Institute of Arctic Biology
215 Irving I
Department of Biology and Wildlife
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775

Research Interests

(1) Experimental and modeling study of water, carbon and nitrogen cycling in agricultural, forest, grassland and other terrestrial ecosystems.

(2) Exploring integrated techniques, e.g., ecological and fluxnet network monitoring,  terrestrial ecosystem modeling, and spatial analysis and modeling to understand complexity of energy, carbon, water, nutrient and/or other chemicals in ecosystems and to aid in decision-making relevant to utilization and management at regional or global scales.

Education

PhD. Soil Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison 2003

M.S. Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Beijing, China) 1993

B.S. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Central China Agricultural University (Wuhan, China) 1990

Research Experience

Honors

2006  The American Journal of Potato Research (AJPR) outstanding paper award (2005), Potato Association of America (PAA)

Professional Skills

- Long-term working experience in soil-vegetation-atmosphere models (land surface shemes) and agronomical models.

- Familiar with data processing of weather station and flux tower measurements

- Working experiences with soil-water-plant relevant field experiments and lab works.

- Proficiency in FORTRAN and C/C++ programming and MATLAB.

Publications

JOURNALS

Fenn, M.E., S. Jovan, F. Yuan, L. Geiser, T. Meixner, B.S. Gimeno, 2008. Empirical and Simulated Critical Loads for Nitrogen Deposition in California Mixed Conifer Forests. Environmental Pollutions 155: 492 - 511.

Yuan, F., M.A. Arain, T.A Black, A. Barr, H. McCaughy, S. C. Wofsy, H. Margolis, C. P.-A. Bourque, and C. Coursolle, 2008. Modeling Analysis of Primary Controls on Net Ecosystem Productivity of Seven Boreal and Temperate Coniferous Forests across an East-West Continental Transect in Canada. Global Change Biology 14: 1765 - 1784.

Yuan, F., M. A. Arain, T. A. Black, and K. Morgenstern, 2007. Energy and water exchanges modulated by soil-plant nitrogen cycling in a temperate Pacific northwest conifer forest. Ecological Modelling 201: 331 - 347.

Arain, M. A., F.Yuan, and T. A. Black, 2006. Soil-plant nitrogen cycling modulated carbon exchanges at a Pacific northwest Douglas-fir forest in Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 140: 171-192

Grant, R.F., Zhang, Y., Yuan, F., Wang, S., Hanson, Gaumont-Guay, D., P.J., Chen, J., Black, T.A., Barr, A., Baldocchi, D.D., Arain, A., 2006. Intercomparison of techniques to model water stress effects on CO2 and energy exchange in temperate and boreal deciduous forests. Ecological Modelling, 196: 289 - 312.

Grant, R.F., Arain, M.A., Arora, V., Barr, A., Black, T.A., Chen, J., Wang, S., Yuan, F., Zhang, Y., 2005. Modelling temperature Effects on CO2 and Energy Exchange in Temperate and Boreal Coniferous Forests. Ecosystem Modeling, 188: 217 – 252.

Yuan, F.-M. and Bland, W.L., 2005. Comparison of light- and temperature-based index models for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) growth and development. American Journal of Potato Research, 82: 345 - 352.

Yuan, F.-M. and Bland, W.L., 2004. Light and temperature modulated expolinear growth model for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 121: 141-151.

Zhang, S.X., Li, X.Y., Li, X.P., Yuan, F.M., Yao, Z.H., Sun, Y.L. and Zhang, F.D., 2004. Crop yield, N uptake and nitrates in a fluvo-aquic soil profile. Pedosphere, 14: 131-136.

Yuan, Fengming, Lai Shilong, Wies Vullings and Henk Wösten, 2000. Integration of Soil Hydraulic Characteristic Parameters for SVAT Model in a Heterogeneous Soil Region: a Case Study. (in Chinese, with English abstract). Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Science, 6(3): 323-333.

Fu Gaoming, Yuan Fengming, Yao Zaohua and Liu Yangjing, 1998. Downward movement and leaching of nitrogen from fertilized-corn in dry-land soil. Pedosphere, 8(1): 59-64.

Chen Ziming, Yuan Fengming, Yao Zaohua, Zhou Chunsheng, Fu Gaoming, Song Yongling and Li Xiaoping, 1995. The movement and leaching loss of NO3-N in Profile of Chao-Soil in Beijing. (in Chinese, with English abstract).  Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer Science, 1(2): 71-79.

Yuan Fengming, Chen Ziming, Yao Zaohua, Zhou Chunsheng, Fu Gaoming, Song Yonglin and Li Xiaoping, 1995. N transformation accumulation in surface soil and its leaching loss in Chao-soil in Beijing. (in Chinese, with English abstract). Acta Pedologica Sinica, 32(4): 388-399

BOOK CHAPTERS & REPORTS

Benjamin S. Gimeno, Fengming Yuan, Mark E. Fenn, and Thomas Meixner, 2008. Management options for mitigating nitrogen (N) losses from N-saturated mixed-conifer forests in California. pp. 425 - 455. In: Bytnerowicz, A., Arbaugh, M., Andersen, C., Riebau, A. (eds). Wildland Fires and Air Pollution. Developments in Environmental Science (volume 8). Elsevier Publishers, The Hague, Netherlands.

