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Overview

Mou Leong Tan is affiliated with Universiti Sains Malaysia in Malaysia and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research contributions span various subfields, notably Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Mou Leong Tan has authored multiple papers of note. Recent publications include:

  • A review of SWAT applications, performance and future needs for simulation of hydro-climatic extremes, 2020, Advances in Water Resources
  • Groundwater level prediction using machine learning models: A comprehensive review, 2022, Neurocomputing
  • Pollutant source, ecological and human health risks assessment of heavy metals in soils from coal mining areas in Xinjiang, China, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Paddy, rice and food security in Malaysia: A review of climate change impacts, 2020, Cogent Social Sciences
  • Trace metals contamination in groundwater and implications on human health: comprehensive assessment using hydrogeochemical and geostatistical methods, 2020, Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Zhang Fei
  • Ngai Weng Chan
  • Jingchao Shi
  • Narimah Samat
  • Zaher Mundher Yaseen

The prominent publication venues for their research are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Remote Sensing
  • Malaysian Journal of Society and Space
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water

Best Publications

  • A review of SWAT applications, performance and future needs for simulation of hydro-climatic extremes

    Mou Leong Tan;Philip W. Gassman;Xiaoying Yang;James Haywood

  • Evaluation of Six High-Resolution Satellite and Ground-Based Precipitation Products over Malaysia

    Mou Leong Tan;Ab Latif Ibrahim;Zheng Duan;Arthur P. Cracknell

  • Comparison of GPM IMERG, TMPA 3B42 and PERSIANN-CDR satellite precipitation products over Malaysia

    Mou Leong Tan;Harrif Santo

  • Assessment of GPM and TRMM Precipitation Products over Singapore

    Mou Leong Tan;Zheng Duan

  • Climate change impacts under CMIP5 RCP scenarios on water resources of the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia

    Mou Leong Tan;Ab Latif Ibrahim;Zulkifli Yusop;Vivien P. Chua

  • Pollutant source, ecological and human health risks assessment of heavy metals in soils from coal mining areas in Xinjiang, China

    Haiwei Zhang;Fei Zhang;Jia Song;Mou Leong Tan

  • Impacts of land-use and climate variability on hydrological components in the Johor River basin, Malaysia

    Mou Leong Tan;Ab Latif Ibrahim;Zulkifli Yusop;Zheng Duan

  • Impacts of DEM resolution, source, and resampling technique on SWAT-simulated streamflow.

    Mou Leong Tan;Darren L. Ficklin;Barnali M. Dixon;Ab Latif Ibrahim

  • A Review of SWAT Studies in Southeast Asia: Applications, Challenges and Future Directions

    Mou Leong Tan;Philip W. Gassman;Raghavan Srinivasan;Jeffrey G. Arnold

  • Paddy, rice and food security in Malaysia: A review of climate change impacts

    R. B. Radin Firdaus;Mou Leong Tan;Siti Rahyla Rahmat;Mahinda Senevi Gunaratne

  • Identification of hydrogeochemical processes controlling groundwater quality in Tripura, Northeast India using evaluation indices, GIS, and multivariate statistical methods

    Rajib Paul;K. Brindha;G. Gowrisankar;Mou Leong Tan

  • Trace metals contamination in groundwater and implications on human health: comprehensive assessment using hydrogeochemical and geostatistical methods.

    K. Brindha;Rajib Paul;Julien Walter;Mou Leong Tan

  • Functionalization of remote sensing and on-site data for simulating surface water dissolved oxygen: Development of hybrid tree-based artificial intelligence models.

    Tiyasha Tiyasha;Tran Minh Tung;Suraj Kumar Bhagat;Mou Leong Tan

  • Impacts and uncertainties of climate change on streamflow of the Johor River Basin, Malaysia using a CMIP5 General Circulation Model ensemble

    Mou Leong Tan;Darren L. Ficklin;Ab Latif Ibrahim;Zulkifli Yusop

  • Evaluation of TRMM Product for Monitoring Drought in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia

    Mou Leong Tan;Kok Chooi Tan;Vivien P. Chua;Ngai Weng Chan

  • A review of alternative climate products for SWAT modelling: Sources, assessment and future directions.

    Mou Leong Tan;Philip W. Gassman;Ju Liang;James M. Haywood

  • Assessment of Three Long-Term Gridded Climate Products for Hydro-Climatic Simulations in Tropical River Basins

    Mou Leong Tan;Philip W. Gassman;Arthur P. Cracknell

  • Impact of Climate Change on Rice Yield in Malaysia: A Panel Data Analysis

    Boon Teck Tan;Pei Shan Fam;R. B. Radin Firdaus;Mou Leong Tan

  • Hydro-Meteorological Assessment of Three GPM Satellite Precipitation Products in the Kelantan River Basin, Malaysia

    Mou Leong Tan;Narimah Samat;Ngai Weng Chan;Ranjan Roy

  • Analysis of Precipitation and Temperature Extremes over the Muda River Basin, Malaysia

    Mou Leong Tan;Narimah Samat;Ngai Weng Chan;Anisah Jessica Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Zulkifli Yusop
Zulkifli Yusop University of Technology Malaysia
Jim Haywood
Jim Haywood University of Exeter
Fredolin Tangang
Fredolin Tangang National University of Malaysia
Liew Juneng
Liew Juneng National University of Malaysia
Zaher Mundher Yaseen
Zaher Mundher Yaseen King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Philip W. Gassman
Philip W. Gassman Iowa State University
Arthur P. Cracknell
Arthur P. Cracknell University of Dundee
Kevin I. Hodges
Kevin I. Hodges University of Reading
Darren L. Ficklin
Darren L. Ficklin Indiana University
Shane A. Snyder
Shane A. Snyder Georgia Institute of Technology

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