Publications

   [16] Tarasova, L., Gnann, S., Yang, S., Hartmann, A., & Wagener, T. (2024). Catchment characterization: Current descriptors, knowledge gaps and future opportunities. Earth-Science Reviews, 252, 104739, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104739.

[15] Finckh, S., Carmona, E., Borchardt, D., Büttner, O., Krauss, M., Schulze, T., Yang, S., & Brack, W. (2024). Mapping chemical footprints of organic micropollutants in European streams. Environment International, 183, 108371. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108371.

[14] Wang, H. J., Merz, R., Yang, S., & Basso, S. (2023). Inferring heavy tails of flood distributions through hydrograph recession analysis. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 27(24), 4369-4384. doi:10.5194/hess-27-4369-2023.

[13] Wachholz, A., Dehaspe, J., Ebeling, P., Kumar, R., Musolff, A., Saavedra, F., Winter, C., Yang, S., & Graeber, D. (2023). Stoichiometry on the edge—humans induce strong imbalances of reactive C:N:P ratios in streams. Environmental Research Letters, 18(4), 044016. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/acc3b1.

[12] Wang, H. J., Merz, R., Yang, S., Tarasova, L., & Basso, S. (2023). Emergence of heavy tails in streamflow distributions: the role of spatial rainfall variability. Advances in Water Resources, 171, 104359. doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2022.104359. 

[11] Yang, S., Büttner, O., Kumar, R., Basso, S., & Borchardt, D. (2022). An analytical framework for determining the ecological risks of wastewater discharges in river networks under climate change. Earth's Future, e2021EF002601. doi:10.1029/2021EF002601.

[10] Wachholz, A., Jawitz, J. W., Büttner, O., Jomaa, S., Merz, R., Yang, S., & Borchardt, D. (2022). Drivers of multi-decadal nitrate regime shifts in a large European catchment. Environmental Research Letters, 17(6), 064039. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ac6f6a.

[9] Yang, S., Bertuzzo, E., Borchardt, D., and Rao, P. S. C. (2021). Hortonian scaling of coupled hydrological and biogeochemical responses across an intensively managed river basin. Frontiers in Water. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2021.693056.

[8] Gottesman, B. L., Olson, J. C., Yang, S., Acevedo-Charry, O., Francomano, D., Martinez, F. A., Appeldoorn, R. S., Mason, D. M., Weil, E., and Pijanowski, B. C. (2021). What does resilience sound like? Coral reef and dry forest acoustic communities respond differently to Hurricane Maria. Ecological Indicators, 126, 107635. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107635.

[7] Yang, S., Bertuzzo, E., Büttner, O., Borchardt, D., and Rao, P. S. C. (2021). Emergent spatial patterns of competing benthic and pelagic algae in a river network: A parsimonious basin-scale modeling analysis. Water Research, 193, 116887. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2021.116887.

[6] Schmidt, C., Kumar, R., Yang, S., and Büttner, O. (2020). Microplastic particle emission from wastewater treatment plant effluents into river networks in Germany: Loads, spatial patterns of concentrations and potential toxicity. Science of the Total Environment, 737, 139544. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139544.

[5] Yang, S., Buettner, O., Kumar, R., Jaeger, C., Jawitz, J. W., Rao, P. S. C., and Borchardt, D. (2019). Spatial patterns of water quality impairments from point source nutrient loads in Germany's largest national River Basin (Weser River). Science of the Total Environment, 697, 134145. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134145.

[4] Yang, S., Buettner, O., Jawitz, J. W., Kumar, R., Rao, P. S. C., and Borchardt, D. (2019). Spatial organization of human population and wastewater treatment plants in urbanized river basins. Water Resources Research, 55, 6138–6152. doi: 10.1029/2018WR024614. This research was received the WRR Editor’s Choice Award 2019.

[3] Krueger, E., Borchardt, D., Jawitz, J. W., Klammler, H., Yang, S., Zischg, J., and Rao, P. S. C. (2019). Resilience dynamics of urban water supply security and potential of tipping points. Earth's Future, 7, 1167–1191. doi:10.1029/2019EF001306

[2] Yang, S., Paik, K., McGrath, G., Urich, C., Kruger, E., Kumar P., and Rao, C. (2017) Functional Topology of Evolving Urban Drainage Networks. Water Resources Research, doi: 10.1002/2017WR021555. This research was received the WRR Editor’s Choice Award 2017 and highlighted as Research Spotlights on Eos published by AGU ( click to read! ). 

[1] Yang, S. and Paik, K. (2017), New findings on river network organization: Law of eigenarea and relationships among hortonian scaling ratios. Fractals, 25(03), 1750029. doi: 10.1142/s0218348x17500293.

[1] Klinkhamer, C., Zischg, J., Krueger, E., Yang, S., Blumensaat, F., Urich, C., Kaeseberg, T., Paik, K., Borchardt, D., Silva, J. R., Sitzenfrei, R., Rauch, W., McGrath, G., Krebs, P., Ukkusuri, S., and Rao, P. S. C. (2019). Topological Convergence of Urban Infrastructure Networks. arXiv:1902.01266

[2] Yang, S. (Sep., 2022). 'Who ate up a lot of water in European rivers in summer 2022?', published in the magazine of the Korea Water Resources Association, 55(9), pp 98-104. [양수현 (2022, 9월), '2022년 여름, 그 많던 유럽 강물은 누가 다 먹었을까?', 한국수자원학회지 물과미래] 

[1] Yang, S. (July, 2020). 'Role of River Networks in the Renaissance Era of Hydrology: Related to Urban Drainage Networks', published in the magazine of the Korean Society of Civil Engineers, 68(7), pp 52-55. [양수현 (2020, 7월), '수문학의 르네상스 시대 속 하천망의 역할 : 도시 배수망과 관련하여', 대한토목학회지]