2026 Zeng-Zhen Hu: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	50	4938	4729	1818	1679	151	10412

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Environmental Sciences

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4729

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1679

151

10412

Environmental Sciences

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10412

World Ranking

4938

National Ranking

1818

Overview

Zeng-Zhen Hu is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily centers on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, and oceanography.

Their work covers several key topics, including:

Climate variability and models
Oceanographic and atmospheric processes
Meteorological phenomena and simulations
Tropical and extratropical cyclones research
Geology and paleoclimatology research
Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
Marine and coastal ecosystems

Zeng-Zhen Hu has published extensively in notable scientific journals. They have contributed to the following frequent publication venues:

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Climate Dynamics
Journal of Climate
Geophysical Research Letters
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Some recent significant papers include:

The Record-breaking Mei-yu in 2020 and Associated Atmospheric Circulation and Tropical SST Anomalies (2021, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences)
The Interdecadal Shift of ENSO Properties in 1999/2000: A Review (2020, Journal of Climate)
Multi-year El Niño events tied to the North Pacific Oscillation (2022, Nature Communications)
Enhancing the ENSO Predictability beyond the Spring Barrier (2020, Scientific Reports)
A Historical Perspective of the La Niña Event in 2020/2021 (2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres)

Zeng-Zhen Hu frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Yunyun Liu
Xiaofan Li
Michael J. McPhaden
Boyin Huang
Michelle L'Heureux

Best Publications

Evolution of ENSO-Related Rainfall Anomalies in East Asia

Renguang Wu;Zeng Zhen Hu;Ben P. Kirtman

755
Citations
The spin state transition in LaCoO$_{3}$; revising a revision

M. W. Haverkort;Z. Hu;J. C. Cezar;T. Burnus

496
Citations
Long‐term climate variations in China and global warming signals

Zeng-Zhen Hu;Song Yang;Renguang Wu

431
Citations
The Record-breaking Mei-yu in 2020 and Associated Atmospheric Circulation and Tropical SST Anomalies

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353
Citations
Interdecadal variability of summer climate over East Asia and its association with 500 hPa height and global sea surface temperature

Zeng-Zhen Hu

333
Citations
State of the Climate in 2014

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

332
Citations
Summer climate variability in China and its association with 500 hPa height and tropical convection.

Tsuyoshi Nitta;Zeng-Zhen Hu

304
Citations
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Zeng-Zhen Hu;Arun Kumar

225
Citations
Intensified Asian Summer Monsoon and its variability in a coupled model forced by increasing greenhouse gas concentrations

Zeng-Zhen Hu;Mojib Latif;Erich Roeckner;Lennart Bengtsson

217
Citations
Weakened Interannual Variability in the Tropical Pacific Ocean since 2000

Zeng-Zhen Hu;Arun Kumar;Hong-Li Ren;Hui Wang

185
Citations
An assessment of oceanic variability in the NCEP climate forecast system reanalysis

Yan Xue;Boyin Huang;Zeng-Zhen Hu;Arun Kumar

184
Citations
Interferential Impact of ENSO and PDO on Dry and Wet Conditions in the U.S. Great Plains

Zeng-Zhen Hu;Bohua Huang

168
Citations
Linear trends in sea surface temperature of the tropical Pacific Ocean and implications for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation

Michelle L. L’Heureux;Dan C. Collins;Zeng-Zhen Hu

162
Citations
State of the Climate in 2016

Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

161
Citations
Why were some La Niñas followed by another La Niña

Zeng-Zhen Hu;Arun Kumar;Yan Xue;Bhaskar Jha

154
Citations
Impact of global warming on the Asian winter monsoon in a coupled GCM

Zeng-Zhen Hu;I Lennart Bengtsson;Klaus Arpe

153
Citations
Evaluation of the Second Global Soil Wetness Project soil moisture simulations: 2. Sensitivity to external meteorological forcing

Zhichang Guo;Paul A. Dirmeyer;Zeng-Zhen Hu;Xiang Gao

152
Citations
Orbitally Driven Spin-Singlet Dimerization in S=1 La4Ru2O10

Hua Wu;Z. Hu;T. Burnus;J. D. Denlinger

144
Citations
Ranking the strongest ENSO events while incorporating SST uncertainty

Boyin Huang;Michelle L'Heureux;Zeng-Zhen Hu;Huai-Min Zhang

137
Citations
Salinity anomaly as a trigger for ENSO events

Jieshun Zhu;Bohua Huang;Rong-Hua Zhang;Zeng-Zhen Hu

135
Citations
An analysis of warm pool and cold tongue El Niños: air–sea coupling processes, global influences, and recent trends

Zeng-Zhen Hu;Arun Kumar;Bhaskar Jha;Wanqiu Wang

125
Citations
[Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

J. A. Marengo;Jhan Carlo Espinoza;L. M. Alves;J. Ronchail

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arun Kumar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Bohua Huang George Mason University

Wanqiu Wang National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

James L. Kinter George Mason University

Yan Xue National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Nathaniel C. Johnson Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service

Magdalena Balmaseda European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

Suzana J. Camargo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Liu Hao Tjeng Max Planck Society

External Links

Personal website of Zeng-Zhen Hu

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