Jinbo Wang

Postdoctral Scholar
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093
Office: 448 Nierenberg Hall
Phone: 858-822-7692 (Office)
Email: jinbow at ucsd dot edu

Research Interests

  • Geophysical fluid dynamics, especially meso- and submeso-scale eddy dynamics
  • Wave and instability theories
  • Application of satellite data
  • Southern Ocean circulation

    • Education

  • Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Massachusetts, USA, 2011
  • M.S., Physical Oceanography, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Massachusetts, USA, 2008
  • M.S., Atmospheric Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China, 2005
  • B.S., Meteorology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, 2002

    • Publications

  • Wang, J., G. Flierl, M. Spall, P. Malanotte-Rizzoli, The influence of a large-scale circulation on the radiating instabilities of an eastern boundary current (in preparation).
  • Wang, J., A. Mahadevan, Spatial correlation between sea surface temperature and sea surface height. (in revision)
  • Wang, J., M. Mazloff, S. Gille, M. Messias, A. Watson, J. Ledwell (2015), Cross-stream transport near the Drake Passage, Journal of Physical Oceanography, (submitted), submitted manuscript
  • LaCasce, J. H., J. Wang (2015), A simple method for estimating subsurface fields from sea surface height and density, Journal of Physical Oceanography, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-14-0206.1, Link to JPO
  • Liu, L., S. Peng, J. Wang, R. Huang (2014), Retrieving density and velocity fields of the Ocean's Interior from Surface Data, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans, doi: 10.1002/2014JC010221
  • Wang, T., Y. Du, W. Zhuang, J. Wang (2014), Connection of Sea Level Variability between Tropical Western Pacific and Southern Indian Ocean during Recent Two Decades. Science China-D, DOI:10.1007/s11430-014-5048-4, Link
  • Wang, J., Matthew R. Mazloff, Sarah T. Gille (2014), Pathways of Agulhas Waters South of 29S, Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans,doi:10.1002/2014JC010049 Supplemental video
  • Wang, Jinbo, Michael A. Spall, Joseph Pedlosky, Igor Kamenkovich, (2014),"(On the generation of zonal jets in the ocean by) Radiating instability and stochastic wind forcing" , submitted to Zonal jets Ed. Boris Galperin and Peter Read. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wang, J., G. R. Flierl, J. H. LaCasce, J. L. McClean, and A. Mahadevan (2013), Reconstructing the Ocean’s Interior from Surface Data,J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43, 1611–1626. Link to JPO
  • Wang, J., M. A. Spall, G. R. Flierl, and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli (2013),Nonlinear Radiating Instability of a Barotropic Eastern Boundary Current, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 43(7), 1439–1452, doi:10.1175/JPO-D-12-0174.1. Link to JPO
  • Wang, J., M. A. Spall, G. R. Flierl, and P. Malanotte-Rizzoli (2012), A new mechanism for the generation of quasi-zonal jets in the ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39(10), 2–5, doi:10.1029/2012GL051861. Link to GRL
  • Wang, J., W.H. Qian, and X. Zhang, Relationship between the tropical cyclone genesis over the Northwest Pacific and sea surface temperature anomalies. Progress in Natural Sciences, 2007, 17(11): 69-73.
  • Wang, J., and W.H. Qian, Statistical analysis of tropical cyclone impact on the China mainland during the last half century. Chinese Journal of Geophysics, 2005, 48(5): 1069-1077.
    • Last update September 17, 2015