主要研究領域包括樣地至全球尺度的碳循環 (碳源和碳彙)、水循環、生态系統功能和服務等。團隊目前聚焦（1）陸海生态系統藍綠碳彙潛力評估和調控機制重大需求，加強基礎研究和應用創新，研發具有自主知識産權的陸海全域碳彙監測評估集成系統，支持碳彙監測評估、認證、交易，構建低碳發展路徑;（2）生态産品核算監測體系創新構建，對生态産品價值實現路徑及模式進行系統化設計，尋求海陸全域最優配置､最佳組合模式，實現生态産品生産､分配､交換､消費的經濟循環。

劉曙光教授曾多次領導多學科、多單位的國際合作團隊對重大學科問題的現狀和挑戰進行系統分析和攻關：分析了陸地與大氣相互作用研究領域未來10年的重大挑戰性科學問題；分析了碳循環科學研究的現狀與機遇；開發了先進生物地球化學循環模型、模拟預測土地利用變化、幹擾和氣候變化等對美國和其它地區生态系統的影響；利用區域至全球尺度上多樣地實測和遙感數據的橫向對比、模型與實測數據的相互印證推動生态學研究的發展。領導了美國地質局的生物地球化學循環模拟科學技術開發和應用：(1) 提出了生物地球化學循環模拟的方法體系，(2) 定量評估了美國所有生态系統固碳和溫室氣體減排的現狀和潛力。利用多源數據融合和數字孿生等技術，開發并在全球範國内應用 “通用生物地球化學循環模型 GEMS” 分布式研究了區域生态系統演變過程；根據《美國能源獨立與安全法令》和内務部的要求，利用 GEMS 等系統評估了 2000-2050年美國所有生态系統固碳能力和溫室氣體減排潛力；與中國科學院合作發現成熟森林士壤可以吸收累積碳，推翻了經典生态學理論，成果發表在 SCIENCE 上（共同第一作者），并入選當年“中國基礎科學研究 10 大新聞”（後改為“中國科學10大進展”）。開發了生态系統服務核算模型(SkyCenterESM)，支持監測、模拟、預測土地利用變化、幹擾和氣候變化等對生态系統結構和功能的影響。主持了由中國自然科學基金、美國國防部、美國自然科學基金、美國地質局等部門的資助20多個研究項目。發表了270餘篇SCI論文，部分在SCIENCE、PNAS、NATURE子刊等高影響力刊物上發表，H-index= 62, Citations > 16k (Google Scholar, last updated on 04/07/2024)。擔任多個國際學術期刊的主編或副主編/編委成員，為50名種國際學術期刊（包括 SCIENCE)審稿。經常被中國、美國、英國及其它國際資助部門邀請評審（函評和專家組面評）研究方案和項目。

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教育經曆

1996-1998: 美國懷俄明大學 (University of Wyoming)，博士後（碳、氮生物地球化學循環模拟）

1992-1996: 美國弗洛裡達大學 (University of Florida)，哲學博士（生态水文學）

1984-1987: 北京林業學院，碩士（森林生态學）

1980-1984: 中南林學院，學士（農學）

工作經曆

2024-:     365英国上市官网在线生态學院，特聘教授

2017-2023: 中南林業科技大學特聘教授，第九屆學校學術委員會副主任委員，生态學科帶頭人

2008-2017: 美國地質局地球資源觀測與科學中心，頂級(GS-15)生态學家，Research Ecologist, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls. SD, USA

2004-2017: 南達科達州立大學空間地理科學卓越中心，兼職教授, Adjunct Professor, Geospatial Science Center of Excellence (GSCE), South Dakota State University Brookings, SD, USA

2008-2008: ARTS高級首席科學家，Senior Principle Scientist, ARTS. contractor to USGS EROS, Sioux Falls, SD

2007-2008: SAIC高級首席科學家(唯一)，Senior Principle Scientist, SAlC, contractor to USGSEROS Center, Sioux Falls. SD

2002-2007: SAIC首席科學家，Principal Scientist, SAIC, contractor to USGS EROS Center. SiouxFalls. SD

2003-2010: 美國國家學院國家研究委員會顧問，Adviser, US National Research Council Research Associateship Program

