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47
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3242
National Ranking
1208

Overview

Guifu Zhang is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Engineering. Within these broad areas, Zhang's work concentrates on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics covered by Zhang's research include Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Climate Variability and Models, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Antenna Design and Analysis, and Antenna Design and Optimization.

Zhang has contributed to numerous publications in respected venues, with frequent appearances in the following journals:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Their recent papers illustrate a focus on radar technology, antenna design, and meteorological applications. Notable publications include:

  • "A Primer on Phased Array Radar Technology for the Atmospheric Sciences" (2022), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Towards the Next Generation Operational Meteorological Radar" (2021), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "A Crossed Dipole Phased Array Antenna Architecture With Enhanced Polarization and Isolation Characteristics" (2020), published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
  • "Design of a Cylindrical Crossed Dipole Phased Array Antenna for Weather Surveillance Radars" (2021), published in IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation
  • "Initial Observations With Electronic and Mechanical Scans Using a Cylindrical Polarimetric Phased Array Radar" (2020), published in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters

Frequent collaborators in Zhang's research include Zhe Li, Jidong Gao, Dušan S. Zrnić, Jacob T. Carlin, and Robert D. Palmer. These coauthors have together contributed to multiple investigations within overlapping research domains.

Best Publications

  • Experiments in Rainfall Estimation with a Polarimetric Radar in a Subtropical Environment

    Edward A. Brandes;Guifu Zhang;J. Vivekanandan

  • A method for estimating rain rate and drop size distribution from polarimetric radar measurements

    G. Zhang;J. Vivekanandan;E. Brandes

  • Analysis of Video Disdrometer and Polarimetric Radar Data to Characterize Rain Microphysics in Oklahoma

    Qing Cao;Guifu Zhang;Edward Brandes;Terry Schuur

  • Assimilation of Simulated Polarimetric Radar Data for a Convective Storm Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter. Part I: Observation Operators for Reflectivity and Polarimetric Variables

    Youngsun Jung;Guifu Zhang;Ming Xue

  • Polarimetric Radar Estimators Based on a Constrained Gamma Drop Size Distribution Model

    Jothiram Vivekanandan;Guifu Zhang;Edward Brandes

  • Drop Size Distribution Retrieval with Polarimetric Radar: Model and Application

    Edward A. Brandes;Guifu Zhang;J. Vivekanandan

  • An Evaluation of a Drop Distribution-Based Polarimetric Radar Rainfall Estimator

    Edward Brandes;Guifu Zhang;Jothiram Vivekanandan

  • Weather Radar Polarimetry

    Guifu Zhang

  • Statistical characteristics of raindrop size distributions observed in East China during the Asian summer monsoon season using 2‐D video disdrometer and Micro Rain Radar data

    Long Wen;Kun Zhao;Guifu Zhang;Guifu Zhang;Ming Xue;Ming Xue

  • Improving Parameterization of Rain Microphysics with Disdrometer and Radar Observations

    Guifu Zhang;Juanzhen Sun;Edward A. Brandes

  • Phased Array Radar Polarimetry for Weather Sensing: A Theoretical Formulation for Bias Corrections

    Guifu Zhang;R.J. Doviak;D.S. Zrnic;J. Crain

  • Simulations of Polarimetric Radar Signatures of a Supercell Storm Using a Two-Moment Bulk Microphysics Scheme

    Youngsun Jung;Ming Xue;Guifu Zhang

  • Assimilation of Simulated Polarimetric Radar Data for a Convective Storm Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter. Part II: Impact of Polarimetric Data on Storm Analysis

    Youngsun Jung;Ming Xue;Guifu Zhang;Jerry M. Straka

  • Comparison of Polarimetric Radar Drop Size Distribution Retrieval Algorithms

    Edward Brandes;Guifu Zhang;Jothiram Vivekanandan

  • Attenuation Correction and Hydrometeor Classification of High-Resolution, X-band, Dual-Polarized Mobile Radar Measurements in Severe Convective Storms

    Jeffrey C. Snyder;Howard B. Bluestein;Guifu Zhang;Stephen J. Frasier

  • Errors in Estimating Raindrop Size Distribution Parameters Employing Disdrometer and Simulated Raindrop Spectra

    Qing Cao;Guifu Zhang

  • Bias in Differential Reflectivity due to Cross Coupling through the Radiation Patterns of Polarimetric Weather Radars

    Dusan Zrnić;Richard Doviak;Guifu Zhang;Alexander Ryzhkov

  • Precipitation microphysics characteristics of a Typhoon Matmo (2014) rainband after landfall over eastern China based on polarimetric radar observations

    Mingjun Wang;Kun Zhao;Ming Xue;Ming Xue;Guifu Zhang;Guifu Zhang

  • Polarimetric Phased-Array Radar for Weather Measurement: A Planar or Cylindrical Configuration?

    Guifu Zhang;Richard J. Doviak;Dusan S. Zrnić;Robert Palmer

  • Backscattering enhancement and clustering effects of randomly distributed dielectric cylinders overlying a dielectric half space based on Monte-Carlo simulations

    Leung Tsang;Kung-Hau Ding;Guifu Zhang;C.C. Hsu

  • A method for estimating rain rate and drop size distribution from polarimetric radar measurements

    G. Zhang;J. Vivekanandau;E. Brandes

Frequent Co-Authors

Jothiram Vivekanandan
Jothiram Vivekanandan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dusan S. Zrnic
Dusan S. Zrnic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Leung Tsang
Leung Tsang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ahmed A. Kishk
Ahmed A. Kishk Concordia University
Chi Hou Chan
Chi Hou Chan City University of Hong Kong
Yahya Rahmat-Samii
Yahya Rahmat-Samii University of California, Los Angeles
Robert Meneghini
Robert Meneghini Goddard Space Flight Center

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