Land surface hydrological modeling;

Cold region hydrological processes; 

Integrated Water Resources Management;

Climate Change.

Ph.D., Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2007.

M.S., Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2004.

B.S., Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 2002.

2011.08.08~now:  Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2010.12.01~2011.08.05: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering /Earth Observation Data Integration & Fusion Research Initiative, The University of Tokyo.

2010.04~2010.11:  Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering /Earth Observation Data Integration & Fusion Research Initiative, The University of Tokyo.

2008.04~2010.03:  Postdoc Researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo.

2007.10~2008.03: Postdoc Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency.

(1) Godfrey Ouma Makokha, Lei Wang*, Jing Zhou, Xiuping Li, Aihui Wang, Guangpeng Wang, David Kuria (2016), Quantitative Drought Monitoring in a Typical Cold River Basin over Tibetan Plateau: an integration of meteorological, agricultural and hydrological droughts, Journal of Hydrology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.10.050.
(2) Lei Wang*, Litao Sun, Maheswor Shrestha, Xiuping Li, Wenbin Liu, Jing Zhou, Kun Yang, Hui Lu, Deliang Chen (2016), . Improving Snow Process Modeling with Satellite-Based Estimation of Near-Surface-Air-Temperature Lapse Rate, JGR-Atmospheres, doi: 10.1002/2016JD025506.
(3) Jing Zhou*, Lei Wang, Yinsheng Zhang, Yanhong Guo, Dan He (2016), Spatiotemporal variations of actual evapotranspiration over the Lake Selin Co and surrounding small lakes (Tibetan Plateau) during 2003–2012, SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, DOI: 10.1007/s11430-016-0023-6.
(4) Huiyi Bao*, Toshio Koike, Kun Yang, Lei Wang, Maheswor Shrestha, Peter Lawford (2016), Development of an enthalpy-based frozen soil model and its validation in a cold region in China,  J. Geophys. Res.,121, 5259-5280. 
(5) X. Guo, L. Wang*, L. Tian, X.P. Li (2016), Elevation-dependent reductions in wind speed over and around the Tibetan Plateau, Int. J. Climatol. DOI: 10.1002/joc.4727.
(6) Wenbin Liu, Lei Wang*, Jing Zhou, Yanzhong Li, Fubao Sun, Guobin Fu, Xiuping Li, Yanfang Sang (2016), A worldwide evaluation of basin-scale evapotranspiration estimates against the water balance method, Journal of Hydrology, 538, 82-95, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.04.006.
(7) Sichangi W. Arthur, Lei Wang*, Kun Yang, Deliang Chen, Zhongjing Wang, Xiuping Li, Jing Zhou, Wenbin Liu, David Kuria (2016), Estimating continental river basin discharges using multiple remote sensing data sets，Remote Sensing of Environment, 179, 36-53.
(8) Dong, W., Y. Lin*, J. Wright, Y. Ming, Y. Xie, B. Wang, Y. Luo, W. Huang, J. Huang, L. Wang, L. Tian, Y. Peng, F. Xu (2016), Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the India, Nature Communications , 7:10925 doi: 10.1038/ncomms10925.
(9) L. Wang*, X.P. Li*, Y. Chen, K. Yang, D. Chen, J. Zhou, W. Liu, J. Qi, and J. Huang (2016), Validation of the Global Land Data Assimilation System based on measurements of soil temperature profiles, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 218, 288–297.
(10) X. Guo, L. Wang, L. Tian (2015), Spatio-temporal variability of vertical gradients of major meteorological observations around the Tibetan Plateau, Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.4468.
(11) W. Liu*, L. Wang, D. Chen, K. Tu, C. Ruan, Z. Hu (2015), Large-scale circulation classification and its links to observed precipitation in the eastern and central Tibetan Plateau, Climate Dynamics. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2782-z.
(12) Zhou, J., L. Wang*, Y. Zhang, Y. Guo, X. Li, and W. Liu (2015), Exploring the water storage changes in the largest lake (Selin Co) over the Tibetan Plateau during 20032012 from a basin-wide hydrological modeling, Water Resour. Res., 51, doi:10.1002/2014WR015846.
(13) Shrestha, M., T. Koike, Y. Hirabayashi, Y. Xue, L. Wang, G. Rasul, and B. Ahmad (2015), Integrated simulation of snow and glacier melt in water and energy balance-based, distributed hydrological modeling framework at Hunza River Basin of Pakistan Karakoram region, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 4889–4919, doi:10.1002/2014JD022666.
(14) Hui Yang, Shilong Piao, Zhenzhong Zeng, Philippe Ciais, Yi Yin, Pierre Friedlingstein, Stephen Sitch, Anders Ahlstrom, Matthieu Guimberteau, Chris Huntingford, Sam Levis, Peter E. Levy, Mengtian Huang, Yue Li, Xiran Li, Mark R Lomas, Philippe Peylin, Ben Poulter, Nicolas Viovy, Soenke Zaehle, Ning Zeng, Fang Zhao, and Lei Wang (2015), Multicriteria evaluation of discharge simulation in Dynamic Global Vegetation Models, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 7488–7505, doi:10.1002/2015JD023129.
