Wei Xiao, PhD

Wei Xiao is a Professor of Biometeorology in the School of Applied Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China. She received a Ph.D. degree in Ecology from Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. Her research concerns the interaction between the terrestrial biosphere, the atmosphere and anthropogenic drivers. Her areas of interest include development of flux-gradient method and IoT sensors, methane and carbon dioxide budgets of inland water bodies and urban areas, lake evaporation observation and modelling, and isotopic land surface modeling.

Education background

2009: PhD degree in Ecology, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2005: Master’s degree in Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China

2002: Bachelor’s degree in Agrometeorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China

Work experience

2018.03 – present: Professor,  Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

2015.03 – 2016.03: Visiting Scholar, Yale University

2013.05 – 2018.03: Associate Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

2011.01 – 2011.07: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University

2009.07 – 2013.05: Assistant Professor, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

2008.01 – 2009.01: Visiting Scholar, Yale University

2005.07 – 2006.08: Meteorologist, Guangdong Meteorological Bureau

Publications

[1]      Malgorzata Golub, Nikaan Koupaei-Abyazani, Timo Vesala, Ivan Mammarella, Anne Ojala, Gil Bohrer, Gesa A Weyhenmeyer, Peter D Blanken, Werner Eugster, Franziska Koebsch, Jiquan Chen, Kevin Czajkowski, Chandrashekhar Deshmukh, Frederic Guérin, Jouni Heiskanen , Elyn Humphreys, Anders Jonsson, Jan Karlsson, George Kling, Xuhui Lee, Heping Liu, Annalea Lohila, Erik Lundin, Tim Morin, Eva Podgrajsek, Maria Provenzale, Anna Rutgersson, Torsten Sachs, Erik Sahlée, Dominique Serça, Changliang Shao, Christopher Spence, Ian B Strachan, Wei Xiao, Ankur R Desai. Diel, seasonal, and inter-annual variation in carbon dioxide effluxes from lakes and reservoirs, Environmental Research Letters, 2023, 18:034046.

[2]      Hongtao Duan,* Qitao Xiao,* Tianci Qi, Cheng Hu, Mi Zhang, Ming Shen, Zhenghua Hu, Wei Wang, Wei Xiao, Yinguo Qiu, Juhua Luo, and Xuhui Lee. Quantification of Diffusive Methane Emissions from a Large Eutrophic Lake with Satellite Imagery. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57, 13520-13529. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c05631

[3]      Qitao Xiao, Wei Xiao, Juhua Luo, Yinguo Qiu, Cheng Hu, Mi Zhang, Tianci Qi, Hongtao Duan. Management actions mitigate the risk of carbon dioxide emissions from urban lakes. Journal of Environmental Management, 2023, 344, 118626. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118626

[4]      Hu, Yongbo; Xiao, Wei*; Wang, Jingyuan; Welp, Lisa R.; Xie, Chengyu; Chu, Haoran; Lee, Xuhui. Quantifying the contribution of evaporation from Lake Taihu to precipitation with an isotopic method. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 58(3):258-276, DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2022.2056599

[5]      Hu, Ning; Hu, Ji-chao; Jiang, Xiao-dong; Xiao, Wei; Yao, Ke-min; Li, Liang; Li, Xin-hai; Pei, Xin-wu. Application of the maximum threshold distances to reduce gene flow frequency in the coexistence between genetically modified (GM) and non-GM maize. Evolutionary Applications. 2022, 15, 471-483. doi:10.1111/eva.13361.

[6]      Pu, Yini; Zhang, Mi*; Jia, Lei; Zhang, Zhen; Xiao, Wei; Liu, Shoudong; Zhao, Jiayu; Xie, Yanhong; Lee, Xuhui*. Methane emission of a lake aquaculture farm and its response to ecological restoration. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2022, 330: 107883.

[7]      Xie, Yanhong; Zhang, Mi; Xiao, Wei; Zhao, Jiayu; Huang, Wenjing; Zhang, Zhen; Hu, Yongbo; Qin, Zhihao; Jia, Lei; Pu, Yini; Chu, Haoran; Wang, Jiao; Shi, Jie; Liu, Shoudong; Lee, Xuhui*. Nitrous oxide flux observed with tall-tower eddy covariance over a heterogeneous rice cultivation landscape. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 810: 152210. 

[8]      Xie, Chengyu; Xiao, Wei*; Zhang, Mi; Liu, Shoudong; Qian, Yufei; Zhu, Hao; Zhang, Zhen; Liu, Qiang; Hu, Yongbo; Wang, Jingyuan; Lee, Xuhui*, Isotopic kinetic fractionation of evaporation from small water bodies, Journal of Hydrology, 2021, 603: 126974.

