Hongkai Gao

ORCID: 0000-0003-0786-8067
Publications
Citations
Views
---
Saved
---
About
Contact & Profiles
Research Areas
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Climate variability and models
  • Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
  • Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Soil Geostatistics and Mapping

East China Normal University
2018-2025

Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
2022-2024

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011-2024

Beijing University of Technology
2021

Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
2021

Chinese PLA General Hospital
2019-2021

Arizona State University
2016-2020

Chinese People's Armed Police Force
2007-2019

Chinese People's Armed Police General Hospital
2007-2019

Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources
2017-2019

Abstract The root zone moisture storage capacity (S R ) of terrestrial ecosystems is a buffer providing vegetation continuous access to water and critical factor controlling land‐atmospheric exchange, hydrological response, biogeochemical processes. However, it impossible observe directly at catchment scale. Here, using data from 300 diverse catchments, was tested that, treating the as reservoir, mass curve technique (MCT), an engineering method for reservoir design, can be used estimate...

10.1002/2014gl061668 article EN Geophysical Research Letters 2014-10-22

Abstract. This study presents an "Earth observation-based" method for estimating root zone storage capacity – a critical, yet uncertain parameter in hydrological and land surface modelling. By assuming that vegetation optimises its to bridge critical dry periods, we were able use state-of-the-art satellite-based evaporation data computed with independent energy balance equations derive gridded at global scale. approach does not require soil or information, is model independent, principle...

10.5194/hess-20-1459-2016 article EN cc-by Hydrology and earth system sciences 2016-04-19

Abstract. Although elevation data are globally available and used in many existing hydrological models, their information content is still underexploited. Topography closely related to geology, soil, climate land cover. As a result, it may reflect the dominant processes catchment. In this study, we evaluated hypothesis through four progressively more complex conceptual rainfall-runoff models. The first model (FLEXL) lumped, does not make use of data. second (FLEXD) semi-distributed with...

10.5194/hess-18-1895-2014 article EN cc-by Hydrology and earth system sciences 2014-05-22

Abstract. Conceptual environmental system models, such as rainfall runoff generally rely on calibration for parameter identification. Increasing complexity of this type models better representation hydrological process heterogeneity, typically makes identification more difficult. Although various, potentially valuable, approaches estimation have been developed, strategies to impose general conceptual understanding how a catchment works into the has not fully explored. In study we assess...

10.5194/hess-18-4839-2014 article EN cc-by Hydrology and earth system sciences 2014-12-05

Abstract This study highlights the features of vine copula for examining compound events involving underlying conditions that amply compounding effects. To illustrate, we floods in Texas (TX), USA. These consist combinations precipitation and surface runoff with El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) rising temperatures as conditions. Although individual variable may not itself be extreme, large exceedances can lead to flooding situations when combined. The presence (e.g., Niño and/or...

10.1002/2017wr021662 article EN Water Resources Research 2018-03-30

Abstract Understanding the role of reservoirs in terrestrial water cycle is critical to support sustainable management resources especially for China where have been extensively built nationwide. However, this has a scientific challenge due limited availability continuous, long‐term reservoir operation records at large scales, and process‐based modeling tool accurately depict as part still lacking. Here, we develop continental‐scale land surface‐hydrologic model over mainland by explicitly...

10.1029/2021wr031787 article EN Water Resources Research 2022-06-01

Abstract. Traditional hydrological theories are based on the assumption that soil is key in determining water's fate cycle. According to these theories, hydraulic properties determine water movement both saturated and unsaturated zones, described by matrix flow formulas such as Darcy–Richards equations. They also plant-available moisture thereby control transpiration. Here we argue founded a wrong assumption. Instead, advocate reverse: terrestrial ecosystem manipulates satisfy specific...

10.5194/hess-27-2607-2023 article EN cc-by Hydrology and earth system sciences 2023-07-18

Glaciers are one of the main sources freshwater in cold regions. The glacier melting process can significantly impact mass balance (GMB) and contribute a large amount runoff This study applied recently developed semi-distributed glacio-hydrological conceptual model (FLEXG) to understand effect topography on GMB Torne River basin, northern Sweden. simulated snow accumulation ablation, as well from non-glacier areas basin using FLEXG for time period 1989–2018. considers influence generation,...

10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129404 article EN cc-by Journal of Hydrology 2023-03-21

Abstract The glaciers on Tibetan Plateau play an important role in the catchment hydrology of this region. However, our knowledge with respect to water circulation remote area is scarce. In study, HBV light model, which adopts degree‐day model for glacial melting, was employed simulate total runoff, glacier runoff and mass balance (GMB) Dongkemadi River Basin (DRB) at headwater Yangtze Plateau, China. Firstly, daily temperature precipitation DRB from 1955 2008 were obtained by statistical...

10.1002/hyp.8256 article EN Hydrological Processes 2011-09-01

Abstract Understanding how explicit consideration of topographic information influences hydrological model performance and upscaling in glacier dominated catchments remains underexplored. In this study, the Urumqi no. 1 catchment northwest China, with 52% area covered by glaciers, was selected as study site. A conceptual glacier‐hydrological developed tested to systematically, simultaneously, robustly reproduce hydrograph, separate discharge into contributions from nonglacier parts...

10.1002/hyp.11224 article EN Hydrological Processes 2017-05-13

Abstract. With remote sensing we can readily observe the Earth's surface, but direct observation of sub-surface remains a challenge. In hydrology, also in related disciplines such as agricultural and atmospheric sciences, knowledge dynamics soil moisture root zone vegetation is essential, this part vadose core component controlling partitioning water into evaporative fluxes, drainage, recharge, runoff. paper, compared catchment-scale content vegetation, computed by lumped conceptual model,...

10.5194/hess-20-3361-2016 article EN cc-by Hydrology and earth system sciences 2016-08-23

High-altitude inland-drainage lakes on the Tibetan Plateau (TP), earth’s third pole, are very sensitive to climate change. important natural resources with religious, historical, and cultural significance. However, spatial patterns processes controlling impacts of associated changes largely unknown. This study used long time series multi-temporal Landsat imagery map glaciers in 1977, 1990, 2000, 2014, further assess spatiotemporal 17 TP watersheds between 1977 2014. Spatially variable lake...

10.3390/rs10030358 article EN cc-by Remote Sensing 2018-02-26

Abstract. Reading landscapes and developing calibration-free runoff generation models that adequately reflect land surface heterogeneities remains the focus of much hydrological research. In this study, we report a novel simple topography-driven parameterization – HAND-based Storage Capacity curve (HSC), which uses topographic index (HAND, Height Above Nearest Drainage) to identify similarity extent saturated areas in catchments. The HSC can be used as module any conceptual rainfall–runoff...

10.5194/hess-23-787-2019 article EN cc-by Hydrology and earth system sciences 2019-02-13

Abstract. Increased attention directed at frozen soil hydrology has been prompted by climate change. In spite of an increasing number field measurements and modeling studies, the impact on hydrological processes catchment scale is still unclear. However, models have mostly developed based a bottom-up approach, i.e., aggregating prior knowledge pixel scale, which approach notoriously suffering from equifinality data scarcity. Therefore, in this study, we explore following top-down implying...

10.5194/hess-26-4187-2022 article EN cc-by Hydrology and earth system sciences 2022-08-12
Coming Soon ...