Qian CaoPostdoctoral Scholar |
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Research
Subseasonal flood forecasting; The role of antecedent soil moisture in atmospheric river flood reponse in a warming climate; Large-scale and watershed-scale hydrological modeling
Education
Ph.D. in Geography
University of California, Los Angeles, 2020
ME in Water Resources Engineering
Wuhan University, 2013
BE in Agricultural Water Resources Engineering
Wuhan University, 2011
Positions Held
Apr 2020 - current : Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Geography / Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Sept 2014 - Mar 2020 : Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Geography, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Sept 2013 - Aug 2014 : Graduate Research Assistant
Civil & Environmental Engineering Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Publications
Cao, Q., A. Mehran, F.M. Ralph, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2019: The role of hydrological initial conditions on Atmospheric River floods in the Russian River basin, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20, DOI:10.1175/JHM-D-19-0030.1.
Cao, Q., E.A. Clark, Y. Mao and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2019: Trends and interannual variability in terrestrial water storage over the eastern United States, 2003-2016, Water Resources Research, 55, DOI:10.1029/2018WR023278.
Cao, Q., T.H. Painter, W.R. Currier, J.D. Lundquist, and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2018: Estimation of precipitation over the OLYMPEX domain during winter 2015-2016, Journal of Hydrometeorology, DOI:10.1175/JHM-D-17-0076.1.
Cao, Q., N. Sun, J. Yearsley, B. Nijssen and D.P. Lettenmaier, 2016: Climate and land cover effects on the temperature of Puget Sound streams, Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.10784.
Sun, N., Yearsley, J., Baptiste, M., Cao, Q., Lettenmaier, D.P. and Nijssen, B., 2016: A spatially distributed model for assessment of the effects of changing land use and climate on urban stream quality. Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.10964.
Henn, B., Q., Cao, D.P. Lettenmaier, C.S. Magirl, C. Mass, J.B. Bower, M. St. Laurent, Y. Mao, and S. Perica, 2015: Hydroclimatic conditions preceding the March 2014 Oso landslide, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16, 1243-1249, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-15-0008.1.
Presentations
Cao, Q., D.P. Lettenmaier, T.H. Painter, J.D. Lundquist, and W.A. Peterson. Estimation of precipitation over the OLYMPEX domain during winter 2015-2016 using radar, gauge precipitation and ASO snow estimates. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2016 (talk)
Cao, Q., A. Mehran, D.P. Lettenmaier, C. Mass, N. Johnson. The utility of satellite precipitation products for hydrologic prediction in topographically complex regions: The Chehalis River Basin, WA as a case study. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2015 (poster)
Cao, Q., N. Sun, J. Yearsley, B. Nijssen and D.P. Lettenmaier. Modeling of Effects of Climate and Land Cover Change on Thermal Loading to Puget Sound. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 2014 (poster)
Last updated 05/20/2020
