PNNL

Jason Hou is a chief data scientist and team lead of the Earth System Data Science Group at PNNL. He is a pioneer and leader in developing and applying advanced machine learning (ML), uncertainty quantification (UQ), and extreme event analysis approaches. He has blended his data sciences expertise with an educational background in science and engineering to uniquely act as both a data scientist and a domain expert. As such, he and his team have developed new ML, UQ, and big data analytics approaches and methods that have significantly advanced fields of research in Earth systems, energy systems, and environmental systems. These cross-cutting advances have been broadly applied to land-atmosphere modeling, stochastic operation and planning of power systems, risk assessment and extreme event analysis in subsurface and surface flow phenomena, and carbon sequestration, energy exploration, and environmental remediation.

• Artificial intelligence
• Complex systems
• Data mining
• Deep learning
• Machine learning

• PhD in Geostatistics, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
• MA in Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, 2005
• MS in Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2002
• MS in Atmospheric Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 2000
• BS in Geophysics/Atmospheric Science, Peking University, Beijing, 1997

• U.S. Department of Energy Review Panelist
• National Science Foundation Review Panelist
• U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Panelist
• American Statistician Association
• American Mathematical Society
• American Geophysical Union
• American Meteorological Society
• Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists
• Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, State University of New York
• Hydrologic Uncertainty Committee Founding Member, American Geophysical Union
• Invited Speaker, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Invited Speaker, International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Editor / Peer Reviewer

Advances in Water Resources; Advances in Mechanical Engineering; Applied Energy; Atmosphere-Ocean; Energies; Entropy; Environmental Earth Sciences; Environmental Modeling and Software; Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences; IEEE PES Letters; IEEE PES Transactions on Smart Grid; International Journal of Geosciences; Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology; Journal of Applied Geophysics; Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics; Journal of Hydrometeorology; Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology; Journal of Hydrologic Engineering; Journal of Petroleum and Gas Engineering; Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems; Journal of Hydrology; Journal of Geophysical Research; Mathematical Geoscience; SPE Journal; Weather, Climate and Society; Water Resources Research; Weather and Forecasting.

2020

• Hou Z, H Ren, H Wang, and PV Etingov. 2019. "Spatiotemporal Pattern Recognition in the PMU Signals in the WECC system." In The 2020 IEEE PES General Meeting. PNNL-SA-149280.
• Chen Y, J Wu, H Ren, and Z Hou. 2019. "Probabilistic Look-ahead Contingency Analysis Integration with Commercial Tool and Practical Data." In 21st International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) World Congress. PNNL-SA-149396.
• Lin X, Z Hou, Y Chen, S Rose, Y Ma, and F Pan. 2019. "Probabilistic Forecasting of Generators Startups and Shutdowns in the MISO System Based on Random Forest." In The 2020 IEEE PES General Meeting. PNNL-SA-149108.
• Ren H, Z Hou, PV Etingov, and H Wang. 2019. "Synchrophasor Measurements-based Events Detection Using Deep Learning." 2020 ACM e-Energy. PNNL-SA-144475. doi:10.1145/3396851.3403513.
• Jeong J, J Fan, CR Homeyer, and Z Hou. 2020. "Understanding Hailstone Temporal Variability and Contributing Factors over the United States Southern Great Plains." Journal of Climate 33, no. 10:3947–3966. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0606.1
• Yabusaki SB, AN Myers-Pigg, ND Ward, SR Waichler, A Sengupta, Z Hou, and X Chen, et al. 2020. "Floodplain inundation and salinization from a recently restored first-order tidal stream." Water Resources Research. doi:10.1029/2019WR026850
• Yan H, N Sun, MS Wigmosta, L Leung, Z Hou, A Coleman, and RL Skaggs. 2020. "Evaluating next-generation intensity-duration-frequency curves for design flood estimates in the snow-dominated western United States." Hydrological Processes 34, no. 5:1255-1268. PNNL-SA-143219. doi:10.1002/hyp.13673
• Yin T, X Zang, Z Hou, P Jacobson, RP Mueller, and Z Deng. 2020. "Bridging the Gap between Laboratory and Field Experiments in American Eel Detection Using Transfer Learning and Convolutional Neural Network." Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-53) January 6-10, 2020, Maui, HI, 932-939. Honolulu, Hawaii:University of Hawaii. PNNL-SA-144397. doi:10.24251/HICSS.2020.116

