Professional Background

Educational Background

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
• Ph.D. in Hydrogeology & Hydrology, Ohio State University, 1996
• M.S. in Hydrogeology, University of Southern Mississippi, 1992
• B.S. in Engineering Geology, Hohai (Hehai) University, 1983

Awards

• CoSci Distinguished Researcher, 2006
• Barrick Scholar Award, 2004
• Fellow of Geological Society of America since 2004
• Nominated for AWRA Annual Boggess Award for best paper, 1999
• Presidential Fellow, Ohio State University in 1993-1994
• Silver Medal, State Youth Math Competition in 1979

Professional Experience

• 2005-Present Associate Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of    Nevada Las Vegas
• 1999-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Geoscience, University of    Nevada Las Vegas
• 1996-99 Faculty member, Earth System Science Center, Pennsylvania State    University
• 1993-96 Research Associate, Hydrogeology Program, Ohio State University
• 1992-93 Research Assistant, Center for Marine Science, Stennis Space    Center, Mississippi
• 1990-92 Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology, University of Southern    Mississippi
• 1983-90 P.E. and project head, East Hydro-electric Power Investigation and    Design Institute

Professional Society Memberships

• American Geophysical Union
• Geological Society of America

Professional Service

• Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2008-present
• Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 2003-2006
• Editor, Journal of Hydrology, the special issue of "Studies on Flow and    Transport in Arid Regions", 2000-2003
• Associate Editor, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 1999-present
• Chair and Convenor, Studies on Transport of Water and Solute in Arid    Regions, GSA Annual Meeting, Reno, 2000
• Member, Large-Scale Field Experimentation Committee of American    Geophysical Union, 1998-present
• Editor, Journal of Global and Planetary Change, the special issue of    "Regional Climate-Hydrology Interactions", 1998-present
• Member, IAH Commission for Ground Water Protection, 1998-present.
• Invited Presentation. A coupled hydrologic modeling system. American    Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting and    Science Innovation Exposition, Feb., 1998
• Chair, H11F and H12B - Integrated Study of Regional Climate and Hydrology    in Basin-Scale Field Experiments (I, II), AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco,    Dec., 1997
• Convenor, H04 - Integrated Study of Regional Climate and Hydrology in    Basin-Scale Field Experiments, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 1997
• Judge, Hydrology Section Student Presentation, AGU Spring Meeting,    Baltimore, May, 1997; AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Dec., 1997; AGU    Spring Meeting, Boston, May, 1998
• Participation in workshop on Climate Change Impacts in the Mid-Atlantic    Region (proposed by the White House Office of Science and Technology    Policy), State College, September, 1997

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Teaching

Graduate Courses:
• GEY 474/674 Hydrogeology
• GEY 475/675 Hydrogeochemistry
• GEY 712 Watershed Hydrology
• GEY 711 Principles of Hydrology
• GEY 715 Advanced Hydrogeology

Other course topics include contaminant hydrology, watershed hydrology, and distributed hydrologic modeling.

Invited Lectures

• Yu and others, 2008 (Invited). Advances and challenges in basin-scale    hydrologic modeling. American Geophysical Union annual meeting, San    Francisco, CA.
• Yu, Z., E. Sudicky, and F. Schwartz, 2008 (Invited). The scaling impact of    hydrologic processes on the integrated watershed response. Geological    Society of America annual meeting, Houston, TX.
• Young, M.H., Z. Yu, and S.W. Tyler, 2006 (Invited). Scaling Environmental    Processes in Heterogeneous Arid Soils (SEPHAS): A New Research Facility in    Nevada USA. Presented at the World Congress of Soil Science, Philadelphia,    PA.
• Young, M.H., Z. Yu, S.W. Tyler, et al. 2005 (Invited). Scaling Environmental    Processes in Heterogeneous Arid Soils (SEPHAS): A New Nevada NSF    EPSCoR Initiative. Presented at the NSF Sponsored Workshop "Frontiers in    Exploration of the Critical Zone" University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
• Yu, Z., A. Habte, and W. Dong, 2005 (Invited). On evaluating the    hydroclimatic system in the Great Basin. Geological Society of America    Abstracts with Programs, 2005 Annual Meeting, Pardee Keynote Symposia,    Salt Lake City, Utah, vol. 37, no. 7, p. 162.
• Yu, Z., 2005 (Invited). On the coupling of large-scale hydrology models.    Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 2005 Annual    Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, vol. 37, no. 7, p. 29.
• Modeling study of regional hydrologic processes in the Susquehanna River    Basin, Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, Oct.,    1997.
• Distributed hydrologic modeling in watersheds, Department of Civil and    Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvanian State University,April, 1998.
• On simulating hydrologic response to atmospheric forcing in the    Susquehanna river basin, Department of Geology, State University of New    York, Stony Brook, Feb., 1999.
• Studies of basin-scale hydrologic processes with an integrated hydrologic    model system, Department of Geology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,    Apr., 1999.
• On evaluating the responses of hydrologic processes to various forcings in    large river basins, Department of Geology, University of Michigan, Ann    Arbor, Apr., 1999.
• Responses of subgrid-scale hydrologic processes to various forcings in large    river basins, Department of Geology, Florida State University, Apr., 1999.
• On evaluating regional hydrologic response to various forcings in large    watersheds. Desert Research Institute, Mar., 2000.
• On evaluating regional hydrologic response to various forcings in large    watersheds. University of Nevada Reno, May, 2000.
• Distributed hydrologic simulation at various scales. Department of    Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, Nov., 2002.
• New computational approaches addressing challenges in continental scale    hydrology. Department of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences,    University of Notre Dame, Mar., 2004.
• New computational approaches addressing challenges in continental scale    hydrology. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Waterloo, Sep.,    2004.