1998-2002: Raytheon高級科學家，Senior Scientist, Raytheon, contractor to USGS EROS Center.Sioux Falls. SD

1996-1998: Wyoming大學植物系博士後，Postdoc Fellow, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie,WY

1987-1992: 助研,中國科學院/國家計委自然資源綜合委員會, 北京

學術活動與任職

· 2018-present:  Annals of Forest Science, Co-Chief Editor,  主編

· 2022-present, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Associated Editor,  副主編

· 2011-present, Chinese Geographical Science, Editorial Board Member,  編委成員

· 2006-present, Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany, Editorial Board Member,  編委成員

· 2013-2017，Frontiers in Earth Science, Associated Editor,  副主編

· 2013-2017, AIMS Energy，Editorial Board Member ,  編委成員

· 中南林業科技大學第九屆學術委員會副主任委員，2018-2023。

· 湖南省碳達峰碳中和專家咨詢委員會林業委員會專家，2022-present

· The ForestSAT 2012 Conference "Promoting science-based applications of remote sensing and other spatial data in forested systems", Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA, 2012, 11-14 September。美國俄勒岡ForestSAT 2012國際會議組委會成員： “加強遙感與其它空間數據在森林生态系統科學中的應用”

· Co-organizer of a symposium entitled “Systems and Tools for Integrated Ecosystem Services Modeling and Decision Support” at the 8th International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE) World Congress in Beijing, China, August 18-23, 2011 (co-convener with Bruce Jones, USGS). 在國際景觀生态學會第八屆全球峰會組織主持“整合生态服務模拟和決策支持的系統與工具”探讨會。

· Member of the organizing committee of the 3rd USGS Modeling Conference (2009)。美國地質局第三次模拟大會組委會成員。

· “北美碳項目”幹擾模拟中期評估研讨會模拟小組主席。Chair, modeling subgroup, Interim Synthesis Workshop on Quantification of Disturbances in the North American Carbon Program (NACP), Reston, VA, Oct 29-30, 2009.

· USGS Data Integration Science Council Member (2009-2017)。美國地質局數據整合科學委員會成員。

· NASA Land Cover and Land Use Change Program Science Team Member (1999-2002, 2008-2011)。美國航天航空局土地覆蓋與土地利用變化研究計劃科學組成員。

· 生态系統碳平衡與循環的理論與實踐國際研讨會共同主席。Co-chair, the International Symposium on Ecosystem Carbon Balance and Cycle: Theory and Application, Guangzhou, China, July 1-3, 2005.

榮譽與獎勵

² 入選中國科技部/中國科協2006年“中國基礎科學研究 10 大新聞”（“具有原創性、新聞性和廣泛社會影響”）（後改為“中國科學10大進展”）

² 2021年被英國路透社選為氣候變化研究領域全球最具影響力的1000位科學家之一

² 入選斯坦福大學2022/2023年全球2%最優秀科學家（top 2% scientists）榜單

² 入選全球學者庫2022年全球頂尖10萬科學家榜單

² 入選全球信息分析公司Elsevier 2021年“中國高被引學者”榜單

² 入選中組部“QianRen計劃”，2012

² USGS EROS優異成果星獎，美國（2010）

² 中國科學院生态環境研究中心客座研究員（2009-2014）

² 中國科學院王寬誠獎（2006）

² TSSC成就星獎，美國（2006）

² Research Adviser in the National Research Council Associate Program, the National Academies (Advisers to Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine) (2003-2017)

² SAIC Environment and Geophysics領域最佳論文獎，美國（2003）

² Raytheon碳循環研究特别貢獻獎，美國（2001）

² 最佳博士論文獎， University of Florida (1996)

科研項目

ü 湖南省生态地面監測，435.8萬，湖南省生态環境監測中心，（2023-08-2025.6），主持。

ü 高質高效碳彙林精準提質培育關鍵技術研究，80萬，湖南省科技廳重點研發項目（2023.07-2025.07），2023NK2037，主持

ü 基于生态系統固碳集成模型的江蘇省碳源與碳增彙關鍵過程與調控機制（SBK2021060151），300萬，江蘇省碳達峰碳中和科技創新專項資金（前沿基礎）（2022.01-2024.12），主持

