K.-M. Lau

9.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
55 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

K.-M. Lau is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, K.-M. Lau has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 46 papers in Atmospheric Science and 17 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in K.-M. Lau's work include Climate variability and models (45 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (29 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (15 papers). K.-M. Lau is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (45 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (29 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (15 papers). K.-M. Lau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. K.-M. Lau's co-authors include Hengyi Weng, Jiayu Zhou, Bin Wang, Renguang Wu, Maeng‐Ki Kim, Song Yang, Sandrine Bony, Song Yang, Compton J. Tucker and Ning Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

K.-M. Lau

55 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Interannual Variability of the Asian Summer Monsoon: Contrasts between the Indian and the Western North Pacific–East Asian Monsoons*

2001 922 citations K.-M. Lau et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Asian summer monsoon anomalies induced by aerosol direct forcing: the role of the Tibetan Plateau

2006 858 citations K.-M. Lau et al. profile →
Does a Monsoon Climate Exist over South America?

1998 693 citations Jiayu Zhou, K.-M. Lau Journal of Climate profile →
Climate Signal Detection Using Wavelet Transform: How to Make a Time Series Sing

1995 633 citations K.-M. Lau, Hengyi Weng profile →
Variations of the East Asian Jet Stream and Asian–Pacific–American Winter Climate Anomalies

2002 504 citations Song Yang, K.-M. Lau et al. Journal of Climate profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
K.-M. Lau United States	37	6.8k	6.5k	2.0k	383	303	55	8.0k
Leo J. Donner United States	37	6.4k 0.9×	6.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	328 0.9×	270 0.9×	81	7.5k
David S. Gutzler United States	33	6.1k 0.9×	5.4k 0.8×	2.2k 1.1×	580 1.5×	277 0.9×	81	7.3k
Richard Neale United States	39	6.5k 1.0×	6.3k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	396 1.0×	231 0.8×	73	8.1k
Anthony D. Del Genio United States	54	7.4k 1.1×	7.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	272 0.7×	283 0.9×	154	10.0k
M. A. Giorgetta Germany	39	7.2k 1.0×	7.3k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	214 0.6×	249 0.8×	95	8.6k
Carlos R. Mechoso United States	45	6.8k 1.0×	5.6k 0.9×	3.1k 1.5×	391 1.0×	241 0.8×	189	8.0k
Jennifer E. Kay United States	48	6.6k 1.0×	8.1k 1.2×	996 0.5×	546 1.4×	233 0.8×	117	9.4k
Siegfried D. Schubert United States	49	8.8k 1.3×	7.6k 1.2×	2.0k 1.0×	233 0.6×	568 1.9×	196	9.7k
R. Krishnan India	42	4.6k 0.7×	4.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	243 0.6×	257 0.8×	136	5.5k
Sulochana Gadgil India	36	6.0k 0.9×	5.4k 0.8×	1.9k 1.0×	241 0.6×	509 1.7×	93	7.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of K.-M. Lau

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Yasunari, Teppei J., K.-M. Lau, Sarith Mahanama, et al.. (2014). The GOddard SnoW Impurity Module (GOSWIM) for the NASA GEOS-5 Earth System Model: Preliminary Comparisons with Observations in Sapporo, Japan. SOLA. 10(0). 50–56. 13 indexed citations

Gautam, Ritesh, N. Christina Hsu, Si‐Chee Tsay, et al.. (2011). Accumulation of aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic plains and southern slopes of the Himalayas: distribution, properties and radiative effects during the 2009 pre-monsoon season. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(24). 12841–12863. 228 indexed citations

Yasunari, Teppei J., Paolo Bonasoni, Paolo Laj, et al.. (2010). Preliminary estimation of black carbon deposition from Nepal Climate Observatory-Pyramid data and its possible impact on snow albedo changes over Himalayan glaciers during the pre-monsoon season. 8 indexed citations

