Feng Yu

Purdue University | Purdue · Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Highlights A fuzzy rating system was created based on published criteria for subirrigation suitability. Maps showing potential suitability for subirrigation were created for the U.S. Midwest. 78,500 km ² across the U.S. Midwest is potentially suitability for subirrigation. Maps identify potential subirrigation locations pending onsite assessment....

Connectivity is a state-of-the-art concept that improves the current understanding of hydrological processes at multiple scales. Two-point connectivity statistics provide a promising approach to quantify hydrologic connectivity, which measures the probability of any two nodes in a hydrologically relevant pattern that are connected based on their se...

In watershed modeling, the traditional practice of arbitrarily filling topographic depressions in digital elevation models (DEMs) has raised concerns. Advanced high‐resolution remote sensing techniques, including airborne scanning laser altimetry (LiDAR), can identify naturally occurring depressions that impact overland flow. In this study, we used...

Rapid urbanization and industrial development in the eastern region of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau is imposing significant and interdependent pressures on food, energy, and water. A long-term assessment of the regional water balance reveals a complex interaction of factors that are altering the available water, including changes in the locally grow...

Context Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to estimate species’ potential distribution at landscape to regional scales. However, the quality of occurrence data is often compromised by sampling bias, which could raise serious concerns on model accuracy. Objectives We propose a model-independent composite measure—representativeness an...

Background/Question/Methods Species Distribution Models (SDMs) are widely used to estimate the potential geographical distributions of species for various spatial or temporal extents and continuously assist the ecology, biogeography and biology community in achieving the natural conservation purpose. Modelers can easily and efficiently access the...