People

Bin Wang


Bin Wang

Chair, Department of Meteorology

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

Phone: (808) 956-2563
Fax: (808) 956-9425
Email: wangbin@hawaii.edu
Webpage: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/~bwang/
Education
  • 1984 - Ph.D. (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics), Florida State University, USA
  • 1981 - M.S. (Meteorology), University of Science and Technology of China, Beijing, China
  • 1966 - B.S. [Equivalent] (Physical Oceanography), Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao, China
Research Interests
  • Variability and predictability of the Asian-Australian monsoon system
  • Tropical intraseasonal oscillations
  • Seasonal climate prediction
  • Tropical cyclones
  • El Ni?o–Southern Oscillation dynamics
  • Large-scale ocean-atmosphere interactions
  • The annual cycle in the coupled ocean-atmosphere-land system
  • Interdecadal variability and climate changes of the Asian-Pacific climate
Scientific Work Experience
  • Professor, Meteorology, University of Hawaii (7/92–Present)
  • Associate Professor, Meteorology, University of Hawaii (7/89–6/92)
  • Assistant Professor, Meteorology, University of Hawaii (1/87–6/89)
  • Senior Fellow, JIMAR, NOAA/UH (1/88–present)
  • Visiting Scientist, GFDP, Princeton University (11/84–12/86)
  • Research Associate, GFDI, Florida State University (8/84–11/84)
  • Research Assistant, Meteorology and GFDI, Florida State University (5/81–8/84)
  • Assistant Researcher, IAP, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing (10/78–4/81)
  • Lecturer, Ocean University of Qingdao, China (9/75–9/78)
  • Meteorologist, Weather Bureau of Shandong Province, China (9/67–8/75)
Refereed Publications
  • Ding, Q., and B. Wang: Intraseasonal interaction between the Eurasian wavetrain and the Indian summer monsoon. J. Climate, in press.
  • Jia, X., H. Lin, J.-Y. Lee, and B. Wang: Season-dependent forecast skill of the dominant atmospheric circulation patterns over the Pacific-North American region. J. Climate, in press.
  • Kajikawa, Y., and B. Wang: Interdecadal change of the South China Sea summer monsoon onset. J. Climate, in press.
  • Lee, J.-Y., and B. Wang: Seasonal climate prediction and predictability of atmospheric circulation. In Leonard M. Druyan (Ed.) Climate Models, InTech Open Access Books, in press.
  • Lee, J.-Y., B. Wang, I.-S. Kang, J. Shukla, A. Kumar, J.-S. Kug, J. Schemm, J.-J. Luo, T. Yamagata, X. Fu, O. Alves, B. Stern, T. Rosati, and C.-K. Park: How are seasonal prediction skills related to models’ performance on mean state and annual cycle? Climate Dynamics, in press.
  • Liu, F., and B. Wang: Impacts of upscale heat and momentum transfer by moist Kelvin waves on the Madden-Julian Oscillation: A theoretical model study. Clim. Dyn., in press.
  • Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Lee, B. Wang, K.-J. Ha, F.-F. Jin, D. M. Straus, and J. Shukla: Interdecadal changes in the storm track activity over the North Pacific and North Atlantic. Clim. Dyn., in press.
  • Liu, P., M. Satoh, B. Wang, H. Fudeyasu, T. Nasuno, T. Li, H. Miura, H. Taniguchi, H. Masunaga, X. Fu, and H. Annamalai: An MJO Simulated by the NICAM at 14-km and 7-km Resolutions. Mon. Wea. Rev., in press.
  • Liu, F., and B. Wang: A model for the interaction between the 2-day waves and moist Kelvin waves. J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
  • Moon, J.-Y., B. Wang, and K.-J. Ha: MJO modulation on 2009/10 winter snowstorms in the United States. J. Climate, in press.
  • Wang, B., and F. Liu: A Model for Scale Interaction in the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
  • Wang, B., J. Liu, H.-J. Kim, P. J. Webster, and S.-Y. Yim: Recent Change of the Global Monsoon Precipitation (1979-2008). Clim. Dyn., in press.
  • Wang, B., R. Wu, and X. Fu: Mechanism of ENSO-monsoon interaction during mature-decay phases of ENSO cycle. East Asian Meteor. and Climatol., in press.
  • Xiang, B., B. Wang, Q. Ding, F.-F. Jin, X. Fu, and H.-J. Kim: Reduction of the thermocline feedback associated with mean SST bias in ENSO simulation. Clim. Dyn., in press.
2011
  • Ding, Q., B. Wang, J.M. Wallace, and G. Branstator, 2011: Tropical-extratropical teleconnections in boreal summer: Observed interannual variability. J. Climate, 24, 1878–1896. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2011JCLI3621.
