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W. Lei

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1999Rising activity
Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAir Quality and Health ImpactsAtmospheric Ozone and ClimateAir Quality Monitoring and ForecastingAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Publications

60

Citations

2,140

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

27

Publishing since 1999

Research summary
AI-generated

W. Lei studies large-scale atmospheric circulation patterns, especially 'atmospheric blocking' (persistent high-pressure systems that disrupt normal weather flow), Rossby waves (large meandering air currents that influence weather systems), and their links to extreme events like heat waves. This work aims to understand how these circulation features behave, why models sometimes misrepresent them, and how they may change under climate warming. The research combines observational analysis with climate model evaluation, mostly focused on the Northern and Southern Hemisphere atmospheric dynamics.

Atmospheric blockingRossby waves and heat wavesClimate model evaluationHemispheric circulation variabilityIntraseasonal and seasonal climate patterns

Publication output was sparse in the earlier part of the decade (2017-2022) but has picked up since 2023, with more consistent yearly output from 2023 to 2025.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 1 publication1819202021: 2 publications21222023: 3 publications3232024: 3 publications3242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Geophysical Research Letters×5
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres×2
  • Nature Communications×1
  • Advances in Climate Change Research×1
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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