ü 洞庭湖流域生态服務時空演變與調控機制研究(U20A2089)，264萬，國家自然科學基金重點支持項目 (2021.01-2024.12) ，主持

ü 2019年湖湘高層次人才聚集工程—創新人才 (2019RS1062)，50萬，湖南省科技廳(2020-2023) ，主持

ü 湘江流域物質橫向移動對碳氮循環的影響， 41971152，67萬，國家自然科學基金面上項目 (2020-2023) ，主持

ü 美國碳循環的GEMS模拟和分析（項目主持，美國地質局，57萬美元）GEMS Modeling and Analysis of U.S. Carbon Cycle. Principal Investigator, USGS Land Change Science, 2015-2017.

ü 生态系統模型相互比較與應用（項目主持，美國國防部，115.81萬美元）Ecosystem Model Intercomparison and Application. PI, DoD, $1,158,100, 2017-2020

ü 現代美國大陸碳源與碳彙（項目主持，美國地質局，160萬美元）Contemporary Carbon Sinks and Sources in the Conterminous U.S. Principal Investigator, USGS Prospectus, 2003-2015, $140,000 per year.

ü 美國生物固碳潛力和甲烷、氧化亞氮減排潛力評估（項目主持，美國地質局，500萬美元）Assessment of Potentials of Biological Carbon Sequestration and Reduction of CH₄ and N₂O Emissions in United States. PI, USGS, 2010-2014, ~$5,000,000.

ü 美國内務部所轄土地上植被土壤的碳儲量和通量：現狀與趨勢（項目主持，美國地質局，80萬美元）Status and Trends of Carbon Stocks and Fluxes in Vegetation and Soil on DOI Lands. USGS GAM Program, 2005-2015.  $80,000 per year.  Principal Investigator.

ü 生态系統動态的模拟與遙感（項目主持，美國地質局，112萬美元）Modeling and Remote Sensing of Ecosystem Dynamics. USGS Climate Change R&D Program, 2008-2015.  $160,000 per year.  Principal Investigator.

ü 美國大平原北部未來農業變化的綜合模拟：生物物理潛力，可持續性，經濟和環境後果（項目主持，美國航天航空局，98萬美元）Integrated Modeling of Future Agricultural Change in the Northern Great Plains: Biophysical Potential, Sustainability, and Economic and Environmental Consequences. PI, NASA (with Steve Polasky, Terry Sohl, Alisa Gallant), $983,492, 2008-2011.

ü 用熱和反射光譜綜合遙感美國的蒸發、幹旱以及生态系統生産力（項目主持，美國地質局，25萬美元）Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration, Drought, and Ecosystem Production in the United States Using Integrated Thermal and Reflected Wavelengths.  PI, USGS Mendenhall Postdoc Program, 2009-2010, $250,000.

ü 美國草原濕地區域生态服務模拟（項目主持，美國農業部，50萬美元）Ecosystem Services Modeling in the Prairie Pothole region of the United States.  PI, USDA, 2007-2009, $500,000.

ü 美國草原濕地區域溫室氣體通量模拟（項目主持，美國地質局，30萬美元）Modeling Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in the Prairie Pothole Region. Principal Investigator, Collaborative Agreement with Robert Gleason from USGS Biology Discipline, 2007-2010, $300,000.

ü 通量塔數據分析與綜合（項目主持，美國地質局和美國國家研究委員會，8萬美元）Flux tower data analysis and synthesis.  PI, USGS and US National Research Council, National Academies, 2008, $80,000.

ü 阿拉斯加全球動态植被模拟（共同項目主持，美國地質局，90萬美元）Dynamic global vegetation modeling in Alaska.  Co-PI, USGS Earth Surface Dynamics  Program, 2008-2010, $300,000 each year

ü 阿拉斯加火災引起的碳排放及其對生态系統動态的影響（共同項目主持，美國地質局，30萬美元）Estimating carbon emissions from fires in Alaska and the impacts on ecosystem dynamics.  Co-PI, FY07 USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, $300,000, 2008-2010.

