NOAA/AOML
Physical Oceanography Division
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Phone: (305) 361-4325
Fax: (305) 361-4412
E-Mail: Chunzai.Wang@noaa.gov

• Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, University of South Florida, 1995.
  
• M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 1991.
  
• B.S., Marine Meteorology, Ocean University of China, China, 1982.
  

Professional Experience:

• Leader of the Climate and Hurricane Group, NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, 2008-present.
• Oceanographer, NOAA/Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, 2000-present.
  
• Associate Scientist, CIMAS/RSMAS, University of Miami, 1999-2000.
  
• Research Associate, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 1997-1999.
  
• Postdoctoral Associate, College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, 1995-1997.
  

Affiliations:

• Adjunct Professor, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS), University of Miami, 2004-2012.
• Guest Professor, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, 2001-present.
• Guest Professor, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, China, 2005-present.

Award/Honor and Service:

• A contributing author of the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-AR5), 2011.
• One of five authors in writing the "State of the Science FACT SHEET: Atlantic Hurricanes, Climate Variability and Global Warming", 2011.
• Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2010.
• Chang-Jiang Scholar Award, Chinese Ministry of Education, 2010.
• Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 2009-present.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Climate, 2006-present.
• American Geophysical Union (AGU) Books Board, 2005-2010.
• Editor, the Encyclopedia of Earth, 2007-present.
• Editor, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, 2002-2004.
• A member of the NOAA Environmental Modeling Team, 2008-2011.
• Modeling group of the CLIVAR/VAMOS/IASCLIP (Intra-Americas Studies of Climate Processes) Program, 2008-present.
• A Participant in Developing the Themes for NOAA FY2011-2015 Program Planning.
• Convener of Four AGU Meetings.
• NASA's Seasonal-to-Interannual Prediction Project Science Team, 1998-2002.
• Winner of the Outstanding Research Award, University of South Florida, 1999.
• The Gulf Oceanographic Fellowship, 1994.
• Scholarship of NASA for Processes of Global Change, 1993.

Research Interests:

• Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
  
• Climate Variablility
  
• General Circulation of the Oceans and Atmosphere
  
• Tropical Oceanography
  
• Ocean Dynamics
  
• Hurricane Activity
  

Referees:

• Journal of Climate
  
• Geophysical Research Letters
  
• Journal of Physical Oceanography
• Journal of Geophysical Research
• Climate Dynamics
• Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
• Tellus
• Nature
• Weather and Forecasting
• Monthly Weather Review
• Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
• Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Theoretical and Applied Climatology
• Deep-Sea Research
• Ocean Science Discussions
• Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions
• Elsevier Oceanographic Series
• Kluwer/Springer Publishers
• AGU Geophysical Monograph Series
• Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
• Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
• NOAA Climate Program Office
• NASA Global Change Program
• National Science Foundation
• The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

Publications:

• Larson, S., S.-K. Lee, C. Wang, E.-S. Chung, and D. Enfield, 2012: Impacts of non-canonical El Niño patterns on Atlantic hurricane activity, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L14706, doi:10.1029/2012GL052595.
• Li, W.-W., C. Wang, D. Wang, L. Yang, and Y. Deng, 2012: Modulation of low-latitude west wind on abnormal track and intensity of tropical cyclone Nargis (2008) in the Bay of Bengal. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 29(2):407-421.
• Liu, H.,C. Wang, S.-K. Lee, and D.B. Enfield, 2012: Atlantic warm pool variability in the IPCC-AR4 CGCM simulations. Journal of Climate, 25:5612-5628.
• Shu, Q., F. Qiao, Z. Song, and C. Wang, 2012: Sea ice trends in the Antarctic and their relationship to surface air temperature during 1979 to 2009. Climate Dynamics, 38:2355-2363.
• Song, Z., F. Qiao, X. Lei, and C. Wang, 2012: Influence of parallel computational uncertainty on simulations of the coupled general climate model. Geoscientific Model Development, 5:313-319.
• Wang, C., 2012: Atlantic multidecadal oscillation, in "State of the Climate in 2011". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 93(7):S119-S122.
• Wang, C., C. Deser, J.-Y. Yu, P. DiNezio, and A. Clement, 2012: El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO): A review. In Coral Reefs of the Eastern Pacific, P. Glymn, D. Manzello, and I. Enochs, Eds., Springer Science Publisher, in press.
• Wang, C., S. Dong, A. T. Evan, G.R. Foltz, and S.-K. Lee, 2012: Multidecadal covariability of North Atlantic sea surface temperature, African dust, Sahel rainfall and Atlantic hurricanes. Journal of Climate, 25:5404-5415.
• Wang, C., C. Li, M. Mu, and W. Duan, 2012: Seasonal modulations of different impacts of two types of ENSO events on tropical cyclone activity in the western North Pacific. Climate Dynamics, in press.
• Wang, C., and X. Wang, 2012: El Niño Modoki I and II classifying by different impacts on rainfall in the southern China and typhoon tracks. Journal of Climate, in press.
• Wang, C., L. Zhang, and S.-K. Lee, 2012: Response of freshwater flux and sea surface salinity to variability of the Atlantic warm pool. Journal of Climate, in press.
• Wang, G., J. Li, C. Wang, and Y. Yan, 2012: Interactions among the winter monsoon, ocean eddy and ocean thermal front in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, in press.
• Zhang, L., and C. Wang, 2012: Remote influences on freshwater flux variability in the Atlantic warm pool region. Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L19714, doi:10.1029/2012GL053530.
• Zhang, L., C. Wang, and L. Wu, 2012: Low-frequency modulation of the Atlantic warm pool by the Atlantic multidecadal oscillation. Climate Dynamics, 39: 1661-1671.
• Zheng, J., Q. Liu, C. Wang, and X.-T. Zheng, 2012: Impact of heating anomalies associated with rainfall variations over the Indo-Western Pacific on Asian atmospheric circulation in winter. Climate Dynamics, in press.
• Lee, S.-K., D. B. Enfield, and C. Wang, 2011: Future Impact of Differential Inter-Basin Ocean Warming on Atlantic Hurricanes. Journal of Climate, 24(4):1264-1275.
• Lee, S.-K., W. Park, E. van Sebille, M.O. Baringer, C. Wang, D.B. Enfield, S. Yeager, and B.P.. Kirtman, 2011: What caused the significant increase in Atlantic Ocean heat content since the mid-20th century? Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L17607, doi:10.1029/2011GL048856.
• Ling, Z., G. Wang, C. Wang, and Z.-S. Fan, 2011: Different effects of tropical cyclones generated in the South China Sea and the northwest Pacific on the summer South China Sea circulation. Journal of Oceanography, 67:347-355.
• Song, Z., F. Qiao, and C. Wang, 2011: The correctness to the spuriously simulated semi-annual cycle of the sea surface temperature in the equatorial eastern Pacific. Science China Earth Sciences, 54:438-444, doi:10.1007/s11430-011-4176-3.
• Wang, C., 2011: Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO). In "State of the Climate in 2010". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(6):S137-S138.
• Wang, C., H. Liu, S.-K. Lee, and R. Atlas, 2011: Impact of the Atlantic warm pool on United States landfalling hurricanes. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L19702, doi:10.1029/2011GL049265.
• Wang, X., C. Wang, W. Zhou, D. Wang, and J. Song, 2011: Teleconnected influence of North Atlantic sea surface temperature on the El Niño onset. Climate Dynamics,37:663-676, doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0833-z.
• Lee, S.-K. and C. Wang, 2010: Delayed Advective Oscillation of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. Journal of Climate, 23, 1254-1261.
• Lee, S.-K., C. Wang, and D. B. Enfield, 2010: On the impact of central Pacific warming event on Atlantic tropical storm activity. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L17702, doi:10.1029/2010GL044459.
• Luo, D., Z. Zhu, R. Ren, L. Zhong, and C. Wang, 2010: Spatial pattern and zonal shift of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Part I: A dynamical interpretation. J. Atmos. Sci., 67:2805-2826.
• Luo, D., L. Zhong, R. Ren, and C. Wang, 2010: Spatial pattern and zonal shift of the North Atlantic Oscillation. Part II: Numerical experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 67:2827-2853.
• Munoz, E., C. Wang, and D. Enfield, 2010: The Intra-Americas Sea springtime surface temperature anomaly dipole as fingerprint of remote influences. Journal of Climate, 23:43-56.