  • Fu, X.H., B. Wang, J.-Y. Lee, W.Q. Wang, and L. Gao, 2011: Sensitivity of Dynamical Intra-Seasonal Prediction Skills to Different Initial Conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139 (8), 2572-2592.
  • Hsu, P.-C., T. Li, and B. Wang, 2011: Trends in global monsoon area and precipitation over the past 30 years. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L08701, doi:10.1029/2011GL046893.
  • Kikuchi, K., B. Wang, and Y. Kajikawa, 2011: Bimodal representation of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation. Clim. Dyn., DOI:10.1007/s00382-011-1159-1.
  • Kim, H.-J., and B. Wang, 2011: Sensitivity of the WRF model simulation of East Asia summer monsoon in 1993 to shortwave radiation schemes and ozone absorption. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 167-180, DOI: 10.1007/s13143-011-0006-y.
  • Lee, J.-Y., B. Wang, Q. Ding, K.-J. Ha, J.-B. Ahn, A. Kumar, B. Stern, and O. Alves, 2011: How predictable is the Northern Hemisphere summer upper-tropospheric circulation? Clim. Dyn., 37, 1189-1203.
  • Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Lee, K.-J. Ha, B. Wang, J. Kyung, and E. Schemm, 2011: Deficiencies and possibilities for long-lead coupled climate prediction of the western North Pacific-East Asian summer monsoon. Clim. Dyn., 36 (5), 1173-1188.
  • Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Lee, B. Wang, F.-F. Jin, W.-J. Lee, and K.-J. Ha, 2011: A comparison of climatological subseasonal variations in the wintertime storm track activity between the North Pacific and Atlantic: Local energetics and moisture effect. Clim. Dyn., 37, (11), 2455-2469.
  • Moon, J.-Y., B. Wang, and K.-J. Ha, 2011: ENSO regulation of MJO teleconnection. Clim. Dyn., 37, 1133-1149, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0902-3.
  • Murakami, H., B. Wang, and A. Kitoh, 2011: Future change of western North Pacific typhoons: Projections by a 20-km-mesh global atmospheric model. J. Climate, 24, 1154–1169, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2010JCLI3723.1.
  • Wang, B., H.-J. Kim, K. Kikuchi, and A. Kitoh, 2011: Diagnostic metrics for evaluation of annual and diurnal cycles. Clim. Dyn., Volume 37, Numbers 5-6, 941-955, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0877-0.
  • Xiang, B., W. Yu, T. Li, and B. Wang, 2011: The critical role of the boreal summer mean state in the development of the IOD. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L02710, doi:10.1029/2010GL045851.
  • Zhou, X., and B. Wang, 2011: Mechanism of Concentric Eyewall Replacement Cycles and Associated Intensity Change. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 972–988, doi: 10.1175/2011JAS3575.1.
  • Zhou, Xi., B. Wang, X. Ge, and T.Li, 2011: Impact of secondary eyewall heating on tropical cyclone intensity change. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 450–456, doi: 10.1175/2010JAS3624.1.
2010
  • Chowdary, J.S., S.-P. Xie, J.-Y. Lee, Y. Kosaka, and B. Wang, 2010: Predictability of summer Northwest Pacific climate in 11 coupled model hindcasts: Local and remote forcing. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 115, D22121, doi:10.1029/2010JD014595.
  • Kikuchi, K., and B. Wang, 2010: Formation of tropical cyclones in the northern Indian Ocean associated with two types of tropical intraseasonal oscillation modes. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 88 (3), 475-496.
  • Kikuchi, K., and B. Wang, 2010: Spatio-temporal wavelet transform and the multiscale behavior of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 23 (14), 3814-3834.
  • Murakami, H., and B. Wang, 2010: Future Change of North Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracks: Projection by a 20-km-Mesh Global Atmospheric Model. J. Climate, 23, 2699-2721.
  • Wang, B., Z. Wu, C.-P. Chang, J. Liu, J. Li, and T. Zhou, 2010: Another look at interannual-to-interdecadal variations of the East Asian winter monsoon: The northern and southern temperature modes. J. Climate, 23, 1495-1512.
  • Wang, B., Y. Yang, Q.-H. Ding, H. Murakami, and F. Huang: Climate Control of Global Tropical Storm Days (1965-2008): El Ni?o and Global Warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L07704, doi:10.1029/2010GL042487.
  • Yim, S.-Y., J.-G. Jhun, R. Lu, and B. Wang, 2010: Two distinct patterns of spring Eurasian snow cover anomaly and their impacts on the East Asian summer monsoon. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D22113, 10 PP, doi:10.1029/2010JD013996.