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Research

Zhongbo Yu has conducted research on development and application of distributed hydrologic models for hydrology and climate studies; characterization and evaluation of surface water, groundwater, and groundwater contamination; multiphase and multicomponent transport in saturated and unsaturated porous media; image processing and computing visualization. His current studies include the distributed modeling of hydrologic response to atmospheric forcing in the Susquehanna river basin, field monitoring and numerical modeling of dynamic hydrologic processes in small watersheds, and interactions among atmosphere, land surface, and groundwater.

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Grants and Projects

•Yu, Z. (co-PI) and D. Kreamer (co-PI), Simulating surface water and   groundwater interactions of the lower Virgin River watershed, Arizona,   Nevada, and Utah with an integrated hydrogeologic model system, Virgin   Valley Water District: $273,000 (Jan. 2006-Jun. 2009).
•Yu, Z. (PI), Postdoc fellowship, NSF EPSCoR: $180,000 with $120,000 UNLV   match (Sep. 2006-Dec. 2008). 
•Young, M. (Lead), S. Tyler (co-Lead), and Z. Yu (co-Lead), Scaling   environmental processes in heterogeneous arid soils (SEPHAS), NSF:   $3,000,000 with $1,500,000 state match (Sep. 2005-Dec. 2008).
•Yu, Z. (PI), Surface water interaction with the alluvial floodplain in the lower   Virgin River, Southern Nevada Water District: $15,000 (Sep. 2006-Aug.   2007).
•Yu, Z. (PI), B. Hu (co-I), and C. Shirley (co-I), Proposal to refine permeability   fields and identify fast-flow channels using conditioning data from the Bullion   forced gradient experiment in Pahute Mesa, NTS, DOE: $240,000 (Oct. 2004
  -Dec. 2007).
•Yu, Z., Geochemical modeling of radionuclides in Yucca Mountain, DOE:   $100,000 (Jan. 2005-Sep. 2006).

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Selected Publications

Journal Papers

Wang, X., Y. Cui, Y. Pan, X. Li, Z. Yu and M.H. Young, 2008. Effects of rainfall characteristics on infiltration and redistribution patterns in revegetation-stabilized desert ecosystems, Journal of Hydrology. doi: 10.1016/ j.jhydrol.2008.06.002.

Lu, H., Y Zhu, T. H. Skaggs, and Z. Yu, 2008. Comparison of measured and simulated water storage in dryland terraces of the loess plateau, China. Agricultural Water Management. doi:10.1016/j.agwat.2008.08.010.

Yu, Z., Y. Huang, A. Baron, X. Chen, C. Yang, D. Kreamer, and M. Johnson, 2008. Contaminants in groundwater and the subsurface. In Groundwater: Modeling, Management and Contamination edited by L.F. Konig and J.L. Weiss, Nova Science Publishers, 131-150.

Yin, J., M. Young, and Z. Yu, 2008. Effects of paleoclimate and time-varying canopy structures on paleowater fluxes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D06103, doi:10.1029/2007JD009010.

Yin, J., M.H. Young, L. Chen, and Z. Yu, 2008. Modeling surface runoff on a semi-arid watershed using a physically based model. World Environmental & Water Resources Congress. 10 p.

