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Peer-reviewed Publications

2026

  1. Kilometer-Scale Modeling of Atmospheric River Precipitation Using the Regionally Refined SCREAM Model

    Sourav Taraphdar, L. Ruby Leung, Xiaodong Chen, Ning Sun

    J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 18 (2026)

  2. AI agent for hydrologic modeling: definition, development, and application

    Songkun Yan, Mengye Chen, Zhi Li, Yixin Wen, Siyu Zhu, Mofan Zhang, Di Liu, Jie Cao, Xiaodong Chen, Chengbin Deng, Tiantian Yang, Yang Hong

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 53 (2026)

  3. Object-based Evaluation of Dynamical and Statistical Downscaled Precipitation Products over CONUS

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Paul Ullrich

    B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 107 (2026)

  4. High-resolution projections of extreme heat and thermal stress in southeastern U.S.

    Shuhua Lu, Khanh Do, Yang Zhang, Xiaodong Chen, Ruby Leung, Michelle L. Bell

    Weather. Clim. Extrem., 52 (2026)

  5. Intensification of extreme precipitation across the Tibetan Plateau and its climatic drivers over 1982-2020

    Yiming Song, Shiqin Xu, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Hylke E. Beck, Xiaodong Chen, Zhongbo Yu, Ningpeng Dong, Qian Cao, Xiaolei Fu, Zhe Yang, Yuliang Zhang, Matthew F. McCabe

    Glob. Planet. Change, 256 (2026)

2025

  1. Hourly precipitation intensities at 4-km resolution show statistically significant increasing trends from 1991 to 2022 in the CONUS-404 hydroclimate reanalysis

    Clément Guilloteau, Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 52 (2025)

  2. Impact of El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Madden-Julian Oscillation on the US Puget Sound Regional Hydroclimate

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Ning Sun

    J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 130 (2025)

  3. Seasonal compound renewable energy droughts in the United States

    Cameron Bracken, Nathalie Voisin, Youngjun Son, Sha Feng, Osten Anderson, Xiaodong Chen, He Li, Konstantinos Oikonomou

    Environmental Research: Energy, 2 (2025)

  4. Amplified mesoscale and sub-mesoscale variability and increased concentration of precipitation under global warming over Western North America

    Clément Guilloteau, Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Efi Foufoula-Georgiou

    J. Clim., 38 (2025)

2024

  1. More high-impact atmospheric river-induced extreme precipitation events under warming in a high-resolution model

    Xiuwen Guo, Yang Gao, Shaoqing Zhang, Wenju Cai, L. Ruby Leung, Jian Lu, Xiaodong Chen, Jakob Zscheischler, Luanne Thompson, Bin Guan, Jonathan Rutz, Chuncheng Guo, Wenbin Kou, Wenxuan Cheng, Huiwang Gao, Lixin Wu

    One Earth, 7 (2024)

  2. Characterizing the Uncertainty of CMORPH Products for Estimating Orographic Precipitation over Northern California

    Zhe Li, Haonan Chen, Robert Cifelli, Pinging Xie, Xiaodong Chen

    J. Hydrol., 634 (2024)

  3. How Might the May 2015 Flood in the U.S. Southern Great Plains Induced by Clustered MCSs Unfold in the Future?

    Zhe Feng, Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung

    Earth's Future, 129 (2024)

  4. Understanding the influence of urban form on the spatial pattern of precipitation

    Yanle Lu, Zhou Yu, John D. Albertson, Haonan Chen, Leiqiu Hu, Angeline Pendergrass, Xiaodong Chen, Qi Li

    Earth's Future, 129 (2024)

2023

  1. Sharpening of Cold Season Storms over the Western US

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Yang Gao, Ying Liu, Mark Wigmosta

    Nature Climate Change, 13 (2023) · Research story

  2. Antecedent Hydrometeorological Conditions of Wildfire Occurrence in the Western US in a Changing Climate

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Lu Dong

    J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 128 (2023)

  3. Weather Systems Connecting Modes of Climate Variabilities to Regional Hydroclimate Extremes

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Ning Sun

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 50 (2023)

  4. More frequent and persistent heatwaves due to increased temperature skewness projected by a high-resolution Earth System Model

