1. Mao, Yuna, Jiaxin Bai, Guocan Wu, Lin Xu, Changjian Yin, Fei Feng, Yanyi He, Zhengtai Zhang, and Kaicun Wang*(2024), Terrestrial evapotranspiration over China from 1982 to 2020: Consistency of multiple data sets and impact of input data. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2023JD039387.
2. Wu, Guocan, Pengfei Lv, Yuna Mao, and Kaicun Wang*(2024), ERA5 Precipitation over China: Better Relative Hourly and Daily Distribution than Absolute Values, Journal of Climate, 37(05): 1581-1596.
3. Feng, Fei, Xin Yang, Baoquan Jia, Xiaoting Li, Xianwen Li, Chengyang Xu*, and Kaicun Wang*(2024), Variability of urban green space and its driving factors in 328 cities in China, Science China Earth Sciences, 67(02): 466-482.
5. Yu, Kexing, and Kaicun Wang*(2024), Diurnal to decadal variability in land surface and air temperature gradient from 2002 to 2022 over the contiguous United States, Journal of Climate, 37(04): 1155-1180.
6. Fu, Kaiqi, and Kaicun Wang*(2023), Contributions of local land‒atmosphere coupling and mesoscale atmospheric circulation to the 2013 extreme flash drought and heatwave compound event over southwest China, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 128(21): e2023JD039406.
7. Zhang, Yan, Runze Li, and Kaicun Wang*(2023), Climatology and changes in internal intensity distributions of global precipitation systems over 2001-2020 based on IMERG, Journal of Hydrology, 620: 129386.
8. Zhang, Zhengtai, and Kaicun Wang*(2023), Homogenization of observed surface wind speed based on geostrophic wind theory over China from 1970 to 2017, Journal of Climate, 36(11): 3667-3679.
9. Zhang, Yan, and Kaicun Wang*(2023), Mapping the representativeness of precipitation measurements inMainland China, Environmental Research Letters, 18, 024019.
10. Zhang, Yan, and Kaicun Wang*(2023), Global precipitation system scale increased from 2001 to 2020, Journal of Hydrology, 616:128768.
13. Fu, Kaiqi, and Kaicun Wang*(2022),Quantifying flash droughts over China from 1980 to 2017,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 127(24): e2022JD037152.
14. Li, Runze, Dan Qi, Yan Zhang, Kaicun Wang*(2022), A new pixel-to-object method for evaluating the capability of the GPMIMERG product to quantify precipitation systems, Journal of Hydrology, 2022, 613: 128476.
15. Du, Jizeng, Kaiqi Fu, Baoshan Cui, Kaicun Wang*(2022), Anthropogenic Influenceson 2020 Extreme Dry–WetContrast over South China, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(3): S68-S74.
16. Ma, Qian, Kaicun Wang*, Yanyi He, Liangyuan Su, Qizhong Wu, Han Liu, and Youren Zhang (2022), Homogenized century-long surface incident solar radiation over Japan, Earth System Science Data, 14, 463-477.
17. Mao, Yuna, Guocan Wu, Guangzhi Xu, Kaicun Wang*(2022), Reduction in precipitation seasonality in China from 1960 to 2018, Journal of Climate, 35(1), 227-248.
18. Zhang, Zhengtai, and Kaicun Wang*(2021), Quantifying and adjusting the impact of urbanization on the observed surface wind speed over China from 1985 to 2017, Fundamental Research, 1(6), 785-791.
19. Wu, Guocan, Yun Li, Shun Qin, Yuna Mao, and Kaicun Wang*(2021), Precipitation Unevenness in Gauge Observations and Eight Reanalyses from 1979 to 2018 over China, Journal of Climate, 34(24), 9797–9810.
20. Zhao, Zhe, and Kaicun Wang*(2021), Capability of Existing Drought Indices in Reflecting Agricultural Drought in China, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 126(8): e2020JG006064.
21. Zhang, Xin, Kaicun Wang*, and Georgiy Kirillin (2021), An automatic method to detect lake ice phenology using MODIS daily temperature imagery, Remote Sensing, 13(14): 2711.
22. Zhang, Yan, and Kaicun Wang* (2021), Global precipitation system size, Environmental Research Letters, 16(5): 054005.
23. Wu, Guocan, and Kaicun Wang* (2021), Observed response of precipitation intensity to dew point temperature over the contiguous US, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 144: 1349–1362.
24. He, Yanyi, and Kaicun Wang*, and Fei Feng (2021), Improvement of ERA5 over ERA-Interim in simulating surface incident solar radiation throughout China, Journal of Climate, 34(10): 3853–3867.
