2023年，科睿唯安 “全球高被引科学家”

2022年，爱思唯尔“中国高被引学者”

2022年，科睿唯安 “全球高被引科学家”

2021年，爱思唯尔“中国高被引学者”

2021年，科睿唯安 “全球高被引科学家”

2020年，清华大学第十七届“良师益友”

2020年，爱思唯尔“中国高被引学者”

2013年，“国家杰出科学青年基金”获得者

主要成果包括：1. 发展了被广泛认可的太阳辐射估算模型，完成了全球长序列、高精度、高时空分辨率太阳辐射数据集；2. 完善了青藏高原水文气象观测网，开发了双通道卫星数据同化系统，发展了高原陆面过程参数化方案，显著提高了青藏高原区域气候模拟能力；3. 系统揭示了过去40年青藏高原能量和水循环的变化机理。发表论文300篇，被SCI引用15000余次，H指数66 (Web of Science). 主要发表论文如下：

Yang Kun; Chen Yingying; Lazhu: Cross-sectional rainfall observation on the central-western Tibetan Plateau in the warm season: System design and preliminary results. Science China Earth Sciences, 2023, 66(5): 1015–1030

Yang Kun; Tang Qiuhong; Lu Hui: Precipitation recycling ratio and water vapor sources on the Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences, 2022, 65: 584-588.

1. Yang Kun*; Chen Yingying; He Jie; Zhao Long; Lu Hui; Qin Jun; Zheng Donghai; Li Xin: Development of a daily soil moisture product for the period of 2002-2011 in Mainland China. Science China Earth Sciences, 2020, 63(8): 1113-1125.

2. Yang Kun*; Guyennon Nicolas; Ouyang Lin; Tian Lide; Tartari Gianni; Salerno Franco: Impact of summer monsoon on the elevation-dependence of meteorological variables in the south of central Himalaya. International Journal of Climatology, 2018, 38(4): 1748-1759.

3. Yang Kun*; Lu Hui; Yue Siyu; Zhang Guoqing; Lei Yanbin; La Zhu; Wang Wei: Quantifying recent precipitation change and predicting lake expansion in the Inner Tibetan Plateau. Climatic Change, 2018, 147(1-2): 149-163.

5. Yang Kun*; La Zhu; Chen Yingying; Zhao Long; Qin Jun; Lu Hui; Tang Wenjun; Han Menglei; Ding Baohong; Fang Nan: Land surface model calibration through microwave data assimilation for improving soil moisture simulations. Journal of Hydrology, 2016, 533: 266-276.

6. Yang Kun*; Wu Hui; Qin Jun; Lin Changgui; Tang Wenjun; Chen Yingying: Recent climate changes over the Tibetan Plateau and their impacts on energy and water cycle: A review. Global and Planetary Change, 2014, 112: 79-91.

7. Yang Kun*; Wu Hui; Chen Yingying; Qin Jun; Wang Lei: Toward a satellite-based observation of atmospheric heat source over land. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2014, 119(6): 3124-3133.

8. Yang Kun*; Qin Jun; Zhao Long; Chen Yingying; Tang Wenjun; Han Menglei; La Zhu; Chen Zhuoqi; Lu Ning; Ding Baohong; Wu Hui; Lin Changgui: A multiscale soil moisture and freeze-thaw monitoring network on the third pole. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2013, 94(12): 1907-1916.

9. Yang Kun*; Ding Baohong; Qin Jun; Tang Wenjun; Lu Ning; Lin Changgui: Can aerosol loading explain the solar dimming over the Tibetan Plateau?. Geophysical Research Letters, 2012, 39: L20710.

10. Yang Kun*; Ye Baisheng; Zhou Degang; Wu Bingyi; Foken Thomas; Qin Jun; Zhou Zhaoye: Response of hydrological cycle to recent climate changes in the Tibetan Plateau Climatic Change, 2011, 109(3-4): 517-534.

11. Yang Kun*; Guo Xiaofeng; He Jie; Qin Jun; Koike Toshio: On the Climatology and Trend of the Atmospheric Heat Source over the Tibetan Plateau: An Experiments-Supported Revisit. Journal of Climate, 2011, 24(5): 1525-1541.

12. Yang Kun*; Guo Xiaofeng; Wu Bingyi: Recent trends in surface sensible heat flux on the Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences, 2011, 54(1): 19-28.

13. Yang Kun*; He Jie; Tang Wenjun; Qin Jun; Cheng C. C. K.: On downward shortwave and longwave radiations over high altitude regions: Observation and modeling in the Tibetan Plateau. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2010, 150(1): 38-46.

14. 阳坤: 青藏高原——亚洲季风的发动机. 大自然, 2010, 2: 15-17.

15. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Kaihotsu Ichirow; Qin Jun: Validation of a Dual-Pass Microwave Land Data Assimilation System for Estimating Surface Soil Moisture in Semiarid Regions. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2009, 10(3): 780-793.

