Xi Chen

Xi Chen

Assoc Professor

Braunstein Hall

A&S Geography - 0131

Professional Summary

Hydrology, water resources, environmental studies and modeling, physical geography, environmental engineering

Education

PhD: University of Central Florida USA, 2014 (Environmental Engineering)

MS: University of Kansas USA, 2009 (Environmental Science)

BS: Nankai University China, 2007 (Environmental Science)

Research Support

Investigators:Chen, Xi 01-01-2022 -09-30-2022 Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati Evaluation on the Rejection Probability Under Three Acceptance Criteria Based on the Level of Correlated andUncorrelated White Noise added to a Hydraulic Role:PI 26470.00 Hold Level:Local Government

Grant: #68HERC24D0003 Investigators:Chen, Xi; Tong, Susanna 10-07-2024 -08-31-2025 Environmental Protection Agency Evaluating Nature Based Solutions in a Midwestern Landscape Under Climate Change Impacts Role:Collaborator 66972.00 Hold Level:Federal

Publications

Peer Reviewed Publications

Chen, X., Motel, M., Booth, E., Zipper, S., Loheide II, S., and Kucharik, C.  (2019). Management of minimum lake levels and impacts on flood mitigation: A case study of the Yahara Watershed, Wisconsin, USA. Journal of Hydrology, 577

Motew,Melissa, Chen,Xi, Carpenter,Stephen R., Booth,Eric G., Seifert,Jenny, Qiu,Jiangxiao, Loheide II,Steven,P., Turner,Monica G., Zipper,Samuel C., Kucharik,Christopher J.  (2019). Comparing the effects of climate and land use on surface water quality using future watershed scenarios. Science of The Total Environment, 693, 133484

Zipper,Samuel C., Motew,Melissa, Booth,Eric G., Chen,Xi, Qiu,Jiangxiao, Kucharik,Christopher J., Carpenter,Stephen R., Loheide II,Steven,P.  (2018). Continuous separation of land use and climate effects on the past and future water balance. Journal of hydrology, 565, 106-122

Chen,Xi, Buchberger,Steven G.  (2018). Exploring the relationships between warm-season precipitation, potential evaporation, and "apparent" potential evaporation at site scale. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22 (8) , 4535-4545

Chang,Won, Chen,Xi  (2018). Monthly Rainfall-Runoff Modeling at Watershed Scale: A Comparative Study of Data-Driven and Theory-Driven Approaches. Water, 10 (9) , 1116

Qiu,Jiangxiao, Carpenter,Stephen R., Booth,Eric G., Motew,Melissa, Zipper,Samuel C., Kucharik,Christopher J., Chen,Xi, Loheide,Steven P., Seifert,Jenny, Turner,Monica G.  (2018). Scenarios reveal pathways to sustain future ecosystem services in an agricultural landscape. Ecological Applications, 28 (1) , 119-134

Huang,Huabing, Chen,Xi, Zhu,Zhanqiang, Xie,Yuhuan, Liu,Lin, Wang,Xianwei, Wang,Xina, Liu,Kai  (2018). The changing pattern of urban flooding in Guangzhou, China. Science of the Total Environment

Motew,Melissa, Booth,Eric G., Carpenter,Stephen R., Chen,Xi, Kucharik,Christopher J.  (2018). The synergistic effect of manure supply and extreme precipitation on surface water quality. Environmental Research Letters, 13 (4) , 044016

David,J. Y., Sangwan,Nikhil, Sung,Kyungmin, Chen,Xi, Merwade,Venkatesh  (2017). Incorporating institutions and collective action into a sociohydrological model of flood resilience. Water Resources Research, 53 (2) , 1336-1353

Motew,Melissa, Chen,Xi, Booth,Eric G., Carpenter,Stephen R., Pinkas,Pavel, Zipper,Samuel C., Loheide,Steven P., Donner,Simon D., Tsuruta,Kai, Vadas,Peter A.  (2017). The influence of legacy P on lake water quality in a Midwestern agricultural watershed. Ecosystems, 20 (8) , 1468-1482

