Dr. Wenping Yuan
Post Doctor
Department of Botany and Microbiology
University of Oklahoma                                           
Norman , OK 73019
United States

E-mail: wenpingyuancn@yahoo.com

Tel: +1-405-325-2360

Education

Ph.D. in Ecology, Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, Sep, 2001~Feb, 2007;

B.S. in Ecology, Inner Mongolia University, China, Sep, 1997~Jul, 2001; 

Academic skills

Work experiences in the DGVM (Dynamic Global Vegetation Model), especially for IBIS (Integrated Biosphere Simulator) and DCTEM (Dynamic Chinese Terrestrial Ecosystems Model) model;

Work experiences on CO₂ eddy flux data quality control, analysis and application;

Extensive work experiences in computer program, including C, FORTRAN and Java;

Work experiences on plant physiology, such as photosynthesis, soil respiration and so on;

Experiences on research projects management, including writing annual project reports, checking work progress; 

Research experiences

Conducted analysis of net ecosystem exchange data measured at eddy flux network and investigated the trend and causes of interannual variability in Net Ecosystem Exchange and other biogeochemical processes that regulate the biosphere-atmosphere exchange at local and regional scales

Developed and validated light use efficiency (LUE) daily gross primary production model (EC-LUE) from eddy covariance (EC) measurements and satellite data with Prof. Liu.

Improved and validated the DCTEM (Dynamic Chinese Terrestrial Ecosystems Model) from the followings, (1) Integrated a simple daily resource-dependent photosynthate allocation scheme into the DCTEM, (2) Calculated LAI (Leaf Area Index) more accurately by the method of specific leaf area, (3) Improved the canopy physiology module in DCTEM, (4) Ran DCTEM through China grassland ecosystems on 10×10km grids.

Studied relationships between two phenophases (bud-burst in spring and leaf-fall in autumn) and environmental factors of dominant grass species in typical grassland of North China and developed a phenology model derived by water and heat for simulating for the phenophases of grass species. 

Publications

1. Wenping Yuan and Yiqi Luo. 2007. Latitudinal patterns of interannual variability in net ecosystem exchange derived from FLUXNET measurements. (In preparation)

2. Wenping Yuan and Yiqi Luo. 2007. Acclimation of net ecosystem exchange to temperature. (In preparation)

3. Wenping Yuan, Shuguang Liu, Guangsheng Zhou Guoyi Zhou, Larry L. Tieszen, Dennis Baldocchi, Christian Bernhofer, Henry Gholz, Allen H. Goldstein, Michael L. Goulden, David Y. Hollinger, Yueming Hu, Beverly E. Law, Paul C. Stoy, Timo Vesala, Steve Wofsy. 2007. Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 143(3-4): 189-207.

4. Wenping Yuan, Guangsheng Zhou, Yuhui Wang et al. 2007. Simulating phenological characteristics of two dominant species in typical steppe ecosystem. Ecological Research, 10.1007/s11284-006-0318-z.

5. Wenping Yuan, Guangsheng Zhou, Yuhui Wang et al. 2007. Responses of dominant species phenology to climate change in typical grassland of Northern China. Climatic Change (In review).

6. Wenping Yuan, Guangsheng Zhou, Shuguang Liu. 2006. Cross-biome modeling of daily light use efficiency based on eddy covariance flux data. Abstract for 1st iLEAPS Science Conference in Boulder, Colorado, USA.

7. Wenping Yuan, Guangsheng Zhou. 2005. Responses of three Stipa communities net primary productivity along Northeast China Transect to seasonal distribution of precipitation. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 16(4): 605-609 (In Chinese with English abstract).

8. Wenping Yuan, Guangsheng Zhou. 2004. Comparison between standardized precipitation index and Z-index in China. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica, 28(4): 523-529 (In Chinese with English abstract).

9. Wenping Yuan, Guangsheng Zhou. 2004. Theoretical study and research prospect on drought indices. Advances in Earth Science, 19(6): 982-991 (In Chinese with English abstract).

10. Bingrui Jia, Guangsheng Zhou and Wenping Yuan. 2007. Modeling and coupling of soil respiration and soil water content in fenced Leymus chinensis steppe, Inner Mongolia. Ecological Modeling, 201(2): 157-162.

11. Bingrui Jia, Guangsheng Zhou, Fengyu Wang, Yuhui Wang, Wenping Yuan and Li Zhou. 2006. Partitioning root and microbial contributions to soil respiration in Leymus chinensis populations. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 38(4), 653-660.

12. Hongkang Chi, Guangsheng Zhou, Zhenzhu Xu, Chunwang Xiao and Wenping Yuan. 2005. Apparent reflectance and its applications in vegetation remote sensing. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica, 29(1): 74~80 (In Chinese with English abstract).

13. Guangsheng Zhou, Li Zhou and Wenping Yuan. 2004. Earth environment and life processes. Advances in Earth Science, 19(5): 706-711 (In Chinese with English abstract).

14. Zhenying Huang, Xuejun Dong, Gaoming Jiang and Wenping Yuan. 2001. Primary studies on the daily dynamic changes of photosynthesis and transpiration of Salix psammophila. Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occident. Sin, 22(4):817-823 (In Chinese with English abstract).