Since 2015, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) has been presenting annual Esteemed Paper Prize to the papers for their exceptional contribution to the development of the journal. These papers are selected based on their download statistics from SpringerLink and their ISI citations.
2019
2019 AAS Esteemed Review Paper Prize
Ø Relationship between Indian and East Asian summer rainfall variations
Wu, Renguang
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-016-6216-6
2019 Esteemed Original Paper Prize
Ø Increased Light, Moderate, and Severe Clear-Air Turbulence in Response to Climate Change
Williams, Paul
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-017-6268-2
Ø 2. Atmospheric circulation and dynamic mechanism for persistent haze events in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region
Wu, Ping; Ding, Yihui; Liu, Yanju
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-016-6158-z
Ø 3. Performance of RegCM4 over major river basins in China
Gao, Xuejie; Shi, Ying; Han, Zhenyu; Wang, Meili; Wu, Jia; Zhang, Dongfeng; Xu, Ying; Giorgi, Filippo
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-016-6179-7
Ø 4. Changes in Mean and Extreme Temperature and Precipitation over the Arid Region of Northwestern China: Observation and Projection
Wang, Yujie; Zhou, Botao; Qin, Dahe; Wu, Jia; Gao, Rong; Song, Lianchun
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-016-6160-5
2018
2018 AAS Esteemed Review Paper Prize
Ø Indo-western Pacific ocean capacitor and coherent climate anomalies in post-ENSO summer: A review
Shang-Ping Xie, Yu Kosaka, Yan Du, Kaiming Hu, Jasti S. Chowdary, Gang Huang
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-015-5192-6
Ø The reliability of global and hemispheric surface temperature records
Philip Jones
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-015-5194-4
2018 Esteemed Original Paper Prize
Ø Distinctive precursory air–sea signals between regular and super El Niños
Lin Chen, Tim Li, Swadhin K. Behera, Takeshi Doi
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-016-5250-8
Ø Abrupt summer warming and changes in temperature extremes over Northeast Asia since the mid-1990s: Drivers and physical processes
Buwen Dong, Rowan T. Sutton, Wei Chen, Xiaodong Liu, Riyu Lu, Ying Sun
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-016-5247-3
2018 Esteemed News&Views Prize
Ø Recent significant tornadoes in China
Ming Xue, Kun Zhao, Mingjung Wang, Zhaohui Li, Yongguang Zheng https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-016-6005-2
2017
2017 Esteemed Review Paper Prize
Ø Light-absorbing particles in snow and ice: Measurement and modeling of climatic and hydrological impact
Yun Qian, Teppei J. Yasunari Sarah J. Doherty, Mark G. Flanner, William K. M. Lau, Jing Ming, Hailong Wang, Mo Wang, Stephen G. Warren, Rudong Zhang
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-014-0010-0
Ø On the radiative properties of ice clouds: Light scattering, remote sensing, and radiation parameterization
Ping Yang, Kuo-Nan Liou, Lei Bi, Chao Liu, Bingqi Yi, Bryan A. Baum
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-014-0011-z
Ø Arctic sea ice and Eurasian climate: A review
Yongqi Gao, Jianqi Sun, Fei Li, Shengping He, Stein Sandven, Qing Yan, Zhongshi Zhang, Katja Lohmann, Noel Keenlyside, Tore Furevik, Lingling Suo
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-014-0009-6
2017 Esteemed Original Paper Prize
Ø Trends of extreme precipitation in eastern China and their possible causes
Run Liu, Shaw Chen Liu, Ralph J. Cicerone, Chein-Jung Shiu, Jun Li, Jingli Wang, Yuanhang Zhang
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-015-5002-1
Ø Future changes and uncertainties in temperature and precipitation over China based on CMIP5 models
Di Tian, Yan Guo, Wenjie Dong
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-014-4102-7
Ø The impact of AIRS atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles on hurricane forecasts: Ike (2008) and Irene (2011)
Jing Zheng, Jun Li, Timothy J. Schmit, Jinlong Li, Zhiquan Liu
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-014-3162-z
2016
2016 Esteemed Original Paper Prize
Ø Using Hourly Measurements to Explore the Role of Secondary Inorganic Aerosol in PM2.5 during Haze and Fog in Hangzhou, China
Roeland Cornelis JANSEN, SHI Yang, CHEN Jianmin, HU YunJie, XU Chang, HONG Shengmao, LI Jiao, ZHANG Min
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-014-4042-2
Ø 2. Assessment of Future Drought in Southwest China Based on CMIP5 Multimodel Projections
WANG Lin, CHEN Wen, ZHOU Wen
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-014-3223-3
Ø 3. Greenland Ice Sheet Contribution to Future Global Sea Level Rise based on CMIP5 Models
YAN Qing, WANG Huijun, Ola M. JOHANNESSEN, and ZHANG Zhongshi
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-013-3002-6
Ø 4. Decadal Variations of Intense Tropical Cyclones over the Western North Pacific during 1948–2010
ZHAO Haikun, WU Liguang, and WANG Ruifang
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-013-3011-5
2015
Ø The Flexible Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land system model, Spectral Version 2: FGOALS-s2
Qing Bao, Pengfei Lin, Tianjun Zhou, Yimin Liu, Yongqiang Yu, Guoxiong Wu, Bian He, Jie He, Lijuan Li, Jiandong Li, Yangchun Li, Hailong Liu, Fangli Qiao, Zhenya Song, Bin Wang, Jun Wang, Pengfei Wang, Xiaocong Wang, Zaizhi Wang, Bo Wu, Tongwen Wu, Yongfu Xu, Haiyang Yu, Wei Zhao, Weipeng Zheng, Linjiong Zhou
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-012-2113-9
Ø Enhancements of major aerosol components due to additional HONO sources in the North China Plain and implications for visibility and haze
Junling An, Ying Li, Yong Chen, Jian Li, Yu Qu, Yujia Tang
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-012-2016-9
Ø Poleward expansion of the Hadley Circulation in CMIP5 simulations
Yongyun Hu, Lijun Tao, and Jiping Liu
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-012-2187-4
Ø Revisiting the climatology of atmospheric blocking in the Northern Hemisphere
Ho Nam Cheung, Wen Zhou, Hing Yim Mok, Man Chi Wu, Yaping Shao