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