Position:Associate professor
Degree: Doctor
Ren, X., Guo, Y., Li, Q., Zhou Z.*, Chen X., Liao, J. Integrating Hydrological and Economic Assessments of Soil Infiltration Enhancement for Urban Flood Resilience. Science of the Total Environment, 2025, 1000: 180383.
Zhuang, Q., Koukoula, M., Liu, S., Zhou, Z., Gao, L., & Peleg, N. Contradictory influences of urbanization on intense convective rainfall in a subtropical city, Environmental Research Letters, 2024, 19(10), 104020.
Ma, Q., Wang, J., Lei, N., Zhou, Z., Liu, S., Makhinov, A. N., & Makhinova, A. F. (2025). Nonstationary Streamflow Variability and Climate Drivers in the Amur and Yangtze River Basins: A Comparative Perspective Under Climate Change. Water, 17(15), 2339.
Zheng, W., Liu, S., Zhou, Z.*, Guo, Y. Uncertainty analysis for design rainfall estimation using peaks-over-threshold model and specially formulated pivotal quantities[J]. Journal of Hydrology, 2025, 132379.
Lei, N., L. Gao, S. Liu, and Z. Zhou*. The Spatiotemporal Clustering of Short-Duration Rainstorms in Shanghai City Using a Sub-Hourly Gauge Network[J]. Earth and Space Science, 2024, 11(3), e2023EA003442.
Liang, J., S. Liu, Z. Zhou*, G. Zhong, and Y. Zhen. Improving probabilistic streamflow predictions through a nonparametric residual error model[J]. Environmental Modelling & Software, 2024, 175, 105981.
Jin Y., Liu S., Zhou Z.*, Zhuang Q., Zhong G. Nonstationary Frequency Analysis of Extreme Rainfall in the Taihu Lake Basin, China[P], Engineering Proceedings. 2023; 39(1):45.
Lei N., Zhou Z.*, Zhuang Q., Chen W., Chalov S.R., Liu S., Gao L., Dong G. Performance Evaluation and Improvement of CMFD's Precipitation Products Over Shanghai City, China[J]. Earth and Space Science, 2023, 10(3): e2022EA002690.
Zhen, Y., Fang, Q., Liu, S., Zhou, Z.*, Zhong, G., Zhuang, Q., & Liang, J. Exploring the effect of building openings and orientation on induced loads due to extreme flood events[J]. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 2023, 121: 103933.
Zhuang Q., Zhou Z.*, Liu S., Wright D.B., Gao L. The evaluation and downscaling-calibration of IMERG precipitation products at sub-daily scales over a metropolitan region[J]. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 2023, e12902.
Zhuang Q., Liu S. Zhou Z., Lei N., Makhinov A. N., Makhinova A., Júnior A. J. T. Spatial Uncertainty of Extreme Rainfall Using the Gauge Network at Urban Catchment, The 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, Ottawa, Canada, June 2023
Zhuang, Q., Zhou Z*, Liu, S., et. al. Bivariate Rainfall Frequency Analysis in an Urban Watershed: Combining Copula Theory with Stochastic Storm Transposition[J]. Journal of Hydrology, 2022, 615: 128648.
Gu, J., Liu, S., Zhou, Z.*, Chalov, S. R., Zhuang, Q.. A Stacking Ensemble Learning Model for Monthly Rainfall Prediction in the Taihu Basin, China. Water, 2022, 14(3): 492.
Zhou, Z.*, Ren J., He, X., Liu, S. A comparative study of extensive machine learning models for predicting long‐term monthly rainfall with an ensemble of climatic and meteorological predictors. Hydrological processes, 2021;35:e14424.
Zhou, Z.*, Smith, J.A., Baeck, M.L., Wright, D.B., Smith, B.K., Liu S. The impact of the spatiotemporal structure of rainfall on flood frequency over a small urban watershed: an approach coupling stochastic storm transposition and hydrologic modeling. Hydrology and Earth System Science, 2021, 25(8): 4701-4717.
Zhuang, Q., Liu S., Zhou Z*. Spatial Heterogeneity Analysis of Short-Duration Extreme Rainfall Events in Megacities in China. Water, 2020, 12(12), 3364.
Hu, Z., Liu, S., Zhong, G., Lin, H., Zhou, Z. Modified Mann-Kendall trend test for hydrological time series under the scaling hypothesis and its application. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 2020,65(14): 2419-2438.
Zhou, Z. *, Wright, D.B., and Liu, S. Analysis of urban design storm based on stochastic storm transposition. Advances in water science, 2020, 31(4): 583-591.
Zhou, Z. *, Smith, J.A., Wright, D.B., Baeck, M.L., Yang, L., and Liu, S. Storm catalog-based analysis of rainfall heterogeneity and frequency in a complex terrain. Water Resources Research, 2018, 55(3), 1871-1889
Ten Veldhuis, M.-C.*, Zhou, Z.*, Yang, L., Liu, S., and Smith, J. The role of storm scale, position and movement in controlling urban flood response. Hydrology and Earth System Science, 2018, 22(1), 417-436.
Zhou, Z. *, Smith, J.A., Yang, L., Baeck, M.L., Chaney, M., Ten Veldhuis, M.C., Deng, H. and Liu, S. The complexities of urban flood response: Flood frequency analyses for the Charlotte Metropolitan Region. Water Resources Research, 2017, 53(8), 7401-7425
Zhou, Z., Liu, S., Hu, Y., Liang, Y., Lin, H. and Guo, Y. Analysis of precipitation extremes in the Taihu Basin of China based on the regional L-moment method. Hydrology Research, 2016, 48(2), 468-479
Zhou, Z., Liu, S., Zhong, G. and Cai, Y. Flood disaster and flood control measurements in Shanghai. Natural Hazards Review, 2017, 18(1), p.B5016001
Zhou, Z., Liu, S., Hua, H., Chen, C.S., Zhong, G., Lin, H. and Huang, C.W. Frequency analysis for predicting extreme precipitation in Changxing station of Taihu Basin, China. Journal of Coastal Research, 2014, 68(sp1), 144-151
Zhang, X., Hu Y., Liu, S., Zhong, G., Zhou, Z. A comparison of parameter estimation methods using typical precipitation data in palin river networks: case study in Taihu Basin, China. Proceedings of the 26th International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference. Rhodes, Greece, June 26-July1, 2016. ISOPE, 2016, 792-797.