Dr Wenxin Zhang
- Reader in Ecosystem-Geosphere Modelling (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9477-563XBiography
I am an Earth system scientist dedicated to understanding terrestrial ecosystem dynamics and their feedback to the climate system across spatial and temporal scales. My expertise lies in using various modeling tools to simulate vegetation dynamics, soil biogeochemistry, hydrology, permafrost, and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to quantify biogeophysical and biogeochemical responses and feedbacks to the climate system under anthropogenic warming.
I work with multiple models, including the climate-plant-soil continuum model (CoupModel) at landscape/plot-scale and soil pore-space scale, the dynamic global vegetation model (LPJ-GUESS) at regional and global scales, the regional Earth system model (RCA-GUESS and RCAO-GUESS) for the pan-Arctic and Baltic Sea domain, and the global Earth system model (EC-Earth), one of the CMIP6 Earth system models.
My previous employment:
- 2021.10 – 2024.12, Researcher (Principal Investigator), Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
- 2019.10 – 2021.09, Researcher (80%), Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden;Assistant Professor (20%), Faculty of Science/Dept. of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2018.08 – 2019.09, Researcher, Faculty of Science/Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
- 2015.08 – 2018.07, Postdoc, Faculty of Science/Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
- 2015.02 - 2015.07, Research associate, Faculty of Science/Dept. of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden
Education
- 2010.11 - 2015.02, Ph.D. in Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science, Lund University, Sweden. Supervisors: Ben Smith and Paul A. Miller. Thesis title: The role of biogeophysical feedbacks and their impacts in the arctic and boreal climate system.
- 2008.08-2010.10, M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden. Supervisor: Per-Erik, Jansson. Thesis title: Long-term Trend of Evapotranspiration in Sweden Affected by Climate Change or Land-use Change, 2010.
- 2001.09 - 2005.06, B.A. in Environmental Engineering, Nanjing University, China
Job
- 2005.07-2008.07, Environmental Engineer, Nanjing University Environmental Coopration
Research interests
- Arctic vegetation greening and browning and their feedbacks on Earth system
- Permafrost dynamics and their impacts on terrestiral carbon and water cycle
- Agriculture management, soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions
- Model-data fusion using multi-source Earth observations
- Arctic plant dynamics and its interaction with soil and mycorrizal fungi
- Arctic lake modelling
- Peatland and global methane budget
- Climate extremes
- Hybrid modelling of physic-based model and deep-learning
Publications
Prior publications
Article
Bingqian Zhao, Wenxin Zhang, Peiyan Wang, Ludovica D'Imperio, Yijing Liu, Bo Elberling (2025) Predicting CO2 and CH4 fluxes and their seasonal variations in a subarctic wetland under two shared socioeconomic pathway climate scenarios Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110359)
Mirseid Akperov, Wenxin Zhang, Torben Koenigk, Alexey Eliseev, Vladimir A. Semenov, Igor I. Mokhov (2025) Projected changes in near-surface wind speed in the Arctic by a regional climate model Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.polar.2024.101162)
Peiyan Wang, Bingqian Zhao, Line Vinther Hansen, Wenxin Zhang, Louise Hindborg Mortensen, Andreas Brændholt, Sander Bruun, Per Lennart Ambus, Be Elberling (2025) Linking ecosystem CH4 fluxes to soil profile CH4 concentrations and oxidation rates: year-round measurements and drought effects in a Danish farmland Crossref. (doi: 10.22541/essoar.174000869.90234423/v1)
Mengge Lu, Huaiwei Sun, Yong Yang, Jie Xue, Hongbo Ling, Hong Zhang, Wenxin Zhang (2025) Assessing recovery time of ecosystems in China Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/hess-29-613-2025)
Hanna Marsh, Hongxiao Jin, Zheng Duan, Jutta Holst, Lars Eklundh, Wenxin Zhang (2025) Plant Phenology Index leveraging over conventional vegetation indices to establish a new remote sensing benchmark of GPP for northern ecosystems Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.104289)
Shuo Liu, Lina Che, Luhe Wan, Wenxin Zhang, Ji Chen (2025) Wetland types and soil properties shape microbial communities in permafrost-degraded swamps Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2024.108666)
Mousong Wu, Shengnan Zhu, Hongxing He, Xinyao Zhang, Chunyu Wang, Sien Li, Wenxin Zhang, Per Erik Jansson (2024) Modeling the recent drought and thinning impacts on energy, water and carbon fluxes in a boreal forest Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177187)
Cheng Li, Yunxin Zhang, Jingui Wang, Hao Feng, Renyou Zhang, Wenxin Zhang, Kadambot H.M. Siddique (2024) Considering water-temperature synergistic factors improves simulations of stomatal conductance models under plastic film mulching Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2024.109211)
Qing Zhu et al. (2024) Critical needs to close monitoring gaps in pan-tropical wetland CH4 emissions Lund University. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad8019)
