About 120 papers have been published by Dr. Xiong and his collaborators in the peer-reviewed journals in either English or Chinese. Some of English publications in the fields of watershed rainfall-runoff modelling, flood forecasting and hydrological frequency analysis are listed as follows.

[1] Xiong Lihua, Du T., Xu C-Y, Guo S., Jiang C., Gippel C. J., 2015. Non-stationary annual maximum flood frequency analysis using the norming constants method to consider non-stationarity in the annual daily flow series. Water Resources Management, 29(10), 3615-3633. DOI: 10.1007/s11269-015-1019-6.

[2] Du T., Xiong Lihua*, Xu C-Y, Gippel C. J., Guo S., Liu P., 2015. Return period and risk analysis of nonstationary low-flow series under climate change. Journal of Hydrology. 527, 234-250. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.04.041.

[3] Jiang C, Xiong Lihua*, Xu C-Y, Guo Shenglian, 2015. Bivariate frequency analysis of nonstationary low-flow series based on the time-varying copula. Hydrological Processes, 29(6), 1521-1534. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10288.

[4] Jiang Cong, Xiong Lihua*, Wang Dingbao, Liu Pan, Guo Shenglian, Xu Chong-Yu, 2015. Separating the impacts of climate change and human activities on runoff using the Budyko-type equations with time-varying parameters. Journal of Hydrology, 522, 326-338.

[5] Xiong Lihua, Yu K-x, and Gottschalk L, 2014. Estimation of the distribution of annual runoff from climatic variables using copulas. Water Resources Research, 50(9), 7134-7152.

[6] Xiong Lihua, Jiang C, Du T, 2014. Statistical attribution analysis of the nonstationarity of the annual runoff series of the Weihe River. Water Science and Technology, 70(5), 939-946.

[7] Xie Huantian, Li Dingfang, Xiong Lihua, 2014. Exploring the ability of the Pettitt method for detecting change point by Monte Carlo simulation. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 28(7), 1643-1655. DOI: 10.1007/s00477-013-0814-y.

[8] Li Dingfang, Xie Huantian, Xiong Lihua, 2014. Temporal change analysis based on data characteristics and nonparametric test. Water Resources Management, 28, 227-240.

[9] Yu K, Xiong L, Gottschalk L, 2014. Derivation of low flow distribution functions using copulas. Journal of Hydrology, 508, 273-288.

[10] Li Shuai, Xiong Lihua, Dong Leihua, Zhang Jun, 2013. Impacts of Three Gorges Reservoir on the hydrological droughts at the downstream Yichang station during the period of 2003-2011. Hydrological Processes, 27(26), 3981-3993. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9541. 

[11] Xiong L, Yu K, Zhang H, Zhang L, 2013. Annual runoff change in the headstream of Yangtze River and its relation to precipitation and air temperature. Hydrology Research, 44(5), 850-874.

[12] Gottschalk L, Yu K, Leblois E, Xiong L, 2013. Statistics of low flow: Theoretical derivation of the distribution of minimum streamflow series. Journal of Hydrology, 481: 204-219.

[13] Gottschalk L, Krasovskaia I, Yu K, Leblois E, Xiong L, 2013. Joint mapping of streamflow descriptors. Journal of Hydrology, 478:15-28. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.040.

[14] Xiong Lihua, Guo Shenglian, 2012. Appraisal of Budyko formula in calculating long-term water balance in humid watersheds of the Southern China. Hydrological Processes, 26(9), 1370-1378.

[15] Xiong Lihua, Wan M., Wei X. J., O’Connor K. M., 2009. Indices for assessing the prediction bounds of hydrological models and application by generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 54 (5): 852-871.

[16] Xiong Lihua, O’Connor K. M., 2008. An empirical method to improve the prediction limits of the GLUE methodology in rainfall-runoff modeling. Journal of Hydrology, 349(1-2): 115-124.

[17] Xiong Lihua, Guo Shenglian, O’Connor K. M., 2006. Smoothing the seasonal means of rainfall and runoff in the linear perturbation model (LPM) using the kernel estimator. Journal of Hydrology, 324(1-4): 266-282.

[18] Peng Dingzhi, Xiong Lihua, Guo Shenglian, Shu Ning, 2005. Study of Dongting Lake area variation and its influence on water level using MODIS data. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 50(1):31-44.

[19] Xiong Lihua, O’Connor K M, Guo Shenglian, 2004. Comparison of three updating schemes using artificial neural network in flow forecasting. Hydrology and Earth System Science, 8(2): 247-255.

[20] Xiong Lihua, Guo Shenglian, 2004. Effects of the catchment runoff coefficient on the performance of TOPMODEL in rainfall-runoff modeling. Hydrological Processes, 18(10): 1823-1836.

[21] Xiong Lihua, Guo Shenglian, 2004. Trend test and change-point detection of the annual discharge series of the Yangtze River at the Yichang hydrological station. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 49(1):99-112.

[22] Xiong Lihua, O’Connor K M. Comparison of four updating models for real-time river flow forecasting, 2002. Hydrological Science Journal, 47(4): 621–639.

[23] Xiong Lihua, Shamseldin A Y, O’Connor K M, 2001. A non-linear combination of the forecasts of rainfall-runoff models by the first-order Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy system. Journal of Hydrology, 245:196-217.

[24] Xiong Lihua, O’Connor K M, 2000. Analysis of the response surface of the objective function by the optimum parameter curve: how good can the optimum parameter values be? Journal of Hydrology, 234: 187-207.

[25] Xiong Lihua, Guo Shenglian, 1999. A two-parameter monthly water balance model and its application. Journal of Hydrology, 216: 111-123.