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Name:Weiqiang Ma
Title & Affiliation:Ph.D, Professor
Tel:010-84097057
Email:wqma@itpcas.ac.cn
Homepage in Chinese:http://sourcedb.itpcas.cas.cn/cn/expert/201506/t20150618_4376383.html
Address:Building 3, Courtyard 16, Lincui Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China

Education and Appointments

Education 
Ph.D. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007
M. S. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2004
B. S. School of Atmospheric Science, Lanzhou University, 2001
Appointments
Visiting scholar, International Centre of Water for Food Security (IC Water), Charles Sturt University, 2010-2011
Researcher, Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, 2011-2013
Researcher, Researcher, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo., 2013-2014

Research Interest

Atmospheric boundary layer meteorology, remote sensing application and numerical model on land-atmosphere interaction in the Tibet Plateau

Selected Publications

2020 

1.Ma Yaoming, Z.Hu,  Z.Xie, Weiqiang Ma, B.Wang, X.Chen, M.Li, L.Zhong, F.Sun, L.Gu, C.Han, L.Zhang, X. Liu, Z.Ding, G. Sun, S. Wang, Y.Wang, and Z.Wang, 2020, A long-term (2005-2016) dataset of hourly integrated land-atmosphere interaction observations on the Tibetan Plateau, Earth System Science Data (ESSD), 12, 2937–2957, doi10.5194/essd-2020-85.  

2.Wang, B., Ma Yaoming, Z.Su, Y.Wang, Weiqiang Ma, 2020, Quantifying the evaporation amounts of 75 high elevation large dimictic lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, Science Advances, 6(26), eaay8558. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aay8558.  

3.Joshi, B., Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma, M.Sigdel, B.Wang, S.Subba, 2019, Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Carbon Dioxide and Energy Fluxes over Three Land Cover Types of Nepal, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 139(1), 415-430doi:10.1007/s00704-019-02986-7.  

4.Regmi, R., Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma, B. Baniya,B.Bashir, 2020, Interannual Variation of NDVI, Precipitation and Temperature during the Growing Season in Langtang National Park, Central Himalaya, NepalApplied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 8(5), 218-228, DOI: 10.12691/aees-8-5-5.  

5.Bayable.E, Ma Yaoming, X. Chen, Weiqiang Ma, B.Wang, Z. Ding and Z. Zhu,2020 Estimation of the distribution of the total net radiative flux from satellite and automatic weather station data in the Upper Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia, Theoretical and Applied Climatology , doi:10.1007/s00704-020-03397-9.  

6.Wasti,S. Weiqiang Ma, Ma Yaoming, 2020, Estimation of land surface evapotranspiration using the METRIC model in Nepal, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, DOI: 10.1080/16742834.2020.1824984.  

7.Meng, C., Y. Xu, Q. Li, Ma Yaoming, Q.Feng, Weiqiang Ma, J.Pan, K.Li, 2020,Analyses of observed features and future trend of extreme temperature events in Inner Mongolia of China, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 139: 577–597, doi:10.1007/s00704-019-02969-8.  

8.Latif, Y., L., Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma, S. Muhammad, M. Adlan, M.Yassen, R.Fealy, 2020, Differentiating Snow and  Glacier Melt Contribution to Runoff in the Gilgit River Basin via Degree-Day Modelling Approach, Atmosphere, 11, 1023; doi:10.3390/atmos11101023.  

 

  

2019 

1.Weiqiang Ma, Ma Yaoming, 2019The evaluation of AMSR-E soil moisture data in atmospheric modeling using a suitable time series iteration to derive land surface fluxes over the Tibetan Plateau. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0226373. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0226373. 

2.Liu, L.*, Ma Yaoming*, M.Menenti, Weiqiang Ma, 2019, Evaluation of WRF modeling in relation to different land surface schemes and initial and boundary conditions: a snow event simulation over the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres,124, 209-226, doi: 10.1029/2018JD029208. 

3.Wang, B. *, Ma Yaoming*, Y.Wang, Z.Su*, Weiqiang Ma, 2019, Significant differences exist in lakeatmosphere interactions and the evaporation rates of high-elevation small and large lakes, Journal of Hydrology, 573, 220-234, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.03.066. 

