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Biography
Dr. Jida Wang is a broadly-trained physical geographer and hydrologist. His work focuses on surface water abundance and dynamics, particularly in lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands. He studies how these water stores function as sentinels, regulators, and integrators of climate change, and how lakes of different types interact with the river systems, the cryosphere, the carbon cycle, and human water managements. He conducts such studies through applications and innovations of integrated methods, which combine multi-sensor satellite remote sensing, in situ measurements, hydrological modeling, and AI/ML.
Research Interests
Dr. Jida Wang is a broadly-trained physical geographer and hydrologist. His work focuses on surface water abundance and dynamics, particularly in lakes, reservoirs, and wetlands. He studies how these water stores function as sentinels, regulators, and integrators of climate change, and how lakes of different types interact with the river systems, the cryosphere, the carbon cycle, and human water managements. He conducts such studies through applications and innovations of integrated methods, which combine multi-sensor satellite remote sensing, in situ measurements, hydrological modeling, and AI/ML.
Education
Ph.D., Geography, 2013, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
M.S., Environmental Resources Engineering, 2008, State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF)
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Professor, Geography and Geographic Information Science
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Recent Publications
Ma, X., Wang, J., Gharari, S., Mizukami, N., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2026). Monitoring Reservoir Storage Using SWOT Satellite Observations and a Reservoir Operation Model. Water Resources Research, 62(3), Article e2025WR041223. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025WR041223
Meem, T. H., Rhoads, B. L., Wang, J., & Frasson, R. P. D. M. (2026). Detecting Water-Surface Superelevation in Meandering Rivers Using Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Satellite Data. Geophysical Research Letters, 53(4), Article e2025GL119167. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL119167
Zhan, P., Wang, J., Chen, T., Luo, S., Liu, K., Ke, L., Fan, C., Lin, Y., & Song, C. (2026). Integrating SWOT With Multi-Source Satellite Observations for Near-Daily Reservoir Water Level Monitoring. Water Resources Research, 62(2), Article e2024WR039711. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR039711
Andreadis, K. M., Coss, S. P., Durand, M., Gleason, C. J., Simmons, T. T., Tebaldi, N., Bjerklie, D. M., Brinkerhoff, C., Dudley, R. W., Gejadze, I., Larnier, K., Malaterre, P. O., Oubanas, H., Allen, G. H., Bates, P. D., David, C. H., Domeneghetti, A., Elmi, O., Marc, L. F., ... Yadav, B. (2025). A First Look at River Discharge Estimation From SWOT Satellite Observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(9), Article e2024GL114185. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114185
Chenyu, F., Ke, L., Wang, J., Best, J., Zhang, Y., Sheng, Y., Liu, K., Chen, T., Zeng, F., Zhan, P., Zhu, J., Cheng, J., & Song, C. (2025). Exacerbating dam-induced fragmentation in China’s river systems. Communications Earth and Environment, 6(1), Article 428. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02416-9