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Yuqing Wang

Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
Research Scientist

International Pacific Research Center
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Phone: (808) 956-5609
Fax: (808) 956-9425
Email:
Webpage: http://iprc.soest.hawaii.edu/users/yqwang/

Education

1983 - B.S. (Meteorology), Zhongshan University, Guanzhou, China
1988 - M.S. (Meteorology), Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences. Beijing, China
1995 - Ph.D. (Applied Mathematics), Centre for Dynamical Meteorology and Oceanography, Monash University, Australia
Dissertation title: Baroclinic Aspects of Tropical Cyclone Motion

Research Interests

Atmospheric dynamics
Physical meteorology
Tropical meteorology
Tropical cyclones
Development of high-resolution regional atmospheric and coupled ocean-atmospheric models
Regional climate modeling

Scientific Work Experience

Professor, Department of Meteorology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, 2008 – present
Associate Professor, Department of Meteorology, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, 2004 – 2008
Associate Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, 2000 – 2004
Graduate Faculty, Department of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 2000 – present
Senior Professional Officer, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia,
1995 – 2000
Research Assistant, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 1993 – 1995
Visiting scientist, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 1991 – 1993
Assistant Professor, Shanghai Typhoon Institute, Shanghai, China, 1988 – 1991
Lecturer, Shanghai Marine School, Shanghai, China, 1983 – 1985

Professional Service

Committee Member, The Second Workshop on Regional Climate Modeling for Monsoon System, March 4 – 6, 2003, Yokohama, Japan
Guest Professor, Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China, (August 2002 – present)
Invited Participant, Third US-Korea Joint Workshop on Storm Scale and Mesoscale Weather Analysis and Prediction, February 20 – 22, 2002, Boulder, Colorado
Committee Member, The organizing Committee of the First IPRC Regional Climate Modeling Workshop, October 10 – 12, 2001, East-West Center, Honolulu
Committee Member, Committee of the Max Eaton Award, 24^th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 29 May – 2 June 2000, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Committee Member, The 9^th BMRC Annual Modeling Workshop, 1997, Melbourne, Australia
Guest Instructor, WMO/COMET Workshop on Short-Range and Very Short Range Weather Predication, October 21 – November 8, 1996, Boulder, Colorado
Referee, J. Atmos. Sci., Mon. Wea. Rev., Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., Aust. Meteor. Mag., Intl. J. Climate, J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Review proposals for NSF, NASA

Refereed Publications

2020

Wang, Y., C. He, and T. Li, 2020: Impact of global warming on western North Pacific circulation anomaly during developing El Niño. J. Climate, 33 (6), 2333-2349, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0588.1. IPRC-1420.

2017

Chen, X.-M., Y. Wang, K. Zhao, and D. Wu, 2017: A numerical study on rapid intensification of typhoon Vicente (2012) in the South China Sea. Part I: Verification of simulation, storm-scale evolution, and environmental contribution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145 (3), 877-898, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0147.1. IPRC-1271.
Heng, J.-Y., Y. Wang, and W.-C. Zhou, 2017: Revisiting the balanced and unbalanced aspects of tropical cyclone intensification. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-17-0046.1. IPRC-1274.
Li, Q.-Q., Y. Wang, and Y.-H. Duan, 2017: A numerical study of outer rainband formation in a sheared tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., 74 (1), 203-227, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0123.1. IPRC-1270.
Sakazaki, T., K. Hamilton, C. Zhang, and Y. Wang, 2017: Is there a stratospheric pacemaker controlling the daily cycle of tropical rainfall? Geophys. Res. Lett., 44 (4), 1998-2006, doi:10.1002/2017GL072549. IPRC-1238.
Zhan, R.-F., and Y. Wang, 2017: Weak tropical cyclones dominate the poleward migration of the annual mean location of lifetime maximum intensity of Northwest Pacific tropical cyclones since 1980. J. Climate, 30, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0019.1. IPRC-1273.
Zhang, C., and Y. Wang, 2017: Projected Future Changes of Tropical Cyclone Activity over the western North and South Pacific in a 20-km-Mesh Regional Climate Model. J. Climate, 30 (15), 5923-5941, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0597.1. IPRC-1251.
Zhang, C., K. Hamilton, and Y. Wang, 2017: Monitoring and projecting snow on Hawaii Island. Earth's Future, 5 (5), 436-448, doi:10.1002/2016EF000478. IPRC-1248.
Zhang, X.-H., Y.-H. Duan, Y. Wang, N. Wei, H. Hu, 2017: A high-resolution simulation of Supertyphoon Rammasun (2014). Part I: Model verification and surface energetics analysis. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 34, 757-770, doi:10.1007/s00376-017-6255-7. IPRC-1272.

