Dr. Yongkang Xue

Yongkang Xue works on land surface modeling, land/atmosphere/ocean interactions, climate variability, anomalies, change, and prediction, regional climate downscaling, and remote sensing.

Xue has been instrumental in the development of five generations of the “SSiB” land surface scheme, which includes vegetation biophysical processes (SSiB-1, Xue, et al., 1991, J. Climate), photosynthesis process (SSiB-2, Zhan, et al., 2003, Ecol. Develop), snow, frozen soil, and glaciers (SSiB-3, Sun, et al., 1998, JGR, Zhang, et al., 2007, J. Hydro; Shrestha et al., 2015, JGR); dynamic vegetation (SSiB4, Zhang, et al., 2015); Nitrogen process (SSiB5, Zheng, et al., 2024, GMD).

Using coupled land-surface/atmosphere models, Xue has conducted numerous sensitivity and prediction studies to investigate the impact of land-surface processes, including land-cover and land use change (Xue and Shukla, 1993, J Climate; Xue, 1997 J. Climate, Xue et al., 2016, Climate Dynamics, Huang et al., 2020, J. Climate), vegetation biophysical processes (Xue et al., 2004, JGR, 2006, 2010, J. Climate), global and regional impact of high mountain temperature (Xue et al., 2012, 2018 JGR, 2021, BAMS, 2023 Climate Dynamics), regional climate model dynamic downscaling (Xue et l., 2001, Mon Wes. Rev., 2014, Atmos. Res.), and the remote sensing methodology of atmospheric and land (Liou and Xue, 1988, Meteor. Atmos. Phys. Goward et al., 2002 Env. Remote. Sensing)

Xue has developed a number of undergraduate and graduate courses for land surface modeling, climate and environment change, and remote sensing studies.

Affiliate member with UCLA Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center (NHR3)

Affiliate member with UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability (IOES)

Affiliate member with Joint Institute UCLA Regional Earth System Science and Engineering (JIFRESSE)

Affiliate member with the Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences (AOS)

1987: Ph. D. – (Meteorology) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, US.

1981: M. S. – (Atmospheric Physics) Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.