16. Yang Kun*; Qin Jun; Guo Xiaofeng; Zhou Degang; Ma Yaoming: Method Development for Estimating Sensible Heat Flux over the Tibetan Plateau from CMA Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2009, 48(12): 2474-2486.

17. Yang Kun*; Chen Yingying; Qin Jun: Some practical notes on the land surface modeling in the Tibetan Plateau. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2009, 13(5): 687-701.

18. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio: Satellite Monitoring of the Surface Water and Energy Budget in the Central Tibetan Plateau. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2008, 25(6): 974-985.

19. Yang Kun*; Pinker Rachel T.; Ma Yaoming; Koike Toshio; Wonsick Margaret M.; Cox Stephen J.; Zhang Yuanchong; Stackhouse Paul: Evaluation of satellite estimates of downward shortwave radiation over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2008, 113(D17): D17204.

20. Yang Kun*; Wang JieMin: A temperature prediction-correction method for estimating surface soil heat flux from soil temperature and moisture data. Science in China - Series D: Earth Sciences , 2008, 51(5): 721-729.

21. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Ishikawa Hirohiko; Kim Joon; Li Xin; Liu Huizhi; Liu Shaomin; Ma Yaoming; Wang Jieming: Turbulent flux transfer over bare-soil surfaces: Characteristics and parameterization. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2008, 47(1): 276-290.

22. Yang Kun*; Rasmy, Mohanmed, Rauniyar Surendra; Koike Toshio; Taniguti Kenji, Tamagawa Katsunori, Koudelova Petra; Kitsuregawa Masaru, Nemoto Toshihiro; Yasukawa Masaki, Bosilovich Michael; Williams Steve: Initial CEOP-based review of the prediction skill of operational general circulation models and land surface models. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2007, 85A: 99-116.

23. Yang Kun; Watanabe Takahiro; Koike Toshio*; Li Xin; Fuji Hideyuki; Tamagawa Katsunori; Ma Yaoming; Ishikawa Hirohiko: Auto-calibration system developed to assimilate AMSR-E data into a land surface model for estimating soil moisture and the surface energy budget. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2007, 85A: 229-242.

24. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Stackhouse Paul; Mikovitz Colleen; Cox Stephen J.: An assessment of satellite surface radiation products for highlands with Tibet instrumental data. Geophysical Research Letters, 2006, 33(22): L22403.

25. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Ye Baisheng: Improving estimation of hourly, daily, and monthly solar radiation by importing global data sets. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2006, 137(1-2): 43-55.

27. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio: A general model to estimate hourly and daily solar radiation for hydrological studies. Water Resources Research, 2005, 41(10): W10403.

28. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Ye Baisheng; Bastidas Luis: Inverse analysis of the role of soil vertical heterogeneity in controlling surface soil state and energy partition. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2005, 110(D8): D08101.

29. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Fujii Hideyuki; Tamura Taro; Xu Xiangde; Bian Lingen; Zhou Mingyu: The daytime evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer and convection over the Tibetan Plateau: Observations and simulations. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2004, 82(6): 1777-1792.

30. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Ishikawa Hirohiko; Ma Yaoming: Analysis of the surface energy budget at a site of GAME/Tibet using a single-source model. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2004, 82(1): 131-153.

31. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Yang Dawen: Surface flux parameterization in the Tibetan Plateau. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2003, 106(2): 245-262.

32. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Fujii Hedeyuki; Tamagawa Katsunori; Hirose Nozomi: Improvement of surface flux parametrizations with a turbulence-related length. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2002, 128(584): 2073-2087.

33. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio: Estimating surface solar radiation from upper-air humidity. Solar Energy, 2002, 72(2): 177-186.

34. Yang Kun*; Huang Guangwei; Tamai Nobuyuki: A hybrid model for estimating global solar radiation. Solar Energy, 2001, 70(1): 13-22.

35. Yang Kun*; Tamai Nobuyuki; Huang Huangwei: Analytical solution of surface layer similarity equations. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 2001, 40(9): 1647-1653.

36. Yang Kun*; Hong Yiping; Zhou Xueyi; Li Yuliang: Study on anisotropic buoyant turbulence model. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (English Edition), 2000, 21(1): 43-48.

37. 周雪漪*; 阳坤; 李玉梁; 陈永灿: 各向异性湍浮力模型在潮流底部排放计算中的应用. 清华大学学报(自然科学版), 1998, 3

38. Lin, Changgui*; Yang, Kun; Chen, Deliang*; Guyennon, Nicolas; Balestrini, Raffaella; Yang, Xiaoxin; Acharya, Sunil; Ou, Tinghai; Yao, Tandong; Tartari, Gianni; Salerno, Franco: Summer afternoon precipitation associated with wind convergence near the Himalayan glacier fronts. Atmospheric Research, 2021, 259: 105658.

39. Jiang, Yaozhi; Yang, Kun*; Shao, Changkun; Zhou, Xu; Zhao, Long; Chen, Yingying; Wu, Hui: A downscaling approach for constructing high-resolution precipitation dataset over the Tibetan Plateau from ERA5 reanalysis. Atmospheric Research, 2021, 256: 105574.

