Dr Lu Zhang Publications

Books and book chapters

Zhang, L., and Walker, G.R. (Eds), Studies in Catchment Hydrology - The Basics of Recharge and Discharge, CSIRO Publishing, 1998.

Walker, G.R., and Zhang, L., Plot-scale models and their application to recharge studies. In: Studies in Catchment Hydrology - The Basics of Recharge and Discharge, CSIRO Publishing, 2002.

Zhang, L., Walker, G.R. and Fleming, M.P. Water balance methods for determination of deep drainage. In: Studies in Catchment Hydrology - The Basics of Recharge and Discharge, CSIRO Publishing, 2002.

Zhang, L., Walker, G.R., Dawes, W.R., Water Balance Modelling: Concepts and Applications. In McVicar, T.R., Rui, L., Walker, J., Fitzpatrick, R.W. and Liu, C. (eds.) Regional Water and Soil Assessment for Managing Sustainable Agriculture in China and Australia. ACIAR Monograph, No. 84, 31-47, 2002.

Shao, M.A., Huang,, M.B., Zhang, L., and Li, y.S.,Simulation of Field-Scale Water Balance in the Loess Plateau Using the WAVES model. In McVicar, T.R., Rui, L., Walker, J., Fitzpatrick, R.W. and Liu, C. (eds.) Regional Water and Soil Assessment for Managing Sustainable Agriculture in China and Australia. ACIAR Monograph, No. 84, 48-56, 2002

Kang, S.Z., Zhang,L., Liang, Y.L., and Dawes, W.R., Simulation of Winter Wheat Yield and Water Use Efficiency in the Loess Plateau of China Using WAVES. In McVicar, T.R., Rui, L., Walker, J., Fitzpatrick, R.W. and Liu, C. (eds.) Regional Water and Soil Assessment for Managing Sustainable Agriculture in China and Australia. ACIAR Monograph, No. 84, 95-104, 2002

Kang, S.Z., Zhang,L., Liang, Y.L., and Cai, H.J.,Effects of Limited Irrigation on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Winter Wheat in the Loess Plateau of China. In McVicar, T.R., Rui, L., Walker, J., Fitzpatrick, R.W. and Liu, C. (eds.) Regional Water and Soil Assessment for Managing Sustainable Agriculture in China and Australia. ACIAR Monograph, No. 84, 105-116, 2002

McVicar, T.R., Zhang, G., Bradford, A.S., Wang, H., Dawes, W.R., Zhang, L., and Lingtao, L. (2002) Monitoring Regional Water Use Efficiency Indicators on the North China Plain. In McVicar, T.R., Rui, L., Walker, J., Fitzpatrick, R.W. and Liu, C. (eds.) Regional Water and Soil Assessment for Managing Sustainable Agriculture in China and Australia. ACIAR Monograph No. 84, 231-257, 2002.

Bradford, A., Zhang, L., Application of a Mean Annual Water Balance Model to the Murray--Darling Basin: Past, Present and Future. In McVicar, T.R., Rui, L., Walker, J., Fitzpatrick, R.W. and Liu, C. (eds.) Regional Water and Soil Assessment for Managing Sustainable Agriculture in China and Australia. ACIAR Monograph, No. 84, 277-290, 2002

Publications (Peer-Reviewed)

Huang, M.B., and Zhang, L., Hydrological responses to conservation practices in a catchment of the Loess Plateau, China. Hydrological Processes, 18, 1885-1898, 2004.

Vertessy, R.A., Zhang, L., and Dawes, W.R., Plantations, river flows and river salinity. Australian Forestry, Vol., 66, No.1, 55-61, 2003

Zhang, L. Hickel, K., Dawes, W.R., Chiew, F. , Western, A., A rational function approach for estimating mean annual evapotranspiration. Water Resources Research, 40, W02502, doi:10.1029/2003WR002710, 2004.

Huang, M.B., Shao, M.A., Zhang, L., Li, Y.S., Water use efficiency and sustainability of different long-tern crop rotation systems in the Loess Plateau of China, Soil & Tillage Research, 72, 95-104, 2003.

Sivapalan, M., Zhang, L., Vertessy, R, and Blöschl, G., Downward approach to hydrological prediction: A critical review, Hydrological Processes, 2101-2111, 2003.

Huang, M.B, Zhang, L., Gallichand, J., Runoff responses to afforestation in a watershed of the Loess Plateau, China, Hydrological Processes, 17, 2599-2609, 2003.

Finkele, K., Katzfy, J.J., Kowalczyk, E.A., McGregor, J.L., Raupach, M.R., Zhang, L., Modelling of the OASIS energy flux measurements using two canopy concepts. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 107, 49-79, 2003.

