Zhaonan Cai

3.2k total citations
75 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Zhaonan Cai is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhaonan Cai has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 63 papers in Atmospheric Science and 9 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhaonan Cai's work include Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (55 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (53 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (51 papers). Zhaonan Cai is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (55 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (53 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (51 papers). Zhaonan Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Zhaonan Cai's co-authors include Dongxu Yang, Yi Liu, Xi Chen, Yao Lü, Cheng Liu, Xiong Liu, Congzi Xia, Chengxin Zhang, Daren Lü and K. Chance and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Zhaonan Cai

70 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhaonan Cai China 21 1.1k 1.0k 199 174 84 75 1.3k
F. M. Schwandner United States 14 678 0.6× 714 0.7× 189 0.9× 243 1.4× 47 0.6× 36 1.1k
Joshua P. DiGangi United States 23 965 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 206 1.0× 354 2.0× 148 1.8× 80 1.4k
Sergey Gromov Germany 14 802 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 124 0.6× 293 1.7× 36 0.4× 36 1.3k
Sachiko Hayashida Japan 19 573 0.5× 568 0.6× 150 0.8× 194 1.1× 75 0.9× 80 927
Stéphane Bauguitte United Kingdom 25 1.1k 1.1× 1.7k 1.6× 221 1.1× 445 2.6× 155 1.8× 60 1.9k
K. B. Strawbridge Canada 24 977 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 204 1.0× 220 1.3× 21 0.3× 70 1.4k
Brian Gaudet United States 15 646 0.6× 677 0.7× 181 0.9× 193 1.1× 26 0.3× 46 813
Mathias Palm Germany 20 724 0.7× 860 0.8× 127 0.6× 119 0.7× 136 1.6× 76 952
Konstantin Gerilowski Germany 18 1.1k 1.0× 889 0.9× 183 0.9× 63 0.4× 196 2.3× 34 1.2k
J. Heymann Germany 17 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.0× 98 0.5× 94 0.5× 129 1.5× 25 1.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhaonan Cai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhaonan Cai

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Dongxu, Liang Feng, Yi Liu, et al.. (2025). Towards the Optimization of TanSat-2: Assessment of a Large-Swath Methane Measurement. Remote Sensing. 17(3). 543–543. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Dongxu, Yi Liu, Minqiang Zhou, et al.. (2025). Theoretical Potential of TanSat-2 to Quantify China’s CH4 Emissions. Remote Sensing. 17(13). 2321–2321. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Zhaonan, Xiaohui Cao, Hong‐Yu Zhang, Yuecheng Zhang, & Jiquan Zhao. (2024). Pyruvic acid or DBU/O2 guided organophotoredox-catalyzed direct C–H alkylation/α-aminoalkylation of 1,2,4-triazine-3,5(2H,4H)-diones with amines. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(19). 5516–5523. 6 indexed citations
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Cai, Zhaonan, Yaping Han, Yuecheng Zhang, et al.. (2023). Metal-free direct C–H phosphonation of N-heterocycles with diphenylphosphine oxides under mild conditions. Green Chemistry. 25(14). 5721–5726. 26 indexed citations
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Lü, Yao, Yi Liu, Dongxu Yang, et al.. (2022). Retrieval of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) from satellite measurements: comparison of SIF between TanSat and OCO-2. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 15(7). 2125–2137. 11 indexed citations
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Cai, Zhaonan, Kang Sun, Dongxu Yang, et al.. (2022). On-Orbit Characterization of TanSat Instrument Line Shape Using Observed Solar Spectra. Remote Sensing. 14(14). 3334–3334. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Minqiang, Zhaonan Cai, Bavo Langerock, et al.. (2022). Ground-Based Atmospheric CO2, CH4, and CO Column Measurements at Golmud in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Comparisons with TROPOMI/S5P Satellite Observations. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 40(2). 223–234. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuli, Mengchu Tao, Jinqiang Zhang, et al.. (2020). Long-term variations in ozone levels in the troposphere and lower stratosphere over Beijing: observations and model simulations. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(21). 13343–13354. 9 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jinqiang, Xue Wu, Jianchun Bian, et al.. (2020). Aerosol variations in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere over the Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters. 15(9). 94068–94068. 13 indexed citations
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Fu, Yu, et al.. (2019). Sensitivity of the simulated CO2 concentration to inter-annual variations of its sources and sinks over East Asia. Advances in Climate Change Research. 10(4). 250–263. 17 indexed citations
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Tan, Wei, Cheng Liu, Shanshan Wang, et al.. (2018). Tropospheric NO 2 , SO 2 , and HCHO over the East China Sea, using ship-based MAX-DOAS observations and comparison with OMI and OMPS satellite data. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 18(20). 15387–15402. 55 indexed citations
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Wang, Jing, Yao Lu, Xi Chen, et al.. (2018). TanSat Mission Achievements: from Scientific Driving to Preliminary Observations. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 38(5). 627–627. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Guanyu, Xiong Liu, K. Chance, Kai Yang, & Zhaonan Cai. (2018). Validation of 10-year SAO OMI ozone profile (PROFOZ) product using Aura MLS measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 11(1). 17–32. 17 indexed citations
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Sun, Kang, Xiong Liu, Caroline R. Nowlan, et al.. (2017). Characterization of the OCO-2 instrument line shape functions using on-orbit solar measurements. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(3). 939–953. 26 indexed citations
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Sun, Kang, Xiong Liu, Guanyu Huang, et al.. (2017). Deriving the slit functions from OMI solar observations and its implications for ozone-profile retrieval. Atmospheric measurement techniques. 10(10). 3677–3695. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Xi, Jun Wang, Yi Liu, et al.. (2017). Angular dependence of aerosol information content in CAPI/TanSat observation over land: Effect of polarization and synergy with A-train satellites. Remote Sensing of Environment. 196. 163–177. 43 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, et al.. (2016). Tropospheric Ozone Products Retrieved from GOME-2. Yaogan jishu yu yingyong. 31(2). 316–323. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Xi, et al.. (2015). Review of Radiative Transfer Model in Retrieval of Atmospheric CO_2 from Satellite Shortwave Infrared Measurements. Yaogan jishu yu yingyong. 30(5). 825–834. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Dongxu, Yi Liu, Zhaonan Cai, et al.. (2014). Measurement of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide form Space: NIR/SWIR Algorithm Description and Retrieval Study on GOSAT Observation. 724. 30. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yi, Zhaonan Cai, Dongxu Yang, et al.. (2013). Development of Chinese Carbon Dioxide Satellite (TanSat). EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4 indexed citations

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