Yongqiang Liu, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Jia Yang, Tyson E. Ochsner, Erik S. Krueger, Shanmin Fang, Quan Zhang, Xiaohao Jiao, Chris Zou, Yongqiang Liu, Todd Lindley, Drew Daily. 2026. Wildfire danger assessment and forecast through fire spread simulations
• Yongqiang Liu, Warren E. Heilman, Brian Potter, Craig B. Clements, William A. Jackson, Nancy H. F. French, Scott L. Goodrick, Adam K. Kochanski, Narasimhan K. Larkin, Pete W. Lahm, Timothy J. Brown, Joshua P. Schwarz, Sara M. Strachan, Fengjun Zhao. 2025. Recent Advances in Wildland Fire Smoke Dynamics Research in the United States
• Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Marcus Williams, Aoxing Zhang. 2024. Climate change and variability overview
• Yongqiang Liu, Warren E. E. Heilman, Brian Potter, Craig B. Clements, William A. Jackson, Nancy H. F. French, Scott Goodrick, Adam K. Kochanski, Narasimhan K. Larkin, Peter W. Lahm, Timothy J. Brown, Joshua P. Schwarz, Sara M. Strachan, Fengjun Zhao. 2022. Smoke Plume Dynamics
• Cheng-En Yang, Joshua S. Fu, Yongqiang Liu, Xinyi Dong, Yang Liu. 2022. Projections of future wildfires impacts on air pollutants and air toxics in a changing climate over the western United States
• Aoxing Zhang, Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Marcus Williams. 2022. Duff burning from wildfires in a moist region: different impacts on PM2.5 and ozone
• Yongqiang Liu, Yang Liu, Joshua Fu, Cheng-En Yang, Xingyi Dong, Hanqin Tian, Bo Tao, Jia Yang, Yuhang Wang, Yufei Zou, Ziming Ke. 2022. Projection of future wildfire emissions in western USA under climate change: contributions from changes in wildfire, fuel loading and fuel moisture
• Wenxu Cao, Zhiqiang Zhang, Yongqiang Liu, Lawrence Band, Shengping Wang, Hang Xu. 2021. Seasonal differences in future climate and streamflow variation in a watershed of Northern China
• Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, John Stanturf. 2021. Climate Downscaling for Fire Managemen
• Fengjun Zhao, Yongqiang Liu. 2021. Important meteorological predictors for long-range wildfires in China
• Zimin Ke, Yuhang Wang, Yufei Zou, Yongjia Song, Yongqiang Liu. 2021. Global wildfire plume-rise dataset and parameterizations for climate model applications
• Fengjun Zhao, Yongqiang Liu, Lifu Shu. 2020. Change in the fire season pattern from bimodal to unimodal under climate change: The case of Daxing'anling in Northeast China
• Di Fang, Lu Hao, Zhen Cao, Xiaolin Huang, Mengsheng Qin, Jichao Hu, Yongqiang Liu, Ge Sun. 2020. Combined effects of urbanization and climate change on watershed evapotranspiration at multiple spatial scales
• Yufei Zou, Yuhang Wang, Ziming Ke, Hanqin Tian, Jia Yang, Yongqiang Liu. 2019. Development of a REgion‐Specific ecosystem feedback fire (RESFire) model in the Community Earth System Model
• Yongqiang Liu, Lu Hao, Decheng Zhou, Cen Pan, Peilong Liu, Zhe Xiong, Ge Sun. 2019. Identifying a transition climate zone in an arid river basin using the evaporative stress index
• Fengjun Zhao, Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Ben Hornsby, Jeffrey Schardt. 2019. The contribution of duff consumption to fire emissions and air pollution of the Rough Ridge Fire
• Decheng Zhou, Lu Hao, John B. Kim, Peilong Liu, Cen Pan, Yongqiang Liu, Ge Sun. 2019. Potential impacts of climate change on vegetation dynamics and ecosystem function in a mountain watershed on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
• Adam Kochanski, Kirk R. Baker, William E. Mell, Rodman Linn, Ronan Paugam, Yongqiang Liu, Jan Mandel, Aime Fournier, Mary Ann Jenkins, Scott Goodrick, Gary Achtemeier, Fengjun Zhao, Roger D. Ottmar, Nancy H. F. French, Narasimhan Larkin, Timothy Brown, Andrew T. Hudak, Matthew B. Dickinson, Brian Potter, Craig Clements, Shawn P. Urbanski, Susan Prichard, Adam Watts, Derek McNamara. 2019. Fire behaviour and smoke modelling: model improvement and measurement needs for next-generation smoke research and forecasting systems
• Fengjun Zhao, Yongqiang Liu. 2019. Atmospheric circulation patterns associated with wildfires in the monsoon regions of China
• Dennis Hallema, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, Francois-Nicolas Robinne, Kevin D. Bladon, Steve P. Norman, Yongqiang Liu, Erika C. Cohen, Steve McNulty. 2019. Wildland fire impacts on water yield across the contiguous United States
