Professor Zunyi Xie
Honorary Research Fellow
School of the Environment
Professor
Henan University, China
Researcher biography
From 2017 to 2021, Zunyi served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science and the School of Environment at The University of Queensland. His PhD research focused on large-scale ecohydrological studies, utilising GRACE and hydrological models. His postdoc at UQ marked a pivotal shift towards high-resolution conservation studies, leveraging the Google Earth Engine's capabilities. Building upon this foundation, he has since progressed to harnessing satellite big data for quantifying the effectiveness of conservation management and policies. Currently, he holds the position of Professor at Henan University in China and is an Honorary Research Fellow at CBCS and the School of Environment at UQ. Leading a dedicated research team, Zunyi is at the forefront of integrating remote sensing big data technologies into conservation efforts and sustainable development initiatives.
Journal Articles
Wang, Yuan, Yang, Yuanjian, Yuan, Qiangqiang, Li, Tongwen, Zhou, Yi, Zong, Lian, Wang, Mengya, Xie, Zunyi, Ho, Hung Chak, Gao, Meng, Tong, Shilu, Lolli, Simone and Zhang, Liangpei (2025). Substantially underestimated global health risks of current ozone pollution. Nature Communications , 16 (1) 102, 1. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-55450-0
Caprarelli, Graziella, Baratoux, David, Cervato, Cinzia, Diviacco, Paolo, Donea, Alina, Fletcher, Steven J., Bulusu, Subrahmanyam, Glaves, Helen M., Jones, Cathleen E., Maute, Astrid, Mills, Franklin P., Pryor, Sara C., Tiampo, Kristy and Xie, Zunyi (2025). Thank You to Our 2024 Reviewers. Earth and Space Science, 12 (3) e2025EA004332. doi: 10.1029/2025ea004332
Caprarelli, Graziella, Baratoux, David, Bulusu, Subrahmanyam, Cervato, Cinzia, Diviacco, Paolo, Donea, Alina, Fletcher, Steven J., Glaves, Helen M., Jones, Cathleen E., Lu, Gaopeng, Maute, Astrid, Mills, Franklin P., Pryor, Sara C., Tiampo, Kristy and Xie, Zunyi (2025). Ten Years of Earth and Space Science: Introduction to the Special Collection. Earth and Space Science, 12 (1) e2024EA004151. doi: 10.1029/2024ea004151
Zong, Lian, Ngarukiyimana, Jean Paul, Yang, Yuanjian, Yim, Steve H. L., Zhou, Yi, Wang, Mengya, Xie, Zunyi, Ho, Hung Chak, Gao, Meng, Tong, Shilu and Lolli, Simone (2024). Malaria transmission risk is projected to increase in the highlands of Western and Northern Rwanda. Communications Earth and Environment, 5 (1) 559, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01717-9
Zhang, Hang, Dong, Guanpeng, Li, Bing, Xie, Zunyi, Miao, Changhong, Yang, Fan, Gao, Yang, Meng, Xiaoyu, Yang, Dongyang, Liu, Yong, Zhang, Hongjuan, Wu, Leying, Shi, Fanglin, Chen, Yulong, Wu, Wenjie, Laszkiewicz, Edyta, Liang, Yutian, Lu, Binbin, Yao, Jing and Li, Xuecao (2024). Developing an annual global Sub-National scale economic data from 1992 to 2021 using nighttime lights and deep learning. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 133 104086, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.104086
Deng, Xiangyi, Yu, Wenping, Shi, Jinan, Huang, Yajun, Li, Dandan, He, Xuanwei, Zhou, Wei and Xie, Zunyi (2024). Characteristics of surface urban heat islands in global cities of different scales: Trends and drivers. Sustainable Cities and Society, 107 105483, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2024.105483
Xie, Zunyi, Game, Edward T., Phinn, Stuart R., Adams, Matthew P., Bayarjargal, Yunden, Pannell, David J., Purevbaatar, Ganbold, Baldangombo, Batkhuyag, Hobbs, Richard J., Yao, Jing and McDonald-Madden, Eve (2024). A scalable big data approach for remotely tracking rangeland conditions. Communications Earth and Environment, 5 (1) 349, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01516-2
Xie, Zunyi, Zhao, Yan, Jiang, Ruizhu, Zhang, Miao, Hammer, Graeme, Chapman, Scott, Brider, Jason and Potgieter, Andries B. (2024). Seasonal dynamics of fallow and cropping lands in the broadacre cropping region of Australia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 305 114070, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2024.114070
