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Dr. Guo Yu
Assistant Research Professor, Hydrometeorology
E-Mail 
Guo.Yu@dri.edu
Campus 
Reno Campus
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Division 
Hydrologic Sciences

Keywords

Hydroclimate Extremes; Process-based Hydrologic Modeling; Rainfall and Flood Frequency Analyses; Climate Change Impact Studies

 

Publications
2024
Zoccatelli, D., Wright, D., White, J., Fienen, M., Yu, G. (2024). Precipitation uncertainty estimation and rainfall-runoff model calibration using iterative ensemble smoothers, Advances in Water Resources, 186, 104658, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2024.104658

Jiang, S., Tarasova, L., Yu, G., Zscheischler, J. (2024). Compounding effects in flood drivers challenge estimates of extreme river floods, Science Advances, 10 (13). AAAS, 10.1126/sciadv.adl4005

2023
Yu, G., Miller, J. J., Hatchett, B. J., Berli, M., Wright, D. B., McDougall, C., Zhu, Z. (2023). The Nonstationary Flood Hydrology of an Urbanizing Arid Watershed, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24 (1), 87-104, 10.1175/JHM-D-22-0117.1

Yu, G., Hatchett, B. J., Miller, J. J., Berli, M., Wright, D. B., Mejia, J. F. (2023). Seasonal Storm Characteristics Govern Urban Flash Floods: Insights from the Arid Las Vegas Wash Watershed, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24 (11), 2105–2123, 10.1175/JHM-D-23-0002.1

Li, C., Yu, G., Wang, J., Horton, D. (2023). Toward Improved Regional Hydrological Model Performance Using State-Of-The-Science Data-Informed Soil Parameters, Water Resources Research, 59 (9), e2023WR034431. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 10.1029/2023WR034431

Yu, G., Feng, Y., Wang, J., Wright, D. (2023). Performance of Fire Danger Indices and Their Utility in Predicting Future Wildfire Danger Over the Conterminous United States, Earth’s Future, 11 (11), e2023EF003823, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF003823

Yu, G., Liu, T., McGuire, L., Wright, D. B., Hatchett, B., Miller, J. J., Berli, M., Giovando, J., Michael, B., Floyd, I. E. (2023). Process-Based Quantification of the Role of Wildfire in Shaping Flood Frequency, Water Resources Research, 59 (12), 10.1029/2023WR035013

2022
Yu, G., Miller, J. J., Sueki, S. (2022). Wildfire Impacts on Annual Flood Peaks Across the Western United States, 24 pp, DRI Publication 41291

Yu, G., Wright, D., Davenport, F. (2022). Diverse Physical Processes Drive Upper‐Tail Flood Quantiles in the US Mountain West, Geophysical Research Letters, e2022GL098855, 10.1029/2022GL098855

2021
Yu, G., Wright, D., Holman, K. (2021). Connecting Hydrometeorological Processes to Low‐Probability Floods in the Mountainous Colorado Front Range, Water Resources Research, 57 (4), 10.1029/2021WR029768

2020
Wright, D., Yu, G., England, J. (2020). Six Decades of Rainfall and Flood Frequency Analysis Using Stochastic Storm Transposition: Review, Progress, and Prospects, Journal of Hydrology, 124816. Elsevier, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.124816

Yu, G., Wright, D., Li, Z. (2020). The upper tail of precipitation in convection‐permitting regional climate models and their utility in nonstationary rainfall and flood frequency analysis, Earth’s Future, 8 (10), e2020EF001613, 10.1029/2020EF001613

2019
Zhu, Z., Chen, Z., Chen, X., Yu, G. (2019). An assessment of the hydrologic effectiveness of low impact development (LID) practices for managing runoff with different objectives, Journal of environmental management, 231, 504-514. Elsevier, 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.10.046

Yu, G., Wright, D., Zhu, Z., Smith, C., Holman, K. (2019). Process-based flood frequency analysis in an agricultural watershed exhibiting nonstationary flood seasonality, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23 (5), 2225-2243. Copernicus GmbH, 10.5194/hess-23-2225-2019

2018
Yan, J., Jin, J., Chen, F., Yu, G., Yin, H., Wang, W. (2018). Urban flash flood forecast using support vector machine and numerical simulation, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 20 (1), 221-231. IWA Publishing, 10.2166/hydro.2017.175

Zhu, Z., Wright, D., Yu, G. (2018). The Impact of Rainfall Space?Time Structure in Flood Frequency Analysis, Water Resources Research, 54 (11), 8983-8998. Wiley Online Library, 10.1029/2018WR023550

2015
Ren, X., Yu, D., Ruan, Y., Yu, G. (2015). Modeling of municipal drainage and urban channel flooding in coastal city in the south of china, Journal of Risk Analysis and Crisis Response, 5 (2), 10.2991/jrarc.2015.5.2.1

Conference Proceedings
2024
Jiang, S., Tarasova, L., Yu, G., Zscheischler, J. (2024). Compounding drivers amplify the severity of river floods. EGU General Assembly 2024: Vienna, Austria, April 14, 2024-April 19, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5441

2023
Yu, G., Miller, J. J., Berli, M., Hatchett, B. J. (2023). The Nonstationary Flood Hydrology for the Las Vegas Wash Watershed. EWRI Congress: Henderson, NV, May 22, 2023-May 26, 2023

Yu, G., Miller, J. J., Sueki, S., Berli, M., Hatchett, B. J. (2023). Wildfire Impacts on Annual Flood Peaks Across the Western United States. SEDHYD: St. Louis, MI, May 8, 2023-May 12, 2023

Yu, G., Wright, D., Holman, K. (2023). Flood Frequency Analysis using Stochastic Storm Transposition and WRF-Hydro: An Application of Risk-Informed Dam Safety Analysis. US Society on Dams Annual Conference: Charleston, SC, April 18, 2023-April 20, 2023

Yu, G., Miller, J. J., Berli, M. (2023). Process-based Quantication of the Role of Wildfire in Shaping Flood Frequency. AGU 2023: San Francisco, CA, December 11, 2023-December 15, 2023

Arienzo, M. M., Collins, M. J., Jennings, K., Nieminen, S., Garrett, J., Golub, E., Hatchett, B. J., Hur, N., Powell, K., Yu, G. (2023). Assessment of citizen scientist engagement, retention, and the role of super-users for precipitation phase monitoring. AGU Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA

Hur, N., Jennings, K., Golub, E., Collins, M. J., Arienzo, M. M., Hatchett, B. J., Johnson, J., Garrett, J., Yu, G., Nolin, A. (2023). Rain or Snow?: Processing Crowdsourced Observations of Precipitation Phase to Uncover the Complexity of the Rain-Snow Line. AGU Fall Meeting: San Francisco, CA

2022
Yu, G., Wright, D. B., Davenport, F. (2022). Diverse Physical Processes Drive Upper-Tail Flood Quantiles, AGU 2022: Chicago, IL

Yu, G., Berli, M., Hatchett, B. J., Miller, J. J. (2022). How Has the Flood Recipe for the Las Vegas Wash Watershed Changed?, AGU 2022: Chicago IL