Yuan Fengming, 1997. Physical soil schematization for the SWAPS model: A case study. SC-DLO-NL, Wageningen, The Netherlands. (RESEARCH REPORT)

Yuan Fengming, Chen Ziming, Yao Zaohua, 1996. N leaching in soils: A brief review. In: Nitrogen, Crop Yield and Environment (Edited by Chen Ziming, et al.), pp.191-216. (in Chinese). Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Publishing House, Beijing

Proceedings, Workshops, Presentations, etc.

Yuan, F.-M., Thomas Meixner, Mark E. Fenn, and Edie B. Allen, 2007. Modeling Evaluation of Retention and Release of Atmospheric Deposition N in Mixed Coniferous Forests, San Bernardino National Forest, CA. The 2007 Fall Meeting of American Geophysical Union, 10 – 14 December 2007, San Francisco, CA.

Bartlett, P. A., I. B. Strachan, F. Yuan, M. A. Arain, and E. Pattey, 2007. Application of the Canadian Land Surface Scheme with carbon and nitrogen cycles to agricultural crops in Eastern Ontario — model evaluation and sensitivity analysis. The 87th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 14 – 18 January 2007, San Antonio, TX.

YUAN, F.-M., Arain, M. A., and T. A. Black, 2006. Test Nitrogen Cycle Incorporated C-CLASS and its coupling into CTEM. Canadian Global Coupled Carbon Climate Model (CGC3M) Research Network 2006 Annual Meeting, 11 – 12 December, 2006,Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

YUAN, F.-M., M. A Arain, T. A. Black, A. Barr, S. C. Wofsy, H. McCaughy, H. Margolis, C.P.-A. Bourque and C. Coursolle, 2006. Modeling analysis of primary controls on carbon exchanges across Fluxnet-Canada conifer forest sites. The 40th Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS) Congress, 29 – 30 May, 2006, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

YUAN, F.-M., M. A Arain, T. A. Black, A. Barr, H. McCaughy, H. Margolis, C.P.-A. Bourque and C. Coursolle, 2006. Modeling analysis of primary controls on carbon exchanges across Fluxnet-Canada conifer forest sites. Fluxnet-Canada Research Network 2006 Annual Meeting, 24 – 26 February, 2006, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Yuan, F., M. A. Arain and T. A. Black, 2005. Simulating energy and water exchanges in a Pacific Douglas-fir forest using coupled N and C modulated Canadian Land Surface Scheme (CLASS). The 31st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union, 8 – 11 May, 2005, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Arain, M. A., F. YUAN, and T. A. Black, 2005. Soil-plant nitrogen cycling modulated carbon flows at a Pacific northwest Douglas-fir forest in Canada. The first National Conference of The BIOCAP Canada Foundation, 2 – 3 February, 2005, Ottawa, Canada.

Arain, M. A., F. YUAN,  and T. A. Black, 2005. Nitrogen Cycle Model Incorporated in C-CLASS McMaster-UBC version and its Testing Using Data from the UBC Campbell River Site. Canadian Global Coupled Carbon Climate Model (CGC3M) Research Network 2005 Annual Meeting, 10 – 12 March, 2005,Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Arain, M. A., F. YUAN, M. Shaikh and T. A. Black, 2004. Evaluating a coupled carbon and nitrogen cycle model at a Pacific northwest Douglas-fir forest in Canada. Eos. Transaction. AGU, 85(17), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract B54A-02.

YUAN, F.-M., M. A Arain and T. A. Black, 2004. Seasonal Carbon Exchange and Evapotranspiration Simulation by Leaf Nitrogen Modulated Photosynthesis. Fluxnet-Canada Research Network 2005 Annual Meeting, 24 – 27 February, 2005, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

YUAN, F.-M. , M. A. Arain and T. A. Black, 2004. Modification and Improvement of the McMaster-UBC version C-CLASS towards a Terrestrial Integrated Biospheric Model.  Canadian Global Coupled Carbon Climate Model (CGC3M) Terrestrial Modelling Group Annual Meeting, 20 – 21 November, 2004,Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

YUAN, F.-M. , M. A. Arain and T. A. Black, 2004. A Preliminary Test of Nitrogen Cycle Coupled C-CLASS (McMaster-UBC version) by Using Data from the UBC Campbell River Site. Canadian Global Coupled Carbon Climate Model (CGC3M) Research Network 2004 Annual Meeting, 20 – 21 May, 2004, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

YUAN, F.-M., M. A. Arain, T. A. Black, M. Kai and Z. Nesic, 2004. Testing a Coupled Carbon and Nitrogen Cycle Model at a West Coast Douglas-fir forest in Canada. Fluxnet-Canada Research Network 2004 Annual Meeting, 26 – 29 Feburary, 2004, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

Yuan, Fengming and W. L. Bland, 2002. Potato Nitrogen Uptake and Growth in Well-Managed Sandy Fields. In Proceedings of Wisconsin’s Potato Annual Meeting 2002, 15:89-93. UW-Extension.

Yuan, Fengming and W. L. Bland, 2001. Potato nitrogen uptake and growth. In Proceedings of Wisconsin’s Potato Annual Meeting 2001. 14: 97 - 101. UW-Extension

Affiliations

• Sigma Xi
• Soil Science Society of America
• Ecological Society of America
• American Geophysical Union