ü 非洲撒赫拉地區固碳的空間特征模拟（共同項目主持，美國國際開發署，95萬美元）Spatially Explicit Modeling of the Sequestration of Carbon in the Sahel. Co-Principal Investigator, USAID, 2004-2007, $954,025

ü 未來土地利用覆蓋變化對區域碳儲量和氣候變異性的影響（共同項目主持，美國地質局，75萬美元）The Consequences of Projected Land Use and Land Cover Change on Regional Carbon and Climate Variability. Co-Principal Investigator, USGS Prospectus, 2004-2006, $750,000.

ü 開發空間分布式陸地生物地球化學循環模拟系統以支持Fort Benning 軍事基地及其周邊的管理（項目主持，美國國防部，72萬美元）Developing a Spatially Distributed Terrestrial Biogeochemical Cycle Modeling System to Support the Management of Fort Benning and its Surrounding Areas.  Dept of Defense, 2005-2008, $725,651.  Principal Investigator.

ü 研究中國土地利用土地覆蓋變化，支持GOFC/GOLD和NEESPI（共同項目主持，美國航天航空局，63萬美元）Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics of China in Support of GOFC/GOLD and NEESPI Sciences.  NASA, 2004-2006, $630,000.  Co- Principal Investigator.

ü 現代美國土地利用變化及其碳效應（共同項目主持，美國航天航空局，23萬美元）U.S. Contemporary Land Use Change and its Carbon Implications. Co-Principal Investigator, NASA, 2000-2003, $230,000

ü 熱帶森林碳彙的供給函數和清潔發展機制規則（共同項目主持，美國自然科學基金，75萬美元）A supply function and clean development mechanism rules for tropical forest carbon sinks. Co-Principal Investigator, NSF, 2000-2003, $750,000.

ü 哥斯達黎加固碳供給函數：多學科估計和整合敏感性分析（項目主持，美國地質局，10萬美元）A Supply Function for Carbon Sequestration in Costa Rica: Multi-disciplinary Estimation and Integrated Sensitivity Analysis. Co-Principal Investigator, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Univ. of California, 2000-2002. $100,000.

ü 地理科學的平行算法（項目專家，美國地質局，80萬美元）A Parallel Processing Approach to Computing for the Geographic Sciences. Subject Matter Expert, USGS, 2000-2003, $800,000.

ü 密西西比流域碳項目---土壤侵蝕與沉積對碳動态的影響（主要研究人員，美國地質局，120萬美元）Mississippi Basin Carbon Project---Impacts of Soil Erosion and Deposition on Carbon Dynamics. Main performer, USGS, 1998-2002, $1,200,000.

代表性論著

在20多種期刊上發表了約270論文，包括SCIENCE論文兩篇、美國科學院院刊PNAS三篇、NATURE子刊三篇。通訊作者“*”

Gao, D., Liu, S.*, Gao, F., Ning, C., Wu, X., Yan, W. and Smith, A., 2024. Response of soil micro-food web to nutrient limitation along a subtropical forest restoration. Science of the Total Environment, 909, p.168349.

Wang, C., Liu, S.*, Zhu, Y., Smith, A.R., Ning, Y. and Deng, D., 2024. Aboveground carbon sequestration of Cunninghamia lanceolata forests: Magnitude and drivers. Forest Ecosystems, 11, p.100165.

Wei, D., Liu, S.*, Wu, Y., Feng, S., Gao, H., Qin, C., Ren, D., Tang, W. and Zhang, Y., 2023. Impacts of human activities and climate change on water and sediment evolution in four large subtropical river basins in China. Ecological Indicators, 155, p.110958.

Peng, X., Jiang, S., Liu, S. *, Valbuena, R., Smith, A., Zhan, Y., & Wang, Z. 2023. Long-term satellite observations show continuous increase of vegetation growth enhancement in urban environment. Science of The Total Environment, 898, 165515.

Zhang, Y., Liu, S. *, Wang, Y., Gao, H., Jiang, Y., & Wei, D. 2023. Forest management practices and policies exert strong impacts on the spatio-temporal variations of forest disturbance in Hunan Province, China over the last three decades. Forest Ecology and Management, 544, 121167.

Gao, H., Ning, Y., & Liu, S*. 2023. The effects of landscape composition and configuration on forest Gross Primary Production (GPP) are affected by climate conditions: patterns and management implications. Landscape Ecology, 1-15.

