General

Dr. Guoyong Leng is a full professor at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences. Before joining IGSNRR, he has worked as senior researcher at University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI), and postdoctoral researcher at US’ Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). His research focuses on the modeling and analysis of hydrological and agricultural responses to climate change/variability and human activities. He has authored over 100 refereed journal articles in the fields of climate change, agricultural production, water use, water-food nexus, droughts/floods, land-atmosphere interactions using process-based models and statistical models.

Email: lenggy@igsnrr.ac.cn

Phone: 86-10-64880842

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Publications

   
Papers


Han, S., Leng, G., Yu, L. (2023). Review of quantitative applications of the concept of the water planetary boundary at different spatial scales, Water Resources Research, DOI: 10.1029/2022WR033646, in press

Yu, L., Leng, G., (2022). Global effects of different types of land use and land cover changes on near-surface air temperature, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 327, 109232

Yin, X., Leng, G. (2022). Observational constraint of process crop models suggests higher risks for global maize yield under climate change, Environmental Research Letters, 17, 074023

Yin, X., Leng, G., Yu, L. (2022). Disentangling the separate and confounding effects of temperature and precipitation on global maize yield using machine learning, statistical and process crop models. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (4), 044036

Yu, L., Leng, G., Tang, Q. (2022). Varying contributions of greenhouse gases, aerosols and natural forcings to Arctic land surface air temperature changes, Environmental Research Letters, 17, 124004

Yu, L., Leng, G., Python, A. (2022). Attribution of the spatial heterogeneity of Arctic surface albedo feedback to the dynamics of vegetation, snow and soil properties and their interactions. Environmental Research Letters, 17, 014036.

Yu, L., Leng, G. (2022). Identifying the paths and contributions of climate impacts on the variation in land surface albedo over the Arctic. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 313, 108772

Yu, L., Leng, G., Python, A. (2022). A comprehensive validation for GPM IMERG precipitation products to detect extremes and drought over mainland China, Weather and Climate Extremes, 100458.

Zheng, X., Huang, S., Peng, J., Leng, G., Huang, Q., Fang, W., Guo, Y. (2022). Flash droughts identification based on an improved framework and their contrasting impacts on vegetation over the Loess Plateau, China. Water Resources Research, e2021WR031464

Li, P., Huang, Q., Huang, S., Leng, G., Peng, J., Wang, H., ... & Fang, W. (2022). Various maize yield losses and their dynamics triggered by drought thresholds based on Copula-Bayesian conditional probabilities. Agricultural Water Management, 261, 107391.

Hou, J., Zhang, Y., Xia, J., Wang, Y., Zhang, S., Pan, X., Yang, M., Leng, G. & Dou, M. (2022). Simulation and assessment of projected climate change impacts on urban flood events: insights from flooding characteristic metrics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(3), e2021JD035360.

Kumar, A., Gosling, S. N., Johnson, M. F., Jones, M. D., Zaherpour, J., Kumar, R., Leng, G., Müller Schmied, H., Kupzig, J., Breuer, L., Hanasaki, N., Tang, Q., Ostberg, S., Stacke, T., Pokhrel, Y., Wada, Y., & Masaki, Y. (2022). Multi-model evaluation of catchment-and global-scale hydrological model simulations of drought characteristics across eight large river catchments. Advances in Water Resources, 104212.

Dai, M., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Zheng, X., Su, X., Leng, G., ... & Liu, Y. (2022). Propagation characteristics and mechanism from meteorological to agricultural drought in various seasons. Journal of Hydrology, 127897.

Wang, Z., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Duan, W., Leng, G., Guo, Y., Zheng, X., Nie, M., Han, Z., Dong, H., Peng, J. (2022). Seasonal propagation characteristics from meteorological to hydrological drought and their dynamics in the headstreams of the Tarim River Basin. Journal of Hydrometeorology, DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-21-0250.1

Leng, G. (2021). Maize yield loss risk under droughts in observations and crop models in the United States. Environmental Research Letters, 16(2), 024016.

Yin, X., & Leng, G. (2021). Modelling global impacts of climate variability and trend on maize yield during 1980–2010. International Journal of Climatology, 41, E1583-E1596.

