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Wei Shi is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a specialized concentration in Oceanography and related subfields such as Global and Planetary Change and Ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics concerning marine and coastal ecosystems, oceanographic and atmospheric processes, and climate variability and models. Other notable research interests include atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, ocean waves and remote sensing, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and remote sensing applications in agriculture.

Wei Shi has a record of publications in several academic journals and venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Remote Sensing
  • Science of Remote Sensing
  • Journal of Marine Systems
  • Academic Radiology

Prominent recent papers authored by Wei Shi include:

  • "A biological Indian Ocean Dipole event in 2019," 2021, Scientific Reports
  • "Phytoplankton biomass dynamics in the Arabian Sea from VIIRS observations," 2021, Journal of Marine Systems

Other papers closely related to their research area, though with different lead authors, emphasize similar topics of oceanographic observation and remote sensing in marine environments.

Wei Shi has collaborated frequently with several fellow researchers, including:

  • Menghua Wang
  • Chen Yang
  • Yaoyao Cui
  • Steven D. Miller
  • Steven H. D. Haddock

These collaborations reflect a multidisciplinary approach involving expertise in marine sciences, remote sensing technologies, and environmental monitoring.

Best Publications

  • The multi-institution North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS): Utilizing multiple GCIP products and partners in a continental distributed hydrological modeling system

    Kenneth E. Mitchell;Dag Lohmann;Paul R. Houser;Eric F. Wood

  • Assessing objective techniques for gauge-based analyses of global daily precipitation

    Mingyue Chen;Wei Shi;Pingping Xie;Viviane B. S. Silva

  • The NIR-SWIR combined atmospheric correction approach for MODIS ocean color data processing

    Menghua Wang;Wei Shi

  • Evaluation of MODIS SWIR and NIR-SWIR atmospheric correction algorithms using SeaBASS data

    Menghua Wang;Menghua Wang;SeungHyun Son;SeungHyun Son;SeungHyun Son;Wei Shi;Wei Shi;Wei Shi

  • Estimation of ocean contribution at the MODIS near-infrared wavelengths along the east coast of the U.S.: Two case studies

    Menghua Wang;Menghua Wang;Wei Shi

  • Extreme Precipitation Events in the Western United States Related to Tropical Forcing

    R. W. Higgins;J.-K. E. Schemm;W. Shi;A. Leetmaa

  • Water property monitoring and assessment for China's inland Lake Taihu from MODIS-Aqua measurements

    Menghua Wang;Wei Shi;Wei Shi;Junwu Tang

  • Intercomparison of the Principal Modes of Interannual and Intraseasonal Variability of the North American Monsoon System

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  • An assessment of the black ocean pixel assumption for MODIS SWIR bands

    Wei Shi;Wei Shi;Menghua Wang

  • Cloud Masking for Ocean Color Data Processing in the Coastal Regions

    Menghua Wang;Wei Shi

  • Satellite views of the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea, and East China Sea

    Wei Shi;Wei Shi;Menghua Wang

  • Green macroalgae blooms in the Yellow Sea during the spring and summer of 2008

    Wei Shi;Wei Shi;Menghua Wang

  • Impacts of VIIRS SDR performance on ocean color products

    Menghua Wang;Xiaoming Liu;Xiaoming Liu;Liqin Tan;Liqin Tan;Lide Jiang;Lide Jiang

  • MODIS‐derived ocean color products along the China east coastal region

    Menghua Wang;Junwu Tang;Wei Shi

  • Dominant Factors Responsible for Interannual Variability of the Summer Monsoon in the Southwestern United States

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  • Observations of a Hurricane Katrina‐induced phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Mexico

    Wei Shi;Menghua Wang

  • An Improved Gridded Historical Daily Precipitation Analysis for Brazil

    Viviane B. S. Silva;Vernon E. Kousky;Wei Shi;R. Wayne Higgins

  • Satellite observations of the seasonal sediment plume in central East China Sea

    Wei Shi;Wei Shi;Menghua Wang

  • Detection of turbid waters and absorbing aerosols for the MODIS ocean color data processing

    Wei Shi;Menghua Wang

  • Atmospheric correction using near-infrared bands for satellite ocean color data processing in the turbid western Pacific region.

    Menghua Wang;Wei Shi;Lide Jiang

  • Satellite observations of flood-driven Mississippi River plume in the spring of 2008

    Wei Shi;Wei Shi;Menghua Wang

  • Bias Adjustment of Satellite Precipitation Estimation Using Ground-Based Measurement: A Case Study Evaluation over the Southwestern United States

    Farid Ishak Boushaki;Kuo-Lin Hsu;Soroosh Sorooshian;Gi-Hyeon Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Menghua Wang
Menghua Wang National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Yunlin Zhang
Yunlin Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kenneth J. Voss
Kenneth J. Voss University of Miami
William G. Pichel
William G. Pichel National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David Gochis
David Gochis National Center for Atmospheric Research

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