2019

• Berg LK, Y Liu, B Yang, Y Qian, J Olson, MS Pekour, P Ma, et al. 2019. "Sensitivity of Turbine-Height Wind Speeds to Parameters in Planetary Boundary-Layer Parametrization Used in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model: Extension to Wintertime Conditions." Boundary-Layer Meteorology 170, no. 3:507-518. PNNL-SA-132420. doi:10.1007/s10546-018-0406-y
• Freedman VL, MP Connelly, ML Rockhold, N Hasan, S Mehta, WJ Mcmahon, MW Kozak, et al. 2019. "A Multiple Lines of Evidence Approach for Identifying Geologic Heterogeneities in Conceptual Site Models for Performance Assessments." Science of the Total Environment 692. PNNL-SA-142412. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.213
• Fu T, X Lin, Z Hou, and Z Deng. 2019. "Integrating Hybrid-Clustering and Localized Regression for Time Synchronization of a Hierarchical Underwater Acoustic Sensor Array." In OCEANS 2019 MTS/IEEE, October 27-31, 2019, Seattle, WA. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-147446. doi:10.23919/OCEANS40490.2019.8962752
• Hou Z, H Ren, N Sun, MS Wigmosta, Y Liu, L Leung, H Yan, et al. 2019. "Incorporating Climate Non-stationarity and Snowmelt Processes in Intensity-Duration-Frequency Analyses with Case Studies in Mountainous Areas." Journal of Hydrometeorology 20, no. 12:2331-2346. PNNL-SA-132327. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-19-0055.1
• Hou Z, TD Scheibe, CJ Murray, WA Perkins, EV Arntzen, H Ren, and RD Mackley, et al. 2019. "Identification and mapping of riverbed sediment facies in the Columbia River through integration of field observations and numerical simulations." Hydrological Processes 33, no. 8:1245-1259. doi:10.1002/hyp.13396
• Li X, X Fan, H Ren, Z Hou, Q Huang, S Wang, and O Ciniglio. 2019. "Data-driven Feature Analysis in Control Design for Series-Compensated Transmission Systems." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 34, no. 4:3297-3299. PNNL-SA-139624. doi:10.1109/TPWRS.2019.2912711
• Lin X, Z Hou, H Ren, and F Pan. 2019. "Approximate Mixed-Integer Programming Solution with Machine Learning Technique and Linear Programming Relaxation." In The 3rd International Conference on Smart Grid and Smart Cities, 101-107. Berkeley, California:IEEE. PNNL-SA-141126. doi:10.1109/ICSGSC.2019.00-11
• Liu Y, Z Hou, PV Etingov, and H Zhou. 2019. "Update of Residential Load Profile for WECC Load Composition Model Using Cross-Correlation Method." In Proceedings of the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2019), August 4-8, 2019, Atlanta, GA. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-139433. doi:10.1109/PESGM40551.2019.8973557
• Ren H, Z Hou, MS Wigmosta, Y Liu, and L Leung. 2019. "Impacts of Spatial Heterogeneity and Temporal Non-Stationarity on Intensity-Duration-Frequency Estimates - A Case Study in a Mountainous California-Nevada Watershed." Water 11, no. 6:Article No. 1296. PNNL-SA-141612. doi:10.3390/w11061296
• Sun N, H Yan, MS Wigmosta, L Leung, R Skaggs, and Z Hou. 2019. "Regional Snow Parameters Estimation for Large-Domain Hydrological Applications in the Western United States." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124, no. 10:5296-5313. PNNL-SA-134653. doi:10.1029/2018JD030140
• Yan H, N Sun, MS Wigmosta, L Leung, Z Hou, R Skaggs, and A Coleman. 2019. "Enhancing Hydrologic Design by Next-Generation Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves Considering Snowmelt and Climate Nonstationarity." In World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019: Groundwater, Sustainability, Hydro-Climate/Climate Change, and Environmental Engineering, May 19-23, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA, edited by GF Scott and W Hamilton, 278-286. Reston, Virginia:American Society of Civil Engineers. PNNL-SA-140569. doi:10.1061/9780784482346.028
• Yan H, N Sun, MS Wigmosta, R Skaggs, L Leung, A Coleman, and Z Hou. 2019. "Observed Spatiotemporal Changes in the Mechanisms of Extreme Water Available for Runoff in the Western United States." Geophysical Research Letters 46, no. 2:767-775. PNNL-SA-138215. doi:10.1029/2018GL080260
• Yan H, N Sun, MS Wigmosta, R Skaggs, Z Hou, and L Leung. 2019. "Next-Generation Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves to Reduce Errors in Peak Flood Design." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 24, no. 7:04019020. PNNL-SA-135099. doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001799
• Yang B, LK Berg, Y Qian, C Wang, Z Hou, Y Liu, H Shin, et al. 2019. "Parametric and structural sensitivities of turbine-height wind speeds in the boundary-layer parameterizations in the Weather Research and Forecasting model." Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124, no. 12:5951-5969. PNNL-SA-142837. doi:10.1029/2018JD029691
• Zhou H, Z Hou, PV Etingov, and Y Liu. 2019. "Machine Learning of Commercial and Residential Load Components in Northwestern United States." In The ACM e-Energy 2019 Conference, 385-387. New York, New York:ACM. PNNL-SA-142105. doi:10.1145/3307772.3330160
• Zhou H, Z Hou, PV Etingov, and Y Liu. 2019. "Machine Learning-Based Investigation of the Associations between Residential Power Consumption and Weather Conditions." In The 3rd International Conference on Smart Grid and Smart Cities, June 25-28, 2019, Berkeley, CA, 85-91. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-139398. doi:10.1109/ICSGSC.2019.00-13