Petheram, C., Walker, G.R., Grayson, R., Thierfelder, T., and Zhang, L., Towards a framework for predicting impacts of land-use on recharge: 1. A review of recharge studies in Australia, Australian Journal of Soil Research, 40, 397-417, 2002.

McVicar, T.R., Zhang, G., Bradford, A.S., Wang, H., Dawes, W.R., Zhang, L., and Lingtao, L. Monitoring Regional Agricultural Water Use Efficiency for Hebei Province on the North China Plain. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research. 53, 55-76, 2002.

Walker GR, Zhang L, Ellis TW, Hatton TJ and Petheram, C., Estimating impact of changed land-use on recharge. Review of modelling and other approaches as appropriate for dryland salinity management. Hydrogeology Journal, 10, 68-90, 2002.

Wang, H.X., Liu, C.M., and Zhang, L., Water-saving agriculture in China: An overview. Advances in Agronomy, 75, 135-171, 2002.

Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Walker, G.R., The response of mean annual evapotranspiration to vegetation changes at catchment scale. Water Resources Research, Vol. 37, 701-708, 2001

Kang, S.Z., Zhang, F., Hu, X.T., Jiere, Zhang, L., Effects of shallow water table on capillary contribution, evapotranspiration, crop coefficient of maize and winter wheat in a semiarid region. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 52, 317-327, 2001.

Kang, S.Z., Li. Z.J., Cai, H.J., Zhang, L., Pan, Y.H, Jerie, P., An improved water use efficiency for hot pepper grown under controlled alternate drip irrigation on partial roots. Scientia Horticulturae, 89, 257-267, 2001.

Kang, S.Z., Zhang, L., Song, X.Y., Zhang, S.H., Liu X.Z., Liang, Y.L., Zheng, S.Q., Runoff and sediment loss responses to rainfall and land use in two agricultural catchments on the Loess Plateau of China. Hydrological Processes, 15, 977-988, 2001.

Kang, S.Z., Zhang, L., Liang, Y.L., Cai, H.J., Effects of limited irrigation on yield and water-use efficiency of winter wheat in Loess Plateau of China, Agricultural Water Management 55, 203-216, 2002.

Wang, H.X., Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Liu, C.M., Improving water use efficiency of irrigated crops in the North China Plain - measurements and modelling, Agricultural Water Management, 48, 151-167, 2001.

Jolly, I.D., Williamson, D.R., Gilfedder, M., Walker, G.R., Morton, R , Zhang, L., Dowling, T.I., Dyce, P., Nathan, R.J, Nandakumar, N., Clarke, R., McNeill, V., Robinson, G. and Jones, H., Historical stream salinity trends and catchment salt balances in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. Mar. Freshwater Res. 52, 53-63, 2001.

Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Hatton, T.J., Reece, P.H., Beale, G., and Packer, I., Estimation of soil moisture and groundwater recharge using the TOPOG_IRM model. Water Resources Research, 35, 149-161, 1999.

Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Slavich, P.G. Meyer, W.S., Thorburn, P.J., Smith, D.J., Walker, G.R., Growth and water uptake responses of lucerne to shallow saline groundwater tables: Modelling and lysimeter studies. Agricultural Water Management, 39, 265-282, 1999.

Zhang, L., Hume, I.H., O’Connell, M.G., Mitchell, D.C., Milthorpe, P.L., Yee, M., Dawes, W.R., Hatton, T.J., Estimating episodic recharge under different crop/pasture rotations in the Mallee region, 1. Experiments and model calibration. Agricultural Water Management, 42, 219-235, 1999.

Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Hatton, T.J., Hume, I.H., O’Connell, M.G., Mitchell, D.C., Milthorpe, P.L., Yee, M., Estimating episodic recharge under different crop/pasture rotations in the Mallee region, 2. Recharge control by agronomic practices. Agricultural Water Management, 42, 237-249, 1999.

Dawes, W.R., Zhang, L., Hatton, T.J., Reece, P.H., Beale, G., and Packer, I., Application of a distributed parameter ecohydrological model (TOPOG_IRM) to a small cropping rotation catchment. Journal of Hydrology, 191, 64-86, 1997.

Wang, H.X., Liu. C.M., Zhang, L., Use of the WAVES model in water saving agriculture (in Chinese). Liu, C.M. and Yu, H.N. (Editors). Movement of Water in the Soil-Crop-Atmosphere System. Meteorological Press, Beijing, 40-51, 1997.

Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Hatton, T.J., Modelling hydrologic processes using a biophysically based model - Application of WAVES to FIFE and HAPEX-MOBILHY. Journal of Hydrology, 185, 330-352, 1996.

Zhang, L., Lemeur, R., and Goutorbe, J.P., A one-layer resistance model for estimating regional evapotransiration using remote sensing data. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 77, 241-261, 1995.

Henderson-Sellers, A. McGuffie K, Zhang L., Gross, C., Sensitivity of global climate model simulation to increased stomatal resistance and CO2 increases, Journal of Climate. 8, 1738-1756, 1995.

Zhang, L. and Lemeur, R., Evaluation of daily evapotranspiration obtained from instantaneous measurements. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 74, 139-154, 1995.

Zhang, L. and Lemeur, R., Comment on 'Mixed convection above greenhouse crop canopies'. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 66, 119-120, 1993.

Zhang, L. and Lemeur, R., Effect of aerodynamic resistance on energy balance and Penman-Monteith estimates of evapotranspiration in greenhouse conditions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 58, 209-228, 1992.

Fredrick, F., Lemeur, R. and Zhang, L., Evaluation of the Penman-Monteith evapotranspiration model for plant development control in greenhouses (in Dutch). Landbouw Tijdshrift, Vol. 45, No.1, 41-45, 1992.

Lemeur, R and Zhang, L., Evaluation of three evapotranspiration models in terms of their applicability for an arid region. Journal of Hydrology, 114, 395 - 411, 1990.

Technical Reports

Hickel, K., and Zhang, L. (2003). A conceptual framework for estimating seasonality impact on mean annual water balance, CRC for Catchment Hydrology Technical Report. 03/7.

Zhang L, Dowling T, Hocking M, Morris J, Adams G, Hickel K, Best A, Vertessy R. (2003). Predicting the Effects of Large-Scale Afforestation on Annual Flow Regime and Water Allocation: An Example for the Goulburn-Broken Catchments, CRC for Catchment Hydrology Technical Report. 03/5.

Lane, P. Hickel, K., Best, A. Zhang, L. (2003). The effect of afforestation on annual streamflow regime. CRC for Catchment Hydrology Technical Report. 03/6.

Zhang, L., Predicting the Combined Environmental Impact of Catchment Management Regimes on Dryland Salinity, Final Report to Land & Water Australia, July, 2002.

Best A., Zhang, L., T. McMahon, A. Western and R. Vertessy. 2003. A critical review of paired catchment studies with reference to the seasonal flows and climate variability. CRC for Catchment Hydrology Technical Report, 03/04.

Raupach, M.R., Kirby, J.M., Barrett, D.J., Briggs, P.R, Lu, H., and Zhang, L., Balances of water carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in Australian Landscapes (2) Model formulation and testing, CSIRO Land and Water Technical Report, 41/01, 2001.

Bradford, A. Zhang, L., Hairsine, P. Implementation of a mean annual water balance model within a GIS framework and application to the Murray-Darling Basin, CRC for Catchment Hydrology Technical Report, 01/8. 2001.

Mcvicar, T.R., Zhang, G. Bradford, A.S., Wang, H.X., Dawes, W.R., Zhang, L., and Li, L.T. Developing a spatila information system to monitor regional agricultural water use efficiency for Hebei province on the North China Plain. CSIRO Land and Water Technical Report 31/00, 2000

Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Walker, G.R. Predicting the effect of vegetation changes on catchment average water balance. CRC for Catchment Hydrology Technical Report, 99/12. 1999.

Zhang, L. and Dawes, W.R. (Eds.), WAVES - An Integrated Energy and Water Balance Model. Technical Report No. 31/98, CSIRO Land and Water, 1998.

Zhang, L., Walker, G.R., Stauffacher, M., Dyce, P., Estimation of groundwater recharge in the Liverpool Plains for the purpose of groundwater modelling. Technical Report 10/97, CSIRO Land & Water, 1997.

Jolly, I.D., Dowling T.I., Zhang, L., Williamson, D.R., and Walker, G.R., Water and salt balances of the catchments of the Murray-Darling basin. Technical report 37/97, CSIRO Land and Water, 1997.

Raupach, M.R., Finkele, K., and Zhang L., A soil-canopy atmosphere model (SCAM): Description and comparisons with field data, Technical Report, CSIRO, Center for Environmental Mechanics, 1997.

Vertessy, R.A., Dawes, W.R., Zhang, L., and Hatton, T.J., Catchment-scale hydrologic modelling to assess the water and salt balance behaviour of eucalypt plantations. CSIRO Division of Water Resources Technical Memorandum, 96/2, 1996.