[9]      Hu, Yongbo; Xiao, Wei*; Wei, Zhongwang; Welp, Lisa R.; Wen, Xuefa; Lee, Xuhui*, Determining the Isotopic Composition of Surface Water Vapor Flux From High-Frequency Observations Using Flux-Gradient and Keeling Plot Methods, Earth and Space Science, 2021, 8(3): e2020EA001304.

[10]      Zhao, Jiayu; Zhang, Mi*; Xiao, Wei; Jia, Lei; Zhang, Xiufang; Wang, Jiao; Zhang, Zhen; Xie, Yanhong; Pu, Yini; Liu, Shoudong; Feng, Zhaozhong; Lee, Xuhui*, Large methane emission from freshwater aquaculture ponds revealed by long-term eddy covariance observation, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2021, 308: 108600.

[11]      Xiao, Qitao; Liu, Zhenjing; Hu, Zhenghua; Wang, Wei; Zhang, Mi; Xiao, Wei; Duan, Hongtao*. Notable changes of carbon dioxide in a eutrophic lake caused by water diversion. Journal of Hydrology, 2021, 603: 127064.

[12]      Huang, Wenjing; Griffis, Timothy J.; Hu, Cheng; Xiao, Wei*; Lee, Xuhui, Seasonal variations of CH₄ emissions in the Yangtze River Delta Region of China are driven by agricultural activities, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2021, 38(9): 1537-1551.

[13]      Wang, Wei; Chakraborty, T. C.; Xiao, Wei; Lee, Xuhui, Ocean surface energy balance allows a constraint on the sensitivity of precipitation to global warming, Nature Communications, 2021, 12(1): 2115.

[14]      Ma, Xiaodan; Huang, Jianping*; Zhao, Tianliang*; Liu, Cheng; Zhao, Kaihui; Xing, Jia; Xiao, Wei. Rapid increase in summer surface ozone over the North China Plain during 2013-2019: a side effect of particulate matter reduction control? Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021, 21: 1-16.

[15]      Xiao, Wei*, Zhang, Zhen; Wang, Wei; Zhang, Mi; Liu, Qiang; Hu, Yongbo; Huang, Wenjing; Liu, Shoudong; Lee, Xuhui. Radiation controls the interannual variability of evaporation of a subtropical lake. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2020, 125(8), e2019JD031264. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031264

[16]      Liu, Cheng; Huang, Jianping*; Wang, Yongwei; Tao, Xinyu; Hu, Cheng; Deng, Lichen; Xu, Jiaping; Xiao, Hong-Wei; Luo, Li; Xiao, Hua-Yun; Xiao, Wei, Vertical distribution of PM2.5 and interactions with the atmospheric boundary layer during the development stage of a heavy haze pollution event, Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 704: 135329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135329

[17]      Xiao, Qitao; Xu, Xiaofeng; Duan, Hongtao*; Tianci, Qi; Qin, Boqiang; Lee, Xuhui; Hu, Zhenghua; Wang Wei; Xiao Wei; Zhang Mi; Eutrophic Lake Taihu as a significant CO₂ source during 2000-2015, Water Research, 2020, 170: 115331.

[18]      Zhang, Zhen; Zhang, Mi; Cao, Chang; Wang, Wei; Xiao, Wei; Xie, Chengyu; Chu, Haoran; Wang, Jiao; Zhao, Jiayu; Jia, Lei; Liu, Qiang; Huang, Wenjing; Zhang, Wenqing; Lu, Yang; Xie, Yanhong; Wang, Yi; Pu, Yini; Hu, Yongbo; Chen, Zheng; Qin, Zhihao; Xuhui Lee*. A dataset of microclimate and radiation and energy fluxes from the Lake Taihu Eddy Flux Network. Earth System Science Data, 2020, 12(1): 2635-2645.

[19]      Han, Pengfei; Zeng, Ning; Yao, Bo; Zhou, Weijian; Chen, Liqi; Wang, Shaoqiang; Lv, Honggang; Xiao, Wei; Zhu, Lingyun; Xu, Jiaping. Preface to Special Topic on Atmospheric Greenhouse Gas Measurement and Application in China. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2020, 37(6): 555-556.

[20]      Wei, Zhongwang*; Lee, Xuhui; Aemisegger, Franziska; Benetti, Marion; Berkelhammer, Max; Casado, Mathieu; Caylor, Kelly; Christner, Emanuel; Christoph, Dyroff; García, O. E.; González, Yenny; Griffis, Timothy; Kurita, Naoyuki; Liang, Jie; Liang, Mao-Chang; Lin, Guanghui; Noone, David; Gribanov, Konstantin; Munksgaard, Niels C.; Schneider, Matthias; Ritter, François; Steen-Larsen, Hans Christian; Vallet-Coulomb, Christine; Wen, Xuefa; Wright, Jonathon S.; Xiao, Wei; Yoshimura, Kei; A global database of water vapor isotopes measured with high temporal resolution infrared laser spectroscopy, Scientific Data, 2019, 6: 180302.    

