

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. My current main interests include:
- Global carbon cycle
- Fluxes exchange in the planetary boundary layer.
- Vegetation dynamics.
- Soil-vegetation-atmosphere interaction.
- Vegetation response to extremes, and the legacy effects.
- Temporal and spatial variability in ecosystem state and climate; changes in the carbon cycle and their relationship with climate variability.
- Ecosystem modelling and climate modelling and their scale dependencies.
More information about me can be found on my research webpage, Researchgate and Google scholar.
Publications
Displaying of publications. Sorted by year, then title.
Review article : Drought as a continuum – memory effects in interlinked hydrological, ecological, and social systems
Anne F. Van Loon, Sarra Kchouk, Alessia Matanó, Faranak Tootoonchi, Camila Alvarez-Garreton, et al.
(2024) Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24 p.3173-3205
Journal article reviewAttributing the impacts of ecological engineering and climate change on carbon uptake in Northeastern China
Huidong Li, Wanjing Gao, Yage Liu, Fenghui Yuan, Minchao Wu, et al.
(2023) Landscape Ecology, 38 p.3945-3960
Journal articleRepresentation of precipitation and top-of-atmosphere radiation in a multi-model convection-permitting ensemble for the Lake Victoria Basin (East-Africa)
Nicole P.M.van Lipzig, Jonas Van de Walle, Danijel Belušić, Ségolène Berthou, Erika Coppola, et al.
(2023) Climate Dynamics, 60 p.4033-4054
Journal articleDrought Legacy in Sub-Seasonal Vegetation State and Sensitivity to Climate Over the Northern Hemisphere
Minchao Wu, Stefano Manzoni, Giulia Vico, Ana Bastos, Franciska T. de Vries, et al.
(2022) Geophysical Research Letters, 49
Journal articleEstimating the Legacy Effect of Post-Cutting Shelterbelt on Crop Yield Using Google Earth and Sentinel-2 Data
Yage Liu, Huidong Li, Minchao Wu, Anzhi Wang, Jiabing Wu, et al.
(2022) Remote Sensing, 14
Journal articleEarly growing season anomalies in vegetation activity determine the large‐scale climate‐vegetation coupling in Europe
Minchao Wu, Giulia Vico, Stefano Manzoni, Zhanzhang Cai, Bassiouni Maoya, et al.
(2021) Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126
Journal articleVegetation-Climate Feedbacks Enhance Spatial Heterogeneity of Pan-Amazonian Ecosystem States Under Climate Change
Minchao Wu, Benjamin Smith, Guy Schurgers, Anders Ahlström, Markku Rummukainen
(2021) Geophysical Research Letters, 48
Journal article (letter)The Interplay of Recent Vegetation and Sea Ice Dynamics—Results From a Regional Earth System Model Over the Arctic
W. Zhang, R. Döscher, T. Koenigk, P. A. Miller, C. Jansson, et al.
(2020) Geophysical Research Letters, 47
Journal articleHydrologic resilience and Amazon productivity
Anders Ahlström, Josep G. Canadell, Guy Schurgers, Minchao Wu, Joseph A. Berry, et al.
(2017) Nature Communications, 8
Journal articleImpacts of land use on climate and ecosystem productivity over the Amazon and the South American continent
Minchao Wu, Guy Schurgers, Anders Ahlström, Markku Rummukainen, Paul Miller, et al.
(2017) Environmental Research Letters, 12
Journal articleLand-atmosphere interactions and regional Earth system dynamics due to natural and anthropogenic vegetation changes
Minchao Wu
(2017)
DissertationVegetation-climate feedbacks modulate rainfall patterns in Africa under future climate change
Minchao Wu, Guy Schurgers, Markku Rummukainen, Benjamin Smith, Patrick Samuelsson, et al.
(2016) Earth System Dynamics, 7 p.627-647
Journal articleSensitivity of burned area in Europe to climate change, atmospheric CO2 levels, and demography: A comparison of two fire-vegetation models
Minchao Wu, Wolfgang Knorr, Kirsten Thonicke, Guy Schurgers, Andrea Camia, et al.
(2015) Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 120 p.2256-2272
Journal articleThreats of projected changes in fire regime for newly affected areas in Europe and Northern Africa
Kirsten Thonicke, Arneth Almut, Wolfgang Knorr, Minchao Wu, Nikolaos Fyllas
(2014) Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world , p.34-35
Book chapterModeling vegetation and ecosystem responses to climate change and fire regime
Kirsten Thonicke, Nikolas Fyllas, Arneth Almut, Wolfgang Knorr, Minchao Wu
(2014) Forest fires under climate, social and economic changes in Europe, the Mediterranean and other fire-affected areas of the world , p.32-33
Book chapterPotential mechanism of vegetation-induced reduction in tropical rainfall in Africa: Analysis based on regional Earth system model simulations
Minchao Wu, Benjamin Smith, Guy Schurgers, Joe Siltberg, Markku Rummukainen, et al.
(2014) International Baltic Earth Secretariat Publications , p.78-78
Conference paperVegetation changes in sub-tropics cause reduced precipitation in tropics for Africa
Minchao Wu, Benjamin Smith, G. Schurgers, J. Siltberg, Markku Rummukainen, et al.
(2014)
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