    Yang Gao, Yubing Wu, Xiuwen Guo, Wenbin Kou, Shaoqing Zhang, L. Ruby Leung, Xiaodong Chen, Jian Lu, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Daniel E. Horton, Xiaohong Yao, Huiwang Gao, Lixin Wu

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 50 (2023)

  5. Potential weakening of the June 2012 North American derecho under future warming

    Jianfeng Li, Yun Qian, L. Ruby Leung, Xiaodong Chen, Zhao Yang, Zhe Feng

    J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 128, (2023)

  6. Summertime Near-Surface Temperature Biases Over the Central United States in Convection-Permitting Simulations

    Hongchen Qin, Stephen A. Klein, Hsi-Yen Ma, Kwinten Van Weverberg, Zhe Feng, Xiaodong Chen, Martin Best, Huancui Hu, L. Ruby Leung, Cyril J. Morcrette, Heather Rumbold, Stuart Webster

    J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 128 (2023)

  7. Moisture Sources of Precipitation in the Great Lakes Region: Climatology and Recent Changes

    Zhao Yang, Yun Qian, Pengfei Xue, Jiali Wang, T. C. Chakraborty, William J. Pringle, Jianfeng Li, Xiaodong Chen

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 50 (2023)

  8. Response of Extreme Rainfall to Atmospheric Warming and Wetting: Implications for Hydrologic Designs Under a Changing Climate

    Jinghan Zhang, Long Yang, Miao Yu, Xiaodong Chen

    J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 128 (2023)

2022

  1. Contrasting Climatic Trends of Atmospheric River Occurrences over East Asia

    Qiang Wang, Long Yang, Yixin Yang, Xiaodong Chen

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 49 (2022)

  2. Contrasting Responses of Hailstorms to Anthropogenic Climate Change in Different Synoptic Weather Systems

    Jiwen Fan, Yuwei Zhang, Jingyu Wang, Jong-Hoon Jeong, Xiaodong Chen, Shixuan Zhang, Yun Lin, Zhe Feng, Rebecca Adams-Selin

    Earth's Future, 10 (2022)

  3. Climate Leads to Reversed Latitudinal Changes in Chinese Flood Peak Timing

    Yixin Yang, Long Yang, Xiaodong Chen, Qiang Wang, Fuqiang Tian

    Earth's Future, 10 (2022)

2021

  1. Response of U.S. west coast mountain snowpack to local sea surface temperature perturbations: Insights from numerical modeling and machine learning

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Yang Gao, Ying Liu

    J. Hydrometeor., 22 (2021)

  2. Meteorological environments associated with California wildfires and their role in wildfire changes during 1984-2017

    Lu Dong, L. Ruby Leung, Yun Qian, Yufei Zou, Fengfei Song, Xiaodong Chen

    J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 126 (2021)

  3. Multiple metrics informed projections of future precipitation in China

    Lei Wang, Yun Qian, L. Ruby Leung, Xiaodong Chen, Chandan Sarangi, Jian Lu, Fengfei Song, Yang Gao, Guangxing Lin, Yaocun Zhang

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 48 (2021)

2020

  1. Response of landfalling atmospheric rivers on the U.S. west coast to local sea surface temperature perturbations

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung

    Geophys. Res. Lett. 47 (2020)

  2. Next-Generation Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Design: Advances and Opportunities

    Hongxiang Yan, Ning Sun, Xiaodong Chen, Mark Wigmosta

    Frontiers in Water, 2 (2020)

  3. Soil Moisture and Hydrology Projections of the Permafrost Region - A Model Intercomparison

    Christian G. Andresen, David M. Lawrence, Cathy J. Wilson, A. David McGuire, Charles Koven, Kevin Schaefer, Elchin Jafarov, Shushi Peng, Xiaodong Chen, Isabelle Gouttevin, Eleanor Burke, Sarah Chadburn, Duoying Ji, Guangsheng Chen, Daniel Hayes, Wenxin Zhang

    The Cryosphere, 14 (2020)

2019

  1. A Framework to Delineate Precipitation-Runoff Regimes: Precipitation vs. Snowpack in the Western U.S.

    Xiaodong Chen, Zhuoran Duan, L. Ruby Leung, Mark Wigmosta

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 46 (2019)

  2. Parallel distributed hydrological model using global arrays

    William A. Perkins, Zhuoran Duan, Ning Sun, Mark Wigmosta, Marshall Richmond, Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung

    Env. Mod. Soft., 122 (2019)

  3. Impact of Atmospheric Rivers on Surface Hydrological Processes in Western U.S. Watersheds

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Mark Wigmosta, Marshall Richmond

    J. Geophys. Res.: Atmos., 124 (2019)

  4. Understanding future safety of dams in a changing climate

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain

    B. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 100 (2019)

  5. Atmospheric River-Induced Precipitation and Snowpack during the Western United States Cold Season

    Hisham Eldardiry, Asif Mahmood, Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, Bart Nijssen, Dennis P. Lettenmaier

    J. Hydrometeor., 20 (2019)

2018

  1. Predictability of Extreme Precipitation in Western U.S. Watersheds Based on Atmospheric River Occurrence, Intensity, and Duration

    Xiaodong Chen, L. Ruby Leung, Yang Gao, Ying Liu, Mark Wigmosta, Marshall Richmond

    Geophys. Res. Lett., 45 (2018)

  2. Understanding model-based probable maximum precipitation estimation as a function of location and season from atmospheric reanalysis

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain

    J. Hydrometeor., 19 (2018)

2017

  1. Probable maximum precipitation in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in a changing climate

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, L. Ruby Leung

    Water Resour. Res., 53 (2017)

  2. Establishing a numerical modeling framework for hydrologic engineering analyses of extreme storm events

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, L. Ruby Leung

    J. Hydrol. Eng., 22 (2017)

  3. Terrestrial ecosystem model performance in simulating net primary productivity and its vulnerability to climate change in the northern permafrost region

    Jianyang Xia, A. David McGuire, David Lawrence, Eleanor Burke, Guangsheng Chen, Xiaodong Chen, Christine Delire, Charles Koven, Andrew MacDougall, Shushi Peng, Annette Rinke, Kazuyuki Saito, Wenxin Zhang, Ramdane Alkama, Theodore J. Bohn, Philippe Ciais, Bertrand Decharme, Isabelle Gouttevin, Tomohiro Hajima, Daniel J. Hayes, Kun Huang, Duoying Ji, Gerhard Krinner, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Paul A. Miller, John C. Moore, Benjamin Smith, Tetsuo Sueyoshi, Zheng Shi, Liming Yan, Junyi Liang, Lifen Jiang, Qian Zhang, Yiqi Luo

    J. Geophys. Res.: Biogeosciences., 122 (2017)

2016

  1. Revisiting extreme storms of the past 100 years for future safety of large water management infrastructures

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain

    Earth's Future, 4 (2016)

  2. Are General Circulation Models Ready for Operational Streamflow Forecasting for Water Management in the Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basins?

    Safat Sikder, Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, Jason B. Roberts, Franklin Robertson, C. K. Shum, Francis J. Turk

    J. Hydrometeor., 17 (2016)

  3. Variability in the sensitivity among model simulations of permafrost and carbon dynamics in the permafrost region between 1960 and 2009

    A. David McGuire, Charles Koven, David M. Lawrence, Joy S. Clein, Jiangyang Xia, Christian Beer, Eleanor Burke, Guangsheng Chen, Xiaodong Chen, Christine Delire, Elchin Jafarov, Andrew H. MacDougall, Sergey Marchenko, Dmitry Nicolsky, Shushi Peng, Annette Rinke, Kazuyuki Saito, Wenxin Zhang, Ramdane Alkama, Theodore J. Bohn, Philippe Ciais, Bertrand Decharme, Altug Ekici, Isabelle Gouttevin, Tomohiro Hajima, Daniel J. Hayes, Duoying Ji, Gerhard Krinner, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Yiqi Luo, Paul A. Miller, John C. Moore, Vladimir Romanovsky, Christina Schädel, Kevin Schaefer, Edward A.G. Schuur, Benjamin Smith, Tetsuo Sueyoshi, Qianlai Zhuang

    Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 30 (2016)

  4. Evaluation of air–soil temperature relationships simulated by land surface models during winter across the permafrost region

    Wenli Wang, Annette Rinke, John C. Moore, Duoying Ji, Xuefeng Cui, Shushi Peng, David M. Lawrence, A. David McGuire, Eleanor J. Burke, Xiaodong Chen, Bertrand Decharme, Charles Koven, Andrew MacDougall, Kazuyuki Saito, Wenxin Zhang, Ramdane Alkama, Theodore J. Bohn, Philippe Ciais, Christine Delire, Isabelle Gouttevin, Tomohiro Hajima, Gerhard Krinner, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Paul A. Miller, Benjamin Smith, Tetsuo Sueyoshi, Artem B. Sherstiukov

