Zhengming Wan

10.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
33 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Zhengming Wan is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhengming Wan has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Environmental Engineering, 22 papers in Atmospheric Science and 20 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Zhengming Wan's work include Urban Heat Island Mitigation (27 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (20 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (10 papers). Zhengming Wan is often cited by papers focused on Urban Heat Island Mitigation (27 papers), Calibration and Measurement Techniques (20 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (10 papers). Zhengming Wan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Zhengming Wan's co-authors include Jeff Dozier, Zhao-Liang Li, Bo‐Hui Tang, Guangjian Yan, José A. Sobrino, Hua Wu, Huazhong Ren, Isabel F. Trigo, Yulin Zhang and Qincheng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Remote Sensing of Environment and IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

Zhengming Wan

32 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Satellite-derived land surface temperature: Current status and perspectives

2013 1.7k citations Zhao-Liang Li, Bo‐Hui Tang et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
A generalized split-window algorithm for retrieving land-surface temperature from space

1996 1.5k citations Zhengming Wan, Jeff Dozier IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing profile →
New refinements and validation of the collection-6 MODIS land-surface temperature/emissivity product

2013 809 citations Zhengming Wan Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
Validation of the land-surface temperature products retrieved from Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data

2002 728 citations Zhengming Wan, Yulin Zhang et al. Remote Sensing of Environment profile →
A Review of Current Methodologies for Regional Evapotranspiration Estimation from Remotely Sensed Data

2009 582 citations Zhao-Liang Li, Ronglin Tang et al. Sensors profile →
Land surface emissivity retrieval from satellite data

2012 399 citations Zhao-Liang Li, Hua Wu et al. International Journal of Remote Sensing profile →

Peers

Zhengming Wan

GPC

ECOLO

Isabel F. Trigo Portugal

Glynn Hulley United States

César Coll Spain

Ronald B. Smith United States

François‐Marie Bréon France

Valéry Masson France

R. T. Pinker United States

Jean‐Louis Roujean France

Xiaowen Li China

Julia A. Barsi United States

Isabel F. Trigo Portugal

Zhengming Wan

3.8k ×0.7

4.6k ×1.2

5.1k ×1.5

GPC

994 ×0.8

ECOLO

659 ×0.8

Citations per year, relative to Zhengming Wan Zhengming Wan (= 1×) peers Isabel F. Trigo

Countries citing papers authored by Zhengming Wan

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhengming Wan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhengming Wan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhengming Wan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhengming Wan 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 Zhengming Wan. Zhengming Wan 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

Wan, Zhengming. (2013). New refinements and validation of the collection-6 MODIS land-surface temperature/emissivity product. Remote Sensing of Environment. 140. 36–45. 809 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Zhao-Liang, Bo‐Hui Tang, Hua Wu, et al.. (2013). Satellite-derived land surface temperature: Current status and perspectives. Remote Sensing of Environment. 131. 14–37. 1708 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Zhao-Liang, Hua Wu, Ning Wang, et al.. (2012). Land surface emissivity retrieval from satellite data. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 34(9-10). 3084–3127. 399 indexed citations breakdown →

Wan, Zhengming. (2011). Validation and Refinement of the MODIS Land-Surface Temperature Product. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhao-Liang, Ronglin Tang, Zhengming Wan, et al.. (2009). A Review of Current Methodologies for Regional Evapotranspiration Estimation from Remotely Sensed Data. Sensors. 9(5). 3801–3853. 582 indexed citations breakdown →

Coll, César, Zhengming Wan, & Joan M. Galve. (2009). Temperature‐based and radiance‐based validations of the V5 MODIS land surface temperature product. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114(D20). 167 indexed citations

Wan, Zhengming. (2006). Collection-5 MODIS Land Surface Temperature Products Users' Guide. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(2). 220 indexed citations

Wan, Zhengming & Jeff Dozier. (2005). Effects Of The Atmosphere And Surface Emissivity On The Thermal Infrared Spectral Signature Measured From Modis-n. 27. 189–192. 2 indexed citations

Li, Zhao-Liang, Jia Li, Zhongbo Su, Zhengming Wan, & Renhua Zhang. (2003). A new approach for retrieving precipitable water from ATSR2 split-window channel data over land area. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 24(24). 5095–5117. 70 indexed citations

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Xia, Lei, Zhengming Wan, Christopher C. Moeller, W. Paul Menzel, & Liam E. Gumley. (2002). Simultaneous retrieval of atmospheric profiles, land-surface temperature, and surface emissivity from Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer thermal infrared data: extension of a two-step physical algorithm. Applied Optics. 41(5). 909–909. 50 indexed citations

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Wan, Zhengming, et al.. (2002). Preliminary estimate of calibration of the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer thermal infrared data using Lake Titicaca. Remote Sensing of Environment. 80(3). 497–515. 40 indexed citations

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Wan, Zhengming, Yulin Zhang, Qincheng Zhang, & Zhao-Liang Li. (2002). Validation of the land-surface temperature products retrieved from Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 83(1-2). 163–180. 728 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wan, Zhengming, et al.. (1999). Vicarious calibration of the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Airborne Simulator thermal-infrared channels. Applied Optics. 38(30). 6294–6294. 19 indexed citations

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Wan, Zhengming. (1999). MODIS Land-Surface Temperature Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document (LST ATBD). 252 indexed citations

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Li, Zhao-Liang, F. Becker, M.P. Stoll, & Zhengming Wan. (1999). Evaluation of Six Methods for Extracting Relative Emissivity Spectra from Thermal Infrared Images. Remote Sensing of Environment. 69(3). 197–214. 137 indexed citations

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Li, Zhao-Liang, F. Becker, M.P. Stoll, & Zhengming Wan. (1999). Evaluation of Different Methods for Extracting Relative Spectral Emissivity Information from Simulated Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner Data. Remote Sensing of Environment. 69(2). 122–138. 3 indexed citations

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Snyder, William C., Zhengming Wan, & Xiaowen Li. (1998). Thermodynamic constraints on reflectance reciprocity and Kirchhoff’s law. Applied Optics. 37(16). 3464–3464. 65 indexed citations

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Snyder, William C., et al.. (1997). Requirements for satellite land surface temperature validation using a silt playa. Remote Sensing of Environment. 61(2). 279–289. 23 indexed citations

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Wan, Zhengming & Jeff Dozier. (1996). A generalized split-window algorithm for retrieving land-surface temperature from space. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 34(4). 892–905. 1464 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wan, Zhengming. (1994). Land Surface Temperature Measurements from EOS MODIS Data. NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA). 8 indexed citations

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