M. K. Yau

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

M. K. Yau is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, M. K. Yau has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Atmospheric Science, 82 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 28 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in M. K. Yau's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (73 papers), Climate variability and models (61 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (54 papers). M. K. Yau is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (73 papers), Climate variability and models (61 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (54 papers). M. K. Yau collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. M. K. Yau's co-authors include Jason A. Milbrandt, Da‐Lin Zhang, Yubao Liu, Stephen J. Déry, Paul Vaillancourt, Yongsheng Chen, Peter Bartello, Ron McTaggart‐Cowan, Isztar Zawadzki and Gilbert Brunet and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Geophysical Research Letters and Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.

In The Last Decade

M. K. Yau

110 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Multimoment Bulk Microphysics Parameterization. Part I:... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. A Multimoment Bulk Microphysics Parameterization. Part I: Analysis of the Role of the Spectral Shape Parameter
    2005 558 citations Jason A. Milbrandt, M. K. Yau Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences profile →

Peers

M. K. Yau
M. J. Manton Australia
Tetsuya Takemi Japan
Kristina B. Katsaros United States
Ilker Fer Norway
Jeffrey R. French United States
Ian M. Brooks United Kingdom
William M. Drennan United States
Brian K. Haus United States
Andrey A. Grachev United States
Eric D. Skyllingstad United States
M. J. Manton Australia
M. K. Yau
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Xue, Lulin, et al.. (2021). Hygroscopic Seeding Effects of Giant Aerosol Particles Simulated by the Lagrangian‐Particle‐Based Direct Numerical Simulation. Geophysical Research Letters. 48(20). 11 indexed citations
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Yau, M. K., et al.. (2018). Sensitivity of Tropical Cyclone Intensification to Axisymmetric Heat Sources: The Role of Low-Level Heating and Cooling from Different Microphysical Processes. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 75(12). 4229–4246. 1 indexed citations
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Brunet, Gilbert, et al.. (2016). On the Dynamics of the Formation of the Kelvin Cat’s-Eye in Tropical Cyclogenesis. Part I: Climatological Investigation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73(6). 2317–2338. 11 indexed citations
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Brunet, Gilbert, et al.. (2016). On the Dynamics of the Formation of the Kelvin Cat’s-Eye in Tropical Cyclogenesis. Part II: Numerical Simulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73(6). 2339–2359. 8 indexed citations
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Davison, Bruce, et al.. (2016). What is Missing from the Prescription of Hydrology for Land Surface Schemes?. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 17(7). 2013–2039. 30 indexed citations
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Chen, Sisi, et al.. (2015). Cloud Droplet Collisions in Turbulent Environment: Collision Statistics and Parameterization. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73(2). 621–636. 31 indexed citations
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Zawadzki, Isztar, et al.. (2015). The Case-to-Case Variability of the Predictability of Precipitation by a Storm-Scale Ensemble Forecasting System. Monthly Weather Review. 144(1). 193–212. 23 indexed citations
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Vaillancourt, Paul, et al.. (2014). Adapting Two-Moment Microphysics Schemes across Model Resolutions: Subgrid Cloud and Precipitation Fraction and Microphysical Sub–Time Step. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 71(7). 2635–2653. 21 indexed citations
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Sun, Jinsheng, H. G. Leighton, M. K. Yau, & Parisa A. Ariya. (2012). Numerical evidence for cloud droplet nucleation at the cloud-environment interface. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 12(24). 12155–12164. 16 indexed citations
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Lavaysse, Christophe, Marco L. Carrera, Stéphane Bélair, et al.. (2012). Impact of Surface Parameter Uncertainties within the Canadian Regional Ensemble Prediction System. Monthly Weather Review. 141(5). 1506–1526. 27 indexed citations
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Yang, Jing, M. K. Yau, Xing Fang, & John W. Pomeroy. (2010). A triple-moment blowing snow-atmospheric model and its application in computing the seasonal wintertime snow mass budget. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 14(6). 1063–1079. 17 indexed citations
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Brunet, Gilbert, et al.. (2010). On the Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Hurricane-Like Vortex Symmetrization. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67(11). 3559–3580. 10 indexed citations
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Milbrandt, Jason A., M. K. Yau, Jocelyn Mailhot, & Stéphane Bélair. (2008). Simulation of an Orographic Precipitation Event during IMPROVE-2. Part I: Evaluation of the Control Run Using a Triple-Moment Bulk Microphysics Scheme. Monthly Weather Review. 136(10). 3873–3893. 35 indexed citations
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Milbrandt, Jason A. & M. K. Yau. (2005). A Multimoment Bulk Microphysics Parameterization. Part II: A Proposed Three-Moment Closure and Scheme Description. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62(9). 3065–3081. 450 indexed citations
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McTaggart‐Cowan, Ron, John R. Gyakum, & M. K. Yau. (2002). Moist Component Potential Vorticity. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 60(1). 166–177. 10 indexed citations
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Ryan, B. F., Jack Katzfey, Christian Jakob, et al.. (2000). Simulations of a Cold Front by Cloud-Resolving, Limited-Area, and Large-Scale Models, and a Model Evaluation Using In Situ and Satellite Observations. Monthly Weather Review. 128(9). 3218–3235. 35 indexed citations
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Kong, Fanyou & M. K. Yau. (1997). An explicit approach to microphysics in MC2. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN. 35(3). 257–291. 86 indexed citations
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Yau, M. K., et al.. (1995). Explosive Marine Cyclogenesis in a Three-Layer Model with a Representation of Slantwise Convection: A Sensitivity Study. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52(5). 533–550. 5 indexed citations
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Stewart, Ronald E., et al.. (1995). Winter storms over Canada. ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN. 33(2). 223–247. 46 indexed citations
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Reuter, Gerhard W. & M. K. Yau. (1993). Assessment of Slantwise Convection in ERICA Cyclones. Monthly Weather Review. 121(2). 375–386. 11 indexed citations

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