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

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