Pao K. Wang

6.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Pao K. Wang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Pao K. Wang has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Atmospheric Science, 45 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Pao K. Wang's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (32 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (24 papers) and Climate variability and models (18 papers). Pao K. Wang is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (32 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (24 papers) and Climate variability and models (18 papers). Pao K. Wang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Japan. Pao K. Wang's co-authors include H. R. Pruppacher, James D. Klett, Daohong Wang, Vladimir A. Rakov, Jinliang He, Pay‐Liam Lin, Jayalakshmi Janapati, Balaji Kumar Seela, Martin Setvák and De’er Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Scientific Reports and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Pao K. Wang

74 papers receiving 4.6k citations

Hit Papers

Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation 1998 2026 2007 2016 1998 2013 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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.

  1. Microphysics of Clouds and Precipitation
    1998 2.5k citations Pao K. Wang et al. Aerosol Science and Technology profile →
  2. Lightning physics and effects
    2013 550 citations Pao K. Wang et al. Atmospheric Research profile →

Peers

Pao K. Wang
M. B. Baker United States
Zev Levin Israel
James D. Klett United States
Kenneth V. Beard United States
Bernhard Mayer Germany
Andrew S. Ackerman United States
J. Hallett United States
E. P. Shettle United States
B. J. Mason United Kingdom
N. O. Rennó United States
M. B. Baker United States
Pao K. Wang
Citations per year, relative to Pao K. Wang Pao K. Wang (= 1×) peers M. B. Baker

Countries citing papers authored by Pao K. Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pao K. Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pao K. Wang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Pao K., et al.. (2024). Reconstruction of the Temperature Index Series of China in 1368–1911 based on REACHES database. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1117–1117. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Pao K., et al.. (2024). Convective Gravity Waves in the Stratosphere and the Mesosphere: A Case Study of Airglow Over West Africa Using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(23). 2 indexed citations
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Dyakov, Yuri A., et al.. (2023). Reactions of CH2OO, CH3CHOO, and (CH3)2COO with Methane through the Formation of Intermediate Complex. Atoms. 11(12). 157–157. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Pao K.. (2022). Theoretical Studies on the Motions of Cloud and Precipitation Particles—A Review. MDPI (MDPI AG). 1(3). 288–310.
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Wang, Pao K., et al.. (2021). Sensitivity of simulated storm life span to ventilation parameterization in a cloud resolving model. Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 32(3). 361–374. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Pao K., et al.. (2020). Historical droughts in the Qing dynasty (1644–1911) of China. Climate of the past. 16(3). 911–931. 12 indexed citations
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Janapati, Jayalakshmi, Balaji Kumar Seela, Pay‐Liam Lin, et al.. (2020). Raindrop Size Distribution Characteristics of Indian and Pacific Ocean Tropical Cyclones Observed at India and Taiwan Sites. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 98(2). 299–317. 46 indexed citations
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Janapati, Jayalakshmi, et al.. (2019). An assessment of tropical cyclones rainfall erosivity for Taiwan. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 15862–15862. 38 indexed citations
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Lin, Kuan‐Hui Elaine, et al.. (2019). Experiments on the Reconstruction Methods and Calibration of the Climate Series Derived from REACHES Historical Database of China in 1644-1911. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2019. 12868. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Pao K., et al.. (2018). Construction of the REACHES climate database based on historical documents of China. Scientific Data. 5(1). 180288–180288. 28 indexed citations
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Seela, Balaji Kumar, et al.. (2018). Raindrop Size Distribution Characteristics of Summer and Winter Season Rainfall Over North Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 123(20). 117 indexed citations
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Seela, Balaji Kumar, Jayalakshmi Janapati, Pay‐Liam Lin, et al.. (2017). A Comparison Study of Summer Season Raindrop Size Distribution Between Palau and Taiwan, Two Islands in Western Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 122(21). 90 indexed citations
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Wang, Pao K., et al.. (2005). The capacitance of solid and hollow hexagonal ice columns. Geophysical Research Letters. 32(5). 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Pao K.. (2001). Plumes above anvils—a newly discovered stratospheric-tropospheric chemical exchange process due to deep convective clouds. 1 indexed citations
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Panegrossi, Giulia, Stefano Dietrich, Frank S. Marzano, et al.. (1998). Use of Cloud Model Microphysics for Passive Microwave-Based Precipitation Retrieval: Significance of Consistency between Model and Measurement Manifolds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 55(9). 1644–1673. 91 indexed citations
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Wang, Pao K. & De’er Zhang. (1992). Recent Studies of the Reconstruction of East Asian Monsoon Climate in the Past Using Historical Literature of China. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 70(1B). 423–446. 28 indexed citations
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Wang, Pao K., et al.. (1991). The Grazing Collision Angle of Aerosol Particles Colliding with Infinitely Long Circular Cylinders. Aerosol Science and Technology. 15(3). 149–155. 5 indexed citations

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