WACI Lab Water · Agriculture · Conservation
Research

Publications

Journal publications from the WACI Lab and Dr. Peng, listed in reverse chronological order.

100Peer-reviewed journal papers
7158Total citations

* Corresponding author  ·  † Equal contribution  ·  bold italics underline indicates group members supervised by Dr. Peng  ·  Citation count and Dr. Peng's full publication record are on Google Scholar.

2027

100
Global synthesis of no-tillage and reduced tillage on soil nitrogen loss Chen, Q., Peng, Y., Peng, B., Guan, K., Wang, L. Soil and Tillage Research · 2027
Water quality Crop and soil Land management Conservation

2026

99
WheatSim: A process-based wheat model linking organ development, plant architecture, and field-scale responses under environmental variability Wang, Z., Timlin, D., Wu, X., Ebrahimi, E., Peng, B., Paff, K., Chang, C., Han, E., Fultz, L., Sadeghpour, A., Ahn, E., Fleisher, D., Hassan, M., Mitra, A., Beegum, S., Reddy, V., Horton, R., Tully, K. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture · 2026
Crop and soil Modeling
98
Freshwater availability in the Mississippi River Basin and adjacent Texas aquifers under human and climate pressures Rateb, A., Scanlon, B.R., Pokhrel, Y., Shrestha, A., Jia, M., Peng, B. Earth's Future · 2026
Hydrology Earth system
97
Keeping Pace With Intensifying Agricultural Field Inundation Events: A Framework for Testing the Mitigative Capacity of Current Best Management Practices Gibson, C., Sible, C., Mashange, G., Becker, T., Gucker, D., Peng, B., Ford, T., Ngumbi, E. Global Change Biology · 2026
Conservation Modeling
96
Observation‐Constrained Agroecosystem Model Inversion Reveals Continental‐Scale Variation of Winter Wheat Traits Zhang, Z., Guan, K., Grant, R.F., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Qin, R., Hu, T., Asseng, S., Zhang, J., Li, Z., Kidwell, K.K., Zhang, J. Global Change Biology · 2026
Crop and soil Modeling Remote sensing
95
Depth-dependent hydrological and substrate dynamics enhance methane modeling and inform water management in rice systems Tang, R., Li, B., Moreno-García, B., Tajfar, E., Reba, M., Guan, K., Peng, B., Oikawa, P., Runkle, B. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2026
Hydrology Modeling Crop and soil
94
From data to decisions: the potential of real-time precision technologies to enhance adaptive grazing management for livestock ranchers Derner, J.D., Gonzalo Irisarri, J., Raynor, E.J., Ritten, J.P., Lents, C.A., Guan, K., Peng, B., Ye, L., Thoma, G., Porensky, L.M., Augustine, D.J. African Journal of Range & Forage Science · 2026
Land management Conservation
93
Climate-driven divergence in biophysical and economic impacts of agrivoltaics Jia, M.*, Peng, B.*, Guan, K.*, Lawrence, D.M., DeLucia, E.H., Knapp, A.K., Barron-Gafford, G.A., Khanna, M., Lombardozzi, D.L., Sturchio, M.A., Kannenberg, S.A., Zhao, L., McCall, J., Tang, J., Bernacchi, C.J., Mwebaze, P., Majeed, F., Lee, D., Time, A. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
PI corresponding / lead author Land management Earth system
92
Knowledge-guided graph machine learning for spatially distributed prediction of daily discharge and nitrogen export dynamics Yang, J., Peng, B.*, Wang, Y., Ma, Z., Zhao, Q., Liu, L., Jia, X., Kumar, V., Pan, M., Jia, M., Li, X., Nieber, J., Jin, Z., Guan, K.* Water Research · 2026
PI corresponding / lead author AI Modeling Hydrology Water quality
91
N2Onet: a global collaborative network facilitating advances in measurement, modeling, and mitigation of agricultural soil nitrous oxide emissions Yang, W., Guan, K., DeLucia, E., Wagner-Riddle, C., Bernacchi, C., Yu, Z., Peng, B., Li, Z., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Griffis, T., Groffman, P., Hall, S., Johnson, J., Lee, D., Liu, L., Moore, D., Nevison, C., Novick, K., Ogle, S., Pelster, D., Silver, W., Tang, T., Weintraub-Leff, S., Zondlo, M., Brown, S., Eddy, W., Kantola, I., Vittore, K. Environmental Research Letters · 2026
Crop and soil Modeling Measurement
90
Assessing the impact of agrivoltaics on water, energy, and carbon cycles using the Community Land Model version 5 Jia, M.*, Peng, B.*, Guan, K.*, Lawrence, D.M., DeLucia, E.H., Lombardozzi, D.L., Sturchio, M.A., Kannenberg, S.A., Knapp, A.K., Du, X., Time, A., Bernacchi, C.J., Lee, D., Miljkovic, N., Branham, B., Khanna, M. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · 2026
PI corresponding / lead author Land management Earth system Modeling
89
Ammonia emissions and depositions over the contiguous United States derived from IASI and CrIS using the directional derivative approach Li, Z., Sun, K., Guan, K., Wang, S., Peng, B., Clarisse, L., Van Damme, M., Coheur, P.F., Cady-Pereira, K., Shephard, M.W., Zondlo, M. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics · 2026
Remote sensing
88
Design and Test of a Lower-Cost Water-Quality Sensor for Nitrate Furuta, D.C., Yang, J., Liu, L., Jin, Z., Guan, K., Peng, B., Li, J. ACS ES&T Water · 2026
Water quality Measurement
87
A framework to detect tillage practices from space: A demonstration in the US Midwest Wu, X., Zhou, Q., Guan, K., Wang, S., Hipple, J., Peng, B., Chen, Z., Qin, R. Remote Sensing of Environment · 2026
Remote sensing Crop and soil
86
Knowledge-guided graph machine learning improves corn yield mapping in the US Midwest Yang, J., Liu, L., Yang, Q., Jia, X., Peng, B., Guan, K., Jin, Z. Remote Sensing of Environment · 2026
AI Crop and soil Modeling

