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Overview

Xunchang Zhang is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in subfields such as global and planetary change, soil science, water science and technology, ecology, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including:

  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Climate variability and models
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Hydrological forecasting using AI
  • Flood risk assessment and management

Xunchang Zhang has published frequently with several coauthors, including Jie Chen, Fenli Zheng, Peiyi Peng, Chong-Yu Xu, and Phillip Busteed. Their publications appear often in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), CATENA, Geoderma, SSRN Electronic Journal, and International Soil and Water Conservation Research.

Selected recent papers include:

  • The effects of freeze-thaw cycles at different initial soil water contents on soil erodibility in Chinese Mollisol region, 2020, CATENA
  • Seasonal changes of soil erosion and its spatial distribution on a long gentle hillslope in the Chinese Mollisol region, 2021, International Soil and Water Conservation Research
  • Coupling Deep Learning and Physically Based Hydrological Models for Monthly Streamflow Predictions, 2024, Water Resources Research
  • Impacts of Using State-of-the-Art Multivariate Bias Correction Methods on Hydrological Modeling Over North America, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Rill network development on loessial hillslopes in China, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Xunchang Zhang has also contributed to book publications, including a 2023 work titled Soil Degradation and Restoration in Arid and Semi-Arid Regions, published by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of land use change and climate variability on hydrology in an agricultural catchment on the Loess Plateau of China

    Zhi Li;Wen-zhao Liu;Xun-chang Zhang;Fen-li Zheng

  • Simulating potential response of hydrology, soil erosion, and crop productivity to climate change in Changwu tableland region on the Loess Plateau of China

    X.-C. Zhang;W.-Z. Liu;W.-Z. Liu

  • Effect of exchangeable Mg on saturated hydraulic conductivity, disaggregation and clay dispersion of disturbed soils

    X.C Zhang;L.D Norton

  • Evaluation of WEPP Runoff And Soil Loss Predictions Using Natural Runoff Plot Data

    X. C. Zhang;M. A. Nearing;L. M. Risse;K. C. McGregor

  • Spatial downscaling of global climate model output for site-specific assessment of crop production and soil erosion

    X.-C. Zhang

  • Soil detachment by overland flow under different vegetation restoration models in the Loess Plateau of China

    Bing Wang;Bing Wang;Guang-Hui Zhang;Guang-Hui Zhang;Yang-Yang Shi;X.C. Zhang

  • Sediment Transport and Soil Detachment on Steep Slopes: I. Transport Capacity Estimation

    Guang-hui Zhang;Yu-mei Liu;Yan-feng Han;X. C. Zhang

  • Impact of climate change on soil erosion, runoff, and wheat productivity in central Oklahoma

    X.C. Zhang;M.A. Nearing

  • Potential use of Rare Earth Oxides as Tracers for Soil Erosion and Aggregation Studies

    X. C. Zhang;J. M. Friedrich;M. A. Nearing;L. D. Norton

  • Trends and variability of daily temperature extremes during 1960-2012 in the Yangtze River Basin, China

    Yinghui Guan;Xunchang Zhang;Fenli Zheng;Bin Wang

  • Soil water dynamics and deep soil recharge in a record wet year in the southern Loess Plateau of China

    Wenzhao Liu;X.-C. Zhang;Tinghui Dang;Zhu Ouyang

  • Temporal variation in soil detachment under different land uses in the Loess Plateau of China.

    Guang-hui Zhang;Ming-ke Tang;X. C. Zhang

  • Interrill soil erosion processes on steep slopes

    X.C. (John) Zhang;Z.L. Wang;Z.L. Wang

  • FLOW DETACHMENT OF SOILS UNDER DIFFERENT LAND USES IN THE LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINA

    G.-H. Zhang;G.-B. Liu;K.-M. Tang;X.-C. Zhang

  • Projected rainfall erosivity changes under climate change from multimodel and multiscenario projections in Northeast China

    Y.-G. Zhang;Y.-G. Zhang;M.A. Nearing;X.-C. Zhang;Y. Xie

  • Polyacrylamide effect on infiltration and erosion in furrows

    X. C. Zhang;W. P. Miller

  • Land use impacts on soil detachment capacity by overland flow in the Loess Plateau, China

    Zhen-Wei Li;Guang-Hui Zhang;Guang-Hui Zhang;Ren Geng;Hao Wang

  • Modeling Interrill Sediment Delivery

    X. C. Zhang;M. A. Nearing;L. D. Norton;W. P. Miller

  • Downscaling Monthly Forecasts to Simulate Impacts of Climate Change on Soil Erosion and Wheat Production

    X.-C. Zhang;M. A. Nearing;J. D. Garbrecht;J. L. Steiner

  • Curve numbers and Green-Ampt effective hydraulic conductivities.

    M. A. Nearing;B. Y. Liu;L.M. Risse;X. Zhang

  • Correction factor to dye-measured flow velocity under varying water and sediment discharges

    Guang-hui Zhang;Rong-ting Luo;Ying Cao;Rui-chang Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Nearing
Mark A. Nearing Agricultural Research Service
Fenli Zheng
Fenli Zheng Northwest A&F University
Jean L. Steiner
Jean L. Steiner Agricultural Research Service
Baoyuan Liu
Baoyuan Liu Beijing Normal University
Patrick J. Starks
Patrick J. Starks Agricultural Research Service
Hailin Zhang
Hailin Zhang Oklahoma State University
François Brissette
François Brissette École de Technologie Supérieure
Feng-Min Li
Feng-Min Li Lanzhou University
Ted M. Zobeck
Ted M. Zobeck Agricultural Research Service

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