Han, Z., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Liu, Y., Bai, Q., ... & Shi, W. (2021). GRACE-based high-resolution propagation threshold from meteorological to groundwater drought. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 307, 108476.

Telteu, C. E., Müller Schmied, H., Thiery, W., Leng, G., Burek, P., Liu, X., ... & Herz, F. (2021). Understanding each other's models: an introduction and a standard representation of 16 global water models to support intercomparison. Geoscientific Model Development, 14, 3843–3878.

Guo, Y., Huang, Q., Huang, S., Leng, G., Zheng, X., Fang, W., ... & Song, S. (2021). Elucidating the effects of mega reservoir on watershed drought tolerance based on a drought propagation analytical method. Journal of Hydrology, 598, 125738.

Shi, W., Huang, S., Liu, D., Huang, Q., Han, Z., Leng, G., ... & Wei, X. (2021). Drought-flood abrupt alternation dynamics and their potential driving forces in a changing environment. Journal of Hydrology, 597, 126179.

Ren, K., Huang, Q., Huang, S., Ming, B., & Leng, G. (2021). Identifying complex networks and operating scenarios for cascade water reservoirs for mitigating drought and flood impacts. Journal of Hydrology, 594, 125946.

Yu, L., Leng, G., Python, A., & Peng, J. (2021). A Comprehensive Evaluation of Latest GPM IMERG V06 Early, Late and Final Precipitation Products across China. Remote Sensing, 13(6), 1208.

Yu, L., Leng, G., & Python, A. (2021). Varying response of vegetation to sea ice dynamics over the Arctic. Science of The Total Environment, 799, 149378.

Li, Z., Huang, S., Zhou, S., Leng, G., Liu, D., Huang, Q., ... & Liang, H. (2021). Clarifying the propagation dynamics from meteorological to hydrological drought induced by climate change and direct human activities. Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Han, Z., Huang, Q., Huang, S., Leng, G., Bai, Q., Liang, H., ... & Fang, W. (2021). Spatial-temporal dynamics of agricultural drought in the Loess Plateau under a changing environment: Characteristics and potential influencing factors. Agricultural Water Management, 244, 106540.

Leng, G., and Hall, J. W. (2021). Where is the Planetary Boundary for freshwater being exceeded because of livestock farming? Science of the Total Environment, 760, 144035.

Leng, G., and Hall, J. (2020), Predicting spatial and temporal variability in crop yields: an inter-comparison of machine learning, regression and process-based models, Environmental Research Letters, 15 (4), 044027

Waldhoff, S. T., Wing, I. S., Edmonds, J., Leng, G., & Zhang, X. (2020). Future climate impacts on global agricultural yields over the 21st century. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (11), 114010

Zhou, T., Leung, L. R., Leng, G., Voisin, N., Li, H., Craig, A. P., Tesfa, T., Mao, Y. (2020). Global irrigation characteristics and effects simulated by fully coupled land surface, river, and water management models in E3SM, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12(19), e2020MS002069.

Haile, G. G., Tang, Q., Hosseini‐Moghari, S. M., Liu, X., Gebremicael, T. G., Leng, G., ... & Yun, X. (2020). Projected impacts of climate change on drought patterns over East Africa. Earth's Future8(7), e2020EF001502.

Wang, H., Huang, S., Fang, W., Hou, B., Leng, G., Huang, Q., ... & Han, Z. (2020). Multivariable flood risk and its dynamics considering project reasonable service life in a changing environment. Journal of Hydrology, 125524.

Han, Z., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Bai, Q., Leng, G., Wang, H., ... & Zheng, X. (2020). Effects of vegetation restoration on groundwater drought in the Loess Plateau, China. Journal of Hydrology, 591, 125566.

Zhang, X.; Qu, Y.; Ma, M.; Liu, H.; Su, Z.; Lv, J.; Peng, J.; Leng, G.; He, X.; Di, C. Satellite-Based Operational Real-Time Drought Monitoring in the Transboundary Lancang–Mekong River Basin. Remote Sensing. 2020, 12, 376

Shi, W., Huang, S., Liu, D., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Wang, H., ... & Han, Z. (2020). Dry and wet combination dynamics and their possible driving forces in a changing environment. Journal of Hydrology, 589, 125211.