2025

85
Soil oxygen dynamics: a key mediator of tile drainage impacts on coupled hydrological, biogeochemical, and crop systems Ma, Z., Guan, K.*, Peng, B.*, Zhou, W., Grant, R., Tang, J., Sivapalan, M., Pan, M., Li, L., Jin, Z. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences · 2025
PI corresponding / lead author Hydrology Crop and soil Modeling
84
Detecting the onset of rice field inundation in the Lower Mississippi River Basin via Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) satellite time series Deng, Y., Peng, B.*, Guan, K.*, Runkle, B., Moreno-García, B., Wu, X., Wang, S., Zhou, Q., Reba, M. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · 2025
PI corresponding / lead author Remote sensing Land management Crop and soil Hydrology
83
Embracing large language model (LLM) technologies in hydrology research Ma, Z., Peng, B.*, Yue, Z., Zeng, H., Pan, M., Wu, X., Yang, J., Mai, L., Guan, K.* Environmental Research: Water · 2025
PI corresponding / lead author Hydrology AI Modeling
82
A unified framework to reconcile different approaches of modeling transpiration response to water stress: plant hydraulics, supply-demand balance, and empirical soil water stress function Yang, Y., Guan, K.*, Peng, B.*, Feng, X., Xu, X., Pan, M., Sloan, B.P., Zhang, J., Zhou, W., Li, L., Sivapalan, M., Ainsworth, E., Novick, K., Yang, Z., Wang, S. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · 2025
PI corresponding / lead author Crop and soil Modeling Earth system
81
A model-data fusion approach for quantifying the carbon budget in cotton agroecosystems across the United States Qin, R., Guan, K., Peng, B., Zhang, F., Zhou, W., Tang, J., Hu, T., Grant, R., Runkle, B.R., Reba, M., Wu, X. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2025
Crop and soil Modeling AI
80
Transfer learning for improved crop yield predictions in a cross-scale pathway: a case study for Brazilian national soybean Zhang, J., Guan, K., Chen, Z., Huang, Y., Zhao, K., Peng, B., Wang, S., Wu, X., Wang, S., Banerjee, A., Vergopolan, N., Fu, R., Zhao, S., Colussi, J. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation · 2025
Crop and soil Remote sensing AI
79
How do Hydrological Variability and Human Activities Control the Spatiotemporal Changes of Riverine Nitrogen Export in the Upper Mississippi River Basin? Zhao, Q., Peng, B.*, Ma, Z., Jia, M., McIsaac, G.F., Robertson, D.M., Saad, D.A., Warner, R.E., Wu, X., Zhou, Q., Guan, K.* Environmental Science & Technology · 2025
PI corresponding / lead author Hydrology Water quality Modeling
78
Comparing continuous-corn and soybean-corn rotation cropping systems in the US central Midwest: Trade-offs among crop yield, nutrient losses, and change in soil organic carbon Li, Z., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Nafziger, E., Grant, R., Jin, Z., Tang, J., Margenot, A., Lee, D., Bernacchi, C., DeLucia, E., Ciampitti, I., Hu, T., Ye, L., Till, J., Jia, M. Agriculture · 2025
Water quality Crop and soil Land management Modeling
77
An upscaling approach for estimating field-level irrigation water use through the Budyko framework Zhang, J., Guan, K., Sivapalan, M., Jiang, C., Pan, M., Peng, B., Zhou, W., Franz, T., Chen, X., Lin, K., Li, Z. Journal of Hydrology · 2025
Hydrology Land management Modeling
76
Aligning satellite-based phenology in a deep learning model for improved crop yield estimates over large regions Zhang, J., Guan, K., Chen, Z., Hipple, J., Huang, Y., Peng, B., Wang, S., Xu, X., Jin, Z., Zhao, K., Jong, M. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2025
Crop and soil Remote sensing Modeling AI
75
Evaluation of multimodel averaging approaches for ensembling evapotranspiration and yield simulations from maize models Nand, V. et al (including Peng, B.) Journal of Hydrology · 2025
Hydrology Crop and soil Modeling

