Professional Experience and Education

 

• Ph.D.      Organismal Biology & Ecology, University of Montana, USA, 2009
• M.Eng.    Hydrology, Hohai University, China, 2005
• B.Eng.    Hydrology (honors), Hohai University, China, 2002

 

Research Interests

Ke’s research interests involve water and carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, remote sensing, hydrological and ecosystem process modeling, and climate changes. His Ph.D. research focused on the cycling of water and carbon in the Pan-Arctic region and the effects of climate changes on ecosystem productivity and regional water balance using satellite remote sensing.

His current work is to develop a satellite-based algorithm to quantify land surface energy fluxes and water fluxes, produce a long-term record of land surface evapotranspiration, and analyze the effects of climate change on the surface energy and water balance.

 

Publications

• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, Q. Mu, L.A. Jones, S.J. Goetz and S.W. Running. Satellite based analysis of northern ET trends and associated changes in the regional water balance from 1983 to 2005, Journal of Hydrology, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.047.
• Kimball, J.S., L.A. Jones, K. Zhang, F.A. Heinsch, K.C. McDonald and W.C. Oechel (2009). A satellite approach to estimate land-atmosphere CO2 exchange for boreal and Arctic biomes using MODIS and AMSR-E, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47(2), 569-587.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, E.H. Hogg, M. Zhao, W.C. Oechel, J.J. Cassano and S.W. Running (2008). Satellite-based model detection of recent climate-driven changes in northern high latitude vegetation productivity, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, G03033, doi:10.1029/2007JG000621.
• Li, Z. and K. Zhang (2008). Comparison of three GIS-based hydrological models, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13(5), 364-370.
• Li, Z., C. Yao and K. Zhang (2008). Grid-based hydrological models, in Application and Research of Hydrological Modelling, edited by Z. Li, pp. 148-207, Hohai University Press, Nanjing, China.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald, J.J. Cassano and S.W. Running (2007). Impacts of large-scale oscillations on pan-Arctic terrestrial net primary production, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L21403, doi:10.1029/2007GL031605.
• Bunn, A.G., S.J. Goetz, J.S. Kimball and K. Zhang (2007). Northern high latitude ecosystems respond to recent climate change, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88 (34), 333-340.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, M. Zhao, W.C. Oechel, J. Cassano and S.W. Running (2007). Sensitivity of pan-Arctic terrestrial net primary productivity simulations to daily surface meteorology from NCEP-NCAR and ERA-40 reanalyses, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, G01011, doi: 10.1029/2006JG000249.
• Li, Z., K. Zhang and C. Yao (2006). Comparison of distributed geological models based on GIS technology and DEM, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society, 37(8), 1022-1028.
• Zhang, K., Z. Li and H. Bao (2005). Comparison between GTOPMODEL and TOPMODEL, Journal of Hohai University (Natural Sciences), 33(5), 509-512.
• Zhang, K., Y. Guo, Z. Li and J. Liu (2005). DEM-based watershed information extracting method and its application, Water Power, 31(2), 18-21.

Selected Publications

• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, L.A. Jones, Q. Mu and S.W. Running (2009). Analysis of northern ET trends and associated regional water balance changes using satellite inputs and meteorology reanalysis from 1983 to 2005. 30th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, Q. Mu and S.W. Running (2009). Satellite-derived global long-term terrestrial evapotranspiration estimates. 4th Global Vegetation Workshop, Missoula, Montana.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, E.H. Hogg, K.C. McDonald and W.C. Oechel (2009). Satellite based analysis of recent changes in ET and the terrestrial water balance over Canada and Alaska: Implications for vegetation productivity and the northern carbon cycle. 2nd NACP All-Investigators Meeting, San Diego, California.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, Q. Mu, L.A. Jones, S. J. Goetz and S.W. Running (2008). Satellite based analysis of northern ET trends and associated changes in regional water balance from 1983 to 2005. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H43G-1096.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, K.C. McDonald, J.J. Cassano and S.W. Running (2007). Impacts of large-scale oscillations on northern high-latitude terrestrial net primary production.Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U31C-0501.
• Kimball, J.S., K. Zhang, T. Hogg, K.C. McDonald and W.C. Oechel (2007). Satellite Detection of Recent Drought-Induced Decline in Vegetation Productivity for the Pan-Arctic Basin and Alaska. NASA SMAP Science Workshop, Arlington, Virginia.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, T. Hogg, M. Zhao, W.C. Oechel and S.W. Running (2006). Remotely Sensed Variations of Pan-Arctic Terrestrial Vegetation Productivity from 1982-2005. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U33A-0007.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, T. Hogg, M. Zhao, W.C. Oechel and S.W. Running (2006). Satellite observations of pan-Arctic terrestrial net primary productivity from 1982-2005. Joint Workshop on NASA Biodiversity, Terrestrial Ecology, and Related Applied Sciences, Adelphi, Maryland.
• Zhang, K., J.S. Kimball, M. Zhao, W.C. Oechel and S.W. Running (2006). Analysis of Pan-Arctic Terrestrial Net Primary Productivity from 1982-2005 by Combining AVHRR and MODIS Products. Global Vegetation Workshop 2006, Missoula, Montana.
• Kimball, J.S. and K. Zhang (2006). Multi-scale Assessment of Arctic Terrestrial-Atmosphere Carbon and Water Cycle Interactions. NSF ARCSS Workshop, Seattle, Washington.