Dr Wenxin Zhang
- Reader in Ecosystem-Geosphere Modelling (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)
Biography
I am an Earth system scientist dedicated to understanding terrestrial ecosystem dynamics and their feedback to the climate system across spatial and temporal scales. My expertise lies in using various modeling tools to simulate vegetation dynamics, soil biogeochemistry, hydrology, permafrost, and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to quantify biogeophysical and biogeochemical responses and feedbacks to the climate system under anthropogenic warming.
I work with multiple models, including the climate-plant-soil continuum model (CoupModel) at landscape/plot-scale and soil pore-space scale, the dynamic global vegetation model (LPJ-GUESS) at regional and global scales, the regional Earth system model (RCA-GUESS and RCAO-GUESS) for the pan-Arctic and Baltic Sea domain, and the global Earth system model (EC-Earth), one of the CMIP6 Earth system models.
My previous employment:
- 2021.10 – 2024.12, Researcher (Principal Investigator), Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
- 2019.10 – 2021.09, Researcher (80%), Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden;Assistant Professor (20%), Faculty of Science/Dept. of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2018.08 – 2019.09, Researcher, Faculty of Science/Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
- 2015.08 – 2018.07, Postdoc, Faculty of Science/Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
- 2015.02 - 2015.07, Research associate, Faculty of Science/Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
Education
- 2010.11 - 2015.02, Ph.D. in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden. Supervisors: Ben Smith and Paul A. Miller. Thesis title: The role of biogeophysical feedbacks and their impacts in the arctic and boreal climate system.
- 2008.08-2010.10, M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Supervisor: Per-Erik, Jansson. Thesis title: Long-term Trend of Evapotranspiration in Sweden Affected by Climate Change or Land-use Change, 2010.
- 2001.09 - 2005.06, B.A. in Environmental Engineering, Nanjing University, China
Job
- 2005.07-2008.07, Environmental Engineer, Nanjing University Environmental Coopration
Research interests
- Arctic vegetation greening and browning and their feedbacks on Earth system
- Permafrost dynamics and their impacts on terrestiral carbon and water cycle
- Agriculture management, soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions
- Model-data fusion using multi-source Earth observations
- Arctic plant dynamics and its interaction with soil and mycorrizal fungi
- Arctic lake modelling
- Peatland and global methane budget
- Climate extremes
- Hybrid modelling of physic-based model and deep-learning
Publications
Prior publications
Article
Lu-Yang Wang, Qing-Bai Wu, Dong-Liang Luo, Guan-Li Jiang, Wen-Xin Zhang, Zi-Teng Fu, Xiao-Ming Xu, Si-Ru Gao, Wen-Yan Du (2025) Warming‒wetting and continentality co-modulate the effect of desertification on permafrost degradation on the Qinghai‒Xizang Plateau Advances in Climate Change Research Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.accre.2025.09.001)
Shixiong Du, Huaiwei Sun, Baowei Yan, Changmei Liang, Deliang Chen, Xiaoya Deng, Jie Xue, Haichen Li, Wenxin Zhang (2025) China's electricity transmission reduces carbon emissions but causes water resource depletion Energy Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.138764)
Huaiwei Sun et al. (2025) Explore the relationship between Bowen ratio and evapotranspiration in wetlands using the maximum entropy production model Journal of Hydrology Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.133586)
Mengge Lu, Huaiwei Sun, Jie Xue, Fulong Chen, Leying Fu, Siyue Li, Hui Qin, Wenxin Zhang (2025) Assessing the Long-Term Trends and Impacts of Water Resource System Resilience in the Yangtze River Basin Journal of the American Water Resources Association Lund University. (doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.70053)
Jianting Zhao et al. (2025) The thermal state of permafrost under climate change on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (1980-2022) Cryosphere Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/tc-19-4211-2025)
Peiyan Wang, Bingqian Zhao, Line Vinther Hansen, Wenxin Zhang, Louise H. Mortensen, Andreas Brændholt, Sander Bruun, Per Ambus, Bo Elberling (2025) Linking Ecosystem CH4 Fluxes to Soil Profile CH4 Concentrations and Oxidation Rates: Year‐Round Measurements and Drought Effects in a Danish Farmland Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences Crossref. (doi: 10.1029/2025JG008829)
Huiwen Li, Yue Cao, Jingfeng Xiao, Wenxin Zhang, Yiping Wu, Arshad Ali, Zuoqiang Yuan (2025) Unveiling uncertainties in soil organic carbon modeling Environmental Modelling and Software Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2025.106537)
Biqing Zhu et al. (2025) Warming of northern peatlands increases the global temperature overshoot challenge One Earth Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101353)
Marielle Saunois, Wenxin Zhang, Qianlai Zhuang, et al. (2025) Global Methane Budget 2000-2020 Earth System Science Data Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/essd-17-1873-2025)
Bingqian Zhao, Wenxin Zhang, Peiyan Wang, Ludovica D'Imperio, Yijing Liu, Bo Elberling (2025) Predicting CO2 and CH4 fluxes and their seasonal variations in a subarctic wetland under two shared socioeconomic pathway climate scenarios Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110359)
Mirseid Akperov, Wenxin Zhang, Torben Koenigk, Alexey Eliseev, Vladimir A. Semenov, Igor I. Mokhov (2025) Projected changes in near-surface wind speed in the Arctic by a regional climate model Polar Science Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.polar.2024.101162)
Peiyan Wang, Bingqian Zhao, Line Vinther Hansen, Wenxin Zhang, Louise Hindborg Mortensen, Andreas Brændholt, Sander Bruun, Per Lennart Ambus, Be Elberling (2025) Linking ecosystem CH4 fluxes to soil profile CH4 concentrations and oxidation rates: year-round measurements and drought effects in a Danish farmland Crossref. (doi: 10.22541/essoar.174000869.90234423/v1)
Mengge Lu, Huaiwei Sun, Yong Yang, Jie Xue, Hongbo Ling, Hong Zhang, Wenxin Zhang (2025) Assessing recovery time of ecosystems in China Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/hess-29-613-2025)
Hanna Marsh, Hongxiao Jin, Zheng Duan, Jutta Holst, Lars Eklundh, Wenxin Zhang (2025) Plant Phenology Index leveraging over conventional vegetation indices to establish a new remote sensing benchmark of GPP for northern ecosystems International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.104289)
