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Yanlan Liu

Environmental Science · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2009
Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsHydrology and Watershed Management StudiesTree-ring climate responsesRemote Sensing in AgricultureClimate change and permafrost

Publications

77

Citations

3,165

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

18

Publishing since 2009

Research summary
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Yanlan Liu's research focuses on how plants and forests respond to water stress and drought, using models of plant hydraulics (how water moves through plants) and land-surface models to predict processes like evapotranspiration (water loss from soil and plants to the atmosphere) and forest carbon dynamics. The work spans scales from individual tree traits to global satellite-based assessments of the land carbon sink and forest resilience to disturbances such as drought and storms. Prospective students would likely engage with ecosystem modeling, remote sensing, and data analysis connecting plant physiology to broader climate and hydrology questions.

Plant hydraulics and drought responseLand surface and evapotranspiration modelingForest carbon dynamics and disturbanceRemote sensing of vegetation and climateGlobal carbon sink and climate-carbon interactions

Publication output has grown fairly steadily over the past decade, rising from just 1 paper in 2017 to a peak of 14 in 2026, with some year-to-year fluctuation but an overall increasing trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.2/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 5 publications192020: 8 publications202021: 12 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 9 publications232024: 6 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 14 publications1426
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Figshare×7
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×7
  • Research Square×6
  • Nature Climate Change×4
  • Water Resources Research×3
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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