40. Yue, Siyu; Wang, Bin; Yang, Kun*; Xie, Zhiling; Lu, Hui; He, Jie: Mechanisms of the decadal variability of monsoon rainfall in the southern Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters, 2021, 16(1): 014011.

41. Ouyang L.; Lu H.*; Yang K.; Leung L.R.; Wang Y.; Zhao L.; Zhou X.; Lazhu; Chen Y.; Jiang Y.; Yao X.: Characterizing Uncertainties in Ground “Truth” of Precipitation Over Complex Terrain Through High-Resolution Numerical Modeling. Geophysical Research Letters, 2021, 48(10): e2020GL091950.

42. Lei Y.*; Yao T.; Yang K.; Lazhu; Ma Y.; Bird B.W.: Contrasting hydrological and thermal intensities determine seasonal lake-level variations - A case study at Paiku Co on the southern Tibetan Plateau. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2021, 25(6): 3163-3177.

43. Guo D.*; Pepin N.; Yang K.; Sun J.; Li D.: Local changes in snow depth dominate the evolving pattern of elevation-dependent warming on the Tibetan Plateau. Science Bulletin, 2021, 66(11): 1146-1150.

44. Li Y.; Lu H.*; Yang K.; Wang W.; Tang Q.; Khem S.; Yang F.; Huang Y.: Meteorological and hydrological droughts in Mekong River Basin and surrounding areas under climate change. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies , 2021, 36: 100873.

45. Yao P.; Lu H.*; Shi J.; Zhao T.; Yang K.; Cosh M.H.; Gianotti D.J.S.; Entekhabi D.: A long term global daily soil moisture dataset derived from AMSR-E and AMSR2 (2002–2019). Scientific Data, 2021, 8: 143.

46. Tang W.*; Qin J.; Yang K.; Zhu F.; Zhou X.: Does ERA5 outperform satellite products in estimating atmospheric downward longwave radiation at the surface?. Atmospheric Research, 2021, 252: 105453.

47. Zhou, Xu; Yang, Kun*; Ouyang, Lin; Wang, Yan; Jiang, Yaozhi; Li, Xin; Chen, Deliang; Prein, Andreas: Added value of kilometer-scale modeling over the third pole region: a CORDEX-CPTP pilot study. Climate Dynamics, 2021.

48. Tang, Wenjun*; Yang, Kun; Qin, Jun; Li, Jun; Ye, Jiangang: How accurate are satellite-derived surface solar radiation products over tropical oceans?. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 2021, 38(2): 283-291.

49. Ren, Yanghang; Yang, Kun*; Wang, Han; Zhao, Long; Chen, Yingying; Zhou, Xu; La, Zhu: The South Asia Monsoon Break Promotes Grass Growth on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 2021, 126(3): e2020JG005951.

50. Yao, Xiangnan; Yang, Kun*; Zhou, Xu; Wang, Yan; Lazhu; Chen, Yingying; Lu, Hui: Surface friction contrast between water body and land enhances precipitation downwind of a large lake in Tibet. Climate Dynamics, 2021, 56(7-8): 2113-2126.

51. Lu, Hui*; Zheng, Donghai; Yang, Kun; Yang, Fan: Last-decade progress in understanding and modeling the land surface processes on the Tibetan Plateau. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2020, 24(12): 5745-5758.

52. Sun, Jing; Yang, Kun*; Guo, Weidong; Wang, Yan; He, Jie; Lu, Hui: Why Has the Inner Tibetan Plateau Become Wetter since the Mid-1990s?. Journal of Climate, 2020, 33(19): 8507-8522.

53. Li Duo; Yang Kun*; Tang Wenjun; Li Xin; Zhou Xu; Guo Donglin: Characterizing precipitation in high altitudes of the western Tibetan plateau with a focus on major glacier areas. International Journal of Climatology, 2020, 40(12): 5114-5127.

54. Zhang, Guoqing*; Yao, Tandong; Xie, Hongjie; Yang, Kun; Zhu, Liping; Shum, C. K.; Bolch, Tobias; Yi, Shuang; Allen, Simon; Jiang, Liguang; Chen, Wenfeng; Ke, Changqing: Response of Tibetan Plateau lakes to climate change: Trends, patterns, and mechanisms. Earth-Science Reviews, 2020, 208: 103269.

55. Ma Run; Letu Husi*; Yang Kun; Wang Tianxing; Shi Chong; Xu Jian; Shi Jiancheng; Shi Chunxiang; Chen Liangfu: Estimation of Surface Shortwave Radiation From Himawari-8 Satellite Data Based on a Combination of Radiative Transfer and Deep Neural Network. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2020, 58(8): 5304-5316.

56. Yue Siyu; Yang Kun*; Lu Hui; Chen Yingying Chen; Sharma Shankar; Yang Xiaoxin; Shrestha Madan L.: Distinct temperature changes between north and south sides of central-eastern Himalayas since 1970s. International Journal of Climatology, 2020, 40(9): 4300-4308.

