Wei Yu

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Wei Yu is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yu has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Atmospheric Science, 54 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Wei Yu's work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (37 papers), Climate variability and models (37 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (13 papers). Wei Yu is often cited by papers focused on Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (37 papers), Climate variability and models (37 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (13 papers). Wei Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Wei Yu's co-authors include Gary Parker, Yasuhiro Fukushima, Marcelo H. García, David Gochis, David Yates, Renhe Zhang, Xiaoyan Wang, Kyoko Ikeda, Roy Rasmussen and Kristi R. Arsenault and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yu

72 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

High-Resolution Coupled Climate Runoff Simulations of Seasonal Snowfall over Colorado: A Process Study of Current and Warmer Climate

2011 427 citations Roy Rasmussen, Kyoko Ikeda et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Yu China	22	1.4k	1.3k	446	321	314	77	2.1k
Fred C. Bosveld Netherlands	29	1.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.6×	228 0.5×	874 2.7×	89 0.3×	82	2.7k
David A. R. Kristovich United States	29	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.1×	198 0.4×	233 0.7×	109 0.3×	55	2.0k
Xindi Bian United States	28	2.3k 1.6×	2.5k 1.9×	218 0.5×	506 1.6×	89 0.3×	99	3.1k
Chiel C. van Heerwaarden Netherlands	27	2.3k 1.6×	2.8k 2.1×	239 0.5×	833 2.6×	103 0.3×	90	3.6k
Sarith Mahanama United States	28	1.9k 1.3×	1.9k 1.4×	958 2.1×	1.4k 4.5×	59 0.2×	54	3.3k
Pablo Javier Grunmann Brazil	4	1.9k 1.4×	2.0k 1.5×	422 0.9×	645 2.0×	36 0.1×	5	2.6k
J. S. Deems United States	25	2.3k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	983 2.2×	692 2.2×	196 0.6×	57	3.2k
Enrique Rosero United States	11	1.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	800 1.8×	653 2.0×	41 0.1×	13	2.5k
Helin Wei United States	20	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	951 2.1×	735 2.3×	43 0.1×	27	2.6k
W. James Steenburgh United States	31	2.6k 1.8×	2.4k 1.8×	213 0.5×	294 0.9×	96 0.3×	82	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Luo, Haolin, Deliang Chen, Song Yang, Wei Yu, & Ziqian Wang. (2025). Calibrating the simulated summer precipitation trend over the southern slope of the Tibetan Plateau in CMIP6 models using a sub-selection method. Advances in Climate Change Research. 16(1). 35–43. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Wei, et al.. (2025). Increasing anthropogenic contributions on hydrochemical evolution of groundwater in the Yellow River basin over the past decade. Applied Geochemistry. 183. 106331–106331. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Wei, Song Yang, Yimin Liu, et al.. (2024). Potential Impacts of Winter Arctic Sea Ice on Subsequent Spring Thermal Condition Over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 129(6). 4 indexed citations

Yu, Wei, Tuantuan Zhang, Song Yang, et al.. (2024). Quantitative interpretation of the physical processes associated with the interannual variation of South Asian summer monsoon. Climate Dynamics. 63(1).

Yu, Wei, et al.. (2024). Water Level Inversion Detection Method for Water Level Images without a Scale in Complex Environments. Water. 16(8). 1176–1176. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Wei, et al.. (2024). Quantifying the dynamical and radiative processes of the drastically weak South Asian summer monsoon circulation in 2015. Climate Dynamics.

Zhang, Tuantuan, et al.. (2023). Changes in concurrent precipitation and temperature extremes over the Asian monsoon region: observation and projection. Environmental Research Letters. 18(4). 44021–44021. 21 indexed citations

Li, Chuxuan, Alexander L. Handwerger, Jiali Wang, et al.. (2022). Augmentation of WRF-Hydro to simulate overland-flow- and streamflow-generated debris flow susceptibility in burn scars. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 22(7). 2317–2345. 16 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaoyan, Renhe Zhang, Yanke Tan, & Wei Yu. (2021). Dominant synoptic patterns associated with the decay process of PM _2.5 pollution episodes around Beijing. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 21(4). 2491–2508. 18 indexed citations

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Xue, Z. George, et al.. (2021). Hydrometeorology and hydrology of flooding in Cape Fear River basin during Hurricane Florence in 2018. Journal of Hydrology. 603. 127139–127139. 10 indexed citations

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Xue, Z. George, et al.. (2020). A Process-Based, Fully Distributed Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport Model for WRF-Hydro. Water. 12(6). 1840–1840. 9 indexed citations

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Gochis, David, Wei Yu, A. L. Dugger, et al.. (2014). Recent Developments and Applications of the WRF-Hydro Modeling System for Continental Scale Water Cycle Predictions. AGUFM. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Gochis, David, et al.. (2014). Modeling changes in extreme snowfall events in the Central Rocky Mountains Region with the Fully-Coupled WRF-Hydro Modeling System. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 16094. 3 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei. (2013). Coincidence risk of flood hydrographs between Yangtze River and Qing River. Journal of Hydroelectric Engineering. 5 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei. (2013). Effect of clonal integration on ramet population regeneration of two Fargesia(bamboo) species under simulated ingesting interference. Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology. 2 indexed citations

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Fan, Qi, Wei Yu, Shaojia Fan, et al.. (2013). Process analysis of a regional air pollution episode over Pearl River Delta Region, China, using the MM5-CMAQ model. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association. 64(4). 406–418. 23 indexed citations

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Yu, Wei. (2012). The spatial distribution of Cydia pomonella eggs in apple orchards in Gansu Province. Kunchong zhishi. 2 indexed citations

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Fan, Shaojia, et al.. (2011). Atmospheric boundary layer characteristics over the Pearl River Delta, China, during the summer of 2006: measurement and model results. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(13). 6297–6310. 68 indexed citations

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Gochis, David, Stephen W. Nesbitt, Wei Yu, & Steve Williams. (2009). Comparison of gauge-corrected versus non-gauge corrected satellite-based quantitative precipitation estimates during the 2004 NAME enhanced observing period. Atmósfera. 22(1). 69–98. 17 indexed citations

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Zhu, Rong, et al.. (2008). Application of Wind Energy Simulation Toolkit(WEST) to Wind Energy Numerical Simulation of China. Gaoyuan qixiang. 27(1). 202–207. 3 indexed citations

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