Associate
Professor Tel: (989)
774-1286
Department
of Geography FAX: (989)
774-2907
Institute
for Great Lakes Research E-Mail:
Central
Michigan University U.S. Citizen
Mt.
Pleasant, MI 48859
Education
Post-doc. Department of Environmental Science,
Policy and Management
University
of California-Berkeley
Ph.D. Department
of Computer Science, University of Waikato, New Zealand
M.Sc. School
of Computing Science, University of Newcastle Upon-Tyne, UK
B.Sc. Department
of Mathematics, University of Shanxi, China
Research Interests
1.
Geospatial and Temporal Modeling
2.
GIS and Remote Sensing in Water Quality Assessment
3.
Physical Geography
1. 2013 Zhu
WN, **Tian YQ, Yu Q., Becker BL.,
Using Hyperion Imagery to Monitor the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of
Colored Dissolved Organic Matter in Estuarine and Coastal Regions, Remote
Sensing of Environment, 134 (2013) 342-354
2.
Tian, Y.Q. Yu Q., Feig D.A., Ye CJ., Blunden AM., Effects
of climate and land-surface processes on terrestrial dissolved organic carbon
export to major U.S. coastal rivers, Ecological Engineering, 54 (2013):
192– 201
3. 2012 Tian, Y.Q., *Wang, D., R. F. Chen and *W. Huang, Using modeled runoff to
study DOC dynamics in stream and river flow: a case study of an urban watershed
southeast of Boston, Massachusetts, Ecological Engineering, 42(2012):
212-222.
4. 2011 *Zhu,
W.N., Q. Yu, Y.Q. Tian, R.F. Chen,
and G.B. Gardner, Estimation of chromophoric dissolved organic matter in the
Mississippi and Atchafalaya River plume regions using above-surface
hyperspectral remote sensing, Journal of Geophysical Research-Ocean,
116, C02011, doi:10.1029/2010JC006523.
5. 2010 Yu,
Q., Y.Q. Tian, R.F. Chen, A. Liu,
G.B. Gardner, *Weining Zhu, Functional Linear Analysis for
Estimating Riverine CDOM in Coastal Environment Using In Situ Hyperspectral
Data, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, 76(10): 1147-1158, (Won the Early Career Best Paper Award, Remote Sensing Specialty Group - The
Association of American Geographers, Washington D.C)
6.
Tian, Y.Q., Q.
Yu, M.J. Zimmerman, S. Flint, and M.C. Waldron, differentiate among aquatic
plant communities and density in eutrophic rivers using remote sensing
technology, Freshwater Biology 55 (8): 1587–1801
7. 2009 Tian, Y.Q., *J.J. Wang, J.A.
Duff, B.L. Howes, and A. Evgenidou, Spatial Patterns of Macrobenthic
Communities in Shallow Tidal Embayments and Association with Environmental
Factors, Environmental Management
44
(1):119-135
8. 2008 *He, H.M., Q. Yu, J. Zhou, Y.Q. Tian, and R.F. Chen, Modeling
Complex Flood Flow Evolution in middle Yellow River Basin, China, Journal of
Hydrology Vol. 353 (1-2), 76-92
9.
Pu, R.L.,
P. Gong, Y.Q. Tian, X. Miao, C.
Raymond, and A. Gerald, Using CASI Hyperspectral Data to Monitor Invasive
Species: A Case Study of Saltcedar in Nevada, USA, International journal of
Remote Sensing, Vol. 29 (14), 3987-4011
10. Yu,
Q, P. Gong, Y.Q. Tian, and R.L. Pu,
Factors affecting spatial variation of classification uncertainty in an
object-based vegetation mapping, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote
Sensing, Vol. 74 (8), 1007-1018
11. Kirshen,
P., *C. Watson, A. Gontz, E.
Douglas, *J. Lee, and Y.Q. Tian,
Coastal Flooding in the Northeastern USA under Climate Change, The
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Vol. 13 (5-6),
430-451
12. Pu,
R.L., P. Gong, Y.Q. Tian, X. Miao,
R.I. Carruthers, and G.L. Anderson, Invasive Species Change Detection Using
Artificial Neural Networks and CASI Hyperspectral Imagery, Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 140 (1-3) 15-32
13. 2007 Chen,
Q., P. Gong, D.D. Baldocchi, and Y.Q.
Tian, Estimating Basal Area and Stem Volume for Individual Trees from LIDAR
Data, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing 73 (12) 1355-65
14. *He, H.M., J. Zhou, Q. Yu, **Y.Q. Tian, and R.F. Chen, Flood
Frequency and Routing Processes at a Confluence of the Middle Yellow River in
China, River Research and Applications, 23 (4) 407-427
15. *Xie, H.J., **Y.Q. Tian, J.A. Granillo, and G.R. Keller, Suitable Remote
Sensing Method and Data for Mapping and Measuring Active Crop Field, International
Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 28 (2) 395–411
16. Tian, Y.Q., R. McDowell, Q. Yu, G. W.
Sheath, W. T. Carlson, and P. Gong, Modeling to analyze the impacts of animal
treading effects on soil in, Hydrological Processes vol. 21 (8)
1106-1114
17. 2006 *Xie,
H.J., J.M.H. Hendrickx, X. Zhou, H. Guan, Y.Q.
