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E-Mail:luhui@tsinghua.edu.cn

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.

    98)Wang, W., Yang, K., Zhao, L., Zheng, Z., Lu, H., Mamtimin, A., Ding, B., Li, X., Zhao, L., Li, H., Che, T., Moore, J.C. Characterizing surface albedo of shallow fresh snow and its importance for snow ablation on the interior of the Tibetan plateau (2020) Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21 (4), pp. 815-827.

    97)Zhao, T., Shi, J., Lv, L., Xu, H., Chen, D., Cui, Q., Jackson, T.J., Yan, G., Jia, L., Chen, L., Zhao, K., Zheng, X., Zhao, L., Zheng, C., Ji, D., Xiong, C., Wang, T., Li, R., Pan, J., Wen, J., Yu, C., Zheng, Y., Jiang, L., Chai, L., Lu, H., Yao, P., Ma, J., Lv, H., Wu, J., Zhao, W., Yang, N., Guo, P., Li, Y., Hu, L., Geng, D., Zhang, Z. Soil moisture experiment in the Luan River supporting new satellite mission opportunities (2020) Remote Sensing of Environment, 240, art. no. 111680.

    96)Lu,Z., Han, M., Lu, H., Peng, X., Meng, S., Liu, J., Yang, X. Estimating Soil Moisture in the Middle and Upper Reaches of the Heihe River Basin based on AMSR2 Multi-brightness Temperature [基于AMSR2多频亮温的黑河流域中上游土壤水分估算研究] 2020 Remote Sensing Technology and Application/ 遥感技术与应用, 35 (1), pp. 33-47.

    95)Ouyang, L., Yang, K., Lu, H.*, Chen, Y., Lazhu, Zhou, X., Wang, Y. Ground-Based Observations Reveal Unique Valley Precipitation Patterns in the Central Himalaya (2020) Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125 (5), art. no. e2019JD031502.

    94)Wang, Y., Yang, K., Zhou, X., Chen, D., Lu, H., Ouyang, L., Chen, Y., Lazhu, Wang, B. Synergy of orographic drag parameterization and high resolution greatly reduces biases of WRF-simulated precipitation in central Himalaya (2020) Climate Dynamics, 54 (3-4), pp. 1729-1740.

    93)Yue, S., Wang, B., Yang, K., Xie, Z., Lu, H., He, J. Mechanisms of the decadal variability of monsoon rainfall in the southern Tibetan Plateau (2020) Environmental Research Letters, 16 (1), art. no. 014011.

    -2019-

    92)Qiu, T., Huang, W., Wright, J.S., Lin, Y., Lu, P., He, X., Yang, Z., Dong, W., Lu, H., Wang, B. Moisture Sources for Wintertime Intense Precipitation Events Over the Three Snowy Subregions of the Tibetan Plateau (2019) Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (23), pp. 12708-12725.

    91)Xu, Y., Yu, L., Cai, Z., Zhao, J., Peng, D., Li, C., Lu, H., Yu, C., Gong, P. Exploring intra-annual variation in cropland classification accuracy using monthly, seasonal, and yearly sample set (2019) International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40 (23), pp. 8748-8763.

    90)Yang, Y., Lin, P., Fisher, C.K., Turmon, M., Hobbs, J., Emery, C.M., Reager, J.T., David, C.H., Lu, H., Yang, K., Hong, Y., Wood, E.F., Pan, M. Enhancing SWOT discharge assimilation through spatiotemporal correlations (2019) Remote Sensing of Environment, 234, art. no. 111450.

    89)Tian, F., Hu, H., Sun, Y., Li, H., Lu, H. Searching for an Optimized Single-objective Function Matching Multiple Objectives with Automatic Calibration of Hydrological Models (2019) Chinese Geographical Science, 29 (6), pp. 934-948.

    88)Cheng, Y., Yu, L., Xu, Y., Lu, H., Cracknell, A.P., Kanniah, K., Gong, P. Mapping oil palm plantation expansion in Malaysia over the past decade (2007–2016) using ALOS-1/2 PALSAR-1/2 data (2019) International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40 (19), pp. 7389-7408.