57. Luo, Qi; Yang, Kun*; Chen, Yingying; Zhou, Xu: Method development for estimating soil organic carbon content in an alpine region using soil moisture data. Science China Earth Sciences, 2020, 63(4): 591-601.

58. Wang Wenli; Yang Kun*; Zhao Long; Zheng Zhiyan; Lu Hui; Mamtimin Ali; Ding Baohong; Li Xin; Zhao Lin; Li Hongyi; Che Tao; Moore John C.: Characterizing Surface Albedo of Shallow Fresh Snow and Its Importance for Snow Ablation on the Interior of the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2020, 21(4): 815-827.

59. Kebede Mulugeta Genanu; Wang Lei*; Yang Kun; Chen Deliang; Li Xiuping; Zeng Tian; Hu Zhidan: Discharge Estimates for Ungauged Rivers Flowing over Complex High-Mountainous Regions based Solely on Remote Sensing-Derived Datasets. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12(7): 1064.

60. Ouyang Lin; Yang Kun; Lu Hui*; Chen Yingying; Lazhu; Zhou Xu; Wang Yan: Ground-Based Observations Reveal Unique Valley Precipitation Patterns in the Central Himalaya

61. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2020, 125(e2019JD031502): e2019JD031502.

62. Letu, Husi*; Yang, Kun; Nakajima, Takashi Y.; Ishimoto, Hiroshi; Nagao, Takashi M.; Riedi, Jerome; Baran, Anthony J.; Ma, Run; Wang, Tianxing; Shang, Huazhe; Khatri, Pradeep; Chen, Liangfu; Shi, Chunxiang; Shi, Jiancheng: High-resolution retrieval of cloud microphysical properties and surface solar radiation using Himawari-8/AHI next-generation geostationary satellite. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020, 239: 111583.

63. Guo Donglin*; Sun Jianqi; Yang Kun; Pepin Nick; Xu Yongming; Xu Zhiqing; Wang Huijun: Satellite data reveal southwestern Tibetan plateau cooling since 2001 due to snow-albedo feedback. International Journal of Climatology, 2020, 40(3): 1644-1655.

64. Fu Yunfei; Ma Yaoming*; Zhong Lei; Yang Yuanjian; Guo Xueliang; Wang Chenghai; Xu Xiaofeng; Yang Kun; Xu Xiangde; Liu Liping; Fan Guangzhou; Li Yueqing; Wang Donghai: Land-surface processes and summer-cloud-precipitation characteristics in the Tibetan Plateau and their effects on downstream weather: a review and perspective. National Science Review, 2020, 7: 500-515.

65. Wang Yan; Yang Kun*; Zhou Xu; Chen Deliang; Lu Hui; Ouyang Lin; Chen Yingying; La Zhu; Wang Binbin: Synergy of orographic drag parameterization and high resolution greatly reduces biases of WRF-simulated precipitation in central Himalaya. Climate Dynamics, 2020, 54(3-4): 1729-1740.

66. He, Jie; Yang, Kun*; Tang, Wenjun; Lu, Hui; Qin, Jun; Chen, Yingying; Li, Xin: The first high-resolution meteorological forcing dataset for land process studies over China. Scientific Data, 2020, 7(1).

67. 邹宓君; 邵长坤; 阳坤*: 1979-2018年西藏自治区气候与冰川冻土变化及其对可再生能源的潜在影响. 大气科学学报, 2020, 43(6): 980-991.

68. Tang Wenjun*; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Li Xin; Niu Xiaolei: A 16-year dataset (2000-2015) of high-resolution (3 h, 10 km) global surface solar radiation. Earth System Science Data, 2019, 11(4): 1905-1915.

69. Tang Wenjun*; Li Jun; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Zhang Guoqing; Wang Yang: Dependence of remote sensing accuracy of global horizontal irradiance at different scales on satellite sampling frequency. Solar Energy, 2019, 193: 597–603.

70. Guo, Donglin*; Sun, Jianqi; Yang, Kun; Pepin, Nick; Xu, Yongming: Revisiting Recent Elevation-Dependent Warming on the Tibetan Plateau Using Satellite-Based Data Sets. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2019, 124(15): 8511-8521.

71. Zhou Xu; Yang Kun*; Beljaars Anton; Li Huidong; Lin Changgui; Huang Bo; Wang Yan: Dynamical impact of parameterized turbulent orographic form drag on the simulation of winter precipitation over the western Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics, 2019, 53(1-2): 707-720.

72. Wang Yan; Yang Kun*; Zhou Xu; Wang Binbin; Chen Deliang; Lu Hui; Lin Changgui; Zhang Fuqing: The Formation of a Dry-Belt in the North Side of Central Himalaya Mountains. Geophysical Research Letters, 2019, 46(5): 2993-3000.

73. Lin Changgui; Chen Deliang; Yang Kun; Ou Tinghai: Impact of model resolution on simulating the water vapor transport through the central Himalayas: implication for models' wet bias over the Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics, 2018, 51(9-10): 3195-3207.

