1993 - Ph.D. (Oceanography), University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Thesis Advisors: Eric Firing and Dennis Moore.
Research Interests
Modeling of ocean general circulation and turbulence
Scientific Work Experience
Associate Researcher, IPRC, 1999 – Sept. 2005
Assistant Researcher, IPRC, 1998 – 1999
Visiting Scientist, Climate and Global Dynamics
Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1995 – 1998
Postdoctoral Fellow, Advanced Study Program,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1993 – 1995
Professional Associations
American Geophysical Union
American Meteorological Society.
Recent Publications
Bryan, F.O., D. Wang, and W.R. Holland, 1999: Response of a
global ocean general circulation model to atmospheric pressure
loading. Submitted to J. Geophys. Res.
Wang, D.: Effects of the earth's rotation on convection: turbulent
statistics, scaling laws and Lagrangian diffusion. Dynamics of
Atmospheres and Oceans, in press.
Wang, D., 2000: Effects of the Earth's Rotation on Convection.
Submitted to J. Phys. Oceangr.
Ascani, F., D. Wang, D.W. Moore, E. Firing, and J.P. McCreary,
2004: Comment on 'A theory of equatorial deep jets'. J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
34, 1781 – 1790.
Wang, D., 2003: Entrainment laws and a bulk mixed layer model of
rotating convection derived from large-eddy simulations. Geophys. Res. Lett.,
30, (18), 1929, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017869.
Li, T., Y. Zhang, E. Lu, and D.Wang, 2002: Relative role of
dynamic and thermodynamic processes in the development of the Indian
Ocean dipole: An OGCM diagnosis. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29
(23), 2110, doi:10.1029/2002GL05789.
Wang, D., and P. Muller, 2002: Effects of equatorial undercurrent
shear on upper-ocean mixing and internal waves. J. Phys.
Oceanogr.,32, 1041 – 1057.
Wang, D., 2001: A note on using the accelerated convergence method
in climate models. Tellus, 53A, 27 – 34.
Wang, D., 2001: Large-eddy simulation of diurnal cycle of oceanic
boundary layer: Sensitivity to domain size and spatial resolution. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans,
106, 13,959 – 13,974.
Wang, D., and P. Muller, 1999: Internal wave generation in the
equatorial undercurrent. Dynamics of Oceanic Internal Gravity Waves,
II. Proceedings of Hawaiian Winter Workshop, University of
Hawaii at Manoa, 181 – 187.
Wang, D., J.C. McWilliams, and W.G. Large, 1998: Large eddy
simulation of the diurnal cycle of deep equatorial turbulence. J.
Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 129 – 148.
Wang, D., W.R. Large, and J.C. McWilliams, 1996: Large eddy
simulation of the equatorial ocean boundary layer: diurnal cycling,
eddy viscosity, and horizontal rotation. J. Geophys. Res.,
101, No. C2, 3649 – 3662.