Surui Xie, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Office Location UH NCALM, 5000 Gulf Freeway, Bldg. 4, Ste 216, Houston, TX 77204-5059

Email sxie9 [at] central.uh.edu

Marine and Coastal Geodesy Group at UH

Education

Ph.D., Geology, University of South Florida, 2020

M.Eng., Geodesy and Survey Engineering, Wuhan University, 2014

B.Eng., Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, Wuhan University, 2011

Professional Experience

2022-present, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston

2020-2022, Scripps Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Research Interests

Seafloor geodesy, crustal deformation, coastal subsidence, marine-terminating glacier and mélange dynamics, GNSS applications

Selected Publications

- Zumberge, M.A., Xie, S., Wyatt, F.K., Steckler, M.S., Li, G., Hatfield, W., Elliott, D., Dixon, T.H., Bridgeman, J.G., Chamberlain, E.L., Allison, M., Törnqvist, T.E. (2022). Novel Integration of Geodetic and Geologic Methods for High-Resolution Monitoring of Subsidence in the Mississippi Delta. J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface, 127(9), e2022JF006718, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JF006718.
- Xie, S. (2022). Continuous measurement of sea ice freeboard with tide gauges and GNSS interferometric reflectometry. Remote Sens. Environ., 280, 113165, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2022.113165.
- Xie, S., Chen, J., Dixon, T.H., Weisberg, R.H., Zumberge, M.A. (2021). Offshore sea levels measured with an anchored spar-buoy system using GPS interferometric reflectometry. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 126(11), e2021JC017734, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017734.
- Xie, S., Dixon, T.H., Malservisi, R., Jiang, Y., Protti, M., Muller, C. (2020). Slow slip and inter-transient locking on the Nicoya megathrust in the late and early stages of an earthquake cycle. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 125(11), https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020503.
- Vaňková, I., Nicholls, K.W., Xie, S., Parizek, B.R., Voytenko, D., Holland, D.M. (2020). Depth-dependent artifacts resulting from ApRES signal clipping. Ann. Glaciol., 61(81), 108-113, https://doi.org/10.1017/aog.2020.56.
- Deng, F., Dixon, T.H., Xie, S. (2020). Surface deformation and induced seismicity due to fluid injection and oil and gas extraction in western Texas. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 125(5), https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018962.
- Xie, S., Law, J., Russell, R., Dixon, T.H., Lembke, C., Malservisi, R., Rodgers, M., Iannaccone, G., Guardato, S., Naar, D.F., Calore, D., Fraticelli, N, Brizzolara, J., Gray, J.W., Hommeyer, M., Chen, J. (2019). Seafloor geodesy in shallow water with GPS on an anchored spar buoy. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 124(11), 12116-12140, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018242.
- Deng, F., Rodgers, M., Xie, S., Dixon, T.H., Charbonnier, S., Gallant, E.A., López Vélez, C.M., Ordoñez, M., Malservisi, R., Voss, N.K., Richardson, J.A. (2019). High-resolution DEM generation from spaceborne and terrestrial remote sensing data for improved volcano hazard assessment — A case study at Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia. Remote Sens. Environ., 233, 111348, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111348.
- Xie, S., Dixon, T.H., Holland, D.M., Voytenko, D., Vaňková, I. (2019). Rapid iceberg calving following removal of tightly packed pro-glacial mélange. Nat. Comm., 10, 3250, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10908-4.
- Xie, S., Gallant, E., Wetmore, P.H., Figueiredo, P.M., Owen, L.A., Rasmussen, C., Malservisi, R., Dixon, T.H. (2019). A new geological slip rate estimate for the Calico Fault, eastern California: Implications for geodetic versus geologic rate estimates in the Eastern California Shear Zone. Int. Geol. Rev., 61(13), 1613-1641, https://doi.org/10.1080/00206814.2018.1531272.
- Dixon, T.H., Xie, S. (2018). A kinematic model for the evolution of the Eastern California Shear Zone and Garlock Fault, Mojave Desert, California. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 494, 60-68, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.050.
- Xie, S., Dixon, T.H., Voytenko, D., Deng, F., Holland, D.M. (2018). Grounding line migration through the calving season at Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, observed with terrestrial radar interferometry. The Cryosphere, 12, 1387-1400, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1387-2018.
- Xie, S., Dixon, T.H., Voytenko, D., Holland, D.M., Holland, D., Zheng, T. (2016). Precursor motion to iceberg calving at Jakobshavn Isbræ, Greenland, observed with terrestrial radar interferometry. J. Glaciol., 62(236), 1134-1142, https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2016.104.