2018

• Bao J, T Zhou, M Huang, Z Hou, WA Perkins, SF Harding, P Titzler, et al. 2018. "Modulating factors of hydrologic exchanges in a large-scale river reach: Insights from three-dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulations." Hydrological Processes 32, no. 23:3446-3463. PNNL-SA-123673. doi:10.1002/hyp.13266
• Berscheid AP, YV Makarov, Z Hou, R Diao, Y Zhang, NA Samaan, Y Yuan, et al. 2018. "An Open-Source Tool for Automated Power Grid Stress Level Prediction at Balancing Authorities." In IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), April 16-19, 2018, Denver, CO. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-128564. doi:10.1109/TDC.2018.8440330
• Etingov PV, FK Tuffner, JD Follum, X Li, H Wang, R Diao, Y Zhang, et al. 2018. "Open-Source Suite for Advanced Synchrophasor Analysis." In 2018 IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference & Exposition. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-128061. doi:10.1109/TDC.2018.8440500
• Etingov PV, LE Miller, Z Hou, YV Makarov, C Loutan, and W Katzenstein. 2018. "Improving BA Control Performance Through Advanced Regulation Requirements Prediction." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2018), August 5-10, 2018, Portland, OR. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-130443. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2018.8586317
• Etingov PV, LE Miller, Z Hou, YV Makarov, K Pennock, P Beaucage, C Loutan, et al. 2018. "Balancing Needs Assessment Using Advanced Probabilistic Forecasts." In 2018 International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS). Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-131887. doi:10.1109/PMAPS.2018.8440392
• Hou Z, JD Follum, PV Etingov, FK Tuffner, D Kosterev, and GH Matthews. 2018. "Machine Learning of Factors Influencing Damping and Frequency of Dominant Inter-area Modes in the WECC Interconnect." In IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS 2018), June 24-28, 2018, Boise, ID, 1-6. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-130439. doi:10.1109/PMAPS.2018.8440361
• Ren H, Z Hou, H Wang, DV Zarzhitsky, and PV Etingov. 2018. "Pattern Mining and Anomaly Detection based on the Power System Synchrophasor Measurements." In Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), 2608-2614. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. doi:10.24251/HICSS.2018.330
• Ren H, Hou Z, and P Etingov. “Online Anomaly Detection Using Machine Learning and HPC for Power System Synchrophasor Measurements.” in 2018 IEEE International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems (PMAPS) 1–5 (IEEE, 2018). doi:10.1109/PMAPS.2018.8440495
• Qian Y, H Wan, B Yang, J Golaz, BE Harrop, Z Hou, VE Larson, et al. 2018. "Parametric Sensitivity and Uncertainty Quantification in the Version 1 of E3SM Atmosphere Model Based on Short Perturbed Parameter Ensemble Simulations." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 123, no. 23:13046-13073. PNNL-SA-138521. doi:10.1029/2018JD028927