Lei He et al. (2024) Asymmetric temperature effect on leaf senescence and its control on ecosystem productivity Crossref. (doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae477)
Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu et al. (2024) Comparison of observation- and inventory-based methane emissions for eight large global emitters Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/essd-16-4325-2024)
Yijing Liu, Wenxin Zhang, Birgitte Kortegaard Danielsen, Bo Elberling, Birger U. Hansen, Andreas Westergaard-Nielsen (2024) Snow redistribution decreases winter soil carbon loss in the Arctic dry heath tundra Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110158)
Xiaoxiao Li, Huaiwei Sun, Yong Yang, Xunlai Sun, Ming Xiong, Shuo Ouyang, Haichen Li, Hui Qin, Wenxin Zhang (2024) Different Vegetation Covers Leading to the Uncertainty and Consistency of ET Estimation: A Case Study Assessment with Extended Triple Collocation Crossref. (doi: 10.3390/rs16132484)
Mengge Lu, Huaiwei Sun, Lei Cheng, Siyue Li, Hui Qin, Shanzhen Yi, Hong Zhang, Wenxin Zhang (2024) Heterogeneity in vegetation recovery rates post-flash droughts across different ecosystems Lund University. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad5570)
Sheng Liu, Wenxin Zhang, Quanzhong Huang, Rong Wang, Guanhua Huang (2024) Assessment of irrigation and groundwater management strategies in cold arid areas with shallow groundwater tables using a coupled year-round agro-hydrological model Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.130858)
Shixiong Du et al. (2024) Evaluating the potential benefits of float solar photovoltaics through the water footprint recovery period Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141399)
Cheng Li, Jingui Wang, Yunxin Zhang, Hao Feng, Wenxin Zhang, Kadambot H.M. Siddique (2024) Response of plastic film mulched maize to soil and atmospheric water stresses in an arid irrigation area Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2024.127080)
Huaiwei Sun, Xunlai Sun, Jianing Chen, Xiaoya Deng, Yong Yang, Hui Qin, Fulong Chen, Wenxin Zhang (2023) Different types of meteorological drought and their impact on agriculture in Central China Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.130423)
Mirseid Akperov et al. (2023) Future projections of wind energy potentials in the arctic for the 21st century under the RCP8.5 scenario from regional climate models (Arctic-CORDEX) Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.ancene.2023.100402)
Xiuli Xing et al. (2023) Modeling China's terrestrial ecosystem gross primary productivity with BEPS model: Parameter sensitivity analysis and model calibration Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109789)
Jingwen Ni, Hongkai Gao, Yanhua Qin, Wenxin Zhang, Tianhao He, Leilei Yong, Zijing Feng (2023) 天山典型流域水文多要素模拟与气候变化影响预估 Lund University. (doi: 10.7522/j.issn.1000-0240.2023.0143)
Zhen Zhang et al. (2023) Characterizing Performance of Freshwater Wetland Methane Models Across Time Scales at FLUXNET-CH4 Sites Using Wavelet Analyses Lund University. (doi: 10.1029/2022JG007259)
Cuicui Mu et al. (2023) Ecosystem CO2 Exchange and Its Economic Implications in Northern Permafrost Regions in the 21st Century Crossref. (doi: 10.1029/2023GB007750)
Jie Zhang, Elisabeth Larsen Kolstad, Wenxin Zhang, Iris Vogeler, Søren O. Petersen (2023) Modeling coupled nitrification-denitrification in soil with an organic hotspot Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/bg-20-3895-2023)
Lei He et al. (2023) Non-symmetric responses of leaf onset date to natural warming and cooling in northern ecosystems Lund University. (doi: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad308)
Sebastian F. Zastruzny, Thomas Ingeman-Nielsen, Wenxin Zhang, Bo Elberling (2023) Accelerated permafrost thaw and increased drainage in the active layer Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2023.103899)
A. Ito et al. (2023) Cold‐Season Methane Fluxes Simulated by GCP‐CH4 Models Crossref. (doi: 10.1029/2023GL103037)
Luyang Wang, Qingbai Wu, Wenxin Zhang, Ziteng Fu, Siru Gao (2023) Aeolian sand cover affects the soil hydrothermal state and permafrost degradation on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116515)
Hanbo Yun, Qing Zhu, Jing Tang, Wenxin Zhang, Deliang Chen, Philippe Ciais, Qingbai Wu, Bo Elberling (2023) Warming, permafrost thaw and increased nitrogen availability as drivers for plant composition and growth across the Tibetan Plateau Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109041)
Xueying Li, Wenxin Zhang, Alex Vermeulen, Jianzhi Dong, Zheng Duan (2023) Triple collocation-based merging of multi-source gridded evapotranspiration data in the Nordic Region Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109451)
Sheng Liu, Quanzhong Huang, Wenxin Zhang, Dongyang Ren, Guanhua Huang (2023) Improving soil hydrological simulation under freeze–thaw conditions by considering soil deformation and its impact on soil hydrothermal properties Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129336)
Huaiwei Sun, Mengge Lu, Yong Yang, Jianing Chen, Jingfeng Wang, Dong Yan, Jie Xue, Wenxin Zhang (2023) Revisiting the role of transpiration in the variation of ecosystem water use efficiency in China Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2023.109344)
