Refereed Publications

Submitted

· Wyant, M.C., R. Wood, C. S. Bretherton, C. R. Mechoso, J. Bacmeister, M. A. Balmaseda, B. Barrett, F. Codron, P. Earnshaw, J. Fast, C. Hannay, J. W. Kaiser, H. Kitagawa, S. A. Klein, M. Köhler, J. Manganello, H.-L. Pan, F. Sun, S. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2009: The PreVOCA experiment: Modeling the lower troposphere in the Southeast Pacific. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9, 23909-23953.

· Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Sotah, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2009: Multiscale interactions in the lifecyle of a tropical cyclone simulated in a global cloud-system resolving model. Part II: Mesoscale and storm-scale processes. Mon. Wea. Rev., (submitted).

· Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Sotah, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2009: Multi-scale interactions in the lifecyle of a tropical cyclone simulated in a global cloud-system resolving model. Part I: Large-scale and storm-scale evolutions. Mon. Wea. Rev., (submitted).

· Zeng, Z.-H., Y. Wang, and L.-S. Chen, 2009: A statistical analysis of vertical shear effect on tropical cyclone intensity change in the North Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., (major revision).

· Cheng R., R.-C. Yu, Y. Wang, Y.-P. Xu, and Y.-F. Fu, 2009: Simulation of Typhoon Rananim (2004) with an updated high-resolution regional atmospheric model. Adv. Atmos. Sci., (submitted).

· Hu, J., and Y. Wang, 2009: Interaction of two potential vorticity rings – Implications to the evolution of hurricane concentric eyewalls. J. Atmos. Sci., (in revision).

· Xu, J., and Y. Wang, 2009: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone inner core size and intensity to the radial distribution of surface entropy flux. J. Atmos. Sci., (in revision).

· Souma, K., and Y. Wang, 2009: A comparison between the effects of snow albedo and infiltration of melting water of Eurasian snow on East-Asian summer monsoon rainfall. J. Geophys. Res.- Atmosphere, (in press).

• Yu, J.-H., Z.-M. Tan, and Y. Wang, 2009: Effects of vertical wind shear on intensity and rainfall asymmetries of strong Tropical Storm Bilis (2006), Adv. Atmos. Sci., (in press).
• Yu, J.-H., Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2009: Response of tropical cyclone potential intensity to a global warming scenario in the IPCC AR4 CGCMs. J. Climate, (in press). (pdf)
• Wang, Y., and J. Xu, 2009: Energy production, frictional dissipation, and maximum intensity of a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., (in press). (pdf)

· Zeng, Z.-H., Y. Wang, Y.-H. Duan, L.-S. Chen, and Zhiqiu Gao, 2009: On sea surface roughness parameterization and its effect on tropical cyclone structure and intensity. Adv. Atmos. Sci., (in press). (pdf)

2009

· Lauer, A., Y. Wang, V.T. J. Phillips, C.S. McNaughton, and R. Bennartz, 2009: Simulating marine boundary layer clouds over the eastern Pacific in a regional climate model with double-moment cloud microphysics. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmosphere, 114, D21205, doi:10.1029/2009JD012201. (pdf)

• Wang, Y.-Q., Y. Wang, and H. Fudeyasu, 2009: The role of Typhoon Songda (2004) in producing distantly located heavy rainfall in Japan, Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3699–3716. (pdf)
• Sato, T., H. Miura, M. Satoh, Y.N. Takayabu, and Y. Wang, 2009: Diurnal cycle of precipitation in the tropics simulated in a global cloud-resolving model. J. Climate, 22, 4809-4826. (pdf)
• Souma, K., and Y. Wang, 2009: Improved simulation of the East-Asian summer monsoon rainfall with satellite-derived snow water equivalent data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 1790-1804. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., 2009: How do outer spiral rainbands affect tropical cyclone structure and intensity? J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 1250-1273. (pdf)
• Yu, J.-H., and Y. Wang, 2009: Response of tropical cyclone potential intensity over the North Indian Ocean to global warming. Geophy. Res. Lett., 36, L03709, doi:10.1209/2008GL036742. (pdf).
• Wu, C.-C., H.-J. Cheng, Y. Wang, and K.-H. Chou, 2009: A numerical investigation of the eyewall evolution of a landfalling typhoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 21-40. (pdf)