    87)Yao, P., Shi, J.*, Zhao, T., Cosh, M.H., Bindlish, R., Lu, H.* An L-Band Brightness Temperature Disaggregation Method Using S-Band Radiometer Data for the Water Cycle Observation Mission (WCOM) (2019) IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12 (9), art. no. 8750858, pp. 3184-3193.

    86)Du, J., Watts, J.D., Lu, H., Jiang, L., Tarolli, P. Editorial for special issue: "Remote sensing of environmental changes in cold regions" (2019) Remote Sensing, 11 (18), art. no. 2165.

    85)Xu, Y., Yu, L., Feng, D., Peng, D., Li, C., Huang, X., Lu, H., Gong, P. Comparisons of three recent moderate resolution African land cover datasets: CGLS-LC100, ESA-S2-LC20, and FROM-GLC-Africa30 (2019) International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40 (16), pp. 6185-6202.

    84)Wang, P., Zhao, T., Shi, J., Hu, T., Roy, A., Qiu, Y., Lu, H. Parameterization of the freeze/thaw discriminant function algorithm using dense in-situ observation network data (2019) International Journal of Digital Earth, 12 (8), pp. 980-994.

    83)Li, Y., Wang, W., Lu, H.*, Khem, S., Yang, K., Huang, X. Evaluation of three satellite-based precipitation products over the lower Mekong river basin using rain gauge observations and hydrological modeling (2019) IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 12 (7), art. no. 8725904, pp. 2357-2373.

    82)Huang, Z., Tang, Q., Lo, M.-H., Liu, X., Lu, H., Zhang, X., Leng, G. The influence of groundwater representation on hydrological simulation and its assessment using satellite-based water storage variation (2019) Hydrological Processes, 33 (8), pp. 1218-1230.

    81)Li, C., Lu, H.*, Leung, L.R., Yang, K., Li, H., Wang, W., Han, M., Chen, Y. Improving Land Surface Temperature Simulation in CoLM Over the Tibetan Plateau Through Fractional Vegetation Cover Derived From a Remotely Sensed Clumping Index and Model-Simulated Leaf Area Index (2019) Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124 (5), pp. 2620-2642.

    80)Wang, Y., Yang, K., Zhou, X., Wang, B., Chen, D., Lu, H., Lin, C., Zhang, F. The Formation of a Dry-Belt in the North Side of Central Himalaya Mountains (2019) Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (5), pp. 2993-3000.

    79)Liu, D., Tian, F., Li, H., Lu, H., Lin, M., Sivapalan, M. Temporal and spatial signatures of sediment transport at the watershed scale: An approach to understand the behavior of the watershed (2019) Tecnologia y Ciencias del Agua, 10 (4), pp. 18-45.

    78)Du, J., Watts, J.D., Jiang, L., Lu, H., Cheng, X., Duguay, C., Farina, M., Qiu, Y., Kim, Y., Kimball, J.S., Tarolli, P. Remote sensing of environmental changes in cold regions: Methods, achievements and challenges (2019) Remote Sensing, 11 (16), art. no. 1952.

    77)Mccoll, K.A., He, Q., Lu, H., Entekhabi, D. Short-term and long-term surface soil moisture memory time scales are spatially anticorrelated at global scales (2019) Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20 (6), pp. 1165-1182.

    -2018-

    76)Xu, Y., Yu, L., Zhao, F.R., Cai, X., Zhao, J., Lu, H., Gong, P. Tracking annual cropland changes from 1984 to 2016 using time-series Landsat images with a change-detection and post-classification approach: Experiments from three sites in Africa (2018) Remote Sensing of Environment, 218, pp. 13-31.

    75)Xu, Y., Yu, L., Peng, D., Cai, X., Cheng, Y., Zhao, J., Zhao, Y., Feng, D., Hackman, K., Huang, X., Lu, H., Yu, C., Gong, P. Exploring the temporal density of Landsat observations for cropland mapping: experiments from Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Africa (2018) International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39 (21), pp. 7328-7349.