Tang, W., Liu, S.*, Feng, S., Xiao, F. and Ogbodo, U.S., 2023. Evolution and improvement options of ecological environmental quality in the world's largest emerging urban green heart as revealed by a new assessment framework. Science of The Total Environment, 858, p.159715.

Ning, Y., Liu, S.*, Smith, A.R., Qiu, Y., Gao, H., Lu, Y., Yuan, W. and Feng, S., 2023. Dynamic multi-dimensional scaling of 30+ year evolution of Chinese urban systems: Patterns and performance. Science of the Total Environment, 863, p.160705.

Liu, Z., Wang, W.J., Ballantyne, A., He, H.S., Wang, X., Liu, S., Ciais, P., Wimberly, M.C., Piao, S., Yu, K. and Yao, Q., 2023. Forest disturbance decreased in China from 1986 to 2020 despite regional variations. Communications Earth & Environment, 4(1), p.15.

Shen, P., Zhao, S., Ma, Y. and Liu, S., 2023. Urbanization-induced Earth's surface energy alteration and warming: A global spatiotemporal analysis. Remote Sensing of Environment, 284, p.113361.

Zhang, G., Wu, Y.*, Li, H., Zhao, W., Wang, F., Chen, J., Sivakumar, B., Liu, S.*, Qiu, L. and Wang, W., 2022. Assessment of water retention variation and risk warning under climate change in an inner headwater basin in the 21st Century. Journal of Hydrology, p.128717.

Yang, L., Zhao, S. and Liu, S., 2022. A global analysis of urbanization effects on amphibian richness: Patterns and drivers. Global Environmental Change, 73, p.102476.

Ning, Y., Liu, S.*, Zhao, S., Liu, M., Gao, H. and Gong, P., 2022. Urban growth rates, trajectories, and multi-dimensional disparities in China. Cities, p.103717.

Li, H., Wu, Y., Liu, S., Xiao, J., Zhao, W., Chen, J., Alexandrov, G. and Cao, Y., 2022. Decipher soil organic carbon dynamics and driving forces across China using machine learning. Global Change Biology, 28(10), pp.3394-3410.

Yi, X., Ning, C., Feng, S., Gao, H., Zhao, J., Liao, J., Peng, Y., Zhao, S. and Liu, S.*, 2022. Urbanization-induced environmental changes strongly affect wetland soil bacterial community composition and diversity. Environmental Research Letters, 17(1), p.014027.

Jiang, Y., Liu, S.*, Liu, M., Peng, X., Liao, X., Wang, Z. and Gao, H., 2022. A systematic framework for continuous monitoring of land use and vegetation dynamics in multiple heterogeneous mine sites. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.

Wang, Y., Xu, W., Yuan, W., Chen, X., Zhang, B., Fan, L., He, B., Hu, Z., Liu, S., Liu, W. and Piao, S., 2021. Higher plant photosynthetic capability in autumn responding to low atmospheric vapor pressure deficit. The Innovation, 2(4), p.100163.

Zhou, D., Xiao, J., Frolking, S., Liu, S., Zhang, L., Cui, Y. and Zhou, G., 2021. Croplands intensify regional and global warming according to satellite observations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 264, p.112585.

Peng, J.; Liu, S.*; Lu, W.; Liu, M.; Feng, S.; Cong, P. 2021. Continuous Change Mapping to Understand Wetland Quantity and Quality Evolution and Driving Forces: A Case Study in the Liao River Estuary from 1986 to 2018. Remote Sens., 13, 4900. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234900

Tang, W., Liu, S.*, Kang, P., Peng, X., Li, Y., Guo, R., Jia, J., Liu, M. and Zhu, L., 2021. Quantifying the lagged effects of climate factors on vegetation growth in 32 major cities of China. Ecological Indicators, 132, p.108290.

Chang, R., Liu, S., Chen, L., Li, N., Bing, H., Wang, T., Chen, X., Li, Y. and Wang, G., 2021. Soil organic carbon becomes newer under warming at a permafrost site on the Tibetan Plateau. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 152, p.108074.

