2026 Lisan Yu: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	47	5699	5463	2072	1917	103	10523

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Environmental Sciences

5699

5463

2072

1917

103

10523

Environmental Sciences

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Citations

10523

World Ranking

5699

National Ranking

2072

Overview

Lisan Yu is affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Geology.

The scientific inquiry of Lisan Yu encompasses several main topics, including:

Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
Climate variability and models
Marine and coastal ecosystems
Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Lisan Yu has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
Remote Sensing
Frontiers in Marine Science
Ocean science

Collaborations form a significant part of their research output. Frequent co-authors include:

Tong Lee
Lijing Cheng
Ivona Cetinić
Rick Lumpkin
Xiaopei Lin

Among their recent papers are the following, which represent a range of topics relevant to oceanography and climate science:

Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air-sea exchange, and impacts on biogeochemistry (2021, Ocean science)
A Road Map to IndOOS-2: Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean (2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
Closing the Water Cycle from Observations across Scales: Where Do We Stand? (2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
Intensification of the global water cycle and evidence from ocean salinity: a synthesis review (2020, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)
Saildrone: Adaptively Sampling the Marine Environment (2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)

Best Publications

Objectively Analyzed Air–Sea Heat Fluxes for the Global Ice-Free Oceans (1981–2005)

Lisan Yu;Robert A. Weller

1226
Citations
Multidecade Global Flux Datasets from the Objectively Analyzed Air-sea Fluxes (OAFlux) Project: Latent and Sensible Heat Fluxes, Ocean Evaporation, and Related Surface Meteorological Variables

Lisan Yu;Xiangze Jin;Robert A. Weller

738
Citations
Oceanic and terrestrial sources of continental precipitation

Luis Gimeno;Andreas Stohl;Ricardo M. Trigo;Ricardo M. Trigo;Francina Dominguez

578
Citations
Surface Irradiances Consistent With CERES-Derived Top-of-Atmosphere Shortwave and Longwave Irradiances

Seiji Kato;Norman G. Loeb;Fred G. Rose;David R. Doelling

481
Citations
THE PIRATA PROGRAM History, Accomplishments, and Future Directions *

Bernard Bourles;Rick Lumpkin;Michael J. McPhaden;Fabrice Hernandez

415
Citations
STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

R. Abernethy;Steven A. Ackerman;R. Adler;Adelina Albanil Encarnación

344
Citations
Westerly Wind Bursts: ENSO’s Tail Rather than the Dog?.

Ian Eisenman;Lisan Yu;Eli Tziperman

335
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
A global relationship between the ocean water cycle and near-surface salinity

Lisan Yu

298
Citations
Mechanisms for the Indian Ocean warming during the 1997–98 El Niño

Lisan Yu;Michele M. Rienecker

290
Citations
Global Variations in Oceanic Evaporation (1958–2005): The Role of the Changing Wind Speed

Lisan Yu

235
Citations
State of the Climate in 2018

M. Ades;R. Adler;Laura S. Aldeco;G. Alejandra

233
Citations
On the remote forcing of the circulation in the Bay of Bengal

Lisan Yu;James J. O'Brien;Jiayan Yang

227
Citations
Air-Sea Fluxes With a Focus on Heat and Momentum

Meghan F. Cronin;Chelle Leigh Gentemann;James B Edson;Iwao Ueki

222
Citations
Ocean- Atmosphere Interactions During Cyclone Nargis

Michael J. McPhaden;Gregory R. Foltz;Tony Lee;V. S. N. Murty

194
Citations
Satellite and In Situ Salinity: Understanding Near-Surface Stratification and Subfootprint Variability

J. Boutin;Y. Chao;W. E. Asher;Thierry Delcroix

177
Citations
Variational Estimation of the Wind Stress Drag Coefficient and the Oceanic Eddy Viscosity Profile

Lisan Yu;James J. O'Brien

171
Citations
Improving Latent and Sensible Heat Flux Estimates for the Atlantic Ocean (1988–99) by a Synthesis Approach*

Lisan Yu;Robert A. Weller;Bomin Sun

167
Citations
Global Air-Sea Fluxes of Heat, Fresh Water, and Momentum: Energy Budget Closure and Unanswered Questions.

Unknown

162
Citations
State of the Climate in 2016

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

161
Citations
[Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Rick Lumpkin Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Simon A. Josey National Oceanography Centre

Yan Xue National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service

Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences

Rik Wanninkhof Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

Wouter Dorigo TU Wien

Norman G. Loeb Langley Research Center

External Links

Personal website of Lisan Yu

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