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D-Index
53
Citations
16797
World Ranking
4150
National Ranking
1569

Overview

Zhaoyan Liu is affiliated with the Langley Research Center in the United States and primarily works in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans multiple subfields including Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their research topics broadly include atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, job satisfaction and organizational behavior, planetary science and exploration, nutritional studies and diet, and astro and planetary science.

Frequent co-authors in Liu's work include Jesse C. Cresswell, Gabriel Loaiza-Ganem, Rasa Hosseinzadeh, Shi Qiu, and Noël Vouitsis, each having collaborated on multiple publications.

Liu has contributed to research published in various venues, with a notable presence in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Remote Sensing

Some of Liu's recent papers include:

  • "Airborne lidar observations of wind, water vapor, and aerosol profiles during the NASA Aeolus calibration and validation (Cal/Val) test flight campaign" (2021), published in Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
  • "Do Job Insecure Leaders Perform Less Transformational Leadership? The Roles of Emotional Exhaustion and Trait Mindfulness" (2020), published in Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies
  • "UAV based sensing and imaging technologies for power system detection, monitoring and inspection: a review" (2024), published in Nondestructive Testing And Evaluation
  • "Deriving Snow Depth From ICESat-2 Lidar Multiple Scattering Measurements" (2022), published in Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • "A plain-image correlative semi-selective medical image encryption algorithm using enhanced 2D-logistic map" (2022), published in Multimedia Tools and Applications

Best Publications

  • Overview of the CALIPSO Mission and CALIOP Data Processing Algorithms

    David M. Winker;Mark A. Vaughan;Ali Omar;Yongxiang Hu

  • The CALIPSO Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm

    Ali H. Omar;David M. Winker;Mark A. Vaughan;Yongxiang Hu

  • Asian dust transported one full circuit around the globe

    Itsushi Uno;Kenta Eguchi;Keiya Yumimoto;Toshihiko Takemura

  • Fully Automated Detection of Cloud and Aerosol Layers in the CALIPSO Lidar Measurements

    Mark A. Vaughan;Kathleen A. Powell;Ralph E. Kuehn;Stuart A. Young

  • The CALIPSO Lidar Cloud and Aerosol Discrimination: Version 2 Algorithm and Initial Assessment of Performance

    Zhaoyan Liu;Mark Vaughan;David Winker;Chieko Kittaka

  • The CALIPSO Version 4 Automated Aerosol Classification and Lidar Ratio Selection Algorithm

    Man-Hae Kim;Ali H. Omar;Jason L. Tackett;Mark A. Vaughan

  • The global 3-D distribution of tropospheric aerosols as characterized by CALIOP

    D. M. Winker;J. L. Tackett;B. J. Getzewich;Z. Liu

  • Long-range transport and vertical structure of Asian dust from CALIPSO and surface measurements during PACDEX

    Jianping Huang;Patrick Minnis;Bin Chen;Zhongwei Huang

  • Fully automated analysis of space-based lidar data: an overview of the CALIPSO retrieval algorithms and data products

    Mark A. Vaughan;Stuart A. Young;David M. Winker;Kathleen A. Powell

  • Summer dust aerosols detected from CALIPSO over the Tibetan Plateau

    Jianping Huang;Patrick Minnis;Yuhong Yi;Qiang Tang

  • Ground-based network observation of Asian dust events of April 1998 in east Asia

    Toshiyuki Murayama;Nobuo Sugimoto;Itsushi Uno;Kisei Kinoshita

  • CALIPSO/CALIOP Cloud Phase Discrimination Algorithm

    Yongxiang Hu;David Winker;Mark Vaughan;Bing Lin

  • Airborne dust distributions over the Tibetan Plateau and surrounding areas derived from the first year of CALIPSO lidar observations

    Zhaoyan Liu;Dong Liu;Jianping Huang;M. Vaughan

  • A height resolved global view of dust aerosols from the first year CALIPSO lidar measurements

    Dong Liu;Dong Liu;Zhien Wang;Zhaoyan Liu;Dave Winker

  • CALIPSO lidar observations of the optical properties of Saharan dust: A case study of long‐range transport

    Zhaoyan Liu;Ali Omar;Mark Vaughan;Johnathan Hair

  • Global view of aerosol vertical distributions from CALIPSO lidar measurements and GOCART simulations: Regional and seasonal variations

    Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Hongbin Yu;Mian Chin;David M. Winker;Ali H. Omar

  • Extinction-to-backscatter ratio of Asian dust observed with high-spectral-resolution lidar and Raman lidar

    Zhaoyan Liu;Nobuo Sugimoto;Toshiyuki Murayama

  • The depolarization - attenuated backscatter relation: CALIPSO lidar measurements vs. theory

    Yongxiang Hu;Mark Vaughan;Zhaoyan Liu;Bing Lin

  • Two contrasting dust‐dominant periods over India observed from MODIS and CALIPSO data

    Ritesh Gautam;Ritesh Gautam;Zhaoyan Liu;Ramesh P. Singh;N. Christina Hsu

  • Use of probability distribution functions for discriminating between cloud and aerosol in lidar backscatter data

    Zhaoyan Liu;Mark A. Vaughan;David M. Winker;Chris A. Hostetler

  • CALIOP and AERONET aerosol optical depth comparisons: One size fits none

    A. H. Omar;D. M. Winker;J. L. Tackett;D. M. Giles

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark A. Vaughan
Mark A. Vaughan Langley Research Center
David M. Winker
David M. Winker Langley Research Center
Yongxiang Hu
Yongxiang Hu Langley Research Center
Nobuo Sugimoto
Nobuo Sugimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies
Ali Omar
Ali Omar Langley Research Center
Charles R. Trepte
Charles R. Trepte Langley Research Center
Itsushi Uno
Itsushi Uno Kyushu University
Atsushi Shimizu
Atsushi Shimizu National Institute for Environmental Studies
Keiya Yumimoto
Keiya Yumimoto Kyushu University
Chris A. Hostetler
Chris A. Hostetler Langley Research Center

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