25. Zhang, Zhengtai, and Kaicun Wang* (2021), The synoptic to decadal variability in the winter surface wind speed over China by the weather regime view, Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6): e2020GL091994.
26. Feng, Fei, and Kaicun Wang* (2021), Merging ground-based sunshine duration observations with satellite cloud and aerosol retrievals to produce high-resolution long-term surface solar radiation over China, Earth System Science Data, 13(3): 907-922.
27. Feng, Fei, and Kaicun Wang* (2021), Merging high-resolution satellite surface radiation data with meteorological sunshine duration observations over China from 1983 to 2017, Remote Sensing, 13(4): 602.
28. Li, Runze, Kaicun Wang*, and Dan Qi (2021), Event-Based Evaluation of the GPM Multi-satellite Merged Precipitation Product from 2014 to 2018 over China: Methods and Results, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 126(1): e2020JD033692.
29. Du, Jizeng, Kaicun Wang*, and Baoshan Cui (2021), Attribution of the extreme drought-related risk of wildfires in spring 2019 over Southwest China, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(1): S83-S90.
30. He, Yanyi, Kaicun Wang*, and Dan Qi (2021), Roles of anthropogenic forcing and natural variability in the record-breaking low sunshine event in January-February 2019 over the Middle-Lower Yangtze Plain, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(1): S75- S81.
31. Jiang, Shaojing, Kaicun Wang*, and Yuna Mao (2020), Rapid local urbanization around most meteorological stations explain the observed daily asymmetric warming rates across China from 1985 to 2017, Journal of Climate, 33(20): 9045–9061.
32. Du, Jizeng, Kaicun Wang*, Baoshan Cui, Shaojing Jiang,Correction of inhomogeneities in observed land surface temperatures over China, Journal of Climate, 33(20): 8885–8902.
33. He, Yanyi, and Kaicun Wang*(2020), Contrast patterns and trends of lapse rates calculated from near-surface air and land surface temperatures in China from 1961 to 2014, Science Bulletin, 65: 1217-1224.
34. He, Yanyi, and Kaicun Wang*(2020), Variability in direct and diffuse solar radiation across China From 1958 to 2017, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2019GL084570.
35. Zhang, Xin, Kaicun Wang* and Bertram Boehrer (2020), Variability in observed snow depth over China from 1960 to 2014, Internatonal Journal of Climatology, 40: 3161-3178.
36. An, Ning, Rachel Pinker, Kaicun Wang*, Eric Rogers, and Zhiyan Zuo (2020), Evaluation of Cloud Base Height in the North American Regional Reanalysis Using Ceilometer Observations, International Journal of Climatology, 40: 3161-3178.
37. Chen, Ziyue, Danlu Chen, Chuanfeng Zhao, Mei-po Kwan, Jun Cai, Yan Zhuang, Bo Zhao, Xiaoyan Wang, Bin Chen, Jing Yang, Ruiyuan Li, Bin He, Bingbo Gao, Kaicun Wang*, and Bing Xu* (2020), Influence of meteorological conditions on PM2.5 concentrations across China: A review of methodology and mechanism, Environmental International, 139: 105558.
38. Zhang, Zhengtai, and Kaicun Wang* (2020), Stilling and Recovery of the Surface Wind Speed Based on Observation, Reanalysis, and Geostrophic Wind Theory over China from 1960 to 2017, Journal of Climate, 33: 3989-4008.
39. Zhang, Xin, Kaicun Wang*, Marieke A. Frassl and Bertram Boehrer (2020), Reconstructing six decades of surface temperatures at a shallow lake, Water, 12: 405.
40. Du, Jizeng, Kaicun Wang*, Baoshan Cui, Shaojing Jiang, and Guochan Wu (2020), Attribution of the record-breaking consecutive dry days in winter 2017/18 in Beijing, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101: S95-S101.
41. Feng, Fei, and Kaicun Wang* (2019), Determining factors of monthly to decadal variability in surface solar radiation in China: evidences from current reanalyses, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 124, 9161–9182.
42. Zhang, Zhengtai, and Kaicun Wang*, Deliang Chen, Jianping Li, and Robert Dickinson (2019), Increase in surface friction dominates the observed surface wind speed decline during 1973-2014 in the Northern Hemisphere lands, Journal of Climate, 32, 7421-7435.
43. Jiang, Shaojing, Xuhui Lee, Jiankai Wang, and Kaicun Wang* (2019), Amplified urban heat islands during heat wave periods, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 124, 7797–7812.
