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D-Index
53
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10805
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2848
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Lide Tian publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lide Tian sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 171 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Lide Tian D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lide Tian sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lide Tian is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Geochemistry and Petrology, Water Science and Technology, and Ecology.

The scientist's research emphasizes several main topics, including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Lide Tian has published extensively in a number of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Hydrology and earth system sciences
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Climate Dynamics

Recent publications by Lide Tian include:

  • "The value of water isotope data on improving process understanding in a glacierized catchment on the Tibetan Plateau" (2021, Hydrology and earth system sciences)
  • "Quantifying the Controls on Evapotranspiration Partitioning in the Highest Alpine Meadow Ecosystem" (2020, Water Resources Research)
  • "A holistic view of Shisper Glacier surge and outburst floods: from physical processes to downstream impacts" (2021, Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk)
  • "Can we use precipitation isotope outputs of isotopic general circulation models to improve hydrological modeling in large mountainous catchments on the Tibetan Plateau?" (2021, Hydrology and earth system sciences)
  • "Thin debris layers do not enhance melting of the Karakoram glaciers" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Lili Shao
  • Zhongyin Cai
  • Jiangpeng Cui
  • Xiaoyu Guo
  • Cheng Wang

Best Publications

  • A review of climatic controls on δ18O in precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau: Observations and simulations

    Tandong Yao;Valerie Masson-Delmotte;Jing Gao;Wusheng Yu

  • Stable isotopic variations in west China: A consideration of moisture sources

    Lide Tian;Lide Tian;Tandong Yao;K. MacClune;J. W. C. White

  • Tibetan Plateau summer monsoon northward extent revealed by measurements of water stable isotopes

    L. Tian;V. Masson-Delmotte;M. Stievenard;T. Yao

  • Oxygen-18 concentrations in recent precipitation and ice cores on the Tibetan Plateau

    L. Tian;T. Yao;P.F. Schuster;J.W.C. White

  • Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability

    Andreas Kääb;Silvan Leinss;Adrien Gilbert;Yves Bühler

  • Response of inland lake dynamics over the Tibetan Plateau to climate change

    Yanbin Lei;Kun Yang;Bin Wang;Bin Wang;Yongwei Sheng

  • Climate variation since the Last Interglaciation recorded in the Guliya ice core

    Tandong Yao;L. G. Thompson;L. G. Thompson;Yafeng Shi;Dahe Qin

  • Temperature lapse rate in complex mountain terrain on the southern slope of the central Himalayas

    D. B. Kattel;T. Yao;K. Yang;L. Tian

  • Summer rainfall over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau controlled by deep convection over the Indian subcontinent.

    Wenhao Dong;Yanluan Lin;Jonathon S. Wright;Yi Ming

  • Heavy metals of the Tibetan top soils Level, source, spatial distribution, temporal variation and risk assessment

    Jiujiang Sheng;Xiaoping Wang;Ping Gong;Lide Tian

  • Monsoon-Driven Transport of Organochlorine Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls to the Tibetan Plateau: Three Year Atmospheric Monitoring Study

    Jiujiang Sheng;Xiaoping Wang;Ping Gong;Daniel R. Joswiak

  • ENSO variability reflected in precipitation oxygen isotopes across the Asian Summer Monsoon region

    Zhongyin Cai;Zhongyin Cai;Lide Tian;Gabriel J. Bowen

  • Stable Isotope Variations in Monsoon Precipitation on the Tibetan Plateau

    Lide Tian;Tandong Yao;Atusi Numaguti;Weizhen Sun

  • Atmospheric Controls on Seasonal and Interannual Variations in the Precipitation Isotope in the East Asian Monsoon Region

    Zhongyin Cai;Lide Tian

  • Relationship between δ D and δ 18 O in precipitation on north and south of the Tibetan Plateau and moisture recycling

    Tian Lide;Yao Tandong;Sun Weizhen;M. Stievenard

  • Relationships between δ18O in precipitation and air temperature and moisture origin on a south-north transect of the Tibetan Plateau

    Wusheng Yu;Tandong Yao;Lide Tian;Yaoming Ma

  • Pre-monsoon precipitation signal in tree rings of timberline Betula utilis in the central Himalayas

    Binod Dawadi;Eryuan Liang;Lide Tian;Lochan Prasad Devkota

  • Precipitation Water Stable Isotopes in the South Tibetan Plateau: Observations and Modeling*

    Jing Gao;Valérie Masson-Delmotte;T. Yao;L. Tian

  • Recent rapid warming trend revealed from the isotopic record in Muztagata ice core, eastern Pamirs

    Lide Tian;Tandong Yao;Zhen Li;Kenneth MacClune

  • A model-based determination of spatial variation of precipitation δ18O over China

    Zhongfang Liu;Lide Tian;Xurong Chai;Tandong Yao

  • Glacier changes on the Tibetan Plateau derived from Landsat imagery: mid-1970s-2000-13

    Qinghua Ye;Jibiao Zong;Lide Tian;J. Graham Cogley

Frequent Co-Authors

Tandong Yao
Tandong Yao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Baiqing Xu
Baiqing Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaoming Ma
Yaoming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University
Lonnie G. Thompson
Lonnie G. Thompson The Ohio State University
Wei Yang
Wei Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guoqing Zhang
Guoqing Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaoping Wang
Xiaoping Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Shugui Hou
Shugui Hou Nanjing University

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