Zhou, Yu

Member Profile

Yu Zhou
School of Integrative Plant Science
Cornell University
110 Arboretum Rd
Ithaca, NY 14853
yuzhou@cornell.edu
yuzhou.work@gmail.com
https://sites.google.com/view/yu-zhou
+1 (774) 502-2158

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Carbon cycle modeling
• Climate and human impacts on terrestrial ecosystems
• Remote sensing

EDUCATION
Ph.D., Geography, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA, Aug 2015 – Aug 2021
Dissertation title: Improving Carbon Cycle Modeling with Flux Measurements, Forest Inventories, and Satellite Observations

M.A. Geography, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA, Aug 2015 – Aug 2019

M.S. with Honors, Cartography & GIS, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Aug 2012 – Jun 2015
Thesis title: Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Water Use Efficiency in Central Asia

B.E. with Honors, Remote Sensing Science & Technology, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China, Aug 2008 – Jun 2012
Thesis title: Relationships between Vegetation Indices and Vegetation Productivity Parameters in Northern China grasslands

RESEARCH/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Research assistant, Biogeosciences Research Group, Clark University, May 2016 – Aug 2021
Co-PI, sponsored by Sussman Grant, fieldwork at Harvard Forest, Harvard University, June 2017 - August 2017
Teaching assistant, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University
• IDCE 310: Introduction to GIS, Clark University, Spring 2016.
• GEOG102: Weather and Climate, Fall 2015.
Research assistant, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Feb 2012 – Jun 2015

PUBLICATIONS
1. Zhou, Y., Williams, C.A., Hasler, N., Huan, G., & Kennedy, R. (2021). Linking Biomass to Carbon Fluxes: A Comprehensive Monitoring of Forest Carbon Changes. Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abf06d.
2. Feng, S., Lauvaux, T., Williams, C., Davis, K., Zhou, Y., Baker, I., Barkley, Z., and Wesloh, D. (2021). Joint CO2 mole fraction and flux analysis confirms missing processes in CASA terrestrial carbon uptake over North America. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 35, e2020GB006914. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GB006914.
3. Zhou, Y., Williams, C.A., Lauvaux, T., Davis, K.J., Feng, S., Baker, I., Denning, S., & Wei, Y. (2020). A Multiyear Gridded Data Ensemble of Surface Biogenic Carbon Fluxes for North America: Evaluation and Analysis of Results. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125, e2019JG005314.
4. Zhang, L., Xiao, J., Zheng, Y., Li, S., & Zhou, Y. (2020). Increased carbon uptake and water use efficiency in global semi-arid ecosystems. Environmental Research Letters, 15, 034022.
5. Zhou, Y., Zhang, L., Xiao, J., Williams, C.A., Vitkovskaya, I., & Bao, A. (2019). Spatiotemporal transition of institutional and socioeconomic impacts on vegetation productivity in Central Asia over last three decades. Science of the Total Environment, 658, 922-935.
6. Feng, S., Lauvaux, T., Davis, K.J., Keller, K., Zhou, Y., Williams, C., Schuh, A.E., Liu, J., & Baker, I. (2019). Seasonal Characteristics of Model Uncertainties from Biogenic Fluxes, Transport, and Large-Scale Boundary Inflow in Atmospheric CO2 Simulations Over North America. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 14325-14346.
7. Gu, H., Williams, C.A., Hasler, N., & Zhou, Y. (2019). The Carbon Balance of the Southeastern U.S. Forest Sector as Driven by Recent Disturbance Trends. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124, 2786-2803.
8. Yan, M., Li, Z., Tian, X., Zhang, L., & Zhou, Y. (2019). Improved simulation of carbon and water fluxes by assimilating multi-layer soil temperature and moisture into process-based biogeochemical model. Forest Ecosystems, 6, 12.
9. Zheng, Y., Zhang, L., Zhou, Y., &Zhang, B. (2017). Vegetation change and its driving factors in global drylands during the period of 1992-2012. Arid Zone Research, 34(1), 59-66.
10. Feng, Q., Zhou, L., Chen, E., Liang, X., Zhao, L., & Zhou, Y. (2017). The Performance of Airborne C-Band PolInSAR Data on Forest Growth Stage Types Classification. Remote Sensing, 9, 955.
11. Zhang, L., Xiao, J., Zhou, Y., Zheng, Y., Li, J., & Xiao, H. (2016). Drought events and their effects on vegetation productivity in China. Ecosphere, 7(12).
12. Zhou, Y., Zhang, L., Fensholt, R., Wang, K., Vitkovskaya, I., & Tian, F. (2015). Climate Contributions to Vegetation Variations in Central Asian Drylands: Pre- and Post-USSR Collapse. Remote Sensing, 7, 2449-2470.
13. Xiao, J., Zhou, Y., & Zhang, L. (2015). Contributions of natural and human factors to increases in vegetation productivity in China. Ecosphere, 6(11), 1-20.
14. Zhou, Y., Zhang, L., Xiao, J., Chen, S., Kato, T., & Zhou, G. (2014). A Comparison of Satellite-Derived Vegetation Indices for Approximating Gross Primary Productivity of Grasslands. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 67, 9-18.
15. Zhang, B., Zhang, L., Guo, H., Leinenkugel, P., Zhou, Y., Li, L., & Shen, Q. (2014). Drought impact on vegetation productivity in the Lower Mekong Basin. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35, 2835-2856.