Huang, S., Zheng, X., Ma, L., Wang, H., Huang, Q., Leng, G., ... & Guo, Y. (2020). Quantitative contribution of climate change and human activities to vegetation cover variations based on GA-SVM model. Journal of Hydrology, 584, 124687.

Fang, W., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Huang, G., Wang, H., Leng, G., & Wang, L. (2020). Identifying drought propagation by simultaneously considering linear and nonlinear dependence in the Wei River basin of the Loess Plateau, China. Journal of Hydrology, 125287.

Dai, M., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Guo, Y., Wang, L., ... & Zheng, X. (2020). Assessing agricultural drought risk and its dynamic evolution characteristics. Agricultural Water Management, 231, 106003.

Guo, Y., Huang, Q., Huang, S., Leng, G., Zheng, X., Fang, W., ... & Wang, L. (2020). Elucidating the effects of mega reservoir on watershed drought tolerance based on a drought propagation analytical method. Journal of Hydrology, 125738.

Leng, G. (2019). Uncertainty in assessing temperature impact on US maize yield under global warming: the role of compounding precipitation effect, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 6238-6246

Liu, X., Tang, Q., Liu, W., Yang, H., Groisman, P., Leng, G., ... & Sun, S. (2019). The asymmetric impact of abundant preceding rainfall on heat stress in low latitudes, Environmental Research Letters, 14 (4), 044010

Fang, W., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Huang, G., Wang, H., Leng, G., Wang, L. and Guo, Y., 2019. Probabilistic assessment of remote sensing-based terrestrial vegetation vulnerability to drought stress of the Loess Plateau in China. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232, p.111290.

Peng, J., Kharbouche, S., Peter-Muller, J., Danne, O., Blessing, S., Giering, R., Gobron, N., Ludwig, R., Müller, B., Leng, G. and Lees, T., 2019. Influences of leaf area index and albedo on estimating energy fluxes with HOLAPS framework. Journal of Hydrology, p.124245.

Ren, K., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Wang, H., Leng, G. and Wu, Y., 2019. Defining the robust operating rule for multi-purpose water reservoirs under deep uncertainties. Journal of Hydrology, 578, p.124134.

Han, Z., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Wang, H., Bai, Q., Zhao, J., Ma, L., Wang, L. and Du, M., 2019. Propagation dynamics from meteorological to groundwater drought and their possible influence factors. Journal of Hydrology, 578, p.124102.

Hall, J.W. and Leng, G., 2019. Can we calculate drought risk… and do we need to? Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, p.e1349.

Leng, G., & Hall, J. (2019). Crop yield sensitivity of global major agricultural countries to droughts and the projected changes in the future. Science of the Total Environment, 654, 811-821.

Zhou, Q., Leng, G., Su, J., & Ren, Y. (2019). Comparison of urbanization and climate change impacts on urban flood volumes: Importance of urban planning and drainage adaptation. Science of The Total Environment, 658, 24-33.

Peng, J., Dadson, S., Leng, G., Duan, Z., Guo, W., Jagdhuber, T., Ludwig, R. 2019. The impact of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on hydrological extremes, Journal of Hydrology, 571, 142-149

Zhang, Y., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Wang, H. and Wang, L., 2019. Assessment of drought evolution characteristics based on a nonparametric and trivariate integrated drought index. Journal of Hydrology, p.124230.

Ren, K., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Wang, H., Leng, G., Cheng, L., Fang, W. and Li, P., 2019. A nature-based reservoir optimization model for resolving the conflict in human water demand and riverine ecosystem protection. Journal of Cleaner Production, 231, pp.406-418.

Yang, Q., Zhang, X., Almendinger, J.E., Huang, M., Chen, X., Leng, G., Zhou, Y., Zhao, K., Asrar, G.R. and Li, X. (2019). Climate change will pose challenges to water quality management in the st. Croix River basin. Environmental Pollution, 251, pp.302-311.

Leng, G., Peng, J. and Huang, S. (2019). Recent changes in county-level maize production in the United States: Spatial-temporal patterns, climatic drivers and the implications for crop modelling. Science of the Total Environment, 686, pp.819-827.

