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D-Index
75
Citations
27642
World Ranking
1250
National Ranking
537

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Qiang Fu is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and has a research profile centered around Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans significant contributions in Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Inorganic Chemistry, Oceanography, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research topics include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Climate variability and models, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Inorganic Fluorides and Related Compounds, and Organic and Molecular Conductors Research.

Qiang Fu has authored several recent papers, including:

  • Observed Temperature Changes in the Troposphere and Stratosphere from 1979 to 2018 (2020) published in Journal of Climate
  • Revisiting the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation as Seen in ERA5. Part I: Description and Momentum Budget (2020) published in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Study of Sea Fog Environment Polarization Transmission Characteristics (2022) published in Applied Sciences
  • Precipitation Probability and Its Future Changes From a Global Cloud-Resolving Model and CMIP6 Simulations (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Tropical Widening: From Global Variations to Regional Impacts (2020) published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent co-authors in Qiang Fu's collaborations include Susan Solomon, David W. J. Thompson, Brian Zambri, Hailong Wang, and Aodhan Sweeney.

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Climate
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Qiang Fu has received recognition as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Atmospheric brown clouds: impacts on South Asian climate and hydrological cycle.

    V. Ramanathan;C. Chung;D. Kim;T. Bettge

  • Parameterization of the Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds

    Qiang Fu;K. N. Liou

  • THE CALIPSO MISSION: A Global 3D View of Aerosols and Clouds

    D. M. Winker;Jacques Pelon;J. A. Coakley;S. A. Ackerman

  • Tropical tropopause layer

    Stephan Andreas Fueglistaler;A. E. Dessler;T. J. Dunkerton;I. Folkins

  • On the correlated k-distribution method for radiative transfer in nonhomogeneous atmospheres

    Qiang Fu;K. N. Liou

  • Widening of the tropical belt in a changing climate

    Dian J. Seidel;Qiang Fu;William J. Randel;Thomas J. Reichler

  • Expansion of global drylands under a warming climate

    S. Feng;S. Feng;S. Feng;Q. Fu;Q. Fu

  • Dryland climate change: Recent progress and challenges

    J. Huang;Y. Li;Y. Li;C. Fu;C. Fu;F. Chen

  • A Drier Future

    Steven Sherwood;Qiang Fu;Qiang Fu

  • An Accurate Parameterization of the Infrared Radiative Properties of Cirrus Clouds for Climate Models

    Qiang Fu

  • Observed poleward expansion of the Hadley circulation since 1979

    Y. Hu;Qinjun Fu

  • Enhanced mid-latitude tropospheric warming in satellite measurements.

    Qiang Fu;Qiang Fu;Celeste M. Johanson;John M. Wallace;Thomas Reichler

  • Mie theory for light scattering by a spherical particle in an absorbing medium.

    Qiang Fu;Wenbo Sun

  • Scattering and absorption property database for nonspherical ice particles in the near- through far-infrared spectral region.

    Ping Yang;Heli Wei;Hung-Lung Huang;Bryan A. Baum

  • Hadley Cell Widening: Model Simulations versus Observations

    Celeste M. Johanson;Qiang Fu

  • Amplification of Surface Temperature Trends and Variability in the Tropical Atmosphere

    Benjamin D. Santer;Tom M. L. Wigley;Carl Mears;Frank J. Wentz

  • Tropical Convection and the Energy Balance at the Top of the Atmosphere

    Dennis L. Hartmann;Leslie A. Moy;Qiang Fu

  • Responses of terrestrial aridity to global warming

    Qiang Fu;Qiang Fu;Song Feng

  • The heat balance of the tropical tropopause, cirrus, and stratospheric dehydration

    Dennis L. Hartmann;James R. Holton;Qiang Fu

  • Multiple Scattering Parameterization in Thermal Infrared Radiative Transfer

    Qiang Fu;K. N. Liou;M. C. Cribb;T. P. Charlock

  • Improvements of an ice-phase microphysics parameterization for use in numerical simulations of tropical convection

    Steven K. Krueger;Qiang Fu;K. N. Liou;Hung-Neng S. Chin

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianping Huang
Jianping Huang Lanzhou University
John M. Wallace
John M. Wallace University of Washington
Benjamin D. Santer
Benjamin D. Santer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Andrew Gettelman
Andrew Gettelman Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Carl A. Mears
Carl A. Mears Remote Sensing Systems (United States)
Kuo-Nan Liou
Kuo-Nan Liou University of California, Los Angeles
Becky Alexander
Becky Alexander University of Washington
Song Feng
Song Feng University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Thomas P. Ackerman
Thomas P. Ackerman University of Washington

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