Liang Chen

Liang Chen

  • Contact Information
  • Publications
  • Background
  • Interests
  • Advising

Contact Information

TitleHydroclimatologist
Faculty RankAssistant Professor
Address811 South Hardin Hall
3310 Holdrege Street
Lincoln NE
68583–0968

East Campus
E-mail liangchen@unl.edu

 

Selected Publications

Achugbu, I. C.*, L. Chen, Q. Hu, and R. Mahmood, 2026: Irrigation Effects on Downwind Precipitation in Different Synoptic Conditions: A Study in the U.S. Central Great Plains. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Online
Achugbu, I.C., L. Chen, and Q. Hu, 2025: Different effects of irrigation in dry and wet years in the U.S. Great Plains. J. Climate, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-25-0120.1
Achugbu, I.C., L. Chen, Q. Hu, and F. Muñoz-Arriola, 2025: Evaluating the historical performance and future change of extreme precipitation indices over the Missouri River 1 Basin based on NA-CORDEX multimodel ensemble. Atmosphere, 16, 579, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16050579
Achugbu, L.C., L. Chen, Q. Hu, and F. Muñoz-Arriola (2025). Evaluating the Historical Performance and Future Change of Extreme Precipitation Indices over the Missouri River Basin Based on NA-CORDEX Multimodel Ensemble. Atmosphere. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16050579
Gupta, C.**, Mahmood, R., Flanagan, P., Roy, T., Hayes, M., and Chen, L. 2025. An assessment of extreme precipitation trends in the Missouri River Basin: Insights from the three gridded precipitation data sets and climate indices analysis. International Journal of Climatology https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.70163.

Background

Education

DegreeMajorInstitutionYear Awarded
Doctorate of PhilosophyTexas A&M University2015
Master of ScienceLanzhou University2011
Bachelor of ScienceLanzhou University2008

 

Awards

TitleAwarded byYear Awarded
Harold & Esther Edgerton Junior Faculty AwardUniversity of Nebraska-Lincoln2025
FIRST AwardNebraska EPSCoR2024

 

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SNR Program Areas

  • Applied Climate and Spatial Science

Areas of Interest/Expertise

  • Land-atmosphere interactions
  • Climate extreme and climate modeling
  • Impacts of climate change
  • Land use and land cover change
  • Remote sensing

Advising

Graduate Programs

Master of Applied Science

Master of Science in Natural Resource Sciences
including specializations in

  • Bio-Atmospehric Interactions
  • Climate Assessment and Impacts
  • Hydrological Sciences

Doctorate of Philosophy in Natural Resource Sciences
including specializations in

  • Bio-Atmospehric Interactions
  • Hydrological Sciences