2016

Heng, J., and Y. Wang, 2016: Nonlinear response of a tropical cyclone vortex to prescribed eyewall heating with and without surface friction in TCM4: Implications for tropical cyclone intensification. J. Atmos. Sci., 73 (3), 1315-1333, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0164.1. IPRC-1173.
Heng, J.-Y., and Y. Wang, 2016: Reply to "Comments on 'Nonlinear response of a tropical cyclone vortex to prescribed eyewall heating with and without surface friction in TCM4: Implications for tropical cyclone intensification'". J. Atmos. Sci., 73 (12), 5105-5109, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0262.1. IPRC-1268.
Li, Q., Y. Wang, et al., 2016: Building Asian climate change scenario by multi-regional climate models ensemble. Part: II: Precipitation. Int. J. Climatol., 36 (13), 4253-4264, doi:10.1002/joc.4633. IPRC-1179.
Ling, Z., Y. Wang, and G. Wang, 2016: Impact of intraseasonal oscillations on the activity of tropical cyclones in summer over the South China Sea. Part I: Local tropical cyclones. J. Climate, 29 (2), 855-868, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0617.1. IPRC-1174.
Meng, W., and Y. Wang, 2016: A diagnostic study on heavy rainfall induced by landfalling Typhoon Utor (2013) in South China: 2. Postlandfall rainfall. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 121 (21), 12,803-12,819, doi:10.1002/2015JD024647. IPRC-1265.
Meng, W., and Y. Wang, 2016: A diagnostic study on heavy rainfall induced by Typhoon Utor (2013) in South China. Part I: Rainfall asymmetry at landfall. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 121 (21), 12,781-12,802, doi:10.1002/2015JD024646. IPRC-1264.
Tang, J.-P., Y. Wang, et al., 2016: Building Asian climate change scenario by multi-regional climate models ensemble. Part: I: Surface air temperature. Int. J. Climatol., 36 (13), 4241-4252, doi:10.1002/joc.4628. IPRC-1178.
Wang, H., C.-C. Wu, and Y. Wang, 2016: Secondary eyewall formation in an idealized tropical cyclone simulation: Balanced and unbalanced dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., 73 (10), 3911-3930, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0146.1. IPRC-1267.
Wang, Y., and J.-Y. Heng, 2016: Contribution of eye excess energy to the intensification rate of tropical cyclones: A numerical study. Journal of Advances in Modeling the Earth Systems, 8, 1953-1968, doi:10.1002/2016MS000709. IPRC-1269.
Xu, J., Y. Wang, and Z.-M. Tan, 2016: The relationship between sea surface temperature and maximum intensification rate of tropical cyclones over the North Atlantic. J. Atmos. Sci., 73 (12), 4979-4988, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-16-0164.1. IPRC-1266.
Zhan, R., and Y. Wang, 2016: CFSv2-based statistical prediction for seasonal accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) over the western North Pacific. J. Climate, 29 (2), 525-541, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0059.1. IPRC-1176.
Zhang, C., Y. Wang, K. Hamilton, and A. Lauer, 2016: Dynamical downscaling of the climate for the Hawaiian Islands. Part I: Present-day. J. Climate, 29 (8), 3027-3048, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0432.1. IPRC-1175.
Zhang, C., Y. Wang, K. Hamilton, and A. Lauer, 2016: Dynamical Downscaling of the Climate for the Hawaiian Islands. Part II: Projection for the Late 21st Century. J. Climate, 29 (23), 8333-8354, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0038.1. IPRC-1207.
Zhao, J.-W., R.-F. Zhan, Y. Wang, and L. Tao, 2016: Intensified interannual relationship between tropical cyclone genesis frequency over the Northwest Pacific and the SST gradient between the Southwest Pacific and the western Pacific Warm Pool since mid-1970s. J. Climate, 29 (10), 3811-3830, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0729.1. IPRC-1180.

