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CURRICULUM VIATE
Pat J. -F. YEH
Phone: (65) 6516-2551
Email: ceeyehj@nus.edu.sg
http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/cee/people/ceeyehj/
http://blog.nus.edu.sg/hwrrgroup/
Education
School
MIT, USA
National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Degree
Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering
M.S., Institute of Environmental Engineering
B.Sc. (Eng.), Civil Engineering
Date
2003
1994
1992
Professional Experiences
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng., National University of Singapore (NUS)
Assistant Professor
2013 –
ICHARM (International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under UNESCO), Tsukuba, Japan
Chief Researcher
2012-13
Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Special-Appointed Associate Professor
2007-12
Dept. of Earth System Science (ESS), University of California, Irvine, USA
Project Scientist
2005-07
Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Hong Kong, China
Research Assistant Professor
2003-05
Affiliations
Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Member of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
Member of Asia Pacific Association of Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW)
Professional Services
 Peer reviewers for Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters, J. of Climate, J. of Hydrology,
J. of Geophysical Research, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Advanced Water Resources, J. of
Hydrometeorology, Climatic Change, Remote Sensing of Environment, and many others.
 Convener for the sessions at the AGU annual meeting, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014 and 2015
 Local organization committee member for the 2015 APHW-AOGS annual meeting.
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Peer-reviewed Journal Publications (SCI)
(Web of Science: h-index = 20; Total Citation Times: 1306; without Self-citations: 1218)
(Google Scholar: h-index = 24; Total Citation Times: 2112)
1. Wada, Y., Min-Hui Lo, P. J.-F. Yeh, J. T. Reager, J. S. Famiglietti, R.-J. Wu, Y. H. Tseng, 2016, Fate of
water pumped from underground and contributions to sea level rise. Nature Climate Change,
doi:10.1038/nclimate3001.
2. Duerinck, H. M., R. van der Ent, N. van de Giesen, V. Babovic, G. Schoups, P. J.-F. Yeh, 2016, Observed
soil moisture-precipitation feedback in Illinois: A systematic analysis over different scales, J.
Hydrometeorology, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-15-0032.1.
3. Cho, J., J.-H. Ryu, P. J.-F. Yeh, Y-W Lee and S. Hong, 2016, Satellite-based assessment of Amazonian
surface dryness due to deforestation. Remote Sensing Letters, 7, doi:10.1080/2150704X.2015.1109159.
4. Winter, J., P. J.-F. Yeh, X. Fu, E. A. B. Eltahir, 2015, Uncertainty in modeled and observed climate change
impacts on American Midwest hydrology, Water Resources Research, 51, doi:10.1002/2014WR016056.
5. Huang, Z., Y. Pan, H. Gong, P. J.-F. Yeh, X. Li, D. Zhou, W. Zhao, 2015, Subregional-scale groundwater
depletion detected by GRACE from both shallow and deep aquifers in the North China Plain, Geophysical
Research Letters, 42, 1791-1799, doi:10.1002/2014GL062498.
6. Masood, M., P. J.-F. Yeh, N. Hanasaki, K. Takeuchi, 2015, Model study of the impacts of future climate
change on the hydrology of Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) river basin. Hydrology and Earth
System Science, 19, 747–770, doi:10.5194/hess-19-747-2015.
7. Pokhrel, Y. N., S. Koirala, P. J.-F. Yeh, N. Hanasaki, L. Longuevergne, S. Kanae, and T. Oki, 2015,
Incorporation of groundwater pumping in a global land surface model with the representation of human
impacts, Water Resources Research, 51, 78-96, doi:10.1002/2014WR015602.
8. Koirala, S., P. J.-F. Yeh, Y. Hirabayashi, S. Kanae, T. Oki, 2014: Global-scale land surface hydrologic
modeling with the representation of water table dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research –
Atmospheres, 118, doi: 10.1002/2013JD020398.
9. Cho, J., Y-W. Lee, P. J.-F. Yeh, K.-S. Han, S. Kanae, 2014: Satellite-based assessment of large-scale land
cover change in Asian arid regions in the period of 2001-2009, Environmental Earth Sciences, doi:
10.1007/s12665-013-2778-0.
10. Pokhrel, Y., Y. Fan, G. Miguez-Macho, P. J.-F. Yeh, and S. -C. Han, 2013: The role of groundwater in the
Amazon water cycle: 3. Influence on terrestrial water storage and comparison with GRACE. Journal of
Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50335.
