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Gao, Huilin Associate Professor
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- Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, College of Engineering
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Publications
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academic article
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Li, Y., Gao, H., Allen, G. H., & Zhang, Z.
(2021).
Constructing Reservoir AreaVolumeElevation Curve from TanDEM-X DEM Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.
14, 2249-2257.
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Zhao, G., Gao, H., & Kao, S.
(2021).
The implications of future climate change on the blue water footprint of hydropower in the contiguous USThis manuscript has been co-authored by an employee of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, managed by UT Battelle, LLC, under Contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy. The publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the United States Government retains a non-exclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, world-wide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for United States Government purposes. The Department of Energy will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). Environmental Research Letters.
16(3), 034003-034003.
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Li, X., Zhao, G., Nielsen-Gammon, J., Salazar, J., Wigmosta, M., Sun, N., Judi, D., & Gao, H.
(2020).
Impacts of urbanization, antecedent rainfall event, and cyclone tracks on extreme floods at Houston reservoirs during Hurricane Harvey. Environmental Research Letters.
15(12), 124012-124012.
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Nielsen‐Gammon, J. W., Banner, J. L., Cook, B. I., Tremaine, D. M., Wong, C. I., Mace, R. E., ... Kloesel, K.
(2020).
Unprecedented Drought Challenges for Texas Water Resources in a Changing Climate: What Do Researchers and Stakeholders Need to Know?. Earth's Future.
8(8),
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Li, Y., Hu, C., Quigg, A., & Gao, H.
(2019).
Potential influence of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on phytoplankton primary productivity in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Research Letters.
14(9), 094018-094018.
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Li, Y., Gao, H., Jasinski, M. F., Zhang, S., & Stoll, J. D.
(2019).
Deriving High-Resolution Reservoir Bathymetry From ICESat-2 Prototype Photon-Counting Lidar and Landsat Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
57(10), 7883-7893.
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Zhao, G., & Gao, H.
(2019).
Estimating reservoir evaporation losses for the United States: Fusing remote sensing and modeling approaches. Remote Sensing of Environment.
226, 109-124.
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Naz, B. S., Kurtz, W., Montzka, C., Sharples, W., Goergen, K., Keune, J., ... Kollet, S.
(2019).
Improving soil moisture and runoff simulations at 3 km over Europe using land surface data assimilation. From Headwaters to the Ocean: Hydrological Changes and Watershed Management - Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydrological Changes and Management from Headwaters to the Ocean, HYDROCH.
23(1), 277-301.
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Zhao, G., Gao, H., Kao, S., Voisin, N., & Naz, B. S.
(2018).
A modeling framework for evaluating the drought resilience of a surface water supply system under non-stationarity. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY.
563, 22-32.
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Zhao, G., & Gao, H.
(2018).
Automatic Correction of Contaminated Images for Assessment of Reservoir Surface Area Dynamics. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
45(12), 6092-6099.
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Naz, B. S., Kao, S., Ashfaq, M., Gao, H., Rastogi, D., & Gangrade, S.
(2018).
Effects of climate change on streamflow extremes and implications for reservoir inflow in the United States. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY.
556, 359-370.
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McCabe, M. F., Rodell, M., Alsdorf, D. E., Miralles, D. G., Uijlenhoet, R., Wagner, W., ... Wood, E. F.
(2017).
The future of Earth observation in hydrology. From Headwaters to the Ocean: Hydrological Changes and Watershed Management - Proceedings of the International Conference on Hydrological Changes and Management from Headwaters to the Ocean, HYDROCH.
21(7), 3879-3914.
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Lee, K., Gao, H., Huang, M., Sheffield, J., & Shi, X.
(2017).
Corrigendum to “Development and Application of Improved Long-Term Datasets of Surface Hydrology for Texas”. Advances in Meteorology.
2017, 1-4.
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Lee, K., Gao, H., Huang, M., Sheffield, J., & Shi, X.
(2017).
Development and Application of Improved Long-Term Datasets of Surface Hydrology for Texas. Advances in Meteorology.
2017, 1-13.
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Zhao, G., Gao, H., Naz, B. S., Kao, S., & Voisin, N.
(2016).
Integrating a reservoir regulation scheme into a spatially distributed hydrological model. ADV. WATER RESOUR..
98, 16-31.
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Zhao, G., Gao, H., & Cuo, L.
(2016).
Effects of Urbanization and Climate Change on Peak Flows over the San Antonio River Basin, Texas. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
17(9), 2371-2389.
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Zhang, S., & Gao, H.
(2016).
A novel algorithm for monitoring reservoirs under all‐weather conditions at a high temporal resolution through passive microwave remote sensing. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
43(15), 8052-8059.
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Kang, D. H., Gao, H., Shi, X., Islam, S. U., & Déry, S. J.
