| Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents L Wu, W Cai, L Zhang, H Nakamura, A Timmermann, T Joyce, ... Nature Climate Change 2 (3), 161-166, 2012 | 450 | 2012 |
| A global perspective on CMIP5 climate model biases C Wang, L Zhang, SK Lee, L Wu, CR Mechoso Nature Climate Change 4 (3), 201-205, 2014 | 372 | 2014 |
| Multidecadal North Atlantic sea surface temperature and Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability in CMIP5 historical simulations L Zhang, C Wang Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 118 (10), 5772-5791, 2013 | 142 | 2013 |
| The North Atlantic Oscillation as a driver of rapid climate change in the Northern Hemisphere TL Delworth, F Zeng, GA Vecchi, X Yang, L Zhang, R Zhang Nature Geoscience 9 (7), 509-512, 2016 | 123 | 2016 |
| The central role of ocean dynamics in connecting the North Atlantic Oscillation to the extratropical component of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation TL Delworth, F Zeng, L Zhang, R Zhang, GA Vecchi, X Yang Journal of Climate 30 (10), 3789-3805, 2017 | 87 | 2017 |
| Multidecadal ocean temperature and salinity variability in the tropical North Atlantic: Linking with the AMO, AMOC, and subtropical cell C Wang, L Zhang Journal of Climate 26 (16), 6137-6162, 2013 | 70 | 2013 |
| Multidecadal variability of tropical cyclone rapid intensification in the western North Pacific X Wang, C Wang, L Zhang, X Wang Journal of Climate 28 (9), 3806-3820, 2015 | 53 | 2015 |
| Analysis of the Characteristics and Mechanisms of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation in a Suite of Coupled Models from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory L Zhang, TL Delworth Journal of climate 28 (19), 7678-7701, 2015 | 44 | 2015 |
| Modes and mechanisms of sea surface temperature low‐frequency variations over the coastal China seas L Zhang, L Wu, X Lin, D Wu Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 115 (C8), 2010 | 43 | 2010 |
| Natural variability of Southern Ocean convection as a driver of observed climate trends L Zhang, TL Delworth, W Cooke, X Yang Nature Climate Change 9 (1), 59-65, 2019 | 37 | 2019 |
| Simulated response of the Pacific decadal oscillation to climate change L Zhang, TL Delworth Journal of Climate 29 (16), 5999-6018, 2016 | 27 | 2016 |
| Processes and mechanisms for the model SST biases in the North Atlantic and North Pacific: A link with the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation L Zhang, C Zhao Journal of advances in modeling earth systems 7 (2), 739-758, 2015 | 26 | 2015 |
| Oceanic origin of a recent La Niña-like trend in the tropical Pacific L Zhang, L Wu, L Yu Advances in Atmospheric Sciences 28 (5), 1109, 2011 | 24 | 2011 |
| Response of freshwater flux and sea surface salinity to variability of the Atlantic warm pool C Wang, L Zhang, SK Lee Journal of Climate 26 (4), 1249-1267, 2013 | 23 | 2013 |
| Modes and mechanisms of global water vapor variability over the twentieth century L Zhang, L Wu, B Gan Journal of Climate 26 (15), 5578-5593, 2013 | 21 | 2013 |
| An intimate coupling of ocean–atmospheric interaction over the extratropical North Atlantic and Pacific C Li, L Wu, Q Wang, L Qu, L Zhang Climate dynamics 32 (6), 753-765, 2009 | 18 | 2009 |
| Diagnosis of decadal predictability of Southern Ocean sea surface temperature in the GFDL CM2. 1 model L Zhang, TL Delworth, L Jia Journal of Climate 30 (16), 6309-6328, 2017 | 17 | 2017 |
| Low-frequency modulation of the Atlantic warm pool by the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation L Zhang, C Wang, L Wu Climate dynamics 39 (7-8), 1661-1671, 2012 | 16 | 2012 |
| The impact of multidecadal Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variations on the Southern Ocean L Zhang, TL Delworth, F Zeng Climate Dynamics 48 (5-6), 2065-2085, 2017 | 15 | 2017 |
| Linkage between the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and the low frequency variability of the Pacific Subtropical Cell L Hong, L Zhang, Z Chen, L Wu Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 119 (6), 3464-3477, 2014 | 15 | 2014 |