11. Chien, H., P. J.-F. Yeh, J. H. Knouf, 2013: Modeling the potential impacts of climate change on streamflow
in agricultural watersheds of the Midwestern United States, J. of Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2013.03.026.
12. Pokhrel, Y., Hanasaki, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Yamada, S. Kanae and T. Oki, 2013: Overestimated water storage
Reply, Nature Geoscience, 6, 3-4, doi:10.1038/ngeo1688.
13. Taylor, R. G., B. Scanlon, P. Döll, M. Rodell, R. van Beek, Y. Wada, L. Longuevergne, M. LeBlanc, J. S.
Famiglietti, M. Edmunds, L. Konikow, T. Green, J. Chen, M. Taniguchi, M. F.P Bierkens, A. MacDonald,
Y. Fan, R. Maxwell, Y. Yechieli, J. Gurdak, D. Allen, M. Shamsudduha, K. Hiscock, P. J.-F. Yeh, I. Holman
and H. Treidel, 2013: Ground water and climate change, Nature Climate Change,
doi:10.1038/nclimate1744.
14. Watanabe, S., S. Kanae, S. Seto, P. J.-F. Yeh, Y. Hirabayashi, T. Oki, 2012: Intercomparison of biascorrection methods for monthly temperature and precipitation simulated by multiple climate models.
Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 117, D23114, doi:10.1029/2012JD018192.
15. Pokhrel, Y., Hanasaki, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Yamada, S. Kanae and T. Oki, 2012: Model estimates of sea level
change due to anthropogenic impact on terrestrial water storage. Nature Geoscience, 5, 389-392,
doi:10.1038/ngeo1476.
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16. Okazaki, A., P. J.-F. Yeh, K. Yoshimura, M. Watanabe, M. Kimoto, and T. Oki, 2012: Estimation of flood
risk change under global warming using MIROC5 simulations and discharge probability index, Journal of
the Meteorological Society of Japan, 90, 509-524, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2012-405.
17. Cho, J., T. Oki, P. J.-F. Yeh, W. Kim, S. Kanae and W. Otsuki, 2012: On the relationship between the
Bowen ratio and the near-surface air temperature, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, doi:10.1007/s
00704-011-0520-y.
18. Cho, J., S. Miyazaki, P. J.-F. Yeh, W. Kim, S. Kanae, and T. Oki, 2012: Testing the hypothesis on the
relationship between aerodynamic roughness length and albedo using vegetation structure parameters. Int
J. Biometeorol., doi:10.1007/s00484-011-0445-2.
19. Pokhrel, Y., Hanasaki, S. Koirala, J. Cho, H. Kim, P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae and T. Oki, 2012: Incorporating
anthropogenic water regulation modules into a land surface model, J. of Hydrometeorology,
doi:10.1175/JHM-D-11-013.1.
20. Cho, J., H. Komatsu, Y. Pokhrel, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, S. Kanae, 2011: The effects of annual precipitation
and mean air temperature on annual runoff in global forest regions. Climatic Change, doi:10.1007/s 10584011-0197-3.
21. Haddeland, I. D. Clark, W. Franssen, F. Ludwig, F. Voß, N. W. Arnell, N. Bertrand, M. Best, S. Folwell, D.
Gerten, S. Gomes, S. N. Gosling, S. Hagemann, N. Hanasaki, R. Harding, J. Heinke, P. Kabat, S. Koirala,
T. Oki, J. Polcher, T. Stacke, P. Viterbo, G. P. Weedon and P. J.-F. Yeh, 2011: Multimodel estimate of the
global water balance: setup and first results. J. of Hydrometeorology, doi:10.1175/2011JHM1324.1.
22. Okazawa, Y., P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae., and T. Oki, 2011: Development of a global flood risk index based on
natural and socio-economic factors. Hydrological Sciences Journal, doi:10.1080/02626667.2011.583249.
23. Kaneko, D., P. Yang, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Kumakura, 2010: Developing a photosynthetic sterility model to
estimate CO2 fixation through the crop yield in Asia based on MODIS data. Ecological Informatics,
doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.07.008.
24. Cho, J., P. J.-F. Yeh, Y-W. Lee, H. Kim, T. Oki, W. Kim, and K. Otsuki, 2010: A study on the relationship
between Atlantic sea surface temperature and Amazonia greenness. Ecological Informatics,
doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2010.07.008.
