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Our project team members have been actively producing a range of high quality publications derived from our research at an international level. Almost all of our publications tabled below are subject to peer review and adhere to academic standards of excellence. As of March 2022, 90 out of 205 publications were published in journals with an Impact Factor of 5 or above.
2022
So, K. W., Tam, C. Y., & Lau, N. C. (2022). Impacts of global warming on Meiyu-Baiu extreme rainfall and associated mid-latitude synoptic-scale systems as inferred from 20km AGCM simulations. Climate Dynamics, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-06072-5
Zhang, T., Tam, C. Y., Lau, N. C., Wang, J., Yang, S., Chen, J., ... & Gao, P. (2022). Influences of the boreal winter Arctic Oscillation on the peak-summer compound heat waves over the Yangtze-Huaihe River basin: the North Atlantic capacitor effect. Climate Dynamics, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-022-06212-5
Chen, J., Tam, C. Y., Wang, Z., Cheung, K., Li, Y., Lau, N. C., & Lau, D. S. D. (2022). Future thermodynamic impacts of global warming on landfalling typhoons and their induced storm surges to the Pearl River Delta region as inferred from high-resolution regional models. Journal of Climate, 1-58. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0436.1

Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Li, Z., Tam, C. Y., Li, Y., Lau, N. C., Chen, J., Chan, S. T., ... & Huang, Y. (2022). How Does Air‐Sea Wave Interaction Affect Tropical Cyclone Intensity? An Atmosphere‐Wave‐Ocean Coupled Model Study Based on Super Typhoon Mangkhut (2018). Earth and Space Science, 9(3), e2021EA002136. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021EA002136
Luo, M., Lau, N. C., & Liu, Z. (2022). Different mechanisms for daytime, nighttime, and compound heatwaves in Southern China. Weather and Climate Extremes, 100449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2022.100449
Impact Factor: 5.338 (2020)
Luo, M., Lau, N. C., Liu, Z., Wu, S., & Wang, X. (2022). An observational investigation of spatiotemporally contiguous heatwaves in China from a 3D perspective. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(6), e2022GL097714. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL097714
2021
Cao, Q., Jiang, B., Shen, X., Lin, W., & Chen, J. (2021). Microphysics effects of anthropogenic aerosols on urban heavy precipitation over the Pearl River Delta, China. Atmospheric Research, 253, 105478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105478
Impact Factor: 5.369 (2020)
Li, R. K. K., Tam, C. Y., & Lau, N. C. (2021). Effects of ENSO diversity and cold tongue bias on seasonal prediction of South China late spring rainfall. Climate Dynamics, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05732-w
Li, R. K. K., Tam, C. Y., Lau, N. C., Sohn, S. J., Ahn, J. B., & O'Reilly, C. (2021). Effects of upper-level background wind bias on Rossby waveguides, Rossby wave source hotspots, and predictability of the Silk Road pattern (No. EGU21-379). Copernicus Meetings. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-379
Li, R. K. K., Tam, C. Y., Lau, N. C., Sohn, S. J., Ahn, J. B., & O'Reilly, C. (2021). Forcing mechanism of the Silk Road pattern and the sensitivity of Rossby‐wave source hotspots to mean‐state winds. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4039
Li, Y., Lau, N. C., Tam, C. Y., Cheung, H. N., Deng, Y., & Zhang, H. (2021). Projected changes in the characteristics of the East Asian summer monsoonal front and their impacts on the regional precipitation. Climate Dynamics, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-05687-y
Li, Z., Yang, S., Tam, C. Y., & Hu, C. (2021). Strengthening western equatorial Pacific and Maritime Continent atmospheric convection and its modulation on the trade wind during spring of 1901-2010. International Journal of Climatology, 41(2), 1455-1464. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6856
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2021). Increasing human‐perceived heat stress risks exacerbated by urbanization in China: A comparative study based on multiple metrics. Earth's Future, e2020EF001848. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001848
Impact Factor: 7.50 (2020)
Dong, N., Luo, M.,, Liu, Z., Sun, J., Wu, K., & Lin, H. (2021). The roles of leaf area index and albedo in vegetation induced temperature changes across China using modelling and observations. Climate Dynamics, 58(9), 2257-2573. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-021-06028-9
Xu, F., Chan, T. O., & Luo, M. (2020). Different changes in dry and humid heat waves over China. International Journal of Climatology, 41(2), 1369-1382. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6815
Liu, Z., Gao, T., Zhang, W., & Luo, M., (2021). Implications of the Pacific meridional mode for summer precipitation extremes over China. Weather and Climate Extremes, 33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2021.100359
Impact Factor: 5.338 (2020)
Ning, G., Luo, M., Zhang, Q., Wang, S., Liu, Z., Yang, Y., et al. (2021). Understanding the Mechanisms of Summer Extreme Precipitation Events in Xinjiang of Arid Northwest China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(15). https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034111
Wu, S., Chan, T. O., Zhang, W., Ning, G., Wang, P., Tong, X., ... & Luo, M. (2021). Increasing Compound Heat and Precipitation Extremes Elevated by Urbanization in South China. Front. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9, 636777. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.636777
Chen, J., Tam, C. Y., Cheung, K., Wang, Z., Murakami, H., Lau, N. C., ... & Wang, P. Changing Impacts of Tropical Cyclones on East and Southeast Asian Inland Regions in the Past and a Globally Warmed Future Climate. Frontiers in Earth Science, 1065. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.769005
Wang, P., Tam, C. Y., Lau, N. C., & Xu, K. (2021). Future impacts of two types of El Niño on East Asian rainfall based on CMIP5 model projections. Climate Dynamics, 56(3), 899-916. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05510-0
Nduka, I. C., Tam, C. Y., Guo, J., & Yim, S. H. L. (2021). Characteristics of surface energy balance and atmospheric circulation during hot-and-polluted episodes and their synergistic relationships with urban heat islands over the Pearl River Delta region. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(17), 13443-13454. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-13443-2021
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
Fung, K. W., Tam, C. Y., Lee, T. C., & Wang, Z. (2021). Comparing the anthropogenic heat and global warming impacts on extreme precipitation in urbanized Pearl River Delta area based on dynamical downscaling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD035047. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD035047
Hu, C., Fung, K. Y., Tam, C. Y., & Wang, Z. (2021). Urbanization impacts on Pearl River Delta extreme rainfall sensitivity to land cover change versus anthropogenic heat. Earth and Space Science, 8(3), e2020EA001536. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001536
Lui, Y. S., Tse, L. K. S., Tam, C. Y., Lau, K. H. & Chen, J. (2021). Performance of MPAS-A and WRF in predicting and simulating western North Pacific tropical cyclone tracks and intensities. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 143, 505-520. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-020-03444-5
Wang, Z., Xiao, Z., Tam, C. Y., Pan, W., Chen, J., Hu, C., ... & Yang, S. (2021). The projected effects of urbanization and climate change on summer thermal environment in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China. Urban Climate, 37, 100866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2021.100866
Impact Factor: 5.731 (2020)
