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Botao Zhou publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Botao Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 136 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Botao Zhou D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Botao Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Botao Zhou is affiliated with Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Engineering.

The main topics addressed in Botao Zhou's work include Climate Variability and Models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Hydrology and Drought Analysis, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Botao Zhou are:

  • Huixin Li
  • Huijun Wang
  • Haishan Chen
  • Bo Sun
  • Tingting Han

Their publications are often found in significant scientific journals, including:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Atmospheric Research
  • International Journal of Climatology
  • Climate Dynamics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Botao Zhou include:

  • CMIP6 Evaluation and Projection of Temperature and Precipitation over China, 2021, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Changes in Temporal Inequality of Precipitation Extremes over China Due to Anthropogenic Forcings, 2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • Evaluation of the Performance of CMIP6 HighResMIP on West African Precipitation, 2020, Atmosphere
  • Causes for the Increases in Both Evapotranspiration and Water Yield Over Vegetated Mainland China During the Last Two Decades, 2022, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Changes in Extreme Climate Events in China Under 1.5 °C-4 °C Global Warming Targets: Projections Using an Ensemble of Regional Climate Model Simulations, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Best Publications

  • Projected Changes in Temperature and Precipitation Extremes in China by the CMIP5 Multimodel Ensembles

    Botao Zhou;Qiuzi Han Wen;Ying Xu;Lianchun Song

  • Changes in temperature and precipitation extreme indices over China: analysis of a high‐resolution grid dataset

    Botao Zhou;Botao Zhou;Ying Xu;Jia Wu;Siyan Dong

  • CMIP6 Evaluation and Projection of Temperature and Precipitation over China

    Xiaoling Yang;Botao Zhou;Ying Xu;Zhenyu Han

  • Changes in Mean and Extreme Temperature and Precipitation over the Arid Region of Northwestern China: Observation and Projection

    Yujie Wang;Botao Zhou;Botao Zhou;Dahe Qin;Jia Wu

  • Changes in temporal inequality of precipitation extremes over China due to anthropogenic forcings

    Unknown

  • Evaluation and Future Projection of Chinese Precipitation Extremes Using Large Ensemble High-Resolution Climate Simulations

    Weili Duan;Naota Hanasaki;Hideo Shiogama;Yaning Chen

  • Causes for the increases in both evapotranspiration and water yield over vegetated mainland China during the last two decades

    Unknown

  • Substantial increase in daytime-nighttime compound heat waves and associated population exposure in China projected by the CMIP6 multimodel ensemble

    Unknown

  • Asian climate change under 1.5–4 °C warming targets

    Ying Xu;Bo-Tao Zhou;Bo-Tao Zhou;Jie Wu;Zhen-Yu Han

  • Projected changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over China as measured by 50-yr return values and periods based on a CMIP5 ensemble.

    Ying Xu;Xuejie Gao;Filippo Giorgi;Botao Zhou

  • Relationship between the boreal spring Hadley circulation and the summer precipitation in the Yangtze River valley

    Botao Zhou;Huijun Wang

  • Hadley circulation signal in the tropical cyclone frequency over the western North Pacific

    Botao Zhou;Botao Zhou;Xuan Cui

  • Evaluation of the Performance of CMIP6 HighResMIP on West African Precipitation

    Felix Olabamiji Ajibola;Botao Zhou;Gnim Tchalim Gnitou;Anselem Onyejuruwa

  • Historical and Future Changes of Snowfall Events in China under a Warming Background

    Botao Zhou;Zunya Wang;Ying Shi;Ying Xu

  • Projected Changes in Haze Pollution Potential in China: An Ensemble of Regional Climate Model Simulations

    Zhenyu Han;Botao Zhou;Botao Zhou;Ying Xu;Jia Wu

  • Climate extremes become increasingly fierce in China

    Unknown

  • Changes in extreme climate events in China under 1.5°C‐4°C global warming targets: projections using an ensemble of regional climate model simulations

    Jia Wu;Zhenyu Han;Ying Xu;Botao Zhou;Botao Zhou

  • Anthropogenic impact on the severity of compound extreme high temperature and drought/rain events in China

    Unknown

  • Interdecadal variation of Indian Ocean basin mode and the impact on Asian summer climate

    Bo Sun;Bo Sun;Huixin Li;Botao Zhou

  • Progress in Studies of Cryospheric Changes and Their Impacts on Climate of China

    Dahe Qin;Botao Zhou;Cunde Xiao

  • Assessment of Indices of Temperature Extremes Simulated by Multiple CMIP5 Models over China

    Siyan Dong;Ying Xu;Botao Zhou;Ying Shi

  • Changes of heating and cooling degree days over China in response to global warming of 1.5 °C, 2 °C, 3 °C and 4 °C

    Ying Shi;Dong-Feng Zhang;Ying Xu;Bo-Tao Zhou

  • Observed changes in heat waves with different severities in China during 1961–2015

    Wenxin Xie;Botao Zhou;Qinglong You;Yuqing Zhang

  • Synergetic impacts of precursory climate drivers on interannual-decadal variations in haze pollution in North China: A review

    Zhicong Yin;Zhicong Yin;Botao Zhou;Huopo Chen;Yuyan Li

  • An overview of projected climate and environmental changes across the Tibetan Plateau in the 21st century

    RenHe Zhang;FengGe Su;ZhiHong Jiang;XueJie Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Ying Xu
Ying Xu Shenzhen University
Huijun Wang
Huijun Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuejie Gao
Xuejie Gao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Minghua Zhang
Minghua Zhang Stony Brook University
Qinglong You
Qinglong You Fudan University
Peter A. Stott
Peter A. Stott Met Office
Xuebin Zhang
Xuebin Zhang University of Victoria
Yongqi Gao
Yongqi Gao Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Yaning Chen
Yaning Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hideo Shiogama
Hideo Shiogama National Institute for Environmental Studies

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