Cheng Li, Xiaoqi Luo, Yue Li, Naijiang Wang, Tibin Zhang, Qin’ge Dong, Hao Feng, Wenxin Zhang, Kadambot H.M. Siddique (2023) Ridge planting with transparent plastic mulching improves maize productivity by regulating the distribution and utilization of soil water, heat, and canopy radiation in arid irrigation area Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108230)
Haorui Chen et al. (2023) Forecasting the human and climate impacts on groundwater resources in the irrigated agricultural region of North China Plain Lund University. (doi: 10.1002/hyp.14853)
Guojie Hu et al. (2023) Water and heat coupling processes and its simulation in frozen soils Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2022.106844)
Sheng Liu, Quanzhong Huang, Wenxin Zhang, Dongyang Ren, Xu Xu, Yunwu Xiong, Guanhua Huang (2023) An improved estimation of soil water and salt dynamics by considering soil bulk density changes under freeze/thaw conditions in arid areas with shallow groundwater tables Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160342)
Ruiying Zhao, Wenxin Zhang, Zheng Duan, Songchao Chen, Zhou Shi (2023) An improved estimate of soil carbon pool and carbon fluxes in the Qinghai-Tibetan grasslands using data assimilation with an ecosystem biogeochemical model Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116283)
Danni Yang, Sien Li, Mousong Wu, Hanbo Yang, Wenxin Zhang, Ji Chen, Chunyu Wang, Siyu Huang, Ruoqing Zhang, Yunxuan Zhang (2023) Drip irrigation improves spring wheat water productivity by reducing leaf area while increasing yield Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.eja.2022.126710)
Cheng Li, Naijiang Wang, Xiaoqi Luo, Yue Li, Tibin Zhang, Dianyuan Ding, Qin'ge Dong, Hao Feng, Wenxin Zhang (2023) Introducing water factors improves simulations of maize stomatal conductance models under plastic film mulching in arid and semi-arid irrigation areas Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128908)
Chunyu Wang, Sien Li, Mousong Wu, Wenxin Zhang, Hongxing He, Danni Yang, Siyu Huang, Zhenyu Guo, Xiuli Xing (2023) Water use efficiency control for a maize field under mulched drip irrigation Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159457)
Chunyu Wang, Sien Li, Mousong Wu, Wenxin Zhang, Zhenyu Guo, Siyu Huang, Danni Yang (2023) Co-regulation of temperature and moisture in the irrigated agricultural ecosystem productivity Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.108016)
Wenxin Zhang et al. (2023) Convergence and divergence emerging in climatic controls of polynomial trends for northern ecosystem productivity over 2000–2018 Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162425)
Kuang Yu Chang et al. (2023) Observational constraints reduce model spread but not uncertainty in global wetland methane emission estimates Lund University. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.16755)
Huaiwei Sun, Yiwen Bai, Yong Yang, Mengge Lu, Dong Yan, Ye Tuo, Wenxin Zhang (2022) The altered drivers of evapotranspiration trends around the recent warming hiatus in China Crossref. (doi: 10.1002/joc.7732)
Chunyu Wang et al. (2022) Modelling water and energy fluxes with an explicit representation of irrigation under mulch in a maize field Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2022.109145)
Yong Yang, Huaiwei Sun, Modi Zhu, Jingfeng Wang, Wenxin Zhang (2022) An R package of maximum entropy production model to estimate 41 years of global evapotranspiration Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128639)
Xuejia Wang, Tinghai Ou, Wenxin Zhang, Youhua Ran (2022) An Overview of Vegetation Dynamics Revealed by Remote Sensing and Its Feedback to Regional and Global Climate Crossref. (doi: 10.3390/rs14205275)
Jie Zhang, Wenxin Zhang, Per Erik Jansson, Søren O. Petersen (2022) Modeling nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soil incubation experiments using CoupModel Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/bg-19-4811-2022)
Shixiong Du, Ruiying Wu, Huaiwei Sun, Dong Yan, Jie Xue, Weihong Liao, Ye Tuo, Wenxin Zhang (2022) Projection of Precipitation Extremes and Flood Risk in the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Lund University. (doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.887323)
Tonghua Wu et al. (2022) Storage, patterns, and environmental controls of soil organic carbon stocks in the permafrost regions of the Northern Hemisphere Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154464)
Dong Yan, Lin Chen, Huaiwei Sun, Weihong Liao, Haorui Chen, Guanghui Wei, Wenxin Zhang, Ye Tuo (2022) Allocation of ecological water rights considering ecological networks in arid watersheds Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107636)
Nitin Chaudhary, Wenxin Zhang, Shubhangi Lamba, Sebastian Westermann (2022) Modeling Pan‐Arctic Peatland Carbon Dynamics Under Alternative Warming Scenarios Crossref. (doi: 10.1029/2021GL095276)
Huaiwei Sun, Jianing Chen, Yong Yang, Dong Yan, Jie Xue, Jingfeng Wang, Wenxin Zhang (2022) Assessment of long-term water stress for ecosystems across China using the maximum entropy production theory-based evapotranspiration product Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131414)
Hanna Marsh, Wenxin Zhang (2022) Direct and Legacy Effects of Spring Temperature Anomalies on Seasonal Productivity in Northern Ecosystems Crossref. (doi: 10.3390/rs14092007)
