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D-Index
73
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17941
World Ranking
1431
National Ranking
610

C.-I. Meng 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 C.-I. Meng sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 347 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

C.-I. Meng 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 C.-I. Meng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

C.-I. Meng is affiliated with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with specific attention to subfields such as environmental engineering, atmospheric science, global and planetary change, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and process chemistry and technology.

The scientist has contributed notably to the study of urban heat island mitigation, remote sensing and land use, meteorological phenomena and simulations, soil moisture and remote sensing, odor and emission control technologies, building energy and comfort optimization, and land use and ecosystem services.

Frequent coauthors in Meng's work include Huanfeng Shen, Penghai Wu, Haidong Jin, Dongzhi Chen, and Zhuqiu Sun.

Meng's publications are distributed across several scholarly venues, with multiple papers in Remote Sensing of Environment and Urban Climate, as well as contributions to the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, Journal of Hydrology, and .

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Meng include:

  • "Generating gapless land surface temperature with a high spatio-temporal resolution by fusing multi-source satellite-observed and model-simulated data" (2022) in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Cloud-covered MODIS LST reconstruction by combining assimilation data and remote sensing data through a nonlocality-reinforced network" (2023) in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • "A mechanism-guided machine learning method for mapping gapless land surface temperature" (2024) in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Lateral terrestrial water flow schemes for the Noah-MP land surface model on both natural and urban land surfaces" (2023) in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Effects of implementation of urban planning in response to climate change" (2020) in

Best Publications

  • A nearly universal solar wind-magnetosphere coupling function inferred from 10 magnetospheric state variables

    P. T. Newell;T. Sotirelis;K. Liou;C.-I. Meng

  • The cusp and the cleft/boundary layer: Low-altitude identification and statistical local time variation

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng

  • Mapping the dayside ionosphere to the magnetosphere according to particle precipitation characteristics

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng

  • Initial observations with the Global Ultraviolet Imager (GUVI) in the NASA TIMED satellite mission

    A. B. Christensen;L. J. Paxton;S. Avery;J. Craven

  • Some low-altitude cusp dependencies on the interplanetary magnetic field

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng;David G. Sibeck;Ronald Lepping

  • Morphology of nightside precipitation

    Patrick T. Newell;Yasha I. Feldstein;Yuri I. Galperin;Ching-I. Meng

  • Suppression of discrete aurorae by sunlight

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng;Kevin M. Lyons

  • HF radar signatures of the cusp and low-latitude boundary layer

    K. B. Baker;J. R. Dudeney;R. A. Greenwald;M. Pinnock

  • Multipoint analysis of a bursty bulk flow event on April 11, 1985

    V. Angelopoulos;F. V. Coroniti;C. F. Kennel;M. G. Kivelson

  • Comprehensive study of the magnetospheric response to a hot flow anomaly

    D. G. Sibeck;N. L. Borodkova;S. J. Schwartz;C. J. Owen

  • Auroral substorms and the interplanetary magnetic field

    S.-I. Akasofu;P. D. Perreault;F. Yasuhara;C.-I. Meng

  • Is the dynamic magnetosphere an avalanching system

    A. T. Y. Lui;S. C. Chapman;K. Liou;P. T. Newell

  • The polar electrojet.

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  • Identification and observations of the plasma mantle at low altitude

    Patrick T. Newell;William J. Burke;Ching-I. Meng;Ennio R. Sanchez

  • Development of auroral streamers in association with localized impulsive injections to the inner magnetotail

    V. A. Sergeev;K. Liou;C. I. Meng;P. T. Newell

  • Characterization of geostationary particle signatures based on the 'injection boundary' model

    B. H. Mauk;C.-I. Meng

  • Creation of theta-auroras : the isolation of plasma sheet fragments in the polar cap

    Patrick T. Newell;Ching-I. Meng

  • O/N2 changes during 1–4 October 2002 storms: IMAGE SI‐13 and TIMED/GUVI observations

    Y. Zhang;L. J. Paxton;D. Morrison;B. Wolven

  • Global ultraviolet imager (GUVI): measuring composition and energy inputs for the NASA Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) mission

    Larry J. Paxton;Andrew B. Christensen;David C. Humm;Bernard S. Ogorzalek

  • A study of polar magnetic substorms

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  • The auroral oval position, structure, and intensity of precipitation from 1984 onward: An automated on-line data base

    Patrick T. Newell;Simon Wing;Ching-I. Meng;Vincent Sigillito

  • Kp forecast models

    S. Wing;J. R. Johnson;J. Jen;C.-I. Meng

  • Seasonal effects on auroral particle acceleration and precipitation

    K. Liou;P. T. Newell;C.-I Meng

  • Synoptic auroral distribution: A survey using Polar ultraviolet imagery

    K. Liou;P. T. Newell;C.-I. Meng;M. Brittnacher

  • Observation of IMF and seasonal effects in the location of auroral substorm onset

    K. Liou;P. T. Newell;D. G. Sibeck;C.-I Meng

  • Validation of remote sensing products produced by the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Scanning Imager (SSUSI): a far UV-imaging spectrograph on DMSP F-16

    Larry J. Paxton;Daniel Morrison;Yongliang Zhang;Hyosub Kil

  • Characteristics of the solar wind controlled auroral emissions

    K. Liou;P. T. Newell;C.-I. Meng;M. Brittnacher

  • Dawn‐dusk asymmetries, ion spectra, and sources in the northward interplanetary magnetic field plasma sheet

    S. Wing;J. R. Johnson;P. T. Newell;C.-I. Meng

  • Maps of precipitation by source region, binned by IMF, with inertial convection streamlines

    P. T. Newell;J. M. Ruohoniemi;C.-I. Meng

  • Plasmoid ejection and auroral brightenings

    A. Ieda;D. H. Fairfield;T. Mukai;Y. Saito

Frequent Co-Authors

Kan Liou
Kan Liou Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Patrick T. Newell
Patrick T. Newell Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Toshifumi Mukai
Toshifumi Mukai Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Larry J. Paxton
Larry J. Paxton Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
J. M. Ruohoniemi
J. M. Ruohoniemi Virginia Tech
Shinichi Ohtani
Shinichi Ohtani Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Susumu Kokubun
Susumu Kokubun Nagoya University
Ronald P. Lepping
Ronald P. Lepping Goddard Space Flight Center
R. W. McEntire
R. W. McEntire Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Simon Wing
Simon Wing Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

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