44. Du, Jizeng, Kaicun Wang*, Shaojing Jiang, and Baoshan Cui (2019), Urban dry island effect mitigated urbanization effect on observed warming in China, Journal of Climate, 32, 5705-5723.
45. Feng, Fei, and Kaicun Wang* (2019), Does the MERRA-2 aerosol reanalysis introduce an improvement in the simulation of surface solar radiation over China?, International Journal of Climatology, 39(3):1305-1318.
46. Zhou, Chunlüe, Kaicun Wang*, Dan Qi, Jianguo Tan (2019), Attribution of a record-breaking heatwave event in summer 2017 over the Yangtze River Delta, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100, S97-S103.
47. Jiang, Shaojing, and Kaicun Wang* (2018), Exploring the holiday effect on air temperatures, Scientific Reports, 8:17943.
48. Li, Runze, Kaicun Wang*, and Dan Qi (2018), Validating the integrated multi-satellite retrievals for global precipitation measurement in terms of diurnal variability with hourly gauge observations collected at fifty thousand stations in China, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 123(18): 10,423-10,442.
49. Zhou, Chunlüe,Yanyi He, and Kaicun Wang*(2018), On the suitability of current atmospheric reanalyses for regional warming studies over China, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(11): 8113–8136.
50. He, Yanyi, Kaicun Wang*,ChunlüeZhou, and Martin Wild (2018), A Revisit of Global Dimming and Brightening Based on the Sunshine Duration, Geophysical Research Letters, 45(9): 4281-4289.
51. Du, Jizeng, Kaicun Wang*, Jiankai Wang, Shaojing Jiang, and ChunlüeZhou (2018), Diurnal Cycle of Surface Air Temperature within China in Current Reanalyses: Evaluation and Diagnostics, Journal of Climate, 31(11): 4585–4603.
52. Wang, Xiaoyan, Robert E. Dickinson, Liangyuan Su, Chunlüe Zhou,and Kaicun Wang* (2018), PM2.5 pollution in China and how it has been exacerbated by terrain and meteorological conditions, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,99(1): 105-119.
53. Feng, Fei, and Kaicun Wang* (2018), Merging satellite retrievals and reanalyses to produce global long-term and consistent surface incident solar radiation datasets, Remote Sensing, 10(1): 115.
54. Zhou, Chunlüe, Kaicun Wang*, and Dan Qi (2017),Attribution of the July 2016 extreme precipitation event over China’s Wuhan, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(12): S107-S112.
55. Zhou, Chunlüe, Kaicun Wang*, and Qian Ma (2017),Evaluation of eight current reanalyses in simulating land surface temperature from 1979 to 2003 in China, Journal of Climate, 30(18): 7379-7398.
56. Zhou, Chunlüe,and Kaicun Wang* (2017), Contrasting Daytime and Nighttime Precipitation Variability between Observations and Eight Reanalysis Products from 1979 to 2014 in China, Journal of Climate, 30: 6443-6464.
57. An, Ning, Kaicun Wang*, Chunlüe Zhou, and Rachel T. Pinker (2017), Observed Variability of Cloud Frequency and Cloud-Base Height within 3600m above the Surface over the Contiguous United States, Journal of Climate, 30: 3725-3742.
58. Zhou, Chunlüe,and Kaicun Wang* (2017), Quantifying the Sensitivity of Precipitation to the Long-Term Warming Trend and Interannual–Decadal Variation of Surface Air Temperature over China, Journal of Climate, 30: 3687-3703.
59. Du, Jizeng, Kaicun Wang *, J. Wang, and Q. Ma(2017),Contributions of surface solar radiation and precipitation to the spatiotemporal patterns of surface and air warming in China from 1960 to 2003, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17: 4931-4944.
60. Mao, Yuna, and Kaicun Wang * (2017), Comparison of evapotranspiration estimates based on the surface water balance, modified Penman-Monteith model, and reanalysis data sets for continental China, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 122: 3228–3244.
61. Wang*, Kaicun, S. Jiang, C. Zhou, and J. Wang (2017), Comparing the diurnal and seasonal variabilities of atmospheric and surface urban heat islandsbased on the Beijing urbanmeteorological network, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 122: 2131–2154.
62. Zhou, Chunlüe, andKaicun Wang *(2016), Land surface temperature over global deserts: Means, variability, and trends,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 121: 14,344–14,357.
63. Wang, Xiaoyan, and Kaicun Wang *, andL. Su(2016),Contribution of atmospheric diffusion conditions to the recent improvement in air quality in China, Scientific Reports, 6: 36404.
64. Mao, Yuna, Kaicun Wang *, C. Liu and X. Liu (2016), Water Storage in Reservoirs Built from 1997 to 2014 Significantly Altered the Calculated Evapotranspiration Trends over China, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 121(17): 10,097–10,112.