2015

Chen, X.-M., Y. Wang, and K. Zhao, 2015: Synoptic Flow Patterns and Large-scale Characteristics associated with Rapidly Intensifying Tropical Cyclones in South China Sea. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143 (1), 64-87, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-13-00338.1. IPRC-1139.
He, H.-Z., J. Yang, D.-Y. Gong, R. Mao, Y. Wang, and M.-N. Gao, 2015: Decadal changes in tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific in the late 1990s. Climate Dynamics. Clim. Dyn., 45 (11), 3317-3329, doi:10.1007/s00382-015-2541-1. IPRC-1145.
Li, Q.-Q., Y. Wang, and Y. Duan, 2015: Impacts of Evaporation of Rainwater on Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity-A Revisit. J. Atmos. Sci., 72 (4), 1323-1345, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-14-0224.1. IPRC-1142.
Ma, Z.-H., J.-F. Fei, X.-P. Cheng, Y. Wang, and X.-G. Huang, 2015: Contributions of surface sensible heat fluxes to tropical cyclone. Part II: The sea spray processes. J. Atmos. Sci., 72 (11), 4218-4236, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0058.1. IPRC-1177.
Mei, W., S.-P. Xie, M. Zhao, and Y. Wang, 2015: Forced and internal variability of tropical cyclone track density in the Western North Pacific. J. Climate, 28 (1), 143-167, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00164.1. IPRC-1140.
Niu, X.-R., J.-P. Tang, Y. Wang, H. Sasaki, et al., 2015: Projection of Indian Summer Monsoon Climate in 2041-2060 by Multi-Regional and Global Climate Models. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 120, 1776-1793, doi:10.1002/2014JD022620. IPRC-1144.
Qi, L., and Y. Wang, 2015: Discrepancies in different precipitation data products in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) during summer monsoon season. Adv. Meteor., 2015, 806-845, doi:10.1155/2015/806845. IPRC-1147.
Wang, Y., Y. Rao, Z.-M. Tan, and D. Schönemann, 2015: A Statistical Analysis of the Effects of Vertical Wind Shear on Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change over the Western North Pacific. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143 (9), 3434-3453, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0049.1. IPRC-1146.
Xu, J., and Y. Wang, 2015: A statistical analysis on the dependence of tropical cyclone intensification rate on the storm intensity and size in the North Atlantic. Wea. Forecasting, 20 (3), 692-701, doi:10.1175/WAF-D-14-00141.1. IPRC-1143.
Yu, Z.-F., Y. Wang, and H.-M. Xu, 2015: Observed Rainfall Asymmetry in Tropical Cyclones Making Landfall over China. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 54 (1), 117-136, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0359.1. IPRC-1141.

2014

Li, Q.-Q., Y. Wang, and Y.-H. Duan, 2014: Effect of diabatic heating/cooling in rapid filamentation zone on structure and intensity of a simulated tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., 71 (9), 3144-3163, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-0312.1. IPRC-1137.
Qi, L., J.-H. He, and Y. Wang, 2014: The terraced thermal contrast among the Tibetan Plateau, the East Asian plain and the western North Pacific, and its impacts on the seasonal transition of East Asian Climate. Chinese Science Bulletin, 59 (2), 212-221, doi:10.1007%2Fs11434-013-0025-4. IPRC-998.
Wang, H., Y. Wang, and H. Xu, 2014: A Numerical Study of Typhoon Megi (2010): Part I: Rapid Intensification. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124 (1), 29-48, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-13-00070.1. IPRC-1065.
Zhan, R.-F., Y. Wang, and L. Tao, 2014: Intensified impact of East Indian Ocean SST anomaly on tropical cyclone genesis frequency over the western North Pacific. J. Climate, 27 (23), 8724-8739, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00119.1. IPRC-1138.

