📝 Publications
at UoM
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Yu, J., Li, W., Li, L., Kumar, D., Sun, H., Topping, D. O., Tang, G., and Zheng, Z.:
Evaluating ERA5-Land air temperature and dew point biases in built-up environments in the UK,
Urban Climate, 69, 103088, 2026.
Collaborators: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Microsoft AI, and Wuhan University.
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Yu, J., Oleson, K., Qin, Y., Zhao, L., Topping, D., and Zheng, Z.:
Optimizing the Rainwater Harvesting and Roof Sprinkling System to Adapt to Urban Extreme Heat,
Earth's Future, 14, e2026EF008878, 2026.
Collaborators: NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Peking University, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Media Highlights: The University of Manchester, The National, Euronews, The Economic Times, Water Magazine, Sustainable Futures at UoM, and Mirage News.
🎧 Audio: 🇨🇳 中文 🇬🇧 English - Yu, J., Zheng, Z., Ni, J., and Ji, J.: Empowerment of accurate modeling of anaerobic membrane bioreactors by automated machine learning, Journal of Environmental Management, 401, 128801, 2026.
Collaborators: The University of Tokyo. - Yu, J., Schreck, J. S., Gagne, D. J., Oleson, K. W., Li, J., Liang, Y., Liao, Q., Sun, M., Topping, D. O., and Zheng, Z.: Reinforcement Learning (RL) Meets Urban Climate Modeling: Investigating the Efficacy and Impacts of RL-Based HVAC Control, ArXiv Preprint, 2025.
- Xia, J., Ling, F., Li, Z., Yu, J., Zhang, H., Topping, D. O., Bai, L., and Zheng, Z.: Learning Urban Climate Dynamics via Physics-Guided Urban Surface--Atmosphere Interactions, Proceedings of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2025, Main Conference), 2025.
- Yu, J., Zheng, Z., Lindley, S., Zhao, L., Wang, C., Wu, Q., Li, L., Topping, D., Schreck, J., Gagne, D., and Oleson, K.: Leveraging Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) for Urban Climate Emulation, Big Data and Earth System, 3, 100040, 2025.
Collaborators: Google DeepMind, Pennsylvania State University, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. - Yu, J., Yuan, S., Lindley, S., Jay, C., Topping, D., Oleson, K., and Zheng, Z.: Integration and Execution of Community Land Model Urban (CLMU) in a Containerized Environment, Environ. Model. Softw., 188, 106391, 2025.
- Wang, K., Yu, J., Zhang, H., Li, Z., and Zheng, Z.: Leverage a Cloud-based Big Data Processing Platform for Climate Extremes Research, AGU Fall Meeting 2023 Abstract, 2023.
at RCEES
- Sun, H., Jiao, R., Yu, J., and Wang, D.: Combined effects of particle size and humic acid corona on the aggregation kinetics of nanoplastics in aquatic environments, Sci. Total Environ., 901, 165987, 2023.
- Yu, J., Xu, H., Yang, X., Sun, H., Jin, Z., and Wang, D.: Floc formation and growth during coagulation removing humic acid: Effect of stirring condition, Sep. Purif. Technol., 302, 122084, 2022.
- Yu, J., Xu, H., Wang, D., Sun, H., Jiao, R., Liu, Y., Jin, Z., and Zhang, S.: Variations in NOM During Floc Aging: Effect of Typical Al-based Coagulants and Different Particle Size, Water Res., 218, 118486, 2022.
- Yu, J., Jiao, R., Sun, H., Xu, H., He, Y., and Wang, D.: Removal of microorganic pollutants in aquatic environment: The utilization of Fe (VI), J. Environ. Manage., 316, 115328, 2022.
- Yu, J., Xu, H., Sun, H., Jin, Z., and Wang, D.: Mechanism on the effects of floc aging and pH adjustment on reflux feed water and coagulation, China Environmental Science, 42(10), 4612–4620, 2022. (in Chinese).
- Sun, H., Jiao, R., Yang, Q., Yu, J., and Wang, D.: Aggregation and settling characteristics of particulate matter and DOM in a southern China reservoir: Influence of hydraulic conditions and dosing methods, Process. Saf. Environ. Prot., 166, 500–511, 2022.
- Wang, Z., Xu, H., Yu, J., Zhao, C., and Wang, D.: Effects of nano- and micro-particles on coagulation process of aluminum-based coagulants and fouling of ultrafiltration membrane, China Environmental Science, 42(10), 4621–4630, 2022. (in Chinese).
- Li, M., Xu, H., Wang, D., Wang, X., and Yu, J.: Comparison of the effect of AlCl3 and Al13 on sludge conditioning in water supply plant, Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering, 15(3), 1075-1082, 2021. (in Chinese).