Name  

Qiao LIU  

Professional   

Title  

Professor  

Address   

No. 9, Block 4, Renminnanlu Road, Chengdu, 610041, People’s Republic of China  

E-mail  

liuqiao@imde.ac.cn  

Professional   

Expertise  

Glaciology; Debris-covered Glaciers; Glacier Related Hazards; Glacial Drainage System; Remote Sensing in Glaciology  

Education  

2007-2011 PhD at State Key Laboratory of Cryosphere Science, Cold and Arid Regions Environment and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAREERI, CAS), Lanzhou, China  

2002-2005 M.S.c. at Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMHE, CAS), Chengdu, China 

1998-2002 B.S.c. at Geoscience Department, Hubei University, Wuhan, China  

Employment Record (including international working experience)  

2016.07-2017.06, DAAD-Postdoc research at Commission for Geodesy and Glaciology, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich, Germany  

2012.02-2012.04, Visiting at Commission for Geodesy and Glaciology, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich, Germany  

2005.07-Present, Research Fellow at Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment (IMHE), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, China  

Running Projects  

NSFC 2019-2022 “Dynamics of monsoon temperate (debris-covered) glaciers in Mt. Gongga” 

Academic Society Activities  

Member of IGS, AGU, EGU and IACS; Science Editor of Journal of Mountain Science; Review Editor of Frontiers in Earth Science  

Awards  

Publications   

[1] Kunpeng Wu, Shiyin Liu, Junli Xu, Yu Zhu, Qiao Liu, Zongli Jiang, Junfeng Wei. 2020. Spatiotemporal Variability of Surface Velocities of Monsoon Temperate Glaciers in the Kangri Karpo Mountains, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Glaciology. (Accepted).  

[2] Kunpeng Wu*, Shiyin Liu*, Yu Zhu, Qiao Liu, Zongli Jiang. 2020. Dynamics of glacier surface velocity and ice thickness for maritime glaciers in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrology. 590 (2020), 125527. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125527.  

[3] Yong Nie*, Wei Liu, Qiao Liu, Xu Hu and Mattew J Westoby. 2020. Reconstructing the Chongbaxia Tsho glacial lake outburst flood in the Eastern Himalaya: evolution, process and impacts. Geomorphology, 10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107393.  

[4] Liu Qiao*, Christoph Mayer, Wang Xin, Nie Yong, Wu Kunpen, Wei Junfeng and Liu Shiyin. 2020. Interannual flow dynamics driven by frontal retreat of a lake-terminating glacier in the Chinese Central Himalaya. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116450.  

[5] Liao Haijun, Liu Qiao*, Zhong Yan, Lu X. 2020. Landsat-based estimation of the glacier surface temperature of Hailuogou glacier, Southeastern Tibetan plateau, between 1990 and 2018. Remote Sensing, 12(13): 2105.  

[6] DuBay S G, Wu Y, Scott G R, Qu Y, Liu Qiao, Smith J H, Xin C, Hart Reeve A, Juncheng C, Meyer D, Wang J, Johnson J, Cheviron Z A, Lei F, Bates J. 2020. Life history predicts flight muscle phenotype and function in birds. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(5): 1262-1276. 

[7] Li Xiangying*, Ding Yongjian, Liu Qiao, Zhang Yong. Tianding Han, Zhefan Jing, Zhongbo Yu, Qijiang Li and Sha Liu. 2019. Intense Chemical Weathering at Glacial Meltwater-Dominated Hailuogou Basin in the Southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Water. 11(1209): 1-22; doi:10.3390/w11061209.  

[8] Zhang Y, Liu S, Liu Qiao, Wang X, Jiang Z, Wei J. 2019. The role of debris cover in catchment runoff: A case study of the hailuogou catchment, south-eastern tibetan plateau. Water, 11(12): 2601.  

[9] Yueling Shi, Guoxiang Liu*, Xiaowen Wang, Qiao Liu, Rui Zhang and Hongguo Jia. 2019. Assessing the Glacier Boundaries in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China by Multi-Temporal Coherence Estimation with Sentinel-1A InSAR. Remote Sensing. 11, 392; doi:10.3390/rs11040392    .  

[10] Xingcheng He, Xiaoyi Wang, Shane DuBay, Andrew Hart Reeve, Per Alstr？m, Jianghong Ran, Qiao Liu and Yongjie Wu*. 2019. Elevational patterns of bird species richness on the eastern slope of Mt. Gongga, Sichuan Province, China Avian Research. 1-12.  