4.Subba, S., Ma Yaoming*, Weiqiang Ma, 2019, Spatial and temporal analysis of precipitation extremities of Eastern Nepal in the last two decades (1997–2016). Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 7523–7539, doi: 10.1029/2019JD030639. 

5.Wang, B., Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma, Z. Su, and X. Dong, 2019Evaluation of ten methods for estimating evaporation in a small high-elevation lake on the Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 136: 1033-1045, doi: 10.1007/s00704-018-2539-9. 

6.Han, Y. , Weiqiang Ma*, Ma Yaoming, C.Sun, 2019, Variations of surface heat fluxes over the Tibetan Plateaubefore and after the onset of the South Asian summer monsoon during 1979–2016. Journal of Meteorological Research, 33(3), 491–500, doi: 10.1007/s13351-019-8616-x. 

7.Joshi, B., Ma Yaoming*Weiqiang Ma, M.Sigdel, B.Wang, S.Subba, 2019, Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Carbon Dioxide and Energy Fluxes over Three Land Cover Types of Nepal, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, doi:10.1007/s00704-019-02986-7. 

8.Xie, Z*., Z.Hu, Ma Yaoming , G.Sun, L.Gu,S.Liu, Y.Wang, H.Zheng, Weiqiang Ma*, 2019, Modeling blowing snow over the Tibetan Plateau with the Community Land Model: Method and preliminary evaluation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124. doi :10.1029/2019JD030684. 

9.Meng,C., Y Xu, Q Li, Ma Yaoming, Q Feng, Weiqiang Ma, J.Pan, K.Li, 2019, Analyses of observed features and future trend of extreme temperature events in Inner Mongolia of ChinaTheoretical and Applied Climatology, doi: 10.1007/s00704-019-02969-8 

10.Latif, Y. , Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma,Y.Muhammad, Y. Muhammad2019 Snowmelt Runoff Simulation During Early 21st Century Using Hydrological Modelling in the Snow-Fed Terrain of Gilgit River Basin (Pakistan), Advances in Sustainable and Environmental Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrochemistry and Water Resources, H. I. Chaminé et al. (eds.), Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation, doi :10.1007/978-3-030-01572-5_18 

11.Luintel,N., Weiqiang Ma*, Ma Yaoming, B.Wang, S. Sunil, 2019, Spatial and temporal variation of daytime and nighttime MODIS land surface temperature across NepalAtmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, doi: 10.1080/16742834.2019.1625701. 

  

2018 

.Liu, L.*, Ma Yaoming*, M. Menenti, Weiqiang Ma, 2018, Evaluation of WRF modeling in relation to different land surface schemes and initial and boundary conditions: a snow event simulation over the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, DOI: 10.1029/2018JD029208. 

2.Meng, C., Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma,Y. Xu, 2018Modeling of a severe winter drought in eastern China using different initial and lateral boundary forcing datasets, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 133(3-4): 763-773, doi:10.1007/s00704-017-2217-3. 

3.Wang, B., Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma, Z. Su, and X. Dong, 2018Evaluation of ten methods for estimating evaporation in a small high-elevation lake on the Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, doi: 10.1007/s00704-018-2539-9 

4.Zhang, L., Ma Yaoming*, Weiqiang Ma, and B. Wang, 2018, Comparison of different generation mechanisms of free convection between two stations on the Tibetan Plateau. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 35(9), 1137-1144, doi: 10.1007/s00376-018-7195-6. 

  

2017 

1.Ding, Z., Ma Yaoming *, Z. Wen, Weiqiang Ma, S. Chen, 2017, A comparison between energy transfer and atmospheric turbulent exchanges over alpine meadow and banana plantation, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 129: 59–76. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1754-5. 

2.Huang, F., Weiqiang Ma, B. Wang, Z. Hu, Ma Yaoming, G. Sun, Z. Xie, Y. Lin, 2017, Air temperature estimation with MODIS data over the northern Tibetan Plateau. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 34(5), 650–662, doi: 10.1007/s00376-016-6152-5. 

3.Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma, L. Zhong, Z. Hu, M. Li, Z. Zhu, C. Han, B. Wang, X. Liu,2017: Monitoring and Modeling the Tibetan Plateau’s climate system and its impact on East Asia, Scientific Reports, 7: 44574 , doi:10.1038/srep44574. 

