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Professor BIN WANG
(May 1999)
A.
GENERAL INFORMATION
CURRENT AFFILIATION
Department of Meteorology,
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology,
University of Hawaii, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822.
Tel: (808) 956-2563. Fax: (808) 956-2877. E-mail: bwang@soest.hawaii.edu.
EDUCATION
- Ph. D. (1984), Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program,
Florida State University.
- M. S. (1981), Meteorology, Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Beijing.
- B. S. (Equivalent) (1966), Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of Qingdao, China.
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
- Jul. 1992 - Present: Professor, Meteorology, University of Hawaii.
- Jul. 1989 - June 1992: Associate professor, Meteorology, University of Hawaii.
- Jan. 1987 - Jun. 1989: Assistant Professor, Meteorology, University of Hawaii.
- Jan. 1988 - present: Senior Fellow, JIMAR, NOAA/UH.
- Nov. 1984 - Dec. 1986: Visiting Scientist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program, Princeton University.
- Aug. 1984- Nov. 1984: Research Associate, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, Florida State University.
- May 1981 - Aug. 1984: Research Assistant, Meteorology and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute, Florida State University.
- Oct. 1978 - Apr. 1981: Assistant Researcher, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China.
- Sept. 1975 - Sept. 1978: Visiting Lecturer, Physical Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, Ocean University of Qingdao, China.
- Sept. 1967 - Aug. 1975: Meteorologist, Weather Bureau of Shandong Province, China.
HONORS
- Keynote Speech/Invited Lecture:
- CLIVAR Asian-Australian monsoon Workship (98), St. Michael Maryland, USA
- WMO Commission for Atmospheric Sciences XII session (98), Skopje, Macedonia
- International Symposium on Tropical Cyclone(96), Melbourne, Australia
- International Workshop on Climate System of Monsoon Asia (96), Kyoto, Japan
- International Symposium on Atmospheric Circulation and Global Change (96), Beijing, China
- IUGG/IAPSO XXI General Assembly (95), Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- International Symposium on Earth Environment (95), Pusan, Korea
- Editorial Boards
- Acta Meteorologica Sinica
- Trends in Atmospheric Sciences
- Chinese J. Atmospheric Sciences
- Guest Professor
- Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
- National Climate Center of China
- First Institute of Oceanography/State Oceanographic Administration of China
- Ocean University of Qingdao
B.
RESEARCH
Primary areas of research are Climate Dynamics, Tropical Meteorology, Large-scale Atmosphere and Ocean Dynamics, and Air-Sea Interaction. Since 1985, 67 refereed papers (including four in review process) and 62 conference papers have been published.
Publication before 1985 includes 8 referred papers, 2 textbooks, and 2 translated books.
CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS
- P.I., NOAA: The role of Asian-Australian Monsoons in season-to interannual climate variability of the Indian and Pacific Ocean sector: A proposal to establish the
Klaus Wyrtki center for climate research and prediction.
(with R. Lukas, B. Qiu, F.-F. Jin).
Sept. 1997 - Aug. 1999, $500,000.
- P.I., NSF: Dynamics of the coupled warm pool system, Jan. 1997 - Dec 1999, $370,000.
- P.I.,NOAA/PACS: Physical porcesses determining the annual cycle of the cold tongue/ITCZ complex. May 1997 - April 2000, $300,000.
- P.I., NOAA/GOALS: Impacts of Asian-Australian Monsoon on ENSO. May 1997-April 2000, $255,000.
- P.I., ONR: Tropical Cyclone-Ocean interaction and impacts on motion and intensity, Jan. 1998 - Dec. 1999. $215,000.
C.
TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII (1987 - PRESENT)
GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION
- Major professor to 10 active graduate students
- Major professor to 10 students that graduated (1988-present)
- Served on 12 Ph. D. committees and 12 M. S. committees in the last ten years.
POSTDOCTAL FELLOWS AND VISITING SCHOLARS SPONSORED
D.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES (1987-PRESENT)
MEMBERSHIP
COMMITTEES AND APPOINTMENTS
- 1999-present: Steering committee for
International Pacific Research Center (IPRC)
- 1998-present: Chair, Faculty Selection Committee for IPRC
- 1997-present: Chair, UH Selection Committee for research scientists at IPRC
- 1997-present: Chair, Specification Committee, IPRC
- 1997-present: Project Director,
Wyrtki Center for Climate Research and Prediction (WCCRP) , UH
- 1990-1995: Member of TOGA COARE Sub-Scientific Working Group on Atmospheric Circulation and Waves.
- 1988-1994 Scientific Council member, Equatorial Pacific Climate Studies (EPOCS)/NOAA.
SESSION CHAIR, CONVENER, ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, RAPPORTEUR
- Session Chair, Fourth AMIP GCM simulation of East Asian Climate, Nov. 1998, Taipei
- International symposium on Asian Monsoon Variation, Sept. 1998, Sian, China
- WMO/International workshop on tropical cyclones, April 1998, Haikou, China
- CLIVAR/Asian-Australian Monsoon Panel Meeting, April 20-23, 1998, Kyengju, Korea
- International Workshop on the Climate System of Monsoon Asia, Dec 3-7, 1996, Kyoto, Japan
- International Symposium on Atmospheric Circulation and Global Change, Aug 8-13, 1996, Beijing, China
- AMS Symposium on Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System, 28 Jan-2 Feb 1996, Atlanta
- XXI General Assembly, International Association for the Physical Science of the Ocean, Aug. 5-12, 1995, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Fifth International Colloquium on Global Changes in Asia and Pacific Region, Aug 8-10 1994, Beijing, China
- 18th Conference of Hurricane and Tropical Meteorology, May 16-19, 1989, San Diego
EDITORSHIP/REFEREES
- Served as referees for 17 professional journals:
- Reviewing proposals for NSF, NOAA, NASA, DOE, ONR, FRD.
SERVICES AT UH
- Chair, Department Personnel Committee, Dept. of Meteorology, 1997-1998
- Graduate Chair, Meteorology Program, UH, 1993-1997
- Graduate Council Member, University of Hawaii, 1993-1997
- Research Council, School of Ocean and earth Science and Technology, UH, 1996-present
- Chair, Department Personnel Committee, Dept. of Meteorology, 1990-1993
- Council member of JIMAR UH/NOAA, 1988-present
- UH Tenure and Promotion Recommendation Committee member, 1991, 1995
- SOEST/UH Computing Committee, 1990
- SOEST Searching Committee for Climate Modeler, 1992-93.
- Associate Director of the Meteorology and Physical Oceanography division, SOEST, 1991
- Chair, Graduate Curriculum and Examination Committee, Dept. of Meteorology, 1989-1990
- HIG Space Committee, 1993
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