Xu, Z., Han, Y., Tam, C. Y., Yang, Z. L., & Fu, C. (2021). Bias-corrected CMIP6 global dataset for dynamical downscaling of the historical and future climate (1979–2100). Scientific Data, 8(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-01079-3
Impact Factor: 6.444 (2020)
2020
Chen, J., Tam, C. Y., Yim, S. H. L., Cai, M., Wang, R., Li, X., Ren, C., Zhang, T. & Gao, P. (2020). High-resolution Simulations of a Hot-and-polluted Event with Detailed Local Climate Zone Information over the Greater Bay Area in South China. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (p. 3225). https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-3225
Chen, J., Wang, Z., Tam, C. Y., Lau, N. C., Lau, D. S. D., & Mok, H. Y. (2020). Impacts of climate change on tropical cyclones and induced storm surges in the Pearl River Delta region using pseudo-global-warming method. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58824-8
Li, R. K. K., Tam, C. Y., Lau, N. C., Sohn, S. J., & Ahn, J. B. (2020). Potential predictability of the Silk Road pattern and the role of SST as inferred from seasonal hindcast experiments of a coupled climate model. Journal of Climate, 33(22), 9567-9580. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0235.1
Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Lu, M., Kuang, Z., Yang, S., Li, Z., & Fan, H. (2020). A Bridging Role of Winter Snow over Northern China and Southern Mongolia in Linking the East Asian Winter and Summer Monsoons. Journal of Climate, 33(22), 9849-9862. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0298.1
Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Hu, C., Lian, T., Cheung, H. N., Qiao, S., Li, Z., Deng, K., ... & Chen, D. (2020). Mixed diversity of shifting IOD and El Niño dominates the location of Maritime Continent autumn drought. National Science Review, 7(7), 1150-1153. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa020
Impact Factor: 16.693 (2020)
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2020). Role of Monsoon Variability in Heat Wave Activity over South China and Indochina. In The Multiscale Global Monsoon System (pp. 169-181). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811216602_0014
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2020). Summer heat extremes in northern continents linked to developing ENSO events. Environmental Research Letters, 15(7), 074042. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab7d07
Impact Factor: 6.793 (2020)
Luo, M., Lau, N. C., Zhang, W., Zhang, Q., & Liu, Z. (2020). Summer High Temperature Extremes over China Linked to the Pacific Meridional Mode. Journal of Climate, 33(14), 5905-5917. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0425.1
Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Luo, M., Ning, G., Xu, F., Wang, S., Liu, Z., & Yang, Y. (2020). Observed heatwave changes in arid northwest China: Physical mechanism and long-term trend. Atmospheric Research, 242, 105009. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105009
Impact Factor: 5.369 (2020)
Gao, T., Luo, M., Lau, N. C., & Chan, T. O. (2020). Spatially distinct effects of two El Niño types on summer heat extremes in China. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(6), e2020GL086982. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL086982
Gao, T., Zhang, Q., & Luo, M. (2020). Intensifying effects of El Niño events on winter precipitation extremes in southeastern China. Climate Dynamics, 54(1), 631-648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-05022-6
Lin, L., Gao, T., Luo, M., Ge, E., Yang, Y., Liu, Z., ... & Ning, G. (2020). Contribution of urbanization to the changes in extreme climate events in urban agglomerations across China. Science of The Total Environment, 744, 140264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140264
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Zeng, Z., Wang, Z., Gui, K., Yan, X., Gao, M., Luo, M., Geng, H., Liao, T., Li, X., An, J., Liu, H., He, C., Ning, G., & Yang, Y. (2020). Daily Global Solar Radiation in China Estimated From High‐Density Meteorological Observations: A Random Forest Model Framework. Earth and Space Science, 7(2), e2019EA001058. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA001058
Lui, Y. S., Tam, C. Y., Tse, L. K. S., Ng, K. K., Leung, W. N., & Cheung, C. C. (2020). Evaluation of a customized variable‐resolution global model and its application for high‐resolution weather forecasts in East Asia. Earth and Space Science, 7(7), e2020EA001228. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001228
Xu, K., Tam, C. Y., Liu, B., Chen, S., Yang, X., He, Z., ... & Wang, W. (2020). Attenuation of Central Pacific El Niño amplitude by North Pacific sea surface temperature anomalies. Journal of Climate, 33(15), 6673-6688. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0767.1
Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Xu, K., Miao, H. Y., Liu, B., Tam, C. Y., & Wang, W. (2020). Aggravation of record‐breaking drought over the mid‐to‐lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the post‐monsoon season of 2019 by anomalous Indo‐Pacific oceanic conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(24), e2020GL090847. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090847
Yang, Y., Zhang, M., Li, Q., Chen, B., Gao, Z., Ning, G., ... & Luo, M. (2020). Modulations of surface thermal environment and agricultural activity on intraseasonal variations of summer diurnal temperature range in the Yangtze River Delta of China. Science of The Total Environment, 736, 139445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139445
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Lin, L., Chan, T. O., Ge, E., Wang, X., Zhao, Y., Yang, Y., Ning, G.,... & Luo, M. (2020). Effects of urban land expansion on decreasing atmospheric moisture in Guangdong, South China. Urban Climate, 32, 100626. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100626
Impact Factor: 5.731 (2020)
Dong, S., Yang, S., Yan, X., Zhang, T., Feng, Y., & Hu, P. (2020). The most predictable patterns and prediction skills of subseasonal prediction of rainfall over the Indo-Pacific regions by the NCEP Climate Forecast System. Climate Dynamics, 54(5), 2759-2775. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05141-5
2019
Ye, K., & Lau, N. C. (2019). Characteristics of Eurasian snowmelt and its impacts on the land surface and surface climate. Climate Dynamics, 52(1), 1115-1138. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4180-9
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2019). Characteristics of summer heat stress in China during 1979-2014: climatology and long-term trends. Climate Dynamics, 53(9), 5375-5388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04871-5
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2019). Urban expansion and drying climate in an urban agglomeration of east China. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(12), 6868-6877. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082736
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2019). Amplifying effect of ENSO on heat waves in China. Climate Dynamics, 52(5), 3277-3289. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4322-0
Lin, L., Luo, M., Chan, T. O., Ge, E., Liu, X., Zhao, Y., & Liao, W. (2019). Effects of urbanization on winter wind chill conditions over China. Science of The Total Environment, 688, 389-397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.145
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Xu, F., & Luo, M. (2019). Changes of concurrent drought and heat extremes in the arid and semi‐arid regions of China during 1961-2014. Atmospheric Science Letters, 20(12), e947. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.947
Dong, N., Liu, Z., Luo, M., Fang, C., & Lin, H. (2019). The effects of anthropogenic land use changes on climate in China driven by global socioeconomic and emission scenarios. Earth's Future, 7(7), 784-804. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000932
Impact Factor: 7.50 (2020)
