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Jiameng Lai's google scholar profile: [link] (32 published, total citations=1256, h-index=22 , last access 12/20/2024)

Paper under preparation

20. Lai, J. , et al., and Sun, Y., Mesophyll diffusion dominates the long-term increase in Carbon-13 discrimination over global natural ecosystems and has implications for water use efficiency. [Draft finished]

19. Lai, J. , et al., and Sun, Y., Global evolution of water use efficiency increase with CO2 enhancement. [In progress]

Selected Peer-reviewed journal articles

18. Lai, J. , Kooijmans, L., Sun, W., Lombardozzi, D., Campbell, J. E., Gu, L., Luo, Y., Kuai, L., and Sun, Y., Terrestrial Gross Primary Production Inferred from Carbonyl Sulfide. Nature , https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08050-3.

17. Lai, J. , Li, Y., Chen, J., Niu, G., Lin, P., Li, Q., Wang, L., Han, J., Luo, Z., Sun, Y., 2022. Massive crop expansion threatens agriculture and water sustainability in northwestern China. Environmental Research Letters . 17 (3), 034003.

16. Lai, J. , Zhan, W., Voogt, J., Quan, J., Huang, F., Zhou, J., Bechtel, B., Hu, L., Wang, K., Cao, C., and Lee, X., 2019. Meteorological controls on daily variations of nighttime surface urban heat islands. Remote Sensing of Environment . 253, 112198.

15. Lai, J. , Zhan, W., Quan, J., Bechtel, B., Wang, K., Zhou, J., Huang, F., Chakraborty, T., Liu, Z., and Lee, X., 2021. Statistical estimation of next-day nighttime surface urban heat islands. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 176, 182-195.

14. Lai, J. , Zhan, W., Quan, J., Liu, Z., Li, L., Huang, F., Hong, F., and Liao, W., 2021. Reconciling debates on the controls on surface urban heat island intensity: Effects of scale and sampling. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(19):e2021GL094485.

13. Lai, J. , Zhan, W., Huang, F., Voogt, J., Bechtel, B., Allen, M., Peng, S., Hong, F., Liu, Y., and Du, P., 2018. Identification of typical diurnal patterns for clear-sky climatology of surface urban heat islands. Remote Sensing of Environment, 217, 203-220.

12. Lai, J. , Zhan, W., Huang, F., Quan, J., Hu, L., Gao, L., and Ju, W., 2018. Does quality control matter? Surface urban heat island intensity variations estimated by satellite-derived land surface temperature products. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 139, 212-227.

11. Liu, Z., Lai, J. , Zhan, W., Bechtel, B., Voogt, J., Quan, J., Hu, L., Fu, P., Huang, F., Li, L., Guo, Z., and Li, J., 2021. Urban Heat Islands Significantly Reduced by COVID‐19 Lockdown. Geophysical Research Letters, 139, 212-227. [Lai, J. contributed equally with Liu, Z.]

10. Sun, Y., Wen, J., Gu, L., Joiner, J., Chang, C., van Der Tol, C., Porcar‐Castell, Magney, T., Wang, L., Hu, L., Rascher, U., Zarco‐Tejada, P., Barrett, C., Lai, J. , Han, J., Luo, Z., 2023. From remotely‐sensed solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence to ecosystem structure, function, and service: Part II—Harnessing data. Global Change Biology .

9. Sun, Y., Gu, L., Wen, J., van Der Tol, C., Porcar‐Castell, A., Joiner, J., Chang, C., Magney, T., Wang, L., Hu, L., Rascher, U., Zarco‐Tejada, P., Barrett, C., Lai, J. , Han, J., Luo, Z., 2023. From remotely sensed solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence to ecosystem structure, function, and service: Part I—Harnessing theory. Global Change Biology .

8. Liu, Z., Zhan, W., Lai, J. , Bechtel, B., Lee, X., Hong, F., Li, L., Huang, F., and Li, J., 2022. Taxonomy of seasonal and diurnal clear-sky climatology of surface urban heat island dynamics across global cities. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 187, 14-33

7. Huang, F., Zhan, W., Wang, Z., Voogt, J., Hu, L., Quan, J., Liu, C., Zhang, N., and Lai, J. , 2020. Satellite identification of atmospheric-surface-subsurface urban heat islands under clear sky. Remote Sensing of Environment. 250, 112039

6. Jiang, S., Zhan, W.*, Yang, J., Liu, Z., Huang, F., Lai, J. , Li, J., Hong, F., Huang, Y., Chen, J., and Li, X. Urban heat island studies based on local climate zones: A systematic overview. Acta Geographica Sinica. 75 (9), 09001860.

5. Liu, Z., Zhan, W., Lai, J. , Hong, F., Quan, J., Bechtel, B., Huang, F., and Zou, Z., 2019. Balancing prediction accuracy and generalization ability: A hybrid framework for modelling the annual dynamics of satellite-derived land surface temperatures. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 151, 189-206.

4. Hong, F., Zhan, W., Göttsche, F.M., Liu, Z., Zhou, J., Huang, F., Lai, J. , and Li, M., 2018. Comprehensive assessment of four-parameter diurnal land surface temperature cycle models under clear-sky. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 142,190-204.

3. Huang, F., Zhan, W., Wang, Z., Wang, K., Chen, J.M., Liu, Y., Lai, J. , and Ju, W., 2017. Positive or negative? Urbanization‐induced variations in diurnal skin‐surface temperature range detected using satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(24), 13-229.

2. Zou, Z., Zhan, W., Liu, Z., Bechtel, B., Gao, L., Hong, F., Huang, F., and Lai, J. , 2018. Enhanced modeling of annual temperature cycles with temporally discrete remotely sensed thermal observations. Remote Sensing, 10(4), 650.

1. Zou, Z., Huang, F., Lai, J. , Liu, Z., and Zhan, W., 2018. Impacts of temporal upscaling methods on calculation of surface urban heat island intensity. Geography and Geo-Information Science, 2018(3), 26-31 (in Chinese).