Adviser: Ken Davis
PhD , Meteorology, Pennsylvania State University, 2012
Current Research: Numerical modeling of land surface and subsurface. Data assimilation in land surface hydrologic modeling system.
2019 (In Review)
Observing and Simulating Spatial Variations of Forest Carbon Stocks in Complex Terrain. He, Yuting, Kenneth Davis, Yuning Shi, Dave Eissenstat, Jason Kaye, Margot Kaye (2019): Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (submitted)
2019 (In Review)
What Controls Above- and Belowground Partitioning Patterns in Temperate Forests?. Orr, A., T.S. Adams, K. Naithani, M. McCormack, J. Kaye, D. Baldwin, Y. Shi and D.M. Eissenstat (2019): Functional Ecology, submitted
2019
Exploring the effect of aspect to inform future earthcasts of climate-driven changes in weathering of shale. Sullivan, P., Godderis, Y., Shi, Y., Gu, X., Schott, J., Hasenmueller, E.A., Kaye, J., Duffy, C., Jin, L., and Brantley, S.L. (2019): Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface
2019 (In Review)
Predominant control of soil properties in storage-discharge relationship and threshold behavior in catchments derived from contrasting lithologies. Xiao, D., Shi, Y., Brantley, S. L., Forsythe, B., DiBiase, R. A., Davis, K. J., Li, L. (2019): Water Resources Research (in review)
2018
Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory: Shale Hills in the Context of Shaver's Creek Watershed. Brantley Susan, White Timothy, West Nicole, Williams Jennifer, Forsythe Brandon, Shapich Dan, Kaye Jason, Lin Hangsheng (Henry), Shi Yuning, Kaye Margot, Herndon Elizabeth, Davis Kenneth, He Yuting, Eissenstat David, Weitzman Julie, DiBiase Roman, Li Li, Reed Warren, Brubaker Kristen, Gu Xin (2018): Vadose Zone Journal, 17:180092
2018
Using a spatially-distributed hydrologic biogeochemistry model with a nitrogen transport module to study the spatial variation of carbon processes in a Critical Zone Observatory. Shi, Y., Eissenstat, D.M., He, Y., and Davis, K.J. (2018): Ecological Modelling, 380:8-21
2017
Understanding watershed hydrogeochemistry: 1 Development of RT-Flux-PIHM. Bao, Chen, Li Li, Yuning Shi, Christopher Duffy (2017): Water Resources Research, 53(3) 2328–2345.
2017
Understanding Watershed Hydrogeochemistry: 2 Synchronized Hydrological and Geochemical Processes Drive Stream Chemostatic Behavior . Li Li, Chen Bao, Pamela L. Sullivan, Susan Brantley, Yuning Shi, Chris Duffy (2017): Water Resources Research, 53(3) 2346–2367
2016
Designing a suite of measurements to understand the critical zone. Brantley, S. L., DiBiase, R. A., Russo, T. A., Shi, Y., Lin, H., Davis, K. J., Kaye, M., Hill, L., Kaye, J., Eissenstat, D. M., Hoagland, B., Dere, A. L., Neal, A. L., Brubaker, K. M., and Arthur, D. K (2016): Earth Surface Dynamics 4: 211-235
2016
Watershed model calibration to the base flow recession curve with and without evapotranspiration effects. Jepsen, s., Harmon, T., Shi, Y. (2016): Hydrology 52, 2919-2933. DOI 10.1002/2015WR017827.
2016
Virtual experiments guide calibration strategies for a real-world watershed application of coupled surface-subsurface modeling . Yu, Xuan; Christopher Duffy; Yu Zhang; Gopal Bhatt; Yuning Shi (2016): Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 21 (11):
2015
Simulating high resolution soil moisture patterns in the Shale Hills watershed using a land surface hydrologic model. Shi, Y., D. C. Baldwin, K. J. Davis, X. Yu, C. J. Duffy, and H. Lin (2015): Hydrological Processes, Vol 29, Issue 21, pages 4624–4637.