2013

Choi, K.S., C.-C. Wu, and Y. Wang, 2013: Seasonal prediction for tropical cyclone frequency around Taiwan using teleconnection patterns. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 116 (3‐4), 1‐14, doi:10.1007/s00704-013-0954-5. IPRC-1148.
Elsberry, L.E., L.-S. Chen, J. Davidson, R. Rogers, Y. Wang, and L. Wu, 2013: Advances in understanding and forecasting rapidly changing phenomena in tropical cyclones. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 2 (1), 13-24, doi:10.6057/2013TCRR01.02. IPRC-997.
Lauer, A., C. Zhang, O. Elison Timm, Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2013: Downscaling of climate change in the Hawaii region using CMIP5 results: On the choice of the forcing fields. J. Climate, 26 (24), 10006-10030, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00126.1. IPRC-996.
Souma, K., K. Tanaka, T. Suetsugi, K. Sunada, K. Tsuboki, T. Shinoda, Y. Wang, A. Sakakibara, K. Hasegawa, Q. Moteki, and E. Nakakita, 2013: A comparison between the effects of artificial land cover and anthropogenic heat on a localized heavy rain event in 2008 in Zoshigaya, Tokyo, Japan. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 118 (10), 11600-11610, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50850. IPRC-1136.
Wang, H., Y. Wang, and H. Xu, 2013: Improving simulation of a tropical cyclone using dynamical initialization and large-scale spectral nudging: A case study of Typhoon Megi (2010). Acta Meteorological Sinica, 27 (4), 455-475, doi:10.1007/s13351-013-0418-y. IPRC-959.
Wang, Y., and H. Wang, 2013: The inner-core size increase of Typhoon Megi (2010) during its rapid intensification phase. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 2 (2), 65-80, doi:10.6057/2013TCRR02.01. IPRC-1000.
Xu, Y., and Y. Wang, 2013: On the initial development of asymmetric vertical motion and horizontal relative flow in a mature tropical cyclone embedded in environmental vertical shear. J. Atmos. Sci., 70 (11), 3471-3491, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-12-0335.1. IPRC-999.
Zhan, R., Y. Wang, and M. Wen, 2013: The SST Gradient between the Southwestern Pacific and the Western Pacific Warm Pool: A New Factor Controlling the Northwestern Pacific Tropical Cyclone Genesis Frequency. J. Climate, 26 (7), 2408-2415, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00798.1. IPRC-960.

2012

Wang, Y., 2012: Recent research progress on tropical cyclone structure and intensity. [J.] Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 1 (2), 254-275, doi:10.6057/2012TCRR02.05. IPRC-958.
Zhan, R., Y. Wang, and M. Ying, 2012: Seasonal forecasts of tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific: A review. [J.] Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 1 (3), 307-324, doi:10.6057/2012TCRR03.07. IPRC-957.

