Education

  1. 2008.09-2014.07  Ph.D. Physical Geography, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

  2. 2012.10-2014.03  Visiting scholar, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

  3. 2004.09-2008.06  B.S. Physical Geography, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

  4. 2006.08-2006.12  Exchange program, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK

 

Professional Experience

  1. 2017.01-           Associate Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University

  2. 2014.12-2016.12   Lecturer, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University

 

Public Service

  1. Peer-reviewed Journals：PNAS, Remote Sensing of Environment, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Science of the Total Environment, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Journal of Cleaner Production, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, Agricultural Water Management, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Sensor, Hydrology Research, Marine and Freshwater Research, Frontiers of Earth Science, Meteorological Applications, Advances in Meteorology;

  2. Chinese National Committee for International Association of Hydrological Sciences (CNC-IAHS) member；AMS member

 

Teaching Courses

  1. Geographical Data Analysis with MATLAB; English for Geography Major

  2. Tutoring Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis of SYSU（2016/2017/2019）

 

Selected Publications

  1. Qiu J.*, J. Dong, W. T. Crow, X. Zhang, R. H. Reichle, and G. J. M. De Lannoy, The benefit of brightness temperature assimilation for the SMAP Level-4 surface and root-zone soil moisture analysis, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2021, 25(3), 1569–1586, doi: 10.5194/hess-25-1569-2021.
  2. Qiu J.*, W. T. Crow, J. Dong, G. S. Nearing, Model representation of the coupling between evapotranspiration and soil water content at different depths. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020, 24(2), 581–594, doi:10.5194/hess-24-581-2020.
  3. Wang Z., J. Qiu* and K. Van Oost, A multi-isotope model for simulating soil organic carbon cycling in eroding landscapes (WATEM_C v1.0). Geoscientific Model Development, 2020, 13(10), 4977–4992, doi: 10.5194/gmd-13-4977-2020.
  4. Qiu J.*, W. T. Crow, W. Wagner, and T. Zhao, Effect of vegetation index choice on soil moisture retrievals via the synergistic use of synthetic aperture radar and optical remote sensing. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2019, 80, 47–57, doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2019.03.015.
  5. Qiu J.*, W. T. Crow, and G. S. Nearing, The impact of vertical measurement depth on the information content of soil moisture for latent heat flux estimation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2016, 17(9), 2419–2430, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-16-0044.1.
  6. Qiu J.*, Q. Gao, S. Wang, Z. Su, Comparison of temporal trends from multiple soil moisture data sets and precipitation: The implication of irrigation on regional soil moisture trend. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2016, 48, 17–27, doi:10.1016/j.jag.2015.11.012.
  7. Qiu J., W.T. Crow, G.S. Nearing, X. Mo and S. Liu, The impact of vertical measurement depth on the information content of soil moisture time series data. Geophysical Research Letters, 2014, 41(14), 4997–5004, doi: 10.1002/2014GL06001.
  8. Qiu J., W.T. Crow, X. Mo and S. Liu, The impact of temporal auto-correlation mismatches on the assimilation of satellite-derived surface soil moisture retrievals. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2014, 7(8), 3534–3542, doi: 10.1109/JSTARS.2014.2349354.
  9. Qiu J., X. Mo, S. Liu and Z. Lin, Exploring spatiotemporal patterns and physical controls of soil moisture at various spatial scales. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2014, 118(1-2), 159–171, doi: 10.1007/s00704-013-1050-6.
  10. Qiu J., X. Mo, S. Liu, Z. Lin, L. Yang, X. Song, G. Zhang, V. Naeimi and W. Wagner, Intercomparison of microwave remote sensing soil moisture datasets based on distributed eco-hydrological model simulation and in-situ measurements over the North China Plain. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2013, 34(19), 6587–6610, doi: 1080/01431161.2013.788799.
  11. Yang Y., J. Qiu*, R. Zhang, S. Huang, S. Chen, H. Wang, J. Luo and Y. Fan, Intercomparison of three two-source energy balance models for partitioning evaporation and transpiration in semiarid climates. Remote Sensing, 2018, 10(7), 1149, doi: 10.3390/rs10071149.
  12. Yang Y., J. Qiu*, H. Su, Q. Bai, S. Liu, L. Li, Y. Yu and Y. Huang, A one-source approach for estimating land surface heat fluxes using remotely sensed land surface temperature. Remote Sensing, 2017, 9(1), 43, doi: 10.3390/rs9010043.
