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68
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14098
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

Overview

Weimin Ju is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has established a strong research profile in the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Plant Science. The main topics covered in their research include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Remote Sensing in Agriculture, among others.

The scientist's publication record includes multiple papers across prominent journals and scientific venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Remote Sensing
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Environmental Research Letters

Among recent significant papers, notable works include:

  • "Recent global decline of CO 2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis" (2020) published in Science
  • "Improved estimate of global gross primary production for reproducing its long-term variation, 1982-2017" (2020) published in Earth System Science Data
  • "Tracking the seasonal and inter-annual variations of global gross primary production during last four decades using satellite near-infrared reflectance data" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence" (2022) published in Nature Climate Change
  • "Reduction of structural impacts and distinction of photosynthetic pathways in a global estimation of GPP from space-borne solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence" (2020) published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Weimin Ju frequently collaborates with several co-authors, with the highest number of joint publications involving:

  • Fei Jiang (45 co-publications)
  • Wei He (37 co-publications)
  • Jing M. Chen (36 co-publications)
  • Hengmao Wang (33 co-publications)
  • Mousong Wu (30 co-publications)

Their research interests reflect an interdisciplinary approach, contributing notably to understanding complex interactions within environmental systems. The scientist has produced a substantial number of publications, with particular emphasis on the dynamics of carbon and water in plant systems, improved remote sensing techniques for agriculture, and the variability of climate models.

Recognition of their professional contributions includes the award of Fellow of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM) in 2010.

Best Publications

  • Recent global decline of CO2 fertilization effects on vegetation photosynthesis

    Songhan Wang;Songhan Wang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Jing M. Chen;Jing M. Chen

  • Vegetation structural change since 1981 significantly enhanced the terrestrial carbon sink

    Jing M. Chen;Weimin Ju;Philippe Ciais;Nicolas Viovy

  • A half‐century of changes in China's lakes: Global warming or human influence?

    Ronghua Ma;Hongtao Duan;Chuanmin Hu;Xuezhi Feng

  • Distributed hydrological model for mapping evapotranspiration using remote sensing inputs

    Jing M. Chen;Xiaoyong Chen;Weimin Ju;Xiaoyuan Geng

  • Water use efficiency of China's terrestrial ecosystems and responses to drought.

    Yibo Liu;Jingfeng Xiao;Weimin Ju;Yanlian Zhou

  • Tracking the seasonal and inter-annual variations of global gross primary production during last four decades using satellite near-infrared reflectance data

    Songhan Wang;Yongguang Zhang;Yongguang Zhang;Weimin Ju;Bo Qiu

  • Net primary productivity of China's terrestrial ecosystems from a process model driven by remote sensing.

    X. Feng;G. Liu;J.M. Chen;M. Chen

  • Modelling multi-year coupled carbon and water fluxes in a boreal aspen forest

    Weimin Ju;Jing M. Chen;T. Andrew Black;Alan G. Barr

  • Spatial distribution of carbon sources and sinks in Canada’s forests

    Jing M. Chen;Jing M. Chen;Weimin Ju;Josef Cihlar;David Price

  • Contrasting responses of autumn-leaf senescence to daytime and night-time warming

    Chaoyang Wu;Xiaoyue Wang;Huanjiong Wang;Philippe Ciais

  • Development of a two-leaf light use efficiency model for improving the calculation of terrestrial gross primary productivity

    Mingzhu He;Mingzhu He;Weimin Ju;Weimin Ju;Yanlian Zhou;Jingming Chen;Jingming Chen

  • Satellite sun‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence detects early response of winter wheat to heat stress in the Indian Indo‐Gangetic Plains

    Lian Song;Lian Song;Luis Guanter;Kaiyu Guan;Liangzhi You;Liangzhi You

  • Increased drought effects on the phenology of autumn leaf senescence

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  • Solar energy potential of urban buildings in 10 cities of China

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  • Satellite-derived LAI products exhibit large discrepancies and can lead to substantial uncertainty in simulated carbon and water fluxes

    Yibo Liu;Yibo Liu;Jingfeng Xiao;Jingfeng Xiao;Weimin Ju;Gaolong Zhu

  • Relationships between net primary productivity and stand age for several forest types and their influence on China's carbon balance

    Shaoqiang Wang;Lei Zhou;Jingming Chen;Weimin Ju

  • Assessing the impact of restoration-induced land conversion and management alternatives on net primary productivity in Inner Mongolian grassland, China

    Shaojie Mu;Shuangxi Zhou;Yizhao Chen;Jianlong Li

  • Altered trends in carbon uptake in China's terrestrial ecosystems under the enhanced summer monsoon and warming hiatus.

    Honglin He;Shaoqiang Wang;Li Zhang;Junbang Wang

  • Recent trends in vegetation greenness in China significantly altered annual evapotranspiration and water yield

    Yibo Liu;Yibo Liu;Jingfeng Xiao;Jingfeng Xiao;Weimin Ju;Ke Xu

  • Combining remote sensing imagery and forest age inventory for biomass mapping.

    G. Zheng;J.M. Chen;Q.J. Tian;W.M. Ju

  • Attributing carbon changes in conterminous U.S. forests to disturbance and non-disturbance factors from 1901 to 2010

    Fangmin Zhang;Fangmin Zhang;Jing M. Chen;Yude Pan;Richard A. Birdsey

  • Carbon sinks and sources in China's forests during 1901-2001

    S. Wang;J.M. Chen;J.M. Chen;W.M. Ju;X. Feng

  • Improved estimate of global gross primary production for reproducing its long-term variation, 1982–2017

    Yi Zheng;Ruoque Shen;Yawen Wang;Xiangqian Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jing M. Chen
Jing M. Chen University of Toronto
Fei Jiang
Fei Jiang Nanjing University
Shaoqiang Wang
Shaoqiang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guirui Yu
Guirui Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wouter Peters
Wouter Peters Wageningen University & Research
Jane Liu
Jane Liu University of Toronto
Shijie Han
Shijie Han Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huimin Wang
Huimin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Pierre Friedlingstein
Pierre Friedlingstein University of Exeter

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