Di Long

15.5k total citations · 14 hit papers
121 papers, 10.8k citations indexed

About

Di Long is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Di Long has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 10.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 49 papers in Atmospheric Science and 46 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Di Long's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (42 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (29 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (26 papers). Di Long is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (42 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (29 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (26 papers). Di Long collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Di Long's co-authors include Bridget R. Scanlon, Laurent Longuevergne, Yang Hong, Guoqiang Tang, Wenting Yang, Vijay P. Singh, Zhongying Han, Vijay P. Singh, Himanshu Save and Yoshihide Wada and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Di Long

116 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Global models underestimate large decadal declini... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2018 2015 2014 2015 2016 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Global models underestimate large decadal declining and rising water storage trends relative to GRACE satellite data
    2018 486 citations Bridget R. Scanlon, Zizhan Zhang et al. profile →
  2. Evaluation of GPM Day-1 IMERG and TMPA Version-7 legacy products over Mainland China at multiple spatiotemporal scales
    2015 463 citations Guoqiang Tang, Di Long et al. Journal of Hydrology profile →
  3. Uncertainty in evapotranspiration from land surface modeling, remote sensing, and GRACE satellites
    2014 456 citations Di Long, Laurent Longuevergne et al. Water Resources Research profile →
  4. Quantifying the impacts of climate change and ecological restoration on streamflow changes based on a Budyko hydrological model in China's Loess Plateau
    2015 429 citations Yuting Yang, Di Long et al. Water Resources Research profile →
  5. Global evaluation of new GRACE mascon products for hydrologic applications
    2016 423 citations Bridget R. Scanlon, Zizhan Zhang et al. Water Resources Research profile →
  6. South-to-North Water Diversion stabilizing Beijing’s groundwater levels
    2020 400 citations Di Long, Bridget R. Scanlon et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Drought and flood monitoring for a large karst plateau in Southwest China using extended GRACE data
    2014 375 citations Di Long, Yanjun Shen et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  8. Ground referencing GRACE satellite estimates of groundwater storage changes in the California Central Valley, USA
    2012 349 citations Bridget R. Scanlon, Laurent Longuevergne et al. Water Resources Research profile →
  9. GRACE satellite monitoring of large depletion in water storage in response to the 2011 drought in Texas
    2013 320 citations Di Long, Bridget R. Scanlon et al. profile →
  10. Global analysis of spatiotemporal variability in merged total water storage changes using multiple GRACE products and global hydrological models
    2017 271 citations Di Long, Yang Hong et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
  11. Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau
    2022 257 citations Xueying Li, Di Long et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  12. Have GRACE satellites overestimated groundwater depletion in the Northwest India Aquifer?
    2016 231 citations Di Long, Bridget R. Scanlon et al. profile →
  13. Reconstruction of GRACE Data on Changes in Total Water Storage Over the Global Land Surface and 60 Basins
    2020 189 citations Zhangli Sun, Di Long et al. Water Resources Research profile →
  14. Generating surface soil moisture at 30 m spatial resolution using both data fusion and machine learning toward better water resources management at the field scale
    2021 183 citations Caijin Zhang, Di Long et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Di Long China 57 5.5k 3.8k 3.7k 3.4k 2.5k 121 10.8k
Frédéric Frappart France 48 3.7k 0.7× 2.3k 0.6× 1.9k 0.5× 2.6k 0.8× 2.3k 0.9× 242 7.4k
Sean Swenson United States 48 6.3k 1.1× 3.3k 0.8× 4.4k 1.2× 8.0k 2.3× 2.0k 0.8× 86 15.8k
Laurent Longuevergne France 37 2.8k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 1.4k 0.4× 3.9k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 99 8.0k
J. T. Reager United States 35 2.7k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 974 0.3× 3.0k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 109 6.4k
Rolf H. Reichle United States 63 5.5k 1.0× 3.9k 1.0× 8.4k 2.3× 1.8k 0.5× 7.8k 3.1× 212 13.9k
Andreas Güntner Germany 48 1.9k 0.3× 2.0k 0.5× 1.2k 0.3× 2.5k 0.7× 1.0k 0.4× 157 5.7k
Jared Entin United States 15 3.0k 0.5× 1.4k 0.4× 2.9k 0.8× 1.5k 0.5× 2.4k 1.0× 31 6.2k
Min‐Hui Lo Taiwan 30 2.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 936 0.3× 2.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.4× 97 5.7k
Guo‐Yue Niu United States 41 6.8k 1.2× 4.0k 1.0× 5.6k 1.5× 1.1k 0.3× 2.6k 1.0× 110 10.6k
Hannes Müller Schmied Germany 30 2.7k 0.5× 2.7k 0.7× 764 0.2× 1.8k 0.5× 880 0.4× 74 5.4k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Di Long