2024

74
Within-field soil moisture variability and temporal stability of agricultural fields in the US Midwest Yang, Y., Peng, B.*, Guan, K.*, Pan, M., Franz, T.E., Cosh, M.H., Bernacchi, C.J. Vadose Zone Journal · 2024
PI corresponding / lead author Hydrology Crop and soil Measurement Remote sensing
73
Knowledge-based artificial intelligence significantly improved agroecosystem carbon cycle quantification Liu, L., Zhou, W., Guan, K., Peng, B., Xu, S., Tang, J., Zhu, Q., Till, J., Jia, X., Jiang, C., Wang, S., Qin, Z., Kong, H., Grant, R., Mezbahuddin, S., Kumar, V., Jin, Z. Nature Communications · 2024
AI Crop and soil Modeling
72
Explicit consideration of plant xylem hydraulic transport improves the simulation of crop response to atmospheric dryness in the US Corn Belt Yang, Y., Guan, K., Peng, B., Liu, Y., Pan, M. Water Resources Research · 2024
Crop and soil Earth system Modeling
71
Simulation of soil temperature under maize: An inter-comparison among 33 maize models Kimball, B. et al (including Peng, B.). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2024
Crop and soil Modeling

2016-2023

70
A scalable framework for quantifying field-level agricultural carbon outcomes Guan, K.*, Jin, Z.*, Peng, B.*, Tang, J.*, DeLucia, E., West, P., Jiang, C., Wang, S., Kim, T., Zhou, W., Griffis, T., Liu, L., Yang, W., Qin, Z., Yang, Q., Margenot, A., Stuchiner, E., Kumar, V., Bernacchi, C., Coppess, J., Novick, K., Gerber, J., Jahn, M., Khanna, M., Lee, D., Chen, Z., Yang, S. Earth-Science Reviews · 2023
PI corresponding / lead author Modeling Crop and soil Remote sensing AI
69
A flexible and efficient knowledge-guided machine learning data assimilation (KGML-DA) framework for agroecosystem prediction in the US Midwest Yang, Q., Liu, L., Zhou, J., Ghosh, R., Peng, B., Guan, K., Tang, J., Zhou, W., Kumar, V., Jin, Z. Remote Sensing of Environment · 2023
AI Modeling Remote sensing Crop and soil
68
Improved quantification of cover crop biomass and ecosystem services through remote sensing-based model-data fusion Ye, L., Guan, K., Qin, Z., Wang, S., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Grant, R., Tang, J., Hu, T., Jin, Z., Schaefer, D. Environmental Research Letters · 2023
Remote sensing Conservation Crop and soil Modeling AI
67
Knowns, uncertainties, and challenges in agrivoltaics to sustainably intensify energy and food production Gomez-Casanovas, N., Mwebaze, P., Khanna, M., Branham, B., Time, A., DeLucia, E., Bernacchi, C., Knapp, A., Hoque, M., Du, X., Blanc-Betes, E., Barron-Gafford, G., Peng, B., Guan, K., Macknick, J., Miao, R., Miljkovic, N. Cell Reports Physical Science · 2023
Land management Conservation
66
Assessing long-term impacts of cover crops on soil organic carbon in the central U.S. Midwestern agroecosystems Qin, Z., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Tang, J., Jin, Z., Grant, R., Hu, T., Villamil, M.B., DeLucia, E., Margenot, A.J., Mishra, U., Chen, Z., Coppess, J. Global Change Biology · 2023
Crop and soil Conservation Modeling
65
Silver lining to a climate crisis in multiple prospects for alleviating crop waterlogging under future climates Liu, K., Harrison, M.T., Yan, H., Liu, D.L., Meinke, H., Hoogenboom, G., Wang, B., Peng, B., Guan, K., et al. Nature Communications · 2023
Crop and soil Modeling
64
Genetic progress battles climate variability: drivers of soybean yield gains in China from 2006 to 2020 Zhang, L., Zheng, H., Li, W., Olesen, J., Harrison, M., Bai, Z., Zou, J., Zheng, A., Bernacchi, C., Xu, X., Peng, B., Liu, K., Chen, F., Yin, X. Agronomy for Sustainable Development · 2023
Crop and soil Measurement
63
Evaluating seasonal climate forecasts from dynamical models over South America Zhang, J., Guan, K., Fu, R., Peng, B., Zhao, S., Zhuang, Y. Journal of Hydrometeorology · 2023
Earth system Modeling
62
Simulation of evapotranspiration and yield of maize: An inter-comparison among 41 maize models Kimball, B. et al (including Peng, B.). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2023
Hydrology Crop and soil Modeling
61
Combining remotely sensed evapotranspiration and an agroecosystem model to estimate center-pivot irrigation water use at high spatio-temporal resolution Zhang, J., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Jiang, C., Peng, B., Pan, M., Grant, R.,Franz, T., Suyker, A., Yang, Y., Chen, X., Lin, K., Ma, Z. Water Resource Research · 2023