[11] Liu Qiao*, Shiyin Liu and Wulong Cao. 2018. Seasonal Variation of Drainage System in the Lower Ablation Area of a Monsoonal Temperate Debris-Covered Glacier in Mt. Gongga, South-Eastern Tibet. Water. 10(1050):1-11, doi: 10.3390/w10081050.  

[12] Sheng Jiang, Yong Nie*, Qiao Liu, Jida Wang, Linshan Liu, Javed Hassan, Xiangyang Liu and Xia Xu. 2018. Glacier Change, Supraglacial Debris Expansion and Glacial Lake Evolution in the Gyirong River Basin, Central Himalayas, between 1988 and 2015. Remote sensing, 10, 986, 10, 986; doi: 10.3390/rs10070986.  

[13] Nie Yong*, Liu Qiao, J. Wang, Y. Zhang, Y. Sheng, and S. Liu. 2018. An inventory of historical glacial lake outburst floods in the Himalayas based on remote sensing observations and geomorphological analysis. Geomorphology, 308, 91-106, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.02.002.  

[14] Nie, Y*., Sheng, Y., Liu, Q., Liu, L., Liu, S., Zhang, Y., Song, C., 2017. A regional-scale assessment of Himalayan glacial lake changes using satellite observations from 1990 to 2015, Remote Sensing of Environment. 189:1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2016.11.008.  

[15] Liu Qiao*, Liu Shiyin. 2016. Response of glacier mass balance to climate change in the Tianshan Mountains during the second half of the twentieth century. Climate Dynamics. 46(1): 303-316. doi: 10.1007/s00382-015-2585-2.  

[16] Liu Qiao*, Guo Wanqing, Nie Yong, Liu Shiyin, Xu Junli. 2016. Recent glacier and glacial lake changes and their interactions in the Bugyai Kangri, Southeast Tibet. Annals of Glaciology. 57(71): 61-69. doi: 10.3189/2015AoG71A415.  

[17] Zhang Yong*, Hirabayashi Yukiko, Fujita Koji, Liu ShiYin, Liu Qiao. 2015. Heterogeneity in supraglacial debris thickness and its role in glacier mass changes of the Mount Gongga. Science China-Earth Sciences. 58(1): 170-184. doi: 10.1007/s11430-015-5118-2.  

[18] Zhang Yong*, Yukiko HIRABAYASHI, Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin. 2015. Glacier runoff and its impact in a highly glacierized catchment in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau: past and future trends. Journal of Glaciology. 61(228):713-730. doi: 10.3189/2015JoG14J188.  

[19] Guo W.Q., S.Y. Liu, L. Xu, L.Z. Wu, D.H. Shangguan, X.J. Yao, J.F. Wei, W.J. Bao, P.C. Yu, Q. Liu, Z.L. Jiang. 2015. The second Chinese glacier inventory: data, methods and results. Journal of Glaciology, 61(226): 357-372. doi: 10.3189/2015JoG14J209.  

[20] Liu Qiao*, Liu Shiyin, Guo Wanqin, Nie Yong, Shangguan Donghui, Xu Junli, Yao Xiaojun. 2015. Glacier changes in the upper reaches of Lancang River Basin, China, between 1960-1970s and 2005-2010. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 47(2): 335-344. doi: 10.1657/AAAR0013-104.  

[21] Liu Qiao*, Christoph Mayer, Liu Shiyin. 2015. Distribution and interannual variability of supraglacial lakes on debris-covered glaciers in the Khan Tengri-Tumor Mountains, Central Asia. Environmental Research Letters. 10(1): 014014, 10pp. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014014.  

[22] Liu Qiao, Nie Yong, Liu Shiyin. 2014. Heterogeneous status of glacial terminal-contacted lakes in Himalayas due to different geomorphology and glacier characters. (poster presented at AGU 2014, C41B-0340: Climate and the Changing Cryosphere in High Asia I, San Francisco, CA, USA, 15 December-19 December 2014).  

[23] Nie Yong, Liu Qiao*, Liu Shiyin. 2013. Glacial Lake Expansion in the Central Himalayas by Landsat Images, 1990–2010. PLoS ONE 12/2013 8(12): e83973. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083973.  

[24] Liu Qiao, Christoph Mayer, Liu Shiyin. 2013. Distribution and recent variations of supraglacial lakes on dendritic-type glaciers in the Khan Tengri-Tomur Mountains, Central Asia. The Cryosphere Discuss, 7: 4545-4584. doi:10.5194/tcd-7-4545-2013.   

