Publications
Lee S.-K., R. Atlas, D.B. Enfield, C. Wang and H. Liu, 2013. Is There An Optimal ENSO Pattern That Enhances Large-scale Atmospheric Processes Conducive to Major Tornado Outbreaks in the U.S.? Journal of Climate, 26(5):1626-1642, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00128.1.
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Lee, S.-K., C. R. Mechoso, C. Wang, and J. D. Neelin, 2013: Interhemispheric influence of the northern summer monsoons on the southern subtropical anticyclones. J. Climate , in press.
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Li, Y., W. Han, T. Shinoda, C. Wang, R.-C. Lien, J. N. Moum, J.-W. Wang, 2013: Effects of solar radiation diurnal cycle on the tropical Indian Ocean mixed layer variability during wintertime Madden-Julian Oscillation events. J. Geophys. Res., in press.
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Liu, H., C. Wang, S.-K. Lee, and D. B. Enfield, 2013: Atlantic warm pool variability in the CMIP5 simulations. Journal of Climate, 26: 5315-5336.
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Shinoda, T., T. Jensen, M. Flatau, S. Chen, W. Han, and C. Wang, 2013: Large-scale oceanic variability associated with the Madden-Julian oscillation during the CINDY/DYNAMO field campaign from satellite observations. Remote Sensing, 5:2072-2092.
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Wang, C., 2013: Atlantic warm pool (AWP) in "State of the Climate in 2012". Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94 (8), S103-S106.
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Wang, C., C. Li, M. Mu, and W. Duan, 2013: Seasonal modulations of different impacts of two types of ENSO events on tropical cyclone activity in the western North Pacific. Climate Dynamics, 40:2887-2902.
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Wang, C., and X. Wang, 2013: Classifying El Niño Modoki I and II by different impacts on rainfall in the southern China and typhoon tracks. Journal of Climate, 26:1322-1338,doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00107.1.
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Wang, C., and L. Zhang, 2013: Multidecadal ocean temperature and salinity variability in the tropical North Atlantic: Linking with the AMO, AMOC and subtropical cell. Journal of Climate, 26, 6137-6162.
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Wang, C., L. Zhang, S-K Lee, 2013: Response of Freshwater Flux and Sea Surface Salinity to Variability of the Atlantic Warm Pool. Journal of Climate, 26:1249-1267, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00284.1.
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Wang, X., and C. Wang, 2013: Different impacts of various El Niño events on the Indian Ocean dipole. Climate Dynamics, in press.
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Wang, X., C. Wang, W. Zhou, L. Liu, and D. Wang, 2013: Remote influence of North Atlantic SST on the equatorial westerly wind anomalies in the western Pacific for initiating an El Niño event: An atmospheric general circulation model study. Atmospheric Science Letters, 14(2):107-111, doi:10.1002/asl2.425.
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Wang, X., W. Zhou, D. Wang, and C. Wang, 2013: The impacts of the summer Asian jet stream biases on surface air temperature in mid-eastern China in IPCC AR4 models. International Journal of Climatology, 33:265-276, doi:10.1002/joc.3419.
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Zheng, J., Q. Liu, C. Wang, and X.-T. Zheng, 2013: Impact of heating anomalies associated with rainfall variations over the Indo-Western Pacific on Asian atmospheric circulation in winter. Climate Dynamics, 40: 2023-2033.
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Zhang, L., and C. Wang, 2013: Multidecadal North Atlantic sea surface temperature and Atlantic meridional overturning circulation variability in CMIP5 historical simulations. J. Geophys. Res., in press.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wang, C., 2012: Atlantic multidecadal oscillation, in "State of the Climate in 2011". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93(7):S119-S122.
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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.
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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.
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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, 117:C08002, doi:10.1029/2012JC008007.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wang, C., 2011: Atlantic multidecadal oscillation (AMO). In "State of the Climate in 2010". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(6):S137-S138.
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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.
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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.
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Lee, S.-K. and C. Wang, 2010: Delayed Advective Oscillation of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation. Journal of Climate, 23, 1254-1261.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wang, C., and S.-K. Lee 2008: Global warming and United States landfalling hurricanes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02708, doi:10.1029/2007GL032396.
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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")
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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.
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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.
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Wang, C., 2007: Variability of the Caribbean low-level jet and its relations to climate. Clim. Dyn., 29:411-422.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wang, C., 2006: An overlooked feature of tropical climate: Inter-Pacific-Atlantic variability, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L12702, doi:10.1029/2006GL026324.
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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.
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Wang, C., and P.C. Fiedler, 2006: ENSO variability and the eastern tropical Pacific: A review. Progress in Oceanography, 69:239-266.
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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..
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wang, C., 2005: Subthermocline tropical cells and equatorial subsurface countercurrents. Deep-Sea Research I, 52:123-135.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wang, C., and D.B. Enfield, 2003: A further study of the tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool. Journal of Climate, 16:1476-1493.
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Wang, C., 2002: Atmospheric circulation cells associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 15:399-419.
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Wang, C., 2002: Atlantic climate variability and its associated atmospheric circulation cells. Journal of Climate, 15:1516-1536.
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Wang, C., 2002: ENSO and atmospheric circulation cells. CLIVAR Exchanges, 7:9-11.
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Wang, C., 2001: A unified oscillator model for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Journal of Climate, 14:98-115.
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Wang, C., 2001: On the ENSO mechanisms.Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 18:674-691.
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Wang, C., and D.B. Enfield, 2001: The tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool. Geophysical Research Letters, 28:1635-1638.
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Wang, C. and R. H. Weisberg, 2001: Ocean circulation influences on SST in the equatorial central Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106:19515-19526.
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Wang, C., 2000: On the Atmospheric responses to tropical Pacific heating during the mature phase of El Niño. J. Atmos. Sci., 57:3767-3781.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wang, C., and R. H. Weisberg, 1998: Climate variability of the coupled tropical-extratropical ocean-atmosphere system. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25:3979-3982.
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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.
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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.
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Weisberg, R. H., and C. Wang, 1997: A western Pacific oscillator paradigm for the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 24:779-782.
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Wang, C., and R. H. Weisberg, 1996: Stability of equatorial modes in a simplified coupled ocean-atmosphere model. Journal of Climate, 9:3132-3148.
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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.
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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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