Talent details

Name:Liqiao Liang
Title & Affiliation:Ph.D, Associate Professor
Tel:010-84097172
Email:liangliqiao@itpcas.ac.cn
Homepage in Chinese:http://sourcedb.itpcas.cas.cn/cn/expert/201404/t20140401_4083996.html
Address:Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China

Education and Appointments

Education
Ph.D. Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008
M.S. Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005
B.S. School of Geography and Tourism, Qufu Normal University, 2002
Appointments
Associate Professor, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013-
Lecturer, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011-2013
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2008-2011

Research Interest

Effect of climate change on glacier energy and mass balance, Hydrological processes in Alpine region

Selected Publications

1. Jianfei Wu, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, Yuting Yang, Zhiqiang Tang, Jifa Qin, Shuzhen Li, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li. 2026. Can river damming amplify or dampen climate-driven changes in fluvial sediment transport? A case study of Jinsha River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 664, 134446.

2. Jifa Qin, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, Jianfei Wu, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li. 2025. Alterations in hydrological connectivity patterns drove spatiotemporal variations in riverine carbon emissions. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 62, 102908.

3. Jifa Qin, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*. 2025. Integrating fluvial geomorphology into river hydrological connectivity: Implications for carbon emissions. Journal of Environmental Management, 392, 126626.

4. Qiang Liu, Luoyang Gan, Jianfei Wu, Jialiang Zhou, Shuzhen Li, Haitao Wu, Bo Wang, Liqiao Liang*, Denghua Yan. 2025. Deviation of hydrological regimes caused by blockage of hydrological connectivity: Implications for wetland restoration and management. Catena, 255, 109025.

5. Qiang Liu*, Luoyang Gan, Haitao Wu, Liqiao Liang*, Denghua Yan, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li, Tao Sun. 2025. Water level fluctuations control wetland hydrological connectivity in driving the integrity of wetlands. Journal of Hydrology, 657: 133095.

6. Liqiao Liang, Qiang Liu*, Jiuyi Li. 2024. The interannual periodicity of precipitation and its links to the large-scale circulations over the Third Pole. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 34(8): 1457-1471.

7. Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, Tim R. McVicar, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li, Xinghui Xia, Denghua Yan. 2024. Globally assessing how evapotranspiration feedbacks govern the impacts of multi-year droughts. Journal of Hydrology, 641, 131852.

8. Qiang Liu, Liqiao Liang*, Tao Sun, Xuan Wang, Denghua Yan, Chunhui Li. 2024. Hydrological response of drought impacts across catchments worldwide. Science of the Total Environment, 931: 172912.

9. Jianfei Wu, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, Shuzhen Li, Luoyang Gan, Haitao Wu. 2024. Alteration of wetland resilience for the intermittently and permanently inundated wetland. Environmental Research Letters, 19(12), 124077.

10. Jialiang Zhou, Yuting Yang, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, Xuan Wang, Tao Sun, Shuzhen Li, Luoyang Gan. 2024. Revisiting the hydrological legacy of revegetation on China’s Loess Plateau using Eagleson’s ecohydrological perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 929: 172758.

11. Jialiang Zhou, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, Denghua Yan, Yuting Yang, Xuan Wang, Tao Sun, Shuzhen Li, Luoyang Gan, Jianfei Wu. 2024. Water constraints enhanced by revegetation while alleviated by increased precipitation on China's water-dominated Loess Plateau. Journal of Hydrology, 640, 131731.

12. Miao Li, Jialiang Zhou, Wei Yang, Denghua Yan, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li. Changes in Water Spatial Pattern and Maintenance Mechanism in Baiyangdian Basin. Scientia Geographica Sinica, 2024, 44(06): 1102-1110.

13. Qiang Liu*, Yuting Yang, Liqiao Liang*, Jun He, Denghua Yan, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li, Tao Sun. 2023. Thresholds for triggering the propagation of meteorological drought to hydrological drought in water-limited regions of China. Science of the Total Environment, 876: 162771.

14. Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, Tao Sun, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li, Sirui Yan. 2023. Assessment of the shift in the precipitation–streamflow relationship influenced by multiyear drought, Yellow River basin, China. Science of the Total Environment, 903: 166203.

15. Qiang Liu*, Yuting Yang, Liqiao Liang*, Denghua Yan, Xuan Wang, Tao Sun, Chunhui Li. 2023. Water balance shifts induced by multiyear drought within the Budyko framework. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(13): 1-14.

