2026 Fuqing Zhang: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	83	846	368	332	21978

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

908
Citations
Impacts of Initial Estimate and Observation Availability on Convective-Scale Data Assimilation with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

Fuqing Zhang;Chris Snyder;Juanzhen Sun

757
Citations
Review of the Ensemble Kalman Filter for Atmospheric Data Assimilation

P. L. Houtekamer;Fuqing Zhang

716
Citations
Assimilation of Simulated Doppler Radar Observations with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

Chris Snyder;Fuqing Zhang

649
Citations
Internal gravity waves from atmospheric jets and fronts

Riwal Plougonven;Fuqing Zhang

446
Citations
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

444
Citations
Effects of Moist Convection on Mesoscale Predictability

Fuqing Zhang;Chris Snyder;Richard Rotunno

427
Citations
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

394
Citations
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

361
Citations
Mesoscale Predictability of Moist Baroclinic Waves: Convection-Permitting Experiments and Multistage Error Growth Dynamics

Fuqing Zhang;Naifang Bei;Richard Rotunno;Chris Snyder

318
Citations
What Is the Predictability Limit of Midlatitude Weather

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

299
Citations
Generation of Mesoscale Gravity Waves in Upper-Tropospheric Jet–Front Systems

Fuqing Zhang

283
Citations
Effects of Vertical Wind Shear on the Predictability of Tropical Cyclones

Fuqing Zhang;Dandan Tao

247
Citations
Astronomical calibration of loess-paleosol deposits at Luochuan, central Chinese Loess Plateau

Huayu Lu;Xiaodong Liu;Fuqing Zhang;Zhisheng An

238
Citations
Advances in weather prediction

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

238
Citations
Mesoscale Predictability of the “Surprise” Snowstorm of 24–25 January 2000

Fuqing Zhang;Fuqing Zhang;Chris Snyder;Richard Rotunno

238
Citations
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

217
Citations
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

210
Citations
Periodicities of palaeoclimatic variations recorded by loess-paleosol sequences in China

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

201
Citations
Tests of an Ensemble Kalman Filter for Mesoscale and Regional-Scale Data Assimilation. Part I: Perfect Model Experiments

Fuqing Zhang;Zhiyong Meng;Altug Aksoy

195
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry Emanuel MIT

Richard Rotunno National Center for Atmospheric Research

Scott A. Braun Goddard Space Flight Center

Christopher A. Davis National Center for Atmospheric Research

Deliang Chen University of Gothenburg

Kenneth J. Davis Pennsylvania State University

Steven E. Koch National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Lai-yung Ruby Leung Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Lance F. Bosart University at Albany, State University of New York

Matthew R. Kumjian Pennsylvania State University

External Links

Personal website of Fuqing Zhang

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