  13. Zhang X., J. Qiu*, G. Leng, Y. Yang, Q. Gao, Y. Fan and J. Luo, The potential utility of satellite soil moisture retrievals for detecting irrigation patterns in China. Water, 2018, 10(11), 1505, doi: 10.3390/w10111505.
  14. Wang P., J. Qiu*, Z. Huo, M. Anderson, Y. Zhou, Y. Bai, T. Liu, S. Ren, R. Feng and P. Chen, Temporal downscaling of crop coefficients for winter wheat in the North China Plain: A case study at the Gucheng agro-meteorological experimental station. Water, 2017, 9(3), 155, doi: 10.3390/w9030155.
  15. Yang Y., J. Qiu, H. Su, J. Tian and R. Zhang, Estimation of surface soil moisture based on thermal remote sensing: Intercomparison of four methods. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2018, 37(2), 214–223.
  16. Zhang Z., D. Wang, G. Wang, J. Qiu and W. Liao, Use of SMAP soil moisture and fitting methods in improving GPM estimation in near real time. Remote Sensing, 2019, 11(3), 368, doi: 10.3390/rs11030368.
  17. Wang P., Y. Zhou, Z. Huo, L. Han, J. Qiu, Y. Tan and D. Liu, Monitoring growth condition of spring maize in Northeast China using a process-based model. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2018, 66, 27–36, doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2011.001.
  18. Zeng J., Z. Li, Q. Chen, H. Bi, J. Qiu and P. Zou, Evaluation of remotely sensed and reanalysis soil moisture products over the Tibetan Plateau using in-situ observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2015, 163, 91–110, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2015.03.008.
  19. Wang S., S. Liu, X. Mo, B. Peng, J. Qiu, M. Li, C. Liu, Z. Wang and P. Bauer-Gottwein, Evaluation of remotely sensed precipitation and its performance for streamflow simulations in basins of the southeast Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2015, 16, 2577–2594, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0166.1. 
  20. Zhang X., L. Jiang, X. Qiu, J. Qiu, J. Wang and Y. Zhu, An improved method of delineating rectangular management zones using a semivariogram-based technique. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2015, 121, 74–83, doi:10.1016/j.compag.2015.11.016.
  21. Yan L., R. He., M. Kašanin-Grubin, G. Luo, H. Peng* and J. Qiu*, The dynamic change of vegetation cover and associated driving forces in Nanxiong Basin, China. Sustainability, 2017, 9(3), 443, doi: 10.3390/su9030443.
  22. Hu S., X. Mo, Z. Lin and J. Qiu, Emerge assessment of a wheat-maize rotation system with different water assignments in the North China Plain. Environmental Management, 2010, 46(4), 643–657, doi: 10.1007/s00267-010-9543-x.
  23. Wu Z., J. Qiu*, X. Mo, S. Liu and Z. Lin, Advances in agricultural drought monitoring based on soil moisture. Progress in Geography, 2020, 39(10), 1758–1769.
  24. Luo J., J. Qiu, T. Zhao and D. Wang, Sentinel-1 based Soil Moisture Estimation in Middle Reaches of Heihe River Basin. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 2020, 35(1): 23–32 (in Chinese).
  25. Fan Y., J. Qiu, J. Dong, X. Zhang and D. Wang, Error Characteristics of Microwave Soil Moisture Products based on Triple Collocation and Its Spatial-temporal Pattern. Remote Sensing Technology and Application, 2020, 35(1): 85–96 (in Chinese).
  26. Wang S., J. Qiu and D. Wang, Spatio-Temporal Variation of Drought in Guangdong Province from 1960 to 2014. Tropical Geography, 2020, 40(2): 357–366 (in Chinese).
  27. Liu S., J. Qiu and X. Mo, Wind velocity variation from 1951 to 2006 in the North China Plain. Resources Science, 2009, 31(9), 1486–1492 (in Chinese).
  28. Mo X., S. Liu, Z. Lin and J. Qiu, Patterns of evapotranspiration and GPP and their responses to climate variations over the North China Plain. Acta Geographica Sinica, 2011, 66(5), 589–598 (in Chinese).
  29. Shu C., S. Liu, X. Mo, C. Zheng, S. Zhang and J. Qiu, Estimation of instream ecological flow based on RVA. Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2010, 19(5), 1151–1155 (in Chinese).

 

Research Projects (only list PI projects)

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, High-resolution soil moisture retrieval based on multi-source remote sensing datasets and its drought monitoring application. 
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Root-zone soil moisture forecast accounting for the impact of temporal autocorrelation mismatch between model background field and multi-source observations during data assimilation.
  3. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China, Investigation of soil erosion in redbed region of humid Southeast China based on remote sensing and GIS technique.
  4. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, Assimilation of multi-source remote sensing data for prediction of soil moisture and its application in humid South China.