Laura H. Rasmussen, Wenxin Zhang, Per Ambus, Per Erik Jansson, Barbara Kitzler, Bo Elberling (2022) Modelling impacts of lateral N flows and seasonal warming on an arctic footslope ecosystem N budget and N2O emissions based on species-level responses Lund University. (doi: 10.1007/s10533-022-00894-z)
Ziteng Fu, Qingbai Wu, Wenxin Zhang, Hailong He, Luyang Wang (2022) Water Migration and Segregated Ice Formation in Frozen Ground Lund University. (doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.826961)
Chunjing Qiu et al. (2022) A strong mitigation scenario maintains climate neutrality of northern peatlands Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.12.008)
Hanbo Yun et al. (2022) Warming and Increased Respiration Have Transformed an Alpine Steppe Ecosystem on the Tibetan Plateau From a Carbon Dioxide Sink Into a Source Crossref. (doi: 10.1029/2021JG006406)
Laura H. Rasmussen, Wenxin Zhang, Per Ambus, Anders Michelsen, Per Erik Jansson, Barbara Kitzler, Bo Elberling (2022) Nitrogen transport in a tundra landscape Lund University. (doi: 10.1007/s10533-021-00855-y)
Bingqian Zhao, Huaiwei Sun, Dong Yan, Guanghui Wei, Ye Tuo, Wenxin Zhang (2021) Quantifying changes and drivers of runoff in the Kaidu River Basin associated with plausible climate scenarios Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100968)
Shou-Ye Xue et al. (2021) Changes in different land cover areas and NDVI values in northern latitudes from 1982 to 2015 Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.accre.2021.04.003)
Mirseid Akperov, Wenxin Zhang, Paul A Miller, Igor I Mokhov, Vladimir A Semenov, Heidrun Matthes, Benjamin Smith, Annette Rinke (2021) Responses of Arctic cyclones to biogeophysical feedbacks under future warming scenarios in a regional Earth system model Crossref. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac0566)
Mousong Wu et al. (2021) Improved soil hydrological modeling with the implementation of salt-induced freezing point depression in CoupModel Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125693)
Hongkai Gao et al. (2021) Assessing glacier retreat and its impact on water resources in a headwater of Yangtze River based on CMIP6 projections Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142774)
Huaiwei Sun, Yiwen Bai, Mengge Lu, Jingfeng Wang, Ye Tuo, Dong Yan, Wenxin Zhang (2021) Drivers of the water use efficiency changes in China during 1982–2015 Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149145)
Mengge Lu, Huaiwei Sun, Dong Yan, Jie Xue, Shanzhen Yi, Dongwei Gui, Ye Tuo, Wenxin Zhang (2021) Projections of thermal growing season indices over China under global warming of 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146774)
Marielle Saunois et al. (2020) The Global Methane Budget 2000–2017 Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/essd-12-1561-2020)
W. Zhang, R. Döscher, T. Koenigk, P.A. Miller, C. Jansson, P. Samuelsson, M. Wu, B. Smith (2020) The Interplay of Recent Vegetation and Sea Ice Dynamics—Results From a Regional Earth System Model Over the Arctic Crossref. (doi: 10.1029/2019GL085982)
Christian G. Andresen et al. (2020) Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region-a model intercomparison Lund University. (doi: 10.5194/tc-14-445-2020)
Mousong Wu, Xiao Tan, Jingwei Wu, Jiesheng Huang, Per Erik Jansson, Wenxin Zhang (2020) Coupled water transport and heat flux in seasonally frozen soils Lund University. (doi: 10.1007/s12665-020-09262-2)
Wenxin Zhang, Per-Erik Jansson, Charlotte Sigsgaard, Alistair McConnell, Mathilde Manon Jammet, Andreas Westergaard-Nielsen, Magnus Lund, Thomas Friborg, Anders Michelsen, Bo Elberling (2019) Model-data fusion to assess year-round CO2 fluxes for an arctic heath ecosystem in West Greenland (69°N) Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.02.021)
Mousong Wu, Jingwei Wu, Xiao Tan, Jiesheng Huang, Per-Erik Jansson, Wenxin Zhang (2019) Simulation of dynamical interactions between soil freezing/thawing and salinization for improving water management in cold/arid agricultural region Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.12.022)
Aki Tsuruta et al. (2019) Methane budget estimates in Finland from the CarbonTracker Europe-CH4 data assimilation system Lund University. (doi: 10.1080/16000889.2018.1565030)
Mirseid Akperov et al. (2019) Future projections of cyclone activity in the Arctic for the 21st century from regional climate models (Arctic-CORDEX) Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103005)
Mousong Wu, Youhua Ran, Per Erik Jansson, Peng Chen, Xiao Tan, Wenxin Zhang (2019) Global parameters sensitivity analysis of modeling water, energy and carbon exchange of an arid agricultural ecosystem Lund University. (doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.03.007)
W. Zhang, P. A. Miller, C. Jansson, P. Samuelsson, J. Mao, B. Smith (2018) Self‐Amplifying Feedbacks Accelerate Greening and Warming of the Arctic Crossref. (doi: 10.1029/2018GL077830)
Wenxin Zhang, Per‐Erik Jansson, Guy Schurgers, Jørgen Hollesen, Magnus Lund, Jakob Abermann, Bo Elberling (2018) Process‐Oriented Modeling of a High Arctic Tundra Ecosystem: Long‐Term Carbon Budget and Ecosystem Responses to Interannual Variations of Climate Crossref. (doi: 10.1002/2017JG003956)
