**DIRECT-STEM program funded by NASA, including research training and summer internship with stipends. Any interested Graduate or Undergraduate students please contact me through emails**
TEACHING INTERESTS
Dr. Li teaches GEOL 1580 Natural Disasters, GEOG 2820 Spatial Measurement and Elementary Statistics, GEOG 3690 Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems, GEOG 4820 Multivariate Statistics in Geography, GEOG/GEOL 5210 Advanced Watershed Modeling, and GEOG/GEOL 5220 Hydrologic Remote Sensing. She teaches various softwares and technical computing languages including ArcGIS, MATLAB, R and Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) in different classes.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Dr. Li's research interests focus on bridging Water Resources/Hydrology and Remote Sensing to improve the understanding of hydrologic variables. She is interested in the application of satellite data, Geographic Information System(GIS), and information technologies in hydrology and water resources. Her current research activities focus on the utilization of remote sensing data to study the hydrologic responses of watersheds and soil moisture-precipitation interaction, and to evaluate the spatial variability of precipitation using geostatistical and image processing techniques. Current research projects include:
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Evaluation of Satellite-based Precipitation Estimations
Funded by NASA Data Intensive Research and Education Center in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (DIRECT-STEM)
The NASA DIRECT-STEM is recruiting both undergraduate and graduate students with paid stipend, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) summer internship and University of California at Irvine (UCI) internship opportunities.
Collaborator: Dr. Kuo-lin Hsu and Dr. Soroosh Sorooshian at University of California Irvine
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Interaction between Soil Moisture and Precipitation
Collaborator: Dr. JT Reager at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Change Detections of Mangrove and Coral Reef Ecosystem using Remote Sensing Data
Collaborator: Dr. Hesham El-Askary at Chapman University
**Graduate students or Undergraduate students that are interested in the projects listed above please contact me through emails**
PUBLICATIONS
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Ayad, M., Li, J., Holt, B., Lee, C., 2020, Analysis and Classification of Stormwater and Wastewater Runoff From the Tijuana River Using Remote Sensing Imagery, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.599030 (PDF) |
2020 |
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Salguero, J., Li, J., Farahmand, A., Reager, J.T., 2020, Wildfire Trend Analysis over the Contiguous United States Using Remote Sensing Observations, Remote Sensing, 12(16), 2565, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12162565 (PDF) |
2020 |
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Scott-Johnson, P., Ye, H., Owens, P., Shah, R., Mills, P., Vellanoweth, R. L., Seals, D., Nuno, L. F., Li, J., Bodoh-Creed, J., 2020, Empower Community to Use LA City’s Data Portal and GeoHub for Public Good: The Perfect Marriages of GIS and Big Data, Education and the Urban Community, Public University and Nonprofits, CSU Geospatial Review, 17. (PDF) |
2020 |
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Sehler, R., Li, J., Reager, JT, Ye, H., 2019, Investigating the Relationships Between Soil Moisture and Precipitation using the Remote Sensing Products, Journal for Contemporary Water Research and Education, 168, 106-118. (PDF) |
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Li, J., Zhang, X., 2019, Beach Pollution Effects on Health and Productivity in California, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(11), 1987, doi:10.3390/ijerph16111987 (PDF) |
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Yang, T., Liu, X., Wang, L., Bai, P., Li, J., 2019, Simulating Hydropower Discharge using Multiple Decision Tree Methods and a Dynamical Model Merging Technique, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 146 (2). (PDF) |
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Li, W., El-Askary, H., Qurban, M., Li, J., ManiKandan, K., Piechota, T., 2019, Using Multi-indices approach to Quantify Mangrove Changes over the Western Arabian Gulf along Saudi Arabia Coast, Ecological Indicators, 102: 734-745. (PDF) |
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El-Askary, H., Li, J., Li, W., Piechota, T., Ta, T., Jong, A., Zhang, X., Yang, T., 2018, Impacts of Aerosols on the Retreat of the Sierra Nevada Glaciers in California, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 18: 1317-1330. (PDF) |
2018 |
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Liu, Z., Cheng, L., Hao, Z., Li, J., Thorstensen, A., Gao, H., 2018, A Framework for Exploring Joint Effects of Conditional Factors on Compound Floods, Water Resources Research, 54. (PDF) |
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Yang, T., Tao, Y., Li, J., Zhu, Q., Su, L., Zhang, X., 2018, Multi-criterion Model Ensemble of CMIP5 Surface Air Temperature over China, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 132, 1057-1072. (PDF) |
2018 |
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Li, J., Hsu, K., AghaKouchak, A., Sorooshian, S., 2016, Object-Based Assessment of Satellite Precipitation Products, Remote Sensing, 8, 547. (PDF) |
