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.

2022

2022 Esteemed Original Paper Prize

• Does CMIP6 Inspire More Confidence in Simulating Climate Extremes over China?

         Zhu, Huanhuan; Jiang, Zhihong; Li, Juan; Li, Wei; Sun, Cenxiao; Li, Laurent

        https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-9289-1

• Differences between CMIP6 and CMIP5 Models in Simulating Climate over China and the East Asian Monsoon  

         Jiang, Dabang; Hu, Dan; Tian, Zhiping; Lang, Xianmei

         https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-2034-y

• Recent Near-surface Temperature Trends in the Antarctic Peninsula from Observed, Reanalysis and Regional Climate Model Data  

         Bozkurt, Deniz; Bromwich, David H.; Carrasco, Jorge; Hines, Keith M.; Maureira, Juan               Carlos; Rondanelli, Roberto

         https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-9183-x

• Atmospheric River Signatures in Radiosonde Profiles and Reanalyses at the Dronning Maud Land Coast, East Antarctica 

        Gorodetskaya, Irina, V; Silva, Tiago; Schmithuesen, Holger; Hirasawa, Naohiko

        https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-9221-8

• Impacts of Urbanization on the Precipitation Characteristics in Guangdong Province, China

         Yan, Meng; Chan, Johnny C. L.; Zhao, Kun

         https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-9218-3

2022 Esteemed Perspective Paper Prize

• Reducing Uncertainties in Climate Projections with Emergent Constraints: Concepts, Examples and Prospects

         Brient, Florent

         https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-9140-8

2022 Esteemed News & Views Paper Prize

• Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019     

         Cheng, Lijing; Abraham, John; Zhu, Jiang; Trenberth, Kevin E.; Fasullo, John; Boyer, Tim;           Locarnini, Ricardo; Zhang, Bin; Yu, Fujiang; Wan, Liying; Chen, Xingrong; Song,                        Xiangzhou; Liu, Yulong; Mann, Michael E.

         https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-9283-7

• Advanced Radiative Transfer Modeling System (ARMS): A New-Generation Satellite Observation Operator Developed for Numerical Weather Prediction and Remote Sensing Applications   

         Weng, Fuzhong; Yu, Xinwen; Duan, Yihong; Yang, Jun; Wang, Jianjie

         https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-9170-2

2022 Esteemed Data Description Paper Prize

• LICOM Model Datasets for the CMIP6 Ocean Model Intercomparison Project

         Lin, Pengfei; Yu, Zhipeng; Liu, Hailong; Yu, Yongqiang; Li, Yiwen; Jiang, Jirong; Xue,                 Wei; Chen, Kangjun; Yang, Qian; Zhao, Bowen; Wei, Jilin; Ding, Mengrong; Sun,                       Zhikuo;  Wang, Yaqi; Meng, Yao; Zheng, Weipeng; Ma, Jinfeng

         https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-019-9208-5

• Homogenized Daily Relative Humidity Series in China during 1960-2017  

         Li, Zhen; Yan, Zhongwei; Zhu, Yani; Freychet, Nicolas; Tett, Simon

         https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-020-9180-0

2021

2021 Esteemed Original Paper Prize


ØPredictability of South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset


Gill M. MARTIN, Amulya CHEVUTURI, Ruth E. COMER, Nick J. DUNSTONE, Adam A. SCAIFE, Daquan ZHANG


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-018-8100-z


ØSeasonal Variations of Observed Raindrop Size Distribution in East China


Long WEN, Kun ZHAO, Mengyao WANG, Guifu ZHANG


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-018-8107-5


ØAnthropogenic Aerosol Pollution over the Eastern Slope of the Tibetan Plateau


Rui JIA, Min LUO, Yuzhi LIU, Qingzhe ZHU, Shan HUA, Chuqiao WU, Tianbin SHAO


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-019-8212-0


ØSimulated Influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Summer Eurasian Nonuniform Warming since the Mid-1990s


Xueqian SUN, Shuanglin LI, Xiaowei HONG, Riyu LU


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-019-8169-z



2021 Esteemed Review Paper Prize


ØCurrent Status and Future Challenges of Weather Radar Polarimetry: Bridging the Gap between Radar Meteorology/Hydrology/Engineering and Numerical Weather Prediction


