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Overview

Xiankang Dou is a researcher affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their work spans diverse topics within physics and earth sciences, with a significant emphasis on studies related to the ionosphere, atmospheric science, and space plasma dynamics. The research output includes over one hundred publications in physics and astronomy and numerous contributions to earth and planetary sciences.

The primary fields of study are:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad fields, their research covers notable subfields including:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Geophysics
  • Molecular Biology

The main topics addressed by the researcher include:

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

Dou has published frequently in several venues, with the largest number of papers appearing in:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Space Weather
  • Remote Sensing

Repeated collaboration is noted with several coauthors, including:

  • Xianghui Xue (44 publications)
  • Wen Yi (18 publications)
  • Tingdi Chen (17 publications)
  • Yusong Qin (17 publications)
  • Sheng-Yang Gu (17 publications)

Recent selected papers by Xiankang Dou include:

  • "Non-line-of-sight imaging over 1.43 km" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Photon-counting distributed free-space spectroscopy" (2021), published in Light Science & Applications
  • "Interhemispheric transport of metallic ions within ionospheric sporadic E layers by the lower thermospheric meridional circulation" (2021), published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • "Meter-scale and sub-second-resolution coherent Doppler wind LIDAR and hyperfine wind observation" (2022), published in Optics Letters
  • "Derivation of global ionospheric Sporadic E critical frequency (foEs) data from the amplitude variations in GPS/GNSS radio occultations" (2020), published in Royal Society Open Science

Best Publications

  • Magnetic Reconnection in the Near Venusian Magnetotail

    T. L. Zhang;T. L. Zhang;Q. M. Lu;W. Baumjohann;C. T. Russell

  • An ice‐cream cone model for coronal mass ejections

    X. H. Xue;C. B. Wang;X. K. Dou

  • Was Magnetic Storm the Only Driver of the Long-Duration Enhancements of Daytime Total Electron Content in the Asian-Australian Sector Between 7 and 12 September 2017?

    Jiuhou Lei;Fuqing Huang;Xuetao Chen;Jiahao Zhong

  • Assessment of vertical TEC mapping functions for space-based GNSS observations

    Jiahao Zhong;Jiuhou Lei;Xiankang Dou;Xinan Yue

  • Possible relations between meteors, enhanced electron density layers, and sporadic sodium layers

    X.-K. Dou;X.-H. Xue;T. Li;T.-D. Chen

  • Annual and semiannual variations of thermospheric density: EOF analysis of CHAMP and GRACE data

    Jiuhou Lei;Tomoko Matsuo;Tomoko Matsuo;Xiankang Dou;Eric Sutton

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

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

  • 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

  • The global climatology of the intensity of the ionospheric sporadic E layer

    Bingkun Yu;Bingkun Yu;Xianghui Xue;Xin'an Yue;Chengyun Yang

  • New aspects of the ionospheric response to the October 2003 superstorms from multiple-satellite observations

    Jiuhou Lei;Wenbin Wang;Alan G. Burns;Xinan Yue

  • Overcooling in the upper thermosphere during the recovery phase of the 2003 October storms

    Jiuhou Lei;Jiuhou Lei;Alan G. Burns;Jeffrey P. Thayer;Wenbin Wang

  • Lower thermospheric-enhanced sodium layers observed at low latitude and possible formation: Case studies

    X. H. Xue;X. K. Dou;X. K. Dou;J. Lei;J. S. Chen

  • Relationship analysis of PM 2.5 and boundary layer height using an aerosol and turbulence detection lidar

    Chong Wang;Mingjiao Jia;Haiyun Xia;Yunbin Wu

  • Statistical analysis of nighttime medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbances using airglow images and GPS observations over central China

    Fuqing Huang;Xiankang Dou;Jiuhou Lei;Jian Lin

  • Long‐duration depletion in the topside ionospheric total electron content during the recovery phase of the March 2015 strong storm

    Jiahao Zhong;Jiahao Zhong;Jiahao Zhong;Wenbin Wang;Xinan Yue;Alan G. Burns

  • Mobile Rayleigh Doppler lidar for wind and temperature measurements in the stratosphere and lower mesosphere.

    Xiankang Dou;Yuli Han;Dongsong Sun;Haiyun Xia

  • Southern Hemisphere Summer Mesopause Responses to El Niño–Southern Oscillation

    Tao Li;Natalia Calvo;Jia Yue;James M. Russell

  • Interhemispheric asymmetry of the equatorial ionization anomaly in solstices observed by COSMIC during 2007-2012

    Xiaoli Luan;Pan Wang;Xiankang Dou;Yong C.-M. Liu

  • A numerical study of the interhemispheric asymmetry of the equatorial ionization anomaly in solstice at solar minimum

    Tong Dang;Xiaoli Luan;Jiuhou Lei;Xiankang Dou

  • Sporadic and thermospheric enhanced sodium layers observed by a lidar chain over China

    X. K. Dou;X. K. Dou;S. C. Qiu;X. H. Xue;T. D. Chen

  • Nighttime Medium-Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances From Airglow Imager and Global Navigation Satellite Systems Observations

    Fuqing Huang;Jiuhou Lei;Xiankang Dou;Xiaoli Luan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiuhou Lei
Jiuhou Lei University of Science and Technology of China
Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang National Center for Atmospheric Research
Xinan Yue
Xinan Yue Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alan Burns
Alan Burns National Center for Atmospheric Research
Han-Li Liu
Han-Li Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Baiqi Ning
Baiqi Ning Chinese Academy of Sciences
Weixing Wan
Weixing Wan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Wei Pan
Jian-Wei Pan University of Science and Technology of China
James M. Russell
James M. Russell Brown University
Guozhu Li
Guozhu Li Chinese Academy of Sciences

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