| Optimality of variational data assimilation and its relationship with the Kalman filter and smoother Z Li, IM Navon Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society 127 (572), 661-683, 2001 | 164 | 2001 |
| Preparing to predict: the second autonomous ocean sampling network (AOSN-II) experiment in the Monterey Bay SR Ramp, RE Davis, NE Leonard, I Shulman, Y Chao, AR Robinson, ... Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56 (3-5), 68-86, 2009 | 161 | 2009 |
| GEROS-ISS: GNSS reflectometry, radio occultation, and scatterometry onboard the international space station J Wickert, E Cardellach, M Martín-Neira, J Bandeiras, L Bertino, ... IEEE Journal of selected topics in applied Earth observations and Remote …, 2016 | 156 | 2016 |
| Blending sea surface temperatures from multiple satellites and in situ observations for coastal oceans Y Chao, Z Li, JD Farrara, P Hung Journal of atmospheric and oceanic technology 26 (7), 1415-1426, 2009 | 142 | 2009 |
| Optimal control of cylinder wakes via suction and blowing Z Li, IM Navon, MY Hussaini, FX Le Dimet Computers & Fluids 32 (2), 149-171, 2003 | 139 | 2003 |
| Requirements for a coastal hazards observing system J Benveniste, A Cazenave, S Vignudelli, L Fenoglio-Marc, R Shah, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 348, 2019 | 133 | 2019 |
| A three-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme for the regional ocean modeling system Z Li, Y Chao, JC McWilliams, K Ide Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 25 (11), 2074-2090, 2008 | 131 | 2008 |
| Los Angeles megacity: a high-resolution land–atmosphere modelling system for urban CO2 emissions S Feng, T Lauvaux, S Newman, P Rao, R Ahmadov, et . al. Atmos. Chem. Phys. 15, 9019-9045, 2016 | 125 | 2016 |
| Suppression of vortex shedding for flow around a circular cylinder using optimal control C Homescu, IM Navon, Z Li International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 38 (1), 43-69, 2002 | 123 | 2002 |
| SST–wind interaction in coastal upwelling: Oceanic simulation with empirical coupling X Jin, C Dong, J Kurian, JC McWilliams, DB Chelton, Z Li Journal of Physical Oceanography 39 (11), 2957-2970, 2009 | 106 | 2009 |
| Development, implementation and evaluation of a data-assimilative ocean forecasting system off the central California coast Y Chao, Z Li, J Farrara, JC McWilliams, J Bellingham, X Capet, F Chavez, ... Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56 (3-5), 100-126, 2009 | 104 | 2009 |
| Estimating ground-level PM10 concentration in northwestern China using geographically weighted regression based on satellite AOD combined with CALIPSO and MODIS fire count W You, Z Zang, L Zhang, Z Li, D Chen, G Zhang Remote Sensing of Environment 168, 276–285, 2015 | 94 | 2015 |
| A three-dimensional variational data assimilation system for multiple aerosol species with WRF/Chem and an application to PM2.5 prediction Z Li, Z Zang, QB Li, Y Chao, D Chen, Z Ye, Y Liu, KN Liou Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 13 (8), 4265-4278, 2013 | 94 | 2013 |
| A multiscale variational data assimilation scheme: Formulation and illustration Z Li, JC McWilliams, K Ide, JD Farrara Monthly Weather Review 143 (9), 3804-3822, 2015 | 92 | 2015 |
| A three‐dimensional variational data assimilation scheme for the Regional Ocean Modeling System: Implementation and basic experiments Z Li, Y Chao, JC McWilliams, K Ide Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 113 (C5), 2008 | 89 | 2008 |
| Mesoscale eddy buoyancy flux and eddy-induced circulation in Eastern Boundary Currents F Colas, X Capet, JC McWilliams, Z Li Journal of Physical Oceanography 43 (6), 1073-1095, 2013 | 76 | 2013 |
| The large-eddy simulation (LES) atmospheric radiation measurement (ARM) symbiotic simulation and observation (LASSO) activity for continental shallow convection WI Gustafson Jr, AM Vogelmann, Z Li, X Cheng, KK Dumas, S Endo, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 101 (4), E462-E479, 2020 | 73 | 2020 |
| Modeling tides in Monterey Bay, California X Wang, Y Chao, C Dong, J Farrara, Z Li, JC McWilliams, JD Paduan, ... Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56 (3-5), 219-231, 2009 | 72 | 2009 |
| Computation of the streamfunction and velocity potential for limited and irregular domains Z Li, Y Chao, JC McWilliams Monthly weather review 134 (11), 3384-3394, 2006 | 69 | 2006 |
| Coastal ocean data assimilation using a multi-scale three-dimensional variational scheme Z Li, JC McWilliams, K Ide, JD Farrara Ocean Dynamics 65 (7), 1001-1015, 2015 | 56* | 2015 |
