Research Interests
Arctic Climate Change Studies
Arctic Coupled Ice-Ocean Modeling
Coupled Biological-Physical Modeling
Coupled Hydrological-Ocean Circulation Modeling
Statistical methods/analyses to study Arctic climate change
Data assimilation of ice and ocean circulation
PAPERS PUBLISHED OR
IN PRESS
54) Mizobata, K., J. Wang and S.-I. Saitoh, 2006. Eddy-induced cross-slope exchange along the
Bering Sea shelf break using a 3D ocean general circulation model and satellite multi-
sensor remote sensing (submitted to J. Geophys. Res., accepted)
53) Jin, M. C.J. Deal, J. Wang, K.-H. Shin, N. Tanaka, T. Whitledge, S. H. Lee, R.R. Gradinger,
2005. Controls of the landfast ice-ocean ecosystem offshore Barrow, Alaska (Annals of Glaciology, in press)
52) Jin, M., C.J. Deal, J. Wang, N. Tanaka, and M. Ikeda, 2006. Vertical mixing effects on the
phytoplankton bloom in the southeastern Bering Sea mid-shelf. J. Geophys. Res., 111,
C03002, doi:10.1029/2005JC002994.
51) Wu, B., J. Wang, J.E. Walsh, 2006. Dipole anomaly in the winter Arctic atmosphere and its
association with Arctic sea ice motion. J. Climate, 19(2), 210-225. DOI:
10.1175/JCLI3619.1
Year 2005:
50) Wang, J., Q. Liu, M. Jin, M. Ikeda and F.J. Saucier, 2005. A coupled ice-ocean model in
the pan-Arctic and the northern North Atlantic Ocean: Simulation of seasonal cycles. J.
Oceanogr., 61, 213-233.
49) Wang, J., M. Ikeda, S. Zhang and R. Gerdes, 2005. Linking the northern hemisphere sea ice
reduction trend and the quasi-decadal Arctic Sea Ice Oscillation. Climate Dyn., 24: 115-130, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-004-0454-5
Year 2004:
48) Wu, B. J. Wang and R. Zhang, 2004. Effects of intraseasonal variations of the Arctic
Oscillation on the Barents Sea. Polar Meteorolo. Glaciol., 18, 82-95.
47) Geyer, W.R., R.P. Signell, D.A. Fong, J. Wang, D.M. Anderson, and B.A. Keefer, 2004.
The freshwater transport and dynamics of the Western Maine Current. Continen. Shelf
Res. 24, 1339-1357.
46) Wang, J., B. Wu, C. Tang, J.E. Walsh and M. Ikeda, 2004. Seesaw structure of
subsurface temperature anomalies between the Barents Sea and the Labrador Sea.
Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L19301, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019981.
45) Wang, J., M. Jin, D. Musgrave and M. Ikeda, 2004. A numerical hydrological digital
elevation model for freshwater discharge into the Gulf of Alaska. J. Geophys. Res., 109,
C07009, doi:10.1029/2002JC001430.
44) Wu, B., J. Wang, and J. Walsh, 2004. Possible feedback of winter sea ice in the Greenland
and Barents Seas on the local atmosphere, Mon. Wea. Rev., 132(7), 1868-1876.
43) Jin, M. and J. Wang, 2004. Interannual variability and sensitivity study of the ocean
circulation and thermohaline structures in Prince William Sound, Alaska, Cont. Shelf
Res., 24(3), 393-411.
Year 2003:
42) Wang, J., R. Kwok, F.J. Saucier, J. Hutchings, M. Ikeda, W. Hibler III, J. Haapala, M.D.
Coon, H.E.M. Meier, H. Eicken, N. Tanaka, R. Prentki, and W. Johnson, 2003. Working
towards improved small-scale sea ice and ocean modeling in the Arctic seas. EOS, AGU,
Vol . 84 (34), 325, 329-330.
41) Wang, J., M. Ikeda and F. Saucier, 2003. A theoretical, two-layer, reduced-gravity model
for descending dense water flow on continental slopes, J. Geophys. Res., 108(C5), 3161,
doi: 10.1029/2000JC000517.
40) Ikeda, M., J. Wang, and A. Makshtak, 2003. Importance of clouds to the decaying trend in the Arctic ice cover. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 81, 179-189.
39) Wang, D., J. Wang, L. Wu, and Z. Liu, 2003. Regime shifts in the North Pacific simulated
by a COADS-driven isopycnal model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 20(5), 743-
754.
38) Wang, D., J. Wang, L. Wu, and Z. Liu, 2003. Relative importance of wind and buoyancy
forcing for interdecadal regime shifts in the Pacific. Science in China (D Series), 46(5),
417-427.