(2016).
Impacts of a Rapidly Declining Mountain Snowpack on Streamflow Timing in Canada’s Fraser River Basin. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS.
6(1), 19299.
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Gao, H., Zhang, S., Fu, R., Li, W., & Dickinson, R. E.
(2016).
Interannual Variation of the Surface Temperature of Tropical Forests from Satellite Observations. Advances in Meteorology.
2016, 1-11.
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Zhou, T., Nijssen, B., Gao, H., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2016).
The Contribution of Reservoirs to Global Land Surface Water Storage Variations*. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
17(1), 309-325.
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Qiao, X., Tang, Y. a., Hu, J., Zhang, S., Li, J., Kota, S. H., ... Ying, Q. i.
(2015).
Modeling dry and wet deposition of sulfate, nitrate, and ammonium ions in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China using a source-oriented CMAQ model: Part I. Base case model results. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT.
532, 831-839.
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Zhang, S., Gao, H., & Naz, B. S.
(2014).
Monitoring reservoir storage in South Asia from multisatellite remote sensing. WATER RESOUR. RES..
50(11), 8927-8943.
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Nijssen, B., Shukla, S., Lin, C., Gao, H., Zhou, T., Ishottama, .., ... Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2014).
A Prototype Global Drought Information System Based on Multiple Land Surface Models. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
15(4), 1661-1676.
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Leng, G., Huang, M., Tang, Q., Gao, H., & Leung, L. R.
(2014).
Modeling the Effects of Groundwater-Fed Irrigation on Terrestrial Hydrology over the Conterminous United States. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
15(3), 957-972.
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Gao, H., Birkett, C., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2012).
Global monitoring of large reservoir storage from satellite remote sensing. WATER RESOUR. RES..
48(9),
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Gao, H., Bohn, T. J., Podest, E., McDonald, K. C., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2011).
On the causes of the shrinking of Lake Chad. Environmental Research Letters.
6(3), 034021-034021.
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Su, F., Gao, H., Huffman, G. J., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2011).
Potential Utility of the Real-Time TMPA-RT Precipitation Estimates in Streamflow Prediction. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
12(3), 444-455.
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Ni-Meister, W., & Gao, H.
(2011).
Assessing the impacts of vegetation heterogeneity on energy fluxes and snowmelt in boreal forests. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology.
4(1-2), 37-47.
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Waring, R. H., Chen, J., & Gao, H.
(2011).
Plant–water relations at multiple scales: integration from observations, modeling and remote sensing. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology.
4(1-2), 1-2.
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Gao, H., Tang, Q., Ferguson, C. R., Wood, E. F., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2010).
Estimating the water budget of major US river basins via remote sensing. International Journal of Remote Sensing.
31(14), 3955-3978.
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Ferguson, C. R., Sheffield, J., Wood, E. F., & Gao, H.
(2010).
Quantifying uncertainty in a remote sensing-based estimate of evapotranspiration over continental USA. International Journal of Remote Sensing.
31(14), 3821-3865.
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Tang, Q., Gao, H., Yeh, P., Oki, T., Su, F., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2010).
Dynamics of Terrestrial Water Storage Change from Satellite and Surface Observations and Modeling. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
11(1), 156-170.
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Tang, Q., Gao, H., Lu, H., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2009).
Remote sensing: hydrology. PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY-EARTH AND ENVIRONMENT.
33(4), 490-509.
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Juárez, N., Goulden, M. L., Myneni, R. B., Fu, R., Bernardes, S., & Gao, H.
(2008).
An empirical approach to retrieving monthly evapotranspiration over Amazonia. International Journal of Remote Sensing.
29(24), 7045-7063.
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McCabe, M. F., Wood, E. F., Wójcik, R., Pan, M., Sheffield, J., Gao, H., & Su, H.
(2008).
Hydrological consistency using multi-sensor remote sensing data for water and energy cycle studies. Remote Sensing of Environment.
112(2), 430-444.
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Gao, H., Fu, R., Dickinson, R. E., & Juárez, R.
(2008).
A Practical Method for Retrieving Land Surface Temperature from AMSR-E Over the Amazon Forest. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
46(1), 193-199.
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Gao, H., Wood, E. F., Drusch, M., & McCabe, M. F.
(2007).
Copula-Derived Observation Operators for Assimilating TMI and AMSR-E Retrieved Soil Moisture into Land Surface Models. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
8(3), 413-429.
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Gao, H., Wood, E. F., Jackson, T. J., Drusch, M., & Bindlish, R.
(2006).
Using TRMM/TMI to Retrieve Surface Soil Moisture over the Southern United States from 1998 to 2002. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
7(1), 23-38.
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McCabe, M. F., Gao, H., & Wood, E. F.
(2005).
