| Impact of urbanization and land-use change on climate E Kalnay, M Cai Nature 423 (6939), 528-531, 2003 | 3049 | 2003 |
| A decomposition of feedback contributions to polar warming amplification PC Taylor, M Cai, A Hu, J Meehl, W Washington, GJ Zhang Journal of Climate 26 (18), 7023-7043, 2013 | 323 | 2013 |
| Unresolved issues with the assessment of multidecadal global land surface temperature trends RA Pielke Sr, CA Davey, D Niyogi, S Fall, J Steinweg‐Woods, K Hubbard, ... Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 112 (D24), 2007 | 232 | 2007 |
| Seasonality of polar surface warming amplification in climate simulations J Lu, M Cai Geophysical Research Letters 36 (16), 2009 | 187 | 2009 |
| Symbiotic relation between planetary and synoptic-scale waves M Cai, M Mak Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 47 (24), 2953-2968, 1990 | 169 | 1990 |
| Observational evidence of sensitivity of surface climate changes to land types and urbanization YK Lim, M Cai, E Kalnay, L Zhou Geophysical Research Letters 32 (22), 2005 | 155 | 2005 |
| Local barotropic instability M Mak, M Cai Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 46 (21), 3289-3311, 1989 | 151 | 1989 |
| Dynamical implications of the orientation of atmospheric eddies: A local energetics perspective M Cai, S Yang, HM Van Den Dool, VE Kousky Tellus A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography 59 (1), 127-140, 2007 | 150 | 2007 |
| Energy consumption and the unexplained winter warming over northern Asia and North America GJ Zhang, M Cai, A Hu Nature Climate Change 3 (5), 466-470, 2013 | 145 | 2013 |
| Dynamical amplification of polar warming M Cai Geophysical Research Letters 32 (22), 2005 | 140 | 2005 |
| A new framework for isolating individual feedback processes in coupled general circulation climate models. Part I: Formulation J Lu, M Cai Climate dynamics 32, 873-885, 2009 | 133 | 2009 |
| Quantifying contributions to polar warming amplification in an idealized coupled general circulation model J Lu, M Cai Climate dynamics 34, 669-687, 2010 | 123 | 2010 |
| Estimation of the impact of land‐surface forcings on temperature trends in eastern United States E Kalnay, M Cai, H Li, J Tobin Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 111 (D6), 2006 | 119 | 2006 |
| Impact of land use and precipitation changes on surface temperature trends in Argentina MN Nuñez, HH Ciapessoni, A Rolla, E Kalnay, M Cai Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 113 (D6), 2008 | 112 | 2008 |
| Documentation of uncertainties and biases associated with surface temperature measurement sites for climate change assessment R Pielke Sr, J Nielsen-Gammon, C Davey, J Angel, O Bliss, N Doesken, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 88 (6), 913-928, 2007 | 111 | 2007 |
| Use of the breeding technique to estimate the structure of the analysis" errors of the day" M Corazza, E Kalnay, DJ Patil, SC Yang, R Morss, M Cai, I Szunyogh, ... Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 10 (3), 233-243, 2003 | 111 | 2003 |
| Covariance between Arctic sea ice and clouds within atmospheric state regimes at the satellite footprint level PC Taylor, S Kato, KM Xu, M Cai Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 120 (24), 12656-12678, 2015 | 106 | 2015 |
| On the basic dynamics of regional cyclogenesis M Cai, M Mak Journal of Atmospheric Sciences 47 (12), 1417-1442, 1990 | 102 | 1990 |
| A new framework for isolating individual feedback processes in coupled general circulation climate models. Part II: Method demonstrations and comparisons M Cai, J Lu Climate dynamics 32, 887-900, 2009 | 100 | 2009 |
| Bred vectors of the Zebiak–Cane model and their potential application to ENSO predictions M Cai, E Kalnay, Z Toth Journal of Climate 16 (1), 40-56, 2003 | 89 | 2003 |
