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Bo Yang

Visiting Assistant Researcher

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

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Education

2004 - Ph.D. (Meteorology), University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dissertation title: Inner core asymmetric structures and tropical cyclone intensity.
1997 - M.S. (Atmospheric Sciences), Nanjing University, China
Thesis title: A Primitive equation ocean current model and its simulation.
1993 - B.S. (Atmospheric Sciences), Nanjing University, China

Research Interests

Intraseasonal-to-interannual climate variability, climate modeling and prediction
Tropical climatology
Tropical cyclones

Professional Experience

Visiting Assistant Researcher, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, 2006–present
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 2005–2005
Research Assistant, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 1999–2004
Lecturer, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China, 1996–1998
Research Assistant, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, China, 1993–1996

Selected Publications

Fu, X., B. Wang, B. Qing, P. Liu, and B. Yang: Experimental dynamical forecast of an MJO event observed during TOGA-COARE Period. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, in press.
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.
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, 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.
Yang, B., Y. Wang, and B. Wang, 2004: On the effect of internally generated inner core asymmetric structure on tropical cyclone intensity, Preprints of the 26th conference on hurricanes and tropical meteorology, American Meteorology Society, 3–7 May 2004, Miami, Florida, 457–458.
Wang, Y., B. Yang, and B. Wang, 2001: Asymmetric structures and tropical cyclone intensity, Preprints of the international conference on mesoscale meteorology and typhoon in east Asia. 26–28 September 2001, Taipei, Taiwan, 139–144.
Yang, B., and Y. Qian, 1999: A two-layer simple baroclinic equation ocean model and its simulations of ocean current in winter and summer. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 18 (2), 279–291.
Yang, B., and Y. Qian, 1997: A two-layer primitive equation ocean current model and its simulation. J. of Tropical Meteor., 3 (1), 85–94.
Qian, Y., Q. Wang, Y. Qian, L. Dong, Z. Yang, and B. Yang, 1995: New studies of the dynamic and thermodynamic forcing of the Tibetan plateau and underlying surfaces on climate change in the East Asia and over the world. Scientia Meteorologica Sinica, 15 (4), 8–16.