Ning Nie, Young Researcher, Master's Supervisor.
Email:niening33@163.com/nien@lzu.edu.cn
Research Area:
My recent work focuses on climate change and land-atmosphere interactions, integrating multidisciplinary expertise in climatology, RS/GIS, physical geography, hydrology & water resources, and environmental sciences.
Work Experience:
2025.05–Present Lanzhou University; Young Researcher
2017.11−2025.03 East China Normal University; Postdoctoral Fellow, Associate Researcher
2013.04−2017.07 Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Research Assistant/Visiting Doctoral Student
Education:
2010.09–2017.09 Nanjing University MSc; PhD
2006.09–2010.06 Huazhong Agricultural University BSc
Academic Appointments:
Young Editorial Board Member of journals including Water Cycle (IF 2025=7.9; JCR Q1), The Innovation Geoscience, The Innovation Water, Scientific Reports, HydroResearch, and Hydro-Science and Engineering.
First-author/Corresponding-author (*) Publications:
1. Shilun Zhou, Ruiting Lyu, Feiyang Wang, Xiaodan Guan, Ning Nie*. Spatiotemporal Dynamics and Drivers of Water and Carbon Use Efficiency in the Yellow River Basin with Harmonized MODIS and GLASS data. Journal of Hydrology, 2026, 671: 135291.
2. Shilun Zhou, Feiyang Wang, Ruiting Lyu, Maosheng Liu, Ning Nie*. Response of Vegetation to Extreme Climate in the Yellow River Basin: Spatiotemporal Patterns, Lag Effects, and Scenario Differences. Remote Sensing, 2025, 17: 3967.
3. Ning Nie*, Ting Li, Xinran Liu, Xiaodan Guan, Shilun Zhou, Min Liu, Dengzhong Zhao. Quantifying the Relative Contributions of Key Drivers to Future Changes in PAHs Health Risks over the Yangtze River Delta: A Multi-Scenario Modeling Approach. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025, 497: 139597.
4. Fang Zhao*, Ning Nie*, Yang Liu, Congrui Yi, Luca Guillaumot, Yoshihide Wada, Peter Burek, Mikhail Smilovic, Katja Frieler, Matthias Buechner, Jacob Schewe, Simon N. Gosling. Benefits of Calibrating a Global Hydrological Model for Regional Analyses of Flood and Drought Projections: a Case Study of the Yangtze River Basin. Water Resources Research, 2025, 61, e2024WR037153.
5. Ning Nie*, Ting Li, Yiyi Miao, Xinyi Wei, Dengzhong Zhao, Min Liu*. Environmental Fate and Health Risks of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration during the 21st Century. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 465: 133407.
6. Ting Li, Ning Nie*, Yiyi Miao, Dengzhong Zhao, Min Liu. Spatiotemporal Distribution and Inter-media Transfer of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Shanghai, China: Historical Patterns and Future Trends. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 173938.
7. Ning Nie*, Ting Li, Yiyi Miao, Wanchang Zhang, Huiran Gao, Hongming He*, Dengzhong Zhao, Min Liu. Asymmetry of Blue and Green Water Changes in the Yangtze River Basin, China, Examined by Multi-Water-Variable Calibrated SWAT Model. Journal of Hydrology, 2023, 625: 130099.
8. Ning Nie*, Wanchang Zhang, Min Liu, Hao Chen, Dengzhong Zhao. Separating the Impacts of Climate Variability, Land-Use Change and Large Reservoir Operations on Streamflow in the Yangtze River Basin, China, Using a Hydrological Modeling Approach. International Journal of Digital Earth, 2021, 14(2): 231-249.
9. Huiran Gao, Ning Nie*, Wanchang Zhang*, Hao Chen. Monitoring the Spatial Distribution and Changes in Permafrost with Passive Microwave Remote Sensing. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2020, 170:142-155.
10. Ning Nie, Wanchang Zhang*, Hao Chen, Huadong Guo. A Global Hydrological Drought Index Dataset Based on Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) Data. Water Resources Management, 2018, 32(4):1275-1290.
11. Ning Nie, Wanchang Zhang*, Zhijie Zhang, Huadong Guo, Natarajan Ishwaran. Reconstructed Terrestrial Water Storage Change (ΔTWS) from 1948 to 2012 over the Amazon Basin with the Latest GRACE and GLDAS Products. Water Resources Management, 2016, 30:279-294.
12. Ning Nie, Wanchang Zhang*, Huadong Guo, Natarajan Ishwaran. 2010-2012 Drought and Flood Events in the Amazon Basin Inferred by GRACE Satellite Observations. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, 2015, 9: 096023.
13. Ning Nie, Wanchang Zhang*, Cai Deng. Responses of Water Resource of the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin to Climate Changes and Glacier-Snow Fluctuations in Recent Years. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2016, 46 (1):012402.
14. Ning Nie, Baoqing Zhang, Jinming Ge, Jianping Huang, Junsheng Nie*, Xiaodan Guan*, Baotian Pan, Haopeng Geng, Guoqiang Li. Climate-hydrological effects of vegetation and aerosol co-interactions in the upper–middle Yellow River Basin. Chinese Science Bulletin, 2026, 71: 4050-4063.
15. Ning Nie*, Wanchang Zhang, Hao Chen, Dengzhong Zhao, Min Liu. Temporal Variation Characteristics and Attribution Analysis of Terrestrial Water Storage Change in the Yangtze River Basin. Advances in Water Science, 2021, 32(3): 396-407.
16. Ning Nie, Zhijie Zhang, Wanchang Zhang*, Cai Deng. Analysis of the Characteristics of the Glacier System and Typical Glacier Change Based on Remote Sensing in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin during the Past 30 Years. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 2013, 35(3): 541-552.
17. Ning Nie, Wanchang Zhang*, Cai Deng. Spatial and Temporal Climate Variations from 1978 to 2009 and Their Trend Projection over the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 2012, 34(1): 64-71.
Research Projects:
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2027.01–2030.12, Principal Investigator
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020.01–2022.12, Principal Investigator
3. Gansu Provincial Joint Research Fund Project, 2026.09–2029.09, Principal Investigator
4. Lanzhou University Funding Project, Climate Change and Basin System Response, 2025.05– 2030.05, Principal Investigator
