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D-Index
44
Citations
7074
World Ranking
6782
National Ranking
2421

Jielun Sun 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 Jielun Sun sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 117 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jielun Sun 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 Jielun Sun sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jielun Sun is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions in subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Computational Mechanics, Environmental Engineering, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics of their work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Climate Variability and Models, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Wind and Air Flow Studies, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, and Aeolian Processes and Effects.

Sun has published regularly in several scientific venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Their recent papers include:

  • Understanding Physical Processes Represented by the Monin-Obukhov Bulk Formula for Momentum Transfer, 2020, Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • Revisiting the Surface Energy Imbalance, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • A note on MOST and HOST for turbulence parametrization, 2020, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
  • Effect of Small-Scale Topographical Variations and Fetch from Roughness Elements on the Stable Boundary Layer Turbulence Statistics, 2024, Boundary-Layer Meteorology
  • Exploring Influences of Shallow Topography in Stable Boundary Layers: The SAVANT Field Campaign, 2023, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent collaborators in their work include Sudheer R. Bhimireddy, Junming Wang, David A. R. Kristovich, April L. Hiscox, and Sean P. Burns, with multiple joint publications contributing to the scientific discourse in their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • CASES-99: A Comprehensive Investigation of the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer

    Gregory S. Poulos;William Blumen;David C. Fritts;Julie K. Lundquist

  • Co-seismic ruptures of the 12 May 2008, Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan: East–west crustal shortening on oblique, parallel thrusts along the eastern edge of Tibet

    J. Liu-Zeng;Z. Zhang;L. Wen;P. Tapponnier

  • Characterization and intercomparison of aerosol absorption photometers: result of two intercomparison workshops

    T. Müller;J.S. Henzing;G. De Leeuw;G. De Leeuw;G. De Leeuw;A. Wiedensohler

  • Turbulence Regimes and Turbulence Intermittency in the Stable Boundary Layer during CASES-99

    Jielun Sun;Larry Mahrt;Robert M. Banta;Yelena L. Pichugina

  • The Coupled Boundary Layers and Air–Sea Transfer Experiment in Low Winds

    James Edson;Timothy Crawford;Jerry Crescenti;Tom Farrar

  • Atmospheric Disturbances that Generate Intermittent Turbulence in Nocturnal Boundary Layers

    Jielun Sun;Donald H. Lenschow;Sean P. Burns;Robert M. Banta

  • SHALLOW DRAINAGE FLOWS

    L. Mahrt;Dean Vickers;Reina Nakamura;M. R. Soler

  • Intermittent Turbulence Associated with a Density Current Passage in the Stable Boundary Layer

    Jielun Sun;Sean P. Burns;Donald H. Lenschow;Robert Banta

  • Surface-layer fluxes in stable conditions

    J. F. Howell;J. Sun

  • Review of wave-turbulence interactions in the stable atmospheric boundary layer

    Jielun Sun;Carmen J. Nappo;Larry Mahrt;Danijel Belušić

  • The Minimum Wind Speed for Sustainable Turbulence in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer

    van de Bjh Bas Wiel;AF Arnold Moene;Hjj Jonker;P Baas

  • Turbulence statistics of a Kelvin-Helmholtz billow event observed in the night-time boundary layer during the Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study field program

    William Blumen;Robert Banta;Sean P. Burns;David C. Fritts

  • Determination of Surface Fluxes from the Surface Radiative Temperature

    Jielun Sun;L. Mahrt

  • Transport of carbon dioxide, water vapor, and ozone by turbulence and local circulations

    Jielun Sun;Raymond Desjardins;Larry Mahrt;Ian MacPherson

  • The Very Stable Boundary Layer on Nights with Weak Low-Level Jets

    Robert M. Banta;Larry Mahrt;Dean Vickers;Jielun Sun

  • Ocean Wave Slope Observations Using Radar Backscatter and Laser Altimeters

    Douglas Vandemark;B. Chapron;J. Sun;G. H. Crescenti

  • Wind and Temperature Oscillations Generated by Wave–Turbulence Interactions in the Stably Stratified Boundary Layer

    Jielun Sun;Larry Mahrt;Carmen Nappo;Donald H. Lenschow

  • 100 years of progress in boundary layer meteorology

    Margaret A. LeMone;Wayne M. Angevine;Wayne M. Angevine;Christopher S. Bretherton;Fei Chen

  • The role of large-coherent-eddy transport in the atmospheric surface layer based on CASES-99 observations

    Jielun Sun;Donald H. Lenschow;Margaret A. LeMone;Larry Mahrt

  • Observations of Fluxes and Inland Breezes over a Heterogeneous Surface

    L. Mahrt;Jielun Sun;Dean Vickers;J. I. MacPherson

  • CO2 transport over complex terrain

    Jielun Sun;Sean P. Burns;Anthony C. Delany;Steven P. Oncley

  • Diurnal Variations of Thermal Roughness Height over a Grassland

    Jielun Sun

  • The Canopy Horizontal Array Turbulence Study

    Edward G. Patton;Thomas W. Horst;Peter P. Sullivan;Donald H. Lenschow

Frequent Co-Authors

Larry Mahrt
Larry Mahrt Northwest Research Associates
Sean P. Burns
Sean P. Burns University of Colorado Boulder
Donald H. Lenschow
Donald H. Lenschow National Center for Atmospheric Research
Russell K. Monson
Russell K. Monson University of Colorado Boulder
Britton B. Stephens
Britton B. Stephens National Center for Atmospheric Research
Dean Vickers
Dean Vickers Oregon State University
Robert M. Banta
Robert M. Banta National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Raymond L. Desjardins
Raymond L. Desjardins Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
William J. Massman
William J. Massman US Forest Service
J. I. MacPherson
J. I. MacPherson National Research Council Canada

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