Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Qing Liu

(SUPPORT SCIENTIST)

Qing Liu's Contact Card & Information.
Email: qing.liu-1@nasa.gov
Phone: 301.614.6790
Org Code: 610.1
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 610.1
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC

Brief Bio


Research scientist working on the science development of the GMAO land data assimilation system and the observation-based precipitation correction to the GMAO reanalysis system.

Positions/Employment


Support Scientist/Task Lead

Science Systems and Applications Inc. - Greenbelt, MD

January 2011 - Present

Publications


Refereed

2023. "IMERG Precipitation Improves the SMAP Level-4 Soil Moisture Product." Journal of Hydrometeorology 24 1699-1723 [10.1175/jhm-d-23-0063.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "Late-fall satellite-based soil moisture observations show clear connections to subsequent spring streamflow." Nature Communications 14 (1): 3545 [10.1038/s41467-023-39318-3] [Journal Article/Letter]

2023. "A Weakly-Coupled Land Surface Analysis With SMAP Radiance Assimilation Improves GEOS Medium-Range Forecasts of Near-Surface Air Temperature and Humidity." Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 149 1867-1889 [10.1002/qj.4486] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "The Simulation and Subseasonal Forecasting of Hydrological Variables: Insights from a Simple Water Balance Model." Journal of Hydrometeorology 23 (11): 1719-1736 [10.1175/jhm-d-22-0050.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Validation of Soil Moisture Data Products From the NASA SMAP Mission." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 15 364-392 [10.1109/jstars.2021.3124743] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Improved Estimates of Pentad Precipitation Through the Merging of Independent Precipitation Data Sets." Water Resources Research 57 (12): e2021WR030330 [10.1029/2021wr030330] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Assimilation of SMAP Brightness Temperature Observations in the GEOS Land-Atmosphere Data Assimilation System." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 14 10628-10643 [10.1109/jstars.2021.3118595] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "The Contributions of Gauge-Based Precipitation and SMAP Brightness Temperature Observations to the Skill of the SMAP Level-4 Soil Moisture Product." Journal of Hydrometeorology 22 (2): 405-424 [10.1175/jhm-d-20-0217.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2020. "An observation‐driven approach to improve vegetation phenology in a global land surface model." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 12 e2020MS002083 [10.1029/2020ms002083] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Version 4 of the SMAP Level‐4 Soil Moisture Algorithm and Data Product." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 11 (10): 3106-3130 [10.1029/2019ms001729] [Journal Article/Letter]

2019. "Multi-sensor assimilation of SMOS brightness temperature and GRACE terrestrial water storage observations for soil moisture and shallow groundwater estimation." Remote Sensing of Environment 227 12-27 [10.1016/j.rse.2019.04.001] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Exploiting Soil Moisture, Precipitation, and Streamflow Observations to Evaluate Soil Moisture/Runoff Coupling in Land Surface Models." Geophysical Research Letters 45 (10): 4869-4878 [10.1029/2018gl077193] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Improved Hydrological Simulation Using SMAP Data: Relative Impacts of Model Calibration and Data Assimilation." Journal of Hydrometeorology 19 (4): 727-741 [10.1175/jhm-d-17-0228.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2018. "Estimating surface soil moisture from SMAP observations using a Neural Network technique." Remote Sensing of Environment 204 43-59 [10.1016/j.rse.2017.10.045] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Global Assessment of the SMAP Level-4 Surface and Root-Zone Soil Moisture Product Using Assimilation Diagnostics." Journal of Hydrometeorology 18 3217-3237 [10.1175/JHM-D-17-0130.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Data Assimilation to Extract Soil Moisture Information from SMAP Observations." Remote Sensing 9 (11): 1179 [10.3390/rs9111179] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Assessment of the SMAP Level-4 Surface and Root-Zone Soil Moisture Product Using In Situ Measurements." Journal of Hydrometeorology 18 (10): 2621-2645 [10.1175/jhm-d-17-0063.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Joint Sentinel-1 and SMAP data assimilation to improve soil moisture estimates." Geophysical Research Letters 44 (12): 6145-6153 [10.1002/2017gl073904] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "L band microwave remote sensing and land data assimilation improve the representation of prestorm soil moisture conditions for hydrologic forecasting." Geophysical Research Letters 44 (11): 5495-5503 [10.1002/2017gl073642] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Assessment of MERRA-2 Land Surface Hydrology Estimates." Journal of Climate 30 (8): 2937-2960 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0720.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2017. "Land Surface Precipitation in MERRA-2." Journal of Climate 30 (5): 1643-1664 [10.1175/jcli-d-16-0570.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2015. "Converting Between SMOS and SMAP Level-1 Brightness Temperature Observations Over Nonfrozen Land." IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett 12 1-5 [10.1109/LGRS.2015.2437612] [Journal Article/Letter]

2014. "An updated treatment of soil texture and associated hydraulic properties in a global land modeling system." J. Adv. Model. Earth Sys 6 957-979 [10.1002/2014MS000330] [Journal Article/Letter]

2012. "Assimilation of passive and active microwave soil moisture retrievals." Geophysical Research Letters 39 (4): L04401 [10.1029/2011GL050655] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Effect of Phase Pattern of Antennas Onboard Flying Spin Satellites on Doppler Measurements ." IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 47 (1): 405-419 [10.1109/TAES.2011.5705683] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "Assessment and Enhancement of MERRA Land Surface Hydrology Estimates." Journal of Climate 24 (24): 6322-6338 [10.1175/JCLI-D-10-05033.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2011. "The Contributions of Precipitation and Soil Moisture Observations to the Skill of Soil Moisture Estimates in a Land Data Assimilation System." J. Hydrometeorology 12 (5): 750-765 [10.1175/JHM-D-10-05000.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2010. "Assimilation of Satellite-Derived Skin Temperature Observations into Land Surface Models." J. Hydrometeor 11 (5): 1103-1122 [10.1175/2010JHM1262.1] [Journal Article/Letter]

Non-Refereed

2021. "Observation-Corrected Precipitation for the SMAP Level 4 Soil Moisture (Version 6) Product and the GEOS R21C Reanalysis." Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 59 (NASA/TM-2021-104606/): 1-28 [Report]

2016. "SMAP Data Assimilation at the GMAO." Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) Quarterly 53 1-5 [10.7289/V50C4SS7] [Newsletter]

2015. "Land Boundary Conditions for the Goddard Earth Observing System Model Version 5 (GEOS-5) Climate Modeling System - Recent Updates and Data File Descriptions." NASA/TM–2015-104606 39 55 [Report]

2015. "Land Boundary Conditions for the Goddard Earth Observing System Model Version 5 (GEOS-5) Climate Modeling System - Recent Updates and Data File Descriptions." NASA/TM–2015-104606 39 55 [Report]

2015. "MERRA-2: Initial Evaluation of the Climate." NASA Technical Report Series on Global Modeling and Data Assimilation 43 (NASA/TM–2015–10) 139 pp. [Report]