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D-Index
90
Citations
24723
World Ranking
600
National Ranking
268

Wei-Kuo Tao 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 Wei-Kuo Tao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 398 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wei-Kuo Tao 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 Wei-Kuo Tao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wei-Kuo Tao is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their research spans across several areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, focusing on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change, with additional work in Ocean Engineering, Earth-Surface Processes, and Safety Research.

The scientist's primary research topics include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Aeolian processes and effects, and Fire effects on ecosystems.

Key recent publications include:

  • "Multifaceted aerosol effects on precipitation," 2024, Nature Geoscience
  • "Impacts of Aerosol and Environmental Conditions on Maritime and Continental Deep Convective Systems Using a Bin Microphysical Model," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Polarimetric Radar Characteristics of Simulated and Observed Intense Convective Cores for a Midlatitude Continental and Tropical Maritime Environment," 2020, Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • "Relating Vertical Velocity and Cloud/Precipitation Properties: A Numerical Cloud Ensemble Modeling Study of Tropical Convection," 2022, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • "Goddard Latent Heating Retrieval Algorithm for TRMM and GPM," 2021, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II

Wei-Kuo Tao has frequently collaborated with several researchers, including:

  • S. Lang
  • T. Iguchi
  • Toshihisa Matsui
  • Susan C. van den Heever
  • Steven A. Rutledge

The venues where this scientist most often publishes include:

  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II

Best Publications

  • Goddard Cumulus Ensemble Model. Part I: Model Description

    Wei-Kuo Tao;Joanne Simpson

  • Impact of Aerosols on Convective Clouds and Precipitation

    Wei Kuo Tao;Jen Ping Chen;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Chien Wang

  • An Ice-Water Saturation Adjustment

    Wei-Kuo Tao;Joanne Simpson;Michael Mccumber

  • On the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

    Joanne Simpson

  • Sensitivity of High-Resolution Simulations of Hurricane Bob (1991) to Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations

    Scott A. Braun;Wei-Kuo Tao

  • Vertical distributions of lightning NOx for use in regional and global chemical transport models

    Kenneth E. Pickering;Yansen Wang;Wei-Kuo Tao;Colin Price

  • Cloud ice: A climate model challenge with signs and expectations of progress

    Duane E. Waliser;Jui-Lin F. Li;Christopher P. Woods;Richard T. Austin

  • Role of atmospheric aerosol concentration on deep convective precipitation: Cloud‐resolving model simulations

    Wei-Kuo Tao;Xiaowen Li;Xiaowen Li;Alexander Khain;Toshihisa Matsui;Toshihisa Matsui

  • Microphysics, radiation and surface processes in the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) model

    W.-K. Tao;J. Simpson;D. Baker;S. Braun

  • Comparison of Ice-Phase Microphysical Parameterization Schemes Using Numerical Simulations of Tropical Convection

    Michale McCumber;Wei-Kuo Tao;Joanne Simpson;Richard Penc

  • Production of lightning NOx and its vertical distribution calculated from three‐dimensional cloud‐scale chemical transport model simulations

    Lesley E. Ott;Kenneth E. Pickering;Georgiy L. Stenchikov;Georgiy L. Stenchikov;Dale J. Allen

  • Convective transport of biomass burning emissions over Brazil during TRACE A

    Kenneth E. Pickering;Anne M. Thompson;Yansen Wang;Wei Kuo Tao

  • Effects of aerosols and relative humidity on cumulus clouds

    Jiwen Fan;Renyi Zhang;Guohui Li;Wei-Kuo Tao

  • Heating, Moisture, and Water Budgets of Tropical and Midlatitude Squall Lines: Comparisons and Sensitivity to Longwave Radiation

    W. K. Tao;J. Simpson;C. H. Sui;B. Ferrier

  • Modeling Study of a Tropical Squall-Type Convective Line

    Wei-Kuo Tao;Joanne Simpson

  • Response of Deep Tropical Cumulus Clouds to Mesoscale Processes

    S. T. Soong;W. K. Tao

  • A Modeling and Observational Framework for Diagnosing Local Land–Atmosphere Coupling on Diurnal Time Scales

    Joseph A. Santanello;Christa D. Peters-Lidard;Sujay V. Kumar;Charles Alonge

  • GPS-constrained inversion of present-day slip rates along major faults of the Sichuan-Yunnan region, China

    YanZhao Wang;EnNing Wang;ZhengKang Shen;Min Wang

  • The Tropical Water and Energy Cycles in a Cumulus Ensemble Model. Part I: Equilibrium Climate

    C. H. Sui;K. M. Lau;W. K. Tao;J. Simpson

  • Daytime convective development over land: A model intercomparison based on LBA observations

    W. W. Grabowski;P. Bechtold;A. Cheng;R. Forbes

  • Microphysics, Radiation and Surface Processes in the Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) Model

    Wei-Kuo Tao;David Starr

  • Cloud Ice: A Climate Model Challenge With Signs and Expectations of Progress

    F. Li;D. Waliser;J. Bacmeister;J. Chern

Frequent Co-Authors

Joanne Simpson
Joanne Simpson Goddard Space Flight Center
Toshihisa Matsui
Toshihisa Matsui Goddard Space Flight Center
Arthur Y. Hou
Arthur Y. Hou Goddard Space Flight Center
Christa D. Peters-Lidard
Christa D. Peters-Lidard Goddard Space Flight Center
William S. Olson
William S. Olson University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Yukari N. Takayabu
Yukari N. Takayabu University of Tokyo
Kenneth E. Pickering
Kenneth E. Pickering University of Maryland, College Park
Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab
Adrian M. Tompkins
Adrian M. Tompkins International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Christian D. Kummerow
Christian D. Kummerow Colorado State University

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