Zhang, X., Tang, Q., Liu, X., Leng, G., & Di, C. (2018). Nonlinearity of runoff response to global mean temperature change over major global river basins. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(12), 6109-6116.

Leng, G. 2018. Keeping global warming within 1.5 C reduces future risk of yield loss in the United States: A probabilistic modeling approach. Science of the Total Environment, 644, 52-59.

Yang, Q., Zhang, X., Almendinger, J. E., Huang, M., Leng, G., Zhou, Y., ... & Qiu, J. (2018). Improving the SWAT forest module for enhancing water resource projections: A case study in the St. Croix River Basin. Hydrological Processes, 33 (5), 864-875

Fang, W., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Huang, G., Wang, H., Leng, G., Wang, L., Zhang, Y., Ma, L. 2018. Bivariate probabilistic quantification of drought impacts on terrestrial vegetation dynamics in mainland China, Journal of Hydrology, 577, 123980

Qiu, J., Shen, Z., Leng, G., Xie, H., Hou, X., Wei, G. 2018. Impacts of climate change on watershed systems and potential adaptation through BMPs in a drinking water source area, Journal of Hydrology, 573, 123-135

Han, Z., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Wang, H., He, L., ... & Li, P. (2019). Assessing GRACE-based terrestrial water storage anomalies dynamics at multi-timescales and their correlations with teleconnection factors in Yunnan Province, China. Journal of Hydrology, 574, 836-850.

Huang, Z., Tang, Q., Luo, M., Liu, X., Lu, H., Zhang, X., Leng, G. 2018. The influence of groundwater representation on hydrological simulation and its assessment using satellite-based water storage variation, Hydrological Processes, 33(8), 1218-1230.

Huang, Z., Hejazi, M., Li, X., Tang, Q., Leng, G., Döll, P., Eisner, S., Gerten, D., Hanasaki, N., Wada, Y. (2018) Reconstruction of global gridded monthly sectoral water withdrawals for 1971-2010 and analysis of their spatiotemporal patterns, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 2117-2133

Zaherpour, J., Gosling, S., Mount, N., Gerten, D., Müller Schmied, H., Kim, H., Haddeland, I., Schewe, J., Liu, J., Leng, G., Gudmundsson, L., Hanasaki, N., Dankers, R., Eisner, S., Oki, T., Veldkamp, T., Pokhrel, Y., Wada, Y; Masaki, Y., Satoh, Y. 2018. Worldwide evaluation of mean and extreme runoff from six global-scale hydrological models that account for human-influences, Environmental Research Letters, 13 (6), 065015

Wartenburger, R., Seneviratne, S., Hirschi, M., Schmid,E., Khabarov, N., Liu, J., Folberth, C., Wang, X., Elliott, J., Deryng, D., Yang, H., Pugh, T., Ciais, P., Henrot, A., Morfopoulos, C., Ito, A., Nishina, K., Hickler, T., Schaphoff, S., Chang, J., Leng, G., Tang, Q., Liu, X., Gosling, S., Satoh, Y., Pokhrel, Y., Stacke, T., Wada, Y; Orth, R., Zhou, T.,; Müller Schmied, H., Masaki, Y., Kim, H., Weedon, G., Müller, C., Steinkamp, J. 2018. Evapotranspiration simulations in ISIMIP2a - Evaluation of spatio-temporal characteristics with a comprehensive ensemble of independent datasets, Environmental Research Letters, 13 (7), 075001

Zhou, T., Voisin, N., Leng, G., Huang, M., Kraucunas, I. 2017. Sensitivity of regulated flow regime to climate change in the Western United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19 (3), 499-515

Chen, M., Rafique, R., Asrar, G., Zeng, N., Zhao, F., Kalnay, E., Leng, G., Reyer, C., Ostberg, S., Francois, L., Tian, H., Chang, J., and Nishina, K., 2017. Relative contribution of major eco-regions to inter-annual and seasonal variability of GPP fluxes, Environmental Research Letters, 12 (10), 105005

Liu, Y., Hejazi, M., Li, H., Zhang, X., and Leng, G. 2017. A Hydrological Emulator for Global Applications, Geoscientific Model Development, 11, 1077-1092.

