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Researcher · Hong Kong Observatory · China

Kai Kwong Lai

Kai Kwong Lai publishes mostly in Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, on topics such as Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Wind and Air Flow Studies and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,673,755
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in China
#419,200
of 978,568
Works
18
Citations
22
Citations per work
1.2
h-index
2
i10-index 0Top 99.2% in Atmospheric Science
Kai Kwong Lai

What does Kai Kwong Lai research?

Kai Kwong Lai's work is mostly in Earth and Planetary Sciences (41%), Environmental Science (28%), Engineering (24%).

Physical Sciences: 17 works · 92.6% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 works · 40.7% of their workAtmospheric Science: 7 works · 40.7% of their workEnvironmental Science: 5 works · 27.8% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 works · 22.2% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 works · 5.6% of their workEngineering: 4 works · 24.1% of their workAerospace Engineering: 3 works · 18.5% of their workComputational Mechanics: 1 works · 3.7% of their workMechanical Engineering: 0 works · 1.9% of their workEverything else: 1 works · 7.4% of their workTHEIR WORKKai Kwong Lai18works
Physical Sciences93%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences740.7%
    2. Environmental Science527.8%
    3. Engineering424.1%
  2. Everything else17.4%
  1. 1Atmospheric Science41% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Engineering22% of their works
  3. 3Aerospace Engineering18% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change6% of their works
  5. 5Computational Mechanics4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering2% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kai Kwong Lai's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Boundary Layer, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Air Quality, CFD Simulation, Pedestrian Wind Comfort, Urban Microclimate and Climate Change.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Boundary Layer282 topics
  2. Data Assimilation161 topic
  3. Ensemble Kalman Filter161 topic
  4. Air Quality152 topics
  5. CFD Simulation142 topics
  6. Pedestrian Wind Comfort121 topic
  7. Urban Microclimate121 topic
  8. Climate Change41 topic
  9. Tropical Cyclones41 topic
  10. Aerosols31 topic
  11. Climate31 topic
  12. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles31 topic
  13. Wind Estimation31 topic
  14. Air Traffic Management21 topic
  15. Conflict Resolution21 topic
  16. Precipitation21 topic
  17. Renewable Energy21 topic
  18. Satellite21 topic
  19. Wind Turbine Wakes21 topic

Where does Kai Kwong Lai work?

Kai Kwong Lai's main affiliation in the publication record is Hong Kong Observatory, China.

How many publications and citations does Kai Kwong Lai have?

OpenAlex counts 18 works and 22 citations for Kai Kwong Lai, an h-index of 2, ranking #2,673,755 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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