Dr. Qiaozhen  Mu
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Dr. Qiaozhen Mu

Research Scientist
Science Systems and Applications Inc., USA


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Climatology from Peking University, Beijing, China

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Biography

Dr. Qiaozhen Mu obtained her Ph.D. in Climatology from Peking University, Beijing, China. Dr. Mu worked on General Circulation Models at University of Texas, Austin for two years before she joined University of Montana in November 2003. Currently she is working as Senior Support Scientist at SSAI, MD. Her main area of interests involves further validation of the improved ET in other regions and improvement of the ET algorithm using LandSat Data, the improved ET can help policy makers manage the Water usage (e.g., irrigation water), help Scientist estimate the Groundwater, Drought affects Water Resources, Crop yields, Economy, and Human Life Tremendously, using the improved ET product, the DSI product can be generated to evaluate the effectiveness of the MODIS DSI to detect and monitor the Historic Droughts, if DSI is an effective indicator, then DSI can be used to assess how Drought impacts Vegetation especially Crop Growth at different Growing Stages, hence Crop yields and Economy, a near-real-time system and an early Drought warning system can be set up using Forecast Evapotranspiration and Drought. She is also serving as reviewer for number of journals. She has published 37 research articles in journals as well as 30 oral/poster presentations contributed as author/co-author.

Area of Interest:

Environmental Sciences
100%
Water and Carbon Cycles
62%
Land Surface Processes
90%
Land-Atmosphere Interactions
75%
Evapotranspiration
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
Articles
0
Abstracts
0