Leng, G., Leung, L. R. and Huang, M. 2017. Significant impacts of irrigation water sources and methods on modeling irrigation effects in the ACME Land Model, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 9, 1665-1683.

Leng, G. 2017. Evidence for a weakening strength of temperature-corn yield relation in the United States, Science of the Total Environment, 605, 551-558.

Leng, G. 2017. Recent changes in county-level corn yield variability in the United States from observations and crop models, Science of the Total Environment, 607, 683-690.

Leng, G., Huang, M. 2017. Crop yield response to climate change varies with crop spatial distribution pattern in the Conterminous United States. Scientific Reports, 7, 1463.

Liu, S., Huang, S., Huang, Q., Xie, Y., Leng, G., Luan, J., Song, X., Wei, X., Li, X. Identification of the non-stationarity of extreme precipitation events and correlations with the large-scale ocean-atmospheric circulation: A case study in the Wei River Basin, China, Journal of Hydrology, 548, 184-195.

Zhao, F., Veldkamp, T., Gosling, S. N., Huang, M., Leng, G., Tang, Q., Liu, X., Hanasaki, n., Biemans, H., Ostberg, S., Satoh, Y., Stacke, T., Pokhrel, Y., Stacke, T., Ciais, P., Guimberteau, M., Chang, J., Ducharne, A., Wada, Y., Mueller, H., Portmann, F., Frieler, K., Schewe, J., Willner, S., Schauberger, B., Kim, H., Yamazaki, D. 2017. The critical role of the routing scheme in simulating peak river discharge in global hydrological models. Environmental Research Letters, 12, 075003

Huang, S., Li, P., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Hou, B., Ma, L. 2017. The propagation from meteorological to hydrological drought and its potential influence factors, Journal of Hydrology, 547, 184-195, 

Gu, D., Guenther, A., Yu, H., Shilling, J., Yang, Q., Huang, M., Zhao, C., Shrivastava, M., Martin, S., Artaxo, P., Longo, K., Kim, S., Seco, R., Tóta, J., Augusto Ferreira de Souza, R., Vega, O., Alves, E., Cavalcante, F., Liu, Y., Leng, G., and Hu, Z. 2017. Airborne observations reveal elevational gradient in tropical forest isoprene emissions. Nature Communications, 8, 15541

Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Zhao, M. and Meng, E. 2017. Variations in annual water-energy balance and their correlations with vegetation and soil moisture dynamics: A case study in the Wei River Basin, China, Journal of Hydrology, 546, 515–525.

Hattermann, F.F., Krysanova, V., Gosling, S., Dankers, R., Daggupati, P., Donnelly, Ch., Flörke, M., Huang, S., Motovilov, Y, Buda, S, Yang, T., Müller, C., Leng, G., Tang, Q., Portmann, F.T., Hagemann, S., Gerten, D., Wada, Y., Masaki, Y., Alemayehu, T., Satoh, Y., Samaniego, L. 2017. Cross-scale intercomparison of climate change impacts simulated by regional and global hydrological models in eleven large river basins. Climatic Change, 141, 561-576.

Zhang, X., Tang, Q., and Liu, X. Leng, G., Li, Z. 2017. Soil Moisture Drought Monitoring and Forecasting Using Satellite and Climate Model Data over Southwestern China. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(1), 5-23.

Zhou, Q., Leng, G., Huang, M. 2017. Impacts of future climate change on urban flood volumes in Hohhot in northern China: benefits of climate change mitigation and adaptations, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 305-316.

Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Liu, S. 2016. A nonparametric multivariate standardized drought index for characterizing socioeconomic drought: A case study in the Heihe River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 542, 875–883.

Leng, G., Zhang, X., Huang, M., Yang, Q., Rafique, R., Asrar, G., Leung, L. R. 2016. Simulating County-Level Crop Yields in the Conterminous United States Using the Community Land Model: the Effects of Optimizing Irrigation and Fertilization. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 8, 1912-1931.

Leng, G., Huang, M., Voisin, N., Zhang, X., Asrar, G., and Leung, L. R., 2016. Emergence of new hydrologic regimes of surface water resources in the Conterminous United States under future warming. Environmental Research Letters, 11, 114003.