[21]      Zhao, Jiayu; Zhang, Mi; Xiao, Wei; Wang, Wei; Zhang, Zhen; Yu, Zhou; Xiao, Qitao; Cao, Zhengda; Xu, Jingzheng; Zhang, Xiufang; Liu, Shoudong; Lee, Xuhui*; An evaluation of the flux-gradient and the eddy covariance method to measure CH₄, CO₂, and H₂O fluxes from small ponds, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2019, 275: 255-264.    

[22]      Hu, Cheng*; Griffis, Timothy J*; Liu, Shoudong; Xiao, Wei; Hu, Ning; Huang, Wenjing; Yang, Dong; Lee, Xuhui; Anthropogenic Methane Emission and Its Partitioning for the Yangtze River Delta Region of China, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 2019, 124(5): 1148-1170.    

[23]      Xiao, Qitao; Xu, Xiaofeng; Zhang, Mi; Duan, Hongtao*; Hu, Zhenghua; Wang, Wei; Xiao, Wei; Lee, Xuhui*; Coregulation of nitrous oxide emissions by nitrogen and temperature in China's third largest freshwater lake (Lake Taihu). Limnology and Oceanography, 2019, 64(3): 1070-1086.    

[24]      Huang, Wenjing; Xiao, Wei; Zhang, Mi; Wang, Wei; Xu, Jingzheng; Hu, Yongbo; Hu, Cheng; Liu, Shoudong; Lee, Xuhui*; Anthropogenic CH₄ Emissions in the Yangtze River Delta based on a "Top-Down" method, Atmosphere, 2019, 10(4): 185.  

[25]      Zhang, Mi; Xiao, Qitao; Zhang, Zhen; Gao, Yunqiu; Zhao, Jiayu; Pu, Yini; Wang, Wei; Xiao, Wei; Liu, Shoudong; Lee, Xuhui*; Methane flux dynamics in a submerged aquatic vegetation zone in a subtropical lake, Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 672: 400-409.

[26]      Wei, Zhongwang*; Lee, Xuhui*; Wen, Xuefa; Xiao, Wei; Evapotranspiration partitioning for three agro-ecosystems with contrasting moisture conditions: a comparison of an isotope method and a two-source model calculation, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2018, 252: 296-310.    

[27]      Wang, Wei^#; Lee, Xuhui*; Xiao, Wei^#; Liu, Shoudong; Schultz, Natalie; Wang, Yongwei; Zhang, Mi; Zhao, Lei; Global lake evaporation accelerated by changes in surface energy allocation in a warmer climate, Nature Geoscience, 2018, 11: 410-414. （共同一作）

[28]      Hu, Cheng*; Liu, Shoudong*; Wang, Yongwei; Zhang, Mi; Xiao, Wei; Wang, Wei; Xu, Jiaping; Anthropogenic CO₂ emissions from a megacity in the Yangtze River Delta of China, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018, 25(23): 23157-23169.

[29]      Fu, Congsheng; Zhu, Qing*; Yang, Guishan; Xiao, Qitao; Wei, Zhongwang; Xiao, Wei; Influences of Extreme Weather Conditions on the Carbon Cycles of Bamboo and Tea Ecosystems, Forests, 2018, 9(10): 629.

[30]      Xiao, Wei*; Wei, Zhongwang*; Wen, Xuefa; Evapotranspiration partitioning at the ecosystem scale using the stable isotope method-A review, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2018, 263: 346-361.  

[31]      Xiao, Wei*; Qian, Yufei; Lee, Xuhui*; Wang, Wei; Zhang, Mi; Wen, Xuefa; Liu, Shoudong; Hu, Yongbo; Xie, Chengyu; Zhang, Zhen; Zhang, Xuesong; Zhao, Xiaoyan; Zhang, Fucun; Hydrologic implications of the isotopic kinetic fractionation of open-water evaporation, Science China Earth Sciences, 2018, 61(10): 1523-1532. 

Projects

(1) The Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China, First experimental evaluation and improvement of the Craig-Gordon model for isotopic evaporation in field conditions over Lake Taihu, Project Leader

(2) The Youth Foundation of National Natural Science Foundation of China, A Modeling Investigation of the Canopy Foliage Water ¹⁸O Enrichment Processes and Mechanisms, Project Leader

(3) Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China, Continuous Measurement of Atmospheric CO₂ and CH₄ Fluxes to Aid Forecast of Algal Occurrence, Project Leader