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Xueying, Di Long, Bridget R. Scanlon, & Louise Slater. (2025). Retrievals and simulations of terrestrial water storage changes and runoff over the Tibetan Plateau: Challenges and opportunities. Fundamental Research.
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Long, Di, Qi Huang, Fanyu Zhao, et al.. (2025). Improved Water Level Retrieval in Complex Riverine Environments: Sentinel‐3 and Sentinel‐6 Altimetry Over China's Rivers. Water Resources Research. 61(4). 3 indexed citations
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Long, Di, et al.. (2025). Declining ocean greenness and phytoplankton blooms in low to mid-latitudes under a warming climate. Science Advances. 11(42). eadx4857–eadx4857.
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Chen, Yongzhe, et al.. (2024). Monthly Monitoring of Inundated Areas and Water Storage Dynamics in China's Large Reservoirs Using Multisource Remote Sensing. Water Resources Research. 60(8). 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Yuancheng, et al.. (2023). Unveiling lake ice phenology in Central Asia under climate change with MODIS data and a two-step classification approach. Remote Sensing of Environment. 301. 113955–113955. 6 indexed citations
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Cui, Tong, Long Yang, Yi Nan, et al.. (2023). Non-monotonic changes in Asian Water Towers’ streamflow at increasing warming levels. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1176–1176. 80 indexed citations
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Li, Xueying, Di Long, Louise Slater, et al.. (2023). Soil Moisture to Runoff (SM2R): A Data‐Driven Model for Runoff Estimation Across Poorly Gauged Asian Water Towers Based on Soil Moisture Dynamics. Water Resources Research. 59(3). 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Caijin, Di Long, Tingxi Liu, et al.. (2023). Grassland Greening and Water Resource Availability May Coexist in a Warming Climate in Northern China and the Tibetan Plateau. Earth s Future. 11(12). 26 indexed citations
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Han, Pengfei, Di Long, Fanyu Zhao, & Louise Slater. (2023). Response of Two Glaciers in Different Climate Settings of the Tibetan Plateau to Climate Change Through Year 2100 Using a Hybrid Modeling Approach. Water Resources Research. 59(4). 12 indexed citations
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Li, Xueying, Di Long, Bridget R. Scanlon, et al.. (2022). Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau. Nature Climate Change. 12(9). 801–807. 257 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hinge, Gilbert, Mohamed M. Mohamed, Di Long, & Mohamed A. Hamouda. (2021). Meta-Analysis in Using Satellite Precipitation Products for Drought Monitoring: Lessons Learnt and Way Forward. Remote Sensing. 13(21). 4353–4353. 21 indexed citations
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Li, Xueying, Di Long, Zhongying Han, et al.. (2019). Evapotranspiration Estimation for Tibetan Plateau Headwaters Using Conjoint Terrestrial and Atmospheric Water Balances and Multisource Remote Sensing. Water Resources Research. 55(11). 8608–8630. 120 indexed citations
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Tang, Guoqiang, et al.. (2018). Documentation of multifactorial relationships between precipitation and topography of the Tibetan Plateau using spaceborne precipitation radars. Remote Sensing of Environment. 208. 82–96. 74 indexed citations
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Tang, Guoqiang, Di Long, Ali Behrangi, Cunguang Wang, & Yang Hong. (2018). Exploring Deep Neural Networks to Retrieve Rain and Snow in High Latitudes Using Multisensor and Reanalysis Data. Water Resources Research. 54(10). 8253–8278. 61 indexed citations
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Tang, Guoqiang, Ali Behrangi, Di Long, Changming Li, & Yang Hong. (2018). Accounting for spatiotemporal errors of gauges: A critical step to evaluate gridded precipitation products. Journal of Hydrology. 559. 294–306. 129 indexed citations
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Ma, Yingzhao, Yang Hong, Yang Chen, et al.. (2017). Performance of Optimally Merged Multisatellite Precipitation Products Using the Dynamic Bayesian Model Averaging Scheme Over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(2). 814–834. 129 indexed citations
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Li, Dongnan, Di Long, Jianshi Zhao, Hui Lü, & Yang Hong. (2017). Observed changes in flow regimes in the Mekong River basin. Journal of Hydrology. 551. 217–232. 166 indexed citations
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Scanlon, Bridget R., Zizhan Zhang, Himanshu Save, et al.. (2016). Global evaluation of new GRACE mascon products for hydrologic applications. Water Resources Research. 52(12). 9412–9429. 423 indexed citations breakdown →
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Long, Di, Yanjun Shen, Alexander Y. Sun, et al.. (2014). Drought and flood monitoring for a large karst plateau in Southwest China using extended GRACE data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 155. 145–160. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

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