1. Fuqiang Tian, Jing Wei, Melissa Haeffner, Heidi Kreibich. Coevolution and Prediction of Coupled Human-Water Systems. Elsevier, 2025.
2. Khosro Morovati; G. Mathias Kondolf; Yadu Pokhrel; Fuqiang Tian*; Saving Mekong River's ecosystem integrity before delta sinks, Science Bulletin, 2026.
3. Zhang, Keer; Zhao, Zilong; Tian, Fuqiang*; Mitigating the impact of increased drought‑flood abrupt alternation events under climate change: the role of reservoirs in the Lancang‑Mekong River Basin, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2026, 30(3): 671-691.
4. Nan, Yi; Tian, Fuqiang*; McDonnell, Jeffrey; Ni, Guangheng; Tian, Lide; Li, Zongxing; Yan, Denghua; Xia, Xinghui; Wang, Ting; Han, Songjun; Li, Kunbiao; Glacier meltwater has limited contributions to the total runoff in the major rivers draining the Tibetan Plateau, Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 2025, 8(1): 1-9.
5. Li Zixi; Li Ruidong; Zhang Zhiyuan; Tian Fuqiang*; Flood mapping in SAR images via threshold segmentation with hydrological‑hydrodynamic modeling, Journal of Hydrology, 2025.
6. Cui, Zhen; Tian, Fuqiang*; Zhao, Zilong; Xu, Zitong; Duan, Yongjie; Wen, Jie; Khan, Mohd Yawar Ali; Bimodal hydrographs in a semi-humid forested watershed: characteristics and occurrence conditions, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2024, 28(15): 3613-3632.
7. Nan, Yi; Tian, Fuqiang*; Li, Zongxing; Model Diagnostic Analysis in a Cold Basin Influenced by Frozen Soils With the Aid of Stable Isotope, Water Resources Research, 2024, 60(6).
8. Tian, Fuqiang*; Xu, Zitong; Streamflow diurnal fluctuation and driving mechanism of headwater stream in a semi-humid mountainous region, Journal of Hydrology, 2024, 641(2024).
9. Tong Cui; Yukun Li; Long Yang; Yi Nan; Kunbiao Li; Mahmut Tudaji; Hongchang Hu; Di Long; Muhammad Shahid; Ammara Mubeen; Zhihua He; Bin Yong; Hui Lu; Chao Li; Guangheng Ni; Chunhong Hu; Fuqiang Tian*; Non-monotonic changes in Asian Water Towers' streamflow at increasing warming levels, Nature Communications, 2023, 14(1): 1-9.
10. Nan, Yi; Tian, Lide; He, Zhihua; Tian, Fuqiang*; Shao, Lili; The value of water isotope data on improving process understanding in a glacierized catchment on the Tibetan Plateau, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2021, 25(6): 3653-3673.
11. Li, Kunbiao; Tian, Fuqiang*; Khan, Mohd Yawar Ali; Xu, Ran; He, Zhihua; Yang, Long; Lu, Hui; Ma, Yingzhao; A high-accuracy rainfall dataset by merging multiple satellites and dense gauges over the southern Tibetan Plateau for 2014-2019 warm seasons, Earth System Science Data, 2021, 13(11): 5455-5467.
12. Yang, L., Yang, Y., Villarini, G., Li, X., Hu, H., Wang, L., ... Tian, F. (2021). Climate More Important for Chinese Flood Changes Than Reservoirs and Land Use. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(11).
13. Lu, Y., Tian, F., Guo, L., Borzi, I., Patil, R., Wei, J., ... Sivapalan, M. (2021). Socio-hydrologic modeling of the dynamics of cooperation in the transboundary Lancang-Mekong River. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(4), 1883-1903.
14. Wei, J., Wei, Y., Tian, F., Nott, N., De Witt, C., Guo, L., & Lu, Y. (2021). News media coverage of conflict and cooperation dynamics of water events in the Lancang-Mekong River basin. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(3), 1603-1615.
15. Wang L., Han S., Tian, F. (2020). Comparison of formulating apparent potential evaporation with pan measurements and Penman methods, Journal of Hydrology, 592,125816.
16. Wang L., Tian, F., Han S., Wei Z. (2020). Determinants of the asymmetric parameter in the generalized complementary principle of evaporation, Water Resources Research, 56, e2019WR026570.
17. Do, P., Tian, F., Zhu, T., Zohidov, B., Ni, G., Lu, H., & Liu, H. (2020). Exploring synergies in the water-food-energy nexus by using an integrated hydro-economic optimization model for the Lancang-Mekong River basin. Science of The Total Environment, 137996.
18. Tian, F., Lu, Y., Hu, H., Kinzelbach, W., & Sivapalan, M. (2019). Dynamics and driving mechanisms of asymmetric human water consumption during alternating wet and dry periods. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 64(5), 507-524.