  • Yun, K.-S., K.-J. Ha, Bin Wang, and R.-Q. Ding, 2010 : Decadal cooling in the Indian summer monsoon after 1997/1998 El Ni?o and its impact on the East Asian summer monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L01805.
2009
  • Ding, Q., and B. Wang, 2009: Predicting extreme phases of the India Summer Monsoon. J. Climate, 22 (2), 346–643.
  • Fu, X., and B. Wang, 2009: Critical roles of the stratiform rainfall in sustaining the Madden-Julian Oscillation: GCM Experiments. J. Climate, 22 (14) 3939–3959.
  • Fu, X., B. Wang, Q. Bao, P. Liu, and J.-Y. Lee, 2009: Impacts of initial conditions on monsoon intraseasonal forecasting. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08801; doi:10.1029/2009GL037166.
  • Kajikawa, Y., T. Yasunari, and B. Wang, 2009: Decadal change in intraseasonal variability over the South China Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06810, doi:10.1029/2009GL037174.
  • Kajikawa, Y., B. Wang, and J. Yang, 2009: A multi-time scale Australian monsoon index. Int. J. Climatol., doi: 10.1002/joc.1955.
  • Kikuchi, K., and B. Wang, 2009: Global Perspective of the Quasi-Biweekly Oscillation journal. J. Climate, 22 (6), 1340–1359.
  • Kikuchi, K., B. Wang, and Y. Fudeyasu, 2009: Genesis of Tropical Cyclone Nargis revealed by multiple satellite observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L06811, doi:10.1029/2009GL037296.
  • Kim, H.-J., B. Wang, and Q. Ding, and I.-U. Chung, 2008: Changes in Arid Climate over North China Detected by the K?ppen Climate Classification. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86, 981–990.
  • Kubota, H., and B. Wang, 2009: How much do tropical cyclones affect seasonal and interannual rainfall variability over the western North Pacific? J. Climate, 22, 5495-5510.
  • Liu, P., Y. Kajikawa, B. Wang, A. Kitoh, T. Yasunari, T. Li, H. Annamalai, X. Fu, K. Kikuchi, R. Mizuta, K. Rajendran, D. E. Waliser, and D. Kim, 2009: Tropical Intraseasonal Variability in the MRI-20km60L AGCM. J. Climate, 22 (8), 2006–2022, doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2406.1.
  • Liu, J., X. Kuang, B. Wang, Q. Ding, W. Soon, and E. Zorita, 2009: Centennial variations of the global monsoon precipitation in the sast millennium: Results from ECHO-G Model. J. Climate, 22 ( 9), 2356–2371.
  • Liu, P., M. Satoh, B. Wang, H. Fudeyasu, T. Nasuno, T. Li, H. Miura, H. Taniguchi, H. Masunaga, X. Fu, and H. Annamalai, 2009: An MJO Simulated by the NICAM at 14-km and 7-km Resolutions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3254-3268.
  • Wang, B., Q. Ding, and P.V. Joseph, 2009: Objective definition of the Indian summer monsoon onset. J. Climate, 22 (12), 3303–3316.
  • Wang, B., F. Huang, Z. Wu, J. Yang, X. Fu, and K. Kikuchi, 2009: Multi-scale climate variability of the South China Sea monsoon: A Review. Dyn. of Atmos. and Oceans, 47 (1-3), 15–37.
  • Wang, B., J.-Y. Lee and co-authors, 2009: Advance and Prospect of Seasonal Prediction: Assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-model ensemble retroperspective seasonal prediction (1980-2004). Climate Dyn., 33, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0460-0.
  • Wang, B., J. Liu, J. Yang, T.-J. Zhou, and Z. Wu, 2009: Distinct principal modes of early and late summer rainfall anomalies in East Asia. J. Climate, 22 (13), 3864–3875.
  • Wu, Z.W., B. Wang, and J.P. Li, 2009: An empirical seasonal prediction model of the East Asian summer monsoon using ENSO and NAO. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D18120, doi:10.1029/2009JD011733.
  • Zhou, X., and B. Wang, 2009: From concentric eyewall to annular hurricane: A numerical study with the cloud-resolved WRF model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L03802, doi:10.1029/2008GL036854.
2008
  • Fu, X., B. Wang, B. Qing, P. Liu, and B. Yang, 2008: Experimental dynamical forecast of an MJO event observed during TOGA-COARE Period. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 1, 24–28.
  • Fu, X., B. Yang, Q. Bao, and B. Wang, 2008: Sea surface temperature feedback extends the predictability of tropical intraseasonal oscillation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 577–597.
  • Kikuchi, K., and B. Wang, 2008: Diurnal precipitation regimes in the global tropics. J. Climate, 21 (11), 2680–2696.
