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D-Index
38
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5306
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8665
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771

Yunfei Fu 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 Yunfei Fu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Yunfei Fu 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 Yunfei Fu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yunfei Fu is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. The primary fields of study focus on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research spans several key topics, including:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols

Frequent publication venues in which Yunfei Fu's work appears are:

  • Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Research
  • National Science Review
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yunfei Fu include Lei Zhong, Rui Li, Yaoming Ma, Chun Zhao, and Yilun Chen.

Recent papers by Yunfei Fu and colleagues include:

  • Global Climate Impacts of Land-Surface and Atmospheric Processes Over the Tibetan Plateau, 2023, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Land-surface processes and summer-cloud-precipitation characteristics in the Tibetan Plateau and their effects on downstream weather: a review and perspective, 2020, National Science Review
  • Chinese Regulations Are Working-Why Is Surface Ozone Over Industrialized Areas Still High? Applying Lessons From Northeast US Air Quality Evolution, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Extreme Cold Events from East Asia to North America in Winter 2020/21: Comparisons, Causes, and Future Implications, 2021, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Impact of topography on black carbon transport to the southern Tibetan Plateau during the pre-monsoon season and its climatic implication, 2020, Atmospheric chemistry and physics

Best Publications

  • Interdecadal Variations in Northern Hemisphere Winter Storm Track Intensity

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Yunfei Fu

  • Global Climate Impacts of Land‐Surface and Atmospheric Processes Over the Tibetan Plateau

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  • Aerosol characteristics and impacts on weather and climate over the Tibetan Plateau.

    Chuanfeng Zhao;Yikun Yang;Hao Fan;Jianping Huang

  • The characteristics of tropical precipitation profiles as inferred from satellite radar measurements

    Guosheng Liu;Yunfei Fu

  • Tower mast of precipitation over the central Tibetan Plateau summer

    Yunfei Fu;Yunfei Fu;Guosheng Liu;Guoxiong Wu;Rucong Yu

  • Land-surface processes and summer-cloud-precipitation characteristics in the Tibetan Plateau and their effects on downstream weather: a review and perspective

    Yunfei Fu;Yaoming Ma;Lei Zhong;Lei Zhong;Yuanjian Yang

  • Strong enhancement of chlorophyll a concentration by a weak typhoon

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  • Ground-based remote sensing of aerosol climatology in China: Aerosol optical properties, direct radiative effect and its parameterization

    X. Xia;H. Che;J. Zhu;H. Chen

  • Seasonal Characteristics of Precipitation in 1998 over East Asia as Derived from TRMM PR

    FU Yunfei;Lin Yihua;Guosheng Liu;Wang Qiang

  • Precipitation Characteristics in Mid-Latitude East Asia as Observed by TRMM PR and TMI

    Yunfei Fu;Guosheng Liu

  • Chinese Regulations Are Working—Why Is Surface Ozone Over Industrialized Areas Still High? Applying Lessons From Northeast US Air Quality Evolution

    Xiaokang Chen;Zhe Jiang;Yanan Shen;Rui Li

  • The Variability of Tropical Precipitation Profiles and Its Impact on Microwave Brightness Temperatures as Inferred from TRMM Data

    Yunfei Fu;Guosheng Liu

  • Possible Misidentification of Rain Type by TRMM PR over Tibetan Plateau

    Yunfei Fu;Guosheng Liu

  • Extreme Cold Events from East Asia to North America in Winter 2020/21: Comparisons, Causes, and Future Implications

    Xiangdong Zhang;Yunfei Fu;Zhe Han;James E. Overland

  • Diurnal phase of late-night against late-afternoon of stratiform and convective precipitation in summer southern contiguous China

    Rucong Yu;Rucong Yu;Weihua Yuan;Jian Li;Yunfei Fu;Yunfei Fu

  • Diurnal Cycle of Summer Precipitation over Subtropical East Asia in CAM5

    Weihua Yuan;Rucong Yu;Minghua Zhang;Wuyin Lin

  • Life Cycle Effects on the Vertical Structure of Precipitation in East China Measured by Himawari-8 and GPM DPR

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  • Precipitation characteristics over the steep slope of the Himalayas in rainy season observed by TRMM PR and VIRS

    Yunfei Fu;Xiao Pan;Tao Xian;Guosheng Liu

  • Impacts of Topographic Complexity on Modeling Moisture Transport and Precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau in Summer

    Unknown

  • Using Mean Flow Change as a Proxy to Infer Interdecadal Storm Track Variability.

    Edmund K. M. Chang;Yunfei Fu

  • Impact of topography on black carbon transport to the southern Tibetan Plateau during the pre-monsoon season and its climatic implication

    Meixin Zhang;Chun Zhao;Zhiyuan Cong;Qiuyan Du

  • Impact of atmospheric circulations on aerosol distributions in autumn over eastern China: observational evidence

    X. Y. Zheng;Y. F. Fu;Y. J. Yang;G. S. Liu;G. S. Liu

  • Is the tropopause higher over the Tibetan Plateau? Observational evidence from Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) data

    Sha Feng;Sha Feng;Yunfei Fu;Qingnong Xiao;Qingnong Xiao

  • Liquid water in snowing clouds: Implications for satellite remote sensing of snowfall

    Yu Wang;Yu Wang;Guosheng Liu;Eun-Kyoung Seo;Yunfei Fu

Frequent Co-Authors

Guosheng Liu
Guosheng Liu Florida State University
Yu Wang
Yu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yaoming Ma
Yaoming Ma Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chun Zhao
Chun Zhao University of Science and Technology of China
Rucong Yu
Rucong Yu China Meteorological Administration
Jane Liu
Jane Liu University of Toronto
Muyin Wang
Muyin Wang University of Washington
Jianqi Sun
Jianqi Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kun Yang
Kun Yang Tsinghua University
Xiangao Xia
Xiangao Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences

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