25. Cho, J., T. Oki, P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae, and W. Kim, 2010: The effect of estimated PAR uncertainties on
physiological processes of biosphere model. Ecological Modeling, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.03.009.
26. Lo, M-H., J. S. Famiglietti, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. H. Syed, 2010: Improving parameter estimation and water table
depth simulation in a land surface model using GRACE water storage and estimated baseflow data. Water
Resources Research, doi:10.1029/ 2009WR007855.
27. Tang Q., H. Gao, P. Yeh, T. Oki, F. Su, and D. P. Lettenmaier, 2010: Dynamics of terrestrial water storage
change from satellite and surface observations and modeling. J. of Hydrometeorology, 10,
doi:10.1175/2009JHM1152.1.
28. Wang, L., T. Koike, K. Yang, P. J.-F. Yeh, 2009: Assessment of a distributed biosphere hydrological model
against streamflow and MODIS land surface temperature in the upper Tone River Basin. J. of Hydrology,
doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.005.
29. Kim. H., P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, S. Kanae, 2009: The role of rivers in the seasonal variations of terrestrial
water storage over global basins. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L17402, doi:10.1029/2009GL039006.
30. Han. S. C., H, Kim, I. Y. Yeo, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, K. W. Seo, D. Alsdorf, 2009: Dynamics of surface water
storage in the Amazon inferred from measurements of satellite distance change. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36,
L09403, doi:10.1029/2009GL037910.
31. Yang, D., W. Shao, P. J.-F. Yeh, H. Yang, S. Kanae, T. Oki, 2009: Impact of vegetation coverage on regional
water balance in the non-humid regions of China. Water Resources Research, 45, W00A14,
doi:10.1029/2008WR006948.
32. Yeh, P. J.-F., J. Famiglietti, 2009: Regional groundwater evapotranspiration in Illinois. J. of
Hydrometeorology, 10, doi:10.1175/2008JHM1018.1.
33. Lo, M-H., P. J.-F. Yeh, J. S. Famiglietti, 2008: Constraining water table depth simulations in a land surface
model using estimated baseflow. Advances in Water Resources,doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.06.007.
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34. Yeh, P. J.-F., J. Famiglietti, 2008: Regional Terrestrial Water Storage Change and Evapotranspiration from
Terrestrial and Atmospheric Water Balance Computations. Journal of Geophysical Research –
Atmospheres, 113, doi:10.1029/2007JD009045.
35. Gulden, L. E., E. Rosero, Z. L. Yang, M. Rodell, C. S. Jackson, G. Y. Niu, P. J.-F. Yeh, and J. Famiglietti,
2007: Improving land-surface model hydrology: Is an explicit aquifer model better than a deeper soil profile?
Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L09402, doi:10.1029/2007GL029804.
36. Yeh, P. J.-F., J. Famiglietti, S. C. Swenson, M. Rodell, 2006: Remote sensing of groundwater storage
changes using the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE). Water Resources Research, 42,
W12203, doi:10.1029/2006WR005374.
37. Swenson, S.C., P. J.-F. Yeh, J. Wahr, J. S. Famiglietti, 2006: A comparison of terrestrial water storage
variations from GRACE with in situ measurements from Illinois. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L16401,
doi:10.1029/2006GL026962.
38. Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2005: Representation of water table dynamics in a land surface scheme:
1. model development. Journal of Climate, Vol. 18, No. 12, pages 1861-1880.
39. Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2005: Representation of water table dynamics in a land surface scheme:
2. subgrid heterogeneity. Journal of Climate, Vol. 18, No. 12, pages 1881-1901.
40. Eltahir, E.A.B, and P. J.-F. Yeh, 1999: On the asymmetric response of aquifer water level to droughts and
floods in Illinois. Water Resources Research, 35(4), 1199-1217.
41. Yeh, P. J.-F. , M. Irizzary, and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998: Hydroclimatology of Illinois: A comparison of the
estimates of evaporation based on atmospheric water balance and soil water balance. Journal of
Geophysical Research 103(D16), 19,823-19,837.
42. Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998: Stochastic analysis of the relationship between topography and
the spatial distribution of soil moisture. Water Resources Research, 34(5), 1251-1263.
