About Minchao's Work
I am a climatologist working on terrestrial ecosystem modelling and climate modelling. I develop and apply numerical land surface models with in-situ measurements and Big Data. I am currently working on improving LPJ-GUESS’s ability to simulate vegetation response to climate extremes with a focus on sub-seasonal scales. The improved model will be applied to answer the research questions related to the following aspects:
Vegetation responses to climate extremes, and its legacy effects
Vegetation feedback through soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
Vegetation dynamics, biodiversity, and global carbon cycle
Ecosystem modelling and climate modelling
Scale dependencies in Earth system modelling