2016 |
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Li, J., Hsu, K., AghaKouchak, A., Sorooshian, S., 2015, An Object-based Approach for Verification of Precipitation Estimation, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36(2), 513-529. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2014.999170 (PDF) |
2015 |
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El-Askary, H., Abd El-Mawla, S.H., Li, J., El-Hattab, M.M., El-Raey, M., 2014, Change Detection of Coral Reef Habitat Using Landsat-5 TM, Landsat-7 ETM+ and Landsat-8 OLI Data in the Red Sea (Hurghada, Egypt), International Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(6), 2327-2346. doi: 10.1080/01431161.2014.894656 (PDF) |
2014 |
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AghaKouchak, A., Nasrollahi, N., Li, J., Imam, B., Sorooshian, S., 2011, Geometrical Characterization of Precipitation Patterns, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12(2), 274-285, doi: 10.1175/2010JHM1298.1 (PDF) |
2011 |
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS
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Villanueva-Weeks, C., Li, J., Colliander, A., 2021, Validation of SMAP Level 3 Soil Moisture Data Products using Ground-based Measurements at Agricultural Sites, 2021 Virtual UCOWR/NIWR Annual Water Resources Conference. |
2021 |
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Ayad, M., Li, J., Holt, B., Lee, C. M., 2020, Remote Sensing Analysis and Classification of Stormwater and Sewage Runoff in the Tijuana River, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020, Abs. with programs, p. CP14D-1113. |
2020 |
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Li, J., Sehler, R., Reager, J.T., Ye, H., 2019, Using Satellite-based Observations to Investigate the Soil Moisture - Precipitation Relationship, 2019 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. H53K-1910. |
2019 |
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Ayad, M., Li, J., Holt, B., Lee, C. M., 2019, Remote Sensing Analysis and Classification of Stormwater & Sewage Runoff in the Tijuana River, 2019 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. H33O-2208. |
2019 |
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Salguero, J., Li, J., Farahmand, A., Reager, J.T., 2019, Wildfire Trends over 30+ years and its relation to climate indices in the Western United States, 2019 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. GC11F-1154. |
2019 |
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Enriquez, A., Reager, J.T., Meyer, V., Li, J., 2019, Impact of Deforestation and Peatland Drainage on Borneo on Carbon and Water Resources using Remote Sensing Products, 2019 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. H13K-1851. |
2019 |
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Johnson, S., Fetzer, E., Yue, Q., Ye, H., Li, J., 2019, Relationship between AIRS and SSM/I Water Vapor and TRMM Precipitation, 2019 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. A41Q-2887. |
2019 |
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Nanding, N., Huang, Z., Wu, H., Adler, R., Alfieri, L., Li, J., Zhan, X., 2019, Evaluation of the Impacts of Precipitation Uncertainties on Flood Magnitude and Timing, 2019 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. H11M-1694. |
2019 |
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Piechota, T., Li, W., El-Askary H., Li, J., Impacts of Aerosols on Snowfall and its Melting Process over Sierra Nevada Glaciers in California, 12th International Precipitation Conference, Irvine, CA, Jun. 19, 2019. |
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Ayad, M., Li, J., Holt, B., 2019, Identifying Stormwater Runoff Plumes in Tijuana River using Remote Sensing Observations, First Operational Satellite Oceanography Symposium, College Park, MD, Jun. 17-20, 2019. |
2019 |
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Salguero, J., Li, J., Farahmand, A., Reager, J.T., 2019, Investigating Wildfire Trends in California over 32 years, 2019 UCOWR/NIWR Annual Water Resources Conference, Snowbird, UT, Jun. 11, 2019. |
2019 |
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Li, J., Aguilar, B., 2019, Assessing Global Precipitation Measurement over the High-latitude Region, 2019 California Geographical Society. |
2019 |
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Lopez, T., Li, J., Ye, H., 2019, Validating Global Precipitation Measurement against Ground Observations over Alaska, 2019 Annual Meeting of American Association of Geographers. |
2019 |
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Li, J., 2018, Evaluating Satellite Precipitation Measurements: From Current-generation TRMM to Next-generation GPM, 2018 Geological Society of America Rocky Mountain/Cordilleran Joint Section Meeting, Abs. with programs, p. 37-4. |
2018 |
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Li, J., Liu, H., 2016, Comprehensive Evaluation of GPM and TRMM: A Case Study of the Winter 2015-2016 over California, 2016 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. H23F-1647. |
2016 |
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Xu, P., Li, J., 2016, Assessment of Satellite Precipitation Products through Hydrologic Simulation, 2016 UCOWR/NIWR conference proceedings, p. 72. |
2016