• Wang, C., H. Liu, and S.-K. Lee, 2010: The record-breaking cold temperatures during the winter of 2009/10 in the Northern Hemisphere. Atmospheric Science Letters, 11:161-168, doi:10.1002/asl.278.
• Wang, C., and S. Dong, 2010: Is the basin-wide warming in the North Atlantic Ocean related to atmospheric carbon dioxide and global warming? Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L08707, doi:10.1029/2010GL042743.
• Wang, C., S. Dong, and E. Munoz, 2010: Seawater density variations in the North Atlantic and the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Climate Dynamics, 34, 953-968, doi:10.1007/s00382-009-0560-5.
• Wang, C., and S.-K. Lee, 2010: Is hurricane activity in one basin tied to another? EOS, 91 (10), 93-94, doi:10.1029/2009ES002729.
• Wang, C., S.-K. Lee, and C. R. Mechoso, 2010: Interhemispheric influence of the Atlantic warm pool on the Southeastern Pacific. Journal of Climate, 23:404-418.
• Wang, G., C. Wang, and R. H. Huang, 2010: Interdecadal variability of the eastward current in the South China Sea associated with the summer Asian monsoon. Journal of Climate, 23:6115-6123.
• Guilyardi, E., A. Wittenberg, A. Fedorov, M. Collins, C. Wang, A. Capotondi, G. J. van Oldenborgh, and T. Stockdale, 2009: Understanding El Niño in ocean-atmosphere general circulation models: progress and challenges. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 90:325-340.
• Lee, S.-K., C. Wang, and B.E. Mapes, 2009: A simple atmospheric model of the local and teleconnection responses to tropical heating anomalies. Journal of Climate, 22(2):227-284.
• Schubert, S., D. Gutzler, H. Wang, A. Dai, T. Delworth, C. Deser, K. Findell, R. Fu, W. Higgins, M. Hoerling, B. Kirtman, R. Koster, A. Kumar, D. Legler, D. Lettenmaier, B. Lyon, V. Magana, K. Mo, S. Nigam, P. Pegion, A. Phillips, R. Pulwarty, D. Rind, A. Ruiz-Barradas, J. Schemm, R. Seager, R. Stewart, M. Suarez, J. Syktus, M. Ting, C. Wang, S. Weaver, and N. Zeng, 2009: A U.S. CLIVAR project to assess and compare the responses of global climate models to drought-related SST forcing patterns: Overview and results. J. Climate, 22, 5251-5272.
• Wang, C., F. Kucharski, R. Barimalala, and A. Bracco, 2009: Teleconnections of the tropical Atlantic to the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans: A review of recent findings. Meteorologische Zeitschrift (Special Issue), 18, 445-454.
• Wang C. and S.-K. Lee, 2009. Co-variability of Tropical Cyclones in the North Atlantic and the Eastern North Pacific. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L24702, doi:10.1029/2009GL041469.
• Wang, C., and S.-K. Lee, 2009: Reply to comment by Joseph J. Barsugli on "Global warming and United States landfalling hurricanes". Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L01706, doi:10.1029/2008GL035111.
• Wang, G., Z. Ling, and C. Wang, 2009: Influence of tropical cyclones on seasonal ocean circulation in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, C10022, doi:10.1029/2009JC005302.
• Wang, C., Z. Song, F. Qiao, and S. Dong, 2009: What signals are removed and retained by using an anomaly field in climatic research? International Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 2009, Article ID 329754, 7 pages, doi:10.1155/2009/329754.
• Lee, S.-K., D.B. Enfield, and C. Wang, 2008: Why do some El Niños have no impact on tropical North Atlanti SST? Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L16705, doi:10.1029/2008GL034734.
• Lee, S.-K., and C. Wang, 2008: Tropical Atlantic decadal oscillation and its potential impact on the equatorial atmosphere-ocean dynamics: A simple model study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 38:193-212.
• Wang, C., and S.-K. Lee 2008: Global warming and United States landfalling hurricanes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02708, doi:10.1029/2007GL032396.
• Wang, C., S.-K. Lee, and D. B. Enfield, 2008: Atlantic warm pool acting as a link between Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and Atlantic tropical cyclone activity. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q05V03, doi:10.1029/2007GC001809. (In the special issue of "Interactions between climate and tropical cyclones on all timescales")
• Wang, C., S.-K. Lee, and D. B. Enfield, 2008: Climate response to anomalously large and small Atlantic warm pools during the summer.. Journal of Climate, 21, 2437-2450.
• Lee, S.-K., D.B. Enfield, and C. Wang, 2007: What drives seasonal onset and decay of the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool?. Journal of Climate, 20(10):2133-2146.
• Wang, C., 2007: Variability of the Caribbean low-level jet and its relations to climate. Clim. Dyn., 29:411-422.
• Wang, C., and S.-K. Lee, 2007: Atlantic warm pool, Caribbean low-level jet, and their potential impact on Atlantic hurricanes. Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L02703, doi:10.1029/2006GL028579.
• Wang, C., S.-K. Lee, and D. B. Enfield, 2007: Impact of the Atlantic warm pool on the summer climate of the Western Hemisphere. Journal of Climate, 20:5021-5040.
• Enfield, D.B, S.-K. Lee, and C. Wang, 2006: How are large Western Hemisphere Warm Pools formed? Progress in Oceanography, 70(2-4):346-365.
• Wang, C., 2006: An overlooked feature of tropical climate: Inter-Pacific-Atlantic variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L12702, doi:10.1029/2006GL026324.
• Wang, C., D.B. Enfield, S.-K. Lee, and C.W. Landsea, 2006: Influences of the Atlantic warm pool on Western Hemisphere summer rainfall and Atlantic hurricanes. Journal of Climate, 19:3011-3028.
  