Lin, L., Ge, E., Chen, C., & Luo, M. (2019). Mild weather changes over China during 1971-2014: Climatology, trends, and interannual variability. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38845-8
Liu, Z., Ming, Y., Wang, L., Bollasina, M., Luo, M., Lau, N. C., & Yim, S. H. L. (2019). A model investigation of aerosol‐induced changes in the East Asian winter monsoon. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(16), 10186-10195. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084228
Song, Z., Chen, L., Wang, Y., Liu, X., Lin, L., & Luo, M. (2019). Effects of urbanization on the decrease in sunshine duration over eastern China. Urban Climate, 28, 100471. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2019.100471
Impact Factor: 5.731 (2020)
Wang, Y., Chen, L., Song, Z., Huang, Z., Ge, E., Lin, L., & Luo, M. (2019). Human-perceived temperature changes over South China: Long-term trends and urbanization effects. Atmospheric Research, 215, 116-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.09.006
Impact Factor: 5.369 (2020)
Lui, Y. S., Tam, C. Y., & Lau, N. C. (2019). Future changes in Asian summer monsoon precipitation extremes as inferred from 20-km AGCM simulations. Climate Dynamics, 52(3), 1443-1459. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4206-3
Lui, Y. S., Tam, C. Y., Au-Yeung, Y. M., & Lau, N. C. (2019). Role of cumulus parameterization on the seasonal and diurnal precipitation over Southeast Asia in RegCM4. Climate Dynamics, 52(11), 6357-6375. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4517-4
Sohn, S. J., Tam, C. Y., & Kug, J. S. (2019). How does ENSO diversity limit the skill of tropical Pacific precipitation forecasts in dynamical seasonal predictions?. Climate Dynamics, 53(9), 5815-5831. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04901-2
Wang, P., Tam, C. Y., & Xu, K. (2019). El Niño-East Asian monsoon teleconnection and its diversity in CMIP5 models. Climate Dynamics, 53(9), 6417-6435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04938-3
Xu, K., Huang, Q. L., Tam, C. Y., Wang, W., Chen, S., & Zhu, C. (2019). Roles of tropical SST patterns during two types of ENSO in modulating wintertime rainfall over southern China. Climate Dynamics, 52(1), 523-538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4170-y
Luo, M., Feng, J., Xu, Z., Wang, Y., & Dan, L. (2019). Evaluating the performance of five twentieth-century reanalysis datasets in reproducing the severe drought in northern China during the 1920s-1930s. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 137(1), 187-199. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2591-5
Zhang, T., Tam, C. Y., Jiang, X., Yang, S., Lau, N. C., Chen, J. & Laohalertchai, C. (2019). Roles of land-surface properties and terrains on Maritime Continent rainfall and its seasonal evolution. Climate Dynamics, 53, 6681-6697. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04951-6
Yang, S., Zhang, T., Li, Z., & Dong, S. (2019). Climate variability over the Maritime Continent and its role in global climate variation: A review. Journal of Meteorological Research, 33(6), 993-1015. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13351-019-9025-x
Jiang, X., Zhang, T., Tam, C. Y., Chen, J., Lau, N. C., Yang, S., & Wang, Z. (2019). Impacts of ENSO and IOD on snow depth over the Tibetan Plateau: Roles of convections over the western North Pacific and Indian Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 11961- 11975. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031384
2018
Li, X., Lau, N. C., & Lee, T. C. (2018). An observational study of the diurnal variation of precipitation over Hong Kong and the underlying processes. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57(6), 1385-1402. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0320.1
Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Wang, Z., Yang, S., Lau, N. C., & Duan, A. (2018). Teleconnection between summer NAO and East China rainfall variations: a bridge effect of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Climate, 31(16), 6433-6444. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0413.1
Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Li, J., Chen, Y. D., Gan, T. Y., & Lau, N. C. (2018). Elevated increases in human-perceived temperature under climate warming. Nature Climate Change, 8(1), 43-47. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0036-2
Impact Factor: 14.96 (2020)
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2018). Increasing heat stress in urban areas of eastern China: Acceleration by urbanization. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(23), 13-060. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL080306
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2018). Synoptic characteristics, atmospheric controls, and long-term changes of heat waves over the Indochina Peninsula. Climate Dynamics, 51(7), 2707-2723. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-4038-6
Lin, L., Chen, C., & Luo, M. (2018). Impacts of El Niño-Southern Oscillation on heat waves in the Indochina peninsula. Atmospheric Science Letters, 19(11), e856. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.856
Liao, W., Liu, X., Li, D., Luo, M., Wang, D., Wang, S., ... & Yang, X. (2018). Stronger contributions of urbanization to heat wave trends in wet climates. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(20), 11-310. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079679
Lin, L., Ge, E., Liu, X., Liao, W., & Luo, M. (2018). Urbanization effects on heat waves in Fujian Province, Southeast China. Atmospheric Research, 210, 123-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.04.011
Impact Factor: 5.369 (2020)
Ye, H., Huang, Z., Huang, L., Lin, L., & Luo, M. (2018). Effects of urbanization on increasing heat risks in South China. International Journal of Climatology, 38(15), 5551-5562. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5747
Au-Yeung, A. Y., & Tam, C. Y. (2018). Dispersion Characteristics and Circulation Associated with Boreal Summer Westward-Traveling Mixed Rossby-Gravity Wave-Like Disturbances. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 75(2), 513-533. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0245.1
Lee, R. W. K., Tam, C. Y., Sohn, S. J., & Ahn, J. B. (2018). Predictability of two types of El Niño and their climate impacts in boreal spring to summer in coupled models. Climate Dynamics, 51(11), 4555-4571. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-4039-5
Wang, L., Cheung, K. K., Tam, C. Y., Tai, A. P. K., & Li, Y. (2018). Evaluation of the regional climate model over the Loess Plateau of China. International Journal of Climatology, 38(1), 35-54. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5159
Liang, Y., Wang, Y., Yan, X., Liu, W., Jin, S., & Han, M. (2018). Projection of drought hazards in China during twenty-first century. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 133(1), 331-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-017-2189-3
2017
Lau, N. C. (2017). The pioneering works of Professor Duzheng Ye on atmospheric dispersion, Tibetan Plateau meteorology, and air-sea interaction.Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 34(10), 1137-1149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-017-6256-6
Lau, N. C. (2017). Heat Waves over East Asia: Model Simulation of Synoptic Characteristics and Projections for the 21st Century. In The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast (pp. 245-254). https://doi.org/10.1142/9789813200913_0019
Ye, K., & Lau, N. C. (2017). Influences of surface air temperature and atmospheric circulation on winter snow cover variability over Europe. International Journal of Climatology, 37(5), 2606-2619. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4868
Luo, M., & Lau, N. C. (2017). Heat waves in southern China: Synoptic behavior, long-term change, and urbanization effects. Journal of Climate, 30(2), 703-720. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0269.1
Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Luo, M., & Lin, L. (2017). Objective determination of the onset and withdrawal of the South China Sea summer monsoon. Atmospheric Science Letters, 18(6), 276-282. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.753
Xu, K., Tam, C. Y., Zhu, C., Liu, B., & Wang, W. (2017). CMIP5 projections of two types of El Niño and their related tropical precipitation in the twenty-first century. Journal of Climate, 30(3), 849-864. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0413.1
Impact Factor: 5.148 (2020)
Holst, C. C., Chan, J. C., & Tam, C. Y. (2017). Sensitivity of precipitation statistics to urban growth in a subtropical coastal megacity cluster. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 59, 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2017.01.004
Impact Factor: 5.565 (2020)
2016
Lau, N. C. (2016). 2015 Bernhard Haurwitz memorial lecture: model diagnosis of el Niño teleconnections to the global atmosphere-ocean system. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(6), 981-988. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00220.1
Impact Factor: 6.38 (2020)
Luo, M., Leung, Y., Graf, H. F., Herzog, M., & Zhang, W. (2016). Interannual variability of the onset of the South China Sea summer monsoon. International Journal of Climatology, 36(2), 550-562. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4364
Zhang, W., & Luo, M. (2016). A possible linkage of the western North Pacific summer monsoon with the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. Atmospheric Science Letters, 17(8), 437-445. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.676
Zhou, Y., Luo, M., & Leung, Y. (2016). On the detection of precipitation dependence on temperature. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(9), 4555-4565. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL068811
Ye, X., Zhang, W., & Luo, M. (2016). The North Pacific gyre oscillation and East Asian summer precipitation. Atmospheric Science Letters, 17(10), 531-537. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.688
Holst, C. C., Tam, C. Y., & Chan, J. C. (2016). Sensitivity of urban rainfall to anthropogenic heat flux: A numerical experiment. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(5), 2240-2248. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL067628
Sohn, S. J., Tam, C. Y., & Jeong, H. I. (2016). How do the strength and type of ENSO affect SST predictability in coupled models. Scientific Reports, 6(1), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33790
2022
Ouyang, X., Lee, S. Y., Lai, D. Y. F., & Marchand, C. (2022). Carbon Mineralization in Coastal Wetlands. Elsevier. (ISBN: 9780128192207)
Lee, S. Y., & Lee, C. Y. (2022). Macrofaunal consumption as a mineralization pathway. In Carbon Mineralization in Coastal Wetlands (pp. 133-165). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819220-7.00008-X
Ouyang, X., & Lee, S. Y. (2022). Decomposition of vascular plants and carbon mineralization in coastal wetlands. In Carbon Mineralization in Coastal Wetlands (pp. 25-54). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819220-7.00002-9
Chen, Z. L., & Lee, S. Y. (2022). Tidal flats as a significant carbon reservoir in global coastal ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 766.
Impact Factor: 10.834 (2020)
Ouyang, X., Duarte, C. M., Cheung, S. G., Tam, N. F. Y., Cannicci, S., Martin, C., ... & Lee, S. Y. (2022). Fate and Effects of Macro-and Microplastics in Coastal Wetlands. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(4), 2386-2397. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06732
Impact Factor: 9.028 (2020)
Buelow, C. A., Connolly, R. M., Turschwell, M. P., Adame, M. F., Ahmadia, G. N., Andradi-Brown, D. A., Bunting, P., Canty, S. W. J., Dunic, J. C., Friess, D. A., Lee, S. Y., ... & Brown, C. J. (2022). Ambitious global targets for mangrove and seagrass recovery. Current Biology, 32, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.013
Impact Factor: 10.834 (2020)
2021
Cannicci, S., Lee, S. Y., Bravo, H., Cantera-Kintz, J. R., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Fratini, S., ... & Diele, K. (2021). A functional analysis reveals extremely low redundancy in global mangrove invertebrate fauna. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(32). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2016913118
Impact Factor: 11.205 (2020)
Chen, Z., & Lee, S. Y. (2021). Contribution of Microplastics to Carbon Storage in Coastal Wetland Sediments. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8(12), 1045-1050. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00784
Impact Factor: 7.653 (2020)
Ouyang, X., Lee, S. Y., & Wang, W. (2021). The ‘Perfect’ Conversion: Dramatic Increase in CO2 Efflux from Shellfish Ponds and Mangrove Conversion in China. Sustainability, 13(23), 13163. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132313163
Chen, G., Gu, X., Lee, S. Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, W., & Wang, M. (2021). Human‐mediated dispersal redefines mangrove biogeography in the Anthropocene. Ecography, 44(12), 1845-1855. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05925
Impact Factor: 5.994 (2020)
Ouyang, X., Guo, F., & Lee, S. Y. (2021). The impact of super-typhoon Mangkhut on sediment nutrient density and fluxes in a mangrove forest in Hong Kong. Science of The Total Environment, 766, 142637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142637
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Ouyang, X., Lee, C. Y., & Lee, S. Y. (2021). Effects of food and feeding regime on CO2 fluxes from mangrove consumers – Do marine benthos breathe what they eat?. Marine Environmental Research, 169, 105352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105352
Brown, C. J., Adame, M. F., Buelow, C. A., Frassl, M. A., Lee, S. Y., Mackey, B., ... & Connolly, R. M. (2021). Opportunities for improving recognition of coastal wetlands in global ecosystem assessment frameworks. Ecological Indicators, 126, 107694. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107694
Zhang, Y., Xiao, L., Guan, D., Chen, Y., Motelica-Heino, M., Peng, Y., & Lee, S. Y. (2021). The role of mangrove fine root production and decomposition on soil organic carbon component ratios. Ecological Indicators, 125, 107525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107525
Then, A. Y. H., Adame, M. F., Fry, B., Chong, V. C., Riekenberg, P. M., Mohammad Zakaria, R., & Lee, S. Y. (2021). Stable isotopes clearly track mangrove inputs and food web changes along a reforestation gradient. Ecosystems, 24(4), 939-954. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-020-00561-0
He, Z., Sun, H., Yu, X., Yin, Z., Wu, M., Zhao, L., ... & Lee, S. Y. (2021). Monoculture or Mixed Culture? Relevance of Fine Root Dynamics to Carbon Sequestration Oriented Mangrove Afforestation and Restoration. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 763922. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.763922
Sievers, M., Brown, C. J., Buelow, C. A., Pearson, R. M., Turschwell, M. P., Adame, M. F., Griffiths, L., Holgate, B., Rayner, T. S., Tulloch, V. J. D., Chowdhury, M. R., zu Ermgassen, P. S. E., Lee, S. Y., ... & Connolly, R. M. (2021). Global typologies of coastal wetland status to inform conservation and management. Ecological Indicators, 131, 108141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108141
Yando, E. S., Sloey, T. M., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Rogers, K., Abuchahla, G. M., Cannicci, S., Canty, S. W. J., Jennerjahn, T. C., Ogurcak, D. E., Adams, J. B., Connolly, R. M., Diele, K., Lee, S. Y., ... & Friess, D. A. (2021). Conceptualizing ecosystem degradation using mangrove forests as a model system. Biological Conservation, 263, 109355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109355