Hatton, T.J., Salama, R.B., dawes, Dyce, P. and Zhang, L., Farm Forestry: Biophysical Interactions Leading Toward Enhanced Environmental Services. Confidential Report to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission and the Basin Sustainability Committee. 1996.

Hatton, T.J. Dyce, P., Zhang L. and Dawes, W.R., WAVES - an ecohydrological model of the surface energy and water balance: sensitivity analysis. CSIRO, Division of Water Resources Technical Memorandum 95/2, 1995

Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Atmospheric stability influence upon evapotranspiration estimates - Tests using HAPEX-MOBILHY data and the WAVES model. CSIRO Division of Water Resources Technical Memorandum 95/1, 1995.

Conference Papers

Zhang, L., Best, A.., Hairsine, P, and Vertessy, R., Maximising water and stream salinity benefits associated with new plantations. Australian Forest Growers Biennial Conference Ballarat 2004.3-5 May 2004. Ballarat, Victoria.

Zhang, L. G.R. Walker, and Dawes, W.R., Catchment Scale Water Balance and its Implications for Deep Drainage Control, paper presented at the GRDC water balance workshop (invited), February, 2003.

Vertessy, R. Zhang, L., and Dawes, W.R., Plantations, water quality and sustainable water use. Plantation Conference 2002.

Ladson, A., Lander, J., Western, A., Grayson, R., and Zhang, L., Estimating extractable soil moisture content for Australian soils. Proceedings of Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Melbourne, 2002.

Gilfedder, M., Smitt, C., Zhang, L., and Walker, G.R., Impact of increased recharge on groundwater discharge: development and application of simplified function using catchment parameters. Paper presented at 8th Murray-Darling Basin Groundwater Workshop 2001, Victor Harbor, 2001.

Jolly, I.D., Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Walker, G.R., Determining “safe” watertable depths for productive irrigated crops and pastures using a soil-vegetation-atmosphere model (WAVES). In Proceedings of Water 99 Congress, Brisbane, Australia, 6-8 July, 1999.

Petheram, C., Zhang, L., and Walker, G.R.,. Towards a predictive framework for landuse impacts on recharge: A review of recharge studies in Australia. In: Integrated Perspectives (Department of Natural Resources), Griffith, NSW, Australia, 1999.

Jolly, I.D., Zhang, L., Dowling T.I., Williamson, D.R., and Walker, G.R., Estimation of historical salt balances for various catchments of the Murray-Darling basin. In Proceedings of the 1997 Murray-Darling Workshop, Toowoomba, 26-28 August, 1997.

Stauffacher, M. Walker, G.R., Dawes, W.R., Zhang, L., Dyce, P., Groundwater modeling on the Liverpool Plains: a simple flowtube approach in the Pine Ridges sub-catchment. In Proceedings of the 1997 Murray-Darling Workshop, Toowoomba, 26-28 August, 1997.

Held, A.A. Bierwirth, Phi., Zhang, L., Reece, P.H., and Dawes, W.R., Use of the AIRSAR for validation of spatial distributed simulations of soil moisture in a research catchment. In Proceedings of AIRSAR-AUSTRALIA DEPLOYMENT, Sydney Australia, November 1995.

Vertessy, R.A., Dawes, W.R. Zhang, L., Hatton, T.J. and Walker, J., Catchment scale hydrologic modelling to assess the water and salt balance impact of eucalypt plantations. In Proceedings of the Australia/Japan (CSIRO) Symposium on Environmental Management: The Role of Eucalypt and Other Fast-Grwing Species, Canberra, 23-26 October 1995.

Dawes, W.R., Hatton, T.J. and Zhang L., Linking landuse with regional scale flownet modelling: Applications of the WAVES model to the Loddon-Campaspe. In Proceedings of the 1995 Murray-Darling Workshop, Wagga Waga, 23-29 September 1995.

Zhang, L., Dawes, W.R., Hatton, T.J., Reece, P.H., Beale, G., and Packer, I. Modelling evapotranspiration, soil moisture content and crop growth using an ecohydrological model (TOPOG_IRM). 7th Rainwater Catchment Systems Conf., Beijing. August, 1995.

Zhang, L., Use of remote sensing data in estimating land surface energy balance. In: Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing in Arid & Semi-Arid Regions, 30-41, Lanzhou, China, 25-28 August, 1993.

Zhang, L., Lemeur, R., and Trefois, Ph., Mapping evapotranspiration by combining NOAA-AVHRR data with ground-based meteorological measurements. In: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Spectral Sensing Research (ISSSR), Hawaii, 1107-1118, 1992.