• Yan H, N Sun, MS Wigmosta, R Skaggs, Z Hou, and L Leung. 2018. "Next-Generation Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves for Hydrologic Design in Snow-Dominated Environments." Water Resources Research 54, no. 2:1093-1108. PNNL-SA-126849. doi:10.1002/2017WR021290
• Zhou T, J Bao, M Huang, Z Hou, EV Arntzen, X Song, SF Harding, et al. 2018. "Riverbed Hydrologic Exchange Dynamics in a Large Regulated River Reach." Water Resources Research 54, no. 4:2715-2730. PNNL-SA-123666. doi:10.1002/2017WR020508

2017

• Chen Y, PV Etingov, H Ren, TB Nguyen, and Z Hou. 2017. "Smart Sampling and HPC-based Probabilistic Look-ahead Contingency Analysis Implementation and its Evaluation with Real-world Data." In IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting, July 16-20, 2017, Chicago, Illinois, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-122201. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2017.8274058
• Etingov PV, Z Hou, H Wang, H Ren, DV Zarzhitsky, JA De Chalendar, and D Kosterev, et al. 2017. "Cloud Based Analytical Framework for Synchrophasor Data Analysis." In CIGRE US National Committee 2017 Grid of the Future Symposium, October 22-25, 2017, Cleveland, OH. Paris:CIGRE. PNNL-SA-127703.
• Hou Z, WC Nelson, JC Stegen, CJ Murray, EV Arntzen, AR Crump, and DW Kennedy, et al. 2017. "Geochemical and Microbial Community Attributes in Relation to Hyporheic Zone Geological Facies." Scientific Reports 7. PNNL-SA-121286. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12275-w
• Lu J, K Sakaguchi, Q Yang, L Leung, G Chen, C Zhao, and E Swenson, et al. 2017. "Examining the Hydrological Variations in an Aquaplanet World using Wave Activity Transformation." Journal of Climate 30, no. 7:2559-2576. PNNL-SA-123595. doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0561.1
• Nguyen B, Z Hou, DH Bacon, GV Last, and MD White. 2017. "Analysis of a complex faulted CO2 reservoir using a three-dimensional hydro-geochemical-mechanical approach." Energy Procedia 114. PNNL-SA-121259. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1479
• Nguyen BN, Z Hou, DH Bacon, and MD White. 2017. "A Multiscale Hydro-Geochemical-Mechanical Approach to Analyze Faulted CO2 Reservoirs." Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology 7, no. 1:106-127. PNNL-SA-113763. doi:10.1002/ghg.1616
• Ren H, J Ray, Z Hou, M Huang, J Bao, and LP Swiler. 2017. "Bayesian Inversion of Seismic and Electromagnetic Data for Marine Gas Reservoir Characterization Using Multi-chain Markov Chain Monte Carlo Sampling." Journal of Applied Geophysics 147. PNNL-SA-121160. doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2017.10.004
• Yang B, Y Qian, LK Berg, P Ma, S Wharton, V Bulaevskaya, and H Yan, et al. 2017. "Sensitivity of Turbine-Height Wind Speeds to Parameters in Planetary Boundary-Layer and Surface-Layer Schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model." Boundary-Layer Meteorology 162, no. 1:117-142. PNNL-SA-112272. doi:10.1007/s10546-016-0185-2
• Zhou T, M Huang, J Bao, Z Hou, EV Arntzen, RD Mackley, and AR Crump, et al. 2017. "A New Approach to Quantify Shallow Water Hydrologic Exchanges in a Large Regulated River Reach." Water 9, no. 9:703. PNNL-SA-123562. doi:10.3390/w9090703