• Jay J. Charney, Michael T. Kiefer, Shiyuan Zhong, Warren E. E. Heilman, Jovanka Nikolic, Randy Bian, John Hom, Ken Clark, Nicholas Skowronski, Michael R. Gallagher, Matthew Patterson, Yongqiang Liu, Christie Hawley. 2019. Assessing Forest Canopy Impacts on Smoke Concentrations Using a Coupled Numerical Model
• Susan Prichard, Sim Larkin, Roger D. Ottmar, Nancy H.F. French, Kirk Baker, Tim Brown, Craig Clements, Matthew B. Dickinson, Andrew T. Hudak, Adam Kochanski, Rod Linn, Yongqiang Liu, Brian Potter, William E. Mell, Danielle Tanzer, Shawn P. Urbanski, Adam Watts. 2019. The fire and smoke model evaluation experiment—a plan for integrated, large fire–atmosphere field campaigns
• Lu Hao, Xiaolin Huang, Mengsheng Qin, Yongqiang Liu, Wenhong Li, Ge Sun. 2018. Ecohydrological processes explain urban dry island effects in a wet region, southern China
• Mengsheng Qin, Lu Hao, Lei Sun, Yongqiang Liu, Ge Sun. 2018. Climatic controls on watershed reference evapotranspiration varied during 1961-2012 in southern China
• Yongqiang Liu. 2018. New development and application needs for Earth system modeling of fire–climate–ecosystem interactions
• Libo Zhang, Yongqiang Liu, Fengjun Zhao. 2018. Singular value decomposition analysis of spatial relationships between monthly weather and air pollution index in China
• Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Gary Achtemeier. 2018. The weather conditions for desired smoke plumes at a FASMEE burn site
• Lu Hao, Cen Pan, Di Fang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Decheng Zhou, Peilong Liu, Yongqiang Liu, Ge Sun. 2018. Quantifying the effects of overgrazing on mountainous watershed vegetation dynamics under a changing climate
• Dennis Hallema, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, Steve P. Norman, Erika C. Cohen, Yongqiang Liu, Kevin D. Bladon, Steve McNulty. 2018. Burned forests impact water supplies
• Libo Zhang, Yongqiang Liu, Fengjun Zhao. 2017. Important meteorological variables for statistical long-term air quality prediction in eastern China
• Houquan Lu, Yihua Wu, Yijun Li, Yongqiang Liu. 2017. Effects of meteorological droughts on agricultural water resources in southern China
• Yongqiang Liu, Adam Kochanski, Kirk Baker, Ruddy Mell, Rodman Linn, Ronan Paugam, Jan Mandel, Aime Fournier, Mary Ann Jenkins, Scott Goodrick, Gary Achtemeier, Andrew T. Hudak, Matthew Dickson, Brian Potter, Craig Clements, Shawn P. Urbanski, Roger D. Ottmar, Narasimhan Larkin, Timothy Brown, Nancy French, Susan Prichard, Adam Watts, Derek McNamara. 2017. Fire and Smoke Model Evaluation Experiment (FASMEE): Modeling gaps and data needs
• Dennis Hallema, Ge Sun, Kevin D. Bladon, Steve P. Norman, Peter V. Caldwell, Yongqiang Liu, Steve McNulty. 2017. Regional patterns of postwildfire streamflow response in the Western United States: The importance of scale-specific connectivity
• Peilong Liu, Lu Hao, Cen Pan, Decheng Zhou, Yongqiang Liu, Ge Sun. 2017. Combined effects of climate and land management on watershed vegetation dynamics in an arid environment
• Decheng Zhou, Liangxia Zhang, Lu Hao, Ge Sun, Yongqiang Liu, Chao Zhu. 2016. Spatiotemporal trends of urban heat island effect along the urban development intensity gradient in China
• Lu Hao, Cen Pan, Peilong Liu, Decheng Zhou, Liangxia Zhang, Zhe Xiong, Yongqiang Liu, Ge Sun. 2016. Detection of the Coupling between Vegetation Leaf Area and Climate in a Multifunctional Watershed, Northwestern China
• Decheng Zhou, Dan Li, Ge Sun, Liangxia Zhang, Yongqiang Liu, Lu Hao. 2016. Contrasting effects of urbanization and agriculture on surface temperature in eastern China
• Dennis Hallema, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, Steve P. Norman, Erika C. Mack, Yongqiang Liu, Eric J. Ward, Steve McNulty. 2016. Assessment of wildland fire impacts on watershed annual water yield: Analytical framework and case studies in the United States
• Yongqiang Liu. 2016. Responses of dead forest fuel moisture to climate change
• Libo Zhang, Yongqiang Liu, Lu Hao. 2016. Contributions of open crop straw burning emissions to PM _2.5 concentrations in China
