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D-Index
41
Citations
6221
World Ranking
7745
National Ranking
2757

Qian Wu 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 Qian Wu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 191 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Qian Wu 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 Qian Wu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Qian Wu is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within physics and earth sciences, with a focus on ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics as well as solar and space plasma dynamics.

Their body of work includes significant contributions to the fields of physics and astronomy and earth and planetary sciences. In particular, they have published extensively in astronomy and astrophysics, aerospace engineering, geophysics, oceanography, and atmospheric science.

Key scientific topics addressed in their research are:

  • Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • GNSS positioning and interference
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies

Qian Wu has frequently published in several key journals, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
  • Radio Science
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate

Their recent research publications include:

  • "The semiannual oscillation (SAO) in the tropical middle atmosphere and its gravity wave driving in reanalyses and satellite observations," 2021, Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Accuracy assessment of the quiet-time ionospheric F2 peak parameters as derived from COSMIC-2 multi-GNSS radio occultation measurements," 2021, Journal of Space Weather and Space Climate
  • "Daedalus: a low-flying spacecraft for in situ exploration of the lower thermosphere-ionosphere," 2020, Geoscientific instrumentation, methods and data systems
  • "Origin of Dawnside Subauroral Polarization Streams During Major Geomagnetic Storms," 2022, AGU Advances
  • "Climatology of the Equatorial Plasma Bubbles Captured by FORMOSAT-3/COSMIC," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics

The scientist collaborates regularly with multiple frequent coauthors, including:

  • John Braun
  • N. M. Pedatella
  • William Schreiner
  • Wenbin Wang
  • Iurii Cherniak

Best Publications

  • An empirical model of the Earth's horizontal wind fields: HWM07

    D. P. Drob;J. T. Emmert;G. Crowley;J. M. Picone

  • Comparison of COSMIC ionospheric measurements with ground-based observations and model predictions : Preliminary results

    Jiuhou Lei;Stig Syndergaard;Alan G. Burns;Stanley C. Solomon

  • Tropospheric tides from 80 to 400 km: Propagation, interannual variability, and solar cycle effects

    J. Oberheide;J. M. Forbes;K. Häusler;Q. Wu

  • TIMED Doppler Interferometer: Overview and recent results

    T. L. Killeen;Q. Wu;S. C. Solomon;D. A. Ortland

  • Diurnal nonmigrating tides from TIMED Doppler Interferometer wind data: Monthly climatologies and seasonal variations

    J. Oberheide;Q. Wu;Timothy L Killeen;M. E. Hagan

  • Seasonal and quasi-biennial variations in the migrating diurnal tide observed by Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere, Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED)

    Jiyao Xu;A. K. Smith;H.‐L. Liu;W. Yuan

  • Global distribution and interannual variations of mesospheric and lower thermospheric neutral wind diurnal tide: 1. Migrating tide

    Q. Wu;Q. Wu;D. A. Ortland;T. L. Killeen;R. G. Roble

  • Ionosphere response to solar wind high-speed streams

    Jiuhou Lei;Jeffrey P. Thayer;Jeffrey M. Forbes;Qian Wu

  • TIMED Doppler Interferometer (TIDI)

    Timothy L. Killeen;Wilbert R. Skinner;Roberta M. Johnson;Charles J. Edmonson

  • A new Fabry-Perot interferometer for upper atmosphere research

    Qian Wu;R. Daniel Gablehouse;Stanley C. Solomon;Timothy L. Killeen

  • Global structure and long-term variations of zonal mean temperature observed by TIMED/SABER

    Jiyao Xu;A. K. Smith;W. Yuan;H.-L. Liu

  • Global distribution and interannual variations of mesospheric and lower thermospheric neutral wind diurnal tide: 2. Nonmigrating tide

    Q. Wu;D. A. Ortland;T. L. Killeen;R. G. Roble

  • TIMED Doppler interferometer (TIDI) observations of migrating diurnal and semidiurnal tides

    Qian Wu;Qian Wu;T.L. Killeen;D.A. Ortland;S.C. Solomon

  • Global distribution, seasonal, and inter-annual variations of mesospheric semidiurnal tide observed by TIMED TIDI

    Q. Wu;D.A. Ortland;S.C. Solomon;W.R. Skinner

  • Permafrost collapse shifts alpine tundra to a carbon source but reduces N2O and CH4 release on the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

    C. C. Mu;C. C. Mu;B. W. Abbott;B. W. Abbott;Q. Zhao;H. Su

  • Observations of Quasi‐Two‐Day wave by TIMED/SABER and TIMED/TIDI

    Sheng-Yang Gu;Tao Li;Xiankang Dou;Qian Wu

  • Soil organic carbon stabilization by iron in permafrost regions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

    C. C. Mu;T. J. Zhang;Q. Zhao;H. Guo

  • Global Responses of the Coupled Thermosphere and Ionosphere System to the August 2017 Great American Solar Eclipse

    Tong Dang;Tong Dang;Jiuhou Lei;Wenbin Wang;Binzheng Zhang

  • A climatology of nonmigrating semidiurnal tides from TIMED Doppler Interferometer (TIDI) wind data

    J. Oberheide;Q. Wu;Timothy L Killeen;M. E. Hagan

  • Comparative study of short-term diurnal tidal variability

    H.-L. Liu;H.-L. Liu;T. Li;T. Li;C.-Y. She;J. Oberheide

  • The winter anomaly in the middle‐latitude F region during the solar minimum period observed by the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate

    W. K. Lee;H. Kil;Y.-S. Kwak;Qian Wu

  • Seasonal dependence of mesospheric gravity waves ( <100 Km) at Peach Mountain Observatory, Michigan

    Q. Wu;T. L. Killeen

  • First Results From the Ionospheric Extension of WACCM-X During the Deep Solar Minimum Year of 2008

    Jing Liu;Hanli Liu;Wenbin Wang;Alan G. Burns

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy L Killeen
Timothy L Killeen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Stanley C. Solomon
Stanley C. Solomon National Center for Atmospheric Research
Han-Li Liu
Han-Li Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Wilbert R. Skinner
Wilbert R. Skinner Michigan Aerospace Corporation
Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang National Center for Atmospheric Research
Nicholas Pedatella
Nicholas Pedatella National Center for Atmospheric Research
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
William Schreiner
William Schreiner University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Raymond G. Roble
Raymond G. Roble National Center for Atmospheric Research
Delores J. Knipp
Delores J. Knipp University of Colorado Boulder

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