2016

• Chen Y, PV Etingov, H Ren, Z Hou, MJ Rice, and YV Makarov. 2016. "A look-ahead probabilistic contingency analysis framework incorporating smart sampling techniques." In IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2016), July 17-21, 2016, Boston, MA. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-114459. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2016.7741449
• Huang M, J Ray, Z Hou, H Ren, Y Liu, and LP Swiler. 2016. "On the Applicability of Surrogate-based Markov Chain Monte Carlo-Bayesian Inversion to the Community Land Model: Case Studies at Flux Tower Sites." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 121, no. 13:7548-7563. PNNL-SA-113356. doi:10.1002/2015JD024339
• Nguyen BN, Z Hou, DH Bacon, CJ Murray, and MD White. 2016. "Three-Dimensional Modeling of the Reactive Transport of CO2 and Its Impact on Geomechanical Properties of Reservoir Rocks and Seals." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 46. PNNL-SA-109235. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.01.004
• Nguyen BN, Z Hou, GV Last, and DH Bacon. 2016. "Three-dimensional Analysis of a Faulted CO2 Reservoir Using an Eshelby-Mori-Tanaka Approach to Rock Elastic Properties and Fault Permeability." Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering 8, no. 6:828-845. PNNL-SA-117116. doi:10.1016/j.jrmge.2016.06.007
• Nguyen BN, Z Hou, ML Stewart, CJ Murray, and A Bonneville. 2016. "Thermal Impact of CO2 Injection on Geomechanical Response at the FutureGEN 2.0 Site: A Three-dimensional Thermo-geomechanical Approach." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 54, no. Part 1:29-49. PNWD-SA-10505. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.08.026
• Qian Y, CS Jackson, F Giorgi, B Booth, Q Duan, C Forest, and D Higdon, et al. 2016. "Uncertainty Quantification in Climate Modeling and Projection." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 97, no. 5:821-824. PNNL-SA-115173. doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00297.1
• Ren H, Z Hou, M Huang, J Bao, Y Sun, TK Tesfa, and LR Leung. 2016. "Classification of hydrological parameter sensitivity and evaluation of parameter transferability across 431 US MOPEX basins." Journal of Hydrology 536. PNNL-SA-105598. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.02.042
• Sun Y, Z Hou, D Meng, NA Samaan, YV Makarov, and Z Huang. 2016. "Quantifying and Reducing Uncertainty in Correlated Multi-Area Short-Term Load Forecasting." In IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM 2016), July 17-21, 2016, Boston, MA. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-114275. doi:10.1109/PESGM.2016.7741272