Wang, X.-P., M. H. Young, Z. Yu, X. –R. Li, and Z. –S., Zhang, 2007. Long-term effects of restoration on soil hydraulic properties in revegetation-stabilized desert ecosystems. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L24S22, doi:10.1029/2007GL031725.

Li, C., and Z. Yu, 2007. Numerical modeling of groundwater flow in heterogeneous media with high-order difference schemes. Journal of Information and Computing Science, 2, 243-251.

Cizdziel, J. V., C. Guo, S.M. Steinberg, Z. Yu, and K.H. Johannesson, 2007. Chemical and colloidal analyses of natural seep water collected from the exploratory studies facility inside Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. Environ. Geochem. Health, doi: 10.1007/s10653-007-9105-1.

Ye, M., F. Pan, Y.S. Wu, B. Hu, C. Shirley, and Z. Yu, 2007. Assessment of radionuclide transport uncertainty in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Advances in Water Resources, 30, 118-134.

Yu, Z., D. Pollard, and L. Cheng, 2006. On continental scale hydrologic simulations with a coupled hydrologic model. Journal of Hydrology, 331, 110-124.

Yu, Z., F. Pan, C. Liang, Z. Liang, Z. Lin, and L. Ren, 2006. Application of hydrologic model system to the flood simulation in the Emei stream watershed, Advances in Water Resources, 17(5), 645-652.
   
Koonce, J.E., Z. Yu, I.M. Farnham, and K.J. Stetzenbach, 2006. Geochemical interpretation of groundwater flow in the Southern Great Basin. Geosphere, 2, 88-101.

Zhou, X., K.J. Stetzenbach, Z. Yu, and K.H. Johannesson, 2005. Chapter 6: Origin of rare earth element signatures in groundwaters of South Nevada, USA: implications from batch leach tests using aquifers rocks. In Rare Earth Elements in Groundwater Flow Systems edited by K.H. Johannesson. Springer, p. 141-160.

Dong, W., Z. Yu, and D. Weber, 2003. Simulation on soil water variation in arid regions. Journal of Hydrology, vol. 275, 162-181.

Yu, Z., and X. Hu, 2003. Preface of studies on water movement and solute transport in arid regions. Journal of Hydrology, vol. 275, 139-140.

Hua, J., Z. Liang, and Z. Yu, 2003. A modified rational formula for flood design in small basins. Journal of American Water Resources Association, 29(5), 1,017-1,027.

Yu, Z., E.J. Barron, B. Yarnal, M.N. Lakhtakia, R.A. White, D. Pollard, and D.A. Miller, 2002. Evaluation of basin-scale hydrologic response to a multi-storm simulation in the Susquehanna River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 257, 212-225.

Yu, Z., Y. Guo, J. Voortman, R. White, and D.A. Miller, 2001. Storflowm simulation using Geographical Information System with a distributed approach. Journal of American Water Resources Association, vol. 37, p. 957-971.

Yu, Z., T.N. Carlson, E.J. Barron, and F.W. Schwartz, 2001. On evaluating the spatial-temporal variation of soil moisture in the Susquehanna River Basin. Water Resources Research, 34, 1313-1326.

Yu, Z., E.J. Barron, and F.W. Schwartz, 2000. Retrospective simulation of a storm event: a first step in coupled climate/hydrologic modeling. Geophysical Research Letter, vol. 27, no. 16, p. 2561-2565.

Yu, Z., W.J. Gburek, and F.W. Schwartz, 2000, On evaluating the spatial distribution of water balance in a small watershed, Pennsylvania, Hydrological Processes, vol. 14, p. 941-956.

Yu, Z., and E.J. Barron, 2000. Preface, Global and Planetary Change, vol.25, p.vii-viii.

Yu, Z., 2000. Assessing the response of subgrid hydrologic processes to atmospheric forcing with a hydrologic model system. Global and Planetary Change, vol.25, no. 1-2, p. 1-17.

Yarnal, B., Z. Yu et al., 2000. A system of linked meteorological and hydrological models in the Susquehanna River Basin. Global and Planetary Change, vol.25, no. 1-2, p. 149-161.

Frakes, B., and Z. Yu , 1999. Comparing the performance of two hydrologic models for climate change scenarios. Journal of American Water Resources Association, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 1351-1363.

Yu, Z., et al., 1999. Simulation of the hydrologic response to atmospheric forcing in large river basins: linking a mesoscale meteorological model and a hydrologic model system. Journal of Hydrology, vol. 218, no. 1-2, p. 72-91.