Metcalfe, D.B. et al. (2025) Gaps in tropical science from unrepresentative distribution of sampling and citation across natural terrestrial environments Nature Communications Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 20411723 (doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-67617-4)
Du, S. et al. (2025) Policy implications of energy-water-carbon emissions nexus based on national policies in China Energy Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 03605442 18736785 (doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2025.138950)
Hu, G. et al. (2025) The crucial role of ground ice in slowing permafrost degradation Science Bulletin Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 20959273 20959281 (doi: 10.1016/j.scib.2025.11.042)
Shuo Liu, Lina Che, Luhe Wan, Wenxin Zhang, Ji Chen (2025) Wetland types and soil properties shape microbial communities in permafrost-degraded swamps Catena Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108666)
Mousong Wu, Shengnan Zhu, Hongxing He, Xinyao Zhang, Chunyu Wang, Sien Li, Wenxin Zhang, Per Erik Jansson (2024) Modeling the recent drought and thinning impacts on energy, water and carbon fluxes in a boreal forest Science of the Total Environment Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177187)
Cheng Li, Yunxin Zhang, Jingui Wang, Hao Feng, Renyou Zhang, Wenxin Zhang, Kadambot H.M. Siddique (2024) Considering water-temperature synergistic factors improves simulations of stomatal conductance models under plastic film mulching Agricultural Water Management Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.109211)
Qing Zhu et al. (2024) Critical needs to close monitoring gaps in pan-tropical wetland CH4 emissions Environmental Research Letters Lund University. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad8019)
Lei He et al. (2024) Asymmetric temperature effect on leaf senescence and its control on ecosystem productivity PNAS Nexus Crossref. (doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae477)
Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu et al. (2024) Comparison of observation- and inventory-based methane emissions for eight large global emitters Earth System Science Data Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/essd-16-4325-2024)
Yijing Liu, Wenxin Zhang, Birgitte Kortegaard Danielsen, Bo Elberling, Birger U. Hansen, Andreas Westergaard-Nielsen (2024) Snow redistribution decreases winter soil carbon loss in the Arctic dry heath tundra Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110158)
Xiaoxiao Li, Huaiwei Sun, Yong Yang, Xunlai Sun, Ming Xiong, Shuo Ouyang, Haichen Li, Hui Qin, Wenxin Zhang (2024) Different Vegetation Covers Leading to the Uncertainty and Consistency of ET Estimation: A Case Study Assessment with Extended Triple Collocation Remote Sensing Crossref. (doi: 10.3390/rs16132484)
Mengge Lu, Huaiwei Sun, Lei Cheng, Siyue Li, Hui Qin, Shanzhen Yi, Hong Zhang, Wenxin Zhang (2024) Heterogeneity in vegetation recovery rates post-flash droughts across different ecosystems Environmental Research Letters Lund University. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad5570)
Liu, S., Zhang, W., Huang, Q., Wang, R., Huang, G. (2024) Assessment of irrigation and groundwater management strategies in cold arid areas with shallow groundwater tables using a coupled year-round agro-hydrological model Journal of Hydrology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00221694 (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130858)
Du, S. et al. (2024) Evaluating the potential benefits of float solar photovoltaics through the water footprint recovery period Journal of Cleaner Production Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 09596526 (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141399)
Li, C., Wang, J., Zhang, Y., Feng, H., Zhang, W., Siddique, K.H.M. (2024) Response of plastic film mulched maize to soil and atmospheric water stresses in an arid irrigation area European Journal of Agronomy Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 11610301 (doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2024.127080)
Zastruzny, S.F., Ingeman-Nielsen, T., Zhang, W., Elberling, B. (2023) Accelerated permafrost thaw and increased drainage in the active layer: Responses from experimental surface alteration Cold Regions Science and Technology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 0165232X (doi: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2023.103899)
Wang, L., Wu, Q., Zhang, W., Fu, Z., Gao, S. (2023) Aeolian sand cover affects the soil hydrothermal state and permafrost degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Geoderma Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00167061 (doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116515)
Zhao, R., Zhang, W., Duan, Z., Chen, S., Shi, Z. (2023) An improved estimate of soil carbon pool and carbon fluxes in the Qinghai-Tibetan grasslands using data assimilation with an ecosystem biogeochemical model Geoderma Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00167061 (doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116283)
Liu, S., Huang, Q., Zhang, W., Ren, D., Xu, X., Xiong, Y., Huang, G. (2023) An improved estimation of soil water and salt dynamics by considering soil bulk density changes under freeze/thaw conditions in arid areas with shallow groundwater tables Science of the Total Environment Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00489697 18791026 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160342)
Zhang, Z. et al. (2023) Characterizing Performance of Freshwater Wetland Methane Models Across Time Scales at FLUXNET-CH4 Sites Using Wavelet Analyses Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 21698953 21698961 (doi: 10.1029/2022JG007259)
Wang, C., Li, S., Wu, M., Zhang, W., Guo, Z., Huang, S., Yang, D. (2023) Co-regulation of temperature and moisture in the irrigated agricultural ecosystem productivity Agricultural Water Management Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 03783774 18732283 (doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.108016)
Ito, A. et al. (2023) Cold-Season Methane Fluxes Simulated by GCP-CH4 Models Geophysical Research Letters Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00948276 19448007 (doi: 10.1029/2023GL103037)
Zhang, W. et al. (2023) Convergence and divergence emerging in climatic controls of polynomial trends for northern ecosystem productivity over 2000–2018 Science of the Total Environment Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00489697 18791026 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162425)
Sun, H., Sun, X., Chen, J., Deng, X., Yang, Y., Qin, H., Chen, F., Zhang, W. (2023) Different types of meteorological drought and their impact on agriculture in Central China Journal of Hydrology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00221694 (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130423)
