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D-Index
47
Citations
10523
World Ranking
5699
National Ranking
2072

Lisan Yu 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 Lisan Yu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 103 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lisan Yu 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 Lisan Yu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

  • Oceanic and terrestrial sources of continental precipitation

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

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

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

  • THE PIRATA PROGRAM History, Accomplishments, and Future Directions *

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

  • STATE OF THE CLIMATE IN 2017

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

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

    Ian Eisenman;Lisan Yu;Eli Tziperman

  • State of the Climate in 2014

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

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

    Lisan Yu

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

    Lisan Yu;Michele M. Rienecker

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

    Lisan Yu

  • State of the Climate in 2018

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

  • On the remote forcing of the circulation in the Bay of Bengal

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

  • Air-Sea Fluxes With a Focus on Heat and Momentum

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

  • Ocean- Atmosphere Interactions During Cyclone Nargis

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

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

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

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

    Lisan Yu;James J. O'Brien

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

    Lisan Yu;Robert A. Weller;Bomin Sun

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

    Unknown

  • State of the Climate in 2016

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

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Weller
Robert A. Weller Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Rick Lumpkin
Rick Lumpkin Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Simon A. Josey
Simon A. Josey National Oceanography Centre
Yan Xue
Yan Xue National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Dale F. Hurst
Dale F. Hurst Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Rik Wanninkhof
Rik Wanninkhof Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
Norman G. Loeb
Norman G. Loeb Langley Research Center

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