Yu, Z., Lakhtakia, M.N., Barron, E.J., 1999. Modeling the river-basin response to single-storm events simulated by a mesoscale meteorological model at various resolutions. Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 104, no. D16, p. 19,675-19,689.

Lakhtakia, M.N., Z. Yu et al., 1999. The river-basin response to varying resolutions of mesoscale meteorological forcing. Climate Research, vol. 12, p. 15-27.

Yu, Z., and F. W. Schwartz, 1999. An image Processing method for multi-layer porous media in determining concentration fields of tracer plumes in flow-tank experiments. Journal of Hydrogeology, vol. 7, no. 1, p. 236-240.

Yu, Z., and F. W. Schwartz, 1999. Automated calibration applied to constrained ground-water flow modeling. Hydrological Processes, vol. 13, p. 191-209.

Lakhtakia, M.N., B. Yarnal, D.L. Johnson, R.A. White, D.A. Miller, and Z. Yu, 1998. A simulation of river-basin response to mesoscale meteorological forcing: the Susquehanna River Basin Experiment (SRBEX). Journal of American Water Resources Association, vol. 34, no. 4, p. 921-937.

Yu, Z., and F. W. Schwartz, 1998. Application of integrated Basin-Scale Hydrologic Model to simulate surface water and ground-water interactions in Big Darby Creek Watershed, Ohio. Journal of American Water Resources Association, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 409-425.

Yu, Z., 1997. Application of vector and parallel supercomputers to ground-water modeling. Computer & Geosciences, vol. 23, no. 9, p. 917-927.

Yu, Z., 1997. Grid-spacing effect on watershed hydrologic simulations. Journal of Hydrological Science and Technology, vol. 13, no. 1-4, p. 75-85.

Peer-Reviewed Proceedings, Chapters, and Books

Zhou, X., K.H. Johannesson, K.J. Stetzenbach, and Z. Yu, 2004. Origin of rare earth element signatures in groundwaters of South Nevada, USA: implications from batch leach tests using aquifers rocks. GSA monograph. In press.

Yu, Z., and B. Hu, 2003. The special issue on Water Movement and Solute Transport in Arid Regions, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 275, p. 139-260.

Yu, Z., 2002. Chapter 172: Hydrology: modeling and prediction. In Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Science. Academic Press, vol. 3, p. 980-986.

Yu, Z., 2002. Chapter 4: Storm simulation in large watersheds with a hydrologic model system and a mesoscale meteorological model. In Mathematical Models of Large Watershed Hydrology edited by Sing and Frevert, Water Resources Publications, p. 385-432.

Yu, Z., and E.J. Barron (eds), 1999. The special issue on Regional Climate - Hydrology Interactions, 161 p.

Yu, Z., X. Shangguan, T. Shun, C. Duffy, and F.W. Schwartz, 1998. On evaluating the interaction of surface water and ground water in watersheds. In: Physical, Chemical, and Biological Aspects of Aquifer-Stream Relations edited by Brahana et al., p. 45-51.

Yu, Z., and F. W. Schwartz, 1995. A blueprint for a Basin-Scale Hydrologic Model. In: Advances in Model Use and Development for Water Resources edited by T.G. Cleveland, American Water Resources Association, 95(3), p. 109-117.

Yu, Z., and F. W. Schwartz, 1995. Strategies for optimizing the performance of groundwater codes on the Cray Y-MP and T3D. In: High Performance Computing edited by A. Tentner, The Society for Computer Simulation, p. 134-140.

Other Publications

Yu, Z., F. Pan, and Z. Lin, 2004 (invited). On simulating hydrologic processes during extreme storm events with a coupled climate and hydrology model, CAS-TWAS-WMO Forum on International Symposium on Extreme Weather and Climate Events - Their Dynamics and Predictions, Beijing, p. 103-104.

Koonce, J., F. Pan, Z. Yu, and K. Stetzenbach, 2004. On evaluating the regional groundwater flow system in southern Nevada with an integrated hydrogeochemical approach, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 2004 Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, vol. 36, no. 5, p. 326.

Zhang, L., Z. Yu, and C. Papelis, 2004. Experimental and modeled adsorption of rare earth elements in Yucca Mountain aquifer. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 2004 Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, vol. 36, no. 5, p. 466.

Dong, W., Z. Yu, M. Young, and K. Stetzenbach, 2004. Bromide transport in vadose zone of southern Nevada. Devils Hole workshop, Phrump, Nevada.