16. Qiang Liu*, Yuting Yang, Liqiao Liang*, et al. 2023. Thresholds for triggering the propagation of meteorological drought to hydrological drought in water-limited regions of China. Science of the Total Environment, 876, 162771.

17. Zhe Liu, Ninglian Wang*, Lan Cuo, Liqiao Liang. 2023. Characteristics and attribution of spatiotemporal changes in Qilian Mountains' runoff over the past six decades. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD039176.

18. Shuzhen Li, Jialiang Zhou, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang, Tao Sun, Xiaofeng Xu, Miao Li, Xuan Wang, Xiaomin Yuan, 2023. Warming influences CO2 emissions from China's coastal saltmarsh wetlands more than changes in precipitation. Science of the Total Environment, 881: 163551.

19. Lan Cuo*, Haoqiang Zhao, Yongxin Zhang, Ning Li, Liqiao Liang, Zhe Liu, Jin Ding, Fuxin Zhu, 2023. Spatiotemporally heterogeneous soil thermohydraulic processes in the frozen soil of the Tibetan Plateau. Geoderma, 438, 116634.

20. Qiang Liu, Yuting Yang, Liqiao Liang*, Denghua Yan, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li, Tao Sun. 2023. Shift in precipitation-streamflow relationship induced by multi-year drought across global catchments. Science of the Total Environment, 857, 159560.

21. Jialiang Zhou, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, Jun He, Denghua Yan, Xuan Wang, Tao Sun, Shuzhen Li. 2022. More portion of precipitation into soil water storage to maintain higher evapotranspiration induced by revegetation on China’s Loess Plateau, Journal of Hydrology, 615, 128707.

22. Liqiao Liang*, Lan Cuo, Qiang Liu. 2022. The role of the snow ratio in mass balance change under a warming climate for the Dongkemadi Glacier, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Climate, 35 (12): 3833–3844.

23. Miao Li, Shuzhen Li, Qiang Liu*, Yinhong Kang, Liqiao Liang*, et al. 2022. Assessment of hydrological response to multiyear drought: Insights from lag characteristics and shift magnitude. Hydrological Process, 36, e14636.

24. Qiang Liu, Sirui Yan, Miao Li, Xiaojing Ma, Liqiao Liang*, Junlong Zhang, Jihua Pan. 2021. Baseflow separation and its response to meteorological drought in a temperate water-limited basin, north China. Chinese Geographical Science, 31(5), 867–876.

25. Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, XiaominYuan, et al. 2021. Regulation of vegetation and evapotranspiration by water level fluctuation in shallow lakes. Water, 13(19), 2651.

26. Xiaomin Yuan, Qiang Liu*, Baoshan Cui, Xiaofeng Xu, Liqiao Liang, et al. 2021. Effect of water-level fluctuations on methane and carbon dioxide dynamics in a shallow lake of Northern China: Implications for wetland restoration. Journal of Hydrology, 597: 126169.

27. Jin Ding, Lan Cuo*, Yongxin Zhang, Cunjie Zhang, Liqiao Liang, Zhe Liu. 2021. Annual and seasonal precipitation and their extremes over the Tibetan Plateau and its surroundings in 1963-2015. Atmosphere, 12, 620.

28. Sirui Yan, Miao Li, Tao Sun, Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li. 2021. The complex drought effects associated with the regulation of water-use efficiency in a temperate water-limited basin. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 36, 100864.

29. Sirui Yan, Qiang Liu*, Tao Sun, Liqiao Liang, Shuzhen Li, Xiaomin Yua, Miao Li. 2021. Research progress inwetland ecohydrological processes and their simulation. Wetland science, 19(1), 98-105.

30. Liqiao Liang, Lan Cuo, Qiang Liu*. 2020. Long-term temporal scale-dependent warming effects on the mass balance in the Dongkemadi Glacier, Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2020JD033105.

31. Qiang Liu, Jingling Liu, Haifei Liu, Liqiao Liang*, Yanpeng Cai, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li. 2020. Vegetation dynamics under water-level fluctuations: Implications for wetland restoration. Journal of Hydrology, 581, 124418.

32. Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang*, XiaominYuan, Xia Mou, Liya Su. 2020. Effects of groundwater level changes associated with coastline changes in coastal wetlands. Wetlands, 40(5), 1647-1656.

33. Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang, Yanpeng Cai, Xuan Wang, Chunhui Li. 2020. Assessing climate and land-use change impacts on streamflow in a mountainous catchment. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 11(2), 503-513.

