Large-scale ocean circulation; Ocean-atmosphere interaction

1999-2002  Ph. D, Department of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of Qingdao

1995-1998 Master, Department of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of Qingdao

1991-1995 Bachelor, Department of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of Qingdao.

2012-Now, Senior scientist in South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, China

2007-2012, Research assoicate, Institut für Meerskunde, Universität Hamburg, Germany

2006-2007, post-doctorate, IFM-GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany

2005-2006, visiting scientist, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US

1998-2005, Research Associate, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China

2000.9, Visiting scientist in Lund University, Sweden

[1]. Xin H., W. Wang*, Q. Xie, W. Han, K. Huang, K. Xu, et al. 2024. Dynamics of the summer counter-wind current along south Sri Lanka coast 2: relative contributions of local and remote forcing on intra-seasonal timescale. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. https://doi.org/

[2]. Wang, J., Y. Shu, D. Wang, J. Chen, Y. Yang, W. Wang, B. Guo, K. Huang, Y. He, 2024. Observed 10-20-Day Deep-Current Variability at 5°N, 90.5°E in the Eastern Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 54. 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-23-0082.1.

[3]. Huang, K., B. Huang, D. Wang, X. Zhao, L. Zhang, Z. Liang, Y. Wu, L. Yang, W. Wang, 2024. Diversity of strong negative Indian Ocean dipole events since 1980: characteristics and causes. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-07008-x.

[4]. Guo, B., Y. Shu*, W. Wang*, G. He, et al. 2024. Observations of Intermittent Seamount-Trapped Waves and Topographic Rossby Waves around the Slope of a Low-Latitude Deep Seamount. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 54(1), 281-299. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-22-0121.1.

[5]. Jiang, J., K. Xu, Y. Liu, W. Wang, G. Wu, 2023. Sea surface temperature anomaly of Southwest Pacific dipole in boreal Winter–Spring: a mechanism for the Indian Ocean Dipole. Climate Dynamics, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-023-07002-3.

[6]. Han, T., K. Xu, L. Wang, B. Liu, C.-Y. Tam, K. Liu, W. Wang, 2023. Extremely long-lived marine heatwave in South China Sea during summer 2020: Combined effects of the seasonal and intra-seasonal variations. Global and Planetary Change, 230, 104261. doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2023.104261.

[7]. Liu, D., Y. Shu, D. Wang, W. Wang, T. Zu, W. Zhou, 2023. Effect of western Pacific current uncertainties on the forecasting of eddy shedding from the Kuroshio loop into the South China Sea: A case study. Ocean Modelling, 184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2023.102234

[8]. Luo, Y., H. Shi, Z. Zhang, C. Zhang, W. Zhou, G. Pan, W. Wang*, 2023. Wave field predictions using a multi-layer perceptron and decision tree model based on physical principles: A case study at the Pearl River Estuary. Ocean Engineering, 277. 114246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2023.114246.

[9]. Li, J., K. Xu, W. Wang*, Z. He, K. Huang, 2023. Biases and improvements of the boreal winter–spring equatorial undercurrent in the Indian Ocean in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 models. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1168385. https://doi.org/ 10.3389/fmars.2023.1168385.

[10]. Peng, Q., S. Xie, R. Huang, W. Wang, T. Zu, D. Wang, 2023. Indonesian Throughflow Slowdown Under Global Warming: Remote AMOC Effect vs. Regional Surface Forcing. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0331.1. 

[11]. Huang, K., M. Feng, Y. Wu, D. Wang, W. Zhou, T. Zu, W. Wang*, W. Zhou, 2022. Leading-Mode Connections of the Interannual Variability in Upper-Ocean Salinity in the Tropical Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(12), 3309-3329. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0267.1

[12]. Huang, K., D. Wang, G. Chen, M. Nagura, W. Han, M. McPhaden, M. Feng, J. Chen, Y. Wu, X. Zhang, Y. Li, Q. Xie, W. Wang, F. Zhou, 2022. Intensification and dynamics of the westward Equatorial Undercurrent during the summers of 1998 and 2016 in the Indian Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(20), e2022GL100168. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100168

[13]. Xia, R., Q. Xie, W. Wang, H. Xu, X. Shang, Y. Shu, 2022. Variation in concentration of dissolved silicate in the Eastern Philippine deep sea. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 41, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-022-1439-0.

[14]. Zhang, X., K. Xu, W. Wang*, Z. He, 2022. Revisiting the different responses of the following Indian summer monsoon rainfall to the diversity of El Niño events. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, 978509. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.978509.

[15]. Xing, H., W. Wang*, D. Wang, K. Xu, 2022. Roles of Equatorial Ocean Currents in Sustaining the Indian Ocean Dipole Peak. Journal of Ocean University of China, 21(3), 622-632. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11802-022-4864-y

[16]. Zhang, W., W. Wang*, H. Xing, 2022. Decadal variation and trend of the upper layer salinity in the South China Sea from 1960 to 2010. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 40(4), 1333-1348. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-021-1161-3

[17]. Shu, Y., J. Wang, H. Xue, R. Huang, J. Chen, D. Wang, Q. Xie, W. Wang, 2022. Deep-current intra-seasonal variability interpreted as topographic Rossby waves and deep eddies in the Xisha Islands of the South China Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 52(7), 1415-1430. https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-21-0147.1

[18]. Luo, Y., C. Zhang, J. Liu, H. Xing, F. Zhou, D. Wang, X. Long, S. Wang, W. Wang, F. Shi, 2022. Identifying ship-wakes in a shallow estuary using machine learning. Ocean Engineering, 246, 110456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2021.110456

[19]. Luo, Y., H. Shi, W. Wang, 2022. Response of extreme significant wave height to climate change in the South China Sea and northern Indian Ocean. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 24(3), 103-110. https://doi.org/10.14321/aehm.024.03.12.