Year 2002:
37) Ikeda, M., J. Wang, A. Makshtas, 2002. The Arctic sea ice and global warming. Kaiyo (The Ocean) Monthly, 34(2), 875-878. (in Japanese)
36) Wang, J., M. Ikeda, R. Colony, X. Zhang, 2002. Quasi-decadal variability of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. Kaiyo (The Ocean) Monthly, 34(2), 865-849. (in Japanese)
35) Takahashi, J. and J. Wang, 2002. Mechanism for dense water transport along Arctic continental shelf. Kaiyo (The Ocean) Monthly, 34(2), 831-834. (in Japanese)
34) Wu, B. and J. Wang, 2002b. Possible impacts of winter Arctic Oscillation on Siberian High and the East Asia winter monsoon. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 19, 297-320.
33) Wu, B. and J. Wang, 2002a. Winter Arctic Oscillation, Siberian High and the East Asia
winter monsoon. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(19), 1897-1900.
Year 2001:
32) Proshutinsky, A., et al and J. Wang. 2001. Multinational effort studies differences among
Arctic Ocean models. EOS, AGU, 82(51), 637-644.
31) Eslinger, D.L., R.T. Cooney, C.P. McRoy, A. Ward, T. Kline, E.P. Simpson, J. Wang and
J.R. Allen, 2001. Plankton dynamics: Observed and modeled response to physical forcing
in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Fisheries Oceanogr., 10 (Suppl. 1), 81-96.
30) Wang, J., M. Jin, V. Patrick, J. Allen, D. Eslinger, and T. Cooney, 2001. Numerical
simulation of the seasonal ocean circulation patterns and thermohaline structure of Prince
William Sound, Alaska using freshwater of a line source. Fisheries Oceanogr., , 10 (Suppl.
1), 132-148.
29) Wang, J. and M. Ikeda, 2001. Arctic Sea-Ice Oscillation: Regional and seasonal
perspectives. Annals of Glaciology, 33, 481-492.
28) Ikeda, M., J. Wang, and J-P Zhao, 2001. Hypersensitive decadal oscillations in the Arctic/
subarctic climate. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28(7): 1275-1278.
27) Wang, J., 2001. A nowcast/forecast system for coastal ocean circulation (NFSCOC) with a
simple nudging data assimilation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 18(6): 1037-1047.
Year 2000:
26) Wang, J. and M. Ikeda, 2000. Arctic Oscillation and Arctic Sea-Ice Oscillation. Geophys.
Res. Lett., 27(9), 1287-1290.
Before Year 2000:
25) Wang, J., R. Mo, Z. Gao, Z. Yin and M. Chen, 1999. Sensitivity study of coastal plumes.
Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 18, 147-166.
24) Ren, J.-C., I.-F. Shen, M.-D. Tao, and J. Wang, 1999. The instability of non-hydrostatic
stratified flows. J. of Hydrodynamics, (Series B), 4: 38-43.
23) Wang, J., 1998. A two-channel laterally averaged estuarine circulation model (LAECIM),
J. Geophys. Res., 103: 18,381-18,391.
22) Deleersnuijder, E., J. Wang, and C.N.K. Mooers, 1998. A two-compartment model for
understanding the simulated 3-D circulation in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Cont. Shelf
Res., 18: 279-287.
21) Mooers, C.N.K. and J. Wang, 1998. On the implementation of a 3-D circulation model for
Prince William Sound, Alaska. Cont. Shelf Res., 18: 253-277.
20) Wang, J. and C.N.K. Mooers. 1997. Three-dimensional perspectives of the Florida
Current: transport, potential vorticity, and related dynamical properties, Dyn. Atmos. &
Oceans, 27: 135-149.
19) Wang, J., R.T. Cheng and P.C. Smith, 1997. Seasonal sea-level variations in San Francisco
Bay in response to atmospheric forcing, 1980, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 45:
39-52.
18) Wang, J. and M. Ikeda, 1997c. Inertial stability and phase error of time integration schemes
in ocean general circulation models, Mon. Wea. Rev., 125(9): 2316-2327.
17) Wang, J. and M. Ikeda, 1997b. Diagnosing ocean unstable baroclinic waves and meanders
using quasi-geostrophic equations and Q-vector method, J. Phys. Oceanogr. 27(6): 1158-
1172.
16) Wang, J. and M. Ikeda, 1997a. A 3D ocean general circulation model for mesoscale eddies-
II: Diagnostic analysis, Acta Oceanologica Sinica. 16(1): 29-43.
15) Wang, J. and M. Ikeda, 1996. A 3D ocean general circulation model for mesoscale eddies-
I: Meander simulation and linear growth rate, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 15: 31-58.
