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Fuqiang Tian

Fuqiang Tian

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
9554
World Ranking
3711
National Ranking
400

Fuqiang Tian 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 Fuqiang Tian sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 176 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fuqiang Tian 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 Fuqiang Tian sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fuqiang Tian is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work encompasses a broad range of topics primarily related to hydrology, climate variability, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Fuqiang Tian has focused on subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Sociology and Political Science

Their research topics cover:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Climate variability and models
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Fuqiang Tian has published numerous papers in reputable journals. Some recent notable publications include:

  • "The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management", 2022, Nature
  • "Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau", 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • "Generation of MODIS-like land surface temperatures under all-weather conditions based on a data fusion approach", 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "Non-monotonic changes in Asian Water Towers' streamflow at increasing warming levels", 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Evaluation of Temperature and Precipitation Simulations in CMIP6 Models Over the Tibetan Plateau", 2021, Earth and Space Science

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • Water Resources Research
  • Water
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Fuqiang Tian's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Yi Nan
  • Songjun Han
  • Long Yang
  • Mohd Yawar Ali Khan
  • Hongchang Hu

Best Publications

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Sociohydrology : Scientific Challenges in Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals

    Giuliano Di Baldassarre;Murugesu Sivapalan;Maria Rusca;Christophe Cudennec

  • Climate change threatens terrestrial water storage over the Tibetan Plateau

    Unknown

  • Ground validation of GPM IMERG and TRMM 3B42V7 rainfall products over southern Tibetan Plateau based on a high‐density rain gauge network

    Ran Xu;Fuqiang Tian;Long Yang;Hongchang Hu

  • Generation of MODIS-like land surface temperatures under all-weather conditions based on a data fusion approach

    Di Long;La Yan;Liangliang Bai;Caijin Zhang

  • Non-monotonic changes in Asian Water Towers’ streamflow at increasing warming levels

    Unknown

  • Dam Construction in Lancang-Mekong River Basin Could Mitigate Future Flood Risk From Warming-Induced Intensified Rainfall

    Wei Wang;Hui Lu;L. Ruby Leung;Hong-Yi Li

  • Exploring the spatial variability of contributions from climate variation and change in catchment properties to streamflow decrease in a mesoscale basin by three different methods

    Yu Sun;Fuqiang Tian;Long Yang;Heping Hu

  • Socio-hydrologic perspectives of the co-evolution of humans and water in the Tarim River basin, Western China: the Taiji–Tire model

    Y. Liu;F. Tian;H. Hu;M. Sivapalan

  • Environmental and physiological controls on sap flow in a subhumid mountainous catchment in North China

    Qiang Tie;Hongchang Hu;Fuqiang Tian;Huade Guan

  • How Does the Evaluation of the GPM IMERG Rainfall Product Depend on Gauge Density and Rainfall Intensity

    Fuqiang Tian;Shiyu Hou;Long Yang;Hongchang Hu

  • Future projection of seasonal drought characteristics using CMIP6 in the Lancang-Mekong River Basin

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  • Extension of the representative elementary watershed approach for cold regions via explicit treatment of energy related processes

    F. Tian;H. Hu;Z. Lei;M. Sivapalan

  • Groundwater dynamics under water-saving irrigation and implications for sustainable water management in an oasis: Tarim River basin of western China

    Z. Zhang;H. Hu;F. Tian;X. Yao

  • Increasing compound events of extreme hot and dry days during growing seasons of wheat and maize in China

    You Lu;Hongchang Hu;Chao Li;Fuqiang Tian

  • Contrasting impacts of urban forms on the future thermal environment: Example of Beijing metropolitan area

    Long Yang;Long Yang;Long Yang;Dev Niyogi;Mukul Tewari;Daniel Aliaga

  • Urban signatures in the spatial clustering of summer heavy rainfall events over the Beijing metropolitan region

    Long Yang;Fuqiang Tian;James A. Smith;Heping Hu

  • Evaluation of Temperature and Precipitation Simulations in CMIP6 Models Over the Tibetan Plateau

    Tong Cui;Chao Li;Fuqiang Tian

  • From channelization to restoration: Sociohydrologic modeling with changing community preferences in the Kissimmee River Basin, Florida

    Xi Chen;Xi Chen;Dingbao Wang;Fuqiang Tian;Murugesu Sivapalan

  • Projected climate change impacts on future streamflow of the Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra River

    Ran Xu;Hongchang Hu;Fuqiang Tian;Chao Li

  • Impact of Urbanization on Heavy Convective Precipitation under Strong Large-Scale Forcing: A Case Study over the Milwaukee–Lake Michigan Region

    Long Yang;James A. Smith;Mary Lynn Baeck;Elie R. Bou-Zeid

  • Urbanization and Climate Change: An Examination of Nonstationarities in Urban Flooding

    Long Yang;James A. Smith;Daniel B. Wright;Mary Lynn Baeck

  • Estimating degree-day factors from MODIS for snowmelt runoff modeling

    Z. H. He;J. Parajka;F. Q. Tian;G. Blöschl

  • Responses of natural runoff to recent climatic variations in the Yellow River basin, China

    Y. Tang;Q. Tang;F. Tian;Z. Zhang

  • Intercomparisons of Rainfall Estimates from TRMM and GPM Multisatellite Products over the Upper Mekong River Basin

    Zhihua He;Long Yang;Fuqiang Tian;Guangheng Ni

Frequent Co-Authors

Murugesu Sivapalan
Murugesu Sivapalan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hui Lu
Hui Lu Tsinghua University
Hongyi Li
Hongyi Li University of Houston
Lixin Wang
Lixin Wang Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis
Heidi Kreibich
Heidi Kreibich Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
James P. Smith
James P. Smith Princeton University
Alberto Viglione
Alberto Viglione Polytechnic University of Turin
Giuliano Di Baldassarre
Giuliano Di Baldassarre Uppsala University
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University

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