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Texas A&M University
CSA 301F
MS 3147,
College Station, Texas 77843

Advisors:

Dr. Steven M. Quiring
Dr. Daniel Z. Sui

Mr. Lei Meng

Ph.D student

M.S. Soil Science, China Agricultural University

B.S. Geology, Nanjing University

M.S. Geology, University of Illinois

Conference presentations

Meng, L. and Quiring, S.M. 2008. Examining the relationship between fall/spring soil moisture and summer precipitation in the northern Great Plains. Contributed poster presented at the 22^nd Conference on Hydrology and AMS forum, 20-24 January, New Orleans, LA.
Meng, L. and Quiring, S.M. 2007. Evaluation of soil moisture models: a water balance perspective. Contributed paper presented at Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers (SWAAG) 2007 November 1-3, Bryan, TX.
Meng, L. and Quiring, S.M. 2007. A Comparison of soil moisture models. Contributed paper presented at the the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, 7-11 April 2007, San Francisco, CA.
Meng, L. and Quiring, S.M. 2007. A Comparison of soil moisture models using SCAN observations. Poster presentation at the 10th Student Research Week, Texas A&M University, 26-30 March, 2007.

Selected Publications

Meng, L. and Quiring, S.M. 2008. A Comparison of Soil Moisture Models Using Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) Observations. Journal of Hydrometeorology, in press, DOI:10.1175/2008JHM916.1.
Zuo, Q., Meng, L., and Zhang, R. 2004, Simulating Soil Water Flow with Root-Water-Uptake Applying an Inverse Method. Soil Science, 169:13-24 DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000112018.97541.85.
Zuo, Q., Jie, F. , Zhang, R., and Meng, L. 2004. A Generalized Function of Wheat’s Root Length Density Distributions. Vadose Zone Journal, 3:271-277.
Zuo, Q., Meng, L., and Wang, D. 2004. Estimating normalized root length density distribution of winter wheat using measured soil water content profiles. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering, 20(4):1-6 (in Chinese).
Meng, L. and Zuo, Q. 2003. Effects of Reclaimed Wasterwater Irrigation on Distributions of Root-Length-Density and Root-Water-Uptake-Rate in Winter Wheat. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, 22:25-29 (in Chinese).