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99
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39673
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393
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174

Mian Chin 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 Mian Chin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 321 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mian Chin 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 Mian Chin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mian Chin is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work centers around topics such as Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Aeolian processes and effects, Fire effects on ecosystems, and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Their recent publications include:

  • Contribution of the world's main dust source regions to the global cycle of desert dust (2021) in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Six global biomass burning emission datasets: intercomparison and application in one global aerosol model (2020) in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • AeroCom phase III multi-model evaluation of the aerosol life cycle and optical properties using ground- and space-based remote sensing as well as surface in situ observations (2021) in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Improved representation of the global dust cycle using observational constraints on dust properties and abundance (2021) in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Air pollution trends measured from Terra: CO and AOD over industrial, fire-prone, and background regions (2021) in Remote Sensing of Environment

Mian Chin frequently publishes in several scientific venues, most notably:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Nature Communications
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

The scientist has collaborated extensively with colleagues, including Huisheng Bian, Peter R. Colarco, Hongbin Yu, Toshihiko Takemura, and Paul Ginoux.

Best Publications

  • Sources and distributions of dust aerosols simulated with the GOCART model

    Paul Ginoux;Mian Chin;Ina Tegen;Joseph M. Prospero

  • Tropospheric Aerosol Optical Thickness from the GOCART Model and Comparisons with Satellite and Sun Photometer Measurements

    Mian Chin;Paul Ginoux;Stefan Kinne;Stefan Kinne;Omar Torres;Omar Torres

  • Analysis and quantification of the diversities of aerosol life cycles within AeroCom

    C. Textor;M. Schulz;S. Guibert;S. Kinne

  • Natural and transboundary pollution influences on sulfate‐nitrate‐ammonium aerosols in the United States: Implications for policy

    Rokjin J. Park;Daniel James Jacob;Brendan Field;Robert M. Yantosca

  • Global dust model intercomparison in AeroCom phase I

    N. Huneeus;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski;J. Griesfeller

  • Radiative forcing of the direct aerosol effect from AeroCom Phase II simulations

    Gunnar Myhre;Bjørn Hallvard Samset;M. Schulz;Y. Balkanski

  • A review of measurement-based assessments of the aerosol direct radiative effect and forcing

    H. Yu;H. Yu;Y. J. Kaufman;M. Chin;G. Feingold

  • An AeroCom Initial Assessment - Optical Properties in Aerosol Component Modules of Global Models

    S. Kinne;M. Schulz;C. Textor;S. Guibert

  • Atmospheric Sulfur Cycle Simulated in the Global Model Gocart: Model Description and Global Properties

    Mian Chin;Mian Chin;Richard B. Rood;Shian Jiann Lin;Jean Francois Müller

  • Contribution of different aerosol species to the global aerosol extinction optical thickness: Estimates from model results

    Ina Tegen;Peter Hollrig;Mian Chin;Mian Chin;Inez Fung;Inez Fung

  • Online simulations of global aerosol distributions in the NASA GEOS‐4 model and comparisons to satellite and ground‐based aerosol optical depth

    Peter Colarco;Arlindo da Silva;Mian Chin;Thomas Diehl;Thomas Diehl

  • Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000

    Z. Lu;D. G. Streets;Q. Zhang;S. Wang;S. Wang

  • Global and Regional Decreases in Tropospheric Oxidants from Photochemical Effects of Aerosols

    Randall V. Martin;Daniel James Jacob;Robert M. Yantosca;Mian Chin;Mian Chin

  • Long-term simulation of global dust distribution with the GOCART model : correlation with North Atlantic Oscillation

    Paul Ginoux;Paul Ginoux;Joseph M. Prospero;Omar Torres;Omar Torres;Mian Chin

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Sources of carbonaceous aerosols over the United States and implications for natural visibility

    Rokjin J. Park;Daniel James Jacob;Mian Chin;Randall Martin

  • Global observations of aerosol-cloud-precipitation-climate interactions

    Daniel Rosenfeld;Meinrat O. Andreae;Ari Asmi;Mian Chin

  • The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models

    K. Tsigaridis;K. Tsigaridis;N. Daskalakis;N. Daskalakis;M. Kanakidou;P. J. Adams

  • A global three‐dimensional model of tropospheric sulfate

    Mian Chin;Daniel James Jacob;Geraldine M. Gardner;Michael S. Foreman-Fowler

  • Radiative forcing in the ACCMIP historical and future climate simulations

    D.T. Shindell;J.-F. Lamarque;M. Schulz;M. Flanner

  • A multi-model assessment of pollution transport to the Arctic

    D. T. Shindell;M. Chin;F. Dentener;R. M. Doherty

Frequent Co-Authors

Huisheng Bian
Huisheng Bian University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Hongbin Yu
Hongbin Yu Goddard Space Flight Center
Thomas Diehl
Thomas Diehl Goddard Space Flight Center
Toshihiko Takemura
Toshihiko Takemura Kyushu University
Paul Ginoux
Paul Ginoux Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Susanne E. Bauer
Susanne E. Bauer Goddard Institute for Space Studies
Michael Schulz
Michael Schulz Norwegian Meteorological Institute
Lorraine A. Remer
Lorraine A. Remer University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Kostas Tsigaridis
Kostas Tsigaridis Columbia University
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center

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