Tian, E. Vivoni, and E. Small, A statistical analysis of NEXRAD
precipitation in a semi-arid area of the Southwest United States , Journal
of the American Water Resources Association, vol. 42(1) 237-256
18. 2005 Zhou,
D.M., J. Radke, Y.Q. Tian, J.C. Xu,
and L. Mu, A model supported by GIS for locating and quantifying PM2.5 emission
originated from residential wood burning, Journal of Environmental
Sciences-China 17 (5): 861-865
19. Tian,
Y.Q.,
D.G. McCall, W. Dripps, Q. Yu and P. Gong, Using surface features to evaluate
meat tenderness of grazing beef animals, Food Australia, 57(8): 322-326
20. 2004 Tian,
Y.Q., J.D. Radke, and P. Gong, Spatially Allocating PM2.5 Emissions from
Residential Wood Burning in California, Atmospheric
Environment, Vol. 38(6): 833-843
21. 2002 Tian,
Y.Q., P. Gong, J.D. Radke and J. Scarborough, Spatial and Temporal Modeling
of Microbial Contaminants on Grazing Farmlands, Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 31(3): 860-869
22. Elliott,
A.H., Y.Q.
Tian, J.C. Rutherford, and W.T. Carlson, Effect of Cattle Treading
on Interrill Erosion from Hill Pasture: Modeling Concepts and Analysis of
Rainfall Simulator Data, Aust. J. Soil
Res., vol. 40(6) 963-976
23. 2001 Tian,
Y.Q., P. Gong, R.P. Ibbitt, and A.E. Elliott, Application of GIS in
Analyzing Spatial Patterns of Multiple Runoff Events, Geographic Information Sciences, Vol. 7(1): 179-188.
24. Tian,
Y.Q., R.J. Davies-Colley, P. Gong, and B.W. Thorrold, Estimating Solar
Radiation on Slopes of Arbitrary Aspect, Agricultural
and Forest Meteorology, 109: 67-74
25. 1999 Tian,
Y.Q., D.G. McCall, and W.H. McMillan, The Potential for Use of Surplus
Dairy Herd Reproductive Capacity for Beef Production, New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 42: 405-414
Note: Publications before 1998 was
mostly conference proceedings because it was in computer science.
Current
Looking for one student for Ph.D. and two
for Masters
Blunden Ashley DOC loading from
Agricultural lands
Past
A-Joy Saha Graduated in Dec 2008, Thesis
Title: The Modeling with high resolution 3D environmental data.
Chris Watson Graduated in Jun 2007, Thesis
Title: The impacts of sea level rise on recurrence intervals of coastal/river
flooding in the northeast region.
Jianjun Wang Graduated in Dec 2007, Thesis
Title: Spatial distribution patterns of macrobenthic communities in small embayments
of Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Testing the effects of eutrophication on
macrobenthic communities
Prasanna
Govindan Graduated in Jan
2007, Thesis Title: Emergency Response in Waterborne Pathways: A Discrete
Dynamic Approach Using GIS
Dawei Wang Master Student, Thesis Title:
Exploratory Analysis of the Environmental Factors Driving DOC from an Urban
Watershed to Coastal Water Using SWAT Simulated Flow
K.S. LaCommare Ph.D. completed in June 2010, Conservation Ecology of Antillean
Manatees in the Drowned Cayes, Area of Belize
Wei Huang Ph.D. completed in October 2010, Sources and
Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Matters in Estuaries
Jun Zhu Ph.D. completed in November 2010, Carbon
Cycling in coastal regions
Praveen Jha Ph.D. completed in June 2011, Spatial Modeling for
Assessing Forest Ecological Health Condition
Pashupati Chaudhary Ph.D. completed in
August 2011, GIS modeling of Biodiversity in Indian forest
Zhen Wang Graduated with master degree in Sept 2005, Exploratory
analysis of spatial and seasonal variations of chromophoric dissolved organic
matter (CDOM) concentration in the lower Hudson River
Venkata Bandla Graduated with master degree in Aug 2006, Sources, Sink and
Transport of Colored Dissolved Organic Matters (CDOM) from the Neponset River
Watershed to Coastal Waters
Keith Cialino Ph.D. Candidate, Oral date: Mar 2009, Modeling of
biological and chemical pollutant in Coastal Watershed and Water
Chad J. McGuire Ph.D. Student, Environmental Law
2012-present Weining Zhu Remote
sensing of land-water dynamics, Central Michigan University
2005-2008 Jawon Lee Human
Geography and GIS modeling, UMass-Boston
2006-2007 Hongming He Hydrology and Watershed Modeling, UMass-Boston
2002-2003 Hongjie Xie Remote Sensing and Hydrology, New Mexico State
University