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39
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5139
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Overview

Kai Yang is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Civil and Structural Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Ecology.

Their research primarily focuses on several interconnected topics:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Kai Yang has published papers in numerous scientific venues, with frequent publications appearing in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Land

Some representative recent papers include:

  • Inverse modeling of SO 2 and NO x emissions over China using multisensor satellite data - Part 1: Formulation and sensitivity analysis (2020) published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Air quality impacts of the 2018 Mt. Kilauea Volcano eruption in Hawaii: A regional chemical transport model study with satellite-constrained emissions (2020) published in Atmospheric Environment
  • COVID-19 perturbation on US air quality and human health impact assessment (2023) published in PNAS Nexus
  • HiQ-LAI: a high-quality reprocessed MODIS leaf area index dataset with better spatiotemporal consistency from 2000 to 2022 (2024) published in Earth system science data
  • Ecological Restoration of a Loess Open-Cast Mining Area in China: Perspective from an Ecological Security Pattern (2022) published in Forests

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their notable coauthors include:

  • Juseon Bak
  • Xiong Liu
  • Hongxu Guo
  • Gonzalo González Abad
  • Rongbo Xiao

Kai Yang's work reflects interdisciplinary integration with applications in atmospheric chemistry, environmental monitoring, and ecological restoration. Their research contributes to understanding air quality dynamics, climate-related atmospheric processes, and the use of satellite and remote sensing data for environmental assessment.

Best Publications

  • Band residual difference algorithm for retrieval of SO/sub 2/ from the aura ozone monitoring instrument (OMI)

    N.A. Krotkov;S.A. Carn;A.J. Krueger;P.K. Bhartia

  • Beware of per-pixel characterization of land cover

    J. R. G. Townshend;C. Huang;S. N. V. Kalluri;R. S. Defries

  • Retrieval of large volcanic SO2 columns from the Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument: Comparison and limitations

    Kai Yang;Nickolay A. Krotkov;Arlin J. Krueger;Simon A. Carn

  • Formaldehyde (HCHO) As a Hazardous Air Pollutant: Mapping Surface Air Concentrations from Satellite and Inferring Cancer Risks in the United States

    Lei Zhu;Daniel J. Jacob;Frank N. Keutsch;Loretta J. Mickley

  • Estimation of SO2 emissions using OMI retrievals

    V. E. Fioletov;C. A. McLinden;N. Krotkov;M. D. Moran

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

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

  • Tracking volcanic sulfur dioxide clouds for aviation hazard mitigation

    Simon A. Carn;Arlin J. Krueger;Nickolay A. Krotkov;Nickolay A. Krotkov;Kai Yang;Kai Yang

  • Sulfur dioxide emissions from Peruvian copper smelters detected by the Ozone Monitoring Instrument

    S.A. Carn;A.J. Krueger;N.A. Krotkov;Kai Yang

  • Air quality over the Canadian oil sands: A first assessment using satellite observations

    C. A. McLinden;V. Fioletov;K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;N. Krotkov

  • Improved satellite retrievals of NO 2 and SO 2 over the Canadian oil sands and comparisons with surface measurements

    C. A. McLinden;V. Fioletov;K. F. Boersma;K. F. Boersma;S. K. Kharol

  • Application of OMI, SCIAMACHY, and GOME‐2 satellite SO2 retrievals for detection of large emission sources

    V. E. Fioletov;C. A. McLinden;N. Krotkov;K. Yang;K. Yang

  • Daily monitoring of Ecuadorian volcanic degassing from space

    Simon Carn;Arlin Krueger;Santiago Arellano;Nickolay Krotkov

  • On the dynamics of the associative desorption of H2

    John Harris;Stephen Holloway;Talat S. Rahman;Kai Yang

  • A physics-based approach to oversample multi-satellite, multispecies observations to a common grid

    Kang Sun;Lei Zhu;Karen Cady-Pereira;Christopher Chan Miller

  • Dispersion and lifetime of the SO2 cloud from the August 2008 Kasatochi eruption

    Nicholay A. Krotkov;Mark R. Schoeberl;Gary A. Morris;Simon Carn

  • Direct retrieval of sulfur dioxide amount and altitude from spaceborne hyperspectral UV measurements: Theory and application

    Kai Yang;Kai Yang;Xiong Liu;Xiong Liu;Pawan K. Bhartia;Nickolay A. Krotkov;Nickolay A. Krotkov

  • First observations of SO2 from the satellite Suomi NPP OMPS:Widespread air pollution events over China

    Kai Yang;Kai Yang;Russell R. Dickerson;Simon A. Carn;Cui Ge

  • Measuring global volcanic degassing with the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)

    S. A. Carn;N. A. Krotkov;K. Yang;K. Yang;A. J. Krueger

  • Extending the long‐term record of volcanic SO2 emissions with the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite nadir mapper

    S. A. Carn;S. A. Carn;K. Yang;A. J. Prata;N. A. Krotkov

  • SO2 over central China: Measurements, numerical simulations and the tropospheric sulfur budget

    Hao He;Can Li;Can Li;Christopher P. Loughner;Christopher P. Loughner;Zhangqing Li;Zhangqing Li

  • Validation Of 10-year Sao Omi Ozone Profile (profoz) Product Using Ozonesonde Observations

    Guanyu Huang;Xiong Liu;Kelly Chance;Kai Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Nickolay A. Krotkov
Nickolay A. Krotkov Goddard Space Flight Center
Simon Carn
Simon Carn Michigan Technological University
Arlin J. Krueger
Arlin J. Krueger Goddard Space Flight Center
Xiong Liu
Xiong Liu Harvard University
Can Li
Can Li Goddard Space Flight Center
Kelly Chance
Kelly Chance Harvard University
Pieternel F. Levelt
Pieternel F. Levelt Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Iowa
Vitali E. Fioletov
Vitali E. Fioletov Environment and Climate Change Canada
Russell R. Dickerson
Russell R. Dickerson University of Maryland, College Park

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