Dr. Budong Qian

Research Scientist

Climate change impacts and adaptation

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6

Current research and/or projects

Sustainable crop production in Canada under climate change

Research and/or project statements

The project addresses many research gaps in sustainable crop production in Canada facing a changing climate.

Professional activities / interests

Climate variability and climate change
Applied climatology in agriculture
Stochastic weather generation for agricultural modelling
Climate downscaling and scenarios for agricultural applications
Climate change impacts and adaptation in the agricultural sector
Crop modelling for climate change impacts on crop growth and production
Statistical analysis

Education and awards

Ph.D. Physics, University of Lisbon, 2000

M.Sc. Climatology, Hohai University, 1990

B.Sc. Climatology, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, 1982

Additional links

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Budong_Qian

Key publications

Kritika Kothari, Montse Salmeron Cortasa, Rafael Battisti, Kenneth J. Boote, Sotirios Archontoulis, Adriana Confalone, Julie Constantin, Santiago Cuadra, Philippe Debaeke, Babacar Faye, Brian Grant, Gerrit Hoogenboom, Qi Jing, Michael van der Laan, Fernando Macena, Fabio Marin, Alireza Nehbandani, Claas Nendel, Larry C. Purcell, Budong Qian, Alex Ruane, Evandro da Silva, Ward Smith, Afshin Soltani, Amit Srivastava, Nilson Vieira. 2019. AgMIP Soybean Phase 1: Multi-Model Sensitivity Analysis to CO2, Temperature, Water, and Nitrogen. ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings, San Antonio, Texas, Nov 10-13, 2019.
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Dong, T., Shang, J., Chen, J.M., Liu, J., Qian, B., Ma, B., Morrison, M.J., Zhang, C., Liu, Y., Shi, Y., Pan, H., Zhou, G. (2019). Assessment of portable chlorophyll meters for measuring crop leaf chlorophyll concentration. Remote Sensing, [online] 11(22), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11222706
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Liu, J., Shang, J., Qian, B., Huffman, T., Zhang, Y., Dong, T., Jing, Q., Martin, T. (2019). Crop yield estimation using time-series MODIS data and the effects of cropland masks in Ontario, Canada. Remote Sensing, [online] 11(20), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11202419
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Dong, T., Shang, J., Qian, B., Liu, J., Chen, J.M., Jing, Q., McConkey, B., Huffman, T., Daneshfar, B., Champagne, C., Davidson, A., MacDonald, D. (2019). Field-scale crop seeding date estimation from MODIS data and growing degree days in Manitoba, Canada. Remote Sensing, [online] 11(15), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11151760
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Qian, B., Zhang, X., Smith, W., Grant, B., Jing, Q., Cannon, A.J., Neilsen, D., McConkey, B., Li, G., Bonsal, B., Wan, H., Xue, L., Zhao, J. (2019). Climate change impacts on Canadian yields of spring wheat, canola and maize for global warming levels of 1.5 °c, 2.0 °c, 2.5 °c and 3.0 °c. Environmental Research Letters, [online] 14(7), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab17fb
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Xuebin Zhang, Guilong Li, Francis Zwiers, Budong Qian, Ying Sun (2019) Increase in daily temperature variability during early growing season. 14th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, Centre International de Conférences - Météo-France, Toulouse, France. June 24-28, 2019.
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Cheng, Z., Meng, J., Shang, J., Liu, J., Qiao, Y., Qian, B., Jing, Q., Dong, T. (2019). Improving Soil Available Nutrient Estimation by Integrating Modified WOFOST Model and Time-Series Earth Observations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, [online] 57(5), 2896-2908. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2018.2878382
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Dong, T., Liu, J., Shang, J., Qian, B., Ma, B., Kovacs, J.M., Walters, D., Jiao, X., Geng, X., Shi, Y. (2019). Assessment of red-edge vegetation indices for crop leaf area index estimation. Remote Sensing of Environment, [online] 222 133-143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.12.032