Liu, S., Tang, D., Yan, H., Ning, G., Liu, C., & Yang, Y. (2021). Potential Associations between Low-Level Jets and Intraseasonal and Semi-Diurnal Variations in Coastal Chlorophyll-A over the Beibuwan Gulf, South China Sea. Remote Sensing, 13(6), 1194. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/13/6/1194
Tai, A. P. K., Ma, P. H. L., Chan, Y. C., Chow, M. K., Ridley, D. A., & Kok, J. F. (2021). Impacts of climate and land cover variability and trends on springtime East Asian dust emission over 1982–2010: A modeling study. Atmospheric Environment, 254, 118348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118348
Tai, A. P. K., Sadiq, M., Pang, J., Yung, D. H., & Feng, Z. (2021). Impacts of Surface Ozone Pollution on Global Crop Yields: Comparing Different Ozone Exposure Metrics and Incorporating Co-effects of CO2. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 5, 63. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.534616
Liu, X., Tai, A. P. K., Chen, Y., Zhang, L., Shaddick, G., Yan, X., & Lam, H. M. (2021). Dietary shifts can reduce premature deaths related to particulate matter pollution in China. Nature Food, 2(12), 997-1004. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00430-6
Liu, X., Tai, A. P. K., & Fung, K. M. (2021). Responses of surface ozone to future agricultural ammonia emissions and subsequent nitrogen deposition through terrestrial ecosystem changes, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(23), 17743-17758.https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-17743-2021
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
Lee, C. H. Y., Tang, A. M. C., Lai, D. Y. F., Tai, A. P. K., Leung, A. S. L., Tao, D. K. C., Leung, F., Leung, S. S. M., Wu, C., Tong, S. C. S., & Ng, K. T. K. (2021). Problems and management of Acacia-dominated urban forests on man-made slopes in a subtropical, high-density city. Forests, 12(3), 323. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12030323
Chong, M. L., Wong, Y. C., Woo, W. C., Tai, A. P. K., & Wong, W. K. (2021). Calibration of high-impact short-range quantitative precipitation forecast through frequency-matching techniques. Atmosphere, 12(2), 247. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12020247
2020
Ouyang, X., & Lee, S. Y. (2020). Improved estimates on global carbon stock and carbon pools in tidal wetlands. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14120-2
Impact Factor: 14.919 (2020)
He, Z., Sun, H., Peng, Y., Hu, Z., Cao, Y., & Lee, S. Y. (2020). Colonization by native species enhances the carbon storage capacity of exotic mangrove monocultures. Carbon Balance and Management, 15(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13021-020-00165-0
Leung, F., Pang, J., Tai, A. P. K., Lam, T., Tao, D. K., & Sharps, K. (2020). Evidence of ozone-induced visible foliar injury in Hong Kong using Phaseolus vulgaris as a bioindicator. Atmosphere, 11(3), 266. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11030266
Leung, F., Williams, K., Sitch, S., Tai, A. P. K., Wiltshire, A., Gornall, J., ... & Scoby, D. (2020). Calibrating soybean parameters in JULES 5.0 from the US-Ne2/3 FLUXNET sites and the SoyFACE-O 3 experiment. Geoscientific Model Development, 13(12), 6201-6213. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-6201-2020
Impact Factor: 6.135 (2020)
Liu, M., Zhan, H., Wan, L., Lin, Y., & Lin, H. (2020). Analyzing Mangrove Zonation Dynamics Using Time-Series High-Resolution Satellite Images. In IGARSS 2020-2020 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 6650-6653). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS39084.2020.9324575
Wan, L., Lin, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, F., Liu, M., & Lin, H. (2020). GF-5 Hyperspectral Data for Species Mapping of Mangrove in Mai Po, Hong Kong. Remote Sensing, 12(4), 656. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12040656
Pope, R. J., Arnold, S. R., Chipperfield, M. P., Reddington, C. L., Butt, E. W., Keslake, T. D., Feng, W., Latter, B. G., Kerridge, B. J., Siddans, R., Rizzo, L., Artaxo, P., Sadiq, M. & Tai, A. P. K. (2020). Substantial increases in Eastern Amazon and Cerrado biomass burning‐sourced tropospheric ozone. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(3), e2019GL084143. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084143
Feng, Z., Hu, T., Tai, A. P. K., & Calatayud, V. (2020). Yield and economic losses in maize caused by ambient ozone in the North China Plain (2014–2017). Science of the Total Environment, 722, 137958. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137958
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Wang, L., Tai, A. P. K., Tam, C. Y., Sadiq, M., Wang, P., & Cheung, K. K. (2020). Impacts of future land use and land cover change on mid-21st-century surface ozone air quality: distinguishing between the biogeophysical and biogeochemical effects. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20(19), 11349-11369. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-11349-2020
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
2019
Leung, F., Pang, J., Tai, A. P. K., Lam, T., Tao, D. K., & Sharps, K. (2019). Evidence of ozone-induced visible foliar injury in Hong Kong using Phaseolus vulgaris as an ozone bioindicator. Preprints, 2019120080. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201912.0080.v1
Qi, W., Liu, J., & Leung, F. (2019). A framework to quantify impacts of elevated CO2 concentration, global warming and leaf area changes on seasonal variations of water resources on a river basin scale. Journal of Hydrology, 570, 508-522. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.01.015
Impact Factor: 5.722 (2020)
Fleischer, K., Rammig, A., De Kauwe, M. G., Walker, A. P., Domingues, T. F., Fuchslueger, L., Garcia, S., Goll, D. S., Grandis, A., Jiang, M., Haverd, V., Hofhansl, F., Holm, J. A., Kruijt, B., Leung, F., ... & Lapola, D. M. (2019). Amazon forest response to CO2 fertilization dependent on plant phosphorus acquisition. Nature Geoscience, 12(9), 736-741. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0404-9
Impact Factor: 10.14 (2020)
Zhang, Y., Jiang, Y., Tai, A. P. K., Feng, J., Li, Z., Zhu, X., ... & Zhang, W. (2019). Contribution of rice variety renewal and agronomic innovations to yield improvement and greenhouse gas mitigation in China. Environmental Research Letters, 14(11), 114020. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab488d
Impact Factor: 6.793 (2020)
2018
He, Z., Peng, Y., Guan, D., Hu, Z., Chen, Y., & Lee, S. Y. (2018). Appearance can be deceptive: shrubby native mangrove species contributes more to soil carbon sequestration than fast-growing exotic species. Plant and Soil, 432(1), 425-436. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3821-4
Zhou, S. S., Tai, A. P. K., Sun, S., Sadiq, M., Heald, C. L., & Geddes, J. A. (2018). Coupling between surface ozone and leaf area index in a chemical transport model: strength of feedback and implications for ozone air quality and vegetation health. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(19), 14133-14148. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-14133-2018
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
2017
Tai, A. P. K., & Martin, M. V. (2017). Impacts of ozone air pollution and temperature extremes on crop yields: Spatial variability, adaptation and implications for future food security. Atmospheric Environment, 169, 11-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.09.002
2022
Li, Z., Ho, K. F., Dong, G, Lee, H. F. & Yim, S. H. L. (2022). A novel approach for assessing the spatiotemporal trend of health risk from ambient particulate matter components: Case of Hong Kong. Environmental Research, 204, 111866. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.111866
Impact Factor: 6.498 (2020)
He, Y., Liu, W., Lin, S., Li, Z., Qiu, H., Yim, S. H. L., Chuang, H. C., & Ho, K. F. (2022). Association of traffic air pollution with severity of obstructive sleep apnea in urban areas of Northern Taiwan: A cross-sectional study. Science of The Total Environment, 827, 154347. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154347