74. Lei Yanbin; Yao Tandong; Yang Kun; Bird Broxton W.; Tian Lide; Zhang Xiaowen; Wang Weicai; Xiang Yang; Dai Yufeng; Lazhua; Zhou Jing; Wang Lei: An integrated investigation of lake storage and water level changes in the Paiku Co basin, central Himalayas. Journal of Hydrology, 2018, 562: 599-608.

75. Xu Chao; Ma Yaoming; Yang Kun; You Chao: Tibetan Plateau Impacts on Global Dust Transport in the Upper Troposphere. Journal of Climate, 2018, 31(12): 4745-4756.

76. Zhou Xu; Yang Kun; Wang Yan: Implementation of a turbulent orographic form drag scheme in WRF and its application to the Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics, 2018, 50(7-8): 2443-2455.

77. Tang Wenjun; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Min Min; Niu Xiaolei: First Effort for Constructing a Direct Solar Radiation Data Set in China for Solar Energy Applications. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2018, 123(3): 1724-1734.

78. Zhou Yanzhao; Li Xin; Yang Kun; Zhou Jian: Assessing the impacts of an ecological water diversion project on water consumption through high-resolution estimations of actual evapotranspiration in the downstream regions of the Heihe River Basin, China. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2018, 249: 210-227.

79. 刘田; 阳坤*; 秦军; 田富强: 青藏高原中、东部气象站降水资料时间序列的构建与应用. 高原气象, 2018, 37(6): 1449-1457.

80. Yang Fan; Lu Hui; Yang Kun; He Jie; Wang Wei; Wright Jonathon S.; Li Chengwei; Han Menglei; Li Yishan: Evaluation of multiple forcing data sets for precipitation and shortwave radiation over major land areas of China. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2017, 21(11): 5805-5821.

81. Lei Yanbin; Yang Kun: The cause of rapid lake expansion in the Tibetan Plateau: climate wetting or warming?. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water, 2017, 4(6): e1236.

82. Wang Yan; Yang Kun*; Pan Zhengyang; Qin Jun; Chen Deliang; Lin Changgui; Chen Yingying; La Zhu; Tang Wenjun; Han Menglei; Lu Ning; Wu Hui: Evaluation of Precipitable Water Vapor from Four Satellite Products and Four Reanalysis Datasets against GPS Measurements on the Southern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Climate, 2017, 30(15): 5699-5713.

83. Chen Yingying; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Qian Cui; Lu Hui; La Zhu; Han Menglei; Tang Wenjun: Evaluation of SMAP, SMOS, and AMSR2 soil moisture retrievals against observations from two networks on the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2017, 122(11): 5780-5792.

84. Tang Wenjun*; Qin Jun; Yang Kun; Niu Xiaolei; Min Min; Liang Shunlin: An efficient algorithm for calculating photosynthetically active radiation with MODIS products. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2017, 194: 146-154.

85. Wang Lei*; Zhou Jing; Qi Jia; Sun Litao; Yang Kun; Tian Lide; Lin Yanluan; Liu Wenbin; Shrestha Maheswor; Xue Yongkang; Koike Toshio; Ma Yaoming; Li Xiuping; Chen Yingying; Chen Deliang; Piao Shilong; Lu Hui: Development of a land surface model with coupled snow and frozen soil physics. Water Resources Research, 2017, 53(6): 5085-5103.

86. Tang Wenjun*; Yang Kun; Sun Zhian; Qin Jun; Niu Xiaolei: Global Performance of a Fast Parameterization Scheme for Estimating Surface Solar Radiation From MODIS Data. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2017, 55(6): 3558-3571.

87. Ding Baohong; Yang Kun*; Yang Wei; He Xiaobo; Chen Yingying; La Zhu; Guo Xiaofeng; Wang Lei; Wu Hui; Yao Tandong: Development of a Water and Enthalpy Budget-based Glacier mass balance Model (WEB-GM) and its preliminary validation. Water Resources Research, 2017, 53(4): 3146-3178.

88. Tang Wenjun; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Niu Xiaolei; Lin Changgui; Jing Xianwen: A revisit to decadal change of aerosol optical depth and its impact on global radiation over China. Atmospheric Environment, 2017, 150: 106-115.

89. Lei Yanbin*; Yao Tandong; Yang Kun; Sheng Yongwei; Kleinherenbrink Marcel; Yi Shuang; Bird Broxton W.; Zhang Xiaowen; La Zhu; Zhang Guoqing: Lake seasonality across the Tibetan Plateau and their varying relationship with regional mass changes and local hydrology. Geophysical Research Letters, 2017, 44(2): 892-900.

90. 欧阳琳; 阳坤; 秦军; 王岩; 卢麾: 喜马拉雅山区降水研究进展与展望. 高原气象, 2017, 36(05): 1165-1175.

