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Overview

Shufen Pan is affiliated with Auburn University in the United States and specializes in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Soil Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics such as:

  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Recent publications by Shufen Pan include:

  • "Evaluation of global terrestrial evapotranspiration using state-of-the-art approaches in remote sensing, machine learning and land surface modeling," 2020, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks," 2020, Nature
  • "Global nitrous oxide budget (1980-2020)," 2024, Earth System Science Data
  • "Increased greenhouse gas emissions intensity of major croplands in China: Implications for food security and climate change mitigation," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Long-Term Trajectory of Nitrogen Loading and Delivery From Mississippi River Basin to the Gulf of Mexico," 2020, Global Biogeochemical Cycles

Shufen Pan frequently publishes in venues including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  • Earth System Science Data
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors such as:

  • Hanqin Tian
  • Hao Shi
  • Naiqing Pan
  • Zihao Bian
  • Yuanzhi Yao

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks

    Hanquin Tian;Rongting Xu;Josep G. Canadell;Rona L. Thompson

  • The terrestrial biosphere as a net source of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere

    Hanqin Tian;Chaoqun Lu;Chaoqun Lu;Philippe Ciais;Anna M. Michalak

  • Increasing global vegetation browning hidden in overall vegetation greening: Insights from time-varying trends

    Naiqing Pan;Naiqing Pan;Xiaoming Feng;Bojie Fu;Shuai Wang

  • Model estimates of net primary productivity, evapotranspiration, and water use efficiency in the terrestrial ecosystems of the southern United States during 1895–2007

    Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Mingliang Liu;Chi Zhang

  • Global soil nitrous oxide emissions since the preindustrial era estimated by an ensemble of terrestrial biosphere models: Magnitude, attribution, and uncertainty.

    Hanqin Tian;Hanqin Tian;Jia Yang;Jia Yang;Rongting Xu;Chaoqun Lu

  • China's Terrestrial Carbon Balance: Contributions from Multiple Global Change Factors

    Hanqin Tian;Jerry M. Melillo;Chaoqun Lu;David W. Kicklighter

  • Global methane and nitrous oxide emissions from terrestrial ecosystems due to multiple environmental changes

    Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Guangsheng Chen;Chaoqun Lu;Xiaofeng Xu

  • Evaluation of global terrestrial evapotranspiration using state-of-the-art approaches in remote sensing, machine learning and land surface modeling

    Shufen Pan;Naiqing Pan;Naiqing Pan;Hanqin Tian;Pierre Friedlingstein

  • Global patterns and controls of soil organic carbon dynamics as simulated by multiple terrestrial biosphere models: Current status and future directions.

    Hanqin Tian;Chaoqun Lu;Jia Yang;Kamaljit Banger

  • Global ammonia emissions from synthetic nitrogen fertilizer applications in agricultural systems: Empirical and process-based estimates and uncertainty.

    Rongting Xu;Hanqin Tian;Hanqin Tian;Shufen Pan;Stephen A. Prior

  • Increased global nitrous oxide emissions from streams and rivers in the Anthropocene

    Yuanzhi Yao;Hanqin Tian;Hao Shi;Shufen Pan

  • The Global N2O Model Intercomparison Project

    Hanqin Tian;Jia Yang;Chaoqun Lu;Rongting Xu

  • Pattern and change of soil organic carbon storage in China: 1960s–1980s

    Shaoqiang Wang;Hanqin Tian;Hanqin Tian;Jiyuan Liu;Shufen Pan;Shufen Pan

  • Regional carbon dynamics in monsoon Asia and its implications for the global carbon cycle

    Hanqin Tian;Hanqin Tian;Jerry M. Melillo;David W. Kicklighter;Shufen Pan

  • Amazon drought and forest response: Largely reduced forest photosynthesis but slightly increased canopy greenness during the extreme drought of 2015/2016.

    Jia Yang;Jia Yang;Hanqin Tian;Hanqin Tian;Shufen Pan;Guangsheng Chen

  • Riparian woody plant diversity and forest structure along an urban-rural gradient

    Michele L. Burton;Lisa J. Samuelson;Shufen Pan

  • Impacts of urbanization on carbon balance in terrestrial ecosystems of the Southern United States

    Chi Zhang;Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Arthur Chappelka

  • Global manure nitrogen production and application in cropland during 1860–2014: a 5 arcmin gridded global dataset for Earth system modeling

    Bowen Zhang;Hanqin Tian;Hanqin Tian;Chaoqun Lu;Chaoqun Lu;Shree R. S. Dangal

  • Responses of global terrestrial evapotranspiration to climate change and increasing atmospheric CO2 in the 21st century

    Shufen Pan;Hanqin Tian;Shree R.S. Dangal;Qichun Yang

  • Pools and distributions of soil phosphorus in China

    Chi Zhang;Hanqin Tian;Jiyuan Liu;Shaoqiang Wang

  • Changes in chemical and physical propertiesof stream water across an urban-rural gradient in western Georgia

    Jon E. Schoonover;B. Graeme Lockaby;Shufen Pan

  • North American terrestrial CO2 uptake largely offset by CH4 and N2O emissions: toward a full accounting of the greenhouse gas budget.

    Hanqin Tian;Guangsheng Chen;Chaoqun Lu;Xiaofeng Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanqin Tian
Hanqin Tian Auburn University
Jia Yang
Jia Yang Oklahoma State University
Chaoqun Lu
Chaoqun Lu Iowa State University
Guangsheng Chen
Guangsheng Chen Zhejiang A & F University
Mingliang Liu
Mingliang Liu Washington State University
Bo Tao
Bo Tao University of Kentucky
Chi Zhang
Chi Zhang Linyi University
Xiaofeng Xu
Xiaofeng Xu San Diego State University
Jinfeng Chang
Jinfeng Chang Zhejiang University
Akihiko Ito
Akihiko Ito University of Tokyo

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