4.Meng, C., Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma, Y. Xu,2017, Modeling of a severe winter drought in eastern China using different initial and lateral boundary forcing datasets, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, DOI 10.1007/s00704-017-2217-3. 

32.Wang, B., Ma Yaoming, Weiqiang Ma, and Z. Su, 2017, Physical controls on half-hourly, daily, and monthly turbulent flux and energy budget over a high-altitude small lake on the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JD026109. 

 

2016 

1.Ding Z, Y. Ma*, Z. Wen, Weiqiang Ma, S. Chen, 2016, A comparison between energy transfer and atmospheric turbulent exchanges over alpine meadow and banana plantation, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, DOI: 10.1007/s00704-016-1754-5.  

  

2015 

1.Weiqiang Ma, Y. Ma, 2015, Modeling the influence of land surface flux on the regional climate of the Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, DOI 10.1007/s00704-015-1495-x.   

2.Ma Y., Z. Zhu, P. M. Amatya, X. Chen, Z. Hu, L. Zhang, M. Li, and Weiqiang Ma, 2015, Atmospheric boundary layer characteristics and land-atmosphere energy transfer in the Third Pole area, IAHS Publ. 368 , 27-32,doi:10.5194/piahs-368-27-2015. 

3.Wang B., Y. Ma, X. Chen, Weiqiang Ma, Z. Su, M. Menenti, 2015, Observation and simulation of lake-air heat and water transfer processes in a high-altitude shallow lake on the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023863.   

  

2014 

1.Biermann T., B. Wolfgang, Weiqiang Ma, X. Chen, E. Thiem, Y. Ma, T. Foken, 2014, Turbulent flux observations and modelling over a shallow lake and a wet grassland in the Nam Co basin, Tibetan Plateau, Theoretical and Applied Climatology,116:301–316. 

2.Weiqiang Ma, Y. Ma, H. Ishikawa, 2014, Evaluation of the SEBS for upscaling the evapotranspiration based on in-situ observations over the Tibetan Plateau, Atmospheric Research, 138:91–97. 

3.Ma Y., Z. Zhu, L. Zhong, B. Wang, C. Han, Z. Wang, Y. Wang, L. Lu, P. M. Amatya, Weiqiang Ma, and Z. Hu, 2014, Combining MODIS, AVHRR and in situ data for evapotranspiration estimation over heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 14, 1507–1515. 

4.Song, M., Y. Ma, Y. Zhang, Weiqiang Ma, and S. Luo, 2014. An off‐line simulation of land surface processes over the northern Tibetan PlateauSciences in Cold and Arid Regions, 6(3): 0236–0246. DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1226.2014.00236. 

 

2013年之前 

1.Weiqiang Ma, Y. Ma, H. Ishikawa, Z. Su, 2013, Estimation of land surface energy fluxes from remote sensing using one-layer modeling approaches. Remote Sensing of Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content, ISBN-13: 9781466505780, CRC Press. (one chapter) 

2.Zhong Lei, Ma Yaoming, Ma Weiqiang, Su Zhongbo, Pan Xiao, Wang Binbin, Han Cunbo, 2013, Drought monitoring for the middle reaches of yarlung zangbo river and its two tributaries from satellite images, European Space Agency, (Special Publication), v 704. 

3.Ma, W., M. Hafeez, H. Ishikawa, and Y. Ma, 2012, Evaluation of SEBS for estimation of actual evapotranspiration using ASTER satellite data for irrigation areas of Australia, Theoretical and applied climatology, DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0754-3. 

4.Ma, W., M. Hafeez, U. Rabbani, H. Ishikawa, and Y. Ma, 2012, Retrieved actual ET using SEBS model from Landsat-5 TM data for irrigation area of Australia. Atmospheric Environment, 59, 408–414. 

5.Ma, Y., B. Wang, L. Zhong, W. Ma, 2012, The regional surface heating field over the heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau using MODIS and in-situ data, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 29(1): 47-53. 

6.ZhongL., Y. Ma, W. Ma, Y. Fu, Z. Su, Mhd. Suhyb Salama, Duo Chu, Ciren Bianba,2012, Remote Sensing of Land Surface Parameters in the Middle Reaches of YarlungZangbo River and Its Two Tributaries from AVHRR and MODIS Data, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 90C: 75-86, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2012-C05. 

