By Associate Professor Yi Liu

Journal articles

Liu S; McVicar TR; Wu X; Cao X; Liu Y, 2024, 'Assessing the relative importance of dry-season incoming solar radiation and water storage dynamics during the 2005, 2010 and 2015 southern Amazon droughts: Not all droughts are created equal', Environmental Research Letters, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad281e

Liu Y; Donat MG; England MH; Alexander LV; Hirsch AL; Delgado-Torres C, 2023, 'Enhanced multi-year predictability after El Niño and La Niña events', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42113-9

Tao S; Wigneron JP; Chave J; Tang Z; Wang Z; Zhu J; Guo Q; Liu YY; Ciais P, 2023, 'Little evidence that Amazonian rainforests are approaching a tipping point', Nature Climate Change, 13, pp. 1317 - 1320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01853-8

Li S; Wang G; Zhu C; Hannemann M; Poyatos R; Lu J; Li J; Ullah W; Hagan DFT; García-García A; Liu Y; Liu Q; Ma S; Liu Q; Sun S; Zhao F; Peng J, 2023, 'Spatial patterns and recent temporal trends in global transpiration modelled using eco-evolutionary optimality', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109702

Sun S; Bi Z; Xiao J; Liu Y; Sun G; Ju W; Liu C; Mu M; Li J; Zhou Y; Li X; Liu Y; Chen H, 2023, 'A global 5km monthly potential evapotranspiration dataset (1982-2015) estimated by the Shuttleworth-Wallace model', Earth System Science Data, 15, pp. 4849 - 4876, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-4849-2023

Liu Y; Xie Y; Guo Z; Xi G, 2023, 'Effects of Climate Variability and Human Activities on Vegetation Dynamics across the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau from 1982 to 2020', Remote Sensing, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs15204988

Liu Y; Feng Y; Wu D; Chen X; Gao W, 2023, 'Virtual modelling integrated phase field method for dynamic fracture analysis', International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 252, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2023.108372

Huang H; Xi G; Ji F; Liu Y; Wang H; Xie Y, 2023, 'Spatial and Temporal Variation in Vegetation Cover and Its Response to Topography in the Selinco Region of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau', Remote Sensing, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs15164101

Song W; Feng A; Wang G; Zhang Q; Dai W; Wei X; Hu Y; Amankwah SOY; Zhou F; Liu Y, 2023, 'Bi-Objective Crop Mapping from Sentinel-2 Images Based on Multiple Deep Learning Networks', Remote Sensing, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs15133417

Sun S; Zhang Y; Chai R; Liu Y; Mu M; Zhou B; Zhou Y; Li J; Chen H, 2023, 'Spatial differences in impacts of CO2 effect on China's meteorological droughts: Analysis from surface resistance perspective', Journal of Hydrology, 621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129568

Tao S; Ao Z; Wigneron JP; Saatchi S; Ciais P; Chave J; Le Toan T; Frison PL; Hu X; Chen C; Fan L; Wang M; Zhu J; Zhao X; Li X; Liu X; Su Y; Hu T; Guo Q; Wang Z; Tang Z; Liu YY; Fang J, 2023, 'A global long-term, high-resolution satellite radar backscatter data record (1992-2022+): merging C-band ERS/ASCAT and Ku-band QSCAT', Earth System Science Data, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-1577-2023

Li S; Wang G; Zhu C; Lu J; Ullah W; Fiifi Tawia Hagan D; Kattel G; Liu Y; Zhang Z; Song Y; Sun S; Zheng Y; Peng J, 2023, 'Vegetation growth due to CO2 fertilization is threatened by increasing vapor pressure deficit', Journal of Hydrology, 619, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129292

Xi G; Ma C; Xie Y; Guo Z; Bao T; Zhang X; Liu Y; Wang H, 2023, 'Spatialization method of monitoring grazing intensity: A case-study of the Tibet Selinco basin, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau', Land Degradation and Development, 34, pp. 1311 - 1322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4534

