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Yaqiang Wang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a significant emphasis on atmospheric science and related subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Meteorological phenomena and simulations
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics

Their recent publications reflect a focus on air quality, aerosol properties, and meteorological phenomena. Notable papers include:

  • Construction of a virtual PM2.5 observation network in China based on high-density surface meteorological observations using the Extreme Gradient Boosting model, 2020, Environment International
  • Record-breaking dust loading during two mega dust storm events over northern China in March 2021: aerosol optical and radiative properties and meteorological drivers, 2022, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Robust prediction of hourly PM2.5 from meteorological data using LightGBM, 2020, National Science Review
  • Retrievals of fine mode light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols from POLDER/PARASOL observations over East and South Asia, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Evaluating the contributions of changed meteorological conditions and emission to substantial reductions of PM2.5 concentration from winter 2016 to 2017 in Central and Eastern China, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Yaqiang Wang has frequently published in these venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric Research
  • Atmospheric Pollution Research
  • Geoscientific Model Development
  • Atmospheric Environment

The scientist has collaborated extensively with peers in related fields. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Xiaoye Zhang
  • Huizheng Che
  • Ke Gui
  • Junting Zhong
  • Hong Wang

Best Publications

  • TrajStat: GIS-based software that uses various trajectory statistical analysis methods to identify potential sources from long-term air pollution measurement data

    Y. Q. Wang;X. Y. Zhang;Roland R. Draxler

  • Sources of Asian dust and role of climate change versus desertification in Asian dust emission

    X. Y. Zhang;S. L. Gong;S. L. Gong;T. L. Zhao;R. Arimoto

  • Characterization of soil dust aerosol in China and its transport and distribution during 2001 ACE-Asia: 1. Network observations

    X. Y. Zhang;S. L. Gong;S. L. Gong;Z. X. Shen;F. M. Mei

  • Column aerosol optical properties and aerosol radiative forcing during a serious haze-fog month over North China Plain in 2013 based on ground-based sunphotometer measurements

    H. Che;X. Xia;J. Zhu;Z. Li

  • Feedback effects of boundary-layer meteorological factors on cumulative explosive growth of PM 2.5 during winter heavy pollution episodes in Beijing from 2013 to 2016

    Junting Zhong;Xiaoye Zhang;Yunsheng Dong;Yaqiang Wang

  • Ground-based aerosol climatology of China: aerosol optical depths from the China Aerosol Remote Sensing Network (CARSNET) 2002–2013

    H. Che;X.-Y. Zhang;X. Xia;X. Xia;P. Goloub

  • Factors contributing to haze and fog in China

    XiaoYe Zhang;JunYing Sun;YaQiang Wang;WeiJun Li

  • Large contribution of meteorological factors to inter-decadal changes in regional aerosol optical depth

    Huizheng Che;Ke Gui;Xiangao Xia;Yaqiang Wang

  • The impact of meteorological changes from 2013 to 2017 on PM 2.5 mass reduction in key regions in China

    Xiaoye Zhang;Xiangde Xu;Yihui Ding;Yanju Liu

  • Characterization of airborne carbonate over a site near Asian dust source regions during spring 2002 and its climatic and environmental significance

    J. J. Cao;Shun-cheng Lee;X. Y. Zhang;Judith C. Chow

  • Carbonaceous aerosol composition over various regions of China during 2006

    X. Y. Zhang;Y. Q. Wang;X. C. Zhang;W. Guo

  • Estimation of emissions from field burning of crop straw in China

    GuoLiang Cao;GuoLiang Cao;XiaoYe Zhang;YaQiang Wang;FangCheng Zheng

  • Correlation between PM concentrations and aerosol optical depth in eastern China

    Jian-Ping Guo;Xiao-Ye Zhang;Hui-Zheng Che;Sun-Ling Gong

  • Satellite-derived PM2.5 concentration trends over Eastern China from 1998 to 2016: Relationships to emissions and meteorological parameters.

    Ke Gui;Huizheng Che;Yaqiang Wang;Hong Wang

  • The contribution from distant dust sources to the atmospheric particulate matter loadings at XiAn, China during spring

    Y.Q. Wang;X.Y. Zhang;R. Arimoto

  • The strong El Niño of 2015/16 and its dominant impacts on global and China's climate

    Panmao Zhai;Rong Yu;Yanjun Guo;Qingxiang Li

  • Temporal and spatial variations in sand and dust storm events in East Asia from 2007 to 2016: Relationships with surface conditions and climate change

    Linchang An;Huizheng Che;Min Xue;Tianhang Zhang

  • A study of the meteorological causes of a prolonged and severe haze episode in January 2013 over central-eastern China

    Hong Wang;Hong Wang;Jiayu Xu;Meng Zhang;Yuanqin Yang

  • Record-breaking dust loading during two mega dust storm events over northern China in March 2021: aerosol optical and radiative properties and meteorological drivers

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  • Emission inventories of primary particles and pollutant gases for China

    GuoLiang Cao;XiaoYe Zhang;SunLing Gong;XinQin An

  • Characteristics of visibility and particulate matter (PM) in an urban area of Northeast China

    Hujia Zhao;Hujia Zhao;Huizheng Che;Xiaoye Zhang;Yanjun Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoye Zhang
Xiaoye Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huizheng Che
Huizheng Che China Meteorological Administration
Ke Gui
Ke Gui China Meteorological Administration
Xiangao Xia
Xiangao Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guangyu Shi
Guangyu Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Philippe Goloub
Philippe Goloub University of Lille
Zhenxing Shen
Zhenxing Shen Xi'an Jiaotong University
Sunling Gong
Sunling Gong China Meteorological Administration
Jianping Guo
Jianping Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Oleg Dubovik
Oleg Dubovik University of Lille

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