91. 方楠; 阳坤; 拉珠; 陈莹莹; 王君波; 朱立平: WRF湖泊模型对青藏高原纳木错湖的适用性研究. 高原气象, 2017, 36(03): 610-618.

92. Han Menglei; Lu Hui; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Chen Yingying; Zhao Long; La Zhu: A surface soil temperature retrieval algorithm based on AMSR-E multi-frequency brightness temperatures. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2017, 38(23): 6735-6754.

93. Xin Li; Kun Yang; Yanzhao Zhou: Progress in the study of oasis-desert interactions. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2016, 230–231: 1-7.

94. La Zhu; Yang Kun*; Wang Junbo; Lei Yanbin; Chen Yingying; Zhu Liping; Ding Baohong; Qin Jun: Quantifying evaporation and its decadal change for Lake Nam Co, central Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2016, 121(13): 7578-7591.

95. Sichangi Arthur W; Wang Lei*; Yang Kun; Chen Deliang; Wang Zhongjing; Li Xiuping; Zhou Jing; Liu Wenbin; Kuria David: Estimating continental river basin discharges using multiple remote sensing data sets. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2016, 179: 36-53.

96. Bao Huiyi; Koike Toshio; Yang Kun; Wang Lei; Shrestha Maheswor; Lawford Peter: Development of an enthalpy-based frozen soil model and its validation in a cold region in China. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2016, 121(10): 5259-5280.

97. Tang Wenjun*; Qin Jun; Yang Kun; Liu Shaomin; Lu Ning; Niu Xiaolei: Retrieving high-resolution surface solar radiation with cloud parameters derived by combining MODIS and MTSAT data. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2016, 16(4): 2543-2557.

98. Lin Changgui; Yang Kun*; Huang Jianping; Tang Wenjun; Qin Jun; Niu Xiaolei; Chen Yingying; Chen Deliang; Lu Ning; Fu Rong: Impacts of wind stilling on solar radiation variability in China. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 15135.

99. Guo Xiaofeng*; Liu Heping; Yang Kun: On the Application of the Priestley-Taylor Relation on Sub-daily Time Scales. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2015, 156(3): 489-499.

100. Shen Miaogen*; Piao Shilong; Jeong Su-Jong; Zhou Liming; Zeng Zhenzhong; Ciais Philippe; Chen Deliang; Huang Mengtian; Jin Chun-Sil; Li Laurent Z. X.; Li Yue; Myneni Ranga B.; Yang Kun; Zhang Gengxin; Zhang Yangjian; Yao Tandong: Evaporative cooling over the Tibetan Plateau induced by vegetation growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2015, 112(30): 9299-9304.

101. Qin, Jun*; Tang, Wenjun; Yang, Kun; Lu, Ning; Niu, Xiaolei; Liang, Shunlin: An efficient physically based parameterization to derive surface solar irradiance based on satellite atmospheric products. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2015, 120(10): 4975-4988.

102. Lu Hui*; Yang Kun; Koike Toshio; Zhao Long; Qin Jun: An Improvement of the Radiative Transfer Model Component of a Land Data Assimilation System and Its Validation on Different Land Characteristics. Remote Sensing, 2015, 7(5): 6358-6379.

103. Han Menglei; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Jin Rui; Ma Yaoming; Wen Jun; Chen Yingying; Long Zhao; Lazhu; Tang Wenjun: An Algorithm Based on the Standard Deviation of Passive Microwave Brightness Temperatures for Monitoring Soil Surface Freeze/Thaw State on the Tibetan Plateau. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2015, 53(5): 2775-2783.

104. Qin Jun*; Zhao Long; Chen Yingying; Yang Kun; Yang Yaping; Chen Zhuoqi; Lu Hui: Inter-comparison of spatial upscaling methods for evaluation of satellite-based soil moisture. Journal of Hydrology, 2015, 523: 170-178.

105. Wu Hui; Yang Kun*; Niu XiaoLei; Chen YingYing: The role of cloud height and warming in the decadal weakening of atmospheric heat source over the Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences, 2015, 58(3): 395-403.

106. Zhao Long*; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Chen Yingying; Tang Wenjun; Lu Hui; Yang Zong-Liang: The scale-dependence of SMOS soil moisture accuracy and its improvement through land data assimilation in the central Tibetan Plateau. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2014, 152: 345-355.

107. Pan Xiaoduo*; Li Xin; Yang Kun; He Jie; Zhang Yanlin; Han Xujun: Comparison of Downscaled Precipitation Data over a Mountainous Watershed: A Case Study in the Heihe River Basin. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2014, 15(4): 1560-1574.

108. Lei Yanbin*; Yang Kun; Wang Bin, Sheng Yongwei; Bird B. W.; Zhang Guoqing; Tian Lide: Response of inland lake dynamics over the Tibetan Plateau to climate change. Climatic Change, 2014, 125(2): 281-290.

109. Ding Baohong*; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Wang Lei; Chen Yingying; He Xiaobo: The dependence of precipitation types on surface elevation and meteorological conditions and its parameterization. Journal of Hydrology, 2014, 513: 154-163.