2015

• Bao J, Z Hou, M Huang, and Y Liu. 2015. "On Approaches to Analyze the Sensitivity of Simulated Hydrologic Fluxes to Model Parameters in the Community Land Model." Water 7, no. 12:6810-6826. PNNL-SA-115624. doi:10.3390/w7126662
• Bao J, Z Hou, Y Fang, H Ren, and G Lin. 2015. "Uncertainty quantification for evaluating the impacts of fracture zone on pressure build-up and ground surface uplift during geological CO2 sequestration." Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology 5, no. 3:254-267. PNNL-SA-101583. doi:10.1002/ghg.1456
• Hou Z, CJ Murray, and Y Bott. 2015. Geostatistical Realizations of WMA-C Lithofacies. PNNL-24698. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Geostatistical Realizations of WMA-C Lithofacies
• Makarov YV, R Diao, PV Etingov, Z Hou, Z Huang, D Meng, and LE Miller, et al. 2015. Stochastic Operations and Planning. PNNL-23680. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Stochastic Operations and Planning
• Qian Y, H Yan, Z Hou, G Johannesson, SA Klein, D Lucas, and R Neale, et al. 2015. "Parametric Sensitivity Analysis of Precipitation at Global and Local Scales in the Community Atmosphere Model CAM5." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 7, no. 2:382-411. PNNL-SA-103688. doi:10.1002/2014MS000354
• Ray J, Z Hou, M Huang, K Sargsyan, and LP Swiler. 2015. "Bayesian Calibration of the Community Land Model using Surrogates." SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification 3, no. 1:199-233. PNNL-SA-101091. doi:10.1137/140957998

2014

• Bonneville A, BN Nguyen, ML Stewart, Z Hou, CJ Murray, and TJ Gilmore. 2014. "Geomechanical Evaluation of Thermal Impact of Injected CO2 Temperature on a Geological Reservoir: Application to the FutureGen 2.0 Site." Energy Procedia 63. PNWD-SA-10393. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.358
• Etingov PV, YV Makarov, D Wu, Z Hou, Y Sun, S Maslennikov, and X Luo, et al. 2014. "Uncertainty-based Estimation of the Secure Range for ISO New England Dynamic Interchange Adjustment." In 2014 IEEE PES Transmission & Distribution Conference & Exposition, April 14-17, 2014, Chicago, Illinois, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-97885. doi:10.1109/TDC.2014.6863202
• Fang Z, Z Hou, G Lin, DW Engel, Y Fang, and PW Eslinger. 2014. "Exploring the effects of data quality, data worth, and redundancy of CO2 gas pressure and saturation data on reservoir characterization through PEST Inversion." Environmental Earth Sciences 71, no. 7:3025-3037. PNNL-SA-88296. doi:10.1007/s12665-013-2680-9
• Hou Z, DH Bacon, DW Engel, G Lin, Y Fang, H Ren, and Z Fang. 2014. "Uncertainty analyses of CO2 plume expansion subsequent to wellbore CO2 leakage into aquifers." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 27. PNNL-SA-94280. doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.05.004
• Hou Z, PV Etingov, YV Makarov, and NA Samaan. 2014. "Uncertainty Reduction in Power Generation Forecast Using Coupled Wavelet-ARIMA." In IEEE PES General Meeting, Conference & Exposition, July 27-31, 2014, National Harbor, MD. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-99910.
• Lu J, LR Leung, Q Yang, G Chen, WD Collins, F Li, and Z Hou, et al. 2014. "The Robust Dynamical Contribution to Precipitation Extremes in Idealized Warming Simulations across Model Resolutions." Geophysical Research Letters 41, no. 8:2971-2978. PNNL-SA-100968. doi:10.1002/2014GL059532
• Makarov YV, B Vyakaranam, D Wu, Z Hou, ST Elbert, and Z Huang. 2014. "On the Configuration of the US Western Interconnection Voltage Stability Boundary." In IEEE PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, April 14-17, 2014, Chicago, Illinois, 1-5. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-97919. doi:10.1109/TDC.2014.6863289
• Makarov YV, B Vyakaranam, Z Hou, D Wu, D Meng, S Wang, and ST Elbert, et al. 2014. Non-iterative Voltage Stability. PNNL-23736. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Non-iterative Voltage Stability