Chen,Xi, Wang,Dingbao, Tian,Fuqiang, Sivapalan,Murugesu  (2016). From channelization to restoration: Sociohydrologic modeling with changing community preferences in the Kissimmeee River Basin, Florida. Water Resources Research, 52

Booth,Eric G., Qiu,Jiangxiao, Carpenter,Stephen R., Schatz,Jason, Chen,Xi, Kucharik,Christopher J., Loheide II,Steven,P., Motew,Melissa M., Seifert,Jenny M., Turner,Monica G.  (2016). From qualitative to quantitative environmental scenarios: translating storylines into biophysical modeling inputs at the watershed scale. Environmental modelling & software, 85, 80-97

Levy,Morgan C., Garcia,Margaret, Blair,Peter, Chen,Xi, Gomes,Sharlene L., Gower,Drew B., Grames,Johanna, Kuil,Linda, Liu,Ye, Marston,Landon  (2016). Wicked but worth it: student perspectives on socio-hydrology. Hydrological Processes, 30 (9) , 1467-1472

Chen,Xi, Wang,Dingbao  (2015). Modeling seasonal surface runoff and base flow based on the generalized proportionality hypothesis. Journal of Hydrology, 527, 367-379

Chen,Xi, Alizad,Karim, Wang,Dingbao, Hagen,Scott  (2014). Climate change impact on runoff and sediment loads to the Apalachicola River at seasonal and event scales. Journal of Coastal Research, 68, 35-42

Zhang,Husen, Chen,Xi, Braithwaite,Daniel, Zhen,He  (2014). Phylogenetic and Metagenomic Analyses of Substrate-Dependent Bacterial Temporal Dynamics in Microbial Fuel Cells. PLoS One, 9 (9)

Chen,Xi, Wang,Dingbao, Chopra,Manoj  (2013). Constructing Comprehensive Datasets for Understanding Human and Climate Change Impacts on Hydrologic Cycle. Irrigation and Drainage systems Engineering, 2 (1)

Chen,Xi, Wang,Dingbao  (2013). Evaluating the effect of partial contributing storage on the storage-discharge function from recession analysis. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 4283-4296

Chen,Xi, Alimohammadi,Negin, Wang,Dingbao  (2013). Modeling interannual variability of seasonal evaporation and storage change based on the extended Budyko framework. Water Resources Research, 49, 6067-6078

Guo,Xiaoyan, Shao,Huaiqi, Hu,Wanli, Gao,Wei, Chen,Xi  (2010). Tannin and polyacrylic acid polarity and structure influence on the performance of polyvinyl chloride ultrafiltration membrane. Desalination, 250, 740-744

Guo,Xiaoyan, Chen,Xi, Hu,Wanli  (2009). Studies on cleaning the polyvinyl chloride ultrafiltration membrane fouled by sodium alginate. Environmental technology, 30 (5) , 431-435

Rahat, S., Steissberg, T., Chang, W., Chen, X., et al.  (2023). Remote sensing-enabled machine learning for river water quality modeling under multidimensional uncertainty. Science of the Total EnvironmentMore Information

Chen, X., Wang, D., and Sivapalan, M.  (2022). Data-guided exploration of the energy partitioning at land surface in the contiguous US. Water Resources ResearchMore Information

Qi, M., Huang, H., Liu, L., and Chen, X.  (2022). An integrated approach for urban pluvial flood risk assessment at catchment level. WaterMore Information

Chen, X. and Sivapalan, M.  (2020). Hydrological basis of the Budyko curve: Data-guided exploration of the mediating role of soil moisture. Water Resources ResearchMore Information

Qi, M., Huang, H., Liu, L., and Chen, X.  (2020). Spatial heterogeneity of controlling factors’ impact on urban pluvial flooding in Cincinnati, US. Applied GeographyMore Information

Huang, H., Chen, X., Wang, X., Wang, X., and Liu, L.  (2019). A depression-based index to represent topographic control in urban pluvial flooding. WaterMore Information