(15) Z. Hu*, L. Wang, Z. Wang, Y. Hong, and H. Zheng (2015), Quantitative assessment of climate and human impacts on surface water resources in a typical semi-arid watershed in the middle reaches of the Yellow River from 1985 to 2006, International Journal of Climatology, 35: 97–113, DOI: 10.1002/joc.3965.
(16) W. Liu*, A. Zhang, L. Wang, G. Fu, D. Chen, C. Liu, and T. Cai (2015). Projecting the future climate impacts on streamflow in Tangwang River basin (China) using a rainfall generator and two hydrological models. Climate Research, 62, 79-97, DOI: 10.3354/cr01261.
(17) X.-P. Li*, L. Wang, D.-L. Chen, K. Yang, A. Wang (2014), Seasonal evapotranspiration changes (1983-2006) of four large basins on the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119,13,079–13,095, doi:10.1002/2014JD022380.
(18) *Wang, L., T. Koike, M. Ikeda, C.T. Nyunt, D.N. Tinh, O. Saavedra, T.V. Sap, L.C. Nguyen, K. Tamagawa, and T. Ohta (2014), Optimizing multidam releases in large river basins by combining distributed hydrological inflow predictions with rolling-horizon decision making, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000452, 05014006.
(19) Ding B., K. Yang, J. Qin, L. Wang, Y. Chen, and X. He (2014), The dependence of precipitation types on surface elevation and meteorological conditions and its parameterization, Journal of Hydrology, 513, 154-163.
(20) Yang, K.*, H. Wu, Y. Chen, J. Qin, and L. Wang (2014), Toward a satellite-based observation of atmospheric heat source over land, , Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 119, 3124–3133, doi:10.1002/2013JD021091.
(21) M. Shrestha*, L. Wang, T. Koike, H. Tsutsui, Y. Xue, and Y. Hirabayashi (2014), Correcting basin-scale snowfall in a mountainous basin using a distributed snowmelt model and remote sensing data, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 18, 747–761.
(22) B.-L. Xue, L. Wang*, K. Yang, L. Tian, J. Qin, Y. Chen, L. Zhao, Y. Ma, T. Koike, Z. Hu, and X.-P. Li (2013), Modeling the land surface water and energy cycles of a mesoscale watershed in the central Tibetan Plateau during summer with a distributed hydrological model, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 118, 8857–8868, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50696.
(23) X.-P. Li, L. Wang*, D.-L. Chen, K. Yang, B.-L. Xue, and L.-T. Sun (2013), Near-surface air temperature lapse rates in the mainland China during 1962-2011, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 118, 7505–7515, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50553.
(24) B.-L. Xue, L. Wang*, X.-P. Li, K. Yang, D.-L. Chen, and L.-T. Sun (2013), Evaluation of evapotranspiration estimates for two river basins in Tibetan Plateau by a water balance method, Journal of Hydrology, 492, 290-297.
(25) Y. Zhang*, G. Cheng, X. Li, X. Han, L. Wang, H. Li, X. Chang, G.N. Flerchinger (2013), Coupling of a simultaneous heat and water model with a distributed hydrological model and evaluation of the combined model in a cold region watershed, Hydrological Processes, 27, 3762-3776, doi:10.1002/hyp.9514.
(26) L. Wang*, T. Koike, M. Wang, J. Liu, J. Sun, H. Lu, H. Tsusui, K. Tamagawa, and X. Xu (2012), Use of integrated observations to improve 0-36h flood forecasting: development and application of a coupled atmosphere-hydrology system in the Nanpan River Basin, China, Journal of Meteorological Society of Japan, 90C, 131-144.
(27) F. Wang*, L. Wang, H. Zhou, O. Saavedra， T. Koike, and W. Li (2012), Ensemble hydrological prediction based real-time optimization of multi-objective reservoir during flood season in a semiarid basin with global numerical weather predictions, Water Resources Research, 48, W07520, doi:10.1029/2011WR011366.
(28) M. Shrestha*, L. Wang, T. Koike, Y. Xue, and Y. Hirabayashi (2012), Modeling the spatial distribution of snow cover in the Dudhkoshi region of the Nepal Himalayas, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 13, 204-222, DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-10-05027.1.
(29) F. Wang*, L. Wang, T. Koike, H. Zhou, K. Yang, A. Wang, and W. Li (2011), Evaluation and application of a fine-resolution global dataset in a semiarid mesoscale river basin with a distributed biosphere hydrological model, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116, D21108, doi:10.1029/2011JD015990.
(30) P.A. Jaranilla-Sanchez*, L. Wang, and T. Koike (2011), Modeling the hydrologic responses of the Pampangga River Basin in the Philippines: A quantitative approach for identifying droughts, Water Resources Research, 47, W03514, doi:10.1029/2010WR009702.
(31) M. Shrestha*, L. Wang, T. Koike, Y. Xue, and Y. Hirabayashi (2010), Improving the snow physics of WEB-DHM and its point evaluation at the SnowMIP sites, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14, 2577-2594, doi:10.5194/hess-14-2577-2010.