2011

Choi, K.-S., C.-C. Wu, and Y. Wang, 2011: On the effect of ENSO on landfalling tropical cyclones over the Korean Peninsula. Asian Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 391-397.
Chou K.-H., C.-C. Wu, Y. Wang, and C.-H. Chih, 2011: Eyewall evolution of typhoons crossing the Philippines and Taiwan: An observational study. Terr. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., 22, 535-548.
Fudeyasu, H., and Y. Wang, 2011: Balanced contribution to the intensification of a tropical cyclone simulated in TCM4: Outer core spin-up process. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 430-449.
Huang, Y.-S., C.-C. Wu, and Y. Wang, 2011: The influence of the island topography on typhoon track deflection. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 1708-1727.
Wang, L., Y. Wang, A. Lauer, and S.-P. Xie, 2011: Simulation of seasonal variation of marine boundary layer clouds over the eastern Pacific with a regional climate model. J. Climate, 24, 3190-3210.
Xu, H., M. Xu, S.-P. Xie, and Y. Wang, 2011: Deep atmospheric response to the spring Kuroshio Current over the East China Sea. J. Climate, 24, 4959-4972.
Zhan, R., Y. Wang, and X. Le, 2011: Contributions of ENSO and East Indian Ocean SSTA to the Interannual Variability of Tropical Cyclone Frequency. J. Climate, 24, 509-521, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3808.1.
Zhan, R.-F., Y. Wang, and C.-C. Wu, 2011: Impact of SSTA in East Indian Ocean on the frequency of Northwest Pacific tropical cyclones: A regional atmospheric model. J. Climate, 24, 6227-6242.
Zhang, C., Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2011: Improved representation of boundary layer clouds over the Southeast Pacific in WRF-ARW using a modified Tiedtke cumulus parameterization scheme. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 3489-3513.

2010

Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Satoh, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2010: Multiscale Interactions in the Lifecycle of a Tropical Cyclone Simulated in a Global Cloud-System-Resolving Model: Part I: Large-scale and Storm-scale Evolutions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4285-4304, doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3474.1.
Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Satoh, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2010: Multiscale Interactions in the Lifecycle of a Tropical Cyclone Simulated in a Global Cloud-System-Resolving Model: Part II: System-Scale and Mesoscale Processes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4305-4327.doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3475.1.
Lauer, A., K. Hamilton, Y. Wang, V.T.J. Phillips, and R. Bennartz, 2010: The Impact of Global Warming on Marine Boundary Layer Clouds over the Eastern Pacific - A Regional Model Study. J. Climate, 23 (21), 5844-5863.
Souma, K., and Y. Wang, 2010: 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.-Atmos., 115, D02115, doi:10.1029/2009JD012189.
Wang, Y., and J. Xu, 2010: Energy production, frictional dissipation, and maximum intensity of a numerically simulated tropical cyclone. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 97-116.
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, 2010: The PreVOCA experiment: Modeling the lower troposphere in the Southeast Pacific. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 4757-4774.
Xu, J., and Y. Wang, 2010: Sensitivity of the Simulated Tropical Cyclone Inner-Core Size to the Initial Vortex Size. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4135-4157, doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3335.1.
Xie, B.-G., Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang, 2010: Observed characteristics of hail size in four regions in China during 1980-2005. J. Climate, 23, 4973-4982, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3600.
Xu, J., and Y. Wang, 2010: Sensitivity of tropical cyclone inner core size and intensity to the radial distribution of surface entropy flux. J. Atmos. Sci., 67 (6), 1831-1852.
Yu, J., Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2010: Response of tropical cyclone potential intensity to a global warming scenario in the IPCC AR4 CGCMs. J. Climate, 23, 1354-1373.
Zeng, Z.-H., Y. Wang, and L.-S. Chen, 2010: A statistical analysis of vertical shear effect on tropical cyclone intensity change in the North Atlantic. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L02802.
Zeng, Z.-H., Y. Wang, Y.-H. Duan, L.-S. Chen, and Z. Gao, 2010: On sea surface roughness parameterization and its effect on tropical cyclone structure and intensity. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 27, 337-355.

2009

Lauer, A., Y. Wang, V.T.J. Phillips, C.S. McNaughton, R. Bennartz, and A.D. Clarke, 2009: Simulating Marine Boundary Layer Clouds over the Eastern Pacific in a Regional Climate Model with Double-Moment Cloud Microphysics. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 114, D21205.
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.
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 (6),1790-1804.
Wang, Y., 2009: How do outer spiral rainbands affect tropical cyclone structure and intensity? J. Atmos. Sci., 66 (5), 1250-1273.
Wang, Y.-Q., Y. Wang, and H. Fudeyasu, 2009: Roles of Typhoon Songda (2004) in producing distantly located heavy rainfall in Japan. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3699-3716.
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 (1), 21-40.
Yu, J. and Y. Wang, 2009: Response of Tropical Cyclone Potential Intensity over the North Indian Ocean to Global Warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03709, doi:10.1029/2008GL036742.