Shi, Y., Liu, S.*, Yan, W., Zhao, S., Ning, Y., Peng, X., Chen, W., Chen, L., Hu, X., Fu, B. and Kennedy, R., 2021. Influence of landscape features on urban land surface temperature: Scale and neighborhood effects. The Science of the Total Environment, 771, pp.145381-145381.

Wang, Z., Liu, S.*, Wang, Y., Valbuena, R., Wu, Y., Kutia, M., Zheng, Y., Lu, W., Zhu, Y., Zhao, M. and Peng, X., 2021. Tighten the Bolts and Nuts on GPP Estimations from Sites to the Globe: An Assessment of Remote Sensing Based LUE Models and Supporting Data Fields. Remote Sensing, 13(2), p.168.

Jia, W., Zhao, S., Zhang, X., Liu, S., Henebry, G.M. and Liu, L., 2021. Urbanization imprint on land surface phenology: The urban–rural gradient analysis for Chinese cities. Global Change Biology, 27(12), pp.2895-2904.

Liu, J., Sleeter, B.M., Zhu, Z., Loveland, T.R., Sohl, T., Howard, S.M., Key, C.H., Hawbaker, T., Liu, S., Reed, B. and Cochrane, M.A., 2020. Critical land change information enhances the understanding of carbon balance in the United States. Global change biology, 26(7), pp.3920-3929.

Gong, P., Chen, B., Li, X., Liu, H., Wang, J., Bai, Y., Liu S., ... & Xu, B.,2020. Mapping essential urban land use categories in China (EULUC-China): Preliminary results for 2018. Science Bulletin, 65(3), 182-187.

Yuan, W., Zheng, Y., Piao, S., Ciais, P., Lombardozzi, D., Wang, Y., Ryu, Y., Chen, G., Dong, W., Hu, Z., Liu, S. ..and Jain, A.K., 2019. Increased atmospheric vapor pressure deficit reduces global vegetation growth. Science advances, 5(8), p.eaax1396.

Feng, S., Liu, S.*, Huang, Z., Jing, L., Zhao, M., Peng, X., Yan, W., Wu, Y., Lv, Y., Smith, A.R. and McDonald, M.A., 2019. Inland water bodies in China: Features discovered in the long-term satellite data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(51), pp.25491-25496.

Li, J., Liu, S., Fu, B. and Wang, J., 2019. Dissolved carbon fluxes in a vegetation restoration area of an eroding landscape. Water research, 152, pp.106-116.

Stoy, P.C., El-Madany, T.S., Fisher, J.B., Gentine, P., Gerken, T., Good, S.P., Klosterhalfen, A., Liu, S., Miralles, D.G., PerezPriego, O. and Rigden, A.J., 2019. Reviews and syntheses: Turning the challenges of partitioning ecosystem evaporation and transpiration into opportunities. Biogeosciences, 16(19), pp.3747-3775.

Yuan, W., Liu, S., Liu, W., Zhao, S., Dong, W., Tao, F., ... & Lin, H. (2018). Opportunistic market‐driven regional shifts of cropping practices reduce food production capacity of China. Earth's Future, 6(4), 634-642.

Hayes, D. J., R. Vargas, S. R. Alin, R. T. Conant, L. R. Hutyra, A. R. Jacobson, W. A. Kurz, S. Liu, A. D. McGuire, B. Poulter, and C. W. Woodall, 2018: Chapter 2: The North American carbon budget. In Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report (SOCCR2): A Sustained Assessment Report [Cavallaro, N., G. Shrestha, R. Birdsey, M. A. Mayes, R. G. Najjar, S. C. Reed, P. Romero-Lankao, and Z. Zhu (eds.)]. U.S. Global Change Research Program, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 71-108, https://doi.org/10.7930/SOCCR2.2018.Ch2

Liu, S., Bond-Lamberty, B., Boysen, L.R., Ford, J.D., Fox, A., Gallo, K., Hatfield, J., Henebry, G.M., Liu, Z., Loveland, T.R. and Norby, R.J., 2017. Grand Challenges in Understanding the Interplay of Climate and Land Changes. Earth Interactions, 21(2), pp.1-43.

Zhao, S., Liu, S. and Zhou D., 2016. Prevalent vegetation growth enhancement in urban environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences p.201602312.

