Research Summary
The Li Reactive Water group is interested in questions regarding how the structure of Critical Zone—Earth’s living skin from the tree tops to the bottom of groundwater (the zone that supports life)—regulates its functioning and response to climate change and human perturbations. We are particularly interested in the interactions of water with soils, rocks, roots, and microbes along its flow paths to rivers and streams and how such interactions regulate water quantity, chemistry, and quality.
Research group: https://lireactivewater.wixsite.com/group
Twitter: @LiReactiveWater
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Recent Publications
Leveraging Groundwater Dynamics to Improve Predictions of Summer Low-Flow Discharges
Johnson, K., Harpold, A., Carroll, R. W. H., Barnard, H., Raleigh, M. S., Segura, C., Li, L., Williams, K. H., Dong, W. & Sullivan, P. L., Aug 2023, In: Water Resources Research. 59, 8, e2023WR035126.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
High Dissolved Carbon Concentration in Arid Rocky Mountain Streams
Kerins, D. & Li, L., Mar 21 2023, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 57, 11, p. 4656-4667 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Is macroporosity controlled by complexed clay and soil organic carbon?
Koop, A. N., Hirmas, D. R., Billings, S. A., Li, L., Cueva, A., Zhang, X., Wen, H., Nemes, A., Souza, L. F. T., Ajami, H., Flores, A. N., Rudick, A. K., Guthrie, A., Klamm, L. M., Unruh, M. & Sullivan, P. L., Sep 2023, In: Geoderma. 437, 116565.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The recovery of river chemistry from acid rain in the Mississippi River basin amid intensifying anthropogenic activities and climate change
Kozar, D., Dong, X. & Li, L., Nov 1 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 897, 165311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Agricultural nitrate export patterns shaped by crop rotation and tile drainage
Ma, Z., Guan, K., Peng, B., Sivapalan, M., Li, L., Pan, M., Zhou, W., Warner, R. & Zhang, J., Feb 1 2023, In: Water Research. 229, 119468.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Disentangling the responses of dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations to overlapping drivers in a northeastern United States forested watershed
Ruckhaus, M., Seybold, E. C., Underwood, K. L., Stewart, B., Kincaid, D. W., Shanley, J. B., Li, L. & Perdrial, J. N., 2023, In: Frontiers in Water. 5, 1065300.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A deep learning-based novel approach to generate continuous daily stream nitrate concentration for nitrate data-sparse watersheds
Saha, G. K., Rahmani, F., Shen, C., Li, L. & Cibin, R., Jun 20 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 878, 162930.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Differentiable modelling to unify machine learning and physical models for geosciences
Shen, C., Appling, A. P., Gentine, P., Bandai, T., Gupta, H., Tartakovsky, A., Baity-Jesi, M., Fenicia, F., Kifer, D., Li, L., Liu, X., Ren, W., Zheng, Y., Harman, C. J., Clark, M., Farthing, M., Feng, D., Kumar, P., Aboelyazeed, D., Rahmani, F., & 11 others, Aug 2023, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 4, 8, p. 552-567 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Root distributions, precipitation, and soil structure converge to govern soil organic carbon depth distributions
Souza, L. F. T., Hirmas, D. R., Sullivan, P. L., Reuman, D. C., Kirk, M. F., Li, L., Ajami, H., Wen, H., Sarto, M. V. M., Loecke, T. D., Rudick, A. K., Rice, C. W. & Billings, S. A., Sep 2023, In: Geoderma. 437, 116569.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Machine-Learning Reveals Equifinality in Drivers of Stream DOC Concentration at Continental Scales
Underwood, K. L., Rizzo, D. M., Hanley, J. P., Sterle, G., Harpold, A., Adler, T., Li, L., Wen, H. & Perdrial, J. N., Mar 2023, In: Water Resources Research. 59, 3, e2021WR030551.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bridging environmental geochemistry and hydrology
Deng, H., Li, L., Kim, J. J., Ling, F. T., Beckingham, L. E. & Wammer, K. H., Oct 2022, In: Journal of Hydrology. 613, 128448.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Hydrologic connectivity and source heterogeneity control concentration–discharge relationships
Knapp, J. L. A., Li, L. & Musolff, A., Sep 2022, In: Hydrological Processes. 36, 9, e14683.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Climate Controls on River Chemistry
Li, L., Stewart, B., Zhi, W., Sadayappan, K., Ramesh, S., Kerins, D., Sterle, G., Harpold, A. & Perdrial, J., Jun 2022, In: Earth's Future. 10, 6, e2021EF002603.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nitrate concentrations predominantly driven by human, climate, and soil properties in US rivers
Sadayappan, K., Kerins, D., Shen, C. & Li, L., Nov 1 2022, In: Water Research. 226, 119295.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Guidelines for Publicly Archiving Terrestrial Model Data to Enhance Usability, Intercomparison, and Synthesis
Simmonds, M. B., Riley, W. J., Agarwal, D. A., Chen, X., Cholia, S., Crystal-Ornelas, R., Coon, E. T., Dwivedi, D., Hendrix, V. C., Huang, M., Jan, A., Kakalia, Z., Kumar, J., Koven, C. D., Li, L., Melara, M., Ramakrishnan, L., Ricciuto, D. M., Walker, A. P., Zhi, W., & 2 others, 2022, In: Data Science Journal. 21, 1, 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review