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D-Index
83
Citations
21978
World Ranking
846
National Ranking
368

Fuqing Zhang 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 Fuqing Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 332 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fuqing Zhang 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 Fuqing Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Fuqing Zhang was affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their academic work focused on multiple areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Artificial Intelligence, and Ecology. Zhang's research output comprised 69 publications categorized under Earth and Planetary Sciences and 55 under Environmental Science.

The key research topics Zhang worked on included Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Throughout their career, Zhang frequently published in scientific journals such as the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters, and the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Some of Zhang's notable papers included:

  • Simulation of summer precipitation diurnal cycles over the Tibetan Plateau at the gray-zone grid spacing for cumulus parameterization, 2020, Climate Dynamics
  • Use of Observing System Simulation Experiments in the United States, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Observations of Greenhouse Gas Changes Across Summer Frontal Boundaries in the Eastern United States, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Evaluation of Microphysics Schemes in Tropical Cyclones Using Polarimetric Radar Observations: Convective Precipitation in an Outer Rainband, 2021, Monthly Weather Review
  • Assessing the Spatiotemporal Evolution and Drivers of Ecological Environment Quality Using an Enhanced Remote Sensing Ecological Index in Lanzhou City, China, 2023, Remote Sensing

Fuqing Zhang collaborated frequently with researchers including Xingchao Chen, Steven J. Greybush, Robert G. Nystrom, Wenbo Chen, and Yuanping Xia.

Zhang received recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2018 for their contributions to the scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of Three Planetary Boundary Layer Schemes in the WRF Model

    Xiao Ming Hu;John W. Nielsen-Gammon;Fuqing Zhang

  • Impacts of Initial Estimate and Observation Availability on Convective-Scale Data Assimilation with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

    Fuqing Zhang;Chris Snyder;Juanzhen Sun

  • Review of the Ensemble Kalman Filter for Atmospheric Data Assimilation

    P. L. Houtekamer;Fuqing Zhang

  • Assimilation of Simulated Doppler Radar Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

    Chris Snyder;Fuqing Zhang

  • Internal gravity waves from atmospheric jets and fronts

    Riwal Plougonven;Fuqing Zhang

  • Cloud-Resolving Hurricane Initialization and Prediction through Assimilation of Doppler Radar Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

    Fuqing Zhang;Yonghui Weng;Jason A. Sippel;Zhiyong Meng

  • Effects of Moist Convection on Mesoscale Predictability

    Fuqing Zhang;Chris Snyder;Richard Rotunno

  • Evaluation of NCEP–CFSR, NCEP–NCAR, ERA-Interim, and ERA-40 Reanalysis Datasets against Independent Sounding Observations over the Tibetan Plateau

    Xinghua Bao;Fuqing Zhang

  • Wind and Temperature Retrievals in the 17 May 1981 Arcadia, Oklahoma, Supercell: Ensemble Kalman Filter Experiments

    David C. Dowell;Fuqing Zhang;Louis J. Wicker;Chris Snyder

  • Mesoscale Predictability of Moist Baroclinic Waves: Convection-Permitting Experiments and Multistage Error Growth Dynamics

    Fuqing Zhang;Naifang Bei;Richard Rotunno;Chris Snyder

  • What Is the Predictability Limit of Midlatitude Weather

    Fuqing Zhang;Y. Qiang Sun;Linus Magnusson;Roberto Buizza

  • Generation of Mesoscale Gravity Waves in Upper-Tropospheric Jet–Front Systems

    Fuqing Zhang

  • Effects of Vertical Wind Shear on the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones

    Fuqing Zhang;Dandan Tao

  • Astronomical calibration of loess-paleosol deposits at Luochuan, central Chinese Loess Plateau

    Huayu Lu;Xiaodong Liu;Fuqing Zhang;Zhisheng An

  • Advances in weather prediction

    Richard B. Alley;Kerry A. Emanuel;Fuqing Zhang

  • Mesoscale Predictability of the “Surprise” Snowstorm of 24–25 January 2000

    Fuqing Zhang;Fuqing Zhang;Chris Snyder;Richard Rotunno

  • Tests of an Ensemble Kalman Filter for Mesoscale and Regional-Scale Data Assimilation. Part III: Comparison with 3DVAR in a Real-Data Case Study

    Zhiyong Meng;Fuqing Zhang

  • Performance of convection-permitting hurricane initialization and prediction during 2008–2010 with ensemble data assimilation of inner-core airborne Doppler radar observations

    Fuqing Zhang;Yonghui Weng;John F. Gamache;Frank D. Marks

  • Periodicities of palaeoclimatic variations recorded by loess-paleosol sequences in China

    Huayu Lu;Fuqing Zhang;Xiaodong Liu;Robert A. Duce

  • Tests of an Ensemble Kalman Filter for Mesoscale and Regional-Scale Data Assimilation. Part I: Perfect Model Experiments

    Fuqing Zhang;Zhiyong Meng;Altug Aksoy

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Rotunno
Richard Rotunno National Center for Atmospheric Research
Scott A. Braun
Scott A. Braun Goddard Space Flight Center
Christopher A. Davis
Christopher A. Davis National Center for Atmospheric Research
Deliang Chen
Deliang Chen Tsinghua University
Kenneth J. Davis
Kenneth J. Davis Pennsylvania State University
Steven E. Koch
Steven E. Koch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Lai-yung Ruby Leung
Lai-yung Ruby Leung Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lance F. Bosart
Lance F. Bosart University at Albany, State University of New York
Matthew R. Kumjian
Matthew R. Kumjian Pennsylvania State University

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