2026 Chuanmin Hu: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	100	379	356	166	151	412	33317

Overview

Chuanmin Hu is affiliated with the University of South Florida St. Petersburg in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on oceanographic phenomena and environmental changes.

The scientist's work extensively covers subfields including Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Pollution, and Environmental Chemistry. The main topics of their research reflect a strong emphasis on marine and coastal ecosystems, marine and coastal plant biology, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, oil spill detection and mitigation, marine biology and ecology research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and isotope analysis in ecology.

Frequent publication venues for Chuanmin Hu include Remote Sensing of Environment, Harmful Algae, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Geophysical Research Letters, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). These venues illustrate a sustained contribution to scientific literature in environmental monitoring and geosciences.

Some of the recent papers featuring Chuanmin Hu's contributions are:

Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade (2022, Nature Geoscience)
Coastal phytoplankton blooms expand and intensify in the 21st century (2023, Nature)
NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
The establishment of a pelagic Sargassum population in the tropical Atlantic: Biological consequences of a basin-scale long distance dispersal event (2020, Progress In Oceanography)
Chronic oiling in global oceans (2022, Science)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Brian B. Barnes, Lin Qi, Menghua Wang, Jennifer P. Cannizzaro, and Yuyuan Xie. These partnerships reflect a networked approach to advancing knowledge in marine and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

Chlorophyll aalgorithms for oligotrophic oceans: A novel approach based on three‐band reflectance difference

Chuanmin Hu;Zhongping Lee;Bryan Franz

1061
Citations
A novel ocean color index to detect floating algae in the global oceans

Chuanmin Hu

1045
Citations
Global mapping reveals increase in lacustrine algal blooms over the past decade

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655
Citations
New evidence for enhanced ocean primary production triggered by tropical cyclone

I. Lin;W. Timothy Liu;Chun-Chieh Wu;George T. F. Wong

653
Citations
The great Atlantic Sargassum belt

Mengqiu Wang;Chuanmin Hu;Brian B. Barnes;Gary Mitchum

647
Citations
The importance of continental margins in the global carbon cycle

Frank E. Muller‐Karger;Ramon Varela;Robert Thunell;Remy Luerssen

575
Citations
Assessment of inundation changes of Poyang Lake using MODIS observations between 2000 and 2010

Lian Feng;Lian Feng;Chuanmin Hu;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaoling Chen;Xiaobin Cai

574
Citations
Coastal phytoplankton blooms expand and intensify in the 21st century

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564
Citations
Assessment of estuarine water-quality indicators using MODIS medium-resolution bands: initial results from Tampa Bay, FL

Chuanmin Hu;Zhiqiang Chen;Tonya D. Clayton;Peter Swarzenski

518
Citations
Red tide detection and tracing using MODIS fluorescence data: A regional example in SW Florida coastal waters

Chuanmin Hu;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Charles (Judd) Taylor;Kendall L. Carder

470
Citations
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) observations of cyanobacteria blooms in Taihu Lake, China

Chuanmin Hu;Zhongping Lee;Ronghua Ma;Kun Yu;Kun Yu

462
Citations
Atmospheric Correction of SeaWiFS Imagery over Turbid Coastal Waters: A Practical Method

Chuanmin Hu;Kendall L Carder;Frank E Muller-Karger

425
Citations
Monitoring turbidity in Tampa Bay using MODIS/Aqua 250-m imagery

Zhiqiang Chen;Chuanmin Hu;Frank Muller-Karger

407
Citations
Aquatic color radiometry remote sensing of coastal and inland waters: Challenges and recommendations for future satellite missions

Colleen B. Mouw;Steven Greb;Dirk Aurin;Paul M. DiGiacomo

390
Citations
On the Recurrent Ulva prolifera Blooms in the Yellow Sea and East China Sea

Chuanmin Hu;Daqiu Li;Changsheng Chen;Jianzhong Ge

380
Citations
A half‐century of changes in China's lakes: Global warming or human influence?

Ronghua Ma;Hongtao Duan;Chuanmin Hu;Xuezhi Feng

376
Citations
Secchi disk depth: A new theory and mechanistic model for underwater visibility

ZhongPing Lee;Shaoling Shang;Chuanmin Hu;Keping Du

361
Citations
Hurricanes, submarine groundwater discharge, and Florida's red tides

Chuanmin Hu;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Peter W. Swarzenski

319
Citations
Absorbance, absorption coefficient, and apparent quantum yield: A comment on common ambiguity in the use of these optical concepts

Chuanmin Hu;Frank E. Muller-Karger;Richard G. Zepp

310
Citations
Phytoplankton Response to Intrusions of Slope Water on the West Florida Shelf: Models and Observations

John J. Walsh;Robert H. Weisberg;Dwight A. Dieterle;Ruoying He

305
Citations
The dispersal of the Amazon and Orinoco River water in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea: Observation from space and S-PALACE floats

Chuanmin Hu;Ellyn T. Montgomery;Raymond W. Schmitt;Frank E. Muller-Karger

290
Citations
Detection of natural oil slicks in the NW Gulf of Mexico using MODIS imagery

Chuanmin Hu;Xiaofeng Li;William G. Pichel;Frank E. Muller-Karger

274
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank E. Muller-Karger University of South Florida

Lian Feng Southern University of Science and Technology

Zhongping Lee University of Massachusetts Boston

Robert H. Weisberg University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Xiaoling Chen Wuhan University

Kendall L. Carder University of South Florida

Serge Andréfouët Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Brian E. Lapointe Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

Joaquin Trinanes National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Yonggang Liu University of South Florida St. Petersburg

External Links

Personal website of Chuanmin Hu

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