2015
Parameter estimation of a physically-based land surface hydrologic model using an ensemble Kalman filter: A multivariate real-data experiment. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, F. Zhang and C. J. Duffy, and X. Yu (2015): Advances in Water Resources, vol 83, 421–427
2015
Reanalysis of water and carbon cycle models at a critical zone observatory. Yu, X., C. J. Duffy, J. Kaye, W. T. Crow, G. Bhatt, and Y. Shi (2015): In Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle, Geophysical Monograph 206, First Edition, Edited by Venkat Lakshmi
2014
Designing a Suite of Models to Explore Critical Zone Function. Duffy, C., Shi, Y., Davis, K., Slingerland, R., Li, L., Sullivan, P. L., Godderis, Y., Brantley, S. L. (2014): Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, Vol 10, p 7-15
2014
Evaluation of the parameter sensitivity of a coupled land surface hydrologic model. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, F. Zhang, and C. J. Duffy (2014): Journal of Hydrometeorology, 15:279–299
2014
Parameter estimation of a physically-based land surface hydrologic model using the ensemble Kalman Filter: A synthetic experiment. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, F. Zhang, C. J. Duffy, and X. Yu (2014): Water Resources Research, 50, 706—724
2013
Development of a Coupled Land Surface Hydrologic Model and Evaluation at a Critical Zone Observatory. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, C. J. Duffy, and X. Yu (2013): Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14, 1401—1420
2013
Parameterization for distributed watershed modeling using national data and evolutionary algorithm. Yu, X., Bhatt, G., Duffy C. J., and Shi, Y. (2013): Computers & Geosciences 58:80-90
Papers and books that explicitly acknowledge a CZO grant are highlighted in PALE ORANGE.
2018
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., and Li, Li (2018): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 5
2018
Critical measurements of hydrologic response in a first-order, forested catchment at the Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory (SSHCZO). Dacheng Xiao*, Yuning Shi, Qicheng Tang, Henry Lin, David M Eissenstat, Susan Brantley, Li Li (2018): Abstract EP11C-2065 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2018
Development of a Next Generation Spatially Distributed Agroecosystem Model. Yuning Shi*, Armen Kemanian, Charles White, Felipe Montes (2018): Abstract B33G-2761 presented at 2018 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., 10-14 Dec
2017
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2017): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 4
2017
Using a spatially-distributed hydrologic biogeochemistry model with nitrogen transport to study the spatial variation of carbon stocks and fluxes in a Critical Zone Observatory. Shi, Y., Eissenstat, D.M., He, Y., and Davis, K.J. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2017
Earthcasting controls of vegetation on solute fluxes and soil development in the critical zone. Sullivan, P.L., Goddéris, Y., Li, L., Billings, S., Macpherson, G.L., Shi, Y., Schott, J., Brantley, S.L. (2017): Critical Zone Science: Current Advances and Future Opportunities, Arlington, VA, 4-6 June, 2017 Cross-CZO
2017
Understanding controls of hydrologic processes across two headwater monolithological catchments using model-data synthesis. Xiao, D., Shi, Y., Hoagland, B., Del Vecchio, J., Russo, T.A., DiBiase, R.A., Li, L. (2017): 2017 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 11-15 Dec
2016
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future. Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2016): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 3
2016
Assimilating the cosmic-ray soil moisture observing system measurements for understand watershed hydrodynamics. Cai, Z., Xiao, D., Shi, Y., and Li, L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Understanding Hydrogeochemical Processes at the Watershed Scale Using RT-Flux-PIHM. Li, L., Bao, C., Shi, Y., Duffy, C., and Brantley, S.L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Hydrogeochemical Synchrony Drives Chemostatic Behavior in Stream Chemistry (Invited). Li, L., Bao, C., Sullivan, P.L., Brantley, S.L., Shi, Y., and Duffy, C. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Using a spatially-distributed hydrologic biogeochemistry model to study the spatial variation of carbon processes in a Critical Zone Observatory. Shi, Y., Eissenstat, D.M., Davis, K.J., and He, Y. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2016
Understanding controls of hydrologic processes across two monolithological catchments using model-data integration. Xiao, D., Shi, Y., and Li, L. (2016): 2016 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, 12-16 Dec.