Yu, Z., and D. Pollard, 2003. On the coupling of climate and hydrology models at a continental scale. GSA annual meeting, Seattle, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 180.

Habte, A., and Z. Yu, 2003. On evaluating density driven groundwater flow in the closed basin. GSA annual meeting, Seattle, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 173.

Dong, W., Z. Yu, and D. Weber, 2003. On extracting paleoclimate proxy from lake records in southern Great Basin. GSA annual meeting, Seattle, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 172.

Pan, F., Z. Yu, C. Liang, and Z. Liang, 2003. Streamflow simulations with hydrologic model system in the Emei watershed, China. GSA annual meeting, Seattle, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 139.

Koonce, J.E., Z. Yu, I. Farnham, and A. Singh, 2003. Identification of possible groundwater flow paths within the Death Valley regional groundwater system using hydrogeochemistry and multivariate statistics. GSA annual meeting, Seattle, vol. 35, no. 6, p. 124.

Yu, Z., D. Pollard, and E.J. Barron, 2002. Scale effect in distributed modeling. AGU annual meeting, San Francisco, EOS, p. F464.

Yu, Z., L. Cheng, D. Pollard, E.J. Barron, J. Hoaglund, and F.W. Schwartz, 2002. Continental-scale hydrologic simulation. GSA annual meeting, Denver, 34(6), p. 528.

Lu, Q., Z. Yu, Z. Liang, and C. Liang, 2002. On evaluating the scaling effect of hydrologic processes in a small watershed. GSA annual meeting, Denver, 34(6), p. 532.

Dong, W., Z. Yu, D. Weber, and R. Orndorff, 2002. On evaluating past 20,000 year climate change in the Great Basin with a coupled catchment-lake model. GSA annual meeting, Denver, 34(6), p. 394.

Diaz, T.A., Z. Yu, K. Stetzenbach, K. Lindley, and T. Jankovic, 2001. Leaching studies on groundwater and rock interaction. AGU annual meeting, San Francisco, EOS, 82(47), p. F436.

Liang, C., and Z. Yu, 2001. A new method of curve-fitting for hydrologic frequence analysis. AGU annual meeting, San Francisco, EOS, 82(47), p. F422-423.

Dong, W., Z. Yu, and D. Weber, 2001. Simulations on soil moisture variation in Nevada Test Site. AGU annual meeting, San Francisco, EOS, 82(47), p. F416.

Cheng, L., Z. Yu, D. Pollard, E. Barron, and J. Hoaglund, 2001. Simulation of North American Hydrology with a new coupled model. AGU annual meeting, San Francisco, EOS, 82(47), p. F385-386.

Cheng, L., and Z. Yu, 2001. On evaluation of hydrologic changes in Quaidam Basin. AZ_NV Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Las Vegas.

Yu et al., 2001. Response of regional hydrology to single_ & multi_storm events in Susquehanna River Basin Experiment (SRBEX). 12th Symposium on global change and climate variations, AMS annual meeting, Albuquerque, p. 98-101.

Yu, Z., W. Dong, D. Weber, and S. Tyler, 2000. Soil moisture variation in arid regions. GSA annual meeting, Reno, p. A-409.

Han, B., Feng, Q., and Yu, Z., 2000. On evaluating hydrologic response of karst aquifer to storm events at the redrock mining field. GSA annual meeting, Reno, p. A-355.

Yu, Z. et al., 2000. Evaluation of basin_scale hydrologic response to multi_storm events in the Susquehanna River Basin. AGU spring meeting. Washington, DC., EOS, vol.81, no.19, p.s215.

Liang, Z., Q. Lu, and Z. Yu, 2000. A modified weighted function method for hydrological frequency analysis. AGU spring meeting. Washington, DC., EOS, vol.8, no.19, p.s205.

Lu, Q., Z. Liang, and Z. Yu, 2000. Evaluating capacities of hydrologic model system in a small watershed. AGU spring meeting. Washington, DC., EOS, vol.8, no.19, p.s206-207.

Yu, Z., W. Gburek, G. Folmar, E.J. Barron, and F.W. Schwartz, 1999. Parameterization of subgrid-scale hydrologic processes in regional hydrology and climate models, AGU Fall meeting, San Francisco, EOS, vol. 80, no. 46, p. F373.

Yu, Z., E.J. Barron, M.N. Lakhtakia, B. Yarnal, R.A. White, D.A. Miller, and D. Pollard, 1999. Evaluation of basin-scale hydrologic processes during multi-storm events in the Susquehanna river basin, Third International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, Beijing, p. 211-212.

