Xi Chen

    Vice Director
    Professor of hydrology

    Center for Global Change and Water Cycle,Hohai University
    1 Xikang Road, Nanjing, China 210098
    phone: (025) 8378-6981; fax: (025) 8378-6606
    email: xichen@hhu.edu.cn

  • Education and Degrees

    • Ph.D. in Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University, China 1999
    Specialization: Hydrological Modeling
    Dissertation: "Hydrological Scales and Simulation of Macroscale Hydrological Processes"

    M.S. in Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology Hohai University, China 1990
    Specialization: Groundwater Modeling
    Dissertation: "Optimization of Surface Water and Groundwater Utilization in Irrigation Area"

    B.S. in Hydrology and Water Resources Hohai University, China 1984


  • Working Experiences

    • School of Environmental Systems Engineering, The University of Western Australia, 2007 (Feb. and March ),
    Gledden Senior Fellow.

    School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, U.S.A, 2005 (March ~ June)
    Senior Visiting Fellow

    State Key Lab. of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, 2003 - present
    Chair Professor

    Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, U.S.A
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow ,2000 - 2003
    Participate in research projects funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Grant and the
    U.S. Geological Survey Grant.

  • Using Integrated Modeling Techniques to Investigate the Hydrological Cycle in the Nebraska Sand Hills
  • Modeling of Infiltrated Surface-water zone Between Stream and Groundwater Well

    • Department of Geography and Resources Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 1999- 2000
    Participated in research projects funded by The Research Grants Council of Hong Kong

  • Impacts of Global Climate Change and Regional Land - use Alteration on Water Resources in the Dongjiang (East River) Basin
  • Downscaling of Daily Precipitation Using a Stochastic Weather Generator

    • Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, Hohai University, China
    Associate Professor, 1997 - 2000
    Assistant Professor, 1990 - 1997


  • Research Interests

    • Groundwater Modeling , Watershed Hydrological Modeling
    Surface Water and Groundwater Interactions
    Impacts of Climate Change and Regional Land - use Alteration on Hydrological Processes
    GIS Applications in Water Resources Research
    Ecohydrological Modeling


  • Current Research Projects

    • 2006-2011, Karst Hydrological Dynamics and Ecological Effect in Southwest China (China Fundamental Scientific Research (National Key Fundamental Research Project, China (973)), 2006CB403204)
    2006-2009, Hydrological Modeling in the Riparian Zone and Ecohydrological Effect Due to Stream Water Storage (National Scientific Foundation of China, 50679025)
    2006-2009, Evaluation of Future Hydrological and Water Resources Extremes by Coupling Hydrological Model and Downscaled GCM (the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, 20060294003)
    2006-2009, Technique for Flooding Resources Utilization ( China Scientific and Technological Supporting Foundation, 2006BAB14B04)
    2007-2009, Modeling of Riparian Hydrological Processes and Estimation of Ecohydrological Effect Due to Flooding Storage Project (National Scientific Foundation, China)
    2005-2007, Coupled Modeling of Hydrology-Vegetation-Soil in the Semi-arid Region (Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University, P. R. China)
    2005£­2007, Assessment of Hydrologic Alternations for Water Resources Management in a Rapidly Changing Environment: A Study of the Pearl River Delta, (the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (Project No. CUHK4247/03H).
    2005-2006, Comprehensive Water Resources Planning£¨Suzhou Water Resources Bureau£©
    2005£­2006£¬Prediction of Sea Water Intrusion and Management System for Groundwater Resources in Weihai City£¨Bureau of Weihai Hydrological and Water Resources Survey£©
    2004£­2006£¬Study on Water Resources Allocation Model in Huaihe Basin,£¨Special Financial Support for Water Resources Planning, Ministry of Water Resources£©
    2004£­2006£¬Ecohydrologic effect of Flooding Storage £¨The Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry, China£©
    2003£­2005£¬Hydrological Modeling for Typical Lake Basins in the Western China£¬£¨The National Science Foundation of China (Project No. 40273004) and the Innovation Foundation of Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS, China£©
    2003£­2004£¬Numerical Modeling of Water Transfer among Precipitation, Surface Water, Soil Moisture and Groundwater£¬£¨Special Financial Support for Water Resources Planning, Ministry of Water Resources£©
    2003£­2005£¬Numerical Modeling of Groundwater and Decision-making System in Groundwater Depression Areas£¬£¨the Innovation Foundation of Hohai University£©
    2003£­2004£¬Study on Urban Water Resources Utilization Index for China Water Resources Bulletin£¬£¨Financial Supporting from China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research£©
    2002£­2004£¬Spatial and Temporal Variations of Drought and Waterlogging in Plain Area of the Yangtze Middle and Down Region£¬£¨The National Science Foundation of China and the Innovation Foundation of Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS, China£©
    2002£­2006, Groundwater Resources Management and Protection in the Spring Watershed, Anyang City£¬£¨Anyang Water Resources Bureau£©
    2003£­2004£¬ Numerical Modeling of Water Transfer between Groundwater and the Longhu Lake and Optimizing Schedule of Pumping Wells around the Lake