2008

• Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Satoh, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2008: Global cloud-system-resolving model NICAM successfully simulated the lifecycles of two real tropical cyclones. Geophy. Res. Lett., 35, L22808, doi:10.1029/2008GL036003. (pdf)
• Shi, X.-Y., Y. Wang, and X.-D. Xu, 2008: Effect of mesoscale topography over the Tibetan Plateau on summer precipitation in China: A regional model study. Geophy. Res. Lett, 35, L19707, doi:10.1029/2008GL034740. (pdf)
• Xu X.-D., X.-Y. Shi, Y. Wang, S.-Q. Peng, and X.-H. Shi, 2008: Data analysis and numerical simulation of moisture source and transport associated with summer precipitation in the Yangtze River Valley over China. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 100, 217-231, DOI10.1007/s00703-008-0305-8. (pdf)
• Zhang, C.-X., Q.-H. Zhang, Y. Wang, and X.-D. Liang, 2008: Climatology of warm season cold vortices in East Asia: 1979-2005. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 100, 291-301, DOI10.1007/s00703-008-0310-y. (pdf)
• Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, W. Zhuang, and D.-X. Wang, 2008: Orographic effects on South China Sea summer climate. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 100, 275-289. DOI10.1007/s00703-008-0309-4. (pdf)
• Zhao, H., D.-L. Tang, and Y. Wang, 2008: Comparison of phytoplankton blooms triggered by two typhoons with different intensities and translation speeds in the South China Sea. Marine Ecol. Progr. Series (MEPS), 365, 57-65, doi:10.3354/meps07488. (pdf)
• Zeng, Z., L.-S. Chen, and Y. Wang, 2008: An observational study of environmental dynamical control of tropical cyclone intensity in the North Atlantic. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 3307–3322. (pdf)
• Ge X.-Y., T. Li., Y. Wang, and M. Peng, 2008: Tropical cyclone energy dispersion in a three-dimensional primitive equation model: Upper tropospheric influence. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 2272-2289. (pdf)
• Li, L.-J., Y. Wang, B. Wang, and T.-J. Zhou, 2008: Sensitivity of the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP LASG (GAMIL1.1.0) climate simulations to cloud droplet effective radius and liquid water path. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 25, 529-540. (pdf)
• Xie, B.-G, Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang: 2008: Trends in hail in China during 1960-2005. Geophy. Res. Lett. 35, L13801, doi:10.1029/2008GL034067. (pdf)
• Zhang, C.-X., Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang, 2008: Climatology of hail in China: 1961-2005. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 795-804. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., 2008: Structure and formation of an annular hurricane simulated in a fully-compressible, nonhydrostatic model - TCM4, J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 1505-1527. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., 2008: Rapid filamentation zone in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 1158-1181. (pdf)

2007

• Zhao, Y., B. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2007: Initialization and simulation of a landfalling typhoon using a variational bogus mapped data assimilation (BMDA), Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 98, 269-282. (pdf).
• Wang, Y., 2007: A multiply nested, movable mesh, fully compressible, nonhydrostatic tropical cyclone model - TCM4: Model description and development of asymmetries without explicit asymmetric forcing. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 97, 93-116. (pdf)
• Ma, S.-H., A.-X Qu, and Y. Wang, 2007: The performance of the new tropical cyclone track prediction system of the China National Meteorological Center, Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 97, 29-39. (pdf)
• Stowasser, M., Y. Wang, and K.P. Hamilton, 2007: Tropical cyclone changes in the western North Pacific in a global warming scenario. J. Climate, 20, 2378-2396. (pdf)
• Yang, B., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2007: The effect of internally generated inner core asymmetric structure on tropical cyclone intensity. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1165-1188. (pdf)
• Li, L.-J., B. Wang, Y. Wang, and H. Wan, 2007: Improvements in Climate Simulation with Modifications to the Tiedtke Convective Parameterization in the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP/LASG (GAMIL). Adv. Atmos. Sci., 24, 323-335. (pdf)
• Xie, S.-P., T. Miyama, Y. Wang, H. Xu, S.P. de Szoeke, R.J. Small, K.J. Richards, T. Mochizuki, and T. Awaji, 2007: A regional ocean-atmosphere model for eastern Pacific climate: Towards reducing tropical biases. J. Climate, 20, 1504-1522. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., L. Zhou, and K.P. Hamilton, 2007: Effect of convective entrainment/detrainment on simulation of tropical precipitation diurnal cycle. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 567-585. (pdf)
• Zeng, Z., Y. Wang, and C.-C. Wu, 2007: Environmental dynamical control of tropical cyclone intensity-An observational study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 38-59. (pdf)

