Song Yang

11.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
126 papers, 9.6k citations indexed

About

Song Yang is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Song Yang has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 9.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 103 papers in Atmospheric Science, 103 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 39 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Song Yang's work include Climate variability and models (96 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (76 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (34 papers). Song Yang is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (96 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (76 papers) and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (34 papers). Song Yang collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Song Yang's co-authors include Peter J. Webster, Kei May Lau, Renguang Wu, K.-M. Lau, Eric A. Smith, K-M. Lau, Zeng‐Zhen Hu, Yueqing Li, Ping Zhao and Tae‐Won Park and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Song Yang

120 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

Monsoon and Enso: Selectively Interactive Systems 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 2001 2002 500 1000 1.5k
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. Monsoon and Enso: Selectively Interactive Systems
    1992 1.6k citations Song Yang et al. profile →
  2. The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors
    2001 675 citations Christian D. Kummerow, Yang Hong et al. Journal of Applied Meteorology profile →
  3. Variations of the East Asian Jet Stream and Asian–Pacific–American Winter Climate Anomalies
    2002 504 citations Song Yang et al. Journal of Climate profile →

Peers

Song Yang
Udo Schneider Germany
R. F. Adler United States
Laurent Terray France
Guoxiong Wu China
Karumuri Ashok India
Ronghui Huang China
Adam S. Phillips United States
Yimin Liu China
Rucong Yu China
Zeng‐Zhen Hu United States
Udo Schneider Germany
Song Yang
Citations per year, relative to Song Yang Song Yang (= 1×) peers Udo Schneider

Countries citing papers authored by Song Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Song Yang

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Song Yang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Song Yang. The network helps show where Song Yang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Song Yang

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

All Works

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Wei, Siyu, Xiaojing Chu, Xiaoshuai Zhang, et al.. (2025). Climate and vegetation jointly determine the interannual variation of net ecosystem CO2 fluxes over 12 years in a restored coastal wetland. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 373. 110760–110760.
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Meng, Qiao, et al.. (2024). A Digital Backend with Pulse Detection for Radar Astronomy. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 136(7). 75002–75002. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Song, Deliang Chen, & Kaiqiang Deng. (2023). Global Effects of Climate Change in the South China Sea and Its Surrounding Areas. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 19 indexed citations
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Yang, Song, et al.. (2023). Quantitative attribution of vertical motions responsible for the early spring drought conditions over southeastern China. Climate Dynamics. 61(5-6). 2655–2672. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Song, et al.. (2021). Improved Climatology of Tropical Cyclone Precipitation from Satellite Passive Microwave Measurements. Journal of Climate. 1–42. 12 indexed citations
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You, Yalei, C. D. Peters‐Lidard, J. Turk, Sarah Ringerud, & Song Yang. (2017). Improving Overland Precipitation Retrieval with Brightness Temperature Temporal Variation. Journal of Hydrometeorology. 18(9). 2355–2383. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Song, et al.. (2014). Frequency analysis of Earth Observation and Hydrological model Evapotranspiration and Soil Moisture. The EGU General Assembly. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Tongmei, Song Yang, Zhiping Wen, Renguang Wu, & Ping Zhao. (2011). Variations of the winter India-Burma Trough and their links to climate anomalies over southern and eastern Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(D23). n/a–n/a. 40 indexed citations
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Zhou, Guangyi, et al.. (2010). Soil moisture physical characteristics of three types of forest in Liuxihe small watershed. 34(3). 62–66. 1 indexed citations
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Qian, Weihong, et al.. (2009). Regional features of precipitation over Asia and summer extreme precipitation over Southeast Asia and their associations with atmospheric–oceanic conditions. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 106(1-2). 57–73. 55 indexed citations
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Yang, Song, Kwo‐Sen Kuo, & Eric A. Smith. (2008). Persistent Nature of Secondary Diurnal Modes of Precipitation over Oceanic and Continental Regimes. Journal of Climate. 21(16). 4115–4131. 37 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yundi, Shuyu Wang, Song Yang, et al.. (2008). Future trends of climatic belts and seasons in China. International Journal of Climatology. 28(11). 1483–1491. 7 indexed citations
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Olson, William S., Christian D. Kummerow, Song Yang, et al.. (2004). Precipitation and Latent Heating Distributions from Satellite Passive Microwave Radiometry. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 45. 20 indexed citations
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Yoo, Soo‐Hyun, Chang-Hoi Ho, & Song Yang. (2003). INFLUENCES OF TROPICAL-WESTERN AND EXTRATROPICAL PACIFIC SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES ON THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN SUMMER CLIMATE IN THE SUMMERS OF 1993-94. 대기. 13(1). 652–653. 3 indexed citations
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Miyakoda, K., James L. Kinter, & Song Yang. (2003). The Role of ENSO in the South Asian Monsoon and Pre-Monsoon Signals Over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 81(5). 1015–1039. 35 indexed citations
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Ding, Xiaoli, Dawei Zheng, & Song Yang. (2002). Variations of the surface temperature in Hong Kong during the last century. International Journal of Climatology. 22(6). 715–730. 17 indexed citations
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Kummerow, Christian D., Yang Hong, William S. Olson, et al.. (2001). The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 40(11). 1801–1820. 675 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Song & William J. Gutowski. (1992). On the Relationship between Tropical Chinese Rainfall and the Indian Summer Monsoon. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II. 70(5). 997–1004. 11 indexed citations

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