
Dr Yanchen Zheng
BSc, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Current positions
Research Associate in Catchment Modelling
School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering
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Research interests
My main research interests include large sample hydrological data analysis, understanding and predicting extreme hydrological events in changing environments, developing flood estimation methods for ungauged catchments, hydrological process modelling.
Previous PhD work focused on constructing a flexible event runoff coefficients estimation framework, which have been verified over GB catchments, can be used for various regions and lay foundation for flood estimation in ungauged catchments. I am currently working on integrating groundwater model into a hydrological model. The main aim is to assess the impacts of human-water interactions on hydrological drought using the coupled surface-subsurface model.
In addition, I’m currently involved in projects on (1) the planning phase of flood and drought research infrastructure in the UK and (2) the phase 3 of National System Simulation Modelling (NSSM) Project funded by Ofwat. I’m working with colleagues from University of Oxford, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), British Geological Survey (BGS) and Environment Agency (EA).
Publications
Selected publications
03/01/2023A Framework for Estimating the Probability Distribution of Event Runoff Coefficient in Ungauged Catchments
Water Resources Research
Controls on the spatial and temporal patterns of rainfall‐runoff event characteristics ‐ a large sample of catchments across Great Britain
Water Resources Research
Recent publications
07/05/2024Evaluation of reanalysis soil moisture products using cosmic ray neutron sensor observations across the globe
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Spatial Sensitivity of River Flooding to Changes in Climate and Land Cover Through Explainable AI
Earth's Future
Wastewater discharges and urban land cover dominate urban hydrology signals across England and Wales
Environmental Research Letters
Functional data analysis to investigate controls on and changes in the seasonality of UK baseflow
Hydrological Sciences Journal
A Framework for Estimating the Probability Distribution of Event Runoff Coefficient in Ungauged Catchments
Water Resources Research