DATASETS
1. Zhou, Y., Williams, C.A., Lauvaux, T., Feng, S., Baker, I.T., Wei, Y., Denning, A.S., Keller, K., & Davis, K.J. (2020). ACT-America: Gridded Ensembles of Surface Biogenic Carbon Fluxes, 2003-2018. In: ORNL DAAC, https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1675.
2. Williams, C.A., N. Hasler, H. Gu, and Y. Zhou. 2020. Forest Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from the NFCMS, Conterminous USA, 1990-2010. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1829.
3. Gu, H., Williams, C.A., Hasler, N., & Zhou, Y. (2019). Forest Carbon Stocks and Fluxes After Disturbance, Southeastern USA, 1990-2010. In: ORNL DAAC, https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1728.
4. Feng, S., T. Lauvaux, C. A. Williams, K. J. Davis, Y. Zhou, I. Baker, Z. R. Barkley, D. Wesloh, Ensemble model output of North American atmospheric CO2 simulations for summer 2016, including transport, CASA and CT2017, and boundary condition ensembles, Data Commons, 2020, https://doi.org/10.26208/z864-qk73.

PRESENTATIONS (Presenting author only)
1. Zhou, Y., Williams, C. A., Kulakowski, D., & Rogan, J. Linking biomass data with carbon cycle modeling. AGU Fall Meeting, 2019.
2. Zhou, Y., Williams, C.A., Lauvaux, T., Feng, S., Keller, K., & Davis, K.J. A multi-year gridded data product of surface biogenic carbon fluxes for North America: evaluation and analysis of results. AGU Fall Meeting, 2018.
3. Zhou, Y., Williams, C.A., & Gu, H. Quantifying multi-source carbon cycle model uncertainties: sensitivity analysis, perturbed parameter ensemble, and uncertainty attribution. ESA Annual Meeting, 2018.
4. Zhou, Y., Gu, H., & Williams, C.A. What drives uncertainty in model diagnoses of carbon dynamics in southern US forests: climate, vegetation, disturbance, or model parameters? AGU Fall Meeting, 2017.
5. Zhou, Y., Zhang, L., Xiao, J., Chen, S., Kato, T., & Zhou, G. Exploring the relationship between GPP and Vegetation Indices in the arid and semi-arid grassland of northern China. International Symposium on Earth Observation for Arid and Semi-Arid Environment, 2012.

JOURNAL REVIEW
Biogeosciences, Land Degradation & Development, and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.

SKILLS
• Software: MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Endnote, Origin, SPSS, ERDAS, ArcGIS, and ENVI.
• Programming: MATLAB, R, Python, and IDL.
• Ecological Modeling: CASA, CENTURY, and SEBAL.

AWARDS & GRANTS
1. Purser Dissertation Enhancement Award, Clark University, 2019, $1000.
2. Sussman Research Grant, Edna-Bailey Sussman Foundation, 2017, $7,275.
3. Max Planck Institute Travel Award, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany, 2016, €2,000.
4. Libbey Graduate Fellowship Award, Clark University, 2015, $3,500.
5. Chinese National Graduate Student Award, 2014, ¥20,000.
6. Excellent Thesis Award, Shandong University of Science and Technology, 2012, ¥5,000.