7.Ma Weiqiang, M. Hafeez, R. Umair, Y. Ma, B. Su, 2011, Use of field observations and SEBS to retrieve heat fluxes for irrigation areas of Australia, IAHS-AISH Publication, v 343, p 53-58. 

8.Ma, W., Ma, Y., Bob Su, 2011, Feasibility of Retrieving Land Surface Heat Fluxes from ASTER Data Using SEBS: a Case Study from the NamCo Area of the Tibetan Plateau, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 43(2): 239-245/DOI:10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.239. 

9.Ma, W., Ma, Y., Hu, Z., Su, Z., Wang, J., and Ishikawa, H.2011 Estimating surface fluxes over middle and upper streams of the Heihe River Basin with ASTER imagery, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,15,1403-1413, doi:10.5194/hess-15-1403-2011. 

10.Ma, Y., L. Zhong, B. Wang, W. Ma, X. Chen, and M. Li, 2011, Determination of land surface heat fluxes over heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau by using the MODIS and in-situ data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 10461–10469, www.atmos-chem-phys.net/11/10461/2011/doi:10.5194/acp-11-10461-2011. 

11.Ma, Y., M. Li, X. Chen, S. Wang, R. Wu, W. Ma, L. Zhong, B. Wang, C. Zhu, T. Yao, 2011, Third Pole Environment (TPE) program: a new base for the study of atmosphere–land interaction over the heterogeneous landscape of the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas, IAHS Publ. 343, 110-117. 

12.Song, M., Y. Ma, Y. Zhang, M. Li, W. Ma, F. Sun, 2011. Climate change features along the Brahmaputra Valley in the past 26 years and possible causes, Climatic Change, 106:649–660. 10.1007/s10584-010-9950-2. 

13.Ma Weiqiang, Ma Yaoming, Zhong Lei, 2010, Retrieving land surface temperature from aster data using TES: A case study on the Namco area of the Tibetan Plateau, European Space Agency, (Special Publication), v 684. 

14.Ma Yaoming, Ma Weiqiang, Wang Yongjie, Zhong Lei, Li Maoshan, Ishikawa, Hirohiko, 2009, Study of the energy and water cycle over the heterogeneous landscape of the northern Tibetan Plateau, IAHS-AISH Publication, v 335, p 168-176. 

15.Ma Yaoming, Y. Wang, R. Wu, Z. Hu, K. Yang, M. Li, W. Ma, L. Zhong, F. Sun, X. Chen, Z. Zhu, S. Wang, and H. Ishikawa, 2009: Recent advances on the study of atmosphere-land interaction observations on the Tibetan Plateau, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 1103-1111. 

16.Ma, W., Y. Ma, M. Li, Z. Hu, L. Zhong, Z. Su, H. Ishikawa, J. Wang, 2009, Estimating surface fluxes over the north Tibetan Plateau area with ASTER imagery, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 13, 57–67.  

17.Zhong Lei, Y. Ma, Z. Su, L. Lu, W. Ma, and Y. Lu, 2009, Land-Atmosphere Energy Transfer and Surface Boundary Layer Characteristics in the Rongbu Valley on the Northern Slope of Mt. Everest, Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 41(3), 2009, 396–405. 

18.Fanglin Sun, Y. Ma, M. Li, W. Ma, H. Tian, S. Metzge, 2007, Boundary layer effects above a Himalayan valley near Mount Everest, Geophysics Research Letter, 34, L08808, doi:10.1029/2007GL029484.  

19.Ma Weiqiang, Ma Yaoming, Li Maoshan, Zhao Yizhou, Sun Fanglin, Song Minhong, 2007, Analyses on seasonal variation characteristics of surface energy in the northern Tibetan Plateau and arid region of northwest China, Taiyangneng Xuebao/Acta Energiae Solaris Sinica, v 28, n 8, p 922-928. 

20.Ma, W., Y. Ma, 2006, The annual variations on land surface energy in the northern Tibetan Plateau, Environmental Geology, 50(5). DOI 10.1007/s00254-006-0238-9.  

21.Ma Yaoming, W. Ma, M. Li, Z. Su, M. Menenti, O. Tsukamoto, H. Ishikawa, T. Koike, J. Wen, 2004, Determination of regional heat fluxes over heterogeneous land surfaces, IAHS-AISH publication, n 289, p 206-214.