Yang, D., Li, S., Wu, M., Yang, H., Zhang, W., Chen, J., Wang, C., Huang, S., Zhang, R., Zhang, Y. (2023) Drip irrigation improves spring wheat water productivity by reducing leaf area while increasing yield European Journal of Agronomy Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 11610301 (doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2022.126710)
Mu, C. et al. (2023) Ecosystem CO2 Exchange and Its Economic Implications in Northern Permafrost Regions in the 21st Century Global Biogeochemical Cycles Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 08866236 19449224 (doi: 10.1029/2023GB007750)
Chen, H. et al. (2023) Forecasting the human and climate impacts on groundwater resources in the irrigated agricultural region of North China Plain Hydrological Processes Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 08856087 10991085 (doi: 10.1002/hyp.14853)
Akperov, M. et al. (2023) Future projections of wind energy potentials in the arctic for the 21st century under the RCP8.5 scenario from regional climate models (Arctic-CORDEX) Anthropocene Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 22133054 (doi: 10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100402)
Liu, S., Huang, Q., Zhang, W., Ren, D., Huang, G. (2023) Improving soil hydrological simulation under freeze–thaw conditions by considering soil deformation and its impact on soil hydrothermal properties Journal of Hydrology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00221694 (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129336)
Li, C., Wang, N., Luo, X., Li, Y., Zhang, T., Ding, D., Dong, Q., Feng, H., Zhang, W. (2023) Introducing water factors improves simulations of maize stomatal conductance models under plastic film mulching in arid and semi-arid irrigation areas Journal of Hydrology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00221694 (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128908)
Xing, X. et al. (2023) Modeling China's terrestrial ecosystem gross primary productivity with BEPS model: Parameter sensitivity analysis and model calibration Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01681923 (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109789)
Zhang, J., Kolstad, E.L., Zhang, W., Vogeler, I., Petersen, Sø.O. (2023) Modeling coupled nitrification-denitrification in soil with an organic hotspot Biogeosciences Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 17264170 17264189 (doi: 10.5194/bg-20-3895-2023)
He, L. et al. (2023) Non-symmetric responses of leaf onset date to natural warming and cooling in northern ecosystems Pnas Nexus Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 27526542 (doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad308)
Chang, K.-Y. et al. (2023) Observational constraints reduce model spread but not uncertainty in global wetland methane emission estimates Global Change Biology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 13541013 13652486 (doi: 10.1111/gcb.16755)
Sun, H., Lu, M., Yang, Y., Chen, J., Wang, J., Yan, D., Xue, J., Zhang, W. (2023) Revisiting the role of transpiration in the variation of ecosystem water use efficiency in China Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01681923 (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109344)
Li, C., Luo, X., Li, Y., Wang, N., Zhang, T., Dong, Q., Feng, H., Zhang, W., Siddique, K.H.M. (2023) Ridge planting with transparent plastic mulching improves maize productivity by regulating the distribution and utilization of soil water, heat, and canopy radiation in arid irrigation area Agricultural Water Management Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 03783774 18732283 (doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108230)
Ni, J., Gao, H., Qin, Y., Zhang, W., He, T., Yong, L., Feng, Z. (2023) The simulation of hydrological elements and climate change impacts in typical basins of Tianshan Mountains,天山典型流域水文多要素模拟与气候变化影响预估 Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 10000240 (doi: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-0240.2023.0143)
Li, X., Zhang, W., Vermeulen, A., Dong, J., Duan, Z. (2023) Triple collocation-based merging of multi-source gridded evapotranspiration data in the Nordic Region Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01681923 (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109451)
Yun, H., Zhu, Q., Tang, J., Zhang, W., Chen, D., Ciais, P., Wu, Q., Elberling, B. (2023) Warming, permafrost thaw and increased nitrogen availability as drivers for plant composition and growth across the Tibetan Plateau Soil Biology and Biochemistry Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00380717 (doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109041)
Hu, G. et al. (2023) Water and heat coupling processes and its simulation in frozen soils: Current status and future research directions Catena Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 03418162 (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2022.106844)
Wang, C., Li, S., Wu, M., Zhang, W., He, H., Yang, D., Huang, S., Guo, Z., Xing, X. (2023) Water use efficiency control for a maize field under mulched drip irrigation Science of the Total Environment Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00489697 18791026 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159457)
Qiu, C. et al. (2022) A strong mitigation scenario maintains climate neutrality of northern peatlands One Earth Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 25903330 25903322 (doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.12.008)
Yan, D., Chen, L., Sun, H., Liao, W., Chen, H., Wei, G., Zhang, W., Tuo, Y. (2022) Allocation of ecological water rights considering ecological networks in arid watersheds: A framework and case study of Tarim River basin Agricultural Water Management Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 03783774 18732283 (doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107636)
Wang, X., Ou, T., Zhang, W., Ran, Y. (2022) An Overview of Vegetation Dynamics Revealed by Remote Sensing and Its Feedback to Regional and Global Climate Remote Sensing Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 20724292 (doi: 10.3390/rs14205275)
Yang, Y., Sun, H., Zhu, M., Wang, J., Zhang, W. (2022) An R package of maximum entropy production model to estimate 41 years of global evapotranspiration Journal of Hydrology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00221694 (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128639)
Sun, H., Chen, J., Yang, Y., Yan, D., Xue, J., Wang, J., Zhang, W. (2022) Assessment of long-term water stress for ecosystems across China using the maximum entropy production theory-based evapotranspiration product Journal of Cleaner Production Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 09596526 (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131414)
