Qiaozhen Mu

Tel: 406-243-6219
Fax: 406-243-4510

Email: qiaozhen at ntsg.umt.edu

 

Education:

·         Ph.D. 2001, Peking University, Department of Geophysics

Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Simulation Studies on the Impacts of ENSO on the Western Pacific Subtropical High and China Precipitation

·         M.S. 1998, Beijing Normal University, Geography Department

·         B.S. 1995, Beijing Normal University, Physics Department

 

Research Activities:

·         Postdoctoral Researcher: 2003-, The University of Montana, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, College of Forestry and Conservation

·         Postdoctoral Fellow: 2001-2003, University of Texas at Austin, Institute for Geophysics

 

Membership

·         AGU (American Geophysical Union)

·         AMS (American Meteorological Society)

 

Journal Reviewer

·         Water Resources Research

·         Remote Sensing of Environment

·         Nature Geoscience

·         Sensors

 

Publications:

  • Mu, Q., M. Zhao, S. W. Running, M. Liu, H. Tian (2008). Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate change to the carbon cycle in China's ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, G01018, doi:10.1029/2006JG000316.
  • Renzullo, L.J., D.J. Barrett, A.S. Marks, M.J. Hill, J.P. Guerschman, Q. Mu, S.W. Running (2008) Multi-sensor model-data fusion for estimation of hydrologic and energy flux parameters. Remote sensing of environment 112(4): 1306-1319. (doi:10.1016/j.rse.2007.06.022)
  • Mu, Q., F.A. Heinsch, M. Zhao, S.W. Running (2007). Development of a global evapotranspiration algorithm based on MODIS and global meteorology data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 111, 519-536 (doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.04.015).
  • Renzullo, L.J., D.J. Barrett, A.S. Marks, M.J. Hill, J.P. Guerschman, Q. Mu, S.W. Running (2006) Application of multiple constraints model-data assimilation techniques to coupling satellite passive microwave and thermal imagery for estimation of land surface variables and energy fluxes. CSIRO Land and Water (Science Report Series) - 2006 Reports.
  • Cleugh, H. A., R. Leuning, Q. Mu, S. W. Running (2007) Regional evaporation estimates from flux tower and MODIS satellite data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 106, 285–304 (doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.07.007).
  • Mu, Q., M. Zhao, F. A. Heinsch, M. Liu, H. Tian and S. W. Running (2007) Evaluating water stress controls on primary production in biogeochemical and remote sensing based models. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, G01012 (doi: 10.1029/2006JG000179).
  • Mu, Q., C. S. Jackson, P. L. Stoffa (2004) A multivariate empirical-orthogonal-function-based measure of climate model performance, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D15101, doi:10.1029/2004JD004584.
  • Mu, Q., S.W. Wang, J.N. Cai, Z.H. Xie, J.H. Zhu (2002a) Modeling studies on the changes of the Subtropical High over the Western Pacific during the last 100 years. Chinese Science Bulletin 47 (11): 945-948.
  • Mu, Q., S.W. Wang, D.Y. Gong (2002b) Variations of Western Pacific subtropical high in four seasons during the last hundred years. Acta Meteorological Sinica, 60(6):668-679. (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, S.W., J.N. Cai, Q. Mu et al (2002a): Climate change of annual precipitation in western China. J Natural Resources 17(4): 415-422, (in Chinese with English abstract).
  • Wang, S.W., J.N. Cai, Q. Mu et al. (2002b): Modeling and diagnostic studies on the variations of the subtropical high over the western Pacific from 1880 to 1999. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences 19 (6): 1148-1152.
  • Mu, Q., S.W. Wang, J.H. Zhu, et al., (2001) Summer variations of the western Pacific Subtropical High during the last hundred years. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 25(4): 325-336.
 

Chapters in books:

  • Wang, S.W., D.Y. Gong, P.M. Zhai, J.N. Cai, Q. Mu: Chapter 2: Climate Change, in “Assessment of Environmental Changes in west China, vol. I” edited by Wang Shaowu, Dong Guangrong, 2002. Beijing: Science Press: 29-70 (in Chinese)
  • Wang, S.W., Q. Mu, J.H. Zhu, et al. (2000) Diagnostic Study on the Relationship between the western Pacific Subtropical High and Summer Rainfall in China. Studies on the Precipitation Forecasting Methods in Summer. Meteorology Press, Beijing, 60-70, (in Chinese).
  • Wang, S.W., J.H. Zhu, Q. Mu et al. (2000) the Predictability of Summer Precipitation in China. Studies on Short-period Climate Observation, Prediction and Service System in China. Meteorology Press, Beijing, 185-194. (in Chinese).
 

Oral presentations

  • Mu, Q., M. Zhao, F.A. Heinsch, S.W. Running. Implementation of a Global MODIS Evapotranspiration Algorithm for 2000-2005. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2006.
  • Mu, Q., F.A. Heinsch, S.W. Running, H.A. Cleugh, R. Leuning. Evaluation of Satellite-Based Evapotranspiration Using Fluxnet Data. AGU Spring meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 2006.
  • Mu, Q., M. Zhao, S.W. Running, M. Liu, H. Tian. Increasing CO2 may compensate for the adverse effects of changing climate on China’s ecosystems. AGU Spring meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, 2006.

 

Posters:

  • Mu., Q., L.A. Jones, J.S. Kimball, S.W. Running (2007) Satellite Based Mapping of Land Surface ET using MODIS and Alternate Surface Meteorological Inputs from AMSR-E, Reanalysis, and Surface Weather Stations. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract. H31A-0128, Dec. 12, 2007.
  • Heinsch, F.A., M. Zhao, Q. Mu, D. Mildrexler, SW Running. “Variations in Continental Terrestrial Primary Production, Evapotranspiration and Disturbance” at the North American Carbon Program Meeting, Colorado. Springs, CO, January 2007.
  • Mu, Q., F.A. Heinsch, M. Zhao, S.W. Running. Development of a Global Evapotranspiration Algorithm Based on MODIS and Global Meteorology Data. Global Vegetation Workshop 2006, Missoula, Montana.
  • Mu, Q., M. Zhao, S.W. Running. The Six-year (2000-2005) Global MODIS Evapotranspiration. Global Vegetation Workshop 2006, Missoula, Montana.
  • Mu, Q., M. Zhao, S. W. Running, F. A. Heinsch, Water Stress Effects on Primary Production in A Biogeochemical Model and a Radiation Use Efficiency Model in USA during 1982-1997. AGU, B41B-0106, Dec. 16, 2004.
  • Jackson, C., Q. Mu, M. Sen, and P. Stoffa, Measures of GCM performance as functions of model parameters affecting clouds and radiation, EOS Trans. AGU, 83(19), Spring Meeting Suppl. Abstract A51C-03, May 31, 2002.
  • Jackson, C. and Mu, Q., Quantifying Climate Model Parameter Uncertainties, Climate Change- GC00 general contributions, GC31B-0188, 08:30h, Wednesday, MCC Level 1, Dec. 10, 2003.