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Qiu, H., Chuang, K. J., Fan, Y. C., Chang, T. P., Bai, C. H., & Ho, K. F. (2022). Acute Effects of Ambient Non-Methane Hydrocarbons on Cardiorespiratory Hospitalizations: A Multicity Time-series Study in Taiwan. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 234, 113370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113370
Impact Factor: 6.291 (2020)
Qiu, H., Niu, X. Y., Cao, J. J., Xu, H. M., Xiao, S., Zhang, N. N., Xia, X., Shen, Z. X., Huang, Y., Lau, N. C., Yim, S. H. L. & Ho, K. F. (2022). Inflammatory and oxidative stress responses of healthy elders to solar-assisted large-scale cleaning system (SALSCS) and changes in ambient air pollution: A quasi-interventional study in Xi'an, China. Science of the Total Environment, 151217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151217
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
2021
He, Q., Wang, M., & Yim, S. H. L. (2021). The spatiotemporal relationship between PM2.5 and AOD in China: Influencing factors and Implications for satellite PM2.5 estimations by MAIAC AOD. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2021-143
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
Zhao, Y., Huang, B., Liu, D., & He, Q. (2021). A sparse representation-based fusion model for improving daily MODIS C6.1 aerosol products on a 3 km grid. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 42(3), 1077-1095. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2020.1823040
Wang, M., Huang, T., Wong, D. C., Ho, K. F., Dong, G., & Yim, S. H. L. (2021). A new approach for health-oriented ozone control strategy: Adjoint-based optimization of NOx emission reductions using metaheuristic algorithms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 312, 127533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127533
Impact Factor: 9.297 (2020)
Li, J., Tam, C. Y., Tai, A. P. K., & Lau, N. C. (2021). Vegetation-heatwave correlations and contrasting energy exchange responses of different vegetation types to summer heatwaves in the Northern Hemisphere during the 1982-2011 period. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 296, 108208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2020.108208
Impact Factor: 5.734 (2020)
Li, Z., Ho, K. F., Chuang, H. C., & Yim, S. H. L. (2021). Development and intercity transferability of land-use regression models for predicting ambient PM10, PM2.5, NO2 and O3 concentrations in northern Taiwan. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(6), 5063-5078. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5063-2021
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
Li, Z., Tong, X., Ho, J. M. W., Kwok, T. C., Dong, G., Ho, K. F., & Yim, S. H. L. (2021). A practical framework for predicting residential indoor PM2.5 concentration using land-use regression and machine learning methods. Chemosphere, 265, 129140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129140
Impact Factor: 7.086 (2020)
Lu, X., Sha, Y. H., Li, Z., Huang, Y., Chen, W., Chen, D., ... & Fung, J. C. (2021). Development and application of a hybrid long-short term memory - three dimensional variational technique for the improvement of PM2.5 forecasting. Science of The Total Environment, 770, 144221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144221
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Huang, Y., Lu, X., Fung, J. C., Sarwar, G., Li, Z., Li, Q., ... & Lau, A. K. (2021). Effect of bromine and iodine chemistry on tropospheric ozone over Asia-Pacific using the CMAQ model. Chemosphere, 262, 127595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127595
Impact Factor: 7.086 (2020)
Tian, H., Zhao, Y., Luo, M., He, Q., Han, Y., & Zeng, Z. (2021). Estimating PM2.5 from multisource data: A comparison of different machine learning models in the Pearl River Delta of China. Urban Climate, 35, 100740. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2020.100740
Impact Factor: 5.731 (2020)
Zeng, Z., Gui, K., Wang, Z., Luo, M., Geng, H., Ge, E., An, J., Song, X., Ning, G.,... & Liu, H. (2021). Estimating hourly surface PM2.5 concentrations across China from high-density meteorological observations by machine learning. Atmospheric Research, 254, 105516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105516
Impact Factor: 5.369 (2020)
Zhang, Y., Ning, G., Chen, S., & Yang, Y. (2021). Impact of Rapid Urban Sprawl on the Local Meteorological Observational Environment Based on Remote Sensing Images and GIS Technology. Remote Sensing, 13(13), 2624. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13132624
Qiu, H., Bai, C. H., Chuang, K. J., Fan, Y. C., Chang, T. P., Yim, S. H. L., & Ho, K. F. (2021). Association of cardiorespiratory hospital admissions with ambient volatile organic compounds: Evidence from a time-series study in Taipei, Taiwan. Chemosphere, 276, 130172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130172
Impact Factor: 7.086 (2020)
Qiu, H., Chuang, K. J., Bai, C. H., Fan, Y. C., Chang, T. P., Yim, S. H. L., ... & Ho, K. F. (2021). Association of ambient ozone with pneumonia hospital admissions in Hong Kong and Taipei: A tale of two Southeast Asian cities. Environment International, 156, 106634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106634
Impact Factor: 9.621 (2020)
Xia, X., Chan, K. H., Lam, K. B. H., Qiu, H., Li, Z., Yim, S. H. L., & Ho, K. F. (2021). Effectiveness of Indoor Air Purification Intervention in Improving Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Science of The Total Environment, 147882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147882
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Zong, L., Yang, Y., Gao, M., Wang, H., Wang, P., Zhang, H., Wang, L., Ning, G.,... & Gao, Z. (2021). Large-scale synoptic drivers of co-occurring summertime ozone and PM2.5 pollution in eastern China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(11), 9105-9124. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-9105-2021
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
Huang, T., Yang, Y., O’Connor, E. J., Lolli, S., Haywood, J., Osborne, M., ... & Yim, S. H. L. (2021). Influence of a weak typhoon on the vertical distribution of air pollution in Hong Kong: A perspective from a Doppler LiDAR network. Environmental Pollution, 276, 116534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116534
Impact Factor: 8.071 (2020)
Huang, T., Li, Y., Cheng, J. C., Haywood, J., Hon, K. K., Lam, D. H., ... & Yim, S. H. L. (2021). Assessing Transboundary‐local Aerosols Interaction over Complex Terrain Using a Doppler LiDAR Network. Geophysical Research Letters, e2021GL093238. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093238
2020
He, Q., Gu, Y., & Zhang, M. (2020). Spatiotemporal trends of PM2.5 concentrations in central China from 2003 to 2018 based on MAIAC-derived high-resolution data. Environment International, 137, 105536. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105536
Impact Factor: 9.621 (2020)
Li, Z., Ho, K. F., & Yim, S. H. L. (2020). Source apportionment of hourly-resolved ambient volatile organic compounds: Influence of temporal resolution. Science of The Total Environment, 725, 138243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138243
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Li, Z., Yim, S. H. L., & Ho, K. F. (2020). High temporal resolution prediction of street-level PM2.5 and NOx concentrations using machine learning approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 268, 121975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121975
Impact Factor: 9.297 (2020)
Ning, G., Yim, S. H. L., Yang, Y., Gu, Y., & Dong, G. (2020). Modulations of synoptic and climatic changes on ozone pollution and its health risks in mountain-basin areas. Atmospheric Environment, 240, 117808. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117808
Cao, B., Wang, X., Ning, G., Yuan, L., Jiang, M., Zhang, X., & Wang, S. (2020). Factors influencing the boundary layer height and their relationship with air quality in the Sichuan Basin, China. Science of the Total Environment, 727, 138584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138584