Papers under Review and in Preparation
43. Yeh, P. J.-F., Statistical analyses of feedbacks between subsurface water storage and precipitation based
on 10-year observational daily data in Illinois. (in preparation)
44. Yeh, P. J.-F., Regional-scale combined land-atmosphere water balance based on 2004-2013 daily direct
observations. (in preparation)
45. Yeh P. J.-F., and Chuanhao Wu, Trend identification across terrestrial water budget components in the U.S.
Midwest from 1983 to 2013. (in preparation)
46. Wu C. and Yeh P. J.-F. Yeh, The role of annual water storage changes on the mean and variance of
evapotranspiration estimates in the Budyko framework. (in preparation)
47. Yeh, P. J.-F., Z, Huang, How to aggregate point-scale observations of terrestrial water storage components
to compare with GRACE data? (in preparation)
48. Yeh, P. J.-F., Estimation of groundwater recharge based on observed water table depth and streamflow in
Illinois. (in preparation)
49. Huang, Z., Y. Pan, H. Gong, P. J.-F. Yeh, A. Güntner and Y. Zhu, Monitoring groundwater storage variation
in a karst area of Southwest China using GRACE satellites. (in preparation)
50. Zhang, C. Huang, Z., Y. Pan, H. Gong, P. J.-F. Yeh, Anthropogenic impacts on regional evapotranspiration
estimated from GRACE satellites in the Haihe River basin of China. (in preparation)
51. Yeh, P. J.-F., and He, X., A novel approach to estimate basin-scale specific yield based on groundwater
recession analysis and water table depth observations. (in preparation)
52. Yeh, P. J.-F., M-H. Lo, Y. Pokhrel, Y. Wada: Correcting reanalysis-based atmospheric vapor convergence
based on GRACE and streamflow data. (in preparation)
53. Yeh, P. J.-F., S. Koirala, Y. Pokhrel, T. Oki, Analysis of terrestrial water storage components over large
river basins from hydrologic modeling. (in preparation)
54. Yeh, P. J.-F., Hydroclimatic anomaly propagation and correlation analysis from daily to annual timescales
in Illinois. (in preparation)
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Book Chapters
1. Yeh, P. J.-F., 2016, Regional-scale combined land-atmosphere water balance based on daily observations
in Illinois, In: AGU Monograph "Terrestrial Water Cycle and Climate Change: Natural and Humaninduced Impacts", Q. Tang et al. (eds.).
2. Oki T. and Yeh P. J.-F. 2014, Water Resources. In Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing, pp. 903-909, Njoku,
E. G. (Eds), Springer. ISBN: 978-0-387-36698-2.
3. Oki T. and Yeh P. J.-F. 2014, Water and Energy Cycles. In Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing, pp. 895-903,
Njoku, E. G. (Eds), Springer. ISBN: 978-0-387-36698-2.
4. Tang, Q., Huang, L., Liu, H., Yeh, P. J.-F., and Cho, J., 2013. Spatiotemporal estimation of land surface
evapotranspiration rates from MODIS data based on a VI-Ts approach. In Remote Sensing of Land Surface
Turbulent Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content. FL: CRC Press, pp 233-248. ISBN: 9781466505780.
5. Yeh, P. J.-F. Tang Q. and H. Kim, 2012, Chapter 20: Validation of Gravity Recovery and climate Change
Experiment Data for the Assessment of Terrestrial Water Storage Variations. In Multiscale Hydrologic
Remote Sensing: Perspectives and Applications. Ni-Bin Chang (Eds), Boa Raton, FL., CRC Press, pp 550.
ISBN: 978-1-4398-7745-6.
6. Oki, T., H. Kim, N. Hanasaki, S. Kanae, S. Seto, and P. J.-F. Yeh, 2009: Recent Achievements in
Macroscale Hydrological Modeling. GEWEX News, 19(2), p.12-14.
Referred Conference Proceedings
1. Masood, M., Yeh, P. J. F., Hanasaki, N., & Takeuchi, K. 2014. Assessment of climate change impact on
hydrology through addressing model parameter-related uncertainty: case study on Ganges-BrahmaputraMeghna (GBM) basin. Proceedings of the 16th International Summer Symposium, JSCE, Osaka, Japan,
ISSN 1345-8507, pp.45 - 46.
2. Koirala, S., H. Yamada, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, Y. Hirabayashi, and S. Kanae, 2012, Global simulation of
groundwater recharge, water table depth, and low flow using a land surface model with groundwater
representation, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers, 56.
3. Koirala, S., P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae, 2010, Fully dynamic groundwater representation in the
MATSIRO land surface model, Annual Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil Engineers,
54.