19. Baldassarre, G. D., Sivapalan, M., Rusca, M., Cudennec, C., Garcia, M., Kreibich, H., ... Tian, F., et al. (2019). Sociohydrology: scientific challenges in addressing the sustainable development goals. Water Resources Research, 55.
20. Xu, R., Hu, H., Tian, F., Li, C., & Khan, M. Y. A. (2019). Projected climate change impacts on future streamflow of the Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River. Global and Planetary Change.
21. Han, S., & Tian, F. (2018). Derivation of a sigmoid generalized complementary function for evaporation with physical constraints. Water Resources Research, 54, 5050-5068.
22. Tie Q., Hu H., Tian F., Holbrook N. M. (2018). Comparing different methods for determining forest evapotranspiration and its components at multiple temporal scales. Science of the Total Environment, 633, 12-29.
23. Tian F., Hou S., Yang L., Hu H., Hou A. (2018). How Does the Evaluation of the GPM IMERG Rainfall Product Depend on Gauge Density and Rainfall Intensity? Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(2):339-349.
24. Xu, R., Tian, F., Yang, L., Hu, H., Lu, H., & Hou, A. (2017). Ground validation of GPM IMERG and TRMM 3B42V7 rainfall products over southern Tibetan Plateau based on a high‑density rain gauge network. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 122(2), 910-924.
25. Tie Q., Hu H., Tian F. (2017). Environmental and physiological controls on sap flow in a subhumid mountainous catchment in North China, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 240, 46-57.
26. Zhong, Y., Tian, F., Hu, H., Grey, D., & Gilmont, M. (2016). Rivers and reciprocity: Perceptions and policy on international watercourses. Water Policy, 18(4), 803-825.
27. He, Z., Tian, F., Gupta, H., Hu, H., & Hu, H. (2015). Diagnostic calibration of a hydrological model in a mountain area by hydrograph partitioning. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19(4), 1807-1826.
28. Liu, D., Tian, F., Lin, M., & Sivapalan, M. (2015). A conceptual socio-hydrological model of the co-evolution of humans and water: Case study of the Tarim River basin, western China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19(2), 1035-1054.
29. He, Z., Parajka, J., Tian, F., & Bloeschl, G. (2014). Estimating degree-day factors from MODIS for snowmelt runoff modeling. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(12), 4773-4789.
30. Zhang, Z., Hu, H., Tian, F., Yao, X., & Sivapalan, M. (2014). Groundwater Dynamics under Water Saving Irrigation and Implications for Sustainable Water Management in an Oasis: Tarim River Basin of Western China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 11(2), 1777-1820.
31. Liu, Y., Tian, F., Hu, H., & Sivapalan, M. (2014). Socio-hydrologic perspectives of the co-evolution of humans and water in the Tarim River basin, Western China: The Taiji-Tire model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(4), 1289-1303.
32. Yang, L., Tian, F., Smith, J., & Hu, H. (2014). Urban signatures in the spatial clustering of summer heavy rainfall events over the Beijing metropolitan region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 119(3), 1203-1217.
33. Zhang Z., Tian F., Hu H., and Yang P. (2014). A comparison of methods for determining field evapotranspiration: photosynthesis system, sap flow, and eddy covariance. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18, 1053-1072.
34. Sun Y., Tian F., Hu H., Yang L. (2014). Exploring the spatial variability of contributions from climate variation and change in catchment properties to streamflow decrease in a mesoscale basin by three different methods, Journal of Hydrology, 508, 170-180.
35. Liu, H., Tian, F., Hu, H., Hu, H., & Sivapalan, M. (2013). Soil moisture controls on patterns of grass green-up in Inner Mongolia: An index based approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17(2), 805-815.
36. Liu D., Tian F., Hu H., Hu H. (2012). The role of run-on for overland flow and characteristics of runoff generation in Loess Plateau, China. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 57(6):1-11.
37. Liu D., Tian F., Hu H., Lin M., Cong Z. (2012). Ecohydrological evolution model on riparian vegetation in hyper-arid regions and its validation in the lower reach of Tarim River. Hydrological Processes, 26:2049-2060.
38. Tian F., Li H., Sivapalan M. (2012). Model diagnostic analysis of seasonal switching of runoff generation mechanisms in the Blue River basin, Oklahoma. Journal of Hydrology, 418-419, 136-149.
39. Zhou M., Tian F., Lall U., Hu H. (2011). Insights from a joint analysis of Indian and Chinese monsoon rainfall data. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15, 2709-2715.
40. Mou L., Tian F., Hu H., Sivapalan M. (2008). Extension of the Representative Elementary Watershed approach for cold regions: constitutive relationships and an application. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 12:565-585.
41. Tian F., Hu H., Lei Z., Sivapalan M. (2006). Extension of the Representative Elementary Watershed Approach for cold regions via explicit treatment of energy related processes. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 10:619-644.