Hydrology Remote sensing Modeling Land management Crop and soil
60
Towards operational atmospheric correction of airborne hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy: Algorithm evaluation, key parameter analysis, and machine learning emulators Zhou, Q., Wang, S., Liu, N., Townsend, P., Jiang, C., Peng, B., Verhoef, W., Guan, K. Remote Sensing of Environment · 2023
Remote sensing AI
59
How does uncertainty of soil organic carbon stock affect the calculation of carbon budgets and soil carbon credits for croplands in the US Midwest? Geoderma Zhou, W., Guan, K., Peng, B., Margenot, A., Lee, D.K., Tang, J., Jin, Z., Grant, R., DeLucia, E., Qin, Z., Wander, M., Wang, S. · 2023
Crop and soil Land management Modeling
58
Cross-scale sensing of field-level crop residue cover: Integrating field photos, airborne hyperspectral imaging, and satellite data Wang, S., Guan, K., Zhang, C., Zhou, Q., Wang, S., Wu, X., Jiang, C., Peng, B., Mei, W., Li, K., Li, Z., Yang, Y., Zhou, W., Huang, Y., Ma, Z. Remote Sensing of Environment · 2023
Crop and soil Land management Remote sensing AI
57
Reductions in Leaf Area Index, Pod Production, Seed Size and Harvest Index Drive Yield Loss to High Temperatures in Soybean Burroughs, C., Montes, C., Moller, C., Mitchell, N., Michael, A., Peng, B., Kimm, H., Pederson, T., Lipka, A., Bernacchi, C., Guan, K., Ainsworth, E. Journal of Experimental Botany · 2022
Crop and soil Measurement
56
Agricultural Nitrate Export Patterns Shaped by Crop Rotation and Tile Drainage Ma, Z., Guan, K.*, Peng, B.*, Sivapalan, M., Li, L., Pan, M., Zhou, W., Warner, R., Zhang, J. Water Research · 2022
PI corresponding / lead author Hydrology Water quality Crop and soil Land management Modeling
55
Recent rapid increase of cover crop adoption across the US Midwest detected by fusing multi‐source satellite data Zhou, Q., Guan, K., Wang, S., Jiang, C., Huang, Y., Peng, B., Chen, Z., Wang, S., Hipple, J., Schaefer, D., Qin, Z., Stroebel, S., Coppess, J., Khanna, M., Cai, Y. Geophysical Research Letters · 2022
Crop and soil Conservation Remote sensing AI
54
Distinct driving mechanisms of non-growing season N2O emissions call for spatial-specific mitigation strategies in the US Midwest Yang, Y., Liu, L., Zhou, W., Guan, K., Tang, J., Kim, T., Grant, R., Peng, B., Zhu, P., Li, Z., Griffis, T., Jin, Z. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2022
Crop and soil Modeling AI
53
Improving field boundary delineation in ResUNets via adversarial deep learning Jong, M., Guan, K., Wang, S., Huang, Y., Peng, B. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation · 2022
AI Remote sensing
52
Assessing the impacts of pre-growing-season weather conditions on soil nitrogen dynamics and corn productivity in the U.S. Midwest Li, Z., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Jin, Z., Tang, J., Grant, R., Nafziger, E., Margenot, A., Gentry, L., DeLucia, E., Yang, W., Cai, Y., Qin, Z., Archontoulis, S., Fernández, F., Yu, Z., Lee, D.K., Yang, Y. Field Crops Research · 2022
Crop and soil Modeling
51
KGML-ag: A Modeling Framework of Knowledge-Guided Machine Learning to Simulate Agroecosystems: A Case Study of Estimating N2O Emission using Data from Mesocosm Experiments Liu, L., Xu, S., Jin, Z., Tang, J., Guan, K., Griffis, T., Erickson, M., Frie, A., Jia, X., Kim, T., Miller, L., Peng, B., Wu, S., Yang, Y., Zhou, W., Kumar, V. Geoscientific Model Development · 2022
AI Modeling Crop and soil
50
Harmonizing climate-smart and sustainable agriculture Peng, B.*, Guan, K. Nature Food · 2021
PI corresponding / lead author Land management Conservation
49
Sustainable irrigation based on co-regulation of soil water supply and atmospheric evaporative demand Zhang, J.*, Guan, K.*, Peng, B.*, Pan, M., Zhou, W., Jiang, C., Kimm, H., Franz, T., Grant, R., Yang, Y., Rudnick, D., Heeren, D., Suyker, A., Bauerle, W., Miner, G. Nature Communications · 2021
PI corresponding / lead author Hydrology Land management Modeling
48