Rasmussen, L.H., Zhang, W., Ambus, P., Michelsen, A., Jansson, P.-E., Kitzler, B., Elberling, B. (2022) Correction to: Nitrogen transport in a tundra landscape: the effects of early and late growing season lateral N inputs on arctic soil and plant N pools and N2O fluxes (Biogeochemistry, (2022), 157, 1, (69-84), 10.1007/s10533-021-00855-y) Biogeochemistry Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01682563 1573515X (doi: 10.1007/s10533-021-00875-8)
Marsh, H., Zhang, W. (2022) Direct and Legacy Effects of Spring Temperature Anomalies on Seasonal Productivity in Northern Ecosystems Remote Sensing Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 20724292 (doi: 10.3390/rs14092007)
Wu, X., Zhang, W., Mu, C. (2022) Editorial: Permafrost degradation affects hydrology, ecology, and carbon cycle Frontiers in Environmental Science Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 2296665X (doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1053941)
Chaudhary, N., Zhang, W., Lamba, S., Westermann, S. (2022) Modeling Pan-Arctic Peatland Carbon Dynamics Under Alternative Warming Scenarios Geophysical Research Letters Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00948276 19448007 (doi: 10.1029/2021GL095276)
Zhang, J., Zhang, W., Jansson, P.-E., Petersen, Sø.O. (2022) Modeling nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soil incubation experiments using CoupModel Biogeosciences Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 17264170 17264189 (doi: 10.5194/bg-19-4811-2022)
Rasmussen, L.H., Zhang, W., Ambus, P., Jansson, P.-E., Kitzler, B., Elberling, B. (2022) Modelling impacts of lateral N flows and seasonal warming on an arctic footslope ecosystem N budget and N2O emissions based on species-level responses Biogeochemistry Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01682563 1573515X (doi: 10.1007/s10533-022-00894-z)
Wang, C. et al. (2022) Modelling water and energy fluxes with an explicit representation of irrigation under mulch in a maize field Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01681923 (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109145)
Rasmussen, L.H., Zhang, W., Ambus, P., Michelsen, A., Jansson, P.-E., Kitzler, B., Elberling, B. (2022) Nitrogen transport in a tundra landscape: the effects of early and late growing season lateral N inputs on arctic soil and plant N pools and N2O fluxes Biogeochemistry Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01682563 1573515X (doi: 10.1007/s10533-021-00855-y)
Du, S., Wu, R., Sun, H., Yan, D., Xue, J., Liao, W., Tuo, Y., Zhang, W. (2022) Projection of Precipitation Extremes and Flood Risk in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Frontiers in Environmental Science Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 2296665X (doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.887323)
Wu, T. et al. (2022) Storage, patterns, and environmental controls of soil organic carbon stocks in the permafrost regions of the Northern Hemisphere Science of the Total Environment Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00489697 18791026 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154464)
Sun, H., Bai, Y., Yang, Y., Lu, M., Yan, D., Tuo, Y., Zhang, W. (2022) The altered drivers of evapotranspiration trends around the recent warming hiatus in China International Journal of Climatology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 08998418 10970088 (doi: 10.1002/joc.7732)
Yun, H. et al. (2022) Warming and Increased Respiration Have Transformed an Alpine Steppe Ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau From a Carbon Dioxide Sink Into a Source Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 21698953 21698961 (doi: 10.1029/2021JG006406)
Fu, Z., Wu, Q., Zhang, W., He, H., Wang, L. (2022) Water Migration and Segregated Ice Formation in Frozen Ground: Current Advances and Future Perspectives Frontiers in Earth Science Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 22966463 (doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.826961)
Gao, H. et al. (2021) Assessing glacier retreat and its impact on water resources in a headwater of Yangtze River based on CMIP6 projections Science of the Total Environment Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00489697 18791026 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142774)
Xue, S.-Y. et al. (2021) Changes in different land cover areas and NDVI values in northern latitudes from 1982 to 2015 Advances in Climate Change Research Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 16749278 (doi: 10.1016/j.accre.2021.04.003)
Sun, H., Bai, Y., Lu, M., Wang, J., Tuo, Y., Yan, D., Zhang, W. (2021) Drivers of the water use efficiency changes in China during 1982–2015 Science of the Total Environment Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00489697 18791026 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149145)
Wu, M. et al. (2021) Improved soil hydrological modeling with the implementation of salt-induced freezing point depression in CoupModel: Model calibration and validation Journal of Hydrology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00221694 (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125693)
Lu, M., Sun, H., Yan, D., Xue, J., Yi, S., Gui, D., Tuo, Y., Zhang, W. (2021) Projections of thermal growing season indices over China under global warming of 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C Science of the Total Environment Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00489697 18791026 (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146774)
Zhao, B., Sun, H., Yan, D., Wei, G., Tuo, Y., Zhang, W. (2021) Quantifying changes and drivers of runoff in the Kaidu River Basin associated with plausible climate scenarios Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 22145818 (doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100968)
Akperov, M., Zhang, W., Miller, P.A., Mokhov, I.I., Semenov, V.A., Matthes, H., Smith, B., Rinke, A. (2021) Responses of Arctic cyclones to biogeophysical feedbacks under future warming scenarios in a regional Earth system model Environmental Research Letters Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 17489318 17489326 (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac0566)
Wu, M., Tan, X., Wu, J., Huang, J., Jansson, P.-E., Zhang, W. (2020) Coupled water transport and heat flux in seasonally frozen soils: uncertainties identification in multi-site calibration Environmental Earth Sciences Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 18666280 18666299 (doi: 10.1007/s12665-020-09262-2)
Andresen, C.G. et al. (2020) Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region-a model intercomparison Cryosphere Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 19940416 19940424 (doi: 10.5194/tc-14-445-2020)