2015
RT-Flux-PIHM: A Coupled hydrological, land Surface, and reactive transport Model. Bao, C., Li, L., Shi, Y., Duffy, C., and Brantley, S. L. (2015): CSDMS annual meeting, May 26 -28th, Boulder, CO
2015
Understanding the Concentration-Discharge Relationship of Chloride and Magnesium in Shale Hills Using RT-Flux-PIHM. Bao, Chen, Li Li, Yuning Shi, Pamela L Sullivan, Christopher Duffy and Susan L Brantley (2015): H53E-1700 Modeling the Critical Zone: Integrating Processes and Data across Disciplines and Scales II Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Using the Susquehanna - Shale Hills CZO to Project from the Geological Past to the Anthropocene Future . Brantley, Susan L., Davis, Kenneth J., Eissenstat, David M., Li, Li, Russo, Tess (2015): NSF Award # 1331726 - Annual Report: Year 2
2015
Using WITCH to determine the factors that govern shale weathering and solute fluxes in the Critical Zone Gordon Research Conference for Catchment Science. Sullivan PL, Goddéris Y, Shi Y, Gu X, Schott J, Duffy C, Brantley SL (2015): Gordon Research Conference for Catchment Science, 14-19 June, Proctor Academy, Andover, NH
2015
Using WITCH to determine the factors that govern shale weathering and solute fluxes in the Critical Zone. Sullivan, Pamela L., Yves Godderis, Yuning Shi, Xin Gu, Jacques Schott, Christopher Duffy and Susan Brantley (2015): H52C-06 Modeling the Critical Zone: Integrating Processes and Data across Disciplines and Scales I, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Assimilating the Cosmic-Ray Soil Moisture Observing System Measurements for Land Surface Hydrologic Model Parameter Estimation Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter. Xiao, Dacheng, Yuning Shi and Li Li (2015): H53E-1703 Modeling the Critical Zone: Integrating Processes and Data across Disciplines and Scales II Posters, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2015
Water-regolith-energy Interaction in Landscape Evolution and Its Influence on Forming Asymmetric Landscape: An Example from the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory of Central Pennsylvania. Zhang, Yu, Rudy L Slingerland, Yuning Shi, Christopher Duffy and Nicole West (2015): EP33D-06 Landscape Evolution from a Critical Zone Science Perspective II, presented at 2015 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 14-18 Dec.
2014
Model-data synthesis of the carbon and water cycles at very high resolution in complex topography. Kenneth Davis, Chris Duffy, David Eissenstat, Yuning Shi, Susan Brantley, Yuting He, Jason Kaye, Margot Kaye, Henry Lin, Andrew Neal, Xuan Yu, Fuqing Zhang (2014): AmeriFlux Annual Meeting, May 4-5, 2014
2014
Shale to Regolith Evolution: The Controls on Catchment Solute Fluxes . Sullivan PL, Goddéris Y, Shi Y, Singha K, Clarke B, Schott J, Duffy CJ, Brantley SL (2014): 2014 EGU General Assembly, Vienna | Austria | 27 April – 02 May
2014
QUANTIFYING CLIMATE CONTROLS ON SHALE WEATHERING IN THE CRITICAL ZONE. SULLIVAN, Pamela L., GODDÉRIS, Yves, SHI, Yuning, SCHOTT, Jacques, DUFFY, C.J., and BRANTLEY, Susan L. (2014): GSA Northeastern Section 49th Annual Meeting 23–25 March 2014
2014
H43G-1032 Exploring the Influence of Topography on Belowground C Processes Using a Coupled Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Model . Yuning Shi • Kenneth Davis • David Eissenstat • Jason Kaye • Christopher Duffy • Xuan Yu • Yuting He (2014): 2014 AGU Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19th
2013