  • Kim, H.-J., B. Wang, and Q. Ding, 2008: The global monsoon variability simulated by CMIP3 coupled climate models. J. Climate, 21, 5271–5294.
  • Liu, J., B. Wang, and J. Yang: Forced and internal modes of variability of the East Asian summer monsoon. Climate of the Past, 4, 225–233.
  • Wang, B., 2008: Thrusts and prospects on understanding and predicting Asian monsoon climate. Acta Meteorogica Sinica, 22 (4) 383–403.
  • Wang, B., Q. Bao, B. Hoskins, G. Wu, and Y. Liu, 2008: Tibetan Plateau warming and precipitation changes in East Asia. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L14702, doi:10.1029/2008GL034330.
  • Wang, B., and Q. Ding, 2008: The global monsoon: Major modes of annual variations in the tropics. Dynamics of Atmos. and Ocean, 44 (2), 165–183, doi:10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2007.05.002.
  • Wang, B., J.-Y. Lee, I.-S. Kang, J. Shukla, J.-S Kug, A. Kumar, J. Schemm, J.-J. Luo, T. Yamagata, C.-K. Park, 2008: How accurately do coupled climate models predict the leading modes of the Asian-Australian monsoon interannual variability? Clim. Dyn., 30 (6), 605–619.
  • Wang, B., J.-Y. Lee, I.-S. Kang, J. Shukla, C.-K Park, A. Kumar, J. Schemm, S. Cocke, J.-S. Kug, J.-J. Luo, T. Zhou, B. Wang, X. Fu, W.-T. Yun, O. Alves, E. K. Jin, J. Kinter, B. Kirtman, T. Krishnamurti, N. C. Lau, W. Lau, P. Liu, P. Pegion, T. Rosati, S. Schubert, W. Stern, M. Suarez, and T. Yamagata, 2009: Advance and Prospectus of Seasonal Prediction, 2008: Assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-Model Ensemble Retrospective Seasonal Prediction (1980–2004). Clim. Dyn., DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0460-0.
  • Wang, B., Z. Wu, J. Li, J. Liu, C.-P. Chang, Y. Ding, and G.-X. Wu, 2008: How to measure the strength of the East Asian summer monsoon. J. Climate, 21, 4449–4463.
  • Wang, B., and H. Yang, 2008: Hydrological issues in lateral boundary conditions for regional climate modeling: simulation of East Asian summer monsoon in 1998. Climate Dynamics, 31 (4), 477–490. DOI 10.1007/s00382-008-0385-7.
  • Wang, B., J. Yang, T. Zhou, and B. Wang, 2008: Interdecadal changes in the major modes of Asian-Australian monsoon variability: Strengthening relationship with ENSO since the late 1970s. J. Climate, 21 (8), 1771–1789.
  • Wang, B., and X. Zhou, 2008: Climate variation and prediction of rapid intensification in tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 99, 1–16. doi: 10.1007/s00703-006-0238-z.
  • Wu, L., and B. Wang, 2008: What changed the proportion of intense hurricanes in the last 30 years? J. Climate, 21, 1434–1441.
  • Wu, L., B. Wang, and S.A. Braun, 2008: Implications of tropical cyclone power dissipation index (PDI). International J. Climatology, 28, 727–731. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1573.
  • Yang, B., X. Fu, and B. Wang, 2008: Atmosphere-ocean conditions jointly guide convection of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation: Satellite observations. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 113, D11105doi:10.1029/2007JD009276.
  • Yang, J., B. Wang, and B. Wang, 2008: Anticorrelated intensity change of the quasi biweekly and 30–50-day oscillations over the South China Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L16702, doi:10.1029/2008GL034449.
  • Zhang, S., and B. Wang, 2008: Global summer monsoon rainy season, Revised. Int. J. Climatol., 12, 1563–1578. DOI: 10.1002/joc1659.
  • Zhu, C., B. Wang, and W. Qian, 2008: Why do dust storms decrease in northern China concurrently with the recent global warming? Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18702, doi:10.1029/2008GL034886.
2007
  • Drbohlav, H.-K., and B. Wang, 2007: Horizontal and vertical structures of the northward propagating intraseasonal oscillation in the South Asian monsoon region simulated by an intermediate model. J. Climate, 20, 4278–4286.
  • Fu, X., B. Wang, D. E. Waliser, and L. Tao, 2007: Impact of atmosphere-ocean coupling on the predictability of monsoon intraseasonal oscillations. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 157–174.
  • Ventham, J.D., and B. Wang, 2007: Large scale flow patterns and their influence on the intensification rates of western North Pacific tropical storms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 1110–1127.