Zhang, W., Döscher, R., Koenigk, T., Miller, P.A., Jansson, C., Samuelsson, P., Wu, M., Smith, B. (2020) The Interplay of Recent Vegetation and Sea Ice Dynamics—Results From a Regional Earth System Model Over the Arctic Geophysical Research Letters Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00948276 19448007 (doi: 10.1029/2019GL085982)
Saunois, M. et al. (2020) The global methane budget 2000-2017 Earth System Science Data Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 18663508 18663516 (doi: 10.5194/essd-12-1561-2020)
Akperov, M. et al. (2019) Future projections of cyclone activity in the Arctic for the 21st century from regional climate models (Arctic-CORDEX) Global and Planetary Change Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 09218181 (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103005)
Wu, M., Ran, Y., Jansson, P.-E., Chen, P., Tan, X., Zhang, W. (2019) Global parameters sensitivity analysis of modeling water, energy and carbon exchange of an arid agricultural ecosystem Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01681923 (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.03.007)
Tsuruta, A. et al. (2019) Methane budget estimates in Finland from the CarbonTracker Europe-CH4 data assimilation system Tellus Series B Chemical and Physical Meteorology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 02806509 16000889 (doi: 10.1080/16000889.2018.1565030)
Zhang, W., Jansson, P.-E., Sigsgaard, C., McConnell, A., Jammet, M.M., Westergaard-Nielsen, A., Lund, M., Friborg, T., Michelsen, A., Elberling, B. (2019) Model-data fusion to assess year-round CO2 fluxes for an arctic heath ecosystem in West Greenland (69°N) Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 01681923 (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.02.021)
Wu, M., Wu, J., Tan, X., Huang, J., Jansson, P.-E., Zhang, W. (2019) Simulation of dynamical interactions between soil freezing/thawing and salinization for improving water management in cold/arid agricultural region Geoderma Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00167061 (doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.12.022)
(2018) Modelling present and future permafrost thermal regimes in Northeast Greenland Cold Regions Science and Technology Wenxin Zhang. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2017.10.011)
(2018) Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic Nature Ecology & Evolution Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0612-5)
Zhang, W., Jansson, P.-E., Schurgers, G., Hollesen, J., Lund, M., Abermann, J., Elberling, B. (2018) Process-Oriented Modeling of a High Arctic Tundra Ecosystem: Long-Term Carbon Budget and Ecosystem Responses to Interannual Variations of Climate Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 21698953 21698961 (doi: 10.1002/2017JG003956)
Zhang, W., Miller, P.A., Jansson, C., Samuelsson, P., Mao, J., Smith, B. (2018) Self-Amplifying Feedbacks Accelerate Greening and Warming of the Arctic Geophysical Research Letters Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 00948276 19448007 (doi: 10.1029/2018GL077830)
Georgiadis, P., Taeroe, A., Stupak, I., Kepfer-Rojas, S., Zhang, W., Pinheiro Bastos, R., Raulund-Rasmussen, K. (2017) Fertilization effects on biomass production, nutrient leaching and budgets in four stand development stages of short rotation forest poplar Forest Ecology and Management Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 03781127 (doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.020)
(2017) Terrestrial ecosystem model performance in simulating productivity and its vulnerability to climate change in the northern permafrost region Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1002/2016JG003384)
(2016) Diagnostic and model dependent uncertainty \hack\newline of simulated Tibetan permafrost area The Cryosphere Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/tc-10-287-2016)
(2016) Evaluation of air--soil temperature relationships simulated by land surface models during winter across the permafrost region The Cryosphere Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/tc-10-1721-2016)
(2016) Simulated high-latitude soil thermal dynamics during \hack\newline the past 4 decades The Cryosphere Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/tc-10-179-2016)
(2016) Variability in the sensitivity among model simulations of permafrost and carbon dynamics in the permafrost region between 1960 and 2009 Global Biogeochemical Cycles Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1002/2016GB005405)
(2015) Assessment of model estimates of land-atmosphere CO$_2$ exchange across Northern Eurasia Biogeosciences Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/bg-12-4385-2015)
(2015) Rising methane emissions from northern wetlands associated with sea ice decline Geophysical Research Letters Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1002/2015GL065013)
W. Zhang, C. Jansson, P. A. Miller, B. Smith, P. Samuelsson (2014) Biogeophysical feedbacks enhance Arctic terrestrial carbon sink in regional Earth system dynamics Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bgd-11-6715-2014)
W. Zhang, C. Jansson, P. A. Miller, B. Smith, P. Samuelsson (2014) Supplementary material to "Biogeophysical feedbacks enhance Arctic terrestrial carbon sink in regional Earth system dynamics" Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bgd-11-6715-2014-supplement)
(2014) Biogeophysical feedbacks enhance the Arctic terrestrial carbon sink in regional Earth system dynamics Biogeosciences Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/bg-11-5503-2014)
Zhang, W., Miller, P.A., Smith, B., Wania, R., Koenigk, T., Döscher, R. (2013) Tundra shrubification and tree-line advance amplify arctic climate warming: Results from an individual-based dynamic vegetation model Environmental Research Letters Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 17489326 (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034023)
() Cyclone Activity in the Arctic From an Ensemble of Regional Climate Models (Arctic CORDEX) Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1002/2017JD027703)
Other
Sun, H. et al. (2025) Explore the Relationship between Bowen Ratio and Evapotranspiration in Wetlands Using the Maximum Entropy Production Model Ssrn Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 15565068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.5143087)
Metcalfe, D. et al. (2025) Gaps in tropical science arising from biased spatial patterns of sampling and citation Research Square Scopus - Elsevier. (doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6829857/v1)
Sun, H. et al. (2024) Explore the Relationship between Bowen Ratio and Evapotranspiration in Wetlands Using the Maximum Entropy Production Model Ssrn Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 15565068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4737877)
