Chenghu Zhou

17.4k total citations · 14 hit papers
424 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Chenghu Zhou is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Chenghu Zhou has authored 424 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 118 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 96 papers in Atmospheric Science and 88 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Chenghu Zhou's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (34 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (31 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (30 papers). Chenghu Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (34 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (31 papers) and Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis (30 papers). Chenghu Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Chenghu Zhou's co-authors include Tao Pei, Ting Ma, Weiming Cheng, Lin Yang, A‐Xing Zhu, Cheng‐Zhi Qin, Susan Haynie, Junfu Fan, Yunyan Du and Ling Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chenghu Zhou

382 papers receiving 12.4k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Review of Current Methodologies for Regional Evapotranspiration Estimation from Remotely Sensed Data

2009 582 citations Zhao-Liang Li, Ronglin Tang et al. profile →
Pollution exacerbates China’s water scarcity and its regional inequality

2020 524 citations Tao Pei, Ci Song et al. Nature Communications profile →
Quantitative estimation of urbanization dynamics using time series of DMSP/OLS nighttime light data: A comparative case study from China's cities

2012 431 citations Chenghu Zhou, Tao Pei et al. profile →
COVID-19: Challenges to GIS with Big Data

2020 350 citations Chenghu Zhou, Tao Pei et al. Geography and sustainability profile →
Satellite Remote Sensing of Global Land Surface Temperature: Definition, Methods, Products, and Applications

2022 327 citations Zhao‐Liang Li, Hua Wu et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
A new insight into land use classification based on aggregated mobile phone data

2014 319 citations Tao Pei, Chenghu Zhou et al. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems profile →
Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing of Nighttime Light Observations: Advances, Challenges, and Perspectives

2019 248 citations Chenghu Zhou et al. profile →
Direct and indirect impacts of urbanization on vegetation growth across the world’s cities

2022 230 citations Lei Zhang, Lin Yang et al. profile →
Soil moisture retrieval from remote sensing measurements: Current knowledge and directions for the future

2021 189 citations Zhao-Liang Li, Pei Leng et al. profile →
Mitigation of China’s carbon neutrality to global warming

2022 124 citations Chenghu Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →
Biophysical impacts of earth greening can substantially mitigate regional land surface temperature warming

2023 118 citations Yitao Li, Zhao-Liang Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
Research on the Classification System of Digital Land Geomorphology of 1:1 000 000 in China

2010 80 citations Chenghu Zhou et al. profile →
Statistical Modeling of Spatially Stratified Heterogeneous Data

2024 49 citations Chenghu Zhou et al. profile →
Carbon sequestration potential of tree planting in China

