Dr Zunyi Xie

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences

McMad Lab

z.xie@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Zunyi is a postdoctoral research fellow and his research uses novel applications of remote sensing, spatial modelling and time-series analysis to explore ecohydrological interactions and map environmental changes for improved management. His PhD work focused on integrating GRACE observations with various other satellite data to study hydrological dynamics, ecological functions and their interactions under hydroclimatic extremes. His current Postdoc project is developing a novel approach coupling remote sensing big data techniques (e.g. GEE) with socio-economic analysis and decision making to identify global ‘Uncontested lands’ for multiple SDGs of renewable energy, poverty, food and conservation.

Featured projects	Duration
Uncontested lands paper makes the cover of Nature Sustainability

Publications

Journal Articles (14)

Conference Papers (2)

Journal Articles

Xie, Zunyi, Game, Edward T., Hobbs, Richard J., Pannell, David J., Phinn, Stuart R. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2020). Conservation opportunities on uncontested lands. Nature Sustainability, 3 (1), 9-15. doi: 10.1038/s41893-019-0433-9

Ma, Xuanlong, Huete, Alfredo, Moore, Caitlin E., Cleverly, James, Hutley, Lindsay B., Beringer, Jason, Leng, Song, Xie, Zunyi, Yu, Qiang and Eamus, Derek (2020). Spatiotemporal partitioning of savanna plant functional type productivity along NATT. Remote Sensing of Environment, 246 111855, 111855. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111855

Xie, Zunyi, Phinn, Stuart R., Game, Edward T., Pannell, David J., Hobbs, Richard J., Briggs, Peter R., Beutel, Terrence S., Holloway, Christopher and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2020). Corrigendum to “Using Landsat observations (1988–2017) and Google Earth Engine to detect vegetation cover changes in rangelands - A first step towards identifying degraded lands for conservation” [Remote Sens. Environ. 232 (2019), 111317] (Remote Sensing of Environment (2019) 232, (S0034425719303360), (10.1016/j.rse.2019.111317)). Remote Sensing of Environment, 241 111737, 111737. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2020.111737

Runting, Rebecca K., Phinn, Stuart, Xie, Zunyi, Venter, Oscar and Watson, James E. M. (2020). Opportunities for big data in conservation and sustainability. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 2003, 2003. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15870-0

Heimhuber, V., Tulbure, M. G., Broich, M., Xie, Z. and Hurriyet, M. (2019). The role of GRACE total water storage anomalies, streamflow and rainfall in stream salinity trends across Australia's Murray-Darling Basin during and post the Millennium Drought. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 83 101927, 101927. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2019.101927

Xie, Zunyi, Phinn, Stuart R., Game, Edward T., Pannell, David J., Hobbs, Richard J., Briggs, Peter R. and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2019). Using Landsat observations (1988–2017) and Google Earth Engine to detect vegetation cover changes in rangelands - A first step towards identifying degraded lands for conservation. Remote Sensing of Environment, 232 111317, 111317. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111317

Xie, Zunyi, Huete, Alfredo, Cleverly, James, Phinn, Stuart, McDonald-Madden, Eve, Cao, Yanping and Qin, Fen (2019). Multi-climate mode interactions drive hydrological and vegetation responses to hydroclimatic extremes in Australia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 231 111270, 111270. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2019.111270

Bai, Jie, Shi, Hao, Yu, Qiang, Xie, Zunyi, Li, Longhui, Luo, Geping, Jin, Ning and Li, Jun (2019). Satellite-observed vegetation stability in response to changes in climate and total water storage in Central Asia. Science of the Total Environment, 659, 862-871. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.418

Zhang, Xunhe, Wang, Nai'ang, Xie, Zunyi, Ma, Xuanlong and Huete, Alfredo (2018). Water loss due to increasing planted vegetation over the Badain Jaran Desert, China. Remote Sensing, 10 (1) 134, 134. doi: 10.3390/rs10010134

Shangguan, Donghui, Ding, Yongjian, Liu, Shiyin, Xie, Zunyi, Pieczonka, Tino, Xu, Junli and Moldobekov, Bolot (2017). Quick release of internal water storage in a glacier leads to underestimation of the hazard potential of glacial lake outburst floods from Lake Merzbacher in Central Tian Shan Mountains. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (19), 9786-9795. doi: 10.1002/2017GL074443

Xie, Zunyi, Huete, Alfredo, Ma, Xuanlong, Restrepo-Coupe, Natalia, Devadas, Rakhesh, Clarke, Kenneth and Lewis, Megan (2016). Landsat and GRACE observations of arid wetland dynamics in a dryland river system under multi-decadal hydroclimatic extremes. Journal of Hydrology, 543, 818-831. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.11.001

Ma, Xuanlong, Huete, Alfredo, Cleverly, James, Eamus, Derek, Chevallier, Frederic, Joiner, Joanna, Poulter, Benjamin, Zhang, Yongguang, Guanter, Luis, Meyer, Wayne, Xie, Zunyi and Ponce-Campos, Guillermo (2016). Drought rapidly diminishes the large net CO2 uptake in 2011 over semi-arid Australia. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 37747. doi: 10.1038/srep37747

Xie, Zunyi, Huete, Alfredo, Restrepo-Coupe, Natalia, Ma, Xuanlong, Devadas, Rakhesh and Caprarelli, Graziella (2016). Spatial partitioning and temporal evolution of Australia's total water storage under extreme hydroclimatic impacts. Remote Sensing of Environment, 183, 43-52. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.05.017

Xie, Zunyi, ShangGuan, Donghui, Zhang, Shiqiang, Ding, Yongjian and Liu, Shiyin (2013). Index for hazard of Glacier Lake Outburst flood of Lake Merzbacher by satellite-based monitoring of lake area and ice cover. Global and Planetary Change, 107, 229-237. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.05.025

Conference Papers

Xie, Zunyi, Huete, Alfredo, Restrepo-Coupe, Natalia, Devadas, Rakhesh, Davies, Kevin and Waston, Chris (2015). Terrestrial total water storage dynamics of Australia's recent dry and wet events. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, IGARSS 2015, Milan, Italy, 26 July - 31 July 2015. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers . doi: 10.1109/IGARSS.2015.7325935

Xie, Zunyi, Shangguan, Donghui, Zhang, Shiqiang, Zhang, Qi, Qin, Jia and Zhang, Yongquan (2011). Method for quickly delineating Merzbacher Lake extent based on Environment and Disaster Monitoring small Satellite images. 2011 International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering, RSETE 2011, , , June 24, 2011-June 26, 2011. IEEE. doi: 10.1109/RSETE.2011.5964760