SCIENTIFIC & PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
- Hou Z., A. Flaxman, and N. Terry, Improving the Applicability of Tomographic GPR for Crosshole Site Characterization Through Data Acquisition Design, manuscript.
- Hou, Z., and A. Kellogg, Evaluating Overburden Impacts on Geophysical Responses and Their Applicability in Reservoir Characterization through Inverse and Forward Modeling, manuscript.
- Hou, Z., Bayesian inversion of Hydraulic Conductivity Using borehole GPR, Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, submitted.
- Hou, Z., Y. Rubin, and J. Chen, On Application of Ray-tracing Methods When Using Tomographic GPR in Vadose Zone Hydrology, Journal of Applied Geophysics, in revision.
- Chen, J., G. M. Hoversten, D. Vasco, Z. Hou, and Y. Rubin, 2007, A Sampling-based Bayesian Model for Gas Saturation Estimation Using Geophysical Data, Geophysics, 72(6), P. WA85-WA95.
- Hou, Z., Y. Rubin, G. M. Hoversten, D. Vasco, and J. Chen, 2006, Reservoir Parameter Identification Using Minimum Relative Entropy-Based Bayesian Inversion of Seismic AVA and Marine CSEM Data, Geophysics, 71(6), P.O77-O88.
- Rubin, Y., G. M. Hoversten, Z. Hou, and J. Chen, 2006, Risk reduction in gas reservoir exploration using joint seismic-EM inversion, GasTips.
- Hou, Z., and Y. Rubin, 2005, On MRE Concepts and Prior Compatibility Issues in Vadose Zone Inverse and Forward Modeling, Water Resour. Res., 41, W12425, doi:10.1029/2005WR004082.
- Hoversten, G.M., F. Cassassuce, E. Gasperikova, Y. Rubin, Z. Hou, and D. Vasco, 2005, Direct Reservoir Parameter Estimation Using Joint Inversion of Marine Seismic AVA & CSEM Data, Geophysics, 71(3), P.C1-C13, May-June.
- Hou, Z., and X. Li, 2000, Analysis of Global Climate Change and External Forcing Factors, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Pekinensis, 36(5), 641-650.
- Li, X., and Z. Hou, 1999, Rotated Complex Empirical Orthogonal Functions (RCEOF) Analyses: Theory and Examples, Acta Meteor. Sinica, 13, 212-225.
- PEER REVIEWED AND PUBLISHED IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- Hou, Z., Estimating hydraulic conductivity using crosshole radar traveltime data, 2008, Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, SAGEEP proceedings.
- Hou, Z., et al., Joint Inversion of Seismic and CSEM Data for Identification of Reservoir Parameters, 2005, expanded abstract, the 75th Annual International Meeting, SEG.
- Steiner, M., J. A. Smith, R. Uijlenhoet, and Z. Hou, Rainfall variability and its effect on rainfall measurements, 2001, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Munich, Germany, American Meteorological Society, 562-564.
PROFESSIONAL REPORTS
- Rubin, Y., P. Benito, G. Miller, J. McLaughlin, Z. Hou, S. Hermanowicz, U. Mayer, and D. Sillin, 2007, Hilmar Supplemental Environmental Project Report, Volume II. Oakland, CA. Available at http://hilmarsep.com.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
- Flaxman A., and Z. Hou, 2009, Improving the Applicability of Tomographic GPR for Crosshole Site Characterization Through Data Acquisition Design, American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting.
- Kellogg A., and Z. Hou, 2009, Analyzing overburden impacts on geophysical responses and the applicability of seismic and EM methods in deep water reservoir characterization through forward modeling, AGU.
- Terry, N., and Z. Hou, 2009, Sensitivity of geophysical responses to vadose zone parameters, AGU.
- Hou, Z., 2008, Tomographic GPR for Hydraulic Conductivity Estimation, the 21st annual meeting, SAGEEP.
- Hou, Z., Y. Rubin, and J. Chen, 2007, Estimating hydrogeological parameters in the vadose zone using tomographic GPR first-arrival traveltime data - applications of the eikonal solver within an MCMC-Bayesian inversion framework, AGU.
- Rubin, Y., P. Benito, G. Miller, J. McLaughlin, Z. Hou, S. Hermanowicz, and U. Mayer, 2007, Modeling land application of food processing wastewater in the Central Valley, California, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.
- Hou, Z., and Y. Rubin, 2006, On application of ray-tracing methods when using tomographic GPR in vadose zone hydrology, oral presentation, AGU Fall Mtg.
- Hou, Z., J. Chen, and Y. Rubin, On Application of Tomographic GPR in Shallow Subsurface Hydrological Parameter Estimation, oral presentation on AGU Fall Mtg, San Francisco, December 2005.
- Rubin, Y., Z. Hou, M. Hoversten, J. Chen and D. Vasco, Bayesian Inverse Modeling with Applications in the Shallow and Deep Earth, invited lecture, EOS Trans. 85(28), AGU Western Geophysics, 2004.
- Hou, Z., and Y. Rubin, On MRE-Bayesian Concepts and its Applications in Subsurface Inverse Modeling, AGU Fall Mtg, San Francisco, December 2004.
- Hou, Z., S. Hubbard, and Y. Rubin, Non-linear Bayesian Hydrogeophysical Inversion in the Vadose Zone, AGU Fall Mtg, San Francisco, December 2003.
- Hou, Z., S. Hubbard, and Y. Rubin, Numerical Simulation of Soil Water Content in the Unsaturated Zone Using Constraints Provided by Geophysical Measurements, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2002.
- Hou, Z., and X. Li, 1999, The Influences of the Solar, Volcanic, and Human Activities on Global Climate Change During the Past Century, International Conference on the New Theories and Methods of Climate Analysis and Prediction, Hangzhou, China.