2006

• de Szoeke, S.P., Y. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and T. Miyama, 2006: The effect of shallow convection on the eastern Pacific climate in a coupled model. Geophy. Res. Lett., 33, L17713, doi:10.1029/2006GL026715. (pdf)
• Zhou, L., and Y. Wang, 2006: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission observation and regional model study of precipitation diurnal cycle in the New Guinean region. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmosphere, 111, D17104, doi:10.1029/2006JD007243. (pdf)
• Wu, C.-C., K.-H. Chou, Y. Wang, and Y.-H. Kuo, 2006: Tropical cyclone initialization and prediction based on four-dimensional variational data assimilation. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2383-2395. (pdf)
• Xie, S.-P., H. Xu, N.H. Saji, Y. Wang, and W.T. Liu, 2006: Role of narrow mountains in large-scale organization of Asian monsoon convection. J. Climate, 19, 3420-3429. (pdf)

2005

• Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, and R.J. Small, 2005: Effects of central American Mountains on the eastern Pacific winter ITCZ and moisture transport. J. Climate, 18, 3856-3873. (pdf)
• Small, R.J., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, S. Esbensen, and D. Vickers, 2005: Numerical simulation of boundary layer structure and cross-equatorial flow in the eastern Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1812-1830. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., and L. Zhou, 2005: Observed trends in extreme precipitation events in China during 1961-2001 and the associated changes in large-scale circulation. Geophy. Res. Lett., 32 (9), L09707, doi:10.1029/2005GL022574. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., S.-P. Xie, B. Wang, and H. Xu, 2005: Large-scale atmospheric forcing by Southeast Pacific boundary-layer clouds: A regional model study. J. Climate, 18, 934-951. (pdf)
• Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, and Y. Wang, 2005: Subseasonal variability of stratocumulus cloud deck over the Southeast Pacific. J. Climate, 18, 131-142. (pdf)

2004

• Wang, Y., L.R. Leung, J.L. McGregor, D.-K. Lee, W.-C. Wang, Y.-H. Ding, and F. Kimura, 2004: Regional climate modeling: Progress, challenges and prospects. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 1599-1628. (pdf)
• Sen, O.L., B. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2004: Re-greening the desertification lands in northern China: Implications from a regional climate model experiment. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 1679-1693. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., H. Xu, and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Regional model simulations of marine boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific off South America. Part II: Sensitivity experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2650-2668. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., and C.-C. Wu, 2004: Current understanding of tropical cyclone structure and intensity changes-A review. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 87, 257-278, DOI: 10.1007/s00703-003-0055-6. (pdf)
• Sen, O.L., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2004: Impact of Indochina deforestation on the East Asian summer monsoon. J. Climate, 17, 1366-1380. (pdf)
• Xu, H., Y. Wang, and S.-P. Xie, 2004: Effects of the Andes on eastern Pacific climate: A regional atmospheric model study. J. Climate, 17, 589-602. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., S.-P. Xie, H. Xu, and B. Wang, 2004: Regional model simulations of marine boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific off South America. Part I: Control experiment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 274-296. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., M.T. Montgomery, and B. Wang, 2004: How much vertical shear can a tropical cyclone resist? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 661-662.

2003

• Small, R.J., S-P. Xie, and Y. Wang, 2003: Numerical simulation of atmospheric response to Pacific tropical instability waves. J. Climate, 16, 3722-3740. (pdf)
• Wang, X., F.-F. Jin, and Y. Wang, 2003: Tropical ocean recharge mechanism for climate variability. Part I: Equatorial heat content changes induced by the off-equatorial wind. J. Climate, 16, 3585-3598. (pdf)
• Wang, X., F.-F. Jin, and Y. Wang, 2003: Tropical ocean recharge mechanism for climate variability. Part II: A unified theory for decadal and ENSO modes. J. Climate, 16, 3599-3616. (pdf)
• Wu, C.-C., K.-H. Chou, H.-J. Cheng, and Y. Wang, 2003: Eyewall contraction, breakdown and reformation in a landfalling typhoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(17), 1887, doi:10.1029/2003GL017653. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., O.L. Sen, and B. Wang, 2003: A highly resolved regional climate model (IPRC_RegCM) and its simulation of the 1998 severe precipitation events over China. Part I: Model description and verification of simulation. J. Climate, 16, 1721-1738. (pdf)

2002

• Wang, Y., 2002: An explicit simulation of tropical cyclones with a triply nested movable mesh primitive equations model-TCM3. Part II: Model refinements and sensitivity to cloud microphysics parameterization.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 3022-3036. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., 2002: Vortex Rossby waves in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. Part I: Overall structure, potential vorticity and kinetic energy budgets. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1213-1238. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., 2002: Vortex Rossby waves in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. Part II: The role in tropical cyclone structure and intensity changes. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1239-1262. (pdf)