2024 39 citations Ling Yao, Tang Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chenghu Zhou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chenghu Zhou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chenghu Zhou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chenghu Zhou. Chenghu Zhou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	A universal method to recognize global big rivers estuarine turbidity maximum from remote sensing 2025 ·ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing ·Chongyang Wang, Chenghu Zhou, (unknown), (unknown), Yingwei Yan, (unknown), Li Wang, Kai Jia, (unknown), (unknown), Yangxiaoyue Liu, Li Dan, Jinyue Chen, Hao Jiang, Shuisen Chen	2
2	Location optimization of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) drone port for coastal zone management: The case of Guangdong coastal zone in China 2025 ·Ocean & Coastal Management ·Jia Lin Sun, (unknown), Hongda Hu, Yingbin Deng, Zhao Li, Shengnan Zhou, Yue Liu, (unknown), (unknown), Zhiwei Hou, Xiaobin Yin, (unknown), (unknown), Wenlong Jing, (unknown), Chenghu Zhou	2
3	Assessing relative contributions of climate and socio-environmental factors to ecosystem health through space–time interpretable machine learning 2025 ·Ecological Indicators ·(unknown), (unknown), Yichun Xie, Yongfei Bai, Chenghu Zhou, Yuchen Li	0
4	A novel approach of generating pseudo revisited soil sample data based on environmental similarity for space-time soil organic carbon modelling 2025 ·International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation ·Wei Cui, Lin Yang, Lei Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Chenghu Zhou	2
5	Amplified local cooling effect of forestation in warming Europe 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Yitao Li, Jun Ge, Hua Wu, Ronglin Tang, (unknown), (unknown), Yi Wang, Wei Zhao, Caixia Gao, Si‐Bo Duan, Qian Shi, Pei Leng, Enyu Zhao, Guangjian Yan, Xiaoning Song, Chenghu Zhou, Zhao-Liang Li	0
6	Enhancing SPARQL Query Generation for Knowledge Base Question Answering Systems by Learning to Correct Triplets 2024 ·Applied Sciences ·(unknown), Chang Su, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Luoyi Fu, Xinbing Wang, Chenghu Zhou	1
7	Connectivity maintenance against link uncertainty and heterogeneity in adversarial networks 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), Luoyi Fu, (unknown), Xinbing Wang, Chenghu Zhou	0
8	Roofing Highways With Solar Panels Substantially Reduces Carbon Emissions and Traffic Losses 2024 ·Earth s Future ·Hou Jiang, Ning Lu, Jun Qin, Ling Yao, Xu Lian, Jijiang He, Tang Liu, Chenghu Zhou	1
9	Unlocking multifaceted benefits of photovoltaic recycling via global collaborative efforts 2024 ·Hou Jiang, Ling Yao, Jun Qin, Rui Zhu, Chenghu Zhou	2
10	Hydrology, vegetation, and soil properties as key drivers of soil organic carbon in coastal wetlands: A high-resolution study 2024 ·Environmental Science and Ecotechnology ·Guo Mao, Lin Yang, Lei Zhang, Feixue Shen, Michael E. Meadows, Chenghu Zhou	16
11	Assessment of offshore wind-solar energy potentials and spatial layout optimization in mainland China 2023 ·Ocean Engineering ·Hou Jiang, Ling Yao, Chenghu Zhou	24
12	A long-term 1 km monthly near-surface air temperature dataset over the Tibetan glaciers by fusion of station and satellite observations 2023 ·Earth system science data ·Jun Qin, (unknown), (unknown), Ning Lu, Ling Yao, Hou Jiang, Chenghu Zhou	5
13	High-resolution analysis of rooftop photovoltaic potential based on hourly generation simulations and load profiles 2023 ·Applied Energy ·Hou Jiang, Xiaotong Zhang, Ling Yao, Ning Lu, (unknown), Tang Liu, Chenghu Zhou	12
14	Exploring and Verbalizing Academic Ideas by Concept Co-occurrence 2023 ·Yi Xu, (unknown), (unknown), Luoyi Fu, Xinbing Wang, Chenghu Zhou	1
15	VSAN: A new visualization method for super-large-scale academic networks 2023 ·Frontiers of Computer Science ·Qi Li, Xingli Wang, Luoyi Fu, Xinde Cao, Xinbing Wang, Jing Zhang, Chenghu Zhou	1
16	Local temperature responses to actual land cover changes present significant latitudinal variability and asymmetry 2023 ·Science Bulletin ·Xiangyang Liu, Zhao-Liang Li, Yitao Li, Hua Wu, Chenghu Zhou, Menglin Si, Pei Leng, Si‐Bo Duan, Peng Yang, Wenbin Wu, Ronglin Tang, (unknown), Guofei Shang, Xia Zhang, Maofang Gao	40
17	Satellite Remote Sensing of Global Land Surface Temperature: Definition, Methods, Products, and Applications breakdown → 2022 ·Reviews of Geophysics ·Zhao‐Liang Li, Hua Wu, Si‐Bo Duan, Wei Zhao, Huazhong Ren, Xiangyang Liu, Pei Leng, Ronglin Tang, Xin Ye, Jinshun Zhu, Yingwei Sun, Menglin Si, Meng Liu, Jiahao Li, Xia Zhang, Guofei Shang, Bo‐Hui Tang, Guangjian Yan, Chenghu Zhou	327
18	RASAT: Integrating Relational Structures into Pretrained Seq2Seq Model for Text-to-SQL 2022 ·(unknown), (unknown), Ziwei He, (unknown), Yu Cheng, Chenghu Zhou, Xinbing Wang, Quanshi Zhang, Zhouhan Lin	35
19	GIScience and remote sensing in natural resource and environmental research: Status quo and future perspectives 2021 ·Geography and sustainability ·Tao Pei, Jun Xu, Yu Liu, Xin Huang, Liqiang Zhang, Weihua Dong, Cheng‐Zhi Qin, Ci Song, Jianya Gong, Chenghu Zhou	33
20	A new assessment model for evacuation vulnerability in urban areas 2016 ·International Journal of Geographical Information Systems ·(unknown), Tao Pei, Ci Song, Chenghu Zhou	4

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