Dou Y; Tian F; Wigneron JP; Tagesson T; Du J; Brandt M; Liu Y; Zou L; Kimball JS; Fensholt R, 2023, 'Reliability of using vegetation optical depth for estimating decadal and interannual carbon dynamics', Remote Sensing of Environment, 285, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113390

Bi Z; Sun S; Shen H; Liu Y; Ren Y; Li J; Lin B, 2022, 'Systematic assessment of GPM IMERG V06 precipitation products with dense rain gauge observations over Zhejiang Province, China', International Journal of Climatology, 42, pp. 9471 - 9493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.7838

Zhang H; Liu Y, 2022, 'Opposite eco-hydrological processes in flood and drought years caused comparable anomaly in dry-season canopy growth over southern Amazon', Environmental Research Letters, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac9852

Sun S; Liu Y; Chen H; Ju W; Xu CY; Liu Y; Zhou B; Zhou Y; Zhou Y; Yu M, 2022, 'Causes for the increases in both evapotranspiration and water yield over vegetated mainland China during the last two decades', Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 324, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109118

Liu J; Hagan DFT; Holmes TR; Liu Y, 2022, 'An Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Relationship between Satellite-Based Land Surface Temperature and Station-Based Near-Surface Air Temperature over Brazil', Remote Sensing, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14174420

Wang G; Ma X; Hagan DFT; van der Schalie R; Kattel G; Ullah W; Tao L; Miao L; Liu Y, 2022, 'Towards Consistent Soil Moisture Records from China's FengYun-3 Microwave Observations', REMOTE SENSING, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14051225

Liu YY; Xie YW; Guo ZC, 2022, 'Monitoring atmospheric NO2 concentrations in China based on Sentinel-5P satellite products', Zhongguo Huanjing Kexue/China Environmental Science, 42, pp. 4983 - 4990

Kim S; Sharma A; Liu Y; Young SI, 2021, 'Rethinking Satellite Data Merging: From Averaging to SNR Optimization', IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, pp. 1 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3107028

Sun S; Bi Z; Zhou S; Wang H; Li Q; Liu Y; Wang G; Li S; Chen H; Zhou Y, 2021, 'Spatiotemporal shifts in key hydrological variables and dominant factors over China', HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14319

Wang M; Fan L; Frappart F; Ciais P; Sun R; Liu Y; Li X; Liu X; Moisy C; Wigneron J-P, 2021, 'An alternative AMSR2 vegetation optical depth for monitoring vegetation at large scales', REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112556

Zhang H; Hagan DFT; Dalagnol R; Liu Y, 2021, 'Forest Canopy Changes in the Southern Amazon during the 2019 Fire Season Based on Passive Microwave and Optical Satellite Observations', REMOTE SENSING, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13122238

Chen X; Ciais P; Maignan F; Zhang Y; Bastos A; Liu L; Bacour C; Fan L; Gentine P; Goll D; Green J; Kim H; Li L; Liu Y; Peng S; Tang H; Viovy N; Wigneron J-P; Wu J; Yuan W; Zhang H, 2021, 'Vapor Pressure Deficit and Sunlight Explain Seasonality of Leaf Phenology and Photosynthesis Across Amazonian Evergreen Broadleaved Forest', GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006893

Li S; Wang G; Sun S; Hagan DFT; Chen T; Dolman H; Liu Y, 2021, 'Long-term changes in evapotranspiration over China and attribution to climatic drivers during 1980-2010', JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY, 595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.126037

Ciais P; Yao Y; Gasser T; Baccini A; Wang Y; Lauerwald R; Peng S; Bastos A; Li W; Raymond PA; Canadell JG; Peters GP; Andres RJ; Chang J; Yue C; Dolman AJ; Haverd V; Hartmann J; Laruelle G; Konings AG; King AW; Liu Y; Luyssaert S; Maignan F; Patra PK; Peregon A; Regnier P; Pongratz J; Poulter B; Shvidenko A; Valentini R; Wang R; Broquet G; Yin Y; Zscheischler J; Guenet B; Goll DS; Ballantyne A-P; Yang H; Qiu C; Zhu D, 2021, 'Empirical estimates of regional carbon budgets imply reduced global soil heterotrophic respiration', NATIONAL SCIENCE REVIEW, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa145