  • Wang, B., J.-G. Jhun, and B.-K. Moon, 2007: Variability and singularity of Seoul rainy season (1778-2004). J. Climate,20, 2572–2580.
  • Wang, Z., B. Wang, and C.-P. Chang, 2007: Impacts of El Nino and La Nina on the U.S. Climate during Northern Summer. J. Climate, 20, 2165–2177.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Zhou, X., and B. Wang, 2007: Transition from an Eastern Pacific upper-level mixed Rossby-gravity wave to a Western Pacific tropical cyclone. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24801, doi:10.1029/2007GL031831.
2006
  • Fu, X., B. Wang, and L. Tao, 2006: Satellite data reveal the 3-D moisture structure of Tropical Intraseasonal Oscillation and its coupling with underlying ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L03705, doi:10.1029/2005GL025074.
  • Li, T., X. Ge, B. Wang, and Y. Zhu, 2006: Tropical cyclogenesis associated with Rossby wave energy dispersion of a pre-existing typhoon. Part II: Numerical simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 63 (5), 1390–1409.
  • Nonaka, M., J.P. McCreary, and S.-P. Xie, 2006: Influence of midlatitude winds on the stratification of the equatorial thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36 (2), 222–237 DOI: 10.1175/JPO2845.1.
  • Wang, B., and Q. Ding: Changes in Global Monsoon Precipitation over the Past 56 Years. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06711, doi:10.1029/2005GL025347.
  • Wang, B., Q. Ding, and J.-G. Jhun, 2006: Trends in Seoul (1778-2004) summer precipitation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L06711, doi:10.1029/2005GL025347.
  • Wang, B., P. Webster, K. Kikuchi, T. Yasunari and Y. Qi, 2006: Boreal summer quasi-monthly oscillation in the global tropics. Climate Dynamics, 27, 661-675; DOI 10.1007/s00382-006-0163-3.
  • Zhang, C.,  B. Wang, and G. Chen, 2006: Annual sea level amphidromes in the South China Sea revealed by merged altimeter data. Geophys. Res. Lett.,33, L14606, doi:10.1029/2006GL026493.
2005
  • An, S.-I., and B. Wang, 2005: The forced and intrinsic low-frequency modes in the North Pacific. J. Climate, 18 (6), 876–885.
  • Ding, Q., and B. Wang, 2005: Circumglobal teleconnection in the Northern Hemisphere summer. J. Climate, 18 (17), 3483–3505.
  • Drbohlav, H.-K. Lee, and B. Wang, 2005: Mechanism of the northward- propagating intraseasonal oscillation: Insights from a zonally symmetric model. J. Climate, 18 (7), 952–972.
  • Li, T., and B. Wang, 2005: A review on the western North Pacific monsoon: synoptic-to-interannual variabilities. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 16, 285–314.
  • Liu, P., B. Wang, K.R. Sperber, T. Li, and G.A. Meehl, 2005: MJO in the NCAR CAM2 with the Tiedtke Convective Scheme. J. Climate, 18 (15), 3007–3020.
  • Mullen, K.J., M.T. Montgomery, and B. Wang, 2005: Re-examining the Near-Core Radial Structure of the Tropical Cyclone Primary Circulation: Implications for Vortex Resiliency. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 408–425.
  • Wang, B., and S.-I. An, 2005: A method for detecting season-dependent modes of climate variability: S-EOF analysis. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L15710, doi:10.1029/2005GL022709.
  • Wang, B., Q. Ding, X. Fu, I.-S. Kang, K. Jin, J. Shukla, and F. Doblas-Reyes, 2005: Fundamental challenge in simulation and prediction of summer monsoon rainfall. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L15711, doi:10.1029/2005GL022734.
  • 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.
2004
  • Fu, X., and B. Wang, 2004: The boreal-summer intraseasonal oscillations simulated in a hybrid coupled atmosphere-ocean model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2628–2649.
  • Fu, X., and B. Wang, 2004: Differences of boreal-summer intraseasonal oscillations simulated in an atmosphere-ocean coupled model and an atmosphere-only model. J. Climate, 17 (6), 1263–1271.
  • Jiang, X., T. Li, and B. Wang, 2004: Structures and mechanisms of the northward propagating boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation. J. Climate, 17, 1022–1039.
  • Jiang, J., B. Wang, K. Goya, K. Hocke, S.D. Eckermann, J. Ma, D.L. Wu, and W.J. Read, 2004: Geographical distribution and interseasonal variability of tropical deep convection: UARS MLS observations and analyses. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 109, D03111, doi:10.1029/2003JD003756.