Zhang, Zhengyang, Ma, Xuanlong, Maeda, Eduardo Eiji, Lu, Lei, Wang, Yuanyuan, Xie, Zunyi, Li, Xiaoying, Pan, Yaozhong, Huang, Lei, Zhao, Yuhe and Huete, Alfredo (2024). Satellite observed dryland greening in Asian endorheic basins: Drivers and implications to sustainable development. Science of The Total Environment, 922 171216, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171216
Caprarelli, Graziella, Baratoux, David, Cervato, Cinzia, Diviacco, Paolo, Donea, Alina, Fletcher, Steven J., Gentemann, Chelle, Glaves, Helen M., Jiang, Jonathan H., Jones, Cathleen E., Maute, Astrid, Mills, Franklin P., Pryor, Sara C., Tiampo, Kristy and Xie, Zunyi (2024). Thank You to Our 2023 Reviewers. Earth and Space Science, 11 (4) e2024EA003662. doi: 10.1029/2024ea003662
Cao, Yanping, Xie, Zunyi, Huang, Xinhe, Cui, Mengyang, Wang, Wenbao and Li, Qingqing (2023). Vegetation dynamics and its trends associated with extreme climate events in the Yellow River Basin, China. Remote Sensing, 15 (19) 4683, 1-21. doi: 10.3390/rs15194683
Pan, Ziwu, Xie, Zunyi, Ding, Na, Liang, Qiushuang, Li, Jianguo, Pan, Yu and Qin, Fen (2023). Evolution patterns of cooling island effect in blue–green space under different shared socioeconomic pathways scenarios. Remote Sensing, 15 (14) 3642, 3642. doi: 10.3390/rs15143642
Pan, Ziwu, Xie, Zunyi, Wu, Liyang, Pan, Yu, Ding, Na, Liang, Qiushuang and Qin, Fen (2023). Simulation of cooling island effect in blue-green space based on multi-scale coupling model. Remote Sensing, 15 (8) 2093, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/rs15082093
Caprarelli, Graziella, Altintas, Ilkay, Baratoux, David, Cervato, Cinzia, Diviacco, Paolo, Donea, Alina, Donnellan, Andrea, Gentemann, Chelle, Glaves, Helen M., Jiang, Jonathan H., Jones, Cathleen E., Maute, Astrid, Mills, Franklin P., Pirenne, Benoit, Pryor, Sara C., Tiampo, Kristy and Xie, Zunyi (2023). Thank You to Our 2022 Reviewers. Earth and Space Science, 10 (4) e2023EA002981. doi: 10.1029/2023ea002981
Cao, Yanping, Xie, Zunyi, Woodgate, William, Ma, Xuanlong, Cleverly, Jamie, Pang, Yingjun, Qin, Fen and Huete, Alfredo (2022). Ecohydrological decoupling of water storage and vegetation attributed to China’s large-scale ecological restoration programs. Journal of Hydrology, 615 128651, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128651
Li, Jianguo, Xie, Zunyi, Qiu, Xiaocong, Yu, Qiang, Bu, Jianwei, Sun, Ziyong, Long, Ruijun, Brandis, Kate J., He, Jie, Feng, Qi and Ramp, Daniel (2022). Heavy metal habitat: a novel framework for mapping heavy metal contamination over large-scale catchment with a species distribution model. Water Research, 226 119310, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119310
Mao, Yongjing, Harris, Daniel L., Xie, Zunyi and Phinn, Stuart (2022). Global coastal geomorphology – integrating earth observation and geospatial data. Remote Sensing of Environment, 278 113082, 113082. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2022.113082
Zhang, Xunhe, Xu, Ming, Wang, Shujian, Huang, Yongkai and Xie, Zunyi (2022). Mapping photovoltaic power plants in China using Landsat, random forest, and Google Earth Engine. Earth System Science Data, 14 (8), 3743-3755. doi: 10.5194/essd-14-3743-2022
Caprarelli, Graziella, Altintas, Ilkay, Baratoux, David, Cervato, Cinzia, Diviacco, Paolo, Donea, Alina, Donnellan, Andrea, Gentemann, Chelle, Glaves, Helen M., Jiang, Jonathan H., Jones, Cathleen E., Maute, Astrid, Pirenne, Benoit, Pryor, Sara C., Tiampo, Kristy and Xie, Zunyi (2022). Thank You to Our 2021 Reviewers. Earth and Space Science, 9 (4) e2022EA002372. doi: 10.1029/2022ea002372
Mao, Yongjing, Harris, Daniel L., Xie, Zunyi and Phinn, Stuart (2021). Efficient measurement of large-scale decadal shoreline change with increased accuracy in tide-dominated coastal environments with Google Earth Engine. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 181, 385-399. doi: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2021.09.021
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, 1-11. 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