Liu J; Hagan DFT; Liu Y, 2021, 'Global Land Surface Temperature Change (2003-2017) and Its Relationship with Climate Drivers: AIRS, MODIS, and ERA5-Land Based Analysis', REMOTE SENSING, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13010044

Kim S; Pham H; Liu YY; Marshall L; Sharma A, 2020, 'Improving the combination of satellite soil moisture datasets by considering error cross-correlation: A comparison between triple collocation (TC) and extended double instrumental variable (EIVD) alternatives', IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 59, pp. 7285 - 7295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.3032418

Hagan DFT; Wang G; Kim S; Parinussa RM; Liu Y; Ullah W; Bhatti AS; Ma X; Jiang T; Su B, 2020, 'Maximizing Temporal Correlations in Long-Term Global Satellite Soil Moisture Data-Merging', Remote Sensing, 12, pp. 2164 - 2164, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12132164

Terrer C; Jackson RB; Prentice IC; Keenan TF; Kaiser C; Vicca S; Fisher JB; Reich PB; Stocker BD; Hungate BA; Peñuelas J; McCallum I; Soudzilovskaia NA; Cernusak LA; Talhelm AF; Van Sundert K; Piao S; Newton PCD; Hovenden MJ; Blumenthal DM; Liu YY; Müller C; Winter K; Field CB; Viechtbauer W; Van Lissa CJ; Hoosbeek MR; Watanabe M; Koike T; Leshyk VO; Polley HW; Franklin O, 2020, 'Author Correction: Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO2 fertilization of global plant biomass (Nature Climate Change, (2019), 9, 9, (684-689), 10.1038/s41558-019-0545-2)', Nature Climate Change, 10, pp. 696 - 697, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0808-y

Tong X; Tian F; Brandt M; Liu Y; Zhang W; Fensholt R, 2019, 'Trends of land surface phenology derived from passive microwave and optical remote sensing systems and associated drivers across the dry tropics 1992-2012', REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 232, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111307

Terrer C; Jackson RB; Prentice IC; Keenan TF; Kaiser C; Vicca S; Fisher JB; Reich PB; Stocker BD; Hungate BA; Peñuelas J; McCallum I; Soudzilovskaia NA; Cernusak LA; Talhelm AF; Van Sundert K; Piao S; Newton PCD; Hovenden MJ; Blumenthal DM; Liu YY; Müller C; Winter K; Field CB; Viechtbauer W; Van Lissa CJ; Hoosbeek MR; Watanabe M; Koike T; Leshyk VO; Polley HW; Franklin O, 2019, 'Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO2 fertilization of global plant biomass', Nature Climate Change, 9, pp. 684 - 689, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0545-2

Wei F; Wang S; Fu B; Wang L; Liu YY; Li Y, 2019, 'African dryland ecosystem changes controlled by soil water', Land Degradation and Development, 30, pp. 1564 - 1573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ldr.3342

Jiang Y; Zhou L; Tucker CJ; Raghavendra A; Hua W; Liu YY; Joiner J, 2019, 'Widespread increase of boreal summer dry season length over the Congo rainforest', Nature Climate Change, 9, pp. 617 - 622, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0512-y

Burrell AL; Evans JP; Liu Y, 2019, 'The Addition of Temperature to the TSS-RESTREND Methodology Significantly Improves the Detection of Dryland Degradation', IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12, pp. 2342 - 2348, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2019.2906466

Parinussa RM; Wang G; Liu Y; Lou D; Hagan DFT; Zhan M; Su B; Jiang T, 2018, 'Improved surface soil moisture anomalies from Fengyun-3B over the Jiangxi province of the People's Republic of China', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 39, pp. 8950 - 8962, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1500729