  • Li, T., P. Liu, X. Fu, B. Wang, and G.A. Meehl, 2004: Tempo-spatial structures and mechanisms of the tropospheric biennial oscillation in the Indo-Pacific warm ocean regions. J. Climate, 19, (13), 3070–3087 DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3736.1.
  • 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, B., I.-S. Kang, and J.-Y. Lee, 2004: Ensemble simulation of Asian-Australian monsoon variability by 11 AGCMs. J. Climate, 17, 803–818.
  • Wang, B., and T. Li, 2004: East Asian monsoon and ENSO interaction. In C.-P. Chang (Ed.)
    East Asian Monsoon, Singapore, World Scientific Publishing Company, pp.177–212.
  • Wang, B., LinHo, Y. Zhang, and M.-M. Lu, 2004: Definition of South China Sea monsoon onset and commencement of East Asia summer monsoon. J. Climate, 17, 699–710.
  • 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.
  • Wu, L. and B. Wang, 2004: Assessment of global warming impacts on tropical cyclone track. J. Climate, 17, 1686–1698.
  • Yu, R., B. Wang, and T. Zhou, 2004: Tropospheric cooling and weakening of the East Asia monsoon trend. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L22212, doi:10.1029/2004GL021270.
  • Zhang, Y., T. Li, and B. Wang, 2004: Decadal change of the spring snow depth over the Tibetan Plateau: The Associated circulation and Influence on the East Asian summer monsoon. Journal of Climate, 17, 2780–2793.
2003
  • Annamalai, H., R. Murtugudde, J. Potemra, S.P. Xie, P. Liu, and B. Wang, 2003: Coupled dynamics over the Indian Ocean: Spring initiation of the zonal mode. Deep Sea Research II, 50, 2305–2330.
  • Fu, X., and B. Wang, 2003: Influences of continental monsoons and air-sea coupling on the climate of the equatorial Pacific. J. Climate, 16, 3132–3152.
  • Fu, X., B. Wang, T. Li, and J.P. McCreary, 2003: Coupling between northward propagating, intraseasonal oscillations and sea-surface temperature in the Indian Ocean. J. Atmos. Sci., 15, 1733–1753.
  • Li, T., B. Wang, C.-P. Chang, and Y. Zhang, 2003: A theory for the Indian Ocean dipole-zonal mode. J. Atmos. Sci., 60, 2119–2135.
  • Mu, M., W. Duan, and B. Wang, 2003: Conditional nonlinear optimal perturbation and its applications. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, 10, 493–501.
  • Teng, H., and B. Wang, 2003: Interannual variation of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation. J. Climate, 16, 3572–3584.
  • Wang, B., S.C. Clemons, and P. Liu, 2003: Contrasting the Indian and East Asian monsoons: implications on geologic timescales. Marine Geology, 201 (1–3), 5–21.
  • Wang, B., R. Wu, and T. Li, 2003: Atmosphere - warm ocean interaction and its impact on Asian-Australian Monsoon variability. J. Climate, 16, 1195–1211.
  • 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.
2002
  • Davey, M., M. Huddleston, K.R. Sperber, P. Braconnot, F. Bryan, D. Chen, R.A. Colman, C. Cooper, U. Cubasch, P. Delecluse, D. DeWitt, L. Fairhead, G. Flato, C. Gordon, T. Hogan, M. Ji, M. Kimoto, A. Kitoh, T.R. Knutson, M. Latif, H. Le Treut, T. Li, S. Manabe, C.R. Mechoso, G.A. Meehl, J. Oberhuber, S.B. Power, E. Roeckner, L. Terray, A. Vintzileos, R. Voss, B. Wang, W.M. Washington, I. Yoshikawa, J.-Y. Yu, S. Yukimoto, and S.E. Zebiak, 2002: A study of coupled model climatology and variability in tropical ocean regions. Climate Dynamics, 18, 403–420.
  • Fu, X., B. Wang, and T. Li, 2002: Impacts of air-sea coupling on the simulation of the mean Asian summer monsoon in the ECHAM-4 model. Mon. Wea., Rev., 130 (12), 2889–2904.
  • Kang, I.-S., J. Lee, B. Wang, and K.-M. Lau, 2002: Intercomparison of the climatological variations of Asian summer monsoon precipitation simulated by 10 GCMs. Climate Dynamics, 19, 383–395.
  • Kemball-Cook, S., B. Wang, and X. Fu, 2002: Simulation of the intraseasonal oscillation in the ECHAM4 model: The impact of coupling with an ocean model. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 1433–1453.
  • LinHo, and B. Wang, 2002: The time-space structure of the Asian-Pacific summer monsoon: A fast annual cycle view. J. Climate, 15, 3206–3221.
  • Wang, B., and S.-I. An, 2002: A mechanism for decadal changes of ENSO behavior: Roles of background wind changes. Climate Dynamics, 18, 475–486.