Yu, Z., 1999. Distributed hydrologic modeling in large watersheds, AGU spring meeting, Boston. EOS, vol.80, no. 17, p.s158.

Barron, E.J., others, and Z. Yu, 1999. Global water cycle: extension across the earth sciences. Report to NASA Earth Observing System (NAGW-2686; NAG 5-4553), 49 p.

Lakhtakia, M.N., Z. Yu, W.M. Lapenta, B. Yarnal, R.A. White, and D.A. Miller, 1999. Some problems associated with regional climate and hydrologic modeling. AMS 14th conference on Hydrology, Dallas.

Yu, Z., E.J. Barron, and F.W. Schwartz, 1998. Distributed modeling of surface water and groundwater flow responding to climate forcing in large watersheds. GSA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada.

Yu, Z., E.J. Barron et al., 1998. Simulating the basin response to single-storm events of various resolutions in the Susquehanna River Basin Experiment (SRBEX). The GCIP Mississippi River Climate Conference, St. Louis, p. 168.

Shangguan, X., Z. Yu, D. Pollard, and E.J. Barron, 1998. Methane emission and production from wetlands as influenced by water table - a process-based model. AGU spring meeting, Boston. EOS, 79(17), p. S48.

Yu, Z., and T.N. Carlson, 1998. The dynamics of soil moisture variation during the storm event. AGU spring meeting, Boston. EOS, 79(17), p. S136.

Yu, Z., and others, 1998 (invited). A coupled distributed hydrologic modeling system. in press, 1998 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition.

Barron, E.J., others, and Z. Yu, 1998. Global water cycle: extension across the earth sciences. Report to NASA Earth Observing System (NAGW-2686; NAG 5-4553), 64 p.

Bindlish, R., Z. Yu, M.N. Lakhtakia, and A. P. Barros, 1997. Scale issues in linking atmospheric and hydrologic models. EOS, 78(46), p. F209.

Yarnal, B., M.N. Lakhtakia, Z. Yu, D.A. Miller, R.A. White, and B.J. Frakes, 1997. A system of linked meteorological and hydrological models in the Susquehanna River Basin. EOS, 78(46), p. F203.

Yu, Z. et al., 1997 (invited). Update of numerical study of hydrologic cycle in the Susquehanna River Basin Experiment. IWG Meeting.

Yu, Z., 1997 (invited lecture). Modeling study of regional hydrologic processes in the Susquehanna River Basin. Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University.

Yu, Z., 1997. Grid size effects on surface water and ground water simulations in watershed. Annual Conference of American Water Resources Association.

Yu, Z., Y. Guo, J. Voortman, R. White, and D. A. Miller, 1997. Terrain Analysis on Geographical Information Systems for Watershed Hydrologic Simulations. GSA Annual Meeting.

Yu, Z., C. Swartz, F. W. Schwartz, and C. Duffy 1997. An image processing procedure to determine spatial distribution of concentration fields in laboratory flow-tank experiments. EOS, 78(17), p. S133-134.

Yu, Z., and F. W. Schwartz, 1996. Automated calibration applied to surface-water and ground-water flow simulations. Midwest Groundwater Conference, p.14.

Yu, Z., and F. W. Schwartz, 1995. Simulation of basin-scale hydrologic processes with high performance computers: application to Big Darby Creek Watershed, Ohio. EOS, 76(46), p. F207.

Yu, Z., and F. W. Schwartz, 1995. The performance optimization of a groundwater code on the Cray Y-MP and T3D. Frontier of Massively Parallel Machines.

Patrick, D., J. How, and Z. Yu, 1992. Engineering investigation of Yazoo Clay (bentonite) in Mississippi. Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute (MMRI-92-2F), 64 p.

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Students

• Jeremy Koonce (Ph.D): 2008-present
• Joseph Asante (Ph.D): 2007-present
• Wenming Nie (M.S.):2007-present
• Feng Pan (Ph.D.): 2005-present
• Jeff Pompeo (M.S.): 2004-present
• Liqiong Zhang (Ph.D.): 2003-present

Graduate Research Assistantship in Hydrology/Hydrogeology - Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas. Three research assistanships funded by NSF, DOE, and NASA are available for qualified Ph.D. or M.S. students interested in the coupling of climate models to a fine-scale hydrologic model, distributed hydrologic modeling, vadose zone hydrology in arid regions, and groundwater geochemistry in southern Nevada. Please contact Prof. Zhongbo Yu for more details (zhongbo.yu@unlv.edu).

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