Kondo M; Ichii K; Patra PK; Canadell JG; Poulter B; Sitch S; Calle L; Liu YY; Van Dijk AIJM; Saeki T; Saigusa N; Friedlingstein P; Arneth A; Harper A; Jain AK; Kato E; Koven C; Li F; Pugh TAM; Zaehle S; Wiltshire A; Chevallier F; Maki T; Nakamura T; Niwa Y; Rödenbeck C, 2018, 'Land use change and El Niño-Southern Oscillation drive decadal carbon balance shifts in Southeast Asia', Nature Communications, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03374-x

Chen X; Liu YY; Evans JP; Parinussa RM; van Dijk AIJM; Yebra M, 2018, 'Estimating fire severity and carbon emissions over Australian tropical savannahs based on passive microwave satellite observations', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39, pp. 6479 - 6498, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1460507

Ge L; Hang R; Liu Y; Liu Q, 2018, 'Comparing the Performance of Neural Network and Deep Convolutional Neural Network in Estimating Soil Moisture from Satellite Observations', REMOTE SENSING, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs10091327

Liu YY; van Dijk AIJM; Miralles DG; McCabe MF; Evans JP; de Jeu RAM; Gentine P; Huete A; Parinussa RM; Wang L; Guan K; Berry J; Restrepo-Coupe N, 2018, 'Enhanced canopy growth precedes senescence in 2005 and 2010 Amazonian droughts', Remote Sensing of Environment, 211, pp. 26 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.03.035

Chaivaranont W; Evans JP; Liu YY; Sharples JJ, 2018, 'Estimating grassland curing with remotely sensed data', Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18, pp. 1535 - 1554, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-1535-2018

Yan G; Liu Y; Chen X, 2018, 'Evaluating satellite-based precipitation products in monitoring drought events in southwest China', International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39, pp. 3186 - 3214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1433892

Teubner IE; Forkel M; Jung M; Liu YY; Miralles DG; Parinussa R; van der Schalie R; Vreugdenhil M; Schwalm CR; Tramontana G; Camps-Valls G; Dorigo WA, 2018, 'Assessing the relationship between microwave vegetation optical depth and gross primary production', International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 65, pp. 79 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jag.2017.10.006

Dorigo W; Wagner W; Albergel C; Albrecht F; Balsamo G; Brocca L; Chung D; Ertl M; Forkel M; Gruber A; Haas E; Hamer PD; Hirschi M; Ikonen J; de Jeu R; Kidd R; Lahoz W; Liu YY; Miralles D; Mistelbauer T; Nicolai-Shaw N; Parinussa R; Pratola C; Reimer C; van der Schalie R; Seneviratne SI; Smolander T; Lecomte P, 2017, 'ESA CCI Soil Moisture for improved Earth system understanding: State-of-the art and future directions', Remote Sensing of Environment, 203, pp. 185 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.001

Exbrayat JF; Liu YY; Williams M, 2017, 'Impact of deforestation and climate on the Amazon Basin's above-ground biomass during', Scientific Reports, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-15788-6

Li W; Ciais P; Peng S; Yue C; Wang Y; Thurner M; Saatchi SS; Arneth A; Avitabile V; Carvalhais N; Harper AB; Kato E; Koven C; Liu YY; Nabel JEMS; Pan Y; Pongratz J; Poulter B; Pugh TAM; Santoro M; Sitch S; Stocker BD; Viovy N; Wiltshire A; Yousefpour R; Zaehle S, 2017, 'Land-use and land-cover change carbon emissions between 1901 and 2012 constrained by biomass observations', Biogeosciences, 14, pp. 5053 - 5067, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-5053-2017

Fita L; Evans JP; Argüeso D; King A; Liu Y, 2017, 'Evaluation of the regional climate response in Australia to large-scale climate modes in the historical NARCliM simulations', Climate Dynamics, 49, pp. 2815 - 2829, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3484-x

Kim S; Balakrishnan K; Liu Y; Johnson F; Sharma A, 2017, 'Spatial Disaggregation of Coarse Soil Moisture Data by Using High-Resolution Remotely Sensed Vegetation Products', IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 14, pp. 1604 - 1608, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2017.2725945

Chaivaranont W; Evans JP; Liu YY; Sharples JJ, 2017, 'Estimating Grassland Curing with Remotely Sensed Data', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/nhess-2017-101

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