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D-Index
61
Citations
15675
World Ranking
2738
National Ranking
1093

Dong L. Wu 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 Dong L. Wu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 427 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dong L. Wu 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 Dong L. Wu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dong L. Wu is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Aerospace Engineering, and Oceanography.

The scientist's main research topics include Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, GNSS positioning and interference, Calibration and Measurement Techniques, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Frequent collaborators in Dong L. Wu's body of work include Jie Gong, James L. Carr, Jae N. Lee, Nimalan Swarnalingam, and Cornelius Csar Jude H. Salinas.

Publications by Dong L. Wu appear predominantly in the following scientific venues:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Preprints.org
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Stereo Plume Height and Motion Retrievals for the Record-Setting Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Eruption of 15 January 2022" (2022), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Geometric estimation of volcanic eruption column height from GOES-R near-limb imagery - Part 2: Case studies" (2021), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Evolution of an Atmospheric Kármán Vortex Street From High-Resolution Satellite Winds: Guadalupe Island Case Study" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "GEO-GEO Stereo-Tracking of Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs) from the Geostationary Ring" (2020), published in Remote Sensing
  • "Ionospheric S4 Scintillations from GNSS Radio Occultation (RO) at Slant Path" (2020), published in Remote Sensing

Best Publications

  • The Earth observing system microwave limb sounder (EOS MLS) on the aura Satellite

    J.W. Waters;L. Froidevaux;R.S. Harwood;R.F. Jarnot

  • CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation

    Graeme L. Stephens;Deborah G. Vane;Simone Tanelli;Eastwood Im

  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder temperature and geopotential height measurements

    M. Schwartz;A. Lambert;G.L. Manney;G.L. Manney;W.G. Read

  • Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress

    Duane E. Waliser;Jui-Lin F. Li;Christopher P. Woods;Richard T. Austin

  • Short circuit of water vapor and polluted air to the global stratosphere by convective transport over the Tibetan Plateau

    Rong Fu;Yuanlong Hu;Jonathon S. Wright;Jonathan H. Jiang

  • The SPARC Intercomparison of Middle-Atmosphere Climatologies.

    William Randel;Petra Udelhofen;Eric Fleming;Marvin Geller

  • Early validation analyses of atmospheric profiles from EOS MLS on the aura Satellite

    L. Froidevaux;N.J. Livesey;W.G. Read;Y.B. Jiang

  • Stereo Plume Height and Motion Retrievals for the Record‐Setting Hunga Tonga‐Hunga Ha'apai Eruption of 15 January 2022

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  • Validation of the Aura Microwave Limb Sounder middle atmosphere water vapor and nitrous oxide measurements

    Alyn Lambert;W. G. Read;N. J. Livesey;M. L. Santee

  • Long-term variability in the solar diurnal tide observed by HRDI and simulated by the GSWM

    M. D. Burrage;M. E. Hagan;W. R. Skinner;D. L. Wu

  • Intensification of Pacific storm track linked to Asian pollution

    Renyi Zhang;Guohui Li;Jiwen Fan;Dong L. Wu

  • The UARS and EOS Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) Experiments.

    J W Waters;W G Read;L Froidevaux;R F Jarnot

  • Aura Microwave Limb Sounder upper tropospheric and lower stratospheric H2O and relative humidity with respect to ice validation

    W. G. Read;A. Lambert;J. Bacmeister;R. E. Cofield

  • Sporadic E morphology from GPS‐CHAMP radio occultation

    Dong L. Wu;Chi O. Ao;George A. Hajj;Manuel de la Torre Juarez

  • Convective outflow of South Asian pollution: A global CTM simulation compared with EOS MLS observations

    Qinbin Li;Jonathan H. Jiang;Dong L. Wu;William G. Read

  • Observations of the diurnal tide from space

    Paul B. Hays;D. L. Wu

  • The depolarization - attenuated backscatter relation: CALIPSO lidar measurements vs. theory

    Yongxiang Hu;Mark Vaughan;Zhaoyan Liu;Bing Lin

  • Satellite observations of atmospheric variances: A possible indication of gravity waves

    D. L. Wu;J. W. Waters

  • Microwave Limb Sounder observations of gravity waves in the stratosphere: A climatology and interpretation

    Charles McLandress;M. Joan Alexander;Dong L. Wu

  • A Least Squares Method for Spectral Analysis of Space-Time Series

    Dong L. Wu;Paul B. Hays;Wilbert R. Skinner

  • Solar tides as revealed by measurements of mesosphere temperature by the MLS experiment on UARS

    Jeffrey M. Forbes;Dong Wu

  • Global Gravity Wave Variances from Aura MLS: Characteristics and Interpretation

    Dong L. Wu;Stephen D. Eckermann

  • Geographical distribution and interseasonal variability of tropical deep convection: UARS MLS observations and analyses

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Bin Wang;Kenshi Goya;Klemens Hocke

  • Sea surface wind speed estimation from space-based lidar measurements

    Y. Hu;K. Stamnes;M. Vaughan;Jacques Pelon

  • Observations of the quasi 2‐day wave from the High Resolution Doppler Imager on Uars

    D. L. Wu;P. B. Hays;W. R. Skinner;A. R. Marshall

  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) MLS observation of mountain waves over the Andes

    Jonathan H. Jiang;Dong L. Wu;Stephen D. Eckermann

  • Remote sounding of atmospheric gravity waves with satellite limb and nadir techniques

    Dong L. Wu;Peter Preusse;Stephen D. Eckermann;Jonathan H. Jiang

  • Gravity‐wave‐scale temperature fluctuations seen by the UARS MLS

    D. L. Wu;J. W. Waters

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology
Stephen D. Eckermann
Stephen D. Eckermann United States Naval Research Laboratory
Joe W. Waters
Joe W. Waters Jet Propulsion Lab
William G. Read
William G. Read California Institute of Technology
Gloria L. Manney
Gloria L. Manney Northwest Research Associates
Michael J. Schwartz
Michael J. Schwartz Jet Propulsion Lab
Nathaniel J. Livesey
Nathaniel J. Livesey California Institute of Technology
M. Joan Alexander
M. Joan Alexander Northwest Research Associates
Klemens Hocke
Klemens Hocke University of Bern
Alyn Lambert
Alyn Lambert California Institute of Technology

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