<p>Conference Proceedings and Presentations Yuan, S. and S. M. Quiring (2014) Evaluation of Soil Moisture Simulations in the CMIP5 Models Using Satellite and In situ Observations over CONUS. American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting. December 15, 2014. San Francisco CA, USA Yuan, S. and S. M. Quiring (2014) Drought Evaluation in the U.S. Great Plains Based on Two-source PET Model. 2nd Texas Water Resources Institute Water Daze Symposium, November 12, 2014. College Station TX, USA Yuan, S. and S. M. Quiring (2014) Drought in the U.S. Great Plains (1980-2012): A sensitivity study using different methods for estimating potential evapotranspiration in the Palmer Drought Severe Index. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. April 10, 2014.Tampa FL, USA Yuan, S. and S. M. Quiring (2014) Drought in the U.S. Great Plains: 1980-2012. 1st Annual Geography Graduate Student Research Symposium, March 22, 2014. College Station TX, USA Yuan, S. and S. M. Quiring (2013) Impacts of soil moisture in different layers on soil moisture-evapotranspiration interactions over the U.S. Great Plains. American Geophysical Union 2013 Fall Meeting. December 10, 2013. San Francisco CA, USA Yuan, S. and S. M. Quiring (2013) Evaluation of model simulated soil moisture using long-term in situ record from Iowa. American Meteorological Society 2013 Annual Meeting. January 9, 2013. Austin TX., USA Yuan, S. and S. M. Quiring (2012) Evaluation of soil moisture simulations using in situ data from Iowa (1954 to 1983). American Geophysical Union 2012 Fall Meeting. December 6, 2012. San Francisco CA., USA Yuan, S., L. Ren, F. Yuan (2011) Extreme hydrologic events in the Liaohe River basin associated with future climate change scenarios. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 25th General Assembly. June 30, 2011. Melbourne, Australia. Yuan, S., L. Ren, F. Yuan (2011) Estimation of long-wave radiation for Land Surface Model based on satellite date. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 25th General Assembly. July 1, 2011. Melbourne, Australia. Yuan, F., L. Ren, S. Yuan (2010) Hydrological change in the Hanjiang River basin associated with future climate change scenarios. In Proceedings of 8th Water Forum of China, August 2010. Yuan, F., H. Zheng, Y. Zhou, L. Ren, S. Yuan (2010) Predicting runoff changes in the Jiahe River basin associated with future climate change scenarios. In Proceedings of Integrated Water Resources Management 2010 Conference, Hydrological Cycle and Water Resources Sustainability in a Changing Environment Section. Nanjing, China, November 2010, IAHS Publ. 33X.</p>