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Kuo-Nan Liou 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 Kuo-Nan Liou sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 361 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kuo-Nan Liou 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 Kuo-Nan Liou sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kuo-Nan Liou was affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spanned a variety of topics in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant focus on atmospheric chemistry, aerosols, and climate-related issues.

Their main fields of study included:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

In these fields, Liou's work extensively covered several subfields:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Artificial Intelligence

Their research topics included:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Liou published in a range of scientific venues, with some journals appearing more frequently in their record:

  • Earth and Space Science
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Geoscientific model development

Some recent papers authored by Liou focused on climate, air quality, and environmental modeling. These included:

  • Health co-benefits of achieving sustainable net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in California, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • A parameterization of sub-grid topographical effects on solar radiation in the E3SM Land Model (version 1.0): implementation and evaluation over the Tibetan Plateau, 2021, Geoscientific model development
  • Environmental impact of national and subnational carbon policies in China based on a multi-regional dynamic CGE model, 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Wintertime Particulate Matter Decrease Buffered by Unfavorable Chemical Processes Despite Emissions Reductions in China, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Modeling the impact of COVID-19 on air quality in southern California: implications for future control policies, 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent coauthors who collaborated with Liou included:

  • Yu Gu
  • Bin Zhao
  • Hongrong Shi
  • Zhe Jiang
  • Jonathan H. Jiang

Best Publications

  • An introduction to atmospheric radiation

    K. N. Liou;Craig Bohren

  • Influence of Cirrus Clouds on Weather and Climate Processes: A Global Perspective

    Kuo-Nan Liou

  • Parameterization of the Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds

    Qiang Fu;K. N. Liou

  • An introduction to atmospheric radiation.

    K. N. Liou

  • On the correlated k-distribution method for radiative transfer in nonhomogeneous atmospheres

    Qiang Fu;K. N. Liou

  • Radiation and Cloud Processes in the Atmosphere: Theory, Observation and Modeling

    Kuo-Nan Liou

  • Solar radiative transfer in cirrus clouds. I - Single-scattering and optical properties of hexagonal ice crystals. II - Theory and computations of multiple scattering in an anisotropic medium

    Yoshihide Takano;Kuo-Nan Liou

  • Geometric-optics-integral-equation method for light scattering by nonspherical ice crystals.

    Ping Yang;K. N. Liou

  • CERES Edition-2 Cloud Property Retrievals Using TRMM VIRS and Terra and Aqua MODIS Data—Part I: Algorithms

    P. Minnis;Szedung Sun-Mack;D. F. Young;P. W. Heck

  • Spectrally Consistent Scattering, Absorption, and Polarization Properties of Atmospheric Ice Crystals at Wavelengths from 0.2 to 100 um

    Ping Yang;Lei Bi;Bryan A. Baum;Kuo-Nan Liou

  • Finite-difference time domain method for light scattering by small ice crystals in three-dimensional space

    Ping Yang;K. N. Liou

  • Radiation and cloud processes in the atmosphere

    K. N. Liou;Roger Davies

  • Parameterization of the scattering and absorption properties of individual ice crystals

    Ping Yang;K. N. Liou;Klaus Wyser;David Mitchell

  • Heating rates in tropical anvils

    Thomas P. Ackerman;Kuo-Nan Liou;Francisco P. J. Valero;Leonhard Pfister

  • Change in household fuels dominates the decrease in PM2.5 exposure and premature mortality in China in 2005-2015.

    Bin Zhao;Haotian Zheng;Shuxiao Wang;Kirk R. Smith

  • Single-scattering properties of complex ice crystals in terrestrial atmosphere

    Ping Yang;K. N. Liou

  • Multiple Scattering Parameterization in Thermal Infrared Radiative Transfer

    Qiang Fu;K. N. Liou;M. C. Cribb;T. P. Charlock

  • Improvements of an ice-phase microphysics parameterization for use in numerical simulations of tropical convection

    Steven K. Krueger;Qiang Fu;K. N. Liou;Hung-Neng S. Chin

  • Radiative Transfer in Cirrus Clouds. Part III: Light Scattering by Irregular Ice Crystals

    Y. Takano;K. N. Liou

  • Polarized light scattering by hexagonal ice crystals: theory.

    Qiming Cai;Kuo-Nan Liou

  • Cloud Ice: A Climate Model Challenge With Signs and Expectations of Progress

    F. Li;D. Waliser;J. Bacmeister;J. Chern

Frequent Co-Authors

Ping Yang
Ping Yang Texas A&M University
Jonathan H. Jiang
Jonathan H. Jiang California Institute of Technology
Qinbin Li
Qinbin Li University of California, Los Angeles
Hui Su
Hui Su Jet Propulsion Lab
Patrick Minnis
Patrick Minnis Langley Research Center
Yongkang Xue
Yongkang Xue University of California, Los Angeles
Annmarie Eldering
Annmarie Eldering California Institute of Technology
Kenneth Sassen
Kenneth Sassen University of Alaska Fairbanks
Si-Chee Tsay
Si-Chee Tsay Goddard Space Flight Center
Qiang Fu
Qiang Fu University of Washington

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