• Yongqiang Liu, L.B. Zhang, L. Hao, Ge Sun, Yongqiang Liu. 2016. Evapotranspiration and land surface process responses to afforestation in western Taiwan: A comparison between dry and wet weather conditions
• Jeremy S. Littell, David L. Peterson, Karin Riley, Yongqiang Liu, Charlie H. Luce. 2016. A review of the relationships between drought and forest fire in the United States
• Jeremy S. Littell, David L. Peterson, Karin Riley, Yongqiang Liu, Charles H. Luce. 2016. Fire and drought [Chapter 7]
• Dennis Hallema, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, Steve P. Norman, Erika C. Cohen, Yongqiang Liu, Steve McNulty. 2016. Relationships between wildland fires and watershed hydrology across the contiguous U.S
• Roger D. Ottmar, Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Aika Y. Davis, Gary Achtemeier, Brian Gullett, Johanna Aurell, William Stevens, Roby Greenwald, Yongtao Hu, Armistead Russell, J. Kevin Hiers, M. Talat. Odman. 2015. Fire emission uncertainties and their effect on smoke dispersion predictions: a case study at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, USA
• L. Hao, Ge Sun, Yongqiang Liu, G. S. Zhou, J. H.   Wan,  L. B. Zhang, J. L. Niu, Y. H. Sang,  J. J He. 2015. Evapotranspiration and soil moisture dynamics in a temperate grassland ecosystem in Inner Mongolia China
• Jia Yang, Hanqin Tian, Bo Tao, Wei Ren, Shufen Pan, Yongqiang Liu, Yuhang Wang. 2015. A growing importance of large fires in conterminous United States during 1984-2012
• Lu Hao, Ge Sun, Yongqiang Liu, Hong Qian. 2015. Integrated modeling of water supply and demand under management options and climate change scenarios in Chifeng City, China
• Decheng Zhou, Shuqing Zhao, Liangxia Zhang, Ge Sun, Yongqiang Liu. 2015. The footprint of urban heat island effect in China
• L. Hao, Ge Sun, Yongqiang Liu, J. Wan, M. Qin, H. Qian, Yongqiang Liu, R. John, P. Fan, J. Chen. 2015. Urbanization dramatically altered the water balances of a paddy field dominated basin in southern China
• Warren E. E. Heilman, Yongqiang Liu, Shawn P. Urbanski, Vladimir Kovalev, Robert Mickler. 2014. Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: Plume rise, atmospheric transport, and chemistry processes
• Lu Hao, Ge Sun, Yongqiang Liu, Zhiqiu Gao, Junjie He, Tingting Shi, Bingjuan Wu. 2014. Effects of precipitation on grassland ecosystem restoration under grazing exclusion in Inner Mongolia, China
• Robert J. Mitchell, Yongqiang Liu, Joseph J. O'Brien, Katherine Elliott, Gregory Starr, Chelcy F. Miniat, J. Kevin Hiers. 2014. Future climate and fire interactions in the southeastern region of the United States
• Daniel A. Marion, Ge Sun, Peter V. Caldwell, Chelcy F. Miniat, Ying Ouyang, Devendra M. Amatya, Barton D. Clinton, Paul A. Conrads, Shelby Gull Laird, Zhaohua Dai, J. Alan Clingenpeel, Yongqiang Liu, Edwin A. Roehl, Jennifer Moore Myers, Carl C. Trettin. 2014. Managing forest water quantity and quality under climate change
• Yongqiang Liu, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Scott Goodrick, Tom Holmes, John A. Stanturf, James Vose, Ge Sun. 2014. Future wildfire trends, impacts, and mitigation options in the Southern United States
• Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Warren E. E. Heilman. 2014. Wildland fire emissions, carbon, and climate: Wildfire–climate interactions
• Yongqiang Liu, John J. Qu, Wanting Wang, Xianjun Hao. 2013. Estimates of wildland fire emissions
• Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Gary L. Achtemeier, Ken Forbus, David Combs. 2013. Smoke plume height measurement of prescribed burns in the south-eastern United States
• Steve McNulty, Peter V. Caldwell, Thomas W. Doyle, Kurt Johnsen, Yongqiang Liu, Jacqueline Mohan, Jeffrey P. Prestemon, Ge Sun. 2013. Forests and Climate Change in the Southeast USA
• Ge Sun, Yongqiang Liu. 2013. Forest Influences on Climate and Water Resources at the Landscape to Regional Scale
• Guang-Shan Chen, Michael Notaro, Zhengyu Liu, Yongqiang Liu. 2012. Simulated Local and Remote Biophysical Effects of Afforestation over the Southeast United States in Boreal Summer
• Gary Achtemeier, Scott Goodrick, Yongqiang Liu. 2012. Modeling Multiple-Core Updraft Plume Rise for an Aerial Ignition Prescribed Burn by Coupling Daysmoke with a Cellular Automata Fire Model