110. Tang Wenjun*; Qin Jun; Yang Kun; Niu Xiaolei; Zhang Xiaotong; Yu Yu; Zhu Xudong: Reconstruction of daily photosynthetically active radiation and its trends over China. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2013, 118(23): 13292-13302.

111. Qin Jun*; Yang Kun; Lu Ning; Chen Yingying; Zhao Long; Han Menglei: Spatial upscaling of in-situ soil moisture measurements based on MODIS-derived apparent thermal inertia. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2013, 138: 1-9.

112. Tang Wenjun*; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Min Min: Development of a 50-year daily surface solar radiation dataset over China. Science China Earth Sciences, 2013, 56(9): 1555-1565.

113. Xue Baolin; Wang Lei*; Yang Kun; Tian Lide; Qin Jun; Chen Yingying; Ma Yaoming; Koike Toshio; Hu Zeyong; Li Xiuping: Modeling the land surface water and energy cycles of a mesoscale watershed in the central Tibetan Plateau during summer with a distributed hydrological model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2013, 118(16): 8857-8868.

114. Kattel D. B.*; Yao Tandong; Yang Kun; Tian Lide; Yang Gao; Joswiak D.: Temperature lapse rate in complex mountain terrain on the southern slope of the central Himalayas. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2013, 113(3-4): 671-682.

115. Chen Yingying*; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Zhao Long; Tang Wenjun; Han Menglei: Evaluation of AMSR-E retrievals and GLDAS simulations against observations of a soil moisture network on the central Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 2013, 118(10): 4466-4475.

116. Lin Changgui; Yang Kun*; Qin Jun; Fu Rong: Observed Coherent Trends of Surface and Upper-Air Wind Speed over China since 1960. Journal of Climate, 2013, 26(9): 2891-2903.

117. Lei Yanbin*; Yao Tandong; Broxton W. Bird; Yang Kun; Zhai Jianqing; Sheng Yongwei: Coherent lake growth on the central Tibetan Plateau since the 1970s: Characterization and attribution. Journal of Hydrology, 2013, 483: 61-67.

118. Zhao Long*; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Chen Yingying; Tang Wenjun; Carsten Montzka; Wu Hui; Lin Changgui; Han Menglei; Harry Vereecken: Spatiotemporal analysis of soil moisture observations within a Tibetan mesoscale area and its implication to regional soil moisture measurements. Journal of Hydrology, 2013, 482(1): 92-104.

119. Zhao Long*; Yang Kun; Qin Jun; Chen Yingying: Optimal Exploitation of AMSR-E Signals for Improving Soil Moisture Estimation Through Land Data Assimilation IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2013, 51(1): 399-410.

120. Qin Jun*; Yang Kun; Koike Toshio; Lu Hui; Ma Yaoming; Xu Xiangde: Evaluation of AIRS Precipitable Water Vapor against Ground-based GPS Measurements over the Tibetan Plateau and Its Surroundings. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 2012, 90C: 87-98.

121. Lu Hui*; Koike Toshio; Yang Kun; Hu Zeyong; Xu Xiangde; Rasmy Mohamed; Kuria David; Tamagawa Katsunori: Improving land surface soil moisture and energy flux simulations over the Tibetan plateau by the assimilation of the microwave remote sensing data and the GCM output into a land surface model. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2012, 17: 43-54.

122. Song Yi*; Wang Jiemin; Yang Kun; Ma Mingguo; Li Xin; Zhang Zhihui; Wang Xufeng: A revised surface resistance parameterisation for estimating latent heat flux from remotely sensed data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 2012, 17: 76-84.

123. Chen YingYing*; Yang Kun; Tang WenJun; Qin Jun; Zhao Long: Parameterizing soil organic carbon's impacts on soil porosity and thermal parameters for Eastern Tibet grasslands. Science China Earth Sciences, 2012, 55(6): 1001-1011.

124. Qin Jun*; Yang Kun; Liang Shunlin; Tang Wenjun: Estimation of Daily Mean Photosynthetically Active Radiation under All-Sky Conditions Based on Relative Sunshine Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2012, 51(1): 150-160.

125. 丁永建; 刘时银; 刘凤景; 杨大庆; 张廷军; 赵林; 沈永平; 阳坤; 张世强: 中国寒区水文学研究的新阶段——记我国杰出寒区水文学家叶柏生研究员的创新与贡献. 冰川冻土, 2012, (05): 1009-1022.

126. 何由; 阳坤; 姚檀栋; 何杰: 基于WRF模式对青藏高原一次强降水的模拟. 高原气象, 2012, (05): 1183-1191.

127. Qin Jun*; Yang Kun; Liang Shunlin; Zhang Hao; Ma Yaoming; Guo Xiaofeng; Chen Zhuoqi: Evaluation of surface albedo from GEWEX-SRB and ISCCP-FD data against validated MODIS product over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011, 116: D24116.