65. Zhou, Chunlüe, andKaicun Wang *(2016), Spatiotemporal Divergence of Warming Hiatus over Land Based on Mean Temperature of Different Definitions, Scientific Reports, 6: 31789
66. Wang, Xiaoyan, and Kaicun Wang * (2016), Homogenized Variability of Radiosonde-Derived Atmospheric Boundary Layer Height over the Global Land Surface from 1973 to 2014, Journal of Climate, 29(19): 6893-6908.
67. Guo, Li, and Kaicun Wang * (2016), Variability of Tornado Occurrence over the Continental United States since 1950, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 121(12): 6943–6953.
68. Zhou, Chunlüe, and Kaicun Wang * (2016), Coldest Temperature Extreme Monotonously Increased and Hottest Extreme Oscillated over Northern Hemisphere Land during Last 114 Years, Scientific Reports, 6: 25721.
69. Zhou, Chunlüe, andKaicun Wang * (2016), Evaluation of surface fluxes in ERA‐Interim using flux tower data, Journal of Climate, 29(4): 1573-1582
70. Guo, Li, N. An, and Kaicun Wang * (2016) Reconciling the Discrepancy in Ground- and Satellite-Observed Trends in the Spring Phenology of Winter Wheat in China from 1993 to 2008, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 121(3): 1027–1042
71. Li, Z., Kaicun Wang *, C. Zhou, and L. Wang (2016). Modelling the true monthly mean temperature from continuous measurements over global land, International Journal of Climatology, 36(4): 2103-2110
72. Zhou,Chunlüe, and Kaicun Wang * (2016), Biological and Environmental Controls on Evaporative Fractions at AmeriFlux Sites, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 55(1): 145-161.
73. Ma, Q., Kaicun Wang *, M. Wild (2015), Impact of geolocations of validation data on the evaluation of surface incident shortwave radiation from earth system models,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres,120 (14): 6825–6844.
74. Wang*, Kaicun, Q. Ma, Z. Li, and J. Wang (2015), Decadal Variability of Surface Incident Solar Radiation over China: Observations, Satellite Retrievals, and Reanalyses,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 120: 6500–6514.
75. Wang*, Kaicun, and Chunlüe Zhou (2015), Regional Contrasts of the Warming Rate over Land Significantly Depend on the Calculation Methods of Mean Air Temperature,Scientific Reports, 5: 12324.
76. An, N., and Kaicun Wang* (2015), A comparison of MODIS-derived cloud amount with surface observations at five SURFRAD sites,Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54 (5): 1009-1020.
77. Wang, L. and Kaicun Wang* (2015), Impacts of DEM uncertainty of estimated solar radiation and extracted river network, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96: 297-304.
78. Wang*, Kaicun (2014), Measurement biases explain discrepancies between observed and simulated decadal variability of surface incident solar radiation, Scientific Reports, 4: 6144.
79. Wang*, Kaicun, Q. Ma, X. Wang, and M. Wild (2014), Urban impacts on mean and trend of surface incident solar radiation, Geophysical Research Letters, 41(13): 4664–4668.
80. Wang, X., and Kaicun Wang* (2014), Estimation of atmospheric mixing layer height from radiosonde data, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 7: 1701–1709.
81. Ma, Q., Kaicun Wang*, and M. Wild (2014), Evaluations of atmospheric downward longwave radiation from 44 coupled general circulation models of CMIP5, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 119(8): 4486-4497.
82. Wang*, Kaicun (2014), Sampling biases in datasets of historical mean air temperature over land, Scientific Reports, 4: 4637.
83. Wang*, Kaicun, andR. E. Dickinson(2013),Global atmospheric downward longwave radiation at the surface from ground-based observations, satellite retrievals, and reanalyses,Reviews of Geophysics,51:150–185.
84. Wang*, Kaicun,and R. E. Dickinson (2013),Contribution of solar radiation to decadal temperature variability over land,Proceedings of National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 110(37): 14877–14882.
85. Wang*, Kaicun, R. E. Dickinson, Q. Ma, J. A. Augustine, and M. Wild (2013), Measurement methods affect the observed global dimming and brightening, Journal of Climate,26(12): 4112-4120.
86. Wang*, Kaicun, R. E. Dickinson, M. Wild, S. Liang (2012), Atmospheric impacts on climatic variability of surface incident solar radiation,Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,12(20): 9581-9592.
87. Wang*, Kaicun, R. E. Dickinson, L. Su, and K. E. Trenberth (2012), Contrasting trends of mass and optical properties of aerosols over the Northern Hemisphere from 1992 to 2011, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics,12(19): 9387-9398.