Yasunari, Teppei J., Paolo Bonasoni, Paolo Laj, et al.. (2010). Estimated impact of black carbon deposition during pre-monsoon season from Nepal Climate Observatory – Pyramid data and snow albedo changes over Himalayan glaciers. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 10(14). 6603–6615. 136 indexed citations

Lau, K.-M., Haomin Wu, Y. C. Sud, & G. K. Walker. (2005). Effects of Cloud Microphysics on Tropical Atmospheric Hydrologic Processes and Intraseasonal Variability. Journal of Climate. 18(22). 4731–4751. 22 indexed citations

Yang, Song, et al.. (2004). Upstream Subtropical Signals Preceding the Asian Summer Monsoon Circulation. Journal of Climate. 17(21). 4213–4229. 115 indexed citations

Lau, K.-M. & Hengyi Weng. (2002). Recurrent Teleconnection Patterns Linking Summertime Precipitation Variability over East Asia and North America.. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 80(6). 1309–1324. 136 indexed citations

Lau, K.-M., Xiaofan Li, & Haomin Wu. (2002). Evolution of the Large Scale Circulation, Cloud Structure and Regional Water Cycle Associated with the South China Sea Monsoon during May-June, 1998.. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 80(5). 1129–1147. 29 indexed citations

Li, Xiaofan, Chung‐Hsiung Sui, & K.-M. Lau. (2002). Precipitation Efficiency in the Tropical Deep Convective Regime: A 2-D Cloud Resolving Modeling Study.. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 80(2). 205–212. 60 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jiayu, K.-M. Lau, Larry W. Laughlin, et al.. (2001). The Effect of Regional Climate Variability on Outbreak of Bartonellosis Epidemics in Peru. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 1 indexed citations

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Liang, Peng, C-H. Sui, K.-M. Lau, & W-K. Tao. (2001). Genesis and Evolution of Hierarchical Cloud Clusters in a Two-Dimensional Cumulus-Resolving Model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 58(8). 877–895. 17 indexed citations

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Yang, Song, et al.. (2000). Wintertime East Asian Jet Stream and Its Association with the Asian-Pacific Climate. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 3 indexed citations

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Lau, K.-M. & Hengyi Weng. (1999). Interannual, Decadal–Interdecadal, and Global Warming Signals in Sea Surface Temperature during 1955–97. Journal of Climate. 12(5). 1257–1267. 97 indexed citations

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Lee, Haekyung, Pao‐Shin Chu, Chung‐Hsiung Sui, & K.-M. Lau. (1998). On the Annual Cycle of Latent Heat Fluxes over the Equatorial Pacific Using TAO Buoy Observations. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 76(6). 909–923. 5 indexed citations

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Lau, K.-M., et al.. (1998). Possible Role of Symmetric Instability in the Onset and Abrupt Transition of the Asian Monsoon. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 76(3). 363–383. 22 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jiayu & K.-M. Lau. (1998). Does a Monsoon Climate Exist over South America?. Journal of Climate. 11(5). 1020–1040. 693 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lau, K.-M. & Chang‐Hoi Ho. (1997). Anomalous atmospheric hydrologic processes associated with ENSO. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

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Bony, Sandrine, Y. C. Sud, K.-M. Lau, Joel Susskind, & Sujata Saha. (1997). Comparison and Satellite Assessment of NASA/DAO and NCEP–NCAR Reanalyses over Tropical Ocean: Atmospheric Hydrology and Radiation. Journal of Climate. 10(6). 1441–1462. 54 indexed citations

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Lau, K.-M. & Haomin Wu. (1994). Large Scale Dynamics Associated with Super Cloud Cluster Organization over the Tropical Western Pacific. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 72(4). 481–497. 3 indexed citations

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Lau, K.-M., Li Peng, Chung‐Hsiung Sui, & Tetsuo Nakazawa. (1989). Dynamics of Super Cloud Clusters, Westerly Wind Bursts, 30-60 Day Oscilations and ENSO: An Unified View. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 67(2). 205–219. 101 indexed citations

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