Guifu ZHANG, Vivek N. MAHALE, Bryan J. PUTNAM, Youcun QI, Qing CAO, Andrew D. BYRD, Petar BUKOVCIC, Dusan S. ZRNIC, Jidong GAO, Ming XUE, Youngsun JUNG, Heather D. REEVES, Pamela L. HEINSELMAN, Alexander RYZHKOV, Robert D. PALMER, Pengfei ZHANG, Mark WEBER, Greg M. MCFARQUHAR, Berrien MOORE III, Yan ZHANG, Jian ZHANG, J. VIVEKANANDAN, Yasser AL-RASHID, Richard L. ICE, Daniel S. BERKOWITZ, Chong-chi TONG, Caleb FULTON, Richard J. DOVIAK


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-019-8172-4


ØLatest Progress of the Chinese Meteorological Satellite Program and Core Data Processing Technologies


Peng ZHANG, Qifeng LU, Xiuqing HU, Songyan GU, Lei YANG, Min MIN, Lin CHEN, Na XU, Ling Sun, Wenguang BAI, Gang MA, Di XIAN


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-019-8215-x


ØPathways of Influence of the Northern Hemisphere Mid-high Latitudes on East Asian Climate: A Review


Jianping LI, Fei ZHENG, Cheng SUN, Juan FENG, Jing WANG


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-019-8236-5


ØProgress in Semi-arid Climate Change Studies in China


Jianping HUANG, Jieru MA, Xiaodan GUAN, Yue LI, Yongli HE


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-018-8200-9



2021 Esteemed News & Views Paper Prize


Ø2018 Continues Record Global Ocean Warming


Lijing CHENG, Jiang ZHU, John ABRAHAM, Kevin E. TRENBERTH, John T. FASULLO, Bin ZHANG, Fujiang YU, Liying WAN, Xingrong CHEN, Xiangzhou SONG


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-019-8276-x



2021 Esteemed Data Description Paper Prize


CAS FGOALS-f3-L Model Datasets for CMIP6 Historical Atmospheric Model Intercomparison Project Simulation


Bian HE, Qing BAO*, Xiaocong WANG, Linjiong ZHOU, Xiaofei WU, Yimin LIU, Guoxiong WU, Kangjun CHEN, Sicheng HE, Wenting HU, Jiandong LI, Jinxiao LI, Guokui NIAN, Lei WANG, Jing YANG, Minghua ZHANG, Xiaoqi ZHANG


https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-019-9027-8

2020

2020 AAS Esteemed News&Views Paper Prize

First Global Carbon Dioxide Maps Produced from TanSat Measurements

Yang, Dongxu; Liu, Yi; Cai, Zhaonan; Chen, Xi; Yao, Lu; Lu, Daren
http://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-018-7312-6  

2020 AAS Esteemed Original Paper Prize

Teleconnection between sea ice in the Barents Sea in June and the Silk Road, Pacific-Japan and East Asian rainfall patterns in August

He, Shengping; Gao, Yongqi; Furevik, Tore; Wang, Huijun; Li, Fei
http://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-017-7029-y


ENSO Frequency Asymmetry and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation in Observations and 19 CMIP5 Models
Lin, Renping; Zheng, Fei; Dong, Xiao
http://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-017-7133-z


Seasonal Forecasts of the Summer 2016 Yangtze River Basin Rainfall
Bett, Philip E.; Scaife, Adam A.; Li, Chaofan; Hewitt, Chris; Golding, Nicola; Zhang, Peiqun; Dunstone, Nick; Smith, Doug M.; Thornton, Hazel E.; Lu, Riyu; Ren, Hong-Li
http://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-018-7210-y


Projected Changes in Temperature and Precipitation Extremes over China as Measured by 50-yr Return Values and Periods Based on a CMIP5 Ensemble
Xu, Ying; Gao, Xuejie; Giorgi, Filippo; Zhou, Botao; Shi, Ying; Wu, Jie; Zhang, Yongxiang
http://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-017-6269-1


Impacts of Anthropogenic Forcings and El Nio on Chinese Extreme Temperatures
Freychet, N.; Sparrow, S.; Tett, S. F. B.; Mineter, M. J.; Hegerl, G. C.; Wallom, D. C. H.
http://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-018-7258-8


Growth rates of fine aerosol particles at a site near Beijing in June 2013
Zhao, Chuanfeng; Li, Yanan; Zhang, Fang; Sun, Yele; Wang, Pucai

http://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-017-7069-3

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

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00376-012-2006-y