[20]. Cao, D., K. Xu, Q. Huang, C-Y. Tam, S. Chen, Z. He, W. Wang, 2022. Exceptionally prolonged extreme heat waves over South China in early summer 2020: The role of warming in the tropical Indian Ocean. Atmospheric Research, 278, 106335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106335

[21]. Zhao, K., H. Zhao, G. B. Raga, R. Yoshida, W. Wang, P. J. Klotzbach, 2021. Changes in extended boreal summer tropical cyclogenesis associated with large-scale flow patterns over the western North Pacific in response to the global warming hiatus. Clim Dyn 56, 515–535. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05486-x

[22]. Wickramage, C. H; W. Wang*, K. Arulananthan, R. Jayathilake, 2021. Dynamics of counter wind current along the south Sri Lanka coast during the Southwest Monsoon. Ocean Dynamics, 71(11-12), 1051-1067. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-021-01477-6

[23]. Zhang, T., W. Wang, Q. Xie, K. Liu, D. Wang, X. Wu, H. Huo, K. Xu, W. Yuan, 2021. A new presentation of the Indian Ocean shallow overturning circulation from a vertical perspective. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 14. 100061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aosl.2021.100061.

[24]. Xu, K., H. Miao, B. Liu, C-Y. Tam, W. Wang, 2020. Aggravation of Record‐Breaking Drought over the Mid‐to‐Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River in the Post-monsoon Season of 2019 by Anomalous Indo-Pacific Oceanic Conditions. Geophysical Research Letters. 47, e2020GL090847. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL090847.

[25]. Liu S., B. Hong, G. Wang, W. Wang, Q. Xie, Z. Ni, L. Yu, H. Jiang, T. Long, H. Xu, 2020. Physical structure and phytoplankton community off the eastern Hainan coast during summer 2015. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 39(11), 103-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-020-1668-z

[26]. Xu, K., B. Liu, Y. Liu, W. Wang, Z. He, 2020. Effects of monsoon onset vortex on heat budget in the mixed layer of the Bay of Bengal. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 38(6), 1616-1631. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-019-9061-5

[27]. Zuo, J., W. Wang, G. Wang, Q. Xie, 2020. The variation of marine environment and climate effect in Indo-Pacific Ocean. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 38(6), 1599-1601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-020-1599-8.

[28]. Guo, B., W. Wang*, Y. Shu*, G. He, et al.. 2020. Observed deep anticyclonic cap over Caiwei Guyot. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(10). https://doi.org/e2020JC016254.

[29]. Huang, K., D. Wang, M, Feng, W. Han, G, Chen, C. Sun, X. Zhang, Q. Xie, W. Wang, Q. Liu, J. Yao, 2020. Baroclinic Characteristics and Energetics of Annual Rossby Waves in the Southern Tropical Indian Ocean. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(9), 1-42.  https://doi.org/10.1175/JPO-D-19-0294.1

[30]. Xu, K., C-Y. Tam, B. Liu, S. Chen, X. Yang, Z. He, Q. Xie, W. Wang*, 2020. Attenuation of central Pacific El Nino amplitude by north pacific sea surface temperature anomalies. Journal of Climate, 33(15). https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0767.1.

[31]. He Z., W. Wang, R. Wu, In-Sik Kang, C. He, X. Li, K. Xu, S. Chen, 2019. Change in coherence of summer rainfall variability over the western Pacific around the early 2000s: ENSO influence. Journal of Climate, 33(3). https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0150.1.

[32]. Peng, Q., S. Xie, D. Wang, Y. Kamae, H. Zhang, S. Hu, X. Zheng, W. Wang, 2020. Eastern Pacific Wind Effect on the Evolution of El Niño: Implications for ENSO Diversity, Journal of Climate, 33(8), 3197-3212. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0435.1

[33]. Huang, K., D. Wang, W. Han, M. Feng, G. Chen, W. Wang, J. Chen, and J. Li, 2019. Semiannual Variability of Middepth Zonal Currents along 5°N in the Eastern Indian Ocean: Characteristics and Causes, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 49(10), 2715-2729. doi:10.1175/jpo-d-19-0089.1.

[34]. Peng Q., R. Huang, W. Wang, D. Wang, 2019. Causes of the deep permanent thermocline structure in the subtropical South Indian Ocean.

[35]. Peng Q., R. Huang, W. Wang, D. Wang, 2019. The main heaving modes in the Pacific Ocean.

[36]. Zhang T., W. Wang, Q. Xie, L. Chen, 2019. Heat contribution of the Indonesian throughflow to the Indian Ocean. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 38(4): 72-79. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-019-1414-6

[37]. Xu, K., W. Wang*, B. Liu, C. Zhu, 2019. Weakening of the El Niño amplitude since the late 1990s and its link to decadal change in the North Pacific climate. International Journal of Climatology, 39. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6063.

[38]. Xu K., Q. Huang, C-Y. Tam, W. Wang, S. Chen, C. Zhu, 2019. Roles of tropical SST patterns during two types of ENSO in modulating wintertime rainfall over southern China. Climate Dynamics, 52(1-2): 523-538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4170-y

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[42]. Liu D, Zhu J, Shu Y*, Wang D, W Wang, Yan C, Zhou W. Targeted Observation Analysis of a Northwestern Tropical Pacific Ocean Mooring Array Using an Ensemble-Based Method. Ocean Dynamic, 2018 (in press).

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shallow and deep meridional overturning circulation in the Indian Ocean circulation system and its relation to air-sea interaction

2017, Chief Scientist, open cruise of Indian Ocean expedition

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