• Scott Goodrick, Gary Achtemeier, Sim Larkin, Yongqiang Liu, Tara M. ( Strand. 2012. Modelling smoke transport from wildland fires: a review
• Gary Achtemeier, Scott Goodrick, Yongqiang Liu, F Garcia-Menendez, Y Hu, M. Odman. 2011. Modeling Smoke Plume-Rise and Dispersion from Southern United States Prescribed Burns with Daysmoke
• Yongqiang Liu. 2010. A numerical study on hydrological impacts of forest restoration in the southern United States
• Yongqiang Liu, Gary Achtemeier, Scott Goodrick, W. Jackson. 2010. Important parameters for smoke plume rise simulation with Daysmoke
• W. Wang, J.J. Qu, X. Hao, Yongqiang Liu, J.A. Stanturf. 2010. Post-hurricane forest damage assessment using satellite remote sensing
• Yongqiang Liu, John A. Stanturf, Scott Goodrick. 2010. Wildfire potential evaluation during a drought event with a regional climate model and NDVI
• Yongqiang Liu, J.A. Stanturf, S.L. Goodrick. 2009. Trends in global wildfire potential in a changing climate
• John J. Qu, Xianjun Hao, Yongqiang Liu, Allen R. Riebau, Haoruo Yi, Xianlin Qin. 2009. Remote sensing applications of wildland fire and air quality in China
• Yongqiang Liu, Scott Goodrick, Gary Achtemeier. 2009. Smoke incursions into urban areas: simulation of a Georgia prescribed burn
• W. Wang, J.J. Qu, X. Hao, Yongqiang Liu. 2009. Analysis of the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer contextual algorithm for small fire detection
• Yongqiang Liu, John A. Stanturf, Houquan Lu. 2008. Modeling the potential of the Northern China forest shelterbelt in improving hydroclimate conditions
• Yongqiang Liu, Gary Achtemeier, Scott Goodrick. 2008. Sensitivity of air quality simulation to smoke plume rise
• Yongqiang Liu. 2006. North Pacific warming and intense northwestern U.S. wildfires
• Wanting Wang, John J. Qu, Xianjun Hao, Yongqiang Liu, William T. Sommers. 2006. An improved algorithm for small and cool fire detection using MODIS data: A preliminary study in the southeastern United States
• Yongqiang Liu. 2005. Land Breeze and Thermals: A Scale Threshold to Distinguish Their Effects
• Yongqiang Liu. 2005. Enhancement of the 1988 northern U.S. drought due to wildfires
• Yongqiang Liu. 2005. Atmospheric response and feedback to radiative forcing from biomass burning in tropical South America
• Yongqiang Liu, Roni Avissar. 2005. Modeling of the Global Water Cycle - Analytical Models
• Gary Achtemeier, Scott Goodrick, Yongqiang Liu. 2005. A coupled modeling system for connecting prescribed fire activity data through CMAQ for simulating regional scale air quality
• Yongqiang Liu, Gary Achtemeier, Scott Goodrick. 2005. Simulation and Experiment of Air Quality Effects of Prescribed Fires in the Southeast
• Yongqiang Liu, John J. Qu, Xianjun Hao, Wanting Wang. 2005. Improving Fire Emission Estimates in the eastern United States Using Satellite-Based Fuel Loading Factors
• Yongqiang Liu. 2004. Variability of wildland fire emissions across the contiguous United States
• Yongqiang Liu. 2003. Spatial patterns of soil moisture connected to monthly-seasonal precipitation variability in a monsoon region
• Yongqiang Liu. 2003. Atmospheric Response And Feedback To Smoke Radiative Forcing From Wildland Fires
• Yongqiang Liu. 2003. Prediction of monthly-seasonal precipitation using coupled SVD patterns between soil moisture and subsequent precipitation
• Yongqiang Liu. 2003. Spatial And Temporal Variability Of Wildland Fire Emissions Over The U.S.
• Yongqiang Liu. 2003. Monthly and seasonal variability of the land-atmosphere system
• Gary Achtemeier, Scott Goodrick, Yongqiang Liu. 2003. The southern high-resolution modeling consortium - a source for research and operational collaboration

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  Disturbance and Prescribed Fire Science Laboratory

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  Southern Research Station

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• Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D., Atmospheric Dynamics, 1990
• Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China, M.S., Climatology, 1986
• Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing, China, B.S., Meteorology, 1982