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Overview

Huilin Gao is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has contributed extensively to environmental science research, with a focus on hydrology, watershed management, and related subfields. Their work spans multiple aspects of environmental science, involving both theoretical and applied approaches to water resource challenges.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science, with notable research contributions to Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Ocean Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

Key research topics addressed by Huilin Gao cover varied dimensions of hydrology and water management:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Water Resources Management and Optimization
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Huilin Gao's recent publications demonstrate engagement with both local and global water resource issues. Selected papers include:

  • Evaporative water loss of 1.42 million global lakes (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • A high-resolution bathymetry dataset for global reservoirs using multi-source satellite imagery and altimetry (2020) published in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • A semi-empirical scheme for bathymetric mapping in shallow water by ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2: A case study in the South China Sea (2021) published in ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
  • Unprecedented Drought Challenges for Texas Water Resources in a Changing Climate: What Do Researchers and Stakeholders Need to Know? (2020) published in Earth's Future
  • Diminishing storage returns of reservoir construction (2023) published in Nature Communications

Frequent publication venues for Gao include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Water Resources Research

Collaborative work forms a significant part of Gao's research activity. Regular co-authors include:

  • Yao Li
  • Gang Zhao
  • Shuai Zhang
  • Deep Shah
  • George H. Allen

Best Publications

  • The Future of Earth Observation in Hydrology.

    Matthew F. McCabe;Matthew Rodell;Douglas E. Alsdorf;Diego G. Miralles

  • Global monitoring of large reservoir storage from satellite remote sensing

    Huilin Gao;Huilin Gao;Charon Birkett;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • Observation operators for the direct assimilation of TRMM microwave imager retrieved soil moisture

    M. Drusch;Eric F. Wood;H. Gao

  • Evaporative water loss of 1.42 million global lakes

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  • On the causes of the shrinking of Lake Chad

    H. Gao;T. J. Bohn;E. Podest;K. C. McDonald;K. C. McDonald

  • Water budget record from variable infiltration capacity (VIC) model

    Huilin Gao;Qiuhong Tang;Xiaogang Shi;Chunmei Zhu

  • Remote sensing: hydrology.

    Qiuhong Tang;Huilin Gao;Hui Lu;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • Estimating reservoir evaporation losses for the United States: Fusing remote sensing and modeling approaches

    Gang Zhao;Huilin Gao

  • Soil moisture estimates from TRMM Microwave Imager observations over the Southern United States

    Rajat Bindlish;Thomas J. Jackson;Eric F. Wood;Huilin Gao

  • Estimating the water budget of major US river basins via remote sensing

    Huilin Gao;Qiuhong Tang;Craig R. Ferguson;Eric F. Wood

  • Using TRMM/TMI to Retrieve Surface Soil Moisture over the Southern United States from 1998 to 2002

    H. Gao;E. F. Wood;T. J. Jackson;M. Drusch

  • Integrating a reservoir regulation scheme into a spatially distributed hydrological model

    Gang Zhao;Huilin Gao;Bibi S. Naz;Shih-Chieh Kao

  • Monitoring reservoir storage in South Asia from multisatellite remote sensing

    Shuai Zhang;Huilin Gao;Bibi S. Naz

  • Modeling the Effects of Groundwater-Fed Irrigation on Terrestrial Hydrology over the Conterminous United States

    Guoyong Leng;Maoyi Huang;Qiuhong Tang;Huilin Gao

  • Satellite remote sensing of large lakes and reservoirs: from elevation and area to storage

    Huilin Gao

  • Automatic Correction of Contaminated Images for Assessment of Reservoir Surface Area Dynamics

    Gang Zhao;Huilin Gao

  • Hydrological consistency using multi-sensor remote sensing data for water and energy cycle studies

    M.F. McCabe;M.F. McCabe;E.F. Wood;R. Wójcik;M. Pan

  • The Contribution of Reservoirs to Global Land Surface Water Storage Variations

    Tian Zhou;Bart Nijssen;Huilin Gao;Dennis P. Lettenmaier

  • A semi-empirical scheme for bathymetric mapping in shallow water by ICESat-2 and Sentinel-2: A case study in the South China Sea

    Hsiao Jou Hsu;Chih Yuan Huang;Michael Jasinski;Yao Li

  • Effects of climate change on streamflow extremes and implications for reservoir inflow in the United States

    Bibi S. Naz;Shih-Chieh Kao;Moetasim Ashfaq;Huilin Gao

  • A high-resolution bathymetry dataset for global reservoirs using multi-source satellite imagery and altimetry

    Yao Li;Huilin Gao;Gang Zhao;Kuo Hsin Tseng

  • Quantifying uncertainty in a remote sensing-based estimate of evapotranspiration over continental USA

    Craig R. Ferguson;Justin Sheffield;Eric F. Wood;Huilin Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric F. Wood
Eric F. Wood Princeton University
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Dennis P. Lettenmaier University of California, Los Angeles
Qiuhong Tang
Qiuhong Tang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Justin Sheffield
Justin Sheffield University of Southampton
Matthew F. McCabe
Matthew F. McCabe King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Stephen J. Déry
Stephen J. Déry University of Northern British Columbia
Matthias Drusch
Matthias Drusch European Space Agency
Robert E. Dickinson
Robert E. Dickinson The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas J. Jackson
Thomas J. Jackson Agricultural Research Service
Antonietta Quigg
Antonietta Quigg Texas A&M University at Galveston

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