Ma, Y., Chen, J., Li, Z., Zhou, J., Zhang, Y., Sun, S., Zhang, W., Liu, J. (2024) The Effect of Soil Physical Structure on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration Across Land Use Types Ssrn Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 15565068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4805445)
Ma, Y., Chen, J., Li, Z., Zhou, J., Zhang, Y., Sun, S., Zhang, W., Liu, J. (2024) The Effect of Soil Physical Structure on Surface Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Content Across Land Use Types Ssrn Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 15565068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4883452)
Zastruzny, S.F., Ingeman-Nielsen, T., Zhang, W., Elberling, B. (2023) Accelerated Permafrost Thaw and Increased Drainage in the Active Layer: Responses from Surface Alteration Caused by Erosion Ssrn Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 15565068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4395225)
Du, S., Liang, C., Sun, H., Deng, X., Xue, J., Chen, F., Zhang, W. (2023) Assessing the Water-Energy-Carbon Emissions Nexus Using Multiregional Input-Output and Structural Decomposition Analysis: A Crucial Step Towards Achieving Carbon Neutrality Goals Ssrn Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 15565068 (doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4627787)
Chaudhary, N. et al. (2023) Peatlands have the potential to emerge as significant contributors to future climate warming Research Square Scopus - Elsevier. (doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3341727/v1)
Nitin Chaudhary, Wenxin Zhang, Shubhangi Lamba, Sebastian Westermann (2021) Peatland carbon dynamics in distinctively warmer world Crossref. (doi: 10.1002/essoar.10507599.1)
Rasmussen, L.H., Zhang, W., Ambus, P., Jansson, P.-E., Kitzler, B., Elberling, B. (2021) Modelling Impacts of Lateral N Flows And Seasonal Warming on an Arctic Footslope Ecosystem N Budget and N2O Emissions Based on Species-Level Responses Research Square Scopus - Elsevier. (doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-656472/v1)
Wenxin Zhang, Per-Erik Jansson, Bo Elberling (2017) Diurnal, seasonal and long-term behaviour of high arctic tundra-heath ecosystem dynamics inferred from model ensembles constrained by time-integrated CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bg-2017-382)
Wenxin Zhang, Per-Erik Jansson, Bo Elberling (2017) Supplementary material to "Diurnal, seasonal and long-term behaviour of high arctic tundra-heath ecosystem dynamics inferred from model ensembles constrained by time-integrated CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes" Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bg-2017-382-supplement)
Conference item
Xueying Li, Wenxin Zhang, Minchao Wu, Hao Zhou, Stefan Olin, El Houssaine Bouras, Shangharsha Thapa, Zheng Duan (2024) Crop model calibration at multiple spatial levels in southern Sweden using leaf area index, evapotranspiration and winter wheat yield data EGU2024, 2024/04/15 Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10956)
Conference Proceedings
Mengge Lu, Huaiwei Sun, Hui Qin, Wenxin Zhang (2024) Understanding Flash Drought Dynamics IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science Lund University. (doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/1429/1/012010)
Akperov, M. et al. (2019) Trends of intense cyclone activity in the Arctic from reanalyses data and regional climate models (Arctic-CORDEX) Iop Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science Scopus - Elsevier. ISSN 17551307 17551315 (doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/231/1/012003)
Wenxin Zhang, C. Jansson, Paul Miller, Benjamin Smith, P. Samuelsson (2014) Severity of climate change dictates the direction of biophysical feedbacks of vegetation change to Arctic climate - results from the coupled regional climate-vegetation model CMIP5 simulations International Baltic Earth Secretariat Publications Lund University.
Thesis
Wenxin Zhang (2015) The role of biogeophysical feedbacks and their impacts in the arctic and boreal climate system Lund University. ISBN 978-91-85793-45-7
Grants
I have secured grants over 1.045 million £ before 2025.
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No |
Project Title |
Funding sources |
K £ |
Period |
Role |
|
1 |
Modellering av arktisk buskning och framsteg i trädgränserna som redogör för interaktioner mellan växt-mykorrhiza och jord |
Crafoord |
38 |
2023 |
PI |
|
2 |
Mycorrhizal fungi-mediated feedbacks to Arctic climate change |
BECC |
77 |
2023 |
|
|
3 |
Fusing ecosystem models with multi-scale measurements to improve agricultural prediction of yields, soil carbon turnover, and greenhouse gas emissions |
BECC |
29 |
2023 |
PI |
|
4 |
Modelling carbon fluxes and biophysical feedback for global semi-arid ecosystems |
MERGE |
19 |
2023 |
PI |
|
5 |
Modelling root dynamics in arctic tundra ecosystems and quantifying impacts of vegetation-induced feedback to the regional and global climate system |
VR starting grant |
303 |
2021-2025 |
PI |
|
6 |
To resolve the complexity of Arctic greening trends and quantify vegetation feedbacks using satellite observations, ground-based measurements and Earth system models |
SNSA |
257 |
2020-2022 |
PI |
|
7 |
Modelling evapotranspiration of cropland ecosystems and responses of water use efficiency to water conservation scenarios |
STINT |
42 |
2020-2022 |
PI |
|
8 |
Quantifying short- and long-term root responses to snow addition and summer warming in arctic dry and wet tundra ecosystems |
BECC |
77 |
2022 |
PI |
|
9 |
Is the “4 per 1000” initiative achievable? Implications of soil carbon management in the large scale modelling |
MERGE |
19 |
2019-2020 |
PI |
|
10 |
Methane exchange in alpine ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its response to future climate (CMIP6) |
SKLFSE |
8 |
2019-2020 |
PI |
|
11 |
Microbe Management: Optimizing soil carbon sequestration and fertility for sustainable agriculture |
FORMAS |
38 |
2023-2027 |
Co-PI |
|
12 |
Quantification of peatland-mediated feedbacks to the climate system |
FORMAS |
38 |
2021-2024 |
Co-PI |
|
13 |
Integration of satellite remote sensing and crop modelling for improved assessment of climate change impacts on crop yields in Sweden |
FORMAS |
38 |
2021-2024 |
Co-PI |
|
14 |
Monitoring dynamics of glacier-fed lakes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using multi-source satellite data |
STINT |
46 |
2020-2022 |
Co-PI |
|
15 |
Sustainable forest management adapted to future extreme weather in Northern-Europe based on linking local and regional models |
MERGE |
8 |
2024-2025 |
Co-PI |
|
16 |
Changes in Arctic terrestrial vegetation and permafrost environment and their feedback to climate |
NSFC |
8 |
2020-2023 |
Co-PI |
Supervision
Fully-funded PhD Opportunities:
- The Exageo project "Forests in the Exascale Era: High-resolution Modelling of Global Biomass Drivers, Loss and Recovery" (close on 9th January 2026)
- The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity-Led, Mission-Driven Research (DiveIn CDT) (close on 31st January 2026)
- College Scholarships (Geographical & Earth Sciences) (close on 14th February 2026, please contact supervisor for project details)
- James McCune Smith PhD Scholarships (close on 31 January 2026)
- The China Scholarship Council (close on 31 January 2026, please contact supervisor for project details)
Current supervison:
- Zihan Zhu (2025.10-present, UofG)
- Jiahui Lin (2024.11-present, LU)
- Hanna Marsh (2021.08-present, LU)
Besides, I am happy for supervising the students who plan to apply for the following scholarships:
for mentoring the Postdoc fellows who plan to apply for the following fellowship:
- EPSRC Fellowships
- The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
- Newton International Fellowships
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions - Research Fellowship
- Sino-British fellowship Trust
- CSC postdoc fellowship
Supervision
LU: Lund University; GU: University of Gothenburg; KU: University of Copenhagen; AU: Aarhus University;
PhD students:
- Kimberly Montañez-Medina (2023-quit, LU)
- Zhicong Xie (2024-2028, GU)
- Rzepczynska, Agnieszka (2022-2026, LU)
- Xueying Li (2021-2024, LU)
- Bingqian Zhao (2023-2025, KU)
- Hanbo Yun (2020-2022, KU)
- Jie Zhang (2021-2023, AU)
Visiting PhD students:
- Yanwen Zhang (2025, Peking University
- Visiting Msc student: Qi Wang (2025, Lanzhou University)
- Jianting Zhao (2024, LU)
- Mengge Lu (2024, LU)
- Xiaoxiao Mo (2024, LU)
- Cheng Li (2022, LU)
- Sheng Liu (2022, LU)
- Ruiying Zhao (2021, LU)
Msc students:
- Tobias Meyer (2024, LU)
- Agnes Pierre (2024, LU)
- Kimberly Montañez-Medina (2023, LU)
- Zhicong, Xie (2023, LU)
- Hanna Marsh (2021, LU)
- Laura Helene Rasmussen (2017, KU)
- Marianna D'Amico (2017, KU)
- Zhanzhang Cai (2014, LU)
Teaching
Future teaching:
- Ecosystem modelling (Preparation)
- Global Ecosystem Dynamics (Preparation)
Previous teaching:
PhD courses:
- Ecosystem modelling with LPJ-GUESS (2024), Lund University
- The Arctic in a changing climate (2019, 2022), University of Gothenburg
Master courses:
- Computational Science: Modelling in Computational Science (2023, 2024)
- Climate Change and its Impacts on the Environment (2018-2024)
- Global Ecosystem Dynamics (2018-2024)
- GIS and climate change (2019-2024)
- Ecosystem Modelling (2013-2015)
- Introduction to GIS (2014)
Bachelor courses:
- Theory and Method of Physical Geography (2023)
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2023: (The County Governor Per Westling’s Memorial Grant)
- 2023: (The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography Scholarship)
- 2015: (COMPUTE the best poster award (Lund University))
- 2014: (COMPUTE Travel Grant (Lund University))
- 2013: (Carl Swartz Minnesfond Grant)
- 2013: (The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (ECOST) research grant)
Editorial boards
- 2025: Journal of Plant Ecology
- 2020: Frontiers in Environmental Science
Professional & learned societies
- , American Geophysical Union
- , European Geosciences Union
- , Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography
Selected international presentations
- 2024: AGU (Washington, D.C., US)
- 2024: ICOP2024 (Yukon, Canada)
- 2024: 2nd Swedish Climate Symposium (Norrköping, Sweden)
- 2023: China-US-Europe joint workshop on “Carbon Cycle in the Climate-vulnerable Regions: Modelling and Observations”, (Nanjing, China)
- 2022: 1st Swedish Climate Symposium (Norrköping, Sweden)
- 2020: AGU (San Francisco, US)
- 2017: Arctic Terrestrial Modelling Workshop (Oxford, UK)
- 2017: 5th iLEAPS Science Conference (Oxford, UK)
- 2014: The international REKLIM conference “Our Climate – Our Future, Regional perspectives on a global challenge” (Berlin, Germany)
- 2014: EGU (Vienna, Austria)
- 2013: 9th International Carbon Dioxide Conference (Beijing, China)
Supplementary
- [1] Principal Investigator in the Swedish Strategic Research Area (SRA) for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate (BECC) and Affiliated researcher in the SRA for ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system (MERGE) [2] Topic/Guest editors for the following peer-reviewed scientific Journals: Remote Sensing (IF: 4.85); Frontiers in Environmental Science (4.24), Frontiers in Earth Science (IF: 3.23), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (IF: 3.01) and Atmosphere (IF: 2.69) [3] Invited Expert Review of the Second Order Draft of the Working Group I and II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report [4] Invited reviewer for grant proposals from the Natural Environmental Research Council, UK, 2020 and 2022; ERC starting grant [5] Reviewers for more than 15 journals, e.g., Nature Geoscience, Remote Sensing of the Environment, Global Change Biology, Earth System Science Data, Hydrological Processes, Biogeosciences, Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth systems, Science of the Total Environment, The Cryosphere, Geoderma, Journal of Climate, Earth System dynamics, Journal of Hydrology, Agricultural Forest and Meteorology, Geophysical Research letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Catena. [6] 2021 to present, Master thesis supervisor and examiner committee at Lund University [7] 2009, Junior Rapporteur, Stockholm WorldWaterWeek
Additional information
The first-author or the corresponding author (*) publications
[1] Yang, Y., Sun, H.*, Wang, J., Zhang, W.*, Zhao, G., Wang, W., Cheng, L., Chen, L., Qin, H., and Cai, Z. (2025). Global ocean surface heat fluxes revisited: A new dataset from maximum entropy production framework with heat storage and Bowen ratio optimizations, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 17(3), 1191-1216.
[2] Zhao, B., Zhang, W.*, Wang, P., D'Imperio, L., Liu, Y., & Elberling, B. (2025). Predicting CO2 and CH4 fluxes and their seasonal variations in a subarctic wetland under two shared socioeconomic pathway climate scenarios. Agric. For. Meteorol., 362, 110359.
[3] Marsh, H., Jin, H., Duan, Z., Holst, J., Eklundh, L., & Zhang, W.* (2025). Plant Phenology Index leveraging over conventional vegetation indices to establish a new remote sensing benchmark of GPP for northern ecosystems. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinf., 136, 104289.
[4] Lu, M., Sun, H.*, Cheng, L., Li, S., Qin, H., Yi, S., ... & Zhang, W.* (2024). Heterogeneity in vegetation recovery rates post-flash droughts across different ecosystems. Environ. Res. Lett., 19(7), 074028.
[5] Zhang, W.*, Jin, H., Jamali, S., Duan, Z., Wu, M., Ran, Y., ... & Xiao, J. (2023). Convergence and divergence emerging in climatic controls of polynomial trends for northern ecosystem productivity over 2000–2018. Sci. Total Env., 874, 162425.