    Department of River Dynamics, Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Power Engineering, China
    Teaching and Research Assistant, 1984-1987
    Participated in research projects:
  • Assessment of Influences of Human Activities on Hydrological Processes in Fengshuba Reservoir Area
  • A Short Range Flooding Forecast Program in Gutian Reservoir Area
    Teaching competencies:
  • Water Resources Planning, Engineering Hydrology, Advanced Mathematics

 

  • Publications (Peer Reviewed Journals and Books)

  • Chen Xi, Wu Jinglu, Hu Qi, Simulation of Climate Change Impacts on Streamflow in Bosten Lake Basin Using an Artificial Neural network Model, Journal of Hydrological Engineering (accepted)
  • Chen Xi, Zhang Xinnan, Qian Minkai, Estimation of Groundwater Recharge from Precipitation and Loss for Evapotranspiration by Soil Moisture Model, Journal of Hydrological Engineering (accepted).
  • Wen Pei, Chen Xi, Chen Yongqin, Application of TOPMODEL in Streamflow Simulation and Baseflow Separation, The International Conference on Poyang Lake Complex Environment System, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, USA, (In Press).
  • Chen Xi, David Yongqin Chen, Zhicai Zhang, A Numerical Modeling System of Hydrological Cycle for Estimation of Water Fluxes in Huaihe River Plain Region, China, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8£¨4£©£º702£­714,2007.
  • Wang W., X. Chen, P. Shi, P. H. A. J. M. van Gelder, and G. Corzo, Extreme precipitation and extreme streamflow in the Dongjiang River Basin in southern China, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 4, 2323-2360, 2007.
  • Wang W., X. Chen, and W.-C. Xu, Theoretical Predictability and Sample Predictability of Long-Memory Time Series£¬IN: Modelling, Identification, and Control, Innsbruck, Austria, 2007.
  • Wang W., van Gelder P.H.A.J.M., Vrijling J.K., Chen X., Detecting long-memory: Monte Carlo simulations and application to daily streamflow processes. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 3, 1603-1627, 2006.
  • Jiang, T., Chen, Y.D., Xu, C-Y, Chen, X.H., Chen, X., Singh, V.P.,2007. Comparison of hydrological impacts of climate change simulated by six hydrological models in the Dongjiang Basin, South China. Journal of Hydrology, In press.
  • Chen, Y.D., Chen X., Xu, C-Y, and Shao, QX, 2007. Downscaling of Daily Precipitation with a Stochastic Weather Generator for the Subtropical Region in South China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, under revision.
  • Chen, X., Chen Y.D. and Xu, C-Y, 2007. A Distributed Monthly Hydrological Model for Integrating Spatial Variations of Basin Topography and Rainfall. Hydrological Processes. 21, 242-252
  • Chen Xi, David Yongqin Chen, Xun-hong Chen, 2006, Simulation of baseflow accounting for the effect of bank storage and its implication in baseflow separation, Journal of Hydrology. 327:539-549.
  • Chen Xi and Qi Hu, Groundwater Influences on Soil Moisture and Surface Evaporation, Journal of Hydrology, Vol 297, 285-300,2004.
  • Chen Xunhong, Xi Chen, Simulating the Effects of Reduced Precipitation on Groundwater and Streamflow in the Nebraska Sand Hills, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 40, No. 2, 419-430, 2004
  • Chen Xi, Xunhong Chen, Stream Water Infiltration, Bank Storage, and Storage Zone Changes due to Stream-stage fluctuations£¬Journal of Hydrology£¬Vol 280, 246~264, 2003.
  • Chen Xi, Qi Hu, Groundwater influences on root zone hydrology. Proceedings of the international conference on research basins and hydrological planning, A.A Balkema Publishers, London, 2004.
  • Chen Xunhong, Xi Chen, Sensitivity Analysis and Determination of Streambed Leakance and Aquifer Hydraulic Properties£¬Journal of Hydrology£¬Vol 284, 270~284, 2003.
  • Chen Xunhong, Xi Chen, Reply to Comment on "Sensitivity analysis and determination of streambed leakance and aquifer hydraulic properties" by S. Christensen, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 303, Issues 1-4, 1 March 2005, Pages 322-327
  • Chen Xunhong, Xi Chen, Reply to comments provided by Stefan Kollet on "Sensitivity analysis and determination of streambed leakance and aquifer hydraulic properties" , Journal of Hydrology, Volume 303, Issues 1-4, 1 March 2005, Pages 331-333
  • Chen Xi, Xunhong Chen, Q.Hu, C.Rowe, and M.Anderson, Geological and Climatic Controls to Streamflows in the Nebraska Sand Hills, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 39, No. 1, 2003
  • Chen Xunhong, Xi Chen, Effects of Aquifer Anisotropy on the Migration of Infiltrated Stream Water to a Pumping Well, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Vol. 8, No. 5, 2003
  • Hu, Q., G. D. Willson, X. Chen, A. Akyuz, Effects of Climate and Land-cover Change on Stream Discharge in the Ozark Highlands, U.S.A. Environmental Modeling and Assessment, Vol.10, 2004.
  • CHEN Xi, JIANG Tong, Sensitivity Analysis of the Calculation Formulas for Monthly Potential Evapotranspiration in Different Climate Zone. Hydrology, Vol 24, No.5, 1-5, 2004. (in Chinese)
  • CHEN Xi, SU Buda, JIANG Tong , SHI Yafeng, Impacts of Climate Change on Streamflow in the Yuanjiang Basin, Journal of Lake Sciences, Vol. 15, Suppl, 2003. (in Chinese)
  • CHEN Xi, SU Buda, JIANG Tong, SHI Yafeng,WEN Pei, Impact Study of Climate Change on Runoff in the Yuanjiang River Basin, Journal of Lake Sciences (accepted) (in Chinese)
  • Chen, X., Y. Q. Chen, Downscaling of Daily Precipitation Using a Stochastic Weather Generator, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, No. 4, 2001. (in Chinese)
  • Tang, H. X., Y. Q. Chen, X. Chen, Impacts of Global Warming on the Water Resources in the Dongjing River Basin by Stochastic Method, Advances in Water Science, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2000. (in Chinese)
  • Chen, X., Y. Li, X. H. Qiao, A Study for Automatic Optimizing Parameters of Groundwater Model, Journal of Engineering Exploration, Feb. 1998. (in Chinese)
  • Chen, X., A Salinization Prediction Model for Areas Irrigated with Water from the Yellow River, Journal of Hohai University, Vol. 25, No. 6, 1997. (in Chinese)
  • Chen, X., X. Y. Shi, Information System for the Dispatch of Water Resources in the Irrigation Area of Yellow River, Journal of Water Resources & Water Engineering, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1996. (in Chinese)
  • Chen, X., S. T. Yi, Research on the Optimized Decision System of Irrigation-Drainage Projects in the Diversion-Irrigation Area of the Yellow River, Journal of Water Resources & Water Engineering, Vol. 5, No. 2, 1995. (in Chinese)
  • Chen, X., L. Z, An, Optimization of Hydrogeological Parameters, Journal of Groundwater, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1994. (in Chinese)
  • Chen, X., X. Y. Shi, The Multivariate Dynamic Programming for Groundwater Table and Salinity Controlling in the Diversion Irrigation Area of the Yellow River, Journal of Water Resources Study, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1994. (in Chinese)
  • Chen, X., S. T. Yi, An Optimal Model for Planning Surface Water and Groundwater Conjunctive Use in the Irrigation Area, Journal of Water Resources Study, Vol. 13, No. 1, 1992. (in Chinese)

