Publications

2009

Y. Lu, Q. Zhuang, G. Zhou, A. Sirin, J. Melillo and D. Kicklighter, Possible decline of the carbon sink in the Mongolian Plateau during the 21st century, Environ. Res. Lett., 4 045023 (8pp) doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/4/045023. 2009.PDF

J. Xiao, Zhuang, Q., Liang E., McGuire A.D., Moody A., Kicklighter D.W., SHao X. and Melillo J.M., Twentieth-century droughts and their impacts on terrestrial carbon cycling in China, Earth Interactions, 13, 1-31, 2009.PDF

Jinyun Tang, and Zhuang, Q.,A global sensitivity analysis and Bayesian inference framework for improving the parameter estimation and prediction of a process-based Terrestrial Ecosystem Model J. Geophys. Res., 114, D15303, doi:10.1029/2009JD011724., 2009.PDF

Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melack, S. Zimov, K. M. Walter, C. L. Butenhoff, and M. A. K. Khalil, Global methane emissions from wetlands, rice paddies, and lakes, Eos, 90(5), 37-38, 2009.PDF

 

2008

Jinyun Tang, and Q. ZhuangEquifinality in parameterization of process-based biogeochemistry models: A significant uncertainty source to the estimation of regional carbon dynamics J. Geophys. Res., 113, G04010, doi:10.1029/2008JG000757, 2008.PDF

Jingfeng Xiao, Q. Zhuang, Dennis D. Baldocchi, Beverly E. Law, Andrew D. Richardson, Jiquan Chen, Ram Oren, Gregory Starr, Asko Noormets, Siyan Ma, Shashi B. Verma, Sonia Wharton, Steven C. Wofsy, Paul V. Bolstad, Sean P. Burns, David R. Cook, Peter S. Curtis, Bert G. Drake, Matthias Falk, Marc L. Fischer, David R. Foster, Lianhong Gu, Julian L. Hadley, David Y. Hollinger, Gabriel G. Katul, Marcy Litvak, Timothy A. Martin, Roser Matamala, Steve McNulty, Tilden P. Meyers, Russell K. Monson, J. William Munger, Walter C. Oechel, Kyaw Tha Paw U, Hans Peter Schmid, Russell L. Scott, Ge Sun, Andrew E. Suyker, Margaret S. Torn, 2008, Estimation of net ecosystem carbon exchange for the conterminous United States by combining MODIS and AmeriFlux data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 148, 1827-1847. (Send email at qzhuang at purdue.edu to request a copy of the paper).

Q. Zhuang, T. Zhang, J. Xiao and T. Luo Quantification of net primary production of Chinese forest ecosystems with spatial statistical approaches Mitig. Adapt Strateg. Glob. Change, doi:10.1007/s11027-008-9152-7, 2008.PDF

Q. Zhuang and W.S. Reeburgh Introduction to special section on synthesis of recent terrestrial methane emission studies J. Geophys. Res., 113, G00A02, doi:10.1029/2008JG00749, 2008.PDF

Melillo, J.M., S. Hassol, D. Archer, T. Callaghan, F.S. Chapin III, T. Christensen, A.D. McGuire, K. Walter, and Q. Zhuang Methane from the Arctic: Global warming wildcard. Chapter in United Nations Environmental Programme Yearbook, 2008.PDF

 

2007

Xiaoliang, Lu, R. Liu, J. Liu and S. Liang, Removal of noise by wavelet method to generate high quality temporal data of terrestrial MODIS products. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 73(10),1129-1139, 2007. PDF

Xiao, J. and Q. Zhuang Drought effects on large fire activity in Canadian and Alaskan forests. Environ. Res. Lett., 2044003 (6pp), doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/2/4/044003, 2007.PDF

Balshi M.S., A.D.McGuire, Q. Zhuang, J.M.Melillo, D.W. Kicklighter, E.Kasischke, C. Wirth, M. Flannigan, J.Harden, J.S.Clein, T.J. Burnside, J.McAllister, W.A.Kurz, M.Apps, and A. Shvidenko, The role of historical fire disturbance in the carbon dynamics of the pan-boreal region: A process-based analysis. J. Geophys. Res., 112, G02029, 2007.PDF

Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu, Net emissions of CH4 and CO2 in Alaska: implications for the region's greenhouse gas budget ,Ecological Applications, 17(1), 203¨C212, 2007. PDF

Sitch, S., A.D. McGuire, J. Kimball, N. Gedney, J. Gamon, R. Engstrom, A. Wolf, Q. Zhuang, J. Clein, and K. C.McDonald, Assessing the carbon balance of circumpolar arctic tundra using remote sensing and process modeling, Ecological Applications, 17(1), 213-234, 2007. PDF