[6] Chen, H., Wu, M.*, Duan, Z., Zha, Y., Wang, S., Yang, L., ... & Zhang, W.* (2023). Forecasting the human and climate impacts on groundwater resources in the irrigated agricultural region of North China Plain. Hydrological Processes, 37(3), e14853.
[7] Marsh, H., & Zhang, W.* (2022). Direct and Legacy Effects of Spring Temperature Anomalies on Seasonal Productivity in Northern Ecosystems. Remote Sens. 14, 2007.
[8] Sun, H., Bai, Y., Yang, Y., Lu, M., Yan, D., Tuo, Y., & Zhang, W.* (2022). The altered drivers of evapotranspiration trends around the recent warming hiatus in China. Int. J. Climatol., 42 (16), 8405– 8422.
[9] Zhao, B., Sun, H.*, Yan, D., Wei, G., Tuo, Y. & Zhang, W.* (2021). Quantifying changes and drivers of runoff in the Kaidu River Basin associated with plausible climate scenarios, J. Hydrol. Reg. Stud., 38, 10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100968968.
[10] Wu, M., Zhao, Q., Jansson, P.-E., Wu, J.*, Tan, X., Duan Z., Wang, K., Cheng, P., Zheng, M., Huang, J. & Zhang, W.* (2021). Improved soil hydrological modelling with the implementation of salt-induced freezing point depression in CoupModel: Model calibration and validation. J. Hydrol., 125693.
[11] Akperov, M., Zhang, W.*, Miller P. A., Mokhov, I. I., Semenov, V. A., Matthes, H., Smith, B. & Rinke, A. (2021). Responses of Arctic cyclones to biogeophysical feedbacks under future warming scenarios in a regional Earth system model. Environ. Res. Lett., 16, 064076.
[12] Zhang, W.*, Döscher, R., Koenigk, T., Miller, P. A., Jansson, C., Samuelsson, P., ... & Smith, B. (2020). The interplay of recent vegetation and sea ice dynamics—results from a regional Earth system model over the Arctic. Geophys. Res. Lett, 47(6), e2019GL085982.
[13] Wu, M., Ran, Y.*, Jansson, P-E., Chen, P., Tan, X. & Zhang, W.* (2019). Global parameters sensitivity analysis of modelling water, energy and carbon exchange of an arid agricultural ecosystem, Agric. For. Meteorol., 271, 295-306.
[14] Zhang, W.*, Jansson, P-E., Sigsgaarda, C., McConnella, A., Jammeta, M. M., Westergaard-Nielsena, A., Lund, M., Friborg, T., Michelsen, A. & Elberling, B. (2019). Model-data fusion to assess year-round CO2 fluxes for an arctic heath ecosystem in West Greenland (69 °N). Agric. For. Meteorol., 272, 176-186.
[15] Zhang, W., Jansson, P-E., Schurgers, G., Hollesen, J., Lund, M., Abermann, J., & Elberling, B. (2018). Process-oriented modeling of a high arctic tundra ecosystem: long‐term carbon budget and ecosystem responses to interannual variations of climate, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 123, 4, 1178–1196.
[16] Zhang, W.*, Miller, P. A., Jansson, C., Samuelsson, P., Mao, J., & Smith, B. (2018). Self‐amplifying feedbacks accelerate greening and warming of the arctic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45(14), 7102-7111.
[17] Wu, M., Wu, J.*, Tan, X., Huang, J., Jansson, P. E., & Zhang, W.* (2019). Simulation of dynamical interactions between soil freezing/thawing and salinization for improving water management in cold/arid agricultural region. Geoderma, 338, 325-342.
[18] Wu, M., Ran, Y.*, Jansson, P. E., Chen, P., Tan, X., & Zhang, W.* (2019). Global parameters sensitivity analysis of modeling water, energy and carbon exchange of an arid agricultural ecosystem. Agric. For. Meteorol., 271, 295-306.
[19] Zhang, W.*, Jansson, C., Miller, P. A., Smith, B., & Samuelsson, P. (2014). Biogeophysical feedbacks enhance the Arctic terrestrial carbon sink in regional Earth system dynamics. Biogeosciences, 11(19), 5503-5519.
[20] Zhang, W.*, Miller, P. A., Smith, B., Wania, R., Koenigk, T., & Döscher, R. (2013). Tundra shrubification and tree-line advance amplify arctic climate warming: results from an individual-based dynamic vegetation model., Environ. Res. Lett., 8(3), 034023.
Collaboration paper with high impact or high citations
Metcalfe, D. B., Anders, E., Axén, H., Petter Axelsson, E., Bermudez, A. E., Bartholomew, D. C., ... Zhang, W., Yan, Y. & Virkkala, A. M. (2025). Gaps in tropical science from unrepresentative distribution of sampling and citation across natural terrestrial environments. Nature Communications 16, 11378. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-67617-4
Saunois, M., Martinez, A., Poulter, B., Zhang, Z., Raymond, P., Regnier, P., ...Zhang, W., ... & Zhuang, Q. (2024). Global methane budget 2000–2020. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 2024, 1-147.
Saunois, M., Stavert, A. R., Poulter, B., Bousquet, P., Canadell, J. G., Jackson, R. B., ... Zhang, W., ... & Zhuang, Q. (2019). The global methane budget 2000–2017. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 2019, 1-136. (Citations: 2130; IPCC 6th report has cited its results)
Metcalfe, D. B., Hermans, T. D., Ahlstrand, J., Becker, M., Berggren, M., Björk, R. G., ...Zhang, W..., & Abdi, A. M. (2018). Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic. Nature ecology & evolution, 2(9), 1443-1448. (Citations:156)
Andresen, C. G., Lawrence, D. M., Wilson, C. J., McGuire, A. D., Koven, C., Schaefer, K., ... & Zhang, W. (2020). Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region–a model intercomparison. The Cryosphere, 14(2), 445-459. (Citations: 152)
McGuire, A. D., Koven, C., Lawrence, D. M., Clein, J. S., Xia, J., Beer, C., ... Zhang, W., ... & Zhuang, Q. (2016). Variability in the sensitivity among model simulations of permafrost and carbon dynamics in the permafrost region between 1960 and 2009. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30(7), 1015-1037. (Citations: 150)