    The Cryosphere, 10 (2016)

  5. Simulated high-latitude soil thermal dynamics during the past 4 decades

    S. Peng, P. Ciais, G. Krinner, T. Wang, I. Gouttevin, A. D. McGuire, D. Lawrence, E. Burke, X. Chen, B. Decharme, C. Koven, A. MacDougall, A. Rinke, K. Saito, W. Zhang, R. Alkama, T. J. Bohn, C. Delire, T. Hajima, D. Ji, D. P. Lettenmaier, P. A. Miller, J. C. Moore, B. Smith, T. Sueyoshi

    The Cryosphere, 10 (2016)

  6. Understanding satellite-based monthly-to-seasonal reservoir outflow estimation as a function of hydrologic controls

    Matthew Bonnema, Safat Sikder, Yabin Miao, Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, Ismat Ara Pervin, S. M. Mahbubur Rahman, Hyongki Lee

    Water Resour. Res., 52 (2016)

2015

  1. Model estimates of climate controls on pan-Arctic wetland methane emissions

    X. Chen, T. J. Bohn, D. P. Lettenmaier

    Biogeosciences, 12 (2015)

  2. Assessment of model estimates of land-atmosphere CO2 exchange across Northern Eurasia

    M. A. Rawlins, A. D. McGuire, J. S. Kimball, P. Dass, D. Lawrence, E. Burke, X. Chen, C. Delire, C. Koven, A. MacDougall, S. Peng, A. Rinke, K. Saito, W. Zhang, R. Alkama, T. J. Bohn, P. Ciais, B. Decharme, I. Gouttevin, T. Hajima, D. Ji, G. Krinner, D. P. Lettenmaier, P. Miller, J. C. Moore, B. Smith, T. Sueyoshi

    Biogeosciences, 12 (2015)

  3. A simplified, data-constrained approach to estimate the permafrost carbon–climate feedback

    C. D. Koven, E. A. G. Schuur, C. Schädel, T. J. Bohn, E. J. Burke, G. Chen, X. Chen, P. Ciais, G. Grosse, J. W. Harden, D. J. Hayes, G. Hugelius, E. E. Jafarov, G. Krinner, P. Kuhry, D. M. Lawrence, A. H. MacDougall, S. S. Marchenko, A. D. McGuire, S. M. Natali, D. J. Nicolsky, D. Olefeldt, S. Peng, V. E. Romanovsky, K. M. Schaefer, J. Strauss, C. C. Treat, M. Turetsky

    Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A, 373 (2015)

2013

  1. Modeling the large-scale effects of surface moisture heterogeneity on wetland carbon fluxes in the West Siberian Lowland

    T. J. Bohn, E. Podest, R. Schroeder, N. Pinto, K. C. McDonald, M. Glagolev, I. Filippov, S. Maksyutov, M. Heimann, X. Chen, D. P. Lettenmaier

    Biogeosciences, 10 (2013)

Book Chapters

  1. Safety design of water infrastructures in a modern era

    Xiaodong Chen

    Resilience of Large Water Management Infrastructure: Solutions from Modern Atmospheric Science, Springer (2020)

  2. Application of numerical atmospheric models

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain, L Ruby Leung

    Resilience of Large Water Management Infrastructure: Solutions from Modern Atmospheric Science, Springer (2020)

  3. Infrastructure-relevant storms of the last century

    Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain

    Resilience of Large Water Management Infrastructure: Solutions from Modern Atmospheric Science, Springer (2020)

Other Publications

  1. HP Commentary: Neural Equifinality and Predictive Mirages in AI-Enabled Hydrology and Earth System Modelling

    Yang Hong, Hoshin V. Gupta, Bin Yong, Mengye Chen, Songkun Yan, Yihan Wang, Xiaodong Chen, Abigail Snooks, Lujun Zhang

    Hydrol. Process., 40 (2026)

  2. Maximizing Hydropower Generation with Numerical Modeling of the Atmosphere

    Yabin Miao, Xiaodong Chen, Faisal Hossain

    J. Hydrol. Eng., 21 (2016)