Juanzhen Sun

7.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Juanzhen Sun is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Juanzhen Sun has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Atmospheric Science, 72 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 18 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Juanzhen Sun's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (96 papers), Climate variability and models (56 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (49 papers). Juanzhen Sun is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (96 papers), Climate variability and models (56 papers) and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (49 papers). Juanzhen Sun collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Juanzhen Sun's co-authors include N. Andrew Cṙook, Chris Snyder, Fuqing Zhang, Qingnong Xiao, Hongli Wang, James W. Wilson, Dale Barker, Cynthia K. Mueller, Michael Dixon and Eunha Lim and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Computational Physics, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Juanzhen Sun

99 papers receiving 5.2k 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.

Use of NWP for Nowcasting Convective Precipitation: Recent Progress and Challenges

2013 379 citations Juanzhen Sun, Brian Golding et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Juanzhen Sun United States	36	5.0k	4.2k	881	401	146	103	5.4k
William A. Gallus United States	34	3.1k 0.6×	2.7k 0.6×	741 0.8×	178 0.4×	187 1.3×	125	3.6k
David C. Dowell United States	32	3.8k 0.8×	3.2k 0.8×	948 1.1×	177 0.4×	108 0.7×	66	4.1k
John Methven United Kingdom	30	2.9k 0.6×	2.8k 0.7×	284 0.3×	553 1.4×	157 1.1×	115	3.6k
Judith Berner United States	23	2.6k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	523 0.6×	365 0.9×	107 0.7×	44	3.2k
Melville E. Nicholls United States	20	3.3k 0.6×	2.7k 0.7×	596 0.7×	626 1.6×	102 0.7×	34	3.8k
David Gill United States	10	2.0k 0.4×	1.7k 0.4×	534 0.6×	314 0.8×	117 0.8×	12	2.7k
Zhiquan Liu United States	30	3.3k 0.7×	2.8k 0.7×	611 0.7×	270 0.7×	206 1.4×	81	3.8k
Isztar Zawadzki Canada	41	4.9k 1.0×	3.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	201 0.5×	351 2.4×	130	5.4k
Tatiana G. Smirnova United States	18	2.6k 0.5×	2.4k 0.6×	546 0.6×	144 0.4×	172 1.2×	33	3.0k
Craig J. Tremback United States	12	2.7k 0.5×	2.5k 0.6×	710 0.8×	210 0.5×	96 0.7×	16	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Juanzhen Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Juanzhen Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Juanzhen Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Juanzhen Sun 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 Juanzhen Sun. Juanzhen Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Du, Yu, et al.. (2025). The Merger of a Supercell and Squall Line in the Great Plains. 1: Initiation of the Supercell. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(13). 1 indexed citations

Du, Yu, et al.. (2025). The Merger of a Supercell and Squall Line in the Great Plains: 2. Formation of a Bow Echo. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 130(13).

Ha, Soyoung & Juanzhen Sun. (2024). Impact of Soil Moisture Updates on Temperature Forecasting. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(15).

Zhang, Qinghong, et al.. (2022). Effects of Weather Conditions on the Public Demand for Weather Information via Smartphone in Multiple Regions of China. Weather Climate and Society. 14(3). 813–822. 2 indexed citations

Liou, Yu‐Chieng, et al.. (2021). Precipitation Processes of a Thunderstorm Occurred on 19 August 2014 in Northern Taiwan Documented by Using a High Resolution 4DVar Data Assimilation System. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 99(4). 1023–1044. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Qinghong, et al.. (2021). Smartphone pressure data: quality control and impact on atmospheric analysis. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 14(2). 785–801. 9 indexed citations

Chen, Zhixiong, Juanzhen Sun, Xiushu Qie, et al.. (2020). A Method to Update Model Kinematic States by Assimilating Satellite‐Observed Total Lightning Data to Improve Convective Analysis and Forecasting. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(22). 21 indexed citations

Xiao, Xian, et al.. (2020). Lightning Data Assimilation Scheme in a 4DVAR System and Its Impact on Very Short-Term Convective Forecasting. Monthly Weather Review. 149(2). 353–373. 20 indexed citations

Zhang, Qinghong, Liye Li, Brian Golding, et al.. (2019). Increasing the value of weather-related warnings. Science Bulletin. 64(10). 647–649. 32 indexed citations

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Sun, Juanzhen. (2018). Physical Processes Leading to Elevated Convection Initiation during 25–26 June PECAN: Convective-Scale Reanalysis Based on a Radar Data Assimilation System. 1 indexed citations

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Liou, Yu‐Chieng, et al.. (2015). The Implementation of the Ice-Phase Microphysical Process into a Four-Dimensional Variational Doppler Radar Analysis System (VDRAS) and Its Impact on Parameter Retrieval and Quantitative Precipitation Nowcasting. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73(3). 1015–1038. 32 indexed citations

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Sun, Juanzhen & Hongli Wang. (2013). WRF-ARW Variational Storm-Scale Data Assimilation: Current Capabilities and Future Developments. Advances in Meteorology. 2013. 1–13. 18 indexed citations

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Sun, Juanzhen, Stanley B. Trier, Qingnong Xiao, et al.. (2012). Sensitivity of 0–12-h Warm-Season Precipitation Forecasts over the Central United States to Model Initialization. Weather and Forecasting. 27(4). 832–855. 49 indexed citations

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Liou, Yu‐Chieng, et al.. (2011). An Application of the Immersed Boundary Method for Recovering the Three-Dimensional Wind Fields over Complex Terrain Using Multiple-Doppler Radar Data. Monthly Weather Review. 140(5). 1603–1619. 34 indexed citations

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Sun, Juanzhen, et al.. (2008). Analysis and Prediction of a Squall Line Observed during IHOP Using Multiple WSR-88D Observations. Monthly Weather Review. 136(7). 2364–2388. 57 indexed citations

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Brandes, Edward A., Guifu Zhang, & Juanzhen Sun. (2006). On the Influence of Assumed Drop Size Distribution Form on Radar-Retrieved Thunderstorm Microphysics. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 45(2). 259–268. 21 indexed citations

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Sugimoto, Soichiro, et al.. (2005). Assimilation of multiple-Doppler radar data with WRF-3DVAR system: Preliminary results in observing system simulation experiments [poster]. 1 indexed citations

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Caya, Alain, Juanzhen Sun, & Chris Snyder. (2005). A Comparison between the 4DVAR and the Ensemble Kalman Filter Techniques for Radar Data Assimilation. Monthly Weather Review. 133(11). 3081–3094. 169 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fuqing, Chris Snyder, & Juanzhen Sun. (2004). Impacts of Initial Estimate and Observation Availability on Convective-Scale Data Assimilation with an Ensemble Kalman Filter. Monthly Weather Review. 132(5). 1238–1253. 455 indexed citations

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Sun, Juanzhen. (2001). Assimilation and Forecasting of a Supercell Storm: Simulated and Observed Data Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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