Wenxin Zhang, Per-Erik Jansson, Guy Schurgers, Jørgen Hollesen, Magnus Lund, Jakob Abermann, Bo Elberling (2018) Process‐Oriented Modeling of a High Arctic Tundra Ecosystem: Long‐Term Carbon Budget and Ecosystem Responses to Interannual Variations of Climate Lund University. (doi: 10.1002%2F2017JG003956)
(2018) Modelling present and future permafrost thermal regimes in Northeast Greenland Wenxin Zhang. (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coldregions.2017.10.011)
(2018) Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0612-5)
Petros Georgiadis, Anders Taeroe, Inge Stupak, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Wenxin Zhang, Rodrigo Pinheiro Bastos, Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen (2017) Fertilization effects on biomass production, nutrient leaching and budgets in four stand development stages of short rotation forest poplar Crossref. (doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.04.020)
(2017) Terrestrial ecosystem model performance in simulating productivity and its vulnerability to climate change in the northern permafrost region Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1002/2016JG003384)
(2016) Diagnostic and model dependent uncertainty \hack\newline of simulated Tibetan permafrost area Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/tc-10-287-2016)
(2016) Evaluation of air--soil temperature relationships simulated by land surface models during winter across the permafrost region Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/tc-10-1721-2016)
(2016) Simulated high-latitude soil thermal dynamics during \hack\newline the past 4 decades Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/tc-10-179-2016)
(2016) Variability in the sensitivity among model simulations of permafrost and carbon dynamics in the permafrost region between 1960 and 2009 Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1002/2016GB005405)
(2015) Assessment of model estimates of land-atmosphere CO$_2$ exchange across Northern Eurasia Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/bg-12-4385-2015)
(2015) Rising methane emissions from northern wetlands associated with sea ice decline Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1002/2015GL065013)
W. Zhang, C. Jansson, P. A. Miller, B. Smith, P. Samuelsson (2014) Biogeophysical feedbacks enhance Arctic terrestrial carbon sink in regional Earth system dynamics Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bgd-11-6715-2014)
W. Zhang, C. Jansson, P. A. Miller, B. Smith, P. Samuelsson (2014) Supplementary material to "Biogeophysical feedbacks enhance Arctic terrestrial carbon sink in regional Earth system dynamics" Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bgd-11-6715-2014-supplement)
(2014) Biogeophysical feedbacks enhance the Arctic terrestrial carbon sink in regional Earth system dynamics Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.5194/bg-11-5503-2014)
Wenxin Zhang, Paul A Miller, Benjamin Smith, Rita Wania, Torben Koenigk, Ralf Döscher (2013) Tundra shrubification and tree-line advance amplify arctic climate warming: results from an individual-based dynamic vegetation model Crossref. (doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034023)
() Cyclone Activity in the Arctic From an Ensemble of Regional Climate Models (Arctic CORDEX) Wenxin Zhang. (doi: 10.1002/2017JD027703)
Conference Proceedings
Mengge Lu, Huaiwei Sun, Hui Qin, Wenxin Zhang (2024) Understanding Flash Drought Dynamics Lund University. (doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/1429/1/012010)
M. Akperov et al. (2019) Trends of intense cyclone activity in the Arctic from reanalyses data and regional climate models (Arctic-CORDEX) Lund University. (doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/231/1/012003)
Wenxin Zhang, C. Jansson, Paul A. Miller, Benjamin Smith, P. Samuelsson (2014) Severity of climate change dictates the direction of biophysical feedbacks of vegetation change to Arctic climate - results from the coupled regional climate-vegetation model CMIP5 simulations Lund University.
Other
Xiaodong Wu, Wenxin Zhang, Cuicui Mu (2022) Editorial Permafrost degradation affects hydrology, ecology, and carbon cycle Lund University. (doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.1053941)
Nitin Chaudhary, Wenxin Zhang, Shubhangi Lamba, Sebastian Westermann (2021) Peatland carbon dynamics in distinctively warmer world Crossref. (doi: 10.1002/essoar.10507599.1)
Wenxin Zhang (2018) Responses to the reviewer Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bg-2017-382-AC1)
Wenxin Zhang (2018) Responses to the reviewer Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bg-2017-382-AC2)
Wenxin Zhang, Per-Erik Jansson, Bo Elberling (2017) Diurnal, seasonal and long-term behaviour of high arctic tundra-heath ecosystem dynamics inferred from model ensembles constrained by time-integrated CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bg-2017-382)
Wenxin Zhang, Per-Erik Jansson, Bo Elberling (2017) Supplementary material to "Diurnal, seasonal and long-term behaviour of high arctic tundra-heath ecosystem dynamics inferred from model ensembles constrained by time-integrated CO<sub>2</sub> fluxes" Crossref. (doi: 10.5194/bg-2017-382-supplement)
Thesis
Wenxin Zhang (2015) The role of biogeophysical feedbacks and their impacts in the arctic and boreal climate system Lund University. ISBN 978-91-85793-45-7
Grants
I have secured grants over 1.045 million £ before 2025.
