Wang, Chien

Chien Wang
Research Affiliate
Former Senior Research Scientist, CGCS

Focus Areas

Earth Systems, Policy Scenarios, Air Quality & Health

Bio

Research Interests:
Dr. Wang's research interests include cloud dynamics and microphysics, interactions between cloud-scale and large-scale processes, and atmospheric chemistry. He has developed a three-dimensional modeling system to simulate the dynamical, microphysical, and chemical processes of clouds, especially of deep convective clouds. He is also working on a global-scale interactive chemistry and climate model and using this model to study the sensitivity of climate change to atmospheric chemical processes.

Selected Publications:
Wang, C., 2013: Impact of anthropogenic absorbing aerosols on clouds and precipitation: A review of recent progresses, Atmospheric Research, 122: 237-249

Wang, C. and R.G. Prinn, 2011: Potential climatic impacts and reliability of large-scale offshore wind farms. Environmental Research Letters, 6(2): 025101

Jeong, G.-R. and C. Wang, 2010: Climate effects of seasonally varying Biomass Burning emitted Carbonaceous Aerosols (BBCA). Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 8373-8389

Wang, C., and R.G. Prinn, 2010: Potential climatic impacts and reliability of very large-scale wind farms, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10, 2053-2061

Wang, C., D. Kim, A.M.L. Ekman, M. C. Barth, and P. Rasch, 2009: The impact of anthropogenic aerosols on Indian summer monsoon, Geophysical Research Letters, 36(21): L21704

Huang, J., A. Adams, C. Zhang, and C. Wang, 2009: Black Carbon and West African Monsoon precipitation: observations and simulations, Annales Geophysicae, 27: 4171-4181

Wang, C., 2009: The sensitivity of tropical convective precipitation to the direct radiative forcings of black carbon aerosols emitted from major regions. Ann. Geophys, 27, 3705-3711

Wang, C., G.-R. Jeong, and N. Mahowald, 2009: Particulate absorption of solar radiation: anthropogenic aerosols vs. dust. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 9(12): 3935-3945

Engström, A., Ekman, A. M. L., Krejci, R., DeReus, M., Ström, J., Wang, C., 2008: Observational and modelling evidence of tropical deep convective clouds as a source of mid-tropospheric accumulation mode aerosols. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L23813
 

Education + Credentials
B.Sc., Atmospheric Physics, Peking University, 1982
M.S., Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, 1985
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, State University of New York, 1992

Recent Publications

Joint Program Reprint, Journal Article
Grandey, B.S., D. Rothenberg, A. Avramov, Q. Jin, H. Lee, X. Liu, Z. Lu, S. Albani and C. Wang  (2018). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 15783-15810, doi:10.5194/acp-18-15783-2018 [PDF]
Joint Program Reprint, Journal Article
Grandey, B.S., L.K. Yeo, H. Lee and C. Wang (2018). Geophysical Research Letters , 45(20), 11,318-11,325 (doi: 10.1029/2018GL080127) [PDF]
Joint Program Reprint, Journal Article
Sokolov, A., D. Kicklighter, C.A. Schlosser, C. Wang, E. Monier, B. Brown-Steiner, R. Prinn, C. Forest, X. Gao, A. Libardoni and S. Eastham (2018). AGU Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems , 10(8), 1759-1789 (doi: 10.1029/2018MS001277) [PDF]
Joint Program Reprint, Journal Article
Rothenberg, D., A. Avramov and C. Wang (2018). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18: 7961-7983 (doi: 10.5194/acp-18-7961-2018) [PDF]
Journal Article
Lee, Hsiang-He, O. Iraqui, Y, Gu, H,-L.S.Yim, A. Chulakadabba, A. Y. M. Tonks, Z. Yang and C. Wang (2018). Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18: 6141-6156 (doi: 10.5194/acp-18-6141-2018)

News + Media

News Release
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Nov 06, 2018
News Brief
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Oct 17, 2018
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Jul 25, 2018
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Jun 13, 2018
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May 03, 2018
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Oct 19, 2017
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Jul 24, 2017