  • Wang, B., and J.C.-L. Chan, 2002: How strong ENSO events affect the tropical storm activity over the western North Pacific. J. Climate, 15, 1643–1658.
  • Wang, B., and LinHo, 2002: Rainy season of the Asian-Pacific summer monsoon. J. Climate, 15, 386–398.
  • Wang, B., and Q. Zhang, 2002: Pacific-East Asian teleconnection. Part II: How the Philippine Sea anomalous anticyclone is established during the El Ni?o development. J. Climate, 15, 3252–3265.
  • Wu, R., and B. Wang, 2002: A contrast of the East Asian summer monsoon and ENSO relationship between 1962–1977 and 1978–1993. J. Climate, 15, 3266–3279.
  • Zhang, Y., T. Li, B. Wang, and G. Wu, 2002: Onset of the Summer Monsoon over the Indochina Peninsula: Climatology and Interannual Variations. J. Climate, 15, 3206–3221.
2001
  • An, S.-I., and B. Wang, 2001: Mechanisms of locking the El Ni?o and La Ni?a mature phases to boreal winter. J. Climate, 14, 2164–2176.
  • Fu, X., and B. Wang, 2001: A coupled modeling study of the seasonal cycle of the Pacific cold tongue, Part I: Simulation and sensitivity experiments. J. Climate, 14, 765–779.
  • Kemball-Cook, S., and B. Wang: 2001: Equatorial waves and air-sea interaction in the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation. J. Climate, 14, 2923–2942.
  • Latif, M., K. Sperber, J. Arblaster, Bracconot, D. Chen, A. Colman, U. Cubash, M. Davey, P. Delecleuse, D. DeWitt, L. Fairhead, G. Flato, M. Ji, M. Kimoto, A. Kitoh, T. Knutson, H. Le Treut, S. Manabe, O. Marti, C. Mechoso, G. Meehl, J. Oberhuber, S. Power, E. Roeckner, L. Terray, A. Vinzileos, R. Voss, B. Wang, W. Washington, I. Yoshikawa, J. Yu, and S. Zebiak, 2001: ENSIP: The El Ni?o simulation intercomparison project. Climate Dynamics, 18, 255–276.
  • Li, T., Y. Zhang, C.-P. Chang, and B. Wang, 2001: On the relationship between Indian Ocean sea surface temperature and Asian summer monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2843–2846.
  • Tomita, T., B. Wang, T. Yasunari, and H. Nakamura, 2001: Global patterns of decadal scale variability observed in sea surface temperature and lower-tropospheric circulation fields. J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 106, 26,805–26,815.
  • Wang, B., and S.-I. An, 2001: Why the properties of El Ni?o changed during the late 1970s. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3709–3712.
  • Wang, B., and X. Fu, 2001: Physical processes determining the rapid reestablishment of the equatorial cold tongue/ITCZ complex. J. Climate, 14, 2250–2265.
  • Wang, B., R. Wu, and K.-M. Lau, 2001: Interannual variability of the Asian summer monsoon: Contrasts between the Indian and the western North Pacific-East Asian monsoons. J. Climate, 14, 4073–4090.
  • Wang, Y.-F., and B. Wang, J.-H. Oh, 2001: Impact of preceding El Ni?o on the East Asian summer atmospheric circulation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 79, 575–588.
  • Wu, L., and B. Wang, 2001: Movement and vertical coupling of adiabatic baroclinic tropical cyclones. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1801–1814.
  • Wu, L., and B. Wang, 2001: Effects of convective heating on movement and vertical coupling of tropical cyclones: A numerical study. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 3639–3649.
  • Wu, R., and B. Wang, 2001: Multi-stage onset of the summer monsoon over the western North Pacific. Climate Dyn., 17, 277–289.
2000
  • An, S.-I., and B. Wang, 2000: Interdecadal change of the structure of the ENSO mode and its impact on ENSO frequency. J. Climate, 13, 2044–2055.
  • Wang, B., 2000: Reply to comments on choice of south Asian summer monsoon indices. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Sci., 81, 822–824.
  • Wang, B., and Z. Fang, 2000: Roles of shortwave radiation forcing on ENSO: A study with an intermediate coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Climate Dyn., 16, 677–691.
  • Wang, B., R. Wu, and X. Fu, 2000: Pacific-East Asia teleconnection: How does ENSO affect East Asian climate? J. Climate, 13, 1517-1536.
  • Wang, B., R. Wu, and R. Lukas, 2000: Annual adjustment of the thermocline in the tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Climate, 13, 596–616.