Understanding the Hydrological Controls on the Water Chemistry at the Watershed Scale Using an Integrated Hydro-Thermo-Geochemical Model PIHM-RT. Bao, C., Li, L., Shi, Y., Qiao, C., Sullivan, P.L., Brantley, S.L., Duffy, C. (2013): Abstract H51A-1174 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2013
Using WITCH to quantify landscape and hydrologic controls on solute fluxes in the Critical Zone (Susquehanna Shale Hills Observatory, PA) . Pamela L. Sullivan, Yves Godderis, Yuning Shi, Jacques Schott, Christopher J. Duffy, Susan L. Brantley (2013): Mineralogical Magazine, 77(5) 2284
2013
Resolving the High Resolution Soil Moisture Pattern at the Shale Hills Watershed Using a Land Surface Hydrologic Model. Shi, Y., Baldwin, D.C., Davis, K.J., Yu, X., Duffy, C., Lin, H. (2013): Abstract H23F-1332 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2013
Developing approaches to hindcast and earthcast climate controls on solute fluxes during shale weathering in the Critical Zone . Sullivan, P.L., Godderis, Y., Shi, Y., Schott, J., Duffy, C., Brantley, S.L. (2013): Abstract EP11A-04 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 Dec.
2012
Development of a land surface hydrologic modeling and data assimilation system for the study of subsurface-land surface interaction. Shi, Y. (2012): Doctor of Philosophy, Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, p. 214.
2012
Parameter Estimation of a Physically-Based Land Surface Hydrologic Model Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter. Shi, Y., Davis, K.J., Zhang, F., Duffy, C. (2012): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2012
A Two-Scale Parameterization for Distributed Watershed Modeling Using National Data and Evolutionary Algorithm. Yu, X., Bhatt, G., Duffy, C., Shi, Y. (2012): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2011
A Watershed Scale Groundwater-Land-Surface Model Poster. Shi, Y., K. J. Davis, C. J. Duffy, and X. Yu (2011): 25th Conference on Hydrology, Seattle, WA. American Meteorological Society
2010
Watershed reanalysis: data assimilation from strip charts to embedded sensor networks (Invited). Duffy, C., Kumar, M., Bhatt, G., Leonard, L.N., Yu, X., Shi, Y., Davis, K.J., Holmes, G. (2010): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
2010
Real-Time Implementation of the Penn State Integrated Hydrologic Modeling System: The Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory. Yu, X., Duffy, C., Bhatt, G., Shi, Y., Leonard, L.N., Kumar, M. (2010): AGU Annual Fall Conference Proceedings
Flux-PIHM
Flux PIHM is a fully-coupled land surface hydrologic model with improved land-atmosphere interactions.
30 Oct 2017 - Water Resources Research published a new special collection in September 2017 featuring concentration-discharge research from multiple CZOs.
26 Sep 2016 - Research Associate, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, The Pennsylvania State University
26 May 2016 - The Penn State Integrated Hydrologic Model (PIHM) developer workshop aimed to help developers understand the PIHM code and learn how to contribute...
16 May 2016 - Jorden Hayes (Southern Sierra CZO) was an invited speaker and visitor to the Shale Hills CZO All-Hands meeting in May 2016
13 May 2015 - The annual SSHCZO All Hands meeting featured Dr. Dorothy Merritts, Harry W. and Mary B. Huffnagle Professor of Geosciences and Chair of the...
17 Jun 2013 - Flux-PIHM, the Penn State Integrated Hydrologic Model which includes a land surface component, is able to provide good predictions of the...
Dr. Yuning Shi and Dr. Pamela Sullivan will speak on "Approaches to Earthcasting Climatic Controls on Shale Weathering"
117 EES Building.
Critical Zone Seminar Series - All Hands Fall 2012
117 EES Building.