Bo Qiu


Associate Professor


Email: qiubo@nju.edu.cn



Education
2016Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University
2011B.Sc. in Atmospheric Science, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
Employment
02/2021-currentAssociate Professor, Nanjing University
01/2017-01/2021Research Scientist, Nanjing University
Research Interests

  Land Surface Processes
  Land-atmosphere Interactions

Selected Publications

[19] Chen, J., Qiu, B.*, Chakraborty, T. C., Miao, X., Cao, Y., Li, L., ... & Guo, W.* (2025). Contrasting effects of urbanization on vegetation between the Global South and Global North. Nature Sustainability, 8(4), 373–384. (Nature Ecology & Evolution Research Highlights, ESI highly-cited paper)

[18] Chen, J., Qiu, B.*, Guo, W., Miao, X., Cao, Y., Zhao, Z., ... & Yang, L. (2025). Urban vegetation productivity under climate change and increasing urbanization: Insights from both urban-rural comparison and trend analysis for global cities. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 128950.

[17] Ni, Y., Qiu, B.*, Cao, Y., Miao, X., Li, L., Chen, J., ... & Guo, W. (2025). Divergent dominant physical processes of extreme heatwaves in northern and southern China. Climate Dynamics, 63(4), 188.

[16] Ding, S., Qiu, B.*, Luo, Y. (2025). Co-benefits of aerosol pollution mitigation in enhancing solar photovoltaic power generation in China. Environmental Research Letters, 20, 104055.

[15] Li, L., Wang, Z., Qiu, B.*, Huang, X.*, Guo, W., Miao, X., ... & Ding, A. (2024). Terrestrial carbon sink and clean air co‐benefits from China's carbon neutrality policy. Earth's Future, 12(10), e2024EF004631.

[14] Tian, X., Qiu, B.*, Ni, Y., Chen, J., Li, L., Cao, Y., & Zhao, S. (2024). Divergent response of energy exchange to heatwaves from flux tower observations among various vegetation types. Environmental Research Letters, 19(9), 094029.

[13] Ni, Y., Qiu, B.*, Miao, X., Li, L., Chen, J., Tian, X., ... & Guo, W.* (2024). Shift of soil moisture-temperature coupling exacerbated 2022 compound hot-dry event in eastern China. Environmental Research Letters, 19(1), 014059. (ERL Editor’s Choice, Highlights 2024)

[12] Chen, J., Qiu, B.*, Guo, W., Li, L., & Miao, X. (2023). Divergent response of crops and natural vegetation to the record-breaking extreme precipitation event in 2020 modulated by topography. Environmental Research Letters, 18(6), 064047.

[11] Kang, Z., Qiu, B.*, Xiang, Z., Liu, Y., Lin, Z., & Guo, W.* (2022). Improving simulations of vegetation dynamics over the Tibetan Plateau: Role of atmospheric forcing data and spatial resolution. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 39(7), 1115-1132.

[10] Li, L., Qiu, B.*, Guo, W., Zhang, Y., Song, Q., & Chen, J. (2022). Phenological and physiological responses of the terrestrial ecosystem to the 2019 drought event in Southwest China: Insights from satellite measurements and the SSiB2 model. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 111, 102832.

[9] Li, W., Qiu, B.*, Guo, W., & Hsu, P. C. (2021). Rapid response of the East Asian trough to Tibetan Plateau snow cover. International Journal of Climatology, 41(1), 251-261.

[8] Qiu, B.*, Ge, J.*, Guo, W., Pitman, A. J., & Mu, M. (2020). Responses of Australian dryland vegetation to the 2019 heat wave at a subdaily scale. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL086569.

[7] Qiu, B., Huang, A.*, Shi, X., Dai, Y., Wei, N., Guo, W., et al. (2020). Implementation and evaluation of an improved lake scheme in Beijing Climate Center Atmosphere‐Vegetation Interaction Model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD031272.

[6] Qiu, B., Chen, J. M., Ju, W., Zhang, Q., & Zhang, Y.* (2019). Simulating emission and scattering of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence at far-red band in global vegetation with different canopy structures. Remote Sensing of Environment, 233, 111373.

[5] Qiu, B., Li, W., Wang, X., Shang, L., Song, C., Guo, W., & Zhang, Y.* (2019). Satellite-observed solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence reveals higher sensitivity of alpine ecosystems to snow cover on the Tibetan Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 271, 126–134.

[4] Wang, X., Qiu, B.*, Li, W., & Zhang, Q. (2019). Impacts of drought and heatwave on the terrestrial ecosystem in China as revealed by satellite solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence. Science of the Total Environment, 693, 133627.

[3] Qian, X., Qiu, B.*, & Zhang, Y. (2019). Widespread Decline in Vegetation Photosynthesis in Southeast Asia Due to the Prolonged Drought During the 2015/2016 El Niño. Remote Sensing, 11, 910.

[2] Qiu, B., Xue, Y.*, Fisher, J. B., Guo, W., Berry, J. A., & Zhang, Y. (2018). Satellite Chlorophyll Fluorescence and Soil Moisture Observations Lead to Advances in the Predictive Understanding of Global Terrestrial Coupled Carbon-Water Cycles. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 32, 360–375.

[1] Qiu, B., Guo, W. *, Xue, Y.*, & Dai, Q. (2016). Implementation and evaluation of a generalized radiative transfer scheme within canopy in the soil‐vegetation‐atmosphere transfer (SVAT) model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121, 12145–12163.



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