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No |
Project Title |
Funding sources |
K £ |
Period |
Role |
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1 |
Modellering av arktisk buskning och framsteg i trädgränserna som redogör för interaktioner mellan växt-mykorrhiza och jord |
Crafoord |
38 |
2023 |
PI |
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2 |
Mycorrhizal fungi-mediated feedbacks to Arctic climate change |
BECC |
77 |
2023 |
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3 |
Fusing ecosystem models with multi-scale measurements to improve agricultural prediction of yields, soil carbon turnover, and greenhouse gas emissions |
BECC |
29 |
2023 |
PI |
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4 |
Modelling carbon fluxes and biophysical feedback for global semi-arid ecosystems |
MERGE |
19 |
2023 |
PI |
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5 |
Modelling root dynamics in arctic tundra ecosystems and quantifying impacts of vegetation-induced feedback to the regional and global climate system |
VR starting grant |
303 |
2021-2025 |
PI |
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6 |
To resolve the complexity of Arctic greening trends and quantify vegetation feedbacks using satellite observations, ground-based measurements and Earth system models |
SNSA |
257 |
2020-2022 |
PI |
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7 |
Modelling evapotranspiration of cropland ecosystems and responses of water use efficiency to water conservation scenarios |
STINT |
42 |
2020-2022 |
PI |
|
8 |
Quantifying short- and long-term root responses to snow addition and summer warming in arctic dry and wet tundra ecosystems |
BECC |
77 |
2022 |
PI |
|
9 |
Is the “4 per 1000” initiative achievable? Implications of soil carbon management in the large scale modelling |
MERGE |
19 |
2019-2020 |
PI |
|
10 |
Methane exchange in alpine ecosystems of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and its response to future climate (CMIP6) |
SKLFSE |
8 |
2019-2020 |
PI |
|
11 |
Microbe Management: Optimizing soil carbon sequestration and fertility for sustainable agriculture |
FORMAS |
38 |
2023-2027 |
Co-PI |
|
12 |
Quantification of peatland-mediated feedbacks to the climate system |
FORMAS |
38 |
2021-2024 |
Co-PI |
|
13 |
Integration of satellite remote sensing and crop modelling for improved assessment of climate change impacts on crop yields in Sweden |
FORMAS |
38 |
2021-2024 |
Co-PI |
|
14 |
Monitoring dynamics of glacier-fed lakes on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau using multi-source satellite data |
STINT |
46 |
2020-2022 |
Co-PI |
|
15 |
Sustainable forest management adapted to future extreme weather in Northern-Europe based on linking local and regional models |
MERGE |
8 |
2024-2025 |
Co-PI |
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16 |
Changes in Arctic terrestrial vegetation and permafrost environment and their feedback to climate |
NSFC |
8 |
2020-2023 |
Co-PI |
Supervision
Future supervison:
- Visiting PhD students: Yanwen Zhang (2025, Peking University)
- Visiting Msc student: Qi Wang (2025, Lanzhou University)
- One fully-funded PhD position is open for the project "A digital twin of Arctic permafrost ecosystems accounting for abrupt permafrost thaw and their impacts on ecosystem dynamics"
Besides, I am happy for supervising the students who plan to apply for the following scholarships:
for mentoring the Postdoc fellows who plan to apply for the following fellowship:
- EPSRC Fellowships
- The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships
- Newton International Fellowships
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions - Research Fellowship
- Sino-British fellowship Trust
- CSC postdoc fellowship
Past supervision
LU: Lund University; GU: University of Gothenburg; KU: University of Copenhagen; AU: Aarhus University; *:main supervisor/project PI
PhD students:
- Jiahui Lin* (2024-2028, LU)
- Hanna Marsh* (2021-2024, LU)
- Kimberly Montañez-Medina* (2023-quit, LU)
- Zhicong Xie (2024-2028, GU)
- Rzepczynska, Agnieszka (2022-2026, LU)
- Xueying Li (2021-2024, LU)
- Bingqian Zhao (2023-2025, KU)
- Hanbo Yun (2020-2022, KU)
- Jie Zhang (2021-2023, AU）
Visiting PhD students:
- Jianting Zhao (2024, LU)
- Mengge Lu (2024, LU)
- Xiaoxiao Mo (2024, LU)
- Cheng Li (2022, LU)
- Sheng Liu (2022, LU)
- Ruiying Zhao (2021, LU)
Msc students:
- Tobias Meyer (2024, LU)
- Agnes Pierre (2024, LU)
- Kimberly Montañez-Medina (2023, LU)
- Zhicong, Xie (2023, LU)
- Hanna Marsh (2021, LU)
- Laura Helene Rasmussen (2017, KU)
- Marianna D'Amico (2017, KU)
- Zhanzhang Cai (2014, LU)
Teaching
Future teaching:
- Ecosystem modelling (Preparation)
- Global Ecosystem Dynamics (Preparation)
Previous teaching:
PhD courses:
- Ecosystem modelling with LPJ-GUESS (2024), Lund University
- The Arctic in a changing climate (2019, 2022), University of Gothenburg
Master courses:
- Computational Science: Modelling in Computational Science (2023, 2024)
- Climate Change and its Impacts on the Environment (2018-2024)
- Global Ecosystem Dynamics (2018-2024)