  • Wang, B., R. Wu, R. Lukas, and S.-I. An, 2000: A possible mechanism for ENSO turnabout. J. Climate, 13, 596–616.
  • Wang, R., and B. Wang, 2000: Phase space representation and characteristics of El Ni?o-La Ni?a. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3315–3333.
  • Wu, L., and B. Wang, 2000: A potential vorticity tendency diagnostic approach for tropical cyclone motion. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1899–1911.
  • Wu, R., and B. Wang, 2000: Interannual variability of summer monsoon onset over the western North Pacific and the underlying processes. J. Climate, 13, 2483–2501.
1995-1999
  • Fu, X., and B. Wang, 1999: The role of longwave radiation and boundary layer thermodynamics in forcing tropical surface winds. J. Climate, 12, 1049–1069.
  • Wang, B., A. Barcilon, and Z. Fang, 1999: Stochastic dynamics of El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 5–23.
  • Wang, B., and Z. Fang, 1999: Choice of South Asian Summer Monsoon indices. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 629–638.
  • 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, B., R. Wu, and R. Lukas, 1999: Roles of the western North Pacific wind variation in thermocline adjustment and ENSO phase transition. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 77, 1–16.
  • Wang, B., R. Elsberry, Y. Wang, and L. Wu, 1998: Dynamics of the tropical cyclone motion: A review. Chinese J. of Atmos. Sci., 22, 535–547.
  • Wang, B., and X. Xie, 1998: Coupled modes of the warm pool climate system Part I: The role of air-sea interaction in Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Climate, 11, 2116–2135.
  • Smith, R.B., X. Li, and B. Wang, 1997: A hurricane drift law including meridional shear and different wind profile. Tellus, 49A, 474–485.
  • Wang, B., and L. Wu, 1997: Subseasonal variation of the tropical storm track in the western North Pacific. MAUSAM, 48, 189–194.
  • Wang, B., L. Wu, and X. Li, 1997: Deflection of hurricane beta drift in horizontally sheared environmental flows. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 1462–1471.
  • Wang, B., and R. Wu, 1997: Peculiar temporal structure of the South China Sea summer monsoon. Advan. in Atmos. Sci., 14, 177–194.
  • Wang, B., and X. Xie, 1997: A model for boreal summer Intraseasonal Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 72–86.
  • Wang, B., and X. Xu, 1997: Northern Hemisphere summer monsoon singularities and climatological intraseasonal oscillation. J. Climate, 10, 1071–1085.
  • Kawamura, R., T. Murakami, and B. Wang, 1996: Tropical and midlatitude 45-day perturbations during the northern summer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 74, 867–890.
  • Li, T., and B. Wang, 1996: On seasonal sea surface temperature variations in the tropical Pacific. Theor. Appl. Climatology, 55, 113–120.
  • Li, X., and B. Wang, 1996: Acceleration of hurricane beta drift by shear strain rate of an environmental flow. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 327–334.
  • Wang, B., 1996: A theory for El Ni?o cycle, From Atmospheric Circulation to Global Change, Edited by IAP, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 625–644.
  • Wang, B., and Z. Fang, 1996: Chaotic Oscillation of tropical climate: A dynamic system theory for ENSO. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 2786–2802.
  • Wang, B., and Y. Wang, 1996: Temporal structure of the Southern Oscillation as revealed by waveform and wavelet analysis. J. Climate, 9, 1586–1598.
  • Wang, B., and X. Xie, 1996: Low-Frequency equatorial waves in vertically sheared flows. Part I: Stable waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 449–467.
  • Xie, X., and B. Wang, 1996: Low-frequency equatorial waves in sheared zonal flows. Part II: unstable waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3589–3605.
  • Chang, P., L. Ji, B. Wang, and T. Li, 1995: On the interactions between seasonal cycle and ENSO in a coupled ocean-atmospheric model. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2353–2372.
  • Chao, J.P., Y. Lin, and B. Wang, 1995: The roles of boundary layer dynamics on the development of Madden-Julian Oscillation. Act. Meteorol. Sin., 9, 169–183.
  • Gao, L., W.-L. Li, and B. Wang, 1995: Numerical experiments on the formation of the eastern Pacific summer monsoon. Act. Meteorol. Sin., 257–266.
  • Wang, B., 1995: Interdecadal changes in El Ni?o onset in the last four decades. J. Climate, 8, 267–258.
  • Wang, B., 1995: Transition from a cold to a warm state of the El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation cycles. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 56, 17–32.
  • Wang, B., T. Li, and P. Chang, 1995: An intermediate model of the tropical Pacific ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 1599–1616.
  • Wang, B., and X. Li, 1995: Propagation of a barotropic cyclone in meridionally varying zonal flows: An energetics analysis. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1421–1433.