Baozhang Chen

Biography

Baozhang Chen is presently working as a Professor at School of Soil and Water Conservation in Beijing Forestry University, China. Dr. Chen has been fascinated by the interactions between atmosphere, biosphere, and human dimension in the context of climate changes. His research approach involves the coordinated use of numerical models, remote sensing/GIS and field measurements to understand these interactions. He conducts research and teaching in the complex biophysical, ecohydrological, and/or bio-geochemical interactions between the land surface and the lower atmosphere at micro- and mesoscales, using multivariate non-invasive direct measurement techniques and remote sensing, modelling the spatio-temporal variability of land surface properties (e.g. vegetation, soils, soil moisture, albedo). He has been recently focusing on development and refinement of CAS ESMAS 1.0 (Chinese Academy Sciences, Earth System Modeling and Assimilation System), key components of which including a land surface model (DLM: Dynamic Land Model), a simple 1-D atmospheric transportation model (VDS), and a carbon assimilation system (CarbonTraker-China, CAS). DLM is an updated version of EASS (Chen et al. 2007: “Remote sensing based ecosystem-atmosphere simulation Scheme (EASS) ---- model formulation and test with multiple-year data”, Ecological Modeling),including an improved coupled nitrogen-carbon dynamics module and a vegetation dynamic model with a state-of-arts phenology module. DLM has been coupled to CESM 1.0.3 by replacing the original photosynthesis and energy flux modules with EASS-based formulations and optimizing the parameters.

Research Interest

Soil and Water