128. Chen Yingying*; Yang Kun; He Jie; Qin Jun; Shi Jiancheng; Du Jinyang; He Qing: Improving land surface temperature modeling for dry land of China. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011, 116: D20104.

129. Yang Wei*; Guo Xiaofeng; Yao Tandong; Yang Kun; Zhao Long; Li Shenghai; Zhu Meilin: Summertime surface energy budget and ablation modeling in the ablation zone of a maritime Tibetan glacier. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2011, 116: D14116.

130. Qin Jun*; Chen Zhuoqi; Yang Kun; Liang Shunlin; Tang Wenjun: Estimation of monthly-mean daily global solar radiation based on MODIS and TRMM products. Applied Energy, 2011, 88(7): 2480-2489.

131. Guo Xiaofeng*; Yang Kun; Zhao Long; Yang Wei; Li Shenghai; Zhu Meilin; Yao Tandong; Chen Yingying: Critical Evaluation of Scalar Roughness Length Parametrizations Over a Melting Valley Glacier. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 2011, 139(2): 307-332.

132. Guo Xiaofeng*; Yang Kun; Chen Yingying: Weakening sensible heat source over the Tibetan Plateau revisited: effects of the land-atmosphere thermal coupling. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2011, 104(1-2): 1-12.

133. Lu Ning*; Qin Jun; Yang Kun; Sun Jiulin: A simple and efficient algorithm to estimate daily global solar radiation from geostationary satellite data. Energy, 2011, 36(5): 3179-3188.

134. Tang Wenjun; Yang Kun*; Qin Jun; Cheng CCK; He Jie: Solar radiation trend across China in recent decades: a revisit with quality-controlled data. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2011, 11(1): 393-406.

135. Valeriano OCS*; Koike Toshio; Yang Kun; Graf Tobias; Li Xin; Wang Lei; Han Xujun: Decision support for dam release during floods using a distributed biosphere hydrological model driven by quantitative precipitation forecasts. Water Resources Research, 2010, 46: W10544.

136. Chen Yingying*; Yang Kun; Zhou Degang; Qin Jun; Guo Xiaofeng: Improving the Noah Land Surface Model in Arid Regions with an Appropriate Parameterization of the Thermal Roughness Length. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2010, 11(4): 995-1006.

137. Valeriano OCS*; Koike Toshio; Yang Kun; Yang Dawen: Optimal Dam Operation during Flood Season Using a Distributed Hydrological Model and a Heuristic Algorithm. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2010, 15(7): 580-586.

138. Tang Wenjun; Yang Kun*; He Jie; Qin Jun: Quality control and estimation of global solar radiation in China. Solar Energy, 2010, 84(3): 466-475.

139. Wang Lei*; Koike Toshio; Yang Kun; Jin Rui; Li Hongyi: Frozen soil parameterization in a distributed biosphere hydrological model. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2010, 14(3): 557-571.

140. Qin Jun*; Yang Kun; Liang Shunlin; Guo Xiaofeng: The altitudinal dependence of recent rapid warming over the Tibetan Plateau. Climatic Change, 2009, 97(1-2): 321-327.

141. Wang Lei*; Koike Toshio; Yang Kun; Yeh Pat Jen-Feng: Assessment of a distributed biosphere hydrological model against streamflow and MODIS land surface temperature in the upper Tone River Basin. Journal of Hydrology, 2009, 377(1-2): 21-34.

142. Qin Jun*; Liang Shunlin; Yang Kun; Kaihotsu Ichiro; Liu Ronggao; Koike Toshio: Simultaneous estimation of both soil moisture and model parameters using particle filtering method through the assimilation of microwave signal. Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009, 114: D15103.

143. Wang Lei*; Koike Toshio; Yang Kun; Jackson Thomas J.; Bindlish Rajat; Yang Dawen: Development of a distributed biosphere hydrological model and its evaluation with the Southern Great Plains Experiments (SGP97 and SGP99). Journal of Geophysical Research, 2009, 114: D08107.

144. Boussetta Souhail*; Koike Toshio; Yang Kun; Graf Tobias; Pathmathevan Devan M.: Development of a coupled land-atmosphere satellite data assimilation system for improved local atmospheric simulations. Remote Sensing of Environment, 2008, 112(3): 720-734.

1. Yang Kun*: Observed regional climate change in Tibet over the last decades. In book “Regional climate and climate change in the region of Tibet” (ed. by Chen Deliang, Yao Tandong), Distributed by Oxford University Press, 1-58, United Kingdom, 2017

2. Chen Yingying; Yang Kun: Land Surface Process Study and Modeling in Drylands and High-Elevation Regions. In book “Land Surface Observation, Modeling and Data Assimilation” (ed. by Liang Shunlin, Li Xin, Xie Xianhong), 89–124, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 2013

3. Yang Kun*; Koike Toshio; Huang Guangwei; Tamai Nobuyuki: Development and Validation of an Advanced Model for Estimating Solar Radiation from Surface Meteorological Data. Recent developments in Solar Energy Research, Hough T. P., Nova Science Publishers, 1-53, United States New York, 2006