Wu, Y., Liu, S., Qiu, L. and Sun, Y., 2016. SWAT-DayCent coupler: An integration tool for simultaneous hydro-biogeochemical modeling using SWAT and DayCent. Environmental Modelling & Software, 86, pp.81-90.

Tan, Z, S Liu*, T L. Sohl, Y Wu, and C J. Young, 2015. Ecosystem carbon stocks and sequestration potential of federal lands across the conterminous United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112(41), 12723-12728.

S Liu, Jinxun Liu, Yiping Wu, Claudia J. Young, Jeremy M. Werner, Devendra Dahal, Jennifer Oeding and Gail L. Schmidt, 2014. Baseline and Projected Future Carbon Storage, Carbon Sequestration, and Greenhouse-Gas Fluxes in Terrestrial Ecosystems of the Eastern United States. In: Baseline and Projected Future Carbon Storage and Greenhouse-Gas Fluxes in Ecosystems of the Eastern United States, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1804

Dahal, D, S Liu, and J Oeding, 2014. Carbon Cycle and Hurricanes in the United States between 1900 and 2011. Scientific Reports 4:5197, DOI:10.1038

Dong, W., Yuan, W., Liu, S., Moore, J., Shi, P., Feng, S., Chou, J., Cui, X. and Jiang, K., 2014. China-Russia gas deal for a cleaner China. Nature Climate Change, 4(11), pp.940-942.

Wu, Y and S Liu, 2014. Improvement of the R SWAT-FME framework to support multiple variables and multi-objective functions. Science of Total Environment 466-467: 455-466

Yuan, W, S Liu*, S Liang, X Li, other EC site PIs, 2014. Differentiating Moss from Higher Plants is Critical in Studying the Carbon Cycle of Boreal Biome. Nature Communications 5:4270.

Zhou, D., Zhao, S., Liu, S., Zhang, L. and Zhu, C., 2014. Surface urban heat island in China's 32 major cities: Spatial patterns and drivers. Remote Sensing of Environment, 152, pp.51-61.

Wu, Y, S Liu, and Z Li, 2012. Identifying the Potential Areas for Biofuels Production and Evaluating the Environmental Effects: a Case Study of the James River Basin in the Midwestern US. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01164.x

Liu, S, B Bond-Lamberty, J A Hicke, R Vargas, S Zhao, J Chen, S L Edburg, J Liu, A D McGuire, J Xiao, R Keane, W Yuan, J Tang, Y Luo, C Potter, and J Oeding, 2011. Simulating the Impacts of Disturbances on Forest Carbon Cycling in North America: Processes, Data, Models, and Challenges.  Journal Of Geophysical Research, VOL. 116, doi:10.1029/2010JG001585 

Yuan, W, S Liu, G Zhou, G Zhou, L L Tieszen, D Baldocchi, C Bernhofer, H Gholz, A H Goldstein, M L Goulden, D Y Hollinger, Y Hu, B E Law, P C Stoy, T Vesala, S C Wofsy, 2007. Deriving a Light Use Efficiency Model From Eddy Covariance Flux Data For Predicting Daily Gross Primary Production Across Biomes. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 143: 189-207, doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2006.12.001.

Zhou, G, S Liu, Z Li, D Zhang, X Tang, C Zhou, J Yan, and J Mo, 2006. Old growth forests can accumulate carbon in soils.  Science 314: 1417

Tang X, S Liu, Zhou G, Zhang D, Zhou C, 2006.  Soil-atmospheric exchange of CO2, CH4 and N2O in three forest ecosystems in southern China.  Global Change Biology 12: 546–560, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01109.x

Liu,S. N. Bliss, E. Sundquist and T.G. Huntington, 2003. Modeling carbon dynamics in vegetation and soil under the impact of soil erosion and deposition. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1074, doi:10.1029/2002GB002010.

Liu, S., 2001.  Evaluation of the Liu model for predicting rainfall interception in forests worldwide.  Hydrological Processes 15: 2341-2360.

Pfaff, A.S.P., S. Kerr, R.F. Hughes, S Liu, G.A. Sanchez-Azofeifa, D. Schimel, J.Tosi, V. Watson, 2000.  The Kyoto protocol and payments from tropical forest: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM.  Ecological Economics 35: 203-221.