2001

• Wang, Y., J.D. Kepert, and G.J. Holland, 2001:  The effect of sea spray evaporation on tropical cyclone boundary layer structure and intensity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2481-2500. (pdf)
• Kepert, J.D. and Y. Wang, 2001: The dynamics of boundary layer jets within the tropical cyclone core. Part II: Nonlinear enhancement. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 2485-2501. (pdf)
• Buckley, B.W., L.M. Leslie, and Y. Wang, 2001: The Sydney Hailstorm of April 14, 1999: Synoptic description and numerical simulation. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 76, 167-182. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., 2001: An explicit simulation of tropical cyclones with a triply nested movable mesh primitive equation model: TCM3. Part I: Model description and control experiment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1370-1394. (pdf)

2000

• Qi, L., Y. Wang, and L.M. Leslie, 2000:  Numerical simulation of a cut-off low over southern Australia. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 74, 103-115. (pdf)

1999

• Wang, B., and Y. Wang, 1999: Dynamics of the ITCZ-equatorial cold tongue complex and causes of the latitudinal asymmetry. J. Climate, 12, 1830-1847. (pdf)

1998

• Wang, Y., 1998: On the bogusing of tropical cyclones in numerical models: The influence of vertical structure. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 65, 153-170. (pdf)
• Wang, B., R. Elsberry, and Y. Wang, 1998: Dynamics in tropical cyclone motion: A review. Chinese J. Atmos. Sci., 22, 416-434.

1996

• Wang Y., 1996: On the forward-in-time upstream advection scheme for non-uniform and time-dependent flow. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 61, 27-38. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: Tropical cyclone motion and evolution in vertical shear. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3313-3332. (pdf)
• Wang Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: The beta drift of baroclinic vortices. Part II: Diabatic vortices. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3737-3756. (pdf)
• Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: The beta drift of baroclinic vortices. Part I: Adiabatic vortices. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 411-427. (pdf)

1995

• Wang Y., 1995: On an inverse balance equation in sigma-coordinates for model initialization. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 482-488. (pdf)
• Wang Y., and G.J. Holland, 1995: On the interaction of tropical-cyclone-scale vortices. IV: Baroclinic vortices. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 95-126. (pdf)
• Holland, G.J., and Y. Wang, 1995: Baroclinic dynamics of simulated tropical cyclone recurvature. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 410-425. (pdf)
• Holland, G.J., Y. Wang, and M. Lander, 1995: Reply to "Comments on the meandering nature of tropical cyclone tracks”. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 289-290. (pdf)

Pre-1994

• Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1994: A numerical study on the influence of beta-effect on binary tropical cyclone interaction, J. Atmos. Sci. Res. Appl., 6, 1-7 (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., 1993: Movable CISK waves with Beta-effect and the behavior of South Asia summer monsoon trough-ridge, Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 17, 385-394, (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1993: The effect of topography on CISK disturbances, J. Atmos. Sci. Res. Appl., 4, 1-7, (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Fei, L., Y. Wang, Z. Xue, and T. Wu, 1993: The correlation analysis between the sea surface temperature over the equatorial Eastern Pacific and the anomalous rainfall in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 51, 442-447, (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1992: Analysis and numerical study of the interactions of binary tropical cyclones, Part I: Analysis of physical mechanism, Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 16, 573-582. (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1992: Analysis and numerical study of the interactions of binary tropical cyclones, Part II: Numerical simulations, Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 16, 659-668, (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Hu, J., and Y. Wang, 1992: Atmosphere and ocean low-frequency oscillations and their effects on tropical cyclone tracks over the northwest Pacific, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 50, 418-428, (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., 1991: On the accurate solutions of nonlinear barotropic Rossby waves, Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 49, 411-420. (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., 1990: Stability of large-scale atmospheric motions in low latitude and the activity of monsoon. J. Tropical Meteor., 7, 1-11. (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1989: The interactions of binary cyclonic vortices in a nondivergent barotropic model. J. Tropical Meteor., 6, 105-115. (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1989: The influence of environmental flow on the interactions of binary cyclonic vortices, J. Tropical Meteor., 6, 193-200. (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., and Y. Zhu, 1989: A numerical simulation study of the Fujiwhara Effect of binary cyclones, J. Academy of Meteor. Sci., SMA, 3, 13-20. (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang Y., 1988: A preliminary study of the dynamical mechanism of intraseasonal oscillations in tropical troposphere. J. Tropical Meteor., 5, 216-227. (in Chinese with English abstract).
• Wang, Y., 1987: The dispersion features of low-frequency barotropic planetary waves and the dynamical mechanism of the teleconnection patterns in general circulation. J. Tropical Metoer., 4., 217-226. (in Chinese with English abstract).