Jinyun, Tang, J. Tang and Y. Wang, Analytical investigation on 3D non-Boussinesq mountain wave drag for wind profiles with vertical variations. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition). 28(3),327-335, 2007. PDF

 

2006

Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, M. C. Sarofim, D W. Kicklighter, A. D. McGuire, B. S. Felzer, A. Sokolov, R. G. Prinn, P. A. Steudler, and S. Hu, CO2 and CH4 exchanges between land ecosystems and the atmosphere in northern high latitudes over the 21st century, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17403, doi:10.1029/2006GL026972, 2006. PDF

Euskirchen, E.S., A.D. McGuire, D.W. Kicklighter, Q. Zhuang, J.S. Clein, R.J. Dargaville, D.G. Dye, J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald, J.M. Melillo, V.E. Romanovsky, N.V. Smith, Importance of recent shifts in soil thermal dynamics on growing season length, productivity, and carbon sequestration in terrestrial high-latitude ecosystem, Global Change Biology, 12, 731-750, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01113.x, 2006. PDF

 

2005

Felzer B., J. Reilly, J. Melillo, D. Kicklighter, C. Wang, R. Prinn, M. Sarofim, Q. Zhuang, Past and future effects of ozone on net primary production and carbon sequestration using a global biogeochemical model, Climatic Change 73:345-373, doi:10.1007/S10584-005-6776-4, 2005. PDF

Xiao, J., & Moody, A., 2005. A comparison of methods for estimating fractional green vegetation cover within a desert-to-upland transition zone in central New Mexico, USA. Remote Sensing of Environment, 98 (2-3), 237-250. PDF

Xiao, J., & Moody, A., 2005. Geographic distribution of global greening trends and their climatic correlates: 1982-1998. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26 (11), 2371-2390. PDF

 

2004

Zhuang, Q., J. M. Melillo, D. W. Kicklighter, R. G. Prinn, D. A. McGuire, P. A. Steudler, B. S. Felzer, and S. Hu, Methane fluxes between terrestrial ecosystems and the atmosphere at northern high latitudes during the past century: A retrospective analysis with a process-based biogeochemistry model, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 18, GB3010, doi:10.1029/2004GB002239, 2004. PDF

Felzer B., D. Kicklighter, J. Melillo, C. Wang, Q. Zhuang, and R. Prinn, Ozone effects on net primary production and carbon sequestration in the conterminous United States using a Biogeochemistry Model. Tellus 56B, 230-248, 2004. PDF

McGuire, A.D., M. Apps, F.S. Chapin III, R. Dargaville, M.D. Flannigan, E.S. Kasischke, D. Kicklighter, J. Kimball, W. Kurz, D.J. McRae, K. McDonald, J. Melillo, R. Myneni, B.J. Stocks, D.L. Verbyla, and Q. Zhuang. Land cover disturbances and feedbacks to the climate system in Canada and Alaska. In: Land Change Science: Observing, Monitoring, and Understanding Trajectories of Change on the Earth's Surface (eds. Gutman G., Janetos A.C., Justice C.O, Moran E.F., Mustard J.F., Rindfuss R.R., Skole D., Turner II B.L., Cochrane, M.A.), pp. 139-161. Kluwer Adademic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2004. PDF

Xiao, J., & Moody, A., 2004. Trends in vegetation activity and their climatic correlates: China 1982 to 1998. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25 (24), 5669-5689. PDF

Xiao, J., & Moody, A., 2004. Photosynthetic activity of US biomes: responses to the spatial variability and seasonality of precipitation and temperature. Global Change Biology, 10 (4), 437-451. PDF

 

2003

Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, J. M. Melillo, J. S. Clein, R. J. Dargaville, D. W. Kicklighter, R. B. Myneni, J. Dong, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Harden, and J. E. Hobbie, Carbon cycling in extratropical terrestrial ecosystems of the Northern Hemisphere during the 20th Century: A modeling analysis of the influences of soil thermal dynamics, Tellus, 55B, 751-776, 2003. PDF

Xiao, J., Li, J., & Moody, A., 2003. A detail-preserving and flexible adaptive filter for speckle suppression in SAR imagery. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 24 (12), 2451-2465.PDF

 

2002

Zhuang, Q., A. D. McGuire, K. P. O'Neill, J. W. Harden, V. E. Romanovsky, J. Yarie. Modeling the soil thermal and carbon dynamics of a fire chronosequence in Interior Alaska, J. Geophy. Res., 107, 8147, doi:10.1029/2001JD001244, 2002. [Printed 108(D1), 2003]. PDF

 

2001

Zhuang, Q., V. E. Romanovsky, A. D. McGuire, Incorporation of a permafrost model into a large-scale ecosystem model: Evaluation of temporal and spatial scaling issues in simulating soil thermal dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., 106, D24, 33,649-33,670, 2001. PDF