2013

• Bao J, Z Hou, Y Fang, H Ren, and G Lin. 2013. "Uncertainty quantification for evaluating impacts of caprock and reservoir properties on pressure buildup and ground surface displacement during geological CO2 sequestration." Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology 3, no. 5:338-358. PNNL-SA-94881.
• Bao J, Z Hou, Y Fang, H Ren, and G Lin. 2013. "Uncertainty quantification for evaluating impacts of caprock and reservoir properties on pressure buildup and ground surface displacement during geological CO2 sequestration." Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology 3, no. 5:338-358. PNNL-SA-95799. doi:10.1002/ghg.1362
• Etingov PV, YV Makarov, D Wu, Z Hou, Y Sun, S Maslennikov, and X Luo, et al. 2013. Analysis of ISO NE Balancing Requirements: Uncertainty-based Secure Ranges for ISO New England Dynamic Inerchange Adjustments. PNNL-22222. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Analysis of ISO NE Balancing Requirements: Uncertainty-based Secure Ranges for ISO New England Dynamic Inerchange Adjustments
• Hou Z, DW Engel, G Lin, Y Fang, and Z Fang. 2013. "An Uncertainty Quantification Framework for Studying the Effect of Spatial Heterogeneity in Reservoir Permeability on CO2 Sequestration." Mathematical Geosciences 45, no. 7:799-817. PNNL-SA-85209. doi:10.1007/s11004-013-9459-0
• Hou Z, M Huang, DH Bacon, and LR Leung. 2013. "Parameter Dimensionality Reduction in Complex Earth System Models through Exploratory Data Analyses and Calibration." In MODFLOW and More 2013: Translating Science into Practice, June 2-5, 2013, Golden, Colorado, edited by R Maxwell, et al, 159-163. Golden, Colorado:Integrated Ground Water Modeling Center (IGWMC), Colorado School of Mines. PNNL-SA-95103.
• Hou Z, NC Terry, and SS Hubbard. 2013. Entropy-Bayesian Inversion of Time-Lapse Tomographic GPR data for Monitoring Dielectric Permittivity and Soil Moisture Variations. PNNL-22242. Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Entropy-Bayesian Inversion of Time-Lapse Tomographic GPR data for Monitoring Dielectric Permittivity and Soil Moisture Variations
• Hou Z, YV Makarov, NA Samaan, and P.V. Etingov. 2013. "Standardized Software for Wind Load Forecast Error Analyses and Predictions Based on Wavelet-ARIMA Models - Applications at Multiple Geographically Distributed Wind Farms." In Proceedings of the 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 7-10, 2013, Wailea, Hawaii, edited by RH Sprague, Jr., 5005-5011. Los Alamitos, California:IEEE Computer Society. PNNL-SA-88799.
• Huang M, Z Hou, LR Leung, Y Ke, Y Liu, Z Fang, and Y Sun. 2013. "Uncertainty Analysis of Runoff Simulations and Parameter Identifiability in the Community Land Model - Evidence from MOPEX Basins." Journal of Hydrometeorology 14. PNNL-SA-90792. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-12-0138.1
• Mukhopadhyay S, Z Hou, LJ Gosink, DH Bacon, CA Doughty, JJ Li, and L Wei, et al. 2013. "Model Comparison and Uncertainty Quantification for Geologic Carbon Storage: The Sim-SEQ Initiative." Energy Procedia 37. PNNL-SA-91251. doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2013.06.284
• Scheibe TD, Z Hou, BJ Palmer, and AM Tartakovsky. 2013. "Pore-Scale Simulation of Intragranular Diffusion: Effects of Incomplete Mixing on Macroscopic Manifestations." Water Resources Research 49, no. 7:4277-4294. PNNL-SA-91962. doi:10.1002/wrcr.20333
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2012

• Hou Z, M Huang, LR Leung, G Lin, DM Ricciuto, and DM Ricciuto. 2012. "Sensitivity of Surface Flux Simulations to Hydrologic Parameters Based on an Uncertainty Quantification Framework Applied to the Community Land Model." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 117. PNNL-SA-85130. doi:10.1029/2012JD017521
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