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D-Index
34
Citations
4140
World Ranking
9470
National Ranking
3393

Lian Xie 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 Lian Xie sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 132 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lian Xie 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 Lian Xie sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lian Xie is affiliated with North Carolina State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography among other subfields.

The main topics of their work include Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Climate Variability and Models, Remote Sensing and Land Use, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, and Environmental Changes in China.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lian Xie are Xia Sun, Yue Chang, Ruizhong Gao, Tong Hui, and Shuai Du.

Their research has been published in several venues, notably Atmosphere, PubMed, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, and Water Resources Management.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Lian Xie include:

  • "Tropical Cyclone Wind Speed Retrieval from Dual-Polarization Sentinel-1 EW Mode Products", 2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • "Atlantic Hurricane Activity Prediction: A Machine Learning Approach", 2021, Atmosphere
  • "A Machine Learning Based Ensemble Forecasting Optimization Algorithm for Preseason Prediction of Atlantic Hurricane Activity", 2021, Atmosphere
  • "Combined Impacts of Climate Variability Modes on Seasonal Precipitation Extremes Over China", 2022, Water Resources Management
  • "A Climatological Study of Successive Tropical Cyclone Events in North Atlantic", 2022, Atmosphere

Best Publications

  • Simulated Physical Mechanisms Associated with Climate Variability over Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa

    Richard O. Anyah;Fredrick H. M. Semazzi;Lian Xie

  • A numerical study of storm surge and inundation in the Croatan–Albemarle–Pamlico Estuary System

    Machuan Peng;Lian Xie;Leonard J. Pietrafesa

  • A Real-Time Hurricane Surface Wind Forecasting Model: Formulation and Verification

    Lian Xie;Shaowu Bao;Leonard J. Pietrafesa;Kristen Foley

  • Climatology and Interannual Variability of North Atlantic Hurricane Tracks

    Lian Xie;Tingzhuang Yan;Leonard J. Pietrafesa;John M. Morrison

  • A Coupled Atmosphere–Wave–Ocean Modeling System: Simulation of the Intensity of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone

    Bin Liu;Huiqing Liu;Lian Xie;Changlong Guan

  • A numerical study of wave‐current interaction through surface and bottom stresses: Wind‐driven circulation in the South Atlantic Bight under uniform winds

    Lian Xie;Kejian Wu;Leonard Pietrafesa;Chen Zhang

  • A coupled regional climate model for the Lake Victoria basin of East Africa

    Yi Song;Fredrick H. M. Semazzi;Lian Xie;Laban J. Ogallo

  • On the Linear Parameterization of Drag Coefficient over Sea Surface

    Changlong Guan;Lian Xie

  • The effect of wave current interactions on the storm surge and inundation in Charleston Harbor during Hurricane Hugo 1989

    Lian Xie;Huiqing Liu;Machuan Peng

  • Numerical study of the sensitivity of mangroves in reducing storm surge and flooding to hurricane characteristics in southern Florida

    Huiqing Liu;Keqi Zhang;Yuepeng Li;Lian Xie

  • Phytoplankton biomass distribution and identification of productive habitats within the Galapagos Marine Reserve by MODIS, a surface acquisition system, and in-situ measurements

    Blake A. Schaeffer;John M. Morrison;Daniel Kamykowski;Gene C. Feldman

  • Mechanistic Model Simulations of the East African Climate Using NCAR Regional Climate Model: Influence of Large-Scale Orography on the Turkana Low-Level Jet

    Matayo Indeje;Fredrick H. M. Semazzi;Lian Xie;Laban J. Ogallo

  • Customization of RegCM3 Regional Climate Model for Eastern Africa and a Tropical Indian Ocean Domain

    Neil Davis;Jared Bowden;Fredrick Semazzi;Lian Xie

  • Computer simulations of wind-induced Estuarine circulation patterns and estuary-shelf exchange processes : The potential role of wind forcing on larval transport

    L Xie;D.B Eggleston

  • Incorporation of a Mass-Conserving Inundation Scheme into a Three Dimensional Storm Surge Model

    Lian Xie;Leonard J. Pietrafesa;Machuan Peng

  • Modeling of the Cape Fear River Estuary plume

    Meng Xia;Lian Xie;Leonard J. Pietrafesa

  • Spatiotemporal changes in precipitation extremes over Yangtze River basin, China, considering the rainfall shift in the late 1970s

    Tao Gao;Tao Gao;Lian Xie;Lian Xie

  • Effect of determining initial conditions by four-dimensional variational data assimilation on storm surge forecasting

    S.-Q. Peng;L. Xie

  • Tropical cyclone induced asymmetry of sea level surge and fall and its presentation in a storm surge model with parametric wind fields

    Machuan Peng;Lian Xie;Leonard J. Pietrafesa

  • A numerical study on hurricane‐induced storm surge and inundation in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

    Machuan Peng;Lian Xie;Leonard J. Pietrafesa

Frequent Co-Authors

Leonard J. Pietrafesa
Leonard J. Pietrafesa Coastal Carolina University
Sethu Raman
Sethu Raman Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thomas R. Karl
Thomas R. Karl National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David B. Eggleston
David B. Eggleston North Carolina State University
Ting Yu
Ting Yu Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
Michael A. Mallin
Michael A. Mallin University of North Carolina Wilmington
Amanda H. Lynch
Amanda H. Lynch Brown University
George L. Mellor
George L. Mellor Princeton University
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jianming Xu
Jianming Xu Zhejiang University

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