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