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63
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17428
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2436
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Yaping Shao 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 Yaping Shao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 234 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yaping Shao 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 Yaping Shao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yaping Shao is affiliated with the University of Cologne in Germany and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research primarily addresses various aspects of atmospheric science and global environmental changes, including processes linked to dust, aerosols, and cryospheric systems.

The scientist's publication record includes significant papers such as:

  • Drivers of recent decline in dust activity over East Asia (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Aeolian dust transport, cycle and influences in high-elevation cryosphere of the Tibetan Plateau region: New evidences from alpine snow and ice (2020, Earth-Science Reviews)
  • Linkage between dust cycle and loess of the Last Glacial Maximum in Europe (2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • Dependency of particle size distribution at dust emission on friction velocity and atmospheric boundary-layer stability (2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • Study of Aerodynamic Grain Entrainment in Aeolian Transport (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)

Research topics addressed by Yaping Shao cover a wide range including:

  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Their work has been published frequently in several scientific venues, with notable recurring appearances in:

  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Nature Communications
  • Aeolian Research

Yaping Shao collaborates regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Zhiwen Dong
  • Ting Wei
  • Xiaoyu Jiao
  • Xiang Qin
  • Ning Huang

Their contributions encompass subfields such as:

  • Atmospheric Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Soil Science

Best Publications

  • Physics and Modelling of Wind Erosion

    Yaping Shao

  • Dust cycle: An emerging core theme in Earth system science

    Yaping Shao;Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll;Adrian Chappell;Jianping Huang

  • A simple expression for wind erosion threshold friction velocity

    Yaping Shao;Hua Lu

  • Effect of Saltation Bombardment on the Entrainment of Dust by Wind

    Yaping Shao;M. R. Raupach;P. A. Findlater

  • A review on East Asian dust storm climate, modelling and monitoring

    Y. Shao;C.H. Dong

  • A model for mineral dust emission

    Yaping Shao

  • A model for predicting aeolian sand drift and dust entrainment on scales from paddock to region

    YP Shao;Raupach;JF Leys

  • Cabauw Experimental Results from the Project for Intercomparison of Land-Surface Parameterization Schemes

    T.H. Chen;A. Henderson-Sellers;P.C.D. Milly;A.J. Pitman

  • Simplification of a dust emission scheme and comparison with data

    Yaping Shao

  • Synoptic-Scale Controls of Persistent Low Temperature and Icy Weather over Southern China in January 2008

    Wen Zhou;Johnny C. L. Chan;Wen Chen;Jian Ling

  • The Project for Intercomparison of Land-surface Parameterization Schemes (PILPS) Phase 2(c) Red–Arkansas River basin experiment:: 1. Experiment description and summary intercomparisons

    Eric F. Wood;Dennis P. Lettenmaier;Xu Liang;Dag Lohmann

  • Parameterization of size‐resolved dust emission and validation with measurements

    Y. Shao;M. Ishizuka;M. Mikami;J. F. Leys

  • A new model for dust emission by saltation bombardment

    Hua Lu;Yaping Shao

  • Dust model intercomparison (DMIP) study over Asia: Overview

    Itsushi Uno;Zifa Wang;M. Chiba;Y. S. Chun

  • Synoptic analysis of dust storms in the Middle East

    Mehdi Hamidi;Mohammad Reza Kavianpour;Yaping Shao

  • The overshoot and equilibration of saltation

    Y. Shao;M. R. Raupach

  • Northeast Asian dust storms: Real‐time numerical prediction and validation

    Yaping Shao;Yan Yang;Jianjie Wang;Zhenxin Song

  • Numerical Modelling of Saltation in the Atmospheric Surface Layer

    Yaping Shao;An Li

  • Development of a physically based dust emission module within the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model: Assessment of dust emission parameterizations and input parameters for source regions in Central and East Asia

    Kremena Darmenova;Irina N. Sokolik;Yaping Shao;Beatrice Marticorena

  • Recent global dust trend and connections to climate forcing

    Yaping Shao;Martina Klose;Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll

  • Toward quantitative prediction of dust storms: an integrated wind erosion modelling system and its applications

    Hua Lu;Yaping Shao

Frequent Co-Authors

Lance M. Leslie
Lance M. Leslie University of Technology Sydney
Shichang Kang
Shichang Kang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Grant Harvey McTainsh
Grant Harvey McTainsh Griffith University
Joaquim G. Pinto
Joaquim G. Pinto Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Yongkang Xue
Yongkang Xue University of California, Los Angeles
Clemens Simmer
Clemens Simmer University of Bonn
Xu Liang
Xu Liang University of Pittsburgh
Zong-Liang Yang
Zong-Liang Yang The University of Texas at Austin
Susanne Crewell
Susanne Crewell University of Cologne
Hans J. Herrmann
Hans J. Herrmann ESPCI Paris

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