2008

Fudeyasu, H., Y. Wang, M. Satoh, T. Nasuno, H. Miura, and W. Yanase, 2008: The Global Cloud-System-Resolving Model NICAM Successfully Simulated the Lifecycles of Two Real Tropical Cyclones. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L22808.
Ge, X., T. Li, Y. Wang, and M.S. Peng, 2008: Tropical cyclone energy dispersion in a three-dimensional primitive equation model: Upper tropospheric influence. J. Atmos. Sci., 65 (7), 2272-2289.
Li, L.-J., Y. Wang, B. Wang (LASG), and T.-J. Zhou, 2008: Sensitivity of the Grid-point Atmospheric Model of IAP LASG (GAMIL1.1.0) climate simulation to cloud droplet effective radius and liquid water path journal. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 529-540.
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. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L19707.
Xie, B.-G., Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang, 2008: Trends in hail in China during 1960-2005. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L13801.
Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, W. Zhuang, and D. Wang, 2008: Orographic effects on South China Sea summer climate. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 100, 275-289.
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 monsoon precipitation in the Yangtze River Valley over China. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 100, 217-231.
Wang, Y., 2008: Rapid filamentation zone in a numerically simulated tropical cyclone model. J. Atmos. Sci., 65 (4), 1158-1181.
Wang, Y., 2008: Structure and formation of an annular hurricane simulated in a fully compressible, nonhydrostatic model - TCM4. J. Atmos. Sci., 65 (5), 1505-1527.
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.
Zhang, C.-X., Q.-H. Zhang, and Y. Wang, 2008: Climatology of hail in China: 1961-2005. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47 (3), 795-804.
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.
Zhao, H., D.-L. Tang, and Y. Wang, 2008: Comparison of phytoplankton blooms triggered by two typhoons with different intensities and translational speeds in the South China Sea. Marine Ecol. Progr. Series, 365, 57-65.

2007

Li, L., 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). Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 24, 323-335.
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
Stowasser, M., Y. Wang, and K. Hamilton, 2007: Tropical cyclone changes in the western North Pacific in a global warming scenario. J. Climate, 20 (11), 2378-2396.
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
Wang, Y., L. Zhou, and K. Hamilton, 2007: Effect of convective entrainment/detrainment on simulation of tropical precipitation diurnal cycle. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 567-585.
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.
Yang, B., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2007: The Effect of internally generated inner-core asymmetries on tropical cyclone potential intensity. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1165-1188.
Zeng, Z., Y. Wang, and C.-C. Wu, 2007: Environmental dynamical control of tropical cyclone intensity-An observational study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135 (1), 38-59.
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 (3-4), 269-282.

2006

de Szoeke, S.P., Y. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and T. Miyama, 2006: The effect of shallow cumulus convection on the eastern Pacific climate in a coupled model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L17713.
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 (9), 2383-2395.
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 (14) 3420-3429 DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3777.1.
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.-Atmos., 111, D17104. 10.1029/2006JD007243.

2005

Small, R.J., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, S.K. Esbensen, and D. Vickers, 2005: Numerical simulation of boundary layer structure and cross-equatorial flow in the Eastern Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 62 (6), 1812-1830.
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. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, doi:10.1029/2005GL022574.
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.
Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, and Y. Wang, 2005: Subseasonal variability of the Southeast Pacific stratus cloud deck. J. Climate, 18 (1), 131-142.
Xu, H., S.-P. Xie, Y. Wang, and J. Small, 2005: Effects of Central American mountains on the eastern Pacific winter ITCZ and moisture transport. J. Climate, 18 (18), 3856-3873.