Leng, G., Tang, Q., Huang, S., Zhang, X. 2016. Extreme hot summers in China in the CMIP5 climate models. Climatic Change, 135, 669–681.

Rafique, R., Xia, J., Hararuk, O., Asrar, G., Leng, G., Wang, Y., & Luo, Y. (2016). Divergent predictions of carbon storage between two global land models: attribution of the causes through traceability analysis. Earth System Dynamics, 7, 649-658

Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Chang, J. 2016. A hybrid index for characterizing drought based on a nonparametric kernel estimator. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55, 1377–1389.

Rafique, R., Xia, J., Hararuk, O., Leng, G., Asrar, G., Luo, Y. 2016. Comparing the performance of three land models in global C cycle simulations: A detailed structural analysis. Land Degradation & Development, 28: 524–533.

Huang, S., Huang, Q., Leng, G., Chang, J. 2015. Integrated indicator for drought assessment based on variable fuzzy set theory: a case study in the Yellow River basin, China. Journal of Hydrology, 527, 608-618.

Huang, S., Huang, Q., Chang, J., and Leng, G., Xing, Li. 2015. Drought structure based on a nonparametric multivariate standardized drought index across the Yellow River basin, China, Journal of Hydrology, 530, 127–136     

Leng, G., Huang, M., Tang, Q., and Leung, L. R., 2015. A modeling study of irrigation effects on global surface water and groundwater resources under a changing climate. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 7, 12851304.

Leng, G., Tang, Q., Huang, S., Zhang, X., Cao, J. 2015. Assessments of joint hydrological extreme risks in a warming climate in China. International Journal of Climatology, 36: 1632–1642.

Leng, G., Tang, Q., and Rayburg, S., 2015. Climate change impacts on meteorological, agricultural and hydrological droughts in China. Global and Planetary Change, 126, 23-34.

Leng, G., Tang, Q., Huang, M., Hong, Y., and Leung, L. R., 2015. Projected changes in mean and interannual variability of surface water over continental China. Science China Earth Sciences, 58, 739-754.

Leng, G., Tang, Q., Huang, M., and Leung, L. R., 2015. A comparative assessment of the impacts of climate change and irrigation on land surface and subsurface hydrology in the North China Plain. Regional Environment Change, 15(2), 251-263.

Huang, S., Huang, Q., Chang, J., Leng, G., and Li Xing. 2015. The response of agricultural drought to meteorological drought and the influencing factors: a case study in the Wei River Basin, China. Agricultural Water Management, 159, 45-54.

Huang, S., Huang, Q., Chang, J., and Leng, G. 2015. Linkages between hydrological drought, climate indices and human activities: a case study in the Columbia River basin. International Journal of Climatology, 36: 280–290.

Ye, S., Li H., Huang, M., Ali, M., Leng, G., Leung, L. R., Wang, S., Sivapalan,M., 2014. Regionalization of Subsurface Stormflow Parameters of Hydrologic Models: Derivation from Regional Analysis of Streamflow Recession Curves. Journal of Hydrology, 519, 670-682.

Leng, G., and Tang, Q., 2014. Modeling the impacts of future climate change on irrigation over China: sensitivity to adjusted projections. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, 2085-2103.

Leng, G., Huang, M., Tang, Q., Gao, H., and Leung, L. R., 2014. Modeling the effects of groundwater-fed irrigation on terrestrial hydrology over the conterminous United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15, 957-972.

Leng, G., Huang, M., Tang, Q., Sacks, W. J., Lei, H., and Leung, L. R., 2013. Modeling the effects of irrigation on land surface fluxes and states over the conterminous United States: Sensitivity to input data and model parameters. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 118, 17, 9789-9803.

Tang, Q., Leng, G., 2013. Changes in cloud cover, precipitation, and summer temperature in North America from 1982 to 2009, Journal of Climate, 26(5), 1733-1744.

Tang, Q., Leng, G., and Groisman P. Y., 2012. European hot summers associated with a reduction of cloudiness. Journal of Climate, 25(10), 3637-3644.

Tang, Q., Leng, G., 2012. Damped summer warming accompanied with cloud cover increase over Eurasia from 1982 to 2009. Environmental Research Letters, 7, 014004.