Research Interests
Dr. Jida Wang is a broadly-trained physical geographer and hydrologist. His work focuses on surface water abundance and dynamics, particularly in lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands. He studies how these water stores function as sentinels, regulators, and integrators of climate change, and how lakes of different types interact with the river systems, the cryosphere, the carbon cycle, and human water managements. He conducts such studies through applications and innovations of integrated methods, which combine multi-sensor satellite remote sensing, in situ measurements, hydrological modeling, and AI/ML.
Recent Publications
Ding, M., Wang, J., Song, C., Sheng, Y., Shawn Hutchinson, J. M., Langston, A. L., & Marston, L. (2024). A framework of freshwater and saline lake typology classification through leveraging hydroclimate, spectral, and literature evidence. Journal of Hydrology, 632, Article 130704. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130704
Fan, C., Song, C., Wang, J., Sheng, Y., Lin, Y., Yuan, C., Safat Sikder, M., Crétaux, J. F., Liu, K., Chen, T., Zeng, F., & Ke, L. (2024). Emerging global reservoirs in the new millennium: Abundance, hotspots, and total water storage. Science Bulletin, 69(14), 2179-2182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2024.04.043
Frieler, K., Volkholz, J., Lange, S., Schewe, J., Mengel, M., Del Rocío Rivas López, M., Otto, C., Reyer, C. P. O., Karger, D. N., Malle, J. T., Treu, S., Menz, C., Blanchard, J. L., Harrison, C. S., Petrik, C. M., Eddy, T. D., Ortega-Cisneros, K., Novaglio, C., Rousseau, Y., ... Bechtold, M. (2024). Scenario setup and forcing data for impact model evaluation and impact attribution within the third round of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP3a). Geoscientific Model Development, 17(1), 1-51. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1-2024
Han, X., Zhang, G., Wang, J., Tseng, K. H., Li, J., Woolway, R. I., Shum, C. K., & Xu, F. (2024). Reconstructing Tibetan Plateau lake bathymetry using ICESat-2 photon-counting laser altimetry. Remote Sensing of Environment, 315, Article 114458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2024.114458
Jaramillo, F., Aminjafari, S., Castellazzi, P., Fleischmann, A., Fluet-Chouinard, E., Hashemi, H., Hubinger, C., Martens, H. R., Papa, F., Schöne, T., Tarpanelli, A., Virkki, V., Wang-Erlandsson, L., Abarca-del-Rio, R., Borsa, A., Destouni, G., Di Baldassarre, G., Moore, M. L., Posada-Marín, J. A., ... Salazar, J. F. (2024). The Potential of Hydrogeodesy to Address Water-Related and Sustainability Challenges. Water Resources Research, 60(11), Article e2023WR037020. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR037020