34. Qiang Liu*, Xiaojing Ma, Sirui Yan, Liqiao Liang, Jihua Pan, Junlong Zhang. 2020. Lag in hydrologic recovery following extreme meteorological drought events: implications for ecologicalwater requirements. Water, 12, 837.

35. Zhe Liu, Lan Cuo*, Qijiang Li, Xisheng Liu, Xuelian Ma, Liqiao Liang, Jin Ding. 2020. Impacts of climate change and land use/cover change on streamflow in Beichuan River Basin in Qinghai Province, China. Water, 12, 1198-1198.

36. Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang. 2020. Eco-hydrology groundwater-dependent of ecosystem. Journal of Beijing Normal University (Natural Science), 05, 693-699.

37. Liqiao Liang*, Lan Cuo, Qiang Liu. 2019. Mass balance variation and associative climate drivers for the Dongkemadi Glacier in the central Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 10,814-10,825.

38. Lan Cuo*, Ning Li, Zhe Liu, Jin Ding, Liqiao Liang, Yongxin Zhang, Tongliang Gong. 2019. Warming and human activities induced changes in the Yarlung Tsangpo basin of the Tibetan plateau and their influences on streamflow. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 25, 100625.

39. Liqiao Liang, Lan Cuo*, Qiang Liu. 2018. The energy and mass balance of a continental glacier: Dongkemadi Glacier in central Tibetan Plateau. Scientific Reports, 8, 12788.

40. Stephen M. Mudge*, Liqiao Liang. 2018. Permafrost – receptor or source? Environmental Forensics, 19(3), 165.

41. Qiang Liu, Haige Yu, Liqiao Liang, Fan Ping, Xia Mou, Jing Liang. 2017. Assessment of ecological instream flow requirements under climate change Pseudorasbora parva. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 14(3), 509–520

42. Qiang Liu, Tim R. McVicar, Zhifeng Yang, Randall J. Donohue, Liqiao Liang, YutingYang. 2016. The hydrological effects of varying vegetation characteristics in a temperate water-limited basin: Development of the dynamic Budyko-Choudhury-Porporato (dBCP) model. Journal of Hydrology, 543, 595-611.

43. Qiang Liu*, Liqiao Liang. 2015. Impacts of climate change on the water balance of a large nonhumid natural basin in China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 121(3-4), 489-497.

44. Liqiao Liang*, Qiang Liu, 2014. Streamflow sensitivity analysis to climate change for a large water-limited basin. Hydrological Processes, 28, 1767-1774.

45. Qiang Liu*, Zhifeng Yang, Liqiao Liang, Nan Wang. 2014. Do changes in climate or vegetation regulate evapotranspiration and streamflow trends in water-limited basins? Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 112(3-4), 389-401.

46. Lan Cuo*, Yongxin Zhang, Fuxin Zhu, Liqiao Liang. 2014. Characteristics and Changes of Streamflow on the Tibetan Plateau: A Review. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2, 49-68.

47. Liqiao Liang*, Lijuan Li, Changming Liu, Lan Cuo. 2013. Climate change in the Tibetan Plateau Three Rivers Source Region: 1960–2009. International Journal of Climatology, 33, 2900–2916.

48. Hongwei Zeng, Lijuan Li*, Jinming Hu, Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li, Bin Li, Kai Zhang. 2012. Accuracy validation of TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis daily precipitation products in the Lancang River Basin of China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology 112(3-4), 389-401.

49. Liqiao Liang, Lijuan Li*, Qiang Liu, 2011. Precipitation variability in Northeast China from 1961 to 2008. Journal of Hydrology, 404, 67-76.  

50. Liqiao Liang, Lijuan Li*, Qiang Liu, 2011. Spatio–temporal variations of reference crop evapotranspiration and pan evaporation in West Songnen Plain of China. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 56(7), 1300-1313.

51. Yumei Liu, Lijuan Li*, Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li, 2011. Study on the non-point source pollution in the upper and midele reaches of the Taoer River Basin. Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment, 9(1), 48-54.

52. Yumei Liu, Lijuan Li*, Liqiao Liang, Hongwei Zeng. 2011. Effects of landuse change on non-point source pollution in upper and middle reaches of Taoer River Basin. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation, 31(1), 117-121.

53. Bin Li, Lijuan Li*, Yuchu Qin, Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li, Yumei Liu. 2011. Impacts of climate variability on streamflow in the upper and middle reaches of the Taoer River Based on the Budyko hypothesis. Resources Science, 33(1), 70-76.

