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D-Index
50
Citations
10412
World Ranking
4938
National Ranking
1818

Zeng-Zhen Hu 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 Zeng-Zhen Hu sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 151 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zeng-Zhen Hu 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 Zeng-Zhen Hu sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

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

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

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

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

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

  • Long‐term climate variations in China and global warming signals

    Zeng-Zhen Hu;Song Yang;Renguang Wu

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

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

    Zeng-Zhen Hu

  • State of the Climate in 2014

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

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

    Tsuyoshi Nitta;Zeng-Zhen Hu

  • Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

    Zeng-Zhen Hu;Arun Kumar

  • 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

  • Weakened Interannual Variability in the Tropical Pacific Ocean since 2000

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

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

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

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

    Zeng-Zhen Hu;Bohua Huang

  • 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

  • State of the Climate in 2016

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

  • Why were some La Niñas followed by another La Niña

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

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

    Zeng-Zhen Hu;I Lennart Bengtsson;Klaus Arpe

  • 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

  • Orbitally Driven Spin-Singlet Dimerization in S=1 La4Ru2O10

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

  • Ranking the strongest ENSO events while incorporating SST uncertainty

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

  • Salinity anomaly as a trigger for ENSO events

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

  • 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

  • [Regional Climates] Central South America 2016

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Arun Kumar
Arun Kumar National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Bohua Huang
Bohua Huang George Mason University
Wanqiu Wang
Wanqiu Wang National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
James L. Kinter
James L. Kinter George Mason University
Yan Xue
Yan Xue National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nathaniel C. Johnson
Nathaniel C. Johnson Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Johannes W. Kaiser
Johannes W. Kaiser German Meteorological Service
Magdalena Balmaseda
Magdalena Balmaseda European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Suzana J. Camargo
Suzana J. Camargo Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Liu Hao Tjeng
Liu Hao Tjeng Max Planck Society

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