2004

Sen, O.L., B. Wang, and Y. Wang, 2004: Impacts of re-greening the desertified lands in northwestern China: Implications from a regional climate model experiment. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82 (6), 1679-1693.
Sen, O.L., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2004: Impact of Indochina deforestation on the East Asian summer monsoon. J. Climate, 17, 1366-1380.
Wang, Y., L.R. Leung, J.L. McGregor, D.-K. Lee, W.-C. Wang, Y. Ding, and F. Kimura, 2004: Regional climate modeling: Progress, challenges, and prospects. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82 (6), 1599-1628.
Wang, Y., and C.-C. Wu, 2004: Current understanding of tropical cyclone structure and intensity changes-A review. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 87 (4), 257-278.
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 (1), 274-296.
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 (11), 2650-2668.
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 (3), 589-602.

2003

Small, R.J., S.-P. Xie, and Wang, Y., 2003: Numerical simulation of atmospheric response to Pacific Tropical Instability Waves. J. Climate, 16 (22), 3722-3740.
Wang, X., F.-F. Jin, and Y. Wang, 2003: A tropical ocean recharge mechanism for climate variability. Part I: Equatorial heat content changes induced by the off-equatorial wind. J. Climate, 16 (22), 3585-3598.
Wang, X., F.-F. Jin, and Y. Wang, 2003: A tropical ocean recharge mechanism for climate variability. Part II: A unified theory for decadal and ENSO modes. J. Climate, 16 (22), 3599-3616.
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 event over China. Part I: Model description and verification of simulation. J. Climate, 16 (11), 1721-1738.
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.

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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
Wang, Y., and B. Wang, 2001: Toward a unified highly resolved regional climate modeling system. In Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change: Toward Integrated Modeling, Eds., T. Matsuno and H. Kida. TERRAPUB, 29-48.
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.
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.

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.

1987-1999

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.
Wang, Y., 1999: A triply-nested movable mesh tropical cyclone model with explicit cloud microphysics-TCM3. BMRC Research Report No. 74, Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre, Australia, (Ed., J.D. Jasper), 81pp.
Wang, Y., 1998: On the bogusing of tropical cyclones in numerical models: The influence of vertical structure. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 65, 153-170.
Wang, B., R. Elsberry, and Y. Wang, 1998: Dynamics in tropical cyclone motion: A review. Chinese J. Atmos. Sci., 22, 416-434.
Wang, Y., 1996: On the forward-in-time upstream advection scheme for non-uniform and time-dependent flow. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 61, 27-38.
Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: Tropical cyclone motion and evolution in vertical shear. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3313-3332.
Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: The beta drift of baroclinic vortices. Part II: Diabatic vortices. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3737-3756.
Wang, Y., and G.J. Holland, 1996: The beta drift of baroclinic vortices. Part I: Adiabatic vortices. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 411-427.
Wang, Y., 1995: On an inverse balance equation in sigma-coordinates for model initialization. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 482-488.
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.
Holland, G.J., and Y. Wang, 1995: Baroclinic dynamics of simulated tropical cyclone recurvature. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 410-425.
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.
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: On some baroclinic aspects of tropical cyclone motion. BMRC Research Report, No. 39. (Eds, J.D. Jasper and P.J. Meighen). 81-92.
Wang, Y., G.J. Holland, and L.M. Leslie, 1993: Some baroclinic aspects of tropical cyclone motion. Tropical Cyclone Disasters, (Eds., J. Lighthill, K. Emanuel, G.J. Holland), Peking University Press, 280-285.
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).
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. Act. Meteor. Sin., 51, 442-447 (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).
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. Act. Meteor. Sin., 50, 418-428 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Wang, Y., 1991: On the accurate solutions of nonlinear barotropic Rossby waves. Act. Meteor. Sin., 49, 411-420 (in Chinese with English abstract).
Wang, Y., 1990: Stability of large-scale atmospheric motions in low latitudes 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 Meteor., 4, 217-226 (in Chinese with English abstract).