A generic risk assessment framework to evaluate historical and future climate-induced risk for rainfed corn and soybean yield in the U.S. Midwest Zhou, W.*, Guan, K.*, Peng, B.*, Wang, Z., Fu, R., Li, B., Ainsworth, E., DeLucia, E., Zhao, L., Chen, Z. Weather and Climate Extremes · 2021
PI corresponding / lead author Crop and soil Modeling
47
Quantifying carbon budget, crop yields and their responses to environmental variability using the ecosys model for U.S. Midwestern agroecosystems Zhou, W.*, Guan, K.*, Peng, B.*, Tang, J., Jin, Z., Jiang, C., Grant, R., Mezbahuddin, S. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2021
PI corresponding / lead author Modeling Crop and soil AI
46
Divergent responses of maize yield to precipitation in the United States Xu, R., Li, Y., Guan, K., Zhao, L., Peng, B., Miao, C., Fu, B. Environmental Research Letters · 2021
Hydrology Crop and soil
45
Predicting biochemical acclimation of leaf photosynthesis in soybean under in-field canopy warming using hyperspectral reflectance Kumagai, E., Burroughs, C., Pederson, T., Montes, C., Peng, B., Kimm, H., Guan, K., Ainsworth, E., Bernacchi, C. Plant · 2021
Crop and soil Remote sensing Measurement
44
Evaluation of four new land surface temperature (LST) products in the U.S. Corn Belt: ECOSTRESS, GOES-R, Landsat, and Sentinel-3 Li, K., Guan, K., Jiang, C., Wang, S., Peng, B., Cai, Y. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 2021
Crop and soil Remote sensing
43
Assessing different plant-centric water stress metrics for irrigation efficacy using soil-plant-atmosphere-continuum simulation Zhang, J., Guan, K., Peng, B., Pan, M., Zhou, W., Grant, R., Franz, T., Rudnick, D., Heeren, D., Suyker, A., Yang, Y., Wu, G. Water Resources Research · 2021
Hydrology Crop and soil Land management Modeling
42
Assessing the impacts of cover crops on maize and soybean yield in the U.S. Midwestern agroecosystems Qin, Z., Guan, K., Zhou, W., Peng, B., Villamil, M., Jin, Z., Tang, J., Grant, R., Gentry, L., Margenot, A., Bollero, G., Li, Z. Field Crops Research · 2021
Crop and soil Conservation Land management Modeling
41
Quantifying nitrogen loss hotspots and mitigation potential for individual fields in the US Corn Belt with a metamodeling approach Kim, T., Jin, Z., Smith, T., Liu, L., Yang, Y., Yang, Y., Peng, B., Phillips, K., Guan, K., Hunter, L., Zhou, W. Environmental Research Letters · 2021
Water quality Crop and soil Modeling AI
40
Machine Learning-Based Modeling of Spatio-Temporally Varying Responses of Rainfed Corn Yield to Climate, Soil, and Management in the U.S. Corn Belt Xu, T., Guan, K., Peng, B., Wei, S., Zhao, L. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence · 2021
Crop and soil Modeling AI
39
Quantifying high-temperature stress on soybean canopy photosynthesis: The unique role of sun-induced chlorophyll fluorescence Kimm, H., Guan, K., Burroughs, C. H., Peng, B., Ainsworth, E. A., Bernacchi, C. J., Moore, C. E., Kumagai, E., Yang, X., Berry, J. A., Wu, G. Global Change Biology · 2021
Crop and soil Remote sensing Measurement
38
Challenges and opportunities in precision irrigation decision-support systems for center pivots Zhang, J., Guan, K., Peng, B., Jiang, C., Zhou, W., Yang, Y., Pan, M., Franz, T., Heeren, D., Rudnick, Peng Abimbola, O., Kimm, H., Caylor, K., Good, S., Khanna, M., Gates, J., Cai, Y. Environmental Research Letters · 2021
Hydrology Land management
37
A daily, 250 m, and real-time gross primary productivity product (2000 – present) in the Contiguous United States Jiang, C., Guan, K., Wu, G., Peng, B., Wang, S. Earth System Science Data · 2021
Remote sensing Modeling
36
High-resolution spatially explicit land surface model calibration using field-scale satellite-based daily evapotranspiration product Yang, Y., Guan, K., Peng, B., Pan, M., Jiang, C., Franz, T. Journal of Hydrology · 2021
Hydrology Earth system Remote sensing Modeling
35
Towards a multiscale crop modelling framework for climate change adaptation assessment Peng, B.*, Guan, K.*, Tang, J., Ainsworth, E.A., Asseng, S., Bernacchi, C.J., Cooper, M., Delucia, E.H., Elliott, J.W., Ewert, F., Grant, R.F., Gustafson, D.I., Hammer, G.L., Jin, Z., Jones, J.W., Kimm, H., Lawrence, D.M., Li, Y., Lombardozzi, D.L., Marshall-Colon, A., Messina, C.D., Ort, D.R., Schnable, J.C., Vallejos, C.E., Wu, A., Yin, X., Zhou, W. Nature Plants · 2020 · ESI Highly Cited Paper