4. Fan, K.W., Fok, L., X. B. Ma, P. J- F. Yeh, D. S. Cheng, J.H.W. Lee, Z. Y. Wang, F. Chen, 2005. Field
Investigation on Biodiversity in the East River (Dongjiang). Proceedings of the 2nd International Yellow
River Forum, Zhengzhou, China. P.87~97.
5. Fok, L., A. Koenig, and P. J.-F. Yeh, 2004. Estimation of Total Nitrogen Export in the East River
(Dongjiang) Basin: II. Source Apportionment and Distribution Using GIS Approach, 4th International
Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainable Water Management, Lee and Lam (eds)
P.719~725
6. Yeh, P. J.-F., L. Fok, and J. H. W. Lee, 2004. Hydrological simulation of the East River Basin (Dongjiang)
in China, 4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainable Water Management,
Lee and Lam (eds) P.1945~1950
7. Jayawaedena A. W. and P. J.-F. Yeh, 2003. Hydrological Modeling of the East River Catchment in China,
Proceedings of International Conference on Management Water Resources under Climatic Extremes and
Natural Disasters, Sigatoka, Fiji. P. 158-165.
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Conference Presentations
1.
Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997, The Role of Topography, Climate, and Soil in Controlling the
Spatial Distribution of Soil Moisture, American Geophysical Union 1997 Spring Meeting, Baltimore,
Maryland.
2.
Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1997, Hydroclimatology of Illinois: A Comparison Between the
Monthly Evaporation Estimated by Soil Water Balance and Atmospheric Water Balance, American
Geophysical Union 1997 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
3.
Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 1998, On the Cross-Correlation Between Topography and Large-scale
Soil Moisture Distribution, American Geophysical Union 1998 Spring Meeting, Boston, MA.
4.
Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2000, The Representation of Groundwater Dynamics in a Land Surface
Scheme, American Geophysical Union 2000 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
5.
Yeh, P. J.-F., and Jayawaedena A. W., 2003. A Hydrological Model For Ungauged Basins Using the
Kinematic Wave Approach, IUGG 2003 Meeting, Sapporo, Japan.
6.
Yeh, P. J.-F., and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2003. Representation of Water Table Dynamics In a Land Surface
Parameterization Scheme, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
7.
Yeh, P. J.-F., L. Fok, and J. H. W. Lee, 2004. Hydrological simulation of the East River Basin (Dongjiang)
in China, 4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics and Sustainable Water Management.
Hong Kong. China
8.
Fok, L., A. Koenig, and P. J.-F. Yeh, 2004. Estimation of Total Nitrogen Export in the East River
(Dongjiang) Basin: II. Source Apportionment and Distribution Using GIS Approach. 4th International
Symposium on Environmental Hydraulicsand Sustainable Water Management. Hong Kong, China.
9.
Yeh, P. J.-F. and E. A. B. Eltahir, 2005, The Role of Groundwater in Climate System, Invited Talk,
American Geophysical Union 2005 Fall Meeting, San Francisco. (Invited Talk)
10. Fan, K.W., Fok, L., X. B. Ma, P. J.-F. Yeh, D. S. Cheng, J.H.W. Lee, Z. Y. Wang, F. Chen, 2005. Field
Investigation on Biodiversity in the East River (Dongjiang). The 2nd International Yellow River Forum,
Zhengzhou, China.
11. Yeh, P. J.-F. and J. Famiglietti, 2006, Investigating the Propagation of Regional Droughts and Floods
within the Soil Profile in Illinois, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.
12. Yeh, P. J.-F. and J. Famiglietti, 2006, Hydroclimatic Anomaly Propagation with Increasing Depth of soil
Profile in Illinois – implication for Land Memory Processes, CPPA Principle Investigator’s Meeting,
Tucson, Arizona.
13. Yeh, P. J.-F. , S. C. Swenson, J. Famiglietti, and M. Rodell, 2006, Remote Sensing of Groundwater
Storage Changes in Illinois Using GRACE, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
14. Lo. M., P. J.-F. Yeh, and J. Famiglietti, 2006, Impact of Water Table Dynamics on Hydrological
Simulation of the NCAR CLM, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
15. Swenson, S. C., P. J.-F. Yeh, J. Wahr, and J. Famiglietti, 2006, GRACE Estimates of Terrestrial Water
Storage: Validation and Applications, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
16. Yeh, P. J.-F., and J. Famiglietti, 2007, Estimation of Terrestrial Water Storage Changes Using GRACE
and Combined Land-Atmospheric Water Balance, AGU Spring Meeting, Acapulco, Mexico. (Invited Talk)
17. Yeh, P. J. –F., and J. Famiglietti, 2007, Regional Groundwater Recharge and Groundwater
Evapotranspiration in Illinois. , AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
18. Lo. M., P. J.-F. Yeh, and J. Famiglietti, 2007, Using Baseflow to Constrain Water Table Depth Simulations
in the NCAR Community Land Model (CLM). AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco.