(32) O. Saavedra*,T. Koike, K. Yang, T. GRAF, X. Li, L. Wang, and X. Han (2010), Decision support for dam release during floods using a distributed biosphere hydrological model driven by quantitative precipitation forecasts, Water Resources Research, 46, W10544, doi:10.1029/2010WR009502.
(33) M. Shrestha*, L. Wang, and T. Koike (2011), Simulation of interannual variability of snow cover at Valdai (Russia) using a distributed biosphere hydrological model with improved snow physics, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 55, 73-78. (Best Paper Award)
(34) T. Ueda*, T. Koike, and L. Wang (2011), Application of a distributed hydrological model and satellite observations for soil moisture and groundwater level simulation, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 55, 373-378.
(35) O. Saavedra*, T. Koike, and L. Wang (2010), Multi-reservoir operation using a distributed biosphere hydrological model, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 54, 103-108.
(36) P.A. Jaranilla-Sanchez*, L. Wang, and T. Koike (2010), ENSO influence on the 1982-2000 hydrological properties of the Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed, Philippines, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 54, 19-24.
(37) M. Shrestha*, L. Wang, and T. Koike (2010), Investigating the applicability of WEB-DHM to the Himalayan river basin of Nepal, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 54, 55-60.
(38) Wang, L.*, C.T. Nyunt, T. Koike,  O. Saavedra, L.C. Nguyen, T.V. Sap (2010), Development of an integrated modeling system for improved multi-objective reservoir operation, Frontiers of Architecture and Civil Engineering in China, 4(1), 47-55.
(39) Wang, L.*, Z. Wang, T. Koike, H. Yin, D. Yang, and S. He (2010), The assessment of surface water resources for the semi-arid Yongding River Basin from 1956 to 2000 and the impact of land use change. Hydrological Processes, 24, 1123-1132.
(40) Wang, L.*, T. Koike, K. Yang, R. Jin, and H. Li (2010), Frozen soil parameterization in a distributed biosphere hydrological model, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 14, 557-571.
(41) Wang, L.*, T. Koike, D. Yang, and K. Yang (2009), Improving the hydrology of the Simple Biosphere Model 2 and its evaluation within the framework of a distributed hydrological model, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 54(6), 989-1006.
(42) Wang, L.*, T. Koike, K. Yang, and P. Yeh (2009), Assessment of a distributed biosphere hydrological model against streamflows and MODIS land surface temperature in the upper Tone River Basin, Journal of Hydrology, 377, 21-34.
(43) Wang, L.*, T. Koike, K. Yang, T. Jackson, R. Bindlish, and D. Yang (2009), Development of a distributed biosphere hydrological model and its evaluation with the Southern Great Plains Experiments (SGP97 and SGP99), Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 114, D08107, doi:10.1029/2008JD010800.
(44) Wang, L.*, and T. Koike (2009), Comparison of a distributed biosphere hydrological model with GBHM, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 53, 103-108.
(45) M. Shrestha*, L. Wang, Y. Hirabayashi and T. Koike (2012), Simulation of forest snow processes at Fraser with an energy balance based snow melt model (WEB-DHM-S), Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (B1), 68(4),I_229-I_234.
(46) F. Mutua*, L. Wang, A. Yamamoto, T. Nemoto, M. Kitsuregawa, and T. Koike (2012), Regional climate change and its impacts on future discharges and flow characteristics of the Nyando Basin, Kenya, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (B1), 68(4),I_205-I_210.
(47) P.A.Jaranilla-Sanchez*, L. Wang, K. Tamagawa, I. Hasegawa, H. Yamatomo, and T. Koike (2012), Integrated Modeling of Climate change impacts in the Yoshino River Basin, Japan for Basin Management Planning, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (B1), 68(4),I_133-I_138.
(48) S.A. Duran-Ballen*, M. Shrestha, L. Wang, K. Yoshimura, T. Koike (2012), Snow Cover Modeling at the Puna Tsang River Basin in Bhutan with corrected JRA25 temperature, Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (B1), 68(4),I_235-I_240.
(49) M. Shrestha*, T. Koike, L. Wang, and K. Yoshimura (2013), Long-term (1948-2006) simulation of snow depth at Yagizawa dam site using JP10 reanalysis and energy balance snow model (WEB-DHM-S), Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 57.
(50) M. Shrestha*, T. Koike, L. Wang, H. Tsutsui, Y. Xue, and Y. Hirabayashi (2014), Optimizing snowfall correction factor for Radar-AMEDAS precipitation using distributed snow model (WEB-DHM-S) and MODIS snow cover data, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 58. (Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers (B1), 70(4), I_223-I_228.)
(51) Y. Shibuo*, , E. Ikoma, O. Saavedra, L. Wang, P. Koudelova, M. Kitsuregawa, and T. Koike (2014), Development of operational realtime ensemble flood forecast system, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering-JSCE, 58.

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