  • Presentations

  • Chen Xi, Shi Peng, Zhang Zhicai, Hydrological Dynamics and Ecohydrological Effect in Karst Region of Southwest China. In: Ecological Complexity and Sustainability-Challenges & Opportunities for 21st Century's Ecology, Beijing, China, 2007.
  • Wang W., Chen X., Huo S.Q., Ma J., Modeling streamflow processes with univariate long-memory ARFIMA model. In: Proceedings of International Symposium on Flood Forecasting and Water Resources Assessment for IAHS-PUB, September 28-30, 2006, Beijing, China.
  • Chen Xi, Zhang Zhicai, Chen David Yongqin, Numerical Modeling of Water Transfer among Precipitation, Surface Water, Soil Moisture and Groundwater£¬Proceedings of the International Symposium: Predictions in Ungauged Basins, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, 2005
  • Chen Xi,Groundwater Influence on Hydrological Cycle in Nebraska Sand Hills, USA, International Symposium on Sustainable Water Resources Management and Oasis-hydrosphere-desert Interaction in Arid Regions, Beijing, China, 2005.
  • Chen Xi, Zhang Xinnan, Qian Minkai, Estimation of Groundwater Recharge from Precipitation and Loss for Evapotranspiration by Soil Moisture Model, International Symposium on Methodology in Hydrology, Nanjing, China, 2005.
  • Chen Xi, Liu Chuanjie, SIMULATION METHODS OF SPRING DISCHARGE VARIATION IN KARST AREA,Joint AOGS 1st Annual Meeting & 2nd APHW Conference. 2004, 2, 68£­75.
  • Chen Xunhong, Xi Chen, Analysis of Infiltrated Stream Water to a Pumping Well, AWRA proceedings, Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions, July 2002
  • Chen, X., Y. Q. Chen, The Conjunctive Use of Reservoir Water and Groundwater in Urban Area, UCOWR Proceedings, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
  • Chen, Y. Q, X. Chen, GCM-generated Climate Scenarios and Impacts of Global Warming on Drought Index for China, Third International Scientific Conference on the Global Emerge and Water Cycle, Beijing, China, 1999.
  • Chen, X., Y. Q. Chen, Scale Issues in the Hydrological Processes, Seventh National Scientific Conference on Hydrology. Hong Kong, 1999.


  • Honors
  • Certificate of Merit for Making Science and Technological Progress (2nd Place), awarded by Ministry of Water Resources, China,1996
  • Outstanding Teacher, awarded by Hohai University, 1995,1996
  • Outstanding Teacher, awarded by Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Power Engineering, 1987
  • New Century Excellent Talents in University, China, Awarded by Ministry of Education China, 2004