19. Oki, T., P. J.-F. Yeh, K. Yoshimura, H. Kim, Y. Shen, T. Ngo-Duc, S. Seto, and S. Kanae, 2008, Seasonal
Variations of Total Terrestrial Water Storages in Major River Basins, World Climate Research Programme,
Tokyo, Jan.
20. Yeh, P. J.-F., T. Ngo-Duc, H. Kim, and T. Oki, 2008, Global evaluation of remote sensing GRACE water
storages using reanalysis data and streamflow measurements. The 5th annual Meeting of Asia Oceania
Geosciences Society (AOGS), Busan, Korea.
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21. Yeh, P. J.-F., 2008, The role of shallow aquifers in the regional hydroclimatology. International
conference of Hydrological Changes and Management from Headwater to the Ocean (HydroChange
2008), October 1-3, Kyoto, Japan.
22. Yeh, P. J.-F., H. Kim, S. Koirala, and T. Oki, 2008, Global evaluation of remote sensing GRACE water
storages using the combined land-atmosphere water balance computation, 4thConference of Asia Pacific
Association of Hydrology and Water Resources (APHW), 3-5 Nov., Beijing, China.
23. Yeh, P. J.-F., and T. Oki, 2008, Assessment of Terrestrial water storage dynamics from daily to interannual
timescales. AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 Dec. 2008, San Francisco, USA.
24. Koirala, S., P. J.-F. Yeh, H. Kim, S. Kanae, and T. Oki, 2008, Global hydrological simulation using
MATSIRO-TRIP land surface model with groundwater representation, AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 Dec.,
San Francisco, USA.
25. Kim. H., P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae, 2008, Temporal variation of terrestrial water storage
components in global river basins inferred from GRACE and LSM, GRACE Science Team Meeting, San
Francisco, USA, Dec.
26. Yeh, P. J.-F., H. Kim, and T. Oki, 2009, Assessment of Large-scale Terrestrial Water Storage Dynamics
from Multiple Sources, The 6th International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle
and Joint GEWEX/iLEAPS Sessions, Melbourne, Australia.
27. Kim, H., P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae, 2009, The role of rivers in the seasonal variations of terrestrial
water storage over global basins, GRACE Science Team Meeting, Nov., Austin, USA.
28. Yeh P. J.-F., 2009, Assessment of terrestrial water storage dynamics at multiple timescales from multiple
data sources, AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December, San Francisco, USA
29. Yeh P. J.-F., 2010, Characterization of floods and droughts in the combined land-atmosphere hydrological
cycle under climate change. International Workshop of Water Vulnerability ad Adaptive Governance
under the Climate Change and Development, 17-19 September, Beijing, China. (Invited Talk)
30. Yeh P. J.-F., 2010, Characterization of Atmospheric and terrestrial hydrological cycle changes and their
interactions, International Workshop of TCCIP Project on Climate Change, 1-3 November, Taipei, Taiwan.
(Invited Talk)
31. Yeh P. J.-F., M. Yuan, H. Kim, S. Koirala, Y. Pokhrel, T. Oki, 2010, Characterization of long-term
atmospheric and terrestrial hydrological cycle change from multiple data sources,. AGU Fall Meeting,
13-17 December, San Francisco, USA.
32. Koirala, S., P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae, and T. Oki, 2010, Estimation of groundwater-supplied
evapotranspiration in the global modeling context, International Workshop on Global Change Projection:
Modeling and Impact Assessment, February, Tsukuba, Japan.
33. Koirala, S., P.J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae, 2010, Fully dynamic groundwater representation in the
MATSIRO land surface model, 54th Annual Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, Japan Society of Civil
Engineers, Japan, March, Hokkaido University, Japan.
34. Koirala, S., P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae, and T. Oki, 2010, Explicit representation of groundwater process in a
global-scale land surface model to improve the prediction of water resources, EGU General Assembly,
May, Vienna, Australia.
