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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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Shah, D., Zhang, S., Sarkar, S., Davidson, C., Zhang, R., Zhao, M., ... Gao, H.
(2024).
Transitioning from MODIS to VIIRS Global Water Reservoir Product. Scientific data.
11(1), 209.
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Shah, D., Zhao, G., Li, Y., Singh, V. P., & Gao, H.
(2024).
Assessing Global Reservoir-Based Hydrological Droughts by Fusing Storage and Evaporation. Geophysical Research Letters.
51(1),
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Shao, M., Fernando, N., Zhu, J., Zhao, G., Kao, S., Zhao, B., Roberts, E., & Gao, H.
(2023).
Estimating Future Surface Water Availability Through an Integrated Climate-Hydrology-Management Modeling Framework at a Basin Scale Under CMIP6 Scenarios. Water Resources Research.
59(7),
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Li, Y., Zhao, G., Allen, G. H., & Gao, H.
(2023).
Diminishing storage returns of reservoir construction. Nature Communications.
14(1), 3203.
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Zhao, B., Kao, S., Zhao, G., Gangrade, S., Rastogi, D., Ashfaq, M., & Gao, H.
(2023).
Evaluating Enhanced Reservoir Evaporation Losses From CMIP6-Based Future Projections in the Contiguous United States. Earth's Future.
11(3),
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Li, X., Fu, D., Nielsen-Gammon, J., Gangrade, S., Kao, S., Chang, P., ... Gao, H.
(2023).
Impacts of climate change on future hurricane induced rainfall and flooding in a coastal watershed: A case study on Hurricane Harvey. Journal of Hydrology.
616, 128774-128774.
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Quinn, N., Sridharan, V., Ramirez-Avila, J., Imen, S., Gao, H., Talchabhadel, R., Kumar, S., & McDonald, W.
(2022).
Applications of GIS and remote sensing in public participation and stakeholder engagement for watershed management. 4, 18149-18149.
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Zhao, G., Li, Y., Zhou, L., & Gao, H.
(2022).
Evaporative water loss of 1.42 million global lakes. Nature Communications.
13(1), 3686.
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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 US*. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS.
16(3), 034003-034003.
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Li, Y., Gao, H., Allen, G. H., & Zhang, Z.
(2021).
Constructing Reservoir Area-Volume-Elevation 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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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, 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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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: an interdisciplinary journal.
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. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
23(1), 277-301.
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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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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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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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Lee, K., Gao, H., Huang, M., Sheffield, J., & Shi, X.
(2017).
Development and Application of Improved Long-Term Datasets of Surface Hydrology for Texas (vol 2017, 8485130, 2017). Advances in Meteorology.
2017, 1-4.
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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. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
21(7), 3879-3914.
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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., & Dry, 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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Zhao, G., Gao, H., Naz, B. S., Kao, S., & Voisin, N.
(2016).
Integrating a reservoir regulation scheme into a spatially distributed hydrological model. Advances in Water Resources.
98, 16-31.
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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*. 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 Resources Research.
50(11), 8927-8943.
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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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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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Gao, H., Birkett, C., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2012).
Global monitoring of large reservoir storage from satellite remote sensing. Water Resources Research.
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. Journal of Plant Ecology.
4(1-2), 37-47.
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Waring, R. H., Chen, J., & Gao, H.
(2011).
Plantwater relations at multiple scales: integration from observations, modeling and remote sensing. Journal of Plant Ecology.
4(1-2), 1-2.
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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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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., Lu, H., & Lettenmaier, D. P.
(2009).
Remote sensing: hydrology. Progress in Physical Geography: an international review of geographical work in the natural and environmental sciences.
33(4), 490-509.
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Jurez, 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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Gao, H., Fu, R., Dickinson, R. E., & Jurez, 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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McCabe, M. F., Wood, E. F., Wjcik, 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: an interdisciplinary journal.
112(2), 430-444.
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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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McCabe, M. F., Wood, E. F., & Gao, H.
(2005).
Initial soil moisture retrievals from AMSRE: 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.
(2005).
Observation operators for the direct assimilation of TRMM microwave imager retrieved soil moisture. Geophysical Research Letters.
32(15),
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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 Resources Research.
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 da xue xue bao. Zi ran ke xue bao.
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: an interdisciplinary journal.
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 da xue xue bao. Zi ran ke xue bao.
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.
79(1B), 301-315.
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Ellis, E. A., Allen, G. H., Riggs, R. M., Gao, H., Li, Y., & Carey, C. C.
Bridging the divide between inland water quantity and quality with satellite remote sensing: An interdisciplinary review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water.
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Shah, D., Zhang, S., Sarkar, S., Davidson, C., Zhang, R., Zhao, M., ... Gao, H.
(2024).
Transitioning from MODIS to VIIRS Global Water Reservoir Product. Scientific data.
11(1), 209.
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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. 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
Teaching
teaching activities
- CVEN311 Fluid Dynamics Instructor
- CVEN491 Hnr-research Instructor
- CVEN602 Remote Sensing In Hydrology Instructor
- CVEN627 Engr Surface Water Hydro Instructor
- CVEN681 Seminar 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
awards and honors
- TEES Young Faculty Fellow, 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
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