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Qian, B., Jing, Q., Zhang, X., Shang, J., Liu, J., Wan, H., Dong, T., De Jong, R. (2019). Adapting estimation methods of daily solar radiation for crop modelling applications in Canada. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, [online] 99(4), 533-547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2019-0018
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Du, X., Li, Q., Shang, J., Liu, J., Qian, B., Jing, Q., Dong, T., Fan, D., Wang, H., Zhao, L., Lieff, S., Davies, T. (2019). Detecting advanced stages of winter wheat yellow rust and aphid infection using RapidEye data in North China Plain. GIScience and Remote Sensing, [online] 56(7), 1093-1113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15481603.2019.1613804
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He, W., Yang, J.Y., Qian, B., Drury, C.F., Hoogenboom, G., He, P., Lapen, D., Zhou, W. (2018). Climate change impacts on crop yield, soil water balance and nitrate leaching in the semiarid and humid regions of Canada. PLoS ONE, [online] 13(11), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207370
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Jarecki, M., Grant, B., Smith, W., Deen, B., Drury, C., VanderZaag, A., Qian, B., Yang, J., Wagner-Riddle, C. (2018). Long-term trends in corn yields and soil carbon under diversified crop rotations. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 47(4), 635-643. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2017.08.0317
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Enli Wang, Di He, Jing Wang, Julianne M. Lilley, Brendan Christy, Munir Hoffmann, Garry O’Leary, Jerry Hatfield, Luigi Ledda, Paola A. Deligios, Brian Grant, Qi Jing, Class Nendel, Henning Kage, Budong Qian, Ehsan Eyshi Rezaei, Ward Smith, Wiebke Weymann, Frank Ewert. 2018. Inter-comparison of crop models for simulating canola growth and yield. AgMIP7 Global Workshop, San Jose, Costa Rica, April 24-26th, 2018. The 7th AgMIP Global Workshop San Jose 2018/04/24 - 2018/04/26
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Budong Qian, Xuebin Zhang, Ward Smith, Brian Grant, Qi Jing, Alex Cannon, Denise Neilsen, Brian McConkey, Guilong Li, Barrie Bonsal, Hui Wan, Li Xue, and Jun Zhao. 2018. Climate impacts on Canadian productions of major crops for global warming levels of 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5°C. The 7th AgMIP Global Workshop, April 24-26, 2018. San Jose, Costa Rica.
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Smith, W., Grant, B., He, W., VanderZaag, A., Qian, B., Desjardins, R., Jerecki, M., Wagner-Riddle, C., Deen, W., and Drury, C. 2018. Poster: Management strategies to reduce adverse impacts of climate change on cropping systems. World Meteorological Organization Technical Conference on Future Challenges and Opportunities in Agricultural Meteorology, Songdo Convensia, Incheon, Republic of Korea, 14-20 April, 2018
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Zhang, Y., Sherstiukov, A.B., Qian, B., Kokelj, S.V., Lantz, T.C. (2018). Impacts of snow on soil temperature observed across the circumpolar north. Environmental Research Letters, [online] 13(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aab1e7
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He, W., Yang, J.Y., Drury, C.F., Smith, W.N., Grant, B.B., He, P., Qian, B., Zhou, W., Hoogenboom, G. (2018). Estimating the impacts of climate change on crop yields and N2O emissions for conventional and no-tillage in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Agricultural Systems, [online] 159 187-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.01.025
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Chen, P., Shang, J., Qian, B., Jing, Q., Liu, J. (2017). A new regionalization scheme for effective ecological restoration on the loess plateau in China. Remote Sensing, [online] 9(12), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9121323
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Qi Jing, Malcolm Morrison, Budong Qian. 2017. Attributing soybean yield increases from the 1930s to 1990s in Canada to cultivar improvement and climate change. Poster presentation. SA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetings, Tampa, Florida, USA. 2017/10/22 - 2017/10/25.
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Budong Qian, Xuebin Zhang, Qi Jing, Alex Cannon, Denise Neilsen, Guilong Li, Brian McConkey, Barrie Bonsal. 2017. Canola production in Canada facing climate change. Oral Presentation. International Congress of Biometeorology 2017, Durham, UK. September 03-07, 2017.
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