PI corresponding / lead author Modeling Crop and soil Earth system
34
Benefits of seasonal climate prediction and satellite data for forecasting US maize yield Peng, B.*, Guan, K.*, Pan, M., Li, Y. Geophysical Research Letters · 2020
PI corresponding / lead author Remote sensing Crop and soil Modeling
33
Assessing the benefit of satellite-based Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence in crop yield prediction Peng, B.*, Guan, K.*, Zhou, W., Jiang, C., Frankenberg, C., Sun, Y., He, L., Köhler, P. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation · 2020
PI corresponding / lead author Remote sensing Crop and soil Modeling AI
32
Connections between hydrological cycle and crop yield in the rainfed U.S. Corn Belt Zhou, W., Guan, K., Peng, B., Shi, J., Jiang, C., Wardlow, B., Pan, M., Kimball, J., Franz, T., Gentine, P., He, M., Zhang, J. Journal of Hydrology · 2020
Hydrology Crop and soil
31
Spatiotemporal derivation of intermittent ponding in a maize-soybean landscape from Planet Labs CubeSat images Paul, R., Cai, Y., Peng, B., Yang, W., Guan, K., DeLucia, E. Remote Sensing · 2020
Crop and soil Remote sensing AI
30
From the ground to space: Using solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence to estimate crop productivity He, L., Magney, T., Dutta, D., Yin, Y., Köhler, P., Grossmann, K., Stutz, J., Dold, C., Hatfield, J., Guan, K., Peng, B., Frankenberg, C. Geophysical Research Letters · 2020
Crop and soil Remote sensing
29
Satellite footprint data from OCO-2 and TROPOMI reveal significant spatio-temporal and inter-vegetation type variabilities of solar-induced fluorescence yield in the U.S. Midwest Wang, C., Guan, K., Peng, B., Chen, M., Jiang, C., Zeng, Y., Wang, S., Wu, J., Yang, X., Frankenberg, C., Köhler, P., Berry, J., Bernacchi, B., Zhu, K., Alden, C., Miao, G. Remote Sensing of Environment · 2020
Crop and soil Remote sensing
28
BESS-STAIR: a framework to estimate daily, 30-meter, and all-weather crop evapotranspiration using multi-source satellite data for the U.S. Corn Belt Jiang, C., Guan, K., Pan, M., Ryu, Y., Peng, B., Wang, S. Hydrology Earth System Science · 2020
Hydrology Crop and soil Remote sensing Modeling
27
Radiance-based NIRv as a proxy for GPP of corn and soybean Wu, G., Guan, K., Jiang, C., Peng, B., Kimm, H., Chen, M., Yang, X., Wang, S., Suyker, A., Bernacchi, C., Moore, C., Zeng, Y., Berry, J., Cendrero-Mateo, M. P. Environmental Research Letters · 2020
Crop and soil Remote sensing
26
Quantifying irrigation cooling benefits to maize yield in the US Midwest Li, Y., Guan, K., Peng, B., Franz, T., Wardlow, B., Pan, M. Global Change Biology · 2020
Hydrology Crop and soil
25
Parameterizing perennial bioenergy crops in Version 5 of the Community Land Model based on site-level observations in the Central Midwestern United States Cheng, Y., Huang, M., Chen, M., Guan, K., Bernacchi, C., Peng, B., Tan, Z. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems · 2020
Crop and soil Modeling Earth system
24
Deriving high-spatiotemporal-resolution leaf area index for agroecosystems in the U.S. Corn Belt using Planet’s CubeSAT and STAIR fusion data Kimm, H., Guan, K., Jiang, C., Peng, B., Gentry, L., Wilkin, S., Wang, S., Cai, Y., Bernacchi, C., Peng, J., Luo, Y. Remote Sensing of Environment · 2020
Crop and soil Remote sensing
23
Multiscale computational models can guide experimentation and targeted measurements for crop improvement Benes, B.†, Guan, K.†, Lang, M.†, Long, S.†, Lynch, J.†, Marshall-Colón, C.†, Peng, B.†, Schnable, J.†, Sweetlove, L.†, Turk, M.† The Plant Journal · 2019 · All authors contributed equally
PI corresponding / lead author Modeling Crop and soil
22
Detecting in-season crop nitrogen stress of corn for field trials using UAV- and CubeSat-based multispectral sensing Cai, Y., Guan, K., Nafziger, E., Chowdhary, G., Peng, B., Jin, Z., Wang, S., Wang, S. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 2019
Crop and soil Remote sensing
21
New methods for deriving clear-sky surface longwave downward radiation based on remotely sensed data and ground measurements Zhou, W., Shi, J., Wang, T., Peng, B., Yu, Y., Zhao, R., Yao, R. Earth and Space Science · 2019
