Hans W. Chen

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
36 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Hans W. Chen is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hans W. Chen has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Atmospheric Science, 33 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 2 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hans W. Chen's work include Climate variability and models (24 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (13 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (11 papers). Hans W. Chen is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (24 papers), Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics (13 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (11 papers). Hans W. Chen collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, China and United States. Hans W. Chen's co-authors include Deliang Chen, Fuqing Zhang, Richard B. Alley, Lanlan Guo, Wenping Yuan, Bin He, Ziqian Zhong, Judah Cohen, Ziyi Cai and Rui Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Hans W. Chen

33 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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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.

Using the Köppen classification to quantify climate variation and change: An example for 1901–2010

2013 494 citations Deliang Chen, Hans W. Chen profile →
Disentangling the effects of vapor pressure deficit on northern terrestrial vegetation productivity

2023 143 citations Ziqian Zhong, Bin He et al. Science Advances profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Sub-diurnal asymmetric warming has amplified atmospheric dryness since the 1980s 2025 ·Nature Communications ·Ziqian Zhong, Hans W. Chen, Aiguo Dai, Tianjun Zhou, (unknown), Bo Su	0
2	Lessened projections of Arctic warming and wetting after correcting for model errors in global warming and sea ice cover 2025 ·Science Advances ·Ziyi Cai, Qinglong You, James A. Screen, Hans W. Chen, Ruonan Zhang, Zhiyan Zuo, Deliang Chen, Judah Cohen, Shichang Kang, Renhe Zhang	1
3	Amplified urban heat island effect in southern china’s old towns following atmospheric regulation policies 2025 ·Sustainable Cities and Society ·(unknown), Hans W. Chen, Haodong Li, Qiao Wang, (unknown), (unknown), Ziyue Chen, Chuanfeng Zhao, Wenzhong Shi, Yinshan Yang, (unknown), Jiayi Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Guanglu Liu, Xing Yan	0
4	A robust reduction in near-surface wind speed after volcanic eruptions: Implications for wind energy generation 2025 ·The Innovation ·Cheng Shen, Zhibo Li, Fei Liu, Hans W. Chen, Deliang Chen	3
5	Contrasting vegetation productivity responses in arid and humid zones to recent changes in diurnal temperature range 2025 ·Ziqian Zhong, Hans W. Chen, Bin He, Bo Su	0
6	Divergent radiative forcing of fine-mode aerosols across tree genera during wildfires in North America and Europe 2025 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Jiayi Chen, Hans W. Chen, Zhanqing Li, Qiao Wang, Guoqiang Wang, Kun Jia, (unknown)	4
7	Deep Learning with Pretrained Framework Unleashes the Power of Satellite-Based Global Fine-Mode Aerosol Retrieval 2024 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Xing Yan, Zhou Zang, Zhanqing Li, Hans W. Chen, Jiayi Chen, Yize Jiang, Yunhao Chen, Bin He, Zuo Chen, (unknown), Jhoon Kim	7
8	Increasing Sensitivity of Tree Radial Growth to Precipitation 2024 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Bin He, Deliang Chen, Hans W. Chen, Lanlan Guo, Wenping Yuan, Keyan Fang, Feng Shi, Lianyou Liu, Huan Zheng, Ling Huang, Xiuchen Wu, Xingming Hao, Xiang Zhao, Weiguo Jiang	5
9	Global patterns and drivers of post-fire vegetation productivity recovery 2024 ·Nature Geoscience ·Hongtao Xu, Hans W. Chen, Deliang Chen, Ying‐Ping Wang, Xu Yue, Bin He, Lanlan Guo, Wenping Yuan, Ziqian Zhong, Ling Huang, Fei Zheng, Tiewei Li, (unknown)	19
10	Vegetation increases global climate vulnerability risk by shifting climate zones in response to rising atmospheric CO2 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Mingzhu He, Jiangpeng Cui, Yonghong Yi, Hans W. Chen, Qian Zhang, (unknown), Ling Huang, Songbai Hong	2
11	The disproportionate impact of enhanced evaporation from melting arctic sea ice on cold-season land precipitation trends 2024 ·npj Climate and Atmospheric Science ·Yubo Liu, Qiuhong Tang, Chi Zhang, Deliang Chen, Jennifer A. Francis, L. Ruby Leung, Hans W. Chen	4
12	Assessing Arctic wetting: Performances of CMIP6 models and projections of precipitation changes 2023 ·Atmospheric Research ·Ziyi Cai, Qinglong You, Hans W. Chen, Ruonan Zhang, Zhiyan Zuo, Deliang Chen, Judah Cohen, James A. Screen	12
13	Precipitation variability related to atmospheric circulation patterns over the Tibetan Plateau 2023 ·International Journal of Climatology ·Hui‐Wen Lai, Deliang Chen, Hans W. Chen	10
14	Disentangling the effects of vapor pressure deficit on northern terrestrial vegetation productivity breakdown → 2023 ·Science Advances ·Ziqian Zhong, Bin He, Ying‐Ping Wang, Hans W. Chen, Deliang Chen, Yongshuo H. Fu, Yaning Chen, Lanlan Guo, Ying Deng, Ling Huang, Wenping Yuan, Xingming Hao, Rui Tang, Huiming Liu, Liying Sun, Xiaoming Xie, Yafeng Zhang	143
15	Reversed asymmetric warming of sub-diurnal temperature over land during recent decades 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Ziqian Zhong, Bin He, Hans W. Chen, Deliang Chen, Tianjun Zhou, Wenjie Dong, Cunde Xiao, Shang‐Ping Xie, Xiangzhou Song, Lanlan Guo, Ruiqiang Ding, Lixia Zhang, Ling Huang, Wenping Yuan, Xingming Hao, Duoying Ji, Xiang Zhao	50
16	Increasing terrestrial ecosystem carbon release in response to autumn cooling and warming 2022 ·Nature Climate Change ·Rui Tang, Bin He, Hans W. Chen, Deliang Chen, Yaning Chen, Yongshuo H. Fu, Wenping Yuan, Baofu Li, (unknown), Lanlan Guo, Xingming Hao, Liying Sun, Huiming Liu, Cheng Sun, Yang Yang	41
17	Arctic amplification modulated by Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and greenhouse forcing on multidecadal to century scales 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Miao Fang, Xin Li, Hans W. Chen, Deliang Chen	36
18	Evaluation of Regional CO₂ Mole Fractions in the ECMWF CAMS Real‐Time Atmospheric Analysis and NOAA CarbonTracker Near‐Real‐Time Reanalysis With Airborne Observations From ACT‐America Field Campaigns 2019 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Hans W. Chen, Lily Zhang, Fuqing Zhang, K. J. Davis, Thomas Lauvaux, Sandip Pal, Brian Gaudet, Joshua P. DiGangi	18
19	Characterization of Regional‐Scale CO₂ Transport Uncertainties in an Ensemble with Flow‐Dependent Transport Errors 2019 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Hans W. Chen, Fuqing Zhang, Thomas Lauvaux, K. J. Davis, Sha Feng, M. P. Butler, Richard B. Alley	25
20	Arctic change and possible influence on mid-latitude climate and weather: A US CLIVAR White Paper 2018 ·PubMed ·Judah Cohen, Xiangdong Zhang, Jennifer A. Francis, Thomas Jung, R. Kwok, (unknown), Thomas J. Ballinger, (unknown), Uma S. Bhatt, Hans W. Chen, (unknown), Steven B. Feldstein, (unknown), (unknown), Gideon M. Henderson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), James A. Screen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Peter C. Taylor, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	37

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