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Li, J., Xu, P., 2015, Object-based Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Retrievals: A Case Study of the Summer Season over CONUS, 2015 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. H21I-1498. |
2015 |
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Li, J., Ding, Y., 2015, Intercomparison of Satellite Precipitation Products Using an Object-based Evaluation Approach, 2015 Universities Council on Water Resources conference proceedings, p. 132-136. |
2015 |
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El-Askary, H., Li, J., 2015, Impacts of Aerosols on the Retreat of the Sierra Nevada Glaciers in California, 2015 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abs. with programs, p. C13A-0795. |
2015 |
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Li, J., El-Askary, H., El-Mawla, S.H.A., El-Hattab, M.M., El-Raey, M., 2014, Coral Reef Habitat Change Detection Using Landsats 5, 7 and 8: A Case Study in the Red Sea (Hurghada, Egypt), 2014 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abstract with programs, p. EP11A-3485. |
2014 |
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Banh, Thomas, Li, J., El-Askary, H., 2013, Mapping the Progression of Phytophthora Ramorum, 2013 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abstract with programs, p. B43C-0512. |
2013 |
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Li, J., Hsu K., AghaKouchak A., Sorooshian S., Evaluation of satellite-based precipitation estimates in winter season using an object-based approach, 2012 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Abstract with programs, p. H41H-1259 |
2012 |
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Li, J., Hsu, K., AghaKouchak, A., Sorooshian, S., 2011, A Hybrid Framework for Verification of Satellite Precipitation Products, 2011 Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, Abstract with programs, p. H41G-1133 |
2011 |
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D Civil Engineering 2012
- University of California, Irvine, CA
M.S. Environmental Engineering 2008
- University of California, Irvine, CA
B.S. Environmental Engineering 2007
- Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, China
CURRENT STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
Claire Villanueva-Weeks, Graduate Student in Environmental Science
Research Topic: Validation of SMAP Soil Moisture Measurements in Agricultural Regions
Jonathan Vellanoweth, Graduate Student in Environmental Science
Research Topic: Impact of Thermal Pollution on the Coastal Environment
Ladan Abbaszadeh Fard, MS in Environmental Science (2021), currently works as a student worker at Los Angeles County
Research Topic: Investigating the Water Quality in Malibu (District No.29) and Marina Del Rey Water Systems with a focus on the Nitrification Processing
Sophana Sak, MS in Environmental Science (2020)
Research Topic: Providing Healthy Food for Los Angeles, California with Community Gardens Through Seeds of Hope
Angelica Enriquez, MS in Environmental Science (2020)
Research Topic: Impact of Deforestation and Peatland Drainage on Borneo on Water Resources using Remote Sensing Products
Research Topic: Remote Sensing Analysis and Classification of Stormwater and Sewage Runoff in the Tijuana River
John Salguero, MS in Environmental Science (2020), currently works as an Environmental Scientist at Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
Research Topic: Disentanglement of Wildfire Trends over the Contiguous U.S. using Remote Sensing Observations and Geopolitical Boundaries
Jose Diego, MS in Geology (2020)
Research Topic: Seasonal Evaluation of SMAP Soil Moisture Measurements under Different Climate Regmies in the Western U.S.
Sara Johnson, MA in Geography (2020), currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Ohio State University
Research Topic: Evaluating the Relationship between AIRS Water Vapor and TRMM Precipitation
Co-adivising with Dr. Hengchun Ye
Jessica Fernandez, MS in Environmental Science (2019)Project Topic: The Effects of Small-scale Gold Mining and Excessive Recreation on the East Fork River in the Angeles National Forest
Ana Nguyen, MS in Environmental Science (2019), currently works as a Teacher at PUC Excel Charter Academy, Los Angeles
Project Topic: A Microbial Water Quality Analysis of the Recreational Zones in the Los Angeles River of Elysian Valley, CA
Marilyn Zepeda, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (2019), currently works as a Data Entry Clerk at Eravant
Beatriz Molina Aguilar, MA in Geogarphy (2018).
Research Topic: Evaluating Global Precipitation Measurement Mission: A Case Study in Central Canada
Brady Ross, MA in Geogarphy (2018), currently works as a ArcGIS Analyst at ESRI, CA
Research Topic: validating AIRS satellite data with ground-based stations in Arctic regions
Robin Sehler, MS in Environmental Science (2018), currently enrolled in a PhD program in University of Minnesota
Research Topic: Validation of SMAP Soil Moisture Data with TRMM Precipitation Data
Jinny Lee, MS in Geology (2016), currently enrolled in a PhD program in University of Califorina, Irvine
Thesis Title: Seasonal Evaluation of TRMM and GPM Products Over the Continental United States
Peixin Xu, MS in Geology (2016), currently works as a Data Analysis Engineer at I-Talent LLC, CA
Thesis Title: Hydrologic Evaluation of Two Satellite-based Precipitation Data, PERSIANN and TMPA, Using Sacramento Soil Moisture Accounting Model