- GIS and climate change (2019-2024)
- Ecosystem Modelling (2013-2015)
- Introduction to GIS (2014)
Bachelor courses:
- Theory and Method of Physical Geography (2023)
Professional activities & recognition
Prizes, awards & distinctions
- 2023: (The County Governor Per Westling’s Memorial Grant)
- 2023: (The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography Scholarship)
- 2015: (COMPUTE the best poster award (Lund University))
- 2014: (COMPUTE Travel Grant (Lund University))
- 2013: (Carl Swartz Minnesfond Grant)
- 2013: (The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (ECOST) research grant)
Editorial boards
- 2025: Journal of Plant Ecology
- 2020: Frontiers in Environmental Science
Professional & learned societies
- , American Geophysical Union
- , European Geosciences Union
- , Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography
Selected international presentations
- 2024: AGU (Washington, D.C., US)
- 2024: ICOP2024 (Yukon, Canada)
- 2024: 2nd Swedish Climate Symposium (Norrköping, Sweden)
- 2023: China-US-Europe joint workshop on “Carbon Cycle in the Climate-vulnerable Regions: Modelling and Observations”, (Nanjing, China)
- 2022: 1st Swedish Climate Symposium (Norrköping, Sweden)
- 2020: AGU (San Francisco, US)
- 2017: Arctic Terrestrial Modelling Workshop (Oxford, UK)
- 2017: 5th iLEAPS Science Conference (Oxford, UK)
- 2014: The international REKLIM conference “Our Climate – Our Future, Regional perspectives on a global challenge” (Berlin, Germany)
- 2014: EGU (Vienna, Austria)
- 2013: 9th International Carbon Dioxide Conference (Beijing, China)
Supplementary
- [1] Principal Investigator in the Swedish Strategic Research Area (SRA) for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate (BECC) and Affiliated researcher in the SRA for ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system (MERGE) [2] Topic/Guest editors for the following peer-reviewed scientific Journals: Remote Sensing (IF: 4.85); Frontiers in Environmental Science (4.24), Frontiers in Earth Science (IF: 3.23), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (IF: 3.01) and Atmosphere (IF: 2.69) [3] Invited Expert Review of the Second Order Draft of the Working Group I and II contribution to the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report [4] Invited reviewer for grant proposals from the Natural Environmental Research Council, UK, 2020 and 2022; ERC starting grant [5] Reviewers for more than 15 journals, e.g., Nature Geoscience, Remote Sensing of the Environment, Global Change Biology, Earth System Science Data, Hydrological Processes, Biogeosciences, Journal of Advances in Modelling Earth systems, Science of the Total Environment, The Cryosphere, Geoderma, Journal of Climate, Earth System dynamics, Journal of Hydrology, Agricultural Forest and Meteorology, Geophysical Research letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, Catena. [6] 2021 to present, Master thesis supervisor and examiner committee at Lund University [7] 2009, Junior Rapporteur, Stockholm WorldWaterWeek
Additional information
The first-author or the corresponding author (*) publications
[1] Yang, Y., Sun, H.*, Wang, J., Zhang, W.*, Zhao, G., Wang, W., Cheng, L., Chen, L., Qin, H., and Cai, Z. (2025). Global ocean surface heat fluxes revisited: A new dataset from maximum entropy production framework with heat storage and Bowen ratio optimizations, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, (Accepted).
[2] Zhao, B., Zhang, W.*, Wang, P., D'Imperio, L., Liu, Y., & Elberling, B. (2025). Predicting CO2 and CH4 fluxes and their seasonal variations in a subarctic wetland under two shared socioeconomic pathway climate scenarios. Agric. For. Meteorol., 362, 110359.
[3] Marsh, H., Jin, H., Duan, Z., Holst, J., Eklundh, L., & Zhang, W.* (2025). Plant Phenology Index leveraging over conventional vegetation indices to establish a new remote sensing benchmark of GPP for northern ecosystems. Int. J. Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinf., 136, 104289.
[4] Lu, M., Sun, H.*, Cheng, L., Li, S., Qin, H., Yi, S., ... & Zhang, W.* (2024). Heterogeneity in vegetation recovery rates post-flash droughts across different ecosystems. Environ. Res. Lett., 19(7), 074028.
[5] Zhang, W.*, Jin, H., Jamali, S., Duan, Z., Wu, M., Ran, Y., ... & Xiao, J. (2023). Convergence and divergence emerging in climatic controls of polynomial trends for northern ecosystem productivity over 2000–2018. Sci. Total Env., 874, 162425.
[6] Chen, H., Wu, M.*, Duan, Z., Zha, Y., Wang, S., Yang, L., ... & Zhang, W.* (2023). Forecasting the human and climate impacts on groundwater resources in the irrigated agricultural region of North China Plain. Hydrological Processes, 37(3), e14853.
[7] Marsh, H., & Zhang, W.* (2022). Direct and Legacy Effects of Spring Temperature Anomalies on Seasonal Productivity in Northern Ecosystems. Remote Sens. 14, 2007.
[8] Sun, H., Bai, Y., Yang, Y., Lu, M., Yan, D., Tuo, Y., & Zhang, W.* (2022). The altered drivers of evapotranspiration trends around the recent warming hiatus in China. Int. J. Climatol., 42 (16), 8405– 8422.