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Qiu, H., Xia, X., Man, C. L., Ko, F. W., Yim, S. H. L., Kwok, T. C., & Ho, K. F. (2020). Real-Time Monitoring of the Effects of Personal Temperature Exposure on the Blood Oxygen Saturation Level in Elderly People with and without Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Panel Study in Hong Kong. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(11), 6869-6877. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01799
Impact Factor: 9.028 (2020)
Qiu, H., Bai, C. H., Chuang, K. J., Fan, Y. C., Chang, T. P., Yim, S. H. L., & Ho, K. F. (2020). Association of ambient non-methane hydrocarbons exposure with respiratory hospitalizations: A time series study in Taipei, Taiwan. Science of The Total Environment, 729, 139010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139010
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Xia, X., Qiu, H., Kwok, T., Ko, F. W., Man, C. L., & Ho, K. F. (2020). Time course of blood oxygen saturation responding to short-term fine particulate matter among elderly healthy subjects and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Science of The Total Environment, 723, 138022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138022
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Liu, J., Hansen, A., Varghese, B., Liu, Z., Tong, M., Qiu, H., ... & Bi, P. (2020). Cause-specific mortality attributable to cold and hot ambient temperatures in Hong Kong: a time-series study, 2006-2016. Sustainable Cities and Society, 57, 102131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2020.102131
Impact Factor: 7.587 (2020)
Ran, J., Yang, A., Sun, S., Han, L., Li, J., Guo, F., Zhao, S., Yang, Y., Mason, T. G., Chan, K. P., Lee, R. S. Y., Qiu, H., & Tian, L. (2020). Long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and mortality from renal failure: A retrospective cohort study in Hong Kong, China. American Journal of Epidemiology, 189(6), 602-612. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwz282
Ran, J., Sun, S., Han, L., Zhao, S., Chen, D., Guo, F., Li, J., Qiu, H., … & Tian, L. (2020). Fine particulate matter and cause-specific mortality in the Hong Kong elder patients with chronic kidney disease. Chemosphere, 247, 125913. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.125913
Impact Factor: 7.086 (2020)
Wang, Y., Yim, S. H. L., Yang, Y., & Morin, C. W. (2020). The effect of urbanization and climate change on the mosquito population in the Pearl River Delta region of China. International Journal of Biometeorology, 64(3), 501-512. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-019-01837-4
Yang, Y., Zheng, Z., Yim, S. H. L., Roth, M., Ren, G., Gao, Z., Wang, T., Li, Q., Shi, C., Ning, G., & Li, Y. (2020). PM2.5 pollution modulates wintertime urban heat island intensity in the Beijing‐Tianjin‐Hebei Megalopolis, China. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(1), e2019GL084288. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL084288
Yang, Y., Fan, S., Wang, L., Gao, Z., Zhang, Y., Zou, H., Miao, S., Li, Y., Huang, M., Yim, S. H. L. & Lolli, S. (2020). Diurnal evolution of the wintertime boundary layer in urban Beijing, China: Insights from Doppler Lidar and a 325-m meteorological tower. Remote Sensing, 12(23), 3935. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12233935
Zhang, Y., Guo, J., Yang, Y., Wang, Y., & Yim, S. H. L. (2020). Vertical wind shear modulates particulate matter pollutions: A perspective from Radar wind profiler observations in Beijing, China. Remote Sensing, 12(3), 546. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12030546
Gu, Y., Zhang, W., Yang, Y., Wang, C., Streets, D. G., & Yim, S. H. L. (2020). Assessing outdoor air quality and public health impact attributable to residential black carbon emissions in rural China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 159, 104812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104812
Impact Factor: 10.204 (2020)
Shi, C., Nduka, I. C., Yang, Y., Huang, Y., Yao, R., Zhang, H., ... & Yim, S. H. L. (2020). Characteristics and meteorological mechanisms of transboundary air pollution in a persistent heavy PM2.5 pollution episode in Central-East China. Atmospheric Environment, 223, 117239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117239
Yim, S. H. L. (2020). Development of a 3D real-time atmospheric monitoring system (3DREAMS) using Doppler LiDARs and applications for long-term analysis and hot-and-polluted episodes. Remote Sensing, 12(6), 1036. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12061036
Huang, T., Yim, S. H. L., Yang, Y., Lee, O. S. M., Lam, D. H. Y., Cheng, J. C. H., & Guo, J. (2020). Observation of turbulent mixing characteristics in the typical daytime cloud-topped boundary layer over Hong Kong in 2019. Remote Sensing, 12(9), 1533. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091533
Wang, M. Y., Yim, S. H. L., Dong, G. H., Ho, K. F., & Wong, D. C. (2020). Mapping ozone source-receptor relationship and apportioning the health impact in the Pearl River Delta region using adjoint sensitivity analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 222, 117026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117026
Lv, Y., Guo, J., Yim, S. H. L., Yun, Y., Yin, J., Liu, L., Zhang, Y., Yang, Y., ... & Chen, D. (2020). Towards understanding multi-model precipitation predictions from CMIP5 based on China hourly merged precipitation analysis data. Atmospheric Research, 231, 104671. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104671
Impact Factor: 5.369 (2020)
2019
Chen, X. C., Ward, T. J., Cao, J. J., Lee, S. C., Lau, N. C., Yim, S. H. L., & Ho, K. F. (2019). Source identification of personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) among adult residents of Hong Kong. Atmospheric Environment, 218, 116999. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.116999
Chen, X. C., Jahn, H. J., Ward, T. J., Ho, H. C., Luo, M., Engling, G., & Kraemer, A. (2020). Characteristics and determinants of personal exposure to PM2.5 mass and components in adult subjects in the megacity of Guangzhou, China. Atmospheric Environment, 224, 117295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117295
Chen, X. C., Chow, J. C., Ward, T. J., Cao, J. J., Lee, S. C., Watson, J. G., Lau, N. C., Yim, S. H. L., & Ho, K. F. (2019). Estimation of personal exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) of ambient origin for healthy adults in Hong Kong. Science of The Total Environment, 654, 514-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.088
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Chen, X. C., Chuang, H. C., Ward, T. J., Tian, L., Cao, J. J., Ho, S. S. H., Lau, N. C., Hsiao, T. C., Yim, S. H. L., & Ho, K. F. (2020). Indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure to PM2.5 and their bioreactivity among healthy residents of Hong Kong. Environmental Research, 188, 109780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.109780
Impact Factor: 6.498 (2020)
Chen, X. C., Cao, J. J., Ward, T. J., Tian, L. W., Ning, Z., Gali, N. K., Aquilina, N. J., Yim, S. H. L., Qu, L. & Ho, K. F. (2020). Characteristics and toxicological effects of commuter exposure to black carbon and metal components of fine particles (PM2.5) in Hong Kong. Science of The Total Environment, 742, 140501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140501
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Tong, X., Chen, X. C., Chuang, H. C., Cao, J. J., Ho, S. S. H., Lui, K. H., & Ho, K. F. (2019). Characteristics and cytotoxicity of indoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and PM2.5-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Hong Kong. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health, 12(12), 1459-1468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-019-00762-0