35. Koirala, S., P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae, 2010, Parameter estimation of a groundwater representation
applicable in a global-scale land surface model, Proceedings of Annual Conference, Japan Society of
Hydrology and Water Resources, Sep, Tokyo, Japan.
36. Koirala, S., P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae, T. Oki, 2010, Analysis of groundwater-supplied evapotranspiration in
global-modeling context, 2nd International Conference on Hydrology delivers Earth System Science to
Society, June, Tokyo, Japan.
37. Kim, H., T. Oki, J. Cho, S. Koirala, S. Kanae, and P. J.-F. Yeh, 2010, Estimation of uncertainty in
ensemble land surface simulations, 2nd International Conference on Hydrology delivers Earth System
Science to Society, June, Tokyo, Japan.
38. Oki, T., Y. Pokhrel, P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Koirala, S. Kanae, and N. Hanasaki, 2010, Identifying the hotspots of
non-renewable water use using HiGW-MAT: A new land surface model coupled with human interventions
and ground water reservoir, AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 Dec, San Francisco, USA. (Invited Talk)
UPDATED July/15/2016
39. Koirala, S., H. Yamada, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae, 2011, Global-scale modeling of groundwater
recharge and water table depth using a land surface model with groundwater representation, Japan
Geoscience Union Meeting.
40. Yeh, P. J.-F., T. Oki, S. Koirala, and S. Kanae, 2011, Estimation of terrestrial water storage from global
hydrological modeling, GRACE and land-atmosphere water balance analysis, World Climate Research
Programme (WRCP) Open Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 23-28.
41. Koirala, S., P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, and S. Kanae, 2011, Climate-soil-vegetation control on groundwatersupplied evapotranspiration in the global modeling context, World Climate Research Programme (WRCP)
Open Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 23-28.
42. Pokhrel Y., S. Koirala, T. Yamada, N. Hanasaki, P. Yeh, K. Yoshimura, S. Kanae, T. Oki, 2011, Simulating
the effects of irrigation pumping on global groundwater depletion, World Climate Research Programme
(WRCP) Open Science Conference, Denver, Colorado, Oct. 23-28.
43. Yeh P. J.-F., S. Koirala, T. Oki, 2011, Analysis of terrestrial water storage components from global
hydrological model simulations validated by GRACE data and water balance analysis, AGU Fall Meeting,
5-9 December 2011, San Francisco, USA.
44. Yeh P. J.-F., 2012, Estimation of Terrestrial Water Storage from Global Hydrological Modeling, Remote
Sensing, and Land-atmosphere Water Balance Analysis, AOGS – AGU (WPGM) Joint Assembly, 13-17
August, Singapore.
45. Yeh P. J.-F., 2012, Estimation of large-scale terrestrial water storage variations for prediction of flood
and drought, 2012 APEC Typhoon Symposium/International Workshop of Typhoon and Flood with the
ACTS (APEC Research Center for Typhoon and Society), June 5 to 7, Taipei, Taiwan. (Invited Talk)
46. Yeh P. J.-F., X. He, S. T. Oki, 2012, Estimation of groundwater storage variations based on baseflow
recession analysis, AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December, San Francisco, USA.
47. He, X., H. Kim, P. J.-F. Yeh, T. Oki, 2012, Impact of improved atmosphere forcing data and soilvegetation parameters in terrestrial hydrologic modeling over West Africa, AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7
December, San Francisco, USA.
48. Pokhrel, Y. N., Y. Fan, G. Miguez-Macho, P. J.-F. Yeh, and S-C Han, 2012, Role of surface water and
groundwater on terrestrial water storage variation in the Amazon, AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December, San
Francisco, USA.
49. Koirala, S., Y. Hirabayashi, P. J.-F. Yeh, S. Kanae, and T. Oki, 2012, Uncertainties in global modeling of
groundwater-induced increase in evapotranspiration, AGU Fall Meeting, 3-7 December, San Francisco,
USA.
50. Yeh P. J.-F., 2013, Estimation of terrestrial water storage from hydrologic modeling, GRACE, and landatmospheric water balance analysis, International Joint Conference of AsiaFlux, HESSS (Hydrology
delivers Earth System to Society), and KSFAM, August 21-23. Seoul, Korea. (Invited Talk)
51. Yeh P. J.-F., S. Koirala, Y. Pokhrel, T. Oki, 2013, Terrestrial water storage variations from global land
surface model simulation with human impacts, AGU Fall Meeting, 9-13 December, San Francisco, USA.