Remote sensing Modeling
20
Are We Approaching a Water Ceiling to Maize Yields in the United States? DeLucia, E., Chen, S., Guan, K., Peng, B., Li, Y., Gomez-Casanovas, N., Kantola, I., Bernacchi, C., Long, S., Ort, D. Ecosphere · 2019
Crop and soil Modeling
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Recent warming has resulted in smaller gains in net carbon uptake in northern high latitudes Zhu, P., Zhuang, Q., Welp, L., Ciais, P., Heimann, M., Peng, B., Li, W., Bernacchi, C., Rodenbeck, C., Keenan, T. Journal of Climate · 2019
Earth system Modeling
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Excessive rainfall leads to maize yield loss of a comparable magnitude to extreme drought in the United States Li, Y., Guan, K., Schnitkey, G.D., DeLucia, E., Peng, B. Global Change Biology · 2019
Hydrology Crop and soil
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Integrating satellite and climate data to predict wheat yield in Australia using machine learning approaches Cai, Y., Guan, K., Lobell, D., Potgieter, A., Wang, S., Peng, J., Xu, T., Asseng, S., Zhang, Y., You, L., Peng, B. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2019
Crop and soil Remote sensing AI
16
Toward building a transparent statistical model for improving crop yield prediction: Modeling rainfed corn in the U.S Li, Y., Guan, K., Yu, A., Peng, B., Zhao, L., Li, B., & Peng, J. Field Crops Research · 2019
Crop and soil Remote sensing Modeling
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Improving maize growth processes in the community land model: implementation and evaluation Peng, B.*, Guan, K.*, Chen, M., Lawrence, D.M., Pokhrel, Y., Suyker, A., Arkebauer, T., Lu, Y. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2018
PI corresponding / lead author Modeling Crop and soil Earth system
14
Clear-Sky Longwave Downward Radiation Estimation by Integrating MODIS Data and Ground-Based Measurements Zhou, W., Shi, J., Wang, T., Peng, B., Zhao, R., Yu, Y. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 2018
Remote sensing
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A 3D convolutional neural network method for land cover classification using LiDAR and multi-temporal Landsat imagery Xu, Z., Guan, K., Casler, N., Peng, B., Wang, S. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing · 2018
Remote sensing AI
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Sun-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Photosynthesis, and Light Use Efficiency of a Soybean Field Miao, G., Guan, K., Yang, X., Bernacchi, C., Berry, J., DeLucia, E., Wu, J., Moore, C., Meacham, K., Cai, Y., Peng, B., Kimm, H., Masters, M. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences · 2018
Crop and soil Remote sensing Measurement
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Reappraisal of the roughness effect parameterization schemes for L-band radiometry over bare soil Peng, B.*, Zhao, T.*, Shi, J., Lu, H., Mialon, A., Kerr, Y.H., Liang, X., Guan, K. Remote Sensing of Environment · 2017
PI corresponding / lead author Crop and soil Remote sensing Modeling
10
Reconstructing spatial-temporal continuous MODIS land surface temperature using the DINEOF method Zhou, W., Peng, B.*, Shi, J.* Journal of Applied Remote Sensing · 2017
PI corresponding / lead author Remote sensing Modeling
9
Estimating high resolution daily air temperature based on remote sensing products and climate reanalysis datasets over glacierized basins: a case study in the Langtang Valley, Nepal Zhou, W.†, Peng, B.†*, Shi, J.*, Wang, T., Dhital, Y.P., Yao, R., Yu, Y., Lei, Z., Zhao, R. Remote Sensing · 2017
PI corresponding / lead author Remote sensing Hydrology
8
Snowmelt Pattern Over High-Mountain Asia Detected From Active and Passive Microwave Remote Sensing Xiong, C., Shi, J., Cui, Y., Peng, B. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters · 2017
Remote sensing Hydrology
7
Global characterization of surface soil moisture drydowns McColl, K.A., Wang, W., Peng, B., Akbar, R., Short Gianotti, D.J., Lu, H., Pan, M., Entekhabi, D. Geophysical Research Letters · 2017
Hydrology Remote sensing Crop and soil Earth system