54. Bin Li, Lijuan Li*, Yuchu Qin, L Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li, Yumei Liu, Hongwei Zeng. 2011. Sensitivity analysis of potential evapotranspiration in the Lancang River Basin. Resources Science,7, 1256-1263.

55. Bin Li, Lijuan Li*, Haibin Li, Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li, Yumei Liu, Hongwei Zeng. 2011. Spatial and temporal variability of droughts in the Lancang River basin. Transactions of the CSAE, 27(5), 87-93.

56. Bin Li, Lijuan Li*, Haibin Li, Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li, Yumei Liu, Hongwei Zeng. 2011. Changes in precipitation extremes in Lancang River Basin, 1960-2005. Progress in Geography, 30(3), 290-298.

57. Liqiao Liang, Lijuan Li*, Qiang Liu. 2010. Temporal variation of reference evapotranspiration during 1961-2005 in the Taoer River basin of Northeast China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 50: 298–306. 

58. Liqiao Liang, Lijuan Li*, Qiang Liu. 2010. Spatial distribution of reference evapotranspiration considering topography in the Taoer River basin of Northeast China. Hydrology Research, 41(5), 424-437.

59. Lijuan Li*, Bin Li, Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li, Yumei Liu. 2010. Effect of climate change and land use on stream flow in the upper and middle reaches of the Taoer River, northeastern China. Forestry Studies in China, 12(2), 1–9.

60. Jiuyi Li, Lijuan Li*, Yumei Liu, Liqiao Liang, Bin Li. 2010. Framework for water scarcity assessment and solution at regional scales: A case study in Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Region. Progress in Geography, 29(9), 1041-1048.

61. Lijuan Li*, Jiuyi Li, Liqiao Liang, Yumei Liu. 2009. Method for calculating Ecological water storage and Ecological Water Requirement of Marsh. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 19, 427-436.

62. Dejuan Jiang, Lijuan Li*, Xiyong Hou, Liqiao Liang, Li Zhang, L., Jiuyi Li, Mingxing Xu. 2009. Variations in the hydrological cycle components and their influencing factors in the middle and upper reaches of Tao'erhe River Basin. Geographical Research, 289(1), 55-64.

63. Liqiao Liang, Lijuan Li*, Li Zhang, Jiuyi Li, Bin Li. 2008. Sensitivity of the Penman-Monteith reference crop evapotranspiration in the Taoer River basin. Chinese Geographical Science, 18(4), 340-347.

64. Liqiao Liang, Lijuan Li*, Li Zhang, jiuyi Li, Dejuan Jiang, Mingxing Xu, Wenxian Song. 2008. Sensitivity of the reference crop evapotranspiration in growing season in the West Songnen Plain. Transactions of the CSAE, 24(5), 1-5.

65. Li Zhang, Lijuan Li*, Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li, Dejuan Jiang, Mingxing, Xu, Wenxian Song. 2008. Progress on the research of theory and calculation method of ecological water requirement. Transactions of the CSAE, 24(7), 307-312.

66. Li Zhang, Lijuan Li*, Liqiao Liang, Jiuyi Li. 2007. Monitoring of vegetation coverage based on high-resolution images. Forestry Studies in China, 9(4), 256-261.

67. Liquan Li*, Liqiao Liang, Changming Liu, Li Zhang, Dejuan Jiang, Jiuyi Li. 2007. Analysis and strategy of drinking water pollution accidents in recent 20 years in China. Acta Geographica Sinica, 62(9), 917-924.

68. Lijuan Li*, Dejuan Jiang, Jiuyi Li, Liqiao Liang, Li Zhang. 2007. Advances in hydrological response to land use /land cover change. Journal of Natural Resources, 22(2), 211-224.

69. Liqiao Liang*, Minhua Yan, Wei Deng, Lijuan Li. 2006. Change of reference crop evapotranspiration from West Songnen Plain. Progress in Geography, 25(3), 22-31. 

70. Liqiao Liang*, Minhua Yan, Wei Deng. 2005. Headway of measurement and estimation in evapotranspiration from wetland. Wetland Science, 3(1), 74-80.

71. Minhua Yan, Panqin Chen, Wei Deng, Liqiao Liang. 2005. Further understanding of the Sanjiang Plain warming: changes in maximum and minimum air temperature. Ecology and Environment, 14(2), 151-156.