Qian Cao

709 total citations
19 papers, 468 citations indexed

About

Qian Cao is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qian Cao has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 468 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Atmospheric Science, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Qian Cao's work include Climate variability and models (6 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers). Qian Cao is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (6 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (6 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (5 papers). Qian Cao collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. Qian Cao's co-authors include Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Ning Sun, F. Martin Ralph, Mu Xiao, Bart Nijssen, J. R. Yearsley, Shengan Zhan, Hyongki Lee, Akash Koppa and Brianna R. Pagán and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

Qian Cao

17 papers receiving 465 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Qian Cao United States	12	261	193	158	69	64	19	468
Jörg Helmschrot South Africa	11	227 0.9×	138 0.7×	127 0.8×	61 0.9×	29 0.5×	42	405
Ibrahim Nourein Mohammed United States	10	255 1.0×	247 1.3×	82 0.5×	70 1.0×	40 0.6×	25	436
Lei Qiao United States	16	349 1.3×	203 1.1×	345 2.2×	71 1.0×	117 1.8×	25	630
Bowen Zhu China	13	337 1.3×	227 1.2×	124 0.8×	113 1.6×	45 0.7×	21	462
Jūratė Kriaučiūnienė Lithuania	16	421 1.6×	347 1.8×	175 1.1×	65 0.9×	89 1.4×	52	725
C. Milzow Denmark	8	219 0.8×	244 1.3×	79 0.5×	71 1.0×	62 1.0×	12	402
Si Hong China	13	450 1.7×	261 1.4×	169 1.1×	129 1.9×	29 0.5×	20	620
Meixia Lv China	15	361 1.4×	267 1.4×	128 0.8×	111 1.6×	139 2.2×	26	559
Daniel Sighomnou France	9	356 1.4×	267 1.4×	115 0.7×	109 1.6×	43 0.7×	14	573
Ruifang Guo China	9	216 0.8×	108 0.6×	208 1.3×	85 1.2×	53 0.8×	15	422

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19 of 19 papers shown

Cao, Qian, Jianping Guo, Zhibo Li, et al.. (2025). Divergent Sounding‐Derived Precursor Pathways Enable Discrimination of Dry Versus Wet Severe Convective Winds. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(16).

Cao, Qian, et al.. (2025). Calibration of Thermospheric Atmospheric Density Empirical Model Based on SegRNN. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 45(6). 1460–1460.

Li, Chunyu, et al.. (2025). Field effect and coupling influences of urban park cold islands under varying wind speeds and heat island gradients. Urban Climate. 61. 102447–102447. 2 indexed citations

Martens, Hilary R., Donald F. Argus, Qian Cao, et al.. (2024). GNSS Geodesy Quantifies Water‐Storage Gains and Drought Improvements in California Spurred by Atmospheric Rivers. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(13). 6 indexed citations

Wang, Lunche, et al.. (2024). Impact of climate change on rice growth and yield in China: Analysis based on climate year type. Geography and sustainability. 5(4). 548–560. 8 indexed citations

Liu, Yang, et al.. (2024). Hydrological response to future changes in climate and land use/land cover in the Hanjiang River Basin. Natural Hazards. 121(4). 4803–4836. 6 indexed citations

Cao, Qian, et al.. (2022). Impact of Different Double-Moment Microphysical Schemes on Simulations of a Bow-Shaped Squall Line in East China. Atmosphere. 13(5). 667–667. 3 indexed citations

Cao, Qian, Shraddhanand Shukla, Michael J. DeFlorio, F. Martin Ralph, & Dennis P. Lettenmaier. (2021). Evaluation of the subseasonal forecast skill of floods associated with atmospheric rivers in coastal Western U.S. watersheds. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 13 indexed citations

Su, Lu, Qian Cao, Mu Xiao, et al.. (2021). Drought Variability over the Conterminous United States for the Past Century. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 22(5). 1153–1168. 26 indexed citations

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Hatchett, Benjamin J., Qian Cao, Phillip Dawson, et al.. (2020). Observations of an Extreme Atmospheric River Storm With a Diverse Sensor Network. Earth and Space Science. 7(8). 32 indexed citations

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Cao, Qian, Alexander Gershunov, Tamara Shulgina, et al.. (2020). Floods due to Atmospheric Rivers along the U.S. West Coast: The Role of Antecedent Soil Moisture in a Warming Climate. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 21(8). 1827–1845. 28 indexed citations

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Cao, Qian, Ali Mehran, F. Martin Ralph, & Dennis P. Lettenmaier. (2019). The Role of Hydrological Initial Conditions on Atmospheric River Floods in the Russian River Basin. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 20(8). 1667–1686. 31 indexed citations

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Cao, Qian, E. Clark, Yixin Mao, & Dennis P. Lettenmaier. (2019). Trends and Interannual Variability in Terrestrial Water Storage Over the Eastern United States, 2003–2016. Water Resources Research. 55(3). 1928–1950. 19 indexed citations

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Cao, Qian, T. H. Painter, William Ryan Currier, Jessica D. Lundquist, & Dennis P. Lettenmaier. (2017). Estimation of Precipitation over the OLYMPEX Domain during Winter 2015/16. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 19(1). 143–160. 23 indexed citations

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Xiao, Mu, Akash Koppa, Brianna R. Pagán, et al.. (2017). How much groundwater did California's Central Valley lose during the 2012–2016 drought?. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(10). 4872–4879. 102 indexed citations

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Sun, Ning, et al.. (2016). A spatially distributed model for assessment of the effects of changing land use and climate on urban stream quality. Hydrological Processes. 30(25). 4779–4798. 33 indexed citations

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Cao, Qian, Ning Sun, J. R. Yearsley, Bart Nijssen, & Dennis P. Lettenmaier. (2016). Climate and land cover effects on the temperature of Puget Sound streams. Hydrological Processes. 30(13). 2286–2304. 39 indexed citations

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Cusack, Daniela, et al.. (2016). Global change effects on humid tropical forests: Evidence for biogeochemical and biodiversity shifts at an ecosystem scale. Reviews of Geophysics. 54(3). 523–610. 78 indexed citations

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Henn, Brian, Qian Cao, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, et al.. (2015). Hydroclimatic Conditions Preceding the March 2014 Oso Landslide*. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 16(3). 1243–1249. 19 indexed citations

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