52. Yeh P. J.-F., 2014, The role of rivers and reservoirs in the global terrestrial water cycle. The 6th
International Symposium on Large Asian River, May 9-13, Xi’an, Shannxi, China. (Invited Keynote
Speech).
53. Yeh, P. J.-F, and X. He, 2014, Characterization of unconfined aquifer storage variations by baseflow
recession. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, 28 Jul – 1 Aug, Sapporo,
Japan.
54. Yamada T., P. J.-F. Yeh and co-authors, 2014, Global hydrological cycle associated with human impact
module in a global climate model. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 11th Annual Meeting, 28
Jul – 1 Aug, Sapporo, Japan.
55. Yeh P. J.-F., 2014, Estimation of groundwater budget components based on 30-year (1984-2013) direct
observations in Illinois, AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Francisco, USA.
56. Gironella F. A. G. and P. J.-F. Yeh, 2014, An Analysis of Two-Way Soil Moisture-Precipitation
Interactions Based on Daily Observations in Illinois, AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Francisco,
USA.
UPDATED July/15/2016
57. Pan Y., Z. Huang, H. Gong, P. J.-F. Yeh X. Li, D. Zhou, W. Zhao, 2014, Grace-Derived Groundwater
Depletion from Both Shallow and Deep Aquifers within North China Plain, AGU Fall Meeting, 15-19
December, San Francisco, USA.
58. Chien H., P. J.-F. Yeh, J. H. Knouft, 2014, Assessing the potential impacts of climate change on return
periods of hydrological extremes in the Illinois River watershed of the Midwestern United States , AGU
Fall Meeting, 15-19 December, San Francisco, USA.
59. Yeh, P. J.-F, 2015, Statistical analyses of feedbacks between subsurface water storage and precipitation
based on observational daily data in Illinois. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 12th Annual
Meeting, 3-7 August, Singapore.
60. Yeh, P. J.-F., Z. Huang and Y. Pan. 2015, On the consistency between GRACE, in-situ observed and
modeled terrestrial water storage, AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December, San Francisco, USA.
61. Pan Y., C. Zhang, P. J.-F. Yeh, H. Gong and X. Wang, 2015, Anthropogenic Impact on the Non-closure
of GRACE-based Water Budget in Hai River Basin, China, AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December, San
Francisco, USA.
62. Wu W. Y., Min-Hui Lo, Y. Wada, J. T. Reager, J. S. Famiglietti, P. J.-F. Yeh and Agnes Ducharne, 2015,
Impacts of Climate Changes on the Future Groundwater Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, AGU Fall
Meeting, 14-18 December, San Francisco, USA.
Research Grants
1.
Principle Investigator - Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong under the project #10204624: Water
Balance Analysis and Hydrological Modeling of the Continental-scale Yangtze River Basin, China, Sep. 2003Aug. 2005; $425,430 HKD total (~$54,500 USD),
2.
Co-Investigator - Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong under the project #10204612: Macro-scale
Hydrological Modeling of Mekong River Basin, Sept. 2003 – Aug. 2005, $425,430 HKD total (~$54,500 USD)
3.
Team Member - NASA Proposal: Assimilation of GRACE-derived River Basin Water Storage Changes into
Monthly Water Balance Models, PI: Peter Troch, 2006.
4.
Team Member - NASA Proposal: Terrestrial Hydrology from GRACE: Decomposition, Continental
Hydroclimatology and New Applications, PI: J. S. Famiglietti, 2006.
5.
Team Member - Innovative Program of Climate Change for Prediction for the 21st Century (KAKUSHIN)
Project: PI: Taikan Oki, Sep. 2007 - Mar. 2012;
6.
Principle Investigator – “Estimation of Terrestrial Water Storage and Compilation of Global Data Inventory”,
National University of Singapore FRC (Faculty Research Committee) Start-up Grant; Nov. 2013 - Oct. 2016;
$180,000 SGD total ($133,200 USD).
7.
Principle Investigator – “The Impact of Shallow Groundwater Dynamics on the Regional Hydroclimatology
from a Climate Model Simulation”, Sub-award from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology,
SMART Agreement No. II-14 NUS CENSAM, Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2015; $75,000 SGD total (55,500 USD).
8.
Principle Investigator – “Food Security in Singapore under Climate Change via the Virtual Water Trade
Concept”, MOE (Ministry of Education) Tier 1 Grant; Mar. 2015 - Feb. 2018; $160,000 SGD total ($118,400
USD).