Gu, Y., Wong, T. W., Law, C. K., Dong, G. H., Ho, K. F., Yang, Y., & Yim, S. H. L. (2018). Impacts of sectoral emissions in China and the implications: air quality, public health, crop production, and economic costs. Environmental Research Letters, 13(8), 084008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aad138
Impact Factor: 6.793 (2020)
Hou, X., Chan, C. K., Dong, G. H., & Yim, S. H. L. (2019). Impacts of transboundary air pollution and local emissions on PM2.5 pollution in the Pearl River Delta region of China and the public health, and the policy implications. Environmental Research Letters, 14(3), 034005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf493
Impact Factor: 6.793 (2020)
Ning, G., Yim, S. H. L., Wang, S., Duan, B., Nie, C., Yang, X., ... & Shang, K. (2019). Synergistic effects of synoptic weather patterns and topography on air quality: a case of the Sichuan Basin of China. Climate Dynamics, 53(11), 6729-6744. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-04954-3
Hu, Y., Wang, S., Yang, X., Kang, Y., Ning, G., & Du, H. (2019). Impact of winter droughts on air pollution over Southwest China. Science of The Total Environment, 664, 724-736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.335
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Wang, Y., Chan, A., Lau, N. C., Li, Q., Yang, Y., & Yim, S. H. L. (2019). Effects of urbanization and global climate change on regional climate in the Pearl River Delta and thermal comfort implications. International Journal of Climatology, 39(6), 2984-2997. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5996
Yang, Y., Yim, S. H. L., Haywood, J., Osborne, M., Chan, J. C., Zeng, Z., & Cheng, J. C. (2019). Characteristics of heavy particulate matter pollution events over Hong Kong and their relationships with vertical wind profiles using high‐time‐resolution Doppler Lidar Measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(16), 9609-9623. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031140
Yim, S. H. L., Gu, Y., Shapiro, M. A., & Stephens, B. (2019). Air quality and acid deposition impacts of local emissions and transboundary air pollution in Japan and South Korea. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(20), 13309-13323. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13309-2019
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
Yim, S. H. L., Hou, X., Guo, J., & Yang, Y. (2019). Contribution of local emissions and transboundary air pollution to air quality in Hong Kong during El Niño-Southern Oscillation and heatwaves. Atmospheric Research, 218, 50-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.10.021
Impact Factor: 5.369 (2020)
Yim, S. H. L., Wang, M., Gu, Y., Yang, Y., Dong, G., & Li, Q. (2019). Effect of urbanization on ozone and resultant health effects in the Pearl River Delta region of China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(21), 11568-11579. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030562
Wang, M. Y., Yim, S. H. L., Wong, D. C., & Ho, K. F. (2019). Source contributions of surface ozone in China using an adjoint sensitivity analysis. Science of The Total Environment, 662, 385-392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.116
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Wang, H., Li, J., Gao, Z., Yim, S. H. L., Shen, H., Ho, H. C., Li, Z., Zeng, Z., Liu, C., Li, Y., Ning, G. & Yang, Y. (2019). High-spatial-resolution population exposure to PM2.5 pollution based on multi-satellite retrievals: a case study of seasonal variation in the Yangtze River Delta, China in 2013. Remote Sensing, 11(23), 2724. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11232724
Guo, J., Xu, H., Liu, L., Chen, D., Peng, Y., Yim, S. H. L., Yang, Y., ... & Zhai, P. (2019). The trend reversal of dust aerosol over East Asia and the North Pacific Ocean attributed to large‐scale meteorology, deposition, and soil moisture. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(19), 10450-10466. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030654
Zeng, Z., Mao, F., Wang, Z., Guo, J., Gui, K., An, J., Yim, S. H. L., Yang, Y., ... & Jiang, H. (2019). Preliminary evaluation of the atmospheric infrared sounder water vapor over China against high‐resolution radiosonde measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(7), 3871-3888. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD029109
2018
Chen, X. C., Ward, T. J., Cao, J. J., Lee, S. C., Chow, J. C., Lau, N. C., Yim, S. H. L. & Ho, K. F. (2018). Determinants of personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in adult subjects in Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment, 628, 1165-1177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.049
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Fan, Z., Pun, V. C., Chen, X. C., Hong, Q., Tian, L., Ho, S. S. H., ... & Ho, K. F. (2018). Personal exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) and respiratory inflammation of common residents in Hong Kong. Environmental Research, 164, 24-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2018.02.009
Impact Factor: 6.498 (2020)
Luo, M., Hou, X., Gu, Y., Lau, N. C., & Yim, S. H. L. (2018). Trans-boundary air pollution in a city under various atmospheric conditions. Science of The Total Environment, 618, 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.001
Impact Factor: 7.963 (2020)
Ning, G., Wang, S., Yim, S. H. L., Li, J., Hu, Y., Shang, Z., ... & Wang, J. (2018). Impact of low-pressure systems on winter heavy air pollution in the northwest Sichuan Basin, China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(18), 13601-13615. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-13601-2018
Impact Factor: 6.133 (2020)
Yang, Y., Zheng, X., Gao, Z., Wang, H., Wang, T., Li, Y., Lau, N. C., & Yim, S. H. L. (2018). Long‐term trends of persistent synoptic circulation events in planetary boundary layer and their relationships with haze pollution in winter half year over eastern China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123(19), 10-991. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028982
Yu, L., Fu, Y., Yang, Y., Li, R., Qiu, X., & Cai, H. (2018). Assessment of longwave radiative effect of nighttime cirrus based on CloudSat and CALIPSO measurements and single-column radiative transfer simulations. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 221, 87-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2018.09.019
Liu, Z., Yim, S. H. L., Wang, C., & Lau, N. C. (2018). The impact of the aerosol direct radiative forcing on deep convection and air quality in the Pearl River Delta region. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(9), 4410-4418. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL077517
Tong, C. H. M., Yim, S. H. L., Rothenberg, D., Wang, C., Lin, C. Y., Chen, Y. D., & Lau, N. C. (2018). Projecting the impacts of atmospheric conditions under climate change on air quality over the Pearl River Delta region. Atmospheric Environment, 193, 79-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.08.053
Tong, C. H. M., Yim, S. H. L., Rothenberg, D., Wang, C., Lin, C. Y., Chen, Y. D., & Lau, N. C. (2018). Assessing the impacts of seasonal and vertical atmospheric conditions on air quality over the Pearl River Delta region. Atmospheric Environment, 180, 69-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.02.039
2017
Chen, X. C., Jahn, H. J., Engling, G., Ward, T. J., Kraemer, A., Ho, K. F., Yim, S. H. L. & Chan, C. Y. (2017). Chemical characterization and sources of personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the megacity of Guangzhou, China. Environmental Pollution, 231, 871-881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.08.062
Impact Factor: 8.071 (2020)
2016
Gu, Y., & Yim, S. H. L. (2016). The air quality and health impacts of domestic trans-boundary pollution in various regions of China. Environment International, 97, 117-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.08.004
Impact Factor: 9.621 (2020)