Publications

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DATA-DRIVEN MODELING AND PROCESSING OF HYDRO-ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNALS

• Ding, Z., Zhang, K. Optimizing Sensor Placement in Urban Storm Sewers: A Data-Driven Sparse Sensing Approach (Under review in Water Resources Research).

• Kumar, A., Zhang, K. Improving Total Phosphorus Monitoring in Streams Using Hybrid Machine Learning Framework (Under review in Journal of Hydrology). 

• Bin Mamoon, W., Zhang, K., Luhar, M., & Parolari, A.J. (2025). Stream nutrient load and concentration estimation from minimal measurements, Geophysical Research Letters, 52(8), e2025GL114935

• Zhang, K., Luhar, M., Brunner, M.I., Parolari, A.J. (2023). Streamflow prediction in ungauged watersheds in the United States through data-driven sparse sensing, Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR034092.

• Zhang, K., Sebo, S., McDonald, W., Bhaskar, A., Shuster, W., Stewart, R., Parolari, A.J. (2023). The role of inflow and infiltration (I/I) in urban water balances and streamflow regimes: A hydrograph analysis along the sewershed-watershed continuum, Water Resources Research, 59, e2022WR032529.

• Zhang, K., Bin Mammoon, W., Schwartz, E, & Parolari, A.J. (2023). Reconstruction of sparse stream flow and concentration time-series through compressed sensing. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2022GL101177.

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M. (2018). Interactions between shallow groundwater and LID underdrain flow at different temporal scales. Hydrological Processes, 32(23), 3495-3512.

• Zhang, K., Abella, M., & Parolari, A.J. Examining the mobilization and transport behavior of PFAS in streams in response to hydrologic variability (In preparation).

URBAN HYDROLOGIC MODELING

• Md Azizul Islam, I., Kumar, A., Zhang, K. Variations of Urban Water Balances Considering Subsurface Sewer Fluxes: A Hydrologic Modeling Study (Under review in Journal of Hydrology). 

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M. (2024). Spatial allocation of bioretention cells considering interaction with shallow groundwater: A simulation-optimization approach. Science of the Total Environment, 935(20), 173369.

• Horvath, I.R., Zhang, K., Mayer, B.K., & Parolari, A.J. (2023). Regional climate influences the nutrient removal performance of vegetated stormwater best management practices. Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T), 57(12), 5079–5088.

• Zhang, K., Parolari, A. (2022). Impact of stormwater infiltration on rainfall-derived inflow and infiltration at watershed scale: A physically based surface-subsurface urban hydrologic model. Journal of Hydrology, 610, 127938.

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M. (2020). Design measures to mitigate the impact of shallow groundwater on hydrologic performance of permeable pavements. Hydrological Processes, 34, 5146-5166.

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M. (2020). Assessing the impact of spatial allocation of bioretention cells on shallow groundwater - an integrated surface-subsurface catchment-scale analysis with SWMM-MODFLOW. Journal of Hydrology, 586, 124910.

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M, Yang, Y. (2018). Simulating the hydrologic performance of low impact development practices in shallow groundwater via a modified SWMM. Journal of Hydrology, 566, 313-331.

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M. (2017). Evaluating hydrologic performance of bioretention cells in shallow groundwater. Hydrological Processes, 31, 4122-4135.

URBAN STORMWATER INSTRUMENTATION AND MONITORING

• Zhang, K., Huss, D., & Merten, G.H., 2025. A Field Evaluation on the Thermal Mitigation Effect of an Iron Sand–Enhanced Bioinfiltration Basin. Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, 11(4), p.05025005.

• Peng, H., Zhang, K., & Chui, T.F.M. (2025). Hydrologic performance of permeable pavements under extreme and regular rainfall conditions. Journal of Hydrology, 652, 132653.

• Lam, D., Zhang, K., & Parolari, A.J. (2024). Soil, climate, and landscape drivers of base cation concentrations in green stormwater infrastructure soils. Science of the Total Environment, 169907.

• Zhang, K., Huang, P., Chui, T.F. (2022). Runoff mitigation by underdrained permeable pavement in shallow groundwater environments: A field investigation? Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 27(7), 04022011.

• Zhang, K., Parolari, A. Temporal variability of soil respiration in urban green infrastructure: A multiscale spectral analysis. (In preparation).

OTHERS

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M. (2019). A review on implementing infiltration-based green infrastructure in shallow groundwater environments: Challenges, approaches, and progress. Journal of Hydrology, 579, 124089.

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M. (2019). Linking hydrological and bioecological benefits of green infrastructure across spatial scales – a literature review. Science of the Total Environment, 646, 1219-1231.

• Zhang, K., Chui, T.F.M. (2018). A comprehensive review of spatial allocation of LID-BMP-GI practices: Strategies and optimization tools. Science of the Total Environment, 621, 915-929.

• Zhang, K., Che, W., Zhang, W., Zhao, Y. (2016). Discussion about initial runoff and volume capture ratio of annual rainfall. Water Science and Technology, 74(8), 1764-1772.