2016 and before

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Estimating Snow Water Equivalent with Backscattering at X and Ku Band Based on Absorption Loss Cui, Y., Xiong, C., Lemmetyinen, J., Shi, J., Jiang, L., Peng, B., Li, H., Zhao, T., Ji, D., Hu, T. Remote Sensing · 2016
Remote sensing Hydrology
5
Evaluation of Remotely Sensed Precipitation and its Performance for Streamflow Simulations in Basins of the Southeast Tibetan Plateau Wang, S., Liu, S., Mo, X., Peng, B., Qiu, J., Li, M., Liu, C., Wang, Z., Bauer-Gottwein, P. Journal of Hydrometeorology · 2015
Hydrology Remote sensing Modeling
4
First Evaluation of Aquarius Soil Moisture Products Using In Situ Observations and GLDAS Model Simulations Li, D., Zhao, T., Shi, J., Bindlish, R., Jackson, T.J., Peng, B., An, M., Han, B. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 2015
Hydrology Remote sensing Crop and soil Modeling Measurement
3
Evaluation of TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) Products and Their Potential Hydrological Application at an Arid and Semiarid Basin in China Peng, B., Shi, J., Ni-Meister, W., Zhao, T., Ji, D. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing · 2014
PI corresponding / lead author Hydrology Remote sensing Modeling
2
Preliminary Simulation Study of Lake Water Color Monitoring Oriented Satellite Remote Sensing System: Based on Hyperion Scene Peng, B., Tian, J., Tian, Q. Journal of Remote Sensing Information · 2012
PI corresponding / lead author Remote sensing Modeling Measurement
1
Suitability Assessment of Different Interpolation Methods in the Gridding Process of Station Collected Air Temperature: A Case Study in Jiangsu Province, China Peng, B., Zhou, Y., Gao, P., Ju, W. Journal of Geo-information Science · 2011
PI corresponding / lead author Measurement Modeling