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Hongbin Chen is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work focuses on several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics covered by their research include atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, meteorological phenomena and simulations, precipitation measurement and analysis, atmospheric ozone and climate, cryospheric studies and observations, and climate variability and models.

Hongbin Chen has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Atmospheric Research
  • Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters
  • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hongbin Chen are:

  • "Advances in sunphotometer-measured aerosol optical properties and related topics in China: Impetus and perspectives," 2020, Atmospheric Research
  • "First estimation of high-resolution solar photovoltaic resource maps over China with Fengyun-4A satellite and machine learning," 2023, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Long-term ozone variability in the vertical structure and integrated column over the North China Plain: results based on ozonesonde and Dobson measurements during 2001-2019," 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Surface Brightening in Eastern and Central China Since the Implementation of the Clean Air Action in 2013: Causes and Implications," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The pretreatment effects of various target pollutant in real coal gasification gray water by coupling pulse electrocoagulation with chemical precipitation methods," 2022, Chemosphere

Hongbin Chen frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors, reflecting active partnerships in their research community. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jinqiang Zhang
  • Xiangao Xia
  • Hongrong Shi
  • Yuejian Xuan
  • Shuqing Ma

Best Publications

  • Climatological aspects of the optical properties of fine/coarse mode aerosol mixtures

    Thomas F. Eck;Thomas F. Eck;B. N. Holben;Aliaksandyr Sinyuk;R. T. Pinker

  • Instrument calibration and aerosol optical depth validation of the China Aerosol Remote Sensing Network

    Huizheng Che;Xiaoye Zhang;Hongbin Chen;Bahaiddin Damiri

  • Aerosol optical properties and their radiative effects in northern China

    Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Xiangao Xia;Maureen Cribb;Wen Mi

  • Aerosol impacts on clouds and precipitation in eastern China: Results from bin and bulk microphysics

    Jiwen Fan;L. Ruby Leung;Zhanqing Li;Hugh Morrison

  • Analysis of cloud layer structure in Shouxian, China using RS92 radiosonde aided by 95 GHz cloud radar

    Jinqiang Zhang;Hongbin Chen;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Xuehua Fan

  • Validation of SO2 retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument over NE China

    Nickolay A. Krotkov;Brittany McClure;Russell R. Dickerson;Simon A. Carn

  • Aerosol optical properties and radiative effects in the Yangtze Delta region of China

    Xiangao Xia;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Brent Holben;Pucai Wang

  • Validation of SO2 retrievals from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) over NE China

    N. A. Krotkov;B. McClure;R. R. Dickerson;S. Carn

  • Influences of urbanization on surface characteristics as derived from the Moderate‐Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: A case study for the Beijing metropolitan area

    Kaicun Wang;Jiankai Wang;Pucai Wang;Michael Sparrow

  • Fog‐ and cloud‐induced aerosol modification observed by the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET)

    T. F. Eck;T. F. Eck;B. N. Holben;J. S. Reid;D. M. Giles

  • In situ measurements of trace gases and aerosol optical properties at a rural site in northern China during East Asian Study of Tropospheric Aerosols: An International Regional Experiment 2005

    Can Li;Lackson T. Marufu;Russell R. Dickerson;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li

  • Seasonal variations in aerosol optical properties over China

    Yuesi Wang;Jinyuan Xin;Zhanqing Li;Shigong Wang

  • Tropospheric ozone trend over Beijing from 2002–2010: ozonesonde measurements and modeling analysis

    Y. Wang;Y. Wang;P. Konopka;Y. Liu;H. Chen

  • Aircraft observations of dust and pollutants over northeast China: Insight into the meteorological mechanisms of transport

    R. R. Dickerson;C. Li;Z. Li;L. T. Marufu

  • Baseline continental aerosol over the central Tibetan plateau and a case study of aerosol transport from South Asia

    Xiangao Xia;Xumei Zong;Zhiyuan Cong;Hongbin Chen

  • Evaluation of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aerosol products at two Aerosol Robotic Network stations in China

    Wen Mi;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Xiangao Xia;Brent Holben

  • Intercomparison between aerosol optical properties by a PREDE skyradiometer and CIMEL sunphotometer over Beijing, China

    H. Che;G. Shi;A. Uchiyama;A. Yamazaki

  • In situ water vapor and ozone measurements in Lhasa and Kunming during the Asian summer monsoon

    Jianchun Bian;Laura L. Pan;Laura Paulik;Holger Vömel

  • Improvements for ground-based remote sensing of atmospheric aerosol properties by additional polarimetric measurements

    Zhengqiang Li;Philippe Goloub;Oleg Dubovik;Luc Blarel

  • Assessment of radiosonde temperature measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere using COSMIC radio occultation data

    Wenying He;Wenying He;Shu-peng Ho;Hongbin Chen;Xinjia Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiangao Xia
Xiangao Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhanqing Li
Zhanqing Li University of Maryland, College Park
Pucai Wang
Pucai Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Philippe Goloub
Philippe Goloub University of Lille
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Maureen Cribb
Maureen Cribb University of Maryland, College Park
Huizheng Che
Huizheng Che China Meteorological Administration
Russell R. Dickerson
Russell R. Dickerson University of Maryland, College Park
Can Li
Can Li Goddard Space Flight Center
Thomas F. Eck
Thomas F. Eck Goddard Space Flight Center

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