[9] Zhao, B., Sun, H.*, Yan, D., Wei, G., Tuo, Y. & Zhang, W.* (2021). Quantifying changes and drivers of runoff in the Kaidu River Basin associated with plausible climate scenarios, J. Hydrol. Reg. Stud., 38, 10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100968968.
[10] Wu, M., Zhao, Q., Jansson, P.-E., Wu, J.*, Tan, X., Duan Z., Wang, K., Cheng, P., Zheng, M., Huang, J. & Zhang, W.* (2021). Improved soil hydrological modelling with the implementation of salt-induced freezing point depression in CoupModel: Model calibration and validation. J. Hydrol., 125693.
[11] Akperov, M., Zhang, W.*, Miller P. A., Mokhov, I. I., Semenov, V. A., Matthes, H., Smith, B. & Rinke, A. (2021). Responses of Arctic cyclones to biogeophysical feedbacks under future warming scenarios in a regional Earth system model. Environ. Res. Lett., 16, 064076.
[12] Zhang, W.*, Döscher, R., Koenigk, T., Miller, P. A., Jansson, C., Samuelsson, P., ... & Smith, B. (2020). The interplay of recent vegetation and sea ice dynamics—results from a regional Earth system model over the Arctic. Geophys. Res. Lett, 47(6), e2019GL085982.
[13] Wu, M., Ran, Y.*, Jansson, P-E., Chen, P., Tan, X. & Zhang, W.* (2019). Global parameters sensitivity analysis of modelling water, energy and carbon exchange of an arid agricultural ecosystem, Agric. For. Meteorol., 271, 295-306.
[14] Zhang, W.*, Jansson, P-E., Sigsgaarda, C., McConnella, A., Jammeta, M. M., Westergaard-Nielsena, A., Lund, M., Friborg, T., Michelsen, A. & Elberling, B. (2019). Model-data fusion to assess year-round CO2 fluxes for an arctic heath ecosystem in West Greenland (69 °N). Agric. For. Meteorol., 272, 176-186.
[15] Zhang, W., Jansson, P-E., Schurgers, G., Hollesen, J., Lund, M., Abermann, J., & Elberling, B. (2018). Process-oriented modeling of a high arctic tundra ecosystem: long‐term carbon budget and ecosystem responses to interannual variations of climate, J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci., 123, 4, 1178–1196.
[16] Zhang, W.*, Miller, P. A., Jansson, C., Samuelsson, P., Mao, J., & Smith, B. (2018). Self‐amplifying feedbacks accelerate greening and warming of the arctic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45(14), 7102-7111.
[17] Wu, M., Wu, J.*, Tan, X., Huang, J., Jansson, P. E., & Zhang, W.* (2019). Simulation of dynamical interactions between soil freezing/thawing and salinization for improving water management in cold/arid agricultural region. Geoderma, 338, 325-342.
[18] Wu, M., Ran, Y.*, Jansson, P. E., Chen, P., Tan, X., & Zhang, W.* (2019). Global parameters sensitivity analysis of modeling water, energy and carbon exchange of an arid agricultural ecosystem. Agric. For. Meteorol., 271, 295-306.
[19] Zhang, W.*, Jansson, C., Miller, P. A., Smith, B., & Samuelsson, P. (2014). Biogeophysical feedbacks enhance the Arctic terrestrial carbon sink in regional Earth system dynamics. Biogeosciences, 11(19), 5503-5519.
[20] Zhang, W.*, Miller, P. A., Smith, B., Wania, R., Koenigk, T., & Döscher, R. (2013). Tundra shrubification and tree-line advance amplify arctic climate warming: results from an individual-based dynamic vegetation model., Environ. Res. Lett., 8(3), 034023.
Collaboration paper with high impact or high citations
Saunois, M., Martinez, A., Poulter, B., Zhang, Z., Raymond, P., Regnier, P., ...Zhang, W., ... & Zhuang, Q. (2024). Global methane budget 2000–2020. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 2024, 1-147.
Saunois, M., Stavert, A. R., Poulter, B., Bousquet, P., Canadell, J. G., Jackson, R. B., ... Zhang, W., ... & Zhuang, Q. (2019). The global methane budget 2000–2017. Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 2019, 1-136. (Citations: 2130; IPCC 6th report has cited its results)
Metcalfe, D. B., Hermans, T. D., Ahlstrand, J., Becker, M., Berggren, M., Björk, R. G., ...Zhang, W..., & Abdi, A. M. (2018). Patchy field sampling biases understanding of climate change impacts across the Arctic. Nature ecology & evolution, 2(9), 1443-1448. (Citations:156)
Andresen, C. G., Lawrence, D. M., Wilson, C. J., McGuire, A. D., Koven, C., Schaefer, K., ... & Zhang, W. (2020). Soil moisture and hydrology projections of the permafrost region–a model intercomparison. The Cryosphere, 14(2), 445-459. (Citations: 152)
McGuire, A. D., Koven, C., Lawrence, D. M., Clein, J. S., Xia, J., Beer, C., ... Zhang, W., ... & Zhuang, Q. (2016). Variability in the sensitivity among model simulations of permafrost and carbon dynamics in the permafrost region between 1960 and 2009. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30(7), 1015-1037. (Citations: 150)
