reservoir regulation mitigate future climate change induced hydrological extremes in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin? (2021) Science of the Total Environment, 785, art. no. 147322.

    114)Ouyang, L., Lu, H.*, Yang, K., Leung, L.R., Wang, Y., Zhao, L., Zhou, X., Lazhu, Chen, Y., Jiang, Y., Yao, X. Characterizing Uncertainties in Ground “Truth” of Precipitation Over Complex Terrain Through High-Resolution Numerical Modeling (2021) Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (10), art. no. e2020GL091950.

    113)Zhao, T., Shi, J., Xu, H., Sun, Y., Chen, D., Cui, Q., Jia, L., Huang, S., Niu, S., Li, X., Yan, G., Chen, L., Liu, Q., Zhao, K., Zheng, X., Zhao, L., Zheng, C., Ji, D., Xiong, C., Wang, T., Li, R., Pan, J., Wen, J., Mu, X., Yu, C., Zheng, Y., Jiang, L., Chai, L., Lu, H., Yao, P., Ma, J., Lyu, H., Wu, J., Zhao, W., Yang, N., Guo, P., Li, Y., Hu, L., Geng, D., Zhang, Z., Hu, J., Du, A.Comprehensive remote sensing experiment of water cycle and energy balance in the Shandian river basin [闪电河流域水循环和能量平衡遥感综合试验] (2021) Yaogan Xuebao/Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (4), pp. 871-887.

    112)Yao, X., Yang, K., Zhou, X., Wang, Y., Lazhu, Chen, Y., Lu, H. Surface friction contrast between water body and land enhances precipitation downwind of a large lake in Tibet (2021) Climate Dynamics, 56 (7-8), pp. 2113-2126.

    111)Shi, P., Lu, H.*, Leung, L.R., He, Y., Wang, B., Yang, K., Yu, L., Liu, L., Huang, W., Xu, S., Liu, J., Huang, X., Li, L., Lin, Y. Significant Land Contributions to Interannual Predictability of East Asian Summer Monsoon Rainfall (2021) Earth's Future, 9 (2), art. no. e2020EF001762.

    110)Lv, M., Xu, Z., Yang, Z.-L., Lu, H., Lv, M. A Comprehensive Review of Specific Yield in Land Surface and Groundwater Studies (2021) Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 13 (2), art. no. e2020MS002270.

    109)Sun, J., McColl, K.A., Wang, Y., Rigden, A.J., Lu, H., Yang, K., Li, Y., Santanello, J.A., Jr. Global evaluation of terrestrial near-surface air temperature and specific humidity retrievals from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) (2021) Remote Sensing of Environment, 252, art. no. 112146.

    108)Hou, S., Tian, F., Lu, Y., Ni, G., Lu, H., Liu, H., Wei, J. Potential role of coordinated operation of transboundary multi-reservoir system to reduce flood risk in the Lancang-Mekong River basin [澜沧江-湄公河流域水库联合调度防洪作用] (2021) Shuikexue Jinzhan/Advances in Water Science, 32 (1), pp. 68-78.

    -2020-

    107)Lu, H.*, Zheng, D., Yang, K., Yang, F. Last-decade progress in understanding and modeling the land surface processes on the Tibetan Plateau (2020) Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24 (12), art. no. 295, pp. 5745-5758.

    106)He, J., Yang, K., Tang, W., Lu, H., Qin, J., Chen, Y., Li, X. The first high-resolution meteorological forcing dataset for land process studies over China (2020) Scientific Data, 7 (1), art. no. 25.

    105)Yun, X., Tang, Q., Wang, J., Liu, X., Zhang, Y., Lu, H., Wang, Y., Zhang, L., Chen, D. Impacts of climate change and reservoir operation on streamflow and flood characteristics in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin (2020) Journal of Hydrology, 590, art. no. 125472.

    104)Sun, J., Yang, K., Guo, W., Wang, Y., He, J., Lu, H. Why has the inner tibetan plateau become wetter since the Mid-1990s? (2020) Journal of Climate, 33 (19), pp. 8507-8522.

    103)He, X., Huang, W., Yang, Z., Wright, J.S., Wang, B., Xie, Z., Qiu, T., Dong, W., Lu, H., Li, X., Liao, J. Favorable Circulation Patterns and Moisture Sources for Wintertime Extreme Precipitation Events Over the Balkhash-Junggar Region (2020) Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (16), art. no. e2019JD032275.

    102)Lin, Y., Huang, X., Liang, Y., Qin, Y., Xu, S., Huang, W., Xu, F., Liu, L., Wang, Y., Peng, Y., Wang, L., Xue, W., Fu, H., Zhang, G.J., Wang, B., Li, R., Zhang, C., Lu, H., Yang, K., Luo, Y., Bai, Y., Song, Z., Wang, M., Zhao, W., Zhang, F., Xu, J., Zhao, X., Lu, C., Chen, Y., Luo, Y., Hu, Y., Tang, Q., Chen, D., Yang, G., Gong, P. Community Integrated Earth System Model (CIESM): Description and Evaluation (2020) Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (8), art. no. e2019MS002036.

    101)Do, P., Tian, F., Zhu, T., Zohidov, B., Ni, G., Lu, H., Liu, H. Exploring synergies in the water-food-energy nexus by using an integrated hydro-economic optimization model for the Lancang-Mekong River basin (2020) Science of the Total Environment, 728, art. no. 137996.

    100)Yang, K., Chen, Y., He, J., Zhao, L., Lu, H., Qin, J., Zheng, D., Li, X. Development of a daily soil moisture product for the period of 2002–2011 in Chinese mainland (2020) Science China Earth Sciences, 63 (8), pp. 1113-1125.

    99)Yue, S., Yang, K., Lu, H., Chen, Y., Sharma, S., Yang, X., Shrestha, M.L. Distinct temperature changes between north and south sides of central–eastern Himalayas since 1970s (2020) International Journal of Climatology, 40 (9), pp. 4300-4308.

    Selected in the Youth Talent of Universities in Beijing, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education, 2013

    Best Paper Award in The 4th International Workshop on Diagnosis of Environmental Health by Remote Sensing (DEHRS), Wei Wang, Hui Lu*, Zhiguo Pang, Fuzhou, China, 2014

    Supervisor of the 2015 Outstanding Graduate student (Yawen Zhang) of Tsinghua University

    2015 Best Reviewer for Scientia Sinica Terrae