Evaluation of AMSR-E-Derived Soil Moisture Retrievals Using Ground-Based and PSR Airborne Data during SMEX02. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
6(6), 864-877.
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Drusch, M., Wood, E. F., & Gao, H.
(2005).
Observation operators for the direct assimilation of TRMM microwave imager retrieved soil moisture. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
32(15),
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McCabe, M. F., Wood, E. F., & Gao, H.
(2005).
Initial soil moisture retrievals from AMSR‐E: Multiscale comparison using in situ data and rainfall patterns over Iowa. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
32(6), 1-4.
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Drusch, M., Wood, E. F., Gao, H., & Thiele, A.
(2004).
Soil moisture retrieval during the Southern Great Plains Hydrology Experiment 1999: A comparison between experimental remote sensing data and operational products. WATER RESOUR. RES..
40(2),
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Gao, H., Wood, E. F., Drusch, M., Crow, W., & Jackson, T. J.
(2004).
Using a Microwave Emission Model to Estimate Soil Moisture from ESTAR Observations during SGP99. Journal of Hydrometeorology.
5(1), 49-63.
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Yao, Z., Li, W., Gao, H., Zhu, Y., Zhao, B., & Zhang, Q.
(2004).
Satellite microwave remote sensing of flooding. Acta Meteorologica Sinica.
18(1), 95-104.
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Li, W., Tong, K., Gu, S., Yao, Z., Liu, W., Gao, H., ... Liu, H.
(2003).
Study on the application of satellite remote sensing in HUBEX. Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis.
39(SUPPL.), 118.
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Bindlish, R., Jackson, T. J., Wood, E., Gao, H., Starks, P., Bosch, D., & Lakshmi, V.
(2003).
Soil moisture estimates from TRMM Microwave Imager observations over the Southern United States. Remote Sensing of Environment.
85(4), 507-515.
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Wu, Q., Zheng, Y., Li, Y., Gao, H., & Li, W.
(2003).
Analysis of mesoscale convective system in Hubei Province heavy rainfall during July 20-25, 1998. Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban)/Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis.
39(1), 51.
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Gu, S., Gao, H., Zhu, Y., Zhao, B., Lu, N., & Zhang, W.
(2002).
Remote sensing land surface wetness by use of TRMM/TMI microwave data. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.
80(1), 59-63.
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Zhao, B., Yao, Z., Li, W., Yuan, J., Chen, Y., Gao, H., & Zhu, Y.
(2001).
Rainfall Retrieval and Flooding Monitoring in China using TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II.
79(1B), 301-315.
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Li, Y., Gao, H., Allen, G. H., & Zhang, Z.
(2021).
Constructing Reservoir AreaVolumeElevation Curve from TanDEM-X DEM Data. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.
14, 2249-2257.
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conference paper
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Gao, H., & Zhang, S.
(2017).
A Reservoir Storage Estimation Algorithm Using Digital Elevation Data and Image Classifications. 5613-5616.
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Zhang, S., Gao, H., Quigg, A., & Roelke, D. L.
(2016).
Remote Sensing of Spatial-Temporal Variations of Chlorophyll-A in Galveston Bay, Texas. 2012 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM (IGARSS).
5841-5844.
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Wood, E. F., Gao, H., Drusch, M., Jackson, T., & Bindlish, R.
(2003).
Soil Moisture Retrievals over the Southern Great Plains: Comparisons between Experimental Remote Sensing Data and Operational Products. 893-895.
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Gao, H., & Zhang, S.
(2017).
A Reservoir Storage Estimation Algorithm Using Digital Elevation Data and Image Classifications. 5613-5616.
Research
principal investigator on
- Developing a Long Term Global Reservoir Product Series by Fusing Multi-Satellite Observations awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2018 - 2021
- CAREER: Effects of River Inflows on Coastal Ecosystem Sustainability Under Climate Change, Urbanization, and Flow Regulation awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2015 - 2021
- Quantify the Roles of the Different Key Factors in the Houston Flood During Hurricane Harvey awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2018 - 2020
- Estimating reservoir evaporation losses for the contiguous United States awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2017 - 2018
awards and honors
- TEES Young Faculty Award, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2018
- Gulf Research Program Early-Career Research Fellowship, conferred by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2016
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, conferred by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States), 2015
Teaching
teaching activities
- CVEN311 Fluid Dynamics Instructor
- CVEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- CVEN602 Remote Sensing In Hydrology Instructor
- CVEN627 Engr Surface Water Hydro Instructor
- CVEN685 Directed Studies Instructor
- CVEN691 Research Instructor
- EVEN311 Fluid Dynamics Instructor
- WMHS691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States) 2005
Contact
first name
- Huilin
has last name
- Gao
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Civil Engineering
3136 TAMU
College Station, TX 77845
USA
Other
- hgao@tamu.edu