• Wang, C., and P.C. Fiedler, 2006: ENSO variability and the eastern tropical Pacific: A review. Progress in Oceanography, 69:239-266.
  
• Wang, C., W. Wang, D. Wang, and Q. Wang, 2006: Interannual variability of the South China Sea associated with El Niño. Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), 111, C03023, doi:10.1029/2005JC003333..
  
• Wang, W., and C. Wang, 2006: Formation and decay of the spring warm pool in the South China Sea. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L02615, doi:10.1029/2005GL025097.
  
• Lee, S.-K., D. B. Enfield, and C. Wang, 2005: Ocean general circulation model sensitivity experiments on the annual cycle of Western Hemisphere warm pool. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, C09004, doi:10.1029/2004JC002640.
  
• Shaji, C., C. Wang, G. R. Halliwell, and A. Wallcraft, 2005: Simulation of tropical Pacific and Atlantic Oceans using a HYbrid coordinate ocean model. Ocean Modelling, 9:253-282.
  
• Wang, C., 2005: ENSO, Atlantic climate variability, and the Walker and Hadley circulations. In: The Hadley Circulation: Present, Past, and Future. H. F. Diaz and R. S. Bradley, Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 173-202.
  
• Wang, C., 2005: Subthermocline tropical cells and equatorial subsurface countercurrents. Deep-Sea Research I, 52:123-135.
  
• Wang, D., C. Wang, X. Yang, and J. Lu, 2005: Winter Northern Hemisphere surface air temperature variability associated the Arctic Oscillation and North Atlantic Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L16706, doi:10.1029/2005GL022952.
  
• Wang, C., and J. Picaut, 2004: Understanding ENSO physics - A review. In: Earth's Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, Eds., AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, 147:21-48.
  
• Wang, C., S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, 2004: A global survey of ocean-atmosphere interaction and climate variability. In: Earth's Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. C. Wang, S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, Eds., AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, 147:1-19.
  
• Wang, C., and D.B. Enfield, 2003: A further study of the tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool. Journal of Climate, 16:1476-1493.
  
• Wang, C., 2002: Atmospheric circulation cells associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 15:399-419.
  
• Wang, C., 2002: Atlantic climate variability and its associated atmospheric circulation cells. Journal of Climate, 15:1516-1536.
  
• Wang, C., 2002: ENSO and atmospheric circulation cells. CLIVAR Exchanges, 7:9-11.
  
• Wang, C., 2001: A unified oscillator model for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 14:98-115.
  
• Wang, C., 2001: On the ENSO mechanisms.Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 18:674-691.
  
• Wang, C., and D.B. Enfield, 2001: The tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool. Geophysical Research Letters, 28:1635-1638.
  
• Wang, C. and R. H. Weisberg, 2001: Ocean circulation influences on SST in the equatorial central Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106:19515-19526.
  
• Wang, C., 2000: On the Atmospheric responses to tropical Pacific heating during the mature phase of El Niño. J. Atmos. Sci., 57:3767-3781.
  
• Wang, C. and R.H. Weisberg, 2000: The 1997-98 El Niño evolution relative to previous El Niño events. Journal of Climate, 13:488-501.
  
• Wang, C., R.H. Weisberg, and J.I. Virmani, 1999: Western Pacific interannual variability associated with El Niño-Southern Oscillation. J. Geophys. Res., 104(C3):5131-5149.
  
• Wang, C., R.H. Weisberg, and H. Yang, 1999: Effects of the Wind Speed-Evaporation-SST Feedback on the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 12:1391-­1403.
  
• Wang, C., and R. H. Weisberg, 1998: Climate variability of the coupled tropical-extratropical ocean-atmosphere system. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25:3979-3982.
• Wang, C., and R. H. Weisberg, 1998: Observations of meridional scale frequency dependence in the coupled tropical ocean-atmosphere system. J. Geophys. Res., 103:2811-2816.
• Weisberg, R. H., and C. Wang, 1997: Slow variability in the equatorial west-central Pacific in relation to ENSO. Journal of Climate, 10:1998-2017.
• Weisberg, R. H., and C. Wang, 1997: A western Pacific oscillator paradigm for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24:779-782.
• Wang, C., and R. H. Weisberg, 1996: Stability of equatorial modes in a simplified coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Journal of Climate, 9:3132-3148.
• Wang, C., and R. H. Weisberg, 1994: On the `slow mode' mechanism in ENSO-related coupled ocean-atmosphere models. Journal of Climate, 7:1657-1667.
• Wang, C., and R. H. Weisberg, 1994: Equatorially trapped waves of a coupled ocean- atmosphere system. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24:1978-1998.

Book:

• Wang, C., S.-P. Xie, and J. A. Carton, Eds., 2004: Earth's Climate: The Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction. Geophysical Monograph Series 147, AGU, Washington, D. C., 405 pp.
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