Selected Publications

  1. Xia, Y., M.T. Hobbins, Q. Mu and M.B. Ek, 2015. Evaluation of NLDAS-2 evapotranspiration against tower flux site observations. Hydrol. Process., 29: 1757-1771.
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  2. Wang, S., M. Pan, Q. Mu, X. Shi and J. Mao et al., 2015. Comparing evapotranspiration from eddy covariance measurements, water budgets, remote sensing and land surface models over Canada. J. Hydrometeorol., 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0189.1.
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  3. Li, Y., M. Zhao, S. Motesharrei, Q. Mu, E. Kalnay and S. Li, 2015. Local cooling and warming effects of forests based on satellite observations. Nat. Commun., Vol. 6. 10.1038/ncomms7603.
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  4. Jovanovic, N., Q. Mu, R.D. Bugan and M. Zhao, 2015. Dynamics of MODIS evapotranspiration in South Africa. Water SA, 41: 79-90.
  5. Yao, Y., S. Liang, X. Li, Y. Hong and J.B. Fisher et al., 2014. Bayesian multimodel estimation of global terrestrial latent heat flux from eddy covariance, meteorological and satellite observations. J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 119: 4521-4545.
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  6. Chen, Y., J. Xia, S. Liang, J. Feng and J.B. Fisher et al., 2014. Comparison of Satellite-based evapotranspiration models over terrestrial ecosystems in China. Remote Sens. Environ., 140: 279-293.
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  7. Smettem, K.R.J., R.H. Waring, J.N. Callow, M. Wilson and Q. Mu, 2013. Satellite-derived estimates of forest leaf area index in southwest Western Australia are not tightly coupled to interannual variations in rainfall: Implications for groundwater decline in a drying climate. Global Change Biol., 19: 2401-2412.
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  8. Ruhoff, A.L., A.R. Paz, L.E.O.C. Aragao, Q. Mu and Y. Malhi et al., 2013. Assessment of the MODIS global evapotranspiration algorithm using eddy covariance measurements and hydrological modelling in the Rio Grande basin. Hydrol. Sci. J., 58: 1658-1676.
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  9. Mu, Q., M. Zhao, J.S. Kimball, N.G. McDowell and S.W. Running, 2013. A remotely sensed global terrestrial drought severity index. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 94: 83-98.
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  10. Kim, H.W., K. Hwang, Q. Mu, S.O. Lee and M. Choi, 2012. Validation of MODIS 16 global terrestrial evapotranspiration products in various climates and land cover types in Asia. KSCE J. Civil Eng., 16: 229-238.
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  11. Sun, G., P. Caldwell, A. Noormets, S.G. McNulty and E. Cohen et al., 2011. Upscaling key ecosystem functions across the conterminous United States by a water-centric ecosystem model. J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 116. 10.1029/2010JG001573.
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  12. Mu, Q., M. Zhao and S.W. Running, 2011. Improvements to a MODIS global terrestrial evapotranspiration algorithm. Remote Sens. Environ., 115: 1781-1800.
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  13. Mu, Q., M. Zhao and S.W. Running, 2011. Evolution of hydrological and carbon cycles under a changing climate. Hydrol. Process., 25: 4093-4102.
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  14. Loarie, S.R., D.B. Lobell, G.P. Asner, Q. Mu and C.B. Field, 2011. Direct impacts on local climate of Sugar-cane expansion in Brazil. Nat. Clim. Change, 1: 105-109.
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  15. Jung, M., M. Reichstein, P. Ciais, S.I. Seneviratne and J. Sheffield et al., 2010. Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply. Nature, 467: 951-954.
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  16. Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, Q. Mu, L.A. Jones, S.J. Goetz and S.W. Running, 2009. Satellite based analysis of northern ET trends and associated changes in the regional water balance from 1983 to 2005. J. Hydrol., 379: 92-110.
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  17. Mu, Q., L.A. Jones, J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald and S.W. Running, 2009. Satellite assessment of land surface evapotranspiration for the pan‐Arctic domain. Water Resour. Res., Vol. 45. 10.1029/2008WR007189.
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  18. Montenegro, A., M. Eby, Q. Mu, M. Mulligan, A.J. Weaver, E.C. Wiebe and M. Zhao, 2009. The net carbon drawdown of small scale afforestation from satellite observations. Global Planetary Change, 69: 195-204.
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  19. Renzullo, L.J., D.J. Barrett, A.S. Marks, M.J. Hill, J.P. Guerschman, Q. Mu and S.W. Running, 2008. Multi-sensor model-data fusion for estimation of hydrologic and energy flux parameters. Remote Sens. Environ., 112: 1306-1319.
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  20. Mu, Q., M. Zhao, S.W. Running, M. Liu and H. Tian, 2008. Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate change to the carbon cycle in China's ecosystems. J. Geophys. Res.: Biogeosci. Vol. 113. 10.1029/2006JG000316.
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  21. Mu, Q., M. Zhao, F.A. Heinsch, M. Liu, H. Tian and S.W. Running, 2007. Evaluating water stress controls on primary production in biogeochemical and remote sensing based models. J. Geophys. Res.: Biogeosci., Vol. 112. 10.1029/2006JG000179.
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  22. Mu, Q., F.A. Heinsch, M. Zhao and S.W. Running, 2007. Development of a global evapotranspiration algorithm based on MODIS and global meteorology data. Remote Sens. Environ., 111: 519-536.
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  23. Cleugh, H.A., R. Leuning, Q. Mu and S.W. Running, 2007. Regional evaporation estimates from flux tower and MODIS satellite data. Remote Sens. Environ., 106: 285-304.
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  24. Wang, S.W., J.N. Cai, Q.Z. Mu, Z. Xie and W. Dong, 2002. Climate change of annual precipitations in western China. J. Nat. Resour., 17: 415-422.
  25. Shaowu, W., C. Jingning, M. Qiaozhen, X. Zhihui, Z. Jinhong and G. Daoyi, 2002. Modeling and diagnostic studies on the variations of the subtropical high over the Western pacific from 1880 to 1999. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 19: 1148-1152.
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  26. Shaowu, M.Q.W. and G. Daoyi, 2002. Variations of Western pacific subtropical high in four seasons during the last hundred years. Acta Meteorol. Sin., 60: 668-679.
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  27. Mu, Q., S. Wang, J. Cai, Z. Xie and J. Zhu, 2002. Modeling studies on the changes of the subtropical high over the western pacific during the last 100 years. Chin. Sci. Bull., 47: 945-948.
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  28. Qiaozhen, M., W. Shaowu, Z. Jinhorig and G. Daoyi, 2001. Summer variations of the eastern pacific subtropical high during the last hundred years. Chin. Atmns. Sal, 25: 325-336.