14) Mysak, L.A., R.G. Ingram, J. Wang, and A. van der Baaren, 1996. Anomalous sea-ice
extent in Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea during three simultaneous ENSO
and NAO episodes, Atmosphere-Ocean, 34: 313-343.
13) Wang, J., 1996. Global linear stability of the 2-D shallow water equations: An application
of the distributive theorem of roots for polynomials on the unit circle, Mon. Wea. Rev.,
124(6): 1301-1310.
12) Ingram, R.G., J. Wang, C. Lin, L. Legendre and L. Fortier, 1996. Impact of freshwater on a
subarctic ecosystem under seasonal sea ice cover (southern Hudson Bay, Canada). I:
Interannual variability and predicted global warming influence on river plume dynamics
and sea ice, J. of Marine Systems, 7: 221-231.
11) Wang, J., L.A. Mysak and R.G. Ingram, 1994c. A numerical simulation of sea-ice cover in
Hudson Bay, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24(12): 2515-2533.
10) Wang, J., L.A. Mysak and R.G. Ingram, 1994b. A 3-D numerical simulation of Hudson
Bay summer ocean circulation, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24(12): 2496-2514.
9) Wang, J, L.A. Mysak and R.G. Ingram, 1994a. Interannual variability of sea-ice cover in
Hudson Bay, Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea, Atmosphere-Ocean, 32(2): 421-447.
8) Wang, J. and Y. Yuan, 1994. Double Kelvin waves along the Okinawa Trough in the East
China Sea-I: Analytical solutions and observations, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 13(1):
1-21.
7) Wang, J. and R.T. Cheng, 1993. On low-pass digital filters in oceanography, Acta
Oceanologica Sinica, 12(2): 183-196.
6) Wang, J., R.G. Ingram and L.A. Mysak, 1991. Variability of internal tides in the Laurentian
Channel, J. Geophys. Res., 96: 16,859-16,875.
5) Ford, J.M., J. Wang and R.T. Cheng, 1990. Predicting the vertical structure of tidal current
and salinity in San Francisco Bay, California, Water Resources Res., 26(5): 1,027-1,045.
4) Wang, J., M. Feng and Y. Yuan, 1989, Preliminary study of heat transport in the southern
Yellow Sea, China, Oceanol. Limnol. Sinica, 20(3): 274-280 (in Chinese with an English abstract).
3) Wang, J. and Y. Yuan, 1988. Numerical modelling of wintertime circulation in the East
China Sea, Chinese J. Oceano. Limno., 6(4): 300-319.
2) Wang, J., Y. Yuan and Z. Pan, 1988, Numerical study and analysis of continental shelf
waves in the East China Sea, Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 10(6): 666-677 (in Chinese).
1) Wang, J., 1985, A numerical model of the steady-state circulation in the South China Sea,
Journal of Shandong College of Oceanology, 15(3): 22-32 (in Chinese with an English
abstract).
Manuscripts submitted or in preparation:
1) Deal, C.J., M. Jin, J. Wang, N. Tanaka, M. Ikeda, T. Whitledge and T. Rho, 2006. Dynamics
of plankton and nutrients in the Bering Sea: An ecosystem model study with special focus
on the coccolithophore bloom and water column nitrification (submitted to Prog.
Oceanogr.)
2) Takahashi, J., M. Ikeda, and J. Wang, 2006. Eddy-induced transport mechanisms of dense
water in the Arctic (submitted to Deep Sea Res., under revision).
3) Wang, J., B.-Y. Wu, M. J.E. Walsh and M. Ikeda, 2006. The response of the Arctic sea ice to
the winter atmospheric Dipole Anomaly (Submitted to Annuals of Glaciology).
4) Iida, T, S.-I. Saitoh, J, Wang, and M. Jin, 2006. The springtime plankton dynamics in the
Bering Sea shelf and the effects of wind forcing and solar radiation (in prep. Progress in Oceanogr.)
5) Wang, J., M. Jin, J. Takahashi, T. Suzuki, J.E. Walsh, H. Hasumi and I.V. Polyakov, 2006.
Modeling Arctic Ocean warming episodes in the 20th century caused by the intruding Atlantic Water. (submitted to Geophys. Res. Lett.)
6) Mizobata, K., S.-I. Saitoh and J. Wang, 2006. Summer biological enhancement in relation to the mesoscale eddy at the shelf break in the vicinity of the Pribilof Islands (Submitted to J. Marine Res.).
7)Wang, J., M. Jin, J. Takahashi, T. Suzuki, J.E. Walsh, H. Hasumi and M. Ikeda. Multi-
decadal variability of the Arctic Atlantic Water during the 20th century: Modeling vs.
observations.