88. Wang*, Kaicun, R. E. Dickinson, and S. L. Liang (2012), Global atmospheric evaporative demand over and from 1973 to 2008,Journal of Climate,25(23): 8353-8361.
89. Wang*, Kaicun, and R. E. Dickinson (2012), A review of global terrestrial evapotranspiration: observation, modeling, climatology, and climatic variability, Reviews of Geophysics,50: RG2005.
90. Wang*, Kaicun, J. Augustine, and R. E. Dickinson (2012), Critical assessment of surface incident solar radiation observations collected by SURFRAD, USCRN and AmeriFlux networks from 1995 to 2011,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres,117: D23105.
91. Wang*, Kaicun,S. Liang, C. L. Schaaf, and A. H. Strahler (2010), Evaluation of moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer land surface visible and shortwave albedo products at FLUXNET sites,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 115: D17107.
92. Wang*, Kaicun, R. E. Dickinson, M. Wild, and S. Liang (2010), Evidence for decadal variation in global terrestrial evapotranspiration between 1982 and 2002: 1. method development, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 115: D20112.
93. Wang*, Kaicun, R. E. Dickinson, M. Wild, and S. Liang (2010), Evidence for decadal variation in global terrestrial evapotranspiration between 1982 and 2002: 2. Results,Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 115: D20113.
94. Wang*, Kaicun, R. E. Dickinson, and S. Liang (2009), Clear sky visibility has decreased over land globally from 1973 to 2007, Science, 323: 1468-1470.
95. Wang*, Kaicun,and S. Liang (2009), Estimation of daytime net radiation from shortwave radiation measurements and meteorological observations, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 48: 634-643.
96. Wang*, Kaicun,and S. Liang (2009), Evaluation of ASTER and MODIS land surface temperature and emissivity products using long-term surface longwave radiation observations at SURFRAD sites, Remote Sensing of Environment, 113: 1556-1565.
97. Wang*, Kaicun,andS. Liang (2009), Global atmospheric downward longwave radiation over land surface under all-sky conditions from 1973 to 2008, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 114: D19101.
98. Wang*, Kaicun,andS. Liang (2008), An improved method for estimating global evapotranspiration based on satellite determination of surface net radiation, vegetation index, temperature, and soil moisture, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9(4): 712-727.
99. Wang*, Kaicun,R. E. Dickinson, and S. Liang (2008), Observational evidence on the effects of clouds and aerosols on net ecosystem exchange and evapotranspiration, Geophysical Research Letters, 35: L10401.
100.Wang*, Kaicun, P. Wang, Z. Li, M. Cribb, and M. Sparrow (2007), A simple method to estimate actual evapotranspiration from a combination of net radiation, vegetation index, and temperature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 112: D15107.
101.Wang*, Kaicun, Z. Wan, P. Wang, J. Liu, and M. Sparrow (2007), Evaluation and improvement of the MODIS land surface temperature/emissivity products using ground-based measurements at a semi-desert site on the western Tibetan Plateau, International Journal of Remote Sensing,28: 2549-2565.
102.Wang*, Kaicun, J. Wang, P. Wang, M. Sparrow, J. Yang, and H. Chen (2007), Influences of urbanization on surface characteristics as derived from the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer: A case study for the Beijing metropolitan area, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 112: D22S06.
103.Wang*, Kaicun, Z. Li, and M. Cribb (2006), Estimation of evaporative fraction from a Combination of day and night land surface temperatures and NDVI: a new method to determine the Priestly-Taylor parameter, Remote Sensing of Environment, 102: 293-305.
104.Wang*, Kaicun, X. Zhou, J. Liu, and M. Sparrow (2005), Estimating surface solar radiation over complex terrain using moderate-resolution satellite sensor data, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 26(1): 47-58.
105.Wang*, Kaicun, Z. Wan, P. Wang, M. Sparrow, J. Liu, et al. (2005), Estimation of surface long wave radiation and broadband emissivity using moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) land surface temperature/emissivity products, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 110: D11109.
106.Wang*, Kaicun, P. Wang, J. Liu, M. Sparrow, S. Haginoya, et al. (2005), Variation of surface albedo and soil thermal parameters with soil moisture content at a semi-desert site on the western Tibetan Plateau, Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 116(1): 117-129.
107.Wang*, Kaicun, J. Liu, X. Zhou, M. Sparrow, M. Ma, et al. (2004), Validation of the MODIS global land surface albedo product using ground measurements in a semidesert region on the Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, 109: D05107.