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73
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1393
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Ngar-Cheung Lau 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 Ngar-Cheung Lau sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 154 publications — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Ngar-Cheung Lau 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 Ngar-Cheung Lau sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Ngar-Cheung Lau is affiliated with the Chinese University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental sciences and earth and planetary sciences, contributing extensively to the understanding of atmospheric and oceanographic processes.

The scientist's main fields of study encompass Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these disciplines, they have specialized subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The scientific topics researched by Ngar-Cheung Lau cover a diverse range of climate and meteorological phenomena such as:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Tropical and extratropical cyclones research
  • Climate change and health impacts
  • Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
  • Ocean waves and remote sensing
  • Urban heat island mitigation

Frequent collaborators include Chi-Yung Tam, Ming Luo, Jilong Chen, Ziqian Wang, and Dick-Shum Dickson Lau.

The scientist has published multiple articles in notable journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Climate Dynamics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Climate
  • Earth's Future
  • Scientific Reports

Recent papers by Ngar-Cheung Lau include:

  • Increasing Human-Perceived Heat Stress Risks Exacerbated by Urbanization in China: A Comparative Study Based on Multiple Metrics, 2021, Earth's Future
  • Impacts of Climate Change on Tropical Cyclones and Induced Storm Surges in the Pearl River Delta Region Using Pseudo-Global-Warming Method, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Summer Heat Extremes in Northern Continents Linked to Developing ENSO Events, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • An Observational Investigation of Spatiotemporally Contiguous Heatwaves in China From a 3D Perspective, 2022, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Different Mechanisms for Daytime, Nighttime, and Compound Heatwaves in Southern China, 2022, Weather and Climate Extremes

Ngar-Cheung Lau was recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Model Projections of an Imminent Transition to a More Arid Climate in Southwestern North America

    Richard Seager;Mingfang Ting;Isaac Held;Isaac Held;Yochanan Kushnir

  • The Atmospheric Bridge: The Influence of ENSO Teleconnections on Air-Sea Interaction over the Global Oceans

    Michael A. Alexander;Ileana Bladé;Matthew Newman;John R. Lanzante

  • Progress during TOGA in understanding and modeling global teleconnections associated with tropical sea surface temperatures

    Kevin E. Trenberth;Grant W. Branstator;David Karoly;Arun Kumar

  • Remote Sea Surface Temperature Variations during ENSO: Evidence for a Tropical Atmospheric Bridge

    Stephen A. Klein;Brian J. Soden;Ngar Cheung Lau

  • An Observational Study of the Northern Hemisphere Wintertime Circulation

    Maurice L. Blackmon;John M. Wallace;Ngar-Cheung Lau;Steven L. Mullen

  • The new GFDL global atmosphere and land model AM2-LM2: Evaluation with prescribed SST simulations

    Jeffrey L. Anderson;V. B Alaji;Anthony J. Broccoli;Anthony J. Broccoli;William F. C Ooke

  • Variability of the observed midlatitude storm tracks in relation to low-frequency changes in the circulation pattern

    Ngar-Cheung Lau

  • Why the ITCZ Is Mostly North of the Equator

    S. G. H. Philander;D. Gu;G. Lambert;T. Li

  • Impact of ENSO on the Variability of the Asian–Australian Monsoons as Simulated in GCM Experiments

    Ngar-Cheung Lau;Mary Jo Nath

  • The Role of the “Atmospheric Bridge” in Linking Tropical Pacific ENSO Events to Extratropical SST Anomalies

    Ngar-Cheung Lau;Mary Jo Nath

  • Atmosphere–Ocean Variations in the Indo-Pacific Sector during ENSO Episodes

    Ngar-Cheung Lau;Mary Jo Nath

  • Advance and prospectus of seasonal prediction: assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-model ensemble retrospective seasonal prediction (1980–2004)

    Bin Wang;June Yi Lee;In Sik Kang;J. Shukla

  • A Modeling Study of the Relative Roles of Tropical and Extratropical SST Anomalies in the Variability of the Global Atmosphere-Ocean System.

    Ngar-Cheung Lau;Mary Jo Nath

  • GFDL's CM2 Global Coupled Climate Models. Part III: Tropical Pacific Climate and ENSO

    Andrew T. Wittenberg;Anthony Rosati;Ngar-Cheung Lau;Jeffrey J. Ploshay

  • Interactions between global SST anomalies and the midlatitude atmospheric circulation

    Ngar-Cheung Lau

  • Observed Structure and Propagation Characteristics of Tropical Summertime Synoptic Scale Disturbances

    Kai-Hon Lau;Ngar-Cheung Lau

  • Transient Eddy Forcing of the Time-Mean Flow as Identified by Geopotential Tendencies

    Ngar-Cheung Lau;Eero O. Holopainen

  • Modeling the Seasonal Dependence of the Atmospheric Response to Observed El Niños in 1962–76

    Ngar-Cheung Lau

  • Origin of seasonal predictability for summer climate over the Northwestern Pacific

    Yu Kosaka;Shang Ping Xie;Shang Ping Xie;Shang Ping Xie;Ngar Cheung Lau;Gabriel Andres Vecchi

  • Heat Waves in Southern China: Synoptic Behavior, Long-Term Change, and Urbanization Effects

    Ming Luo;Ngar-Cheung Lau

  • Model Projections of an Imminent Transition to a More Arid Climate in

    Richard Seager;Mingfang Ting;Isaac Held;Yochanan Kushnir

Frequent Co-Authors

Steve H.L. Yim
Steve H.L. Yim Nanyang Technological University
Shang-Ping Xie
Shang-Ping Xie University of California, San Diego
Isaac M. Held
Isaac M. Held Princeton University
Song Yang
Song Yang Guizhou University
Kin-Fai Ho
Kin-Fai Ho Chinese University of Hong Kong
Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Siegfried D. Schubert
Siegfried D. Schubert Goddard Space Flight Center
Gabriel A. Vecchi
Gabriel A. Vecchi Princeton University
Adam A. Scaife
Adam A. Scaife Met Office
Fred Kucharski
Fred Kucharski International Centre for Theoretical Physics

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