    74)Liu, X., Yu, L., Li, W., Peng, D., Zhong, L., Li, L., Xin, Q., Lu, H., Yu, C., Gong, P. Comparison of country-level cropland areas between ESA-CCI land cover maps and FAOSTAT data (2018) International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39 (20), pp. 6631-6645.

    73)Liu, X., Yu, L., Sia, Y., Zhang, C., Lu, H., Yu, C., Gong, P. Identifying patterns and hotspots of global land cover transitions using the ESA CCI land cover dataset (2018) Remote Sensing Letters, 9 (10), pp. 972-981.

    72)Sun, L., Pan, B., Gu, A., Lu, H., Wang, W. Energy–water nexus analysis in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region: Case of electricity sector (2018) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 93, pp. 27-34.

    71)Liu, R., Liu, S., Yang, X., Lu, H., Pan, X., Xu, Z., Ma, Y., Xu, T. Wind Dynamics Over a Highly Heterogeneous Oasis Area: An Experimental and Numerical Study (2018) Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (16), pp. 8418-8440.

    70)Zhao, W., Sánchez, N., Lu, H., Li, A. A spatial downscaling approach for the SMAP passive surface soil moisture product using random forest regression (2018) Journal of Hydrology, 563, pp. 1009-1024.

    69)Peng, X., Lu, H.*, Wang, W., Tian, F., Li, Y., Luo, X. Distributed hydrological model-based analysis on meteorological and hydrological drought of Nujiang River Basin. [基于分布式水文模型的怒江流域气象干旱和水文干旱分析] Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering/水利水电技术, 49 (8), pp. 94-100.

    68)Lv, M., Lu, H.*, Yang, K., Xu, Z., Lv, M., Huang, X. Assessment of runoffcomponents simulated by GLDAS against UNH-GRDC dataset at global and hemispheric scales (2018) Water (Switzerland), 10 (8), art. no. 969.

    67)Cheng, Y., Yu, L., Xu, Y., Liu, X., Lu, H., Cracknell, A.P., Kanniah, K., Gong, P. Towards global oil palm plantation mapping using remote-sensing data (2018) International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39 (18), pp. 5891-5906.

    66)Wan, W., Zhao, J., Li, H.-Y., Mishra, A., Hejazi, M., Lu, H., Demissie, Y., Wang, H. A Holistic View of Water Management Impacts on Future Droughts: A Global Multimodel Analysis (2018) Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123 (11), pp. 5947-5972.

    65)Li, C., Lu, H.*, Yang, K., Han, M., Wright, J.S., Chen, Y., Yu, L., Xu, S., Huang, X., Gong, W. The evaluation of SMAP enhanced soil moisture products using high-resolution model simulations and in-situ observations on the Tibetan Plateau (2018) Remote Sensing, 10 (4), art. no. 535.

    64)Lyu, H., Lu, H.*, Mou, L., Li, W., Wright, J., Li, X., Li, X., Zhu, X.X., Wang, J., Yu, L., Gong, P. Long-term annual mapping of four cities on different continents by applying a deep information learning method to Landsat data (2018) Remote Sensing, 10 (3), art. no. 471.

    63)Yang, K., Lu, H., Yue, S., Zhang, G., Lei, Y., La, Z., Wang, W. Quantifying recent precipitation change and predicting lake expansion in the Inner Tibetan Plateau (2018) Climatic Change, 147 (1-2), pp. 149-163.

    62)Li, Y., Jiang, Y., Lei, X., Tian, F., Duan, H., Lu, H. Comparison of precipitation and streamflow correcting for ensemble streamflow forecasts (2018) Water (Switzerland), 10 (2), art. no. 177.

    61)Lyu, H., McColl, K.A., Li, X., Derksen, C., Berg, A., Black, T.A., Euskirchen, E., Loranty, M., Pulliainen, J., Rautiainen, K., Rowlandson, T., Roy, A., Royer, A., Langlois, A., Stephens, J., Lu, H.*, Entekhabi, D. Validation of the SMAP freeze/thaw product using categorical triple collocation (2018) Remote Sensing of Environment, 205, pp. 329-337.

    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