[25] Liu Qiao, Christoph Mayer, Liu Shiyin. 2013. Distribution and recent variations of supraglacial lakes on dendritic-type glaciers in the Khan Tengri-Tomur Mountains, Central Asia. AGU 2013, C43D: Glacier, Ice Cap, and Ice Sheet Hydrology II, San Francisco, CA, USA, 9 December-13 December 2013 (Abstract and Oral Presentation).  

[26] Liu Qiao, Christoph Mayer, Liu Shiyin. 2013. Distribution and recent variations of supraglacial lakes on dendritic-type glaciers in the Khan Tengri-Tomur Mountains, Central Asia. IGS 2013, International Symposium on Changes in Glaciers and Ice Sheets: Observations, Modelling and Environmental Interactions, Beijing, China, 28 July-2 August 2013 (Abstract and poster presentation).  

[27] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin. 2012. Tracing experimental studies of englacial and subglacial drainage system evolution and a case study at Hailuogou glacier. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 34(5): 1206-1219. (in Chinese with English abstract).  

[28] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin. 2012. Progress on the study of englacial and subglacial drainage system of glaciers. Advances in Earth Science, 27(6): 660-669. (in Chinese with English abstract).  

[29] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin. 2012. Seasonal evolution of subglacial drainage system in the lower tongue of Hailuogou glacier, China, deduced by repeated dye-tracing experiments. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria, 22-27 April 2012 (Abstract and poster presentation).  

[30] Wang Xin, Liu Shiyin, Han Haidong, Liu Qiao. 2012. Thermal regime of a supraglacial lake on the debris-covered Koxkar Glacier, southwest Tianshan, China. Environmental Earth Sciences, doi:10.1007/s12665-011-1490-1.   

[31] Zhang Yong., K. Fujita, Liu Shiyin, Liu Qiao, Takayuki Nuimura. 2011. Distribution of debris thickness and its effect on ice melt at Hailuogou glacier, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, using in situ surveys and ASTER imagery [J]. Journal of Glaciology, 57(206): 1147-1157. 

[32] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin. 2011. Interannual lake level fluctuations (1992-2008) in Central Asia from Satellite Altimetry Data. International Symposium on Changing Cryosphere, Water Availability and Sustainable Development in Central Asia 09 Oct 2011, Urumqi, China. (Abstract and oral presentation). 

[33] Liu Shiyin, Liu Qiao. 2011. Glacier Mass balance variations in Tien shan, Cetral Asia, during the 2nd half of the 20th century. International Symposium on Changing Cryosphere, Water Availability and Sustainable Development in Central Asia 09 Oct, 2011, Urumqi, China. (Abstract and oral presentation). 

[34] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin, Zhang Yong, Zhang Yingsong. 2011. Surface ablation features and recent variation of the lower ablation area of the Hailuogou Glacier, Mt. Gongga. Journal of Glaciology and Geocryology, 33(2): 227-236. (in Chinese with English abstract). 

[35] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin, Zhang Yong, Wang Xin, Zhang Yingsong, Guo Wanqin and Xu Junli. 2010. Recent shrinkage and hydrological response of Hailuogou Glacier, a monsoonal temperate glacier in east slope of Mount Gongga, China [J]. Journal of Glaciology, 56(196): 215-224. 

[36] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin. 2010. Seasonal evolution of the englacial and subglacial drainage systems of a temperate glacier revealed by hydrological analysis [J]. Sciences in Cold and Arid Regions 2(1): 51-58. 

[37] Liu Xiaohong, Zhao Liangju, Chen Tuo, Shao Xuemei, Liu Qiao, Hou Shugui, Qin Dahe, An Wenling. 2010. Combined tree-ring width and δ13C to reconstruct snowpack depth: a pilot study in the Gongga Mountain, west China. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 103(1-2): 133-144. 

[38] Zhang Yong., K. Fujita, Liu Shiyin, Liu Qiao, Wang Xin. 2010. Multi-decadal ice-velocity and elevation changes of a monsoonal maritime glacier: Hailuogou glacier, China [J]. Journal of Glaciology, 56(195): 65-74. 

[39] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin, Guo Wanqin. 2010. A review of mornitoring of mountain glaciers in China. International Symposium on Benefiting from Earth Observation: Bridging the Data Gap for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan Region: Kathmandu, Nepal, 04-06 Oct 2010 (Abstract and poster presentation). 

[40] Liu Qiao, Liu Shiyin. 2010. Seasonal evolution of englacial and subglacial drainage system of temperate glacier revealed by hydrological analysis. European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2010, Vienna, Austria, 02–07 May 2010 (Abstract and poster presentation).