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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
104
Citations
40011
World Ranking
291
National Ranking
132

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Zhanqing Li is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions to the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, air quality monitoring and forecasting, air quality and health impacts, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, meteorological phenomena and simulations, and climate variability and models.

Among frequent coauthors collaborating with Zhanqing Li are:

  • Jing Wei
  • Maureen Cribb
  • Tianning Su
  • Yuying Wang
  • Youtong Zheng

Major publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Zhanqing Li are:

  • "Reconstructing 1-km-resolution high-quality PM2.5 data records from 2000 to 2018 in China: spatiotemporal variations and policy implications" (2020, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • "Improved 1 km resolution PM 2.5 estimates across China using enhanced space-time extremely randomized trees" (2020, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)
  • "Full-coverage mapping and spatiotemporal variations of ground-level ozone (O3) pollution from 2013 to 2020 across China" (2021, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • "The ChinaHighPM10 dataset: generation, validation, and spatiotemporal variations from 2015 to 2019 across China" (2020, Environment International)
  • "Ground-level gaseous pollutants (NO 2, SO 2, and CO) in China: daily seamless mapping and spatiotemporal variations" (2023, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics)

Zhanqing Li has received fellowships from prominent scientific organizations, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015 and a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Reconstructing 1-km-resolution high-quality PM2.5 data records from 2000 to 2018 in China: spatiotemporal variations and policy implications

    Jing Wei;Jing Wei;Zhanqing Li;Alexei Lyapustin;Lin Sun

  • Impact of Aerosols on Convective Clouds and Precipitation

    Wei Kuo Tao;Jen Ping Chen;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Chien Wang

  • Dryland climate change: Recent progress and challenges

    J. Huang;Y. Li;Y. Li;C. Fu;C. Fu;F. Chen

  • Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

    Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;W. K.M. Lau;V. Ramanathan;G. Wu

  • Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

    Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Jianping Guo;Aijun Ding;Hong Liao

  • Long-term impacts of aerosols on the vertical development of clouds and precipitation

    Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Feng Niu;Jiwen Fan;Yangang Liu

  • Climate effects of dust aerosols over East Asian arid and semiarid regions

    Jianping Huang;Tianhe Wang;Wencai Wang;Wencai Wang;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li

  • Improved 1 km resolution PM 2.5 estimates across China using enhanced space–time extremely randomized trees

    Jing Wei;Jing Wei;Zhanqing Li;Maureen Cribb;Wei Huang

  • Full-coverage mapping and spatiotemporal variations of ground-level ozone (O3) pollution from 2013 to 2020 across China

    Jing Wei;Jing Wei;Zhanqing Li;Ke Li;Russell R. Dickerson

  • The climatology of planetary boundary layer height in China derived fromradiosonde and reanalysis data

    Jianping Guo;Yucong Miao;Yong Zhang;Huan Liu

  • Substantial convection and precipitation enhancements by ultrafine aerosol particles

    Jiwen Fan;Daniel Rosenfeld;Yuwei Zhang;Yuwei Zhang;Scott E. Giangrande

  • Estimating 1-km-resolution PM2.5 concentrations across China using the space-time random forest approach

    Jing Wei;Wei Huang;Zhanqing Li;Wenhao Xue

  • The ChinaHighPM10 dataset: generation, validation, and spatiotemporal variations from 2015 to 2019 across China

    Jing Wei;Zhanqing Li;Wenhao Xue;Lin Sun

  • Hotspot and NDVI Differencing Synergy (HANDS): A New Technique for Burned Area Mapping over Boreal Forest

    R.H Fraser;Z Li;J Cihlar

  • Climatological aspects of the optical properties of fine/coarse mode aerosol mixtures

    Thomas F. Eck;Thomas F. Eck;B. N. Holben;Aliaksandyr Sinyuk;R. T. Pinker

  • India Is Overtaking China as the World's Largest Emitter of Anthropogenic Sulfur Dioxide.

    Can Li;Can Li;Chris McLinden;Vitali Fioletov;Nickolay Krotkov

  • Dominant role by vertical wind shear in regulating aerosol effects on deep convective clouds

    Jiwen Fan;Tianle Yuan;Tianle Yuan;Jennifer M. Comstock;Steven Ghan

  • Microphysical effects determine macrophysical response for aerosol impacts on deep convective clouds.

    Jiwen Fan;L. Ruby Leung;Daniel Rosenfeld;Qian Chen;Qian Chen

  • Estimation of evaporative fraction from a combination of day and night land surface temperatures and NDVI: A new method to determine the Priestley-Taylor parameter

    Kaicun Wang;Kaicun Wang;Zhanqing Li;M. Cribb

  • MODIS Collection 6.1 aerosol optical depth products over land and ocean: validation and comparison

    Jing Wei;Zhanqing Li;Zhanqing Li;Yiran Peng;Lin Sun

  • Uncertainties in satellite remote sensing of aerosols and impact on monitoring its long-term trend: a review and perspective

    Z. Li;Z. Li;X. Zhao;R. Kahn;M. Mishchenko

Frequent Co-Authors

Maureen Cribb
Maureen Cribb University of Maryland, College Park
Pucai Wang
Pucai Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daniel Rosenfeld
Daniel Rosenfeld Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Hongbin Chen
Hongbin Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Josef Cihlar
Josef Cihlar Natural Resources Canada
Jianping Guo
Jianping Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yele Sun
Yele Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Can Li
Can Li Goddard Space Flight Center
Jiwen Fan
Jiwen Fan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Xiangao Xia
Xiangao Xia Chinese Academy of Sciences

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