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D-Index
46
Citations
8368
World Ranking
6069
National Ranking
2199

Kuan-Man Xu 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 Kuan-Man Xu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 134 publications — 32nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Kuan-Man Xu 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 Kuan-Man Xu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kuan-Man Xu is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research concentrates on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography, with additional involvement in Astronomy and Astrophysics as well as Aerospace Engineering.

Their work spans several key topics, including:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes

Kuan-Man Xu has published articles in multiple peer-reviewed journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (8 publications)
  • Environmental Research Communications (7 publications)
  • Environmental Research Letters (3 publications)
  • Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing (2 publications)

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Kuan-Man Xu are:

  • "An Overview of CMIP5 and CMIP6 Simulated Cloud Ice, Radiation Fields, Surface Wind Stress, Sea Surface Temperatures, and Precipitation Over Tropical and Subtropical Oceans," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Annual and seasonal mean tropical and subtropical precipitation bias in CMIP5 and CMIP6 models," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Deriving Snow Depth From ICESat-2 Lidar Multiple Scattering Measurements," 2022, Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • "Exploring Radiation Biases Over the Tropical and Subtropical Oceans Based on Treatments of Frozen-Hydrometeor Radiative Properties in CMIP6 Models," 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Deriving Snow Depth From ICESat-2 Lidar Multiple Scattering Measurements: Uncertainty Analyses," 2022, Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as:

  • Jonathan H. Jiang
  • Jia-Yuh Yu
  • Wei-Liang Lee
  • Eric J. Fetzer
  • Graeme L. Stephens

Kuan-Man Xu's research emphasizes the modeling and simulation of climate variability and atmospheric processes, with a particular focus on aerosols, clouds, and ice dynamics. Their work also integrates observations and data analysis related to cryospheric phenomena and ocean-atmosphere interactions, supporting a comprehensive understanding of Earth's climate system.

Best Publications

  • A Semiempirical Cloudiness Parameterization for Use in Climate Models

    Kuan-Man Xu;David A. Randall

  • Single-Column Model Intercomparison for a Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer

    J Cuxart;A A M Holtslag;R J Beare;E Bazile

  • Is the Tropical Atmosphere Conditionally Unstable

    Kuan-Man Xu;Kerry A. Emanuel

  • Occurrence, liquid water content, and fraction of supercooled water clouds from combined CALIOP/IIR/MODIS measurements

    Yongxiang Hu;Sharon Rodier;Kuan-man Xu;Wenbo Sun

  • Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. I: single-layer cloud

    Stephen A. Klein;Renata B. McCoy;Hugh Morrison;Andrew S. Ackerman

  • Single-Column Models and Cloud Ensemble Models as Links between Observations and Climate Models

    David A. Randall;Kuan-man Xu;Richard J. C. Somerville;Sam Iacobellis

  • Improvements of top-of-atmosphere and surface irradiance computations with CALIPSO-, CloudSat-, and MODIS-derived cloud and aerosol properties

    Seiji Kato;Fred G. Rose;Sunny Sun-Mack;Walter F. Miller

  • Evaluation of cloudiness parameterizations using a cumulus ensemble model

    Kuan-Man Xu;Steven K. Krueger

  • Daytime convective development over land: A model intercomparison based on LBA observations

    W. W. Grabowski;P. Bechtold;A. Cheng;R. Forbes

  • An intercomparison of cloud-resolving models with the atmospheric radiation measurement summer 1997 intensive observation period data

    Kuan Man Xu;Richard T. Cederwall;Leo J. Donner;Wojciech W. Grabowski

  • Marine low cloud sensitivity to an idealized climate change: The CGILS LES intercomparison

    Peter N. Blossey;Christopher S. Bretherton;Minghua Zhang;Anning Cheng

  • The Iris Hypothesis: A Negative or Positive Cloud Feedback?.

    Bing Lin;Bruce A. Wielicki;Lin H. Chambers;Yongxiang Hu

  • Explicit Simulation of Cumulus Ensembles with the GATE Phase III Data: Comparison with Observations

    Kuan-Man Xu;David A. Randall

  • Intercomparison and evaluation of cumulus parametrizations under summertime midlatitude continental conditions

    Shaocheng Xie;Kuan Man Xu;Richard T. Cederwall;Peter Bechtold

  • CGILS: Results from the first phase of an international project to understand the physical mechanisms of low cloud feedbacks in single column models

    Minghua Zhang;Christopher S. Bretherton;Peter N. Blossey;Phillip H. Austin

  • The Macroscopic Behavior of Cumulus Ensembles Simulated by a Cumulus Ensemble Model

    Kuan-Man Xu;Akio Arakawa;Steven K. Krueger

  • A comparison of single column model simulations of summertime midlatitude continental convection

    Steven J. Ghan;David A. Randall;Kuan-Man Xu;Richard Cederwall

  • Recent trends of the tropical hydrological cycle inferred from Global Precipitation Climatology Project and International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project data

    Y. P. Zhou;Y. P. Zhou;Kuan-Man Xu;Y. C. Sud;A. K. Betts

  • Intercomparison of model simulations of mixed-phase clouds observed during the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment. I: single-layer cloud: MIXED-PHASE MODEL COMPARISONS. I: SINGLE-LAYER CLOUD

    Stephen A. Klein;Renata B. McCoy;Hugh Morrison;Andrew S. Ackerman

  • Impact of Interactive Radiative Transfer on the Macroscopic Behavior of Cumulus Ensembles. Part II: Mechanisms for Cloud-Radiation Interactions

    Kuan-Man Xu;David A. Randall

  • Simulations of midlatitude frontal clouds by single-column and cloud--resolving models during the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement March 2000 cloud intensive operational period

    Shaocheng Xie;Minghua H. Zhang;Mark Branson;Richard T. Cederwall

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Randall
David A. Randall Colorado State University
Minghua Zhang
Minghua Zhang Stony Brook University
Steven K. Krueger
Steven K. Krueger University of Utah
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology
Stephen A. Klein
Stephen A. Klein Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Shaocheng Xie
Shaocheng Xie Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Marat Khairoutdinov
Marat Khairoutdinov Stony Brook University
Yongxiang Hu
Yongxiang Hu Langley Research Center
Bruce A. Wielicki
Bruce A. Wielicki Langley Research Center
Seiji Kato
Seiji Kato Langley Research Center

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