Staff information
Minghuai Wang
Climate Physics
Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
MSIN: K9-24
Richland, WA 99352
509/375-2664
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Research Interests
- Aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions
- Sub-grid representation of clouds in global climate models
- Multi-scale modeling aerosol-cloud interactions in global climate models
Education and Credentials
- Ph.D., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
- M.S., Peking University, Beijing, China
- B.S., Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Affiliations and Professional Service
- American Meteorological Society
- American Geophysical Union
Awards and Recognitions
- Outstanding Performance Award, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 2010
- Member, UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), co-winner, Nobel Peace Prize, 2007
PNNL Publications
2012
- Chand D, R Wood, SJ Ghan, M Wang, M Ovchinnikov, PJ Rasch, SD Miller, B Schichtel, and T Moore. 2012. "Aerosol optical depth increase in partly cloudy conditions." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. (Atmospheres) 117:Article No. D17207. doi:10.1029/2012JD017894
- Larson VE, D Schanen, M Wang, M Ovchinnikov, and SJ Ghan. 2012. "PDF parameterization of boundary layer clouds in models with horizontal grid spacings from 2 to 16 km." Monthly Weather Review 140(1):285-306. doi:10.1175/MWR-D-10-05059.1
- Wang M, SJ Ghan, X Liu, TL Ecuyer, K Zhang, H Morrison, M Ovchinnikov, RC Easter, Jr, R Marchand, D Chand, Y Qian, and JE Penner. 2012. "Constraining cloud lifetime effects of aerosols using A-Train satellite observations ." Geophysical Research Letters 39:L15709. doi:10.1029/2012GL052204
2011
- Kassianov EI, D Chand, and M Wang. 2011. "Assessment of MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth over Oceans using One-year Data from Maritime Aerosol Network." In Proceedings of the SPIE: Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XVI, September 21, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic, vol. 8177, ed. EI Kassianov, et al, p. Paper No. 81770K. SPIE, Bellingham, WA. doi:10.1117/12.897410
- Penner JE, L Xu, and M Wang. 2011. "Satellite methods underestimate indirect climate forcing by aerosols." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(33):13404-13408. doi:10.1073/pnas.1018526108
- Wang M, SJ Ghan, M Ovchinnikov, X Liu, RC Easter, Jr, EI Kassianov, Y Qian, and H Morrison. 2011. "Aerosol Indirect effects in a multi-scale aerosol-climate model PNNL-MMF." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 11(11):5431-5455. doi:10.5194/acp-11-5431-2011
- Wang M, SJ Ghan, RC Easter, Jr, M Ovchinnikov, X Liu, EI Kassianov, Y Qian, WI Gustafson, Jr, VE Larson, D Schanen, M Khairoutdinov, and H Morrison. 2011. "The multi-scale aerosol-climate model PNNL-MMF: model description and evaluation." Geoscientific Model Development 4(1):137-168. doi:10.5194/gmd-4-137-2011
2010
- Wang M, and JE Penner. 2010. "Cirrus clouds in a global climate model with a statistical cirrus cloud scheme." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 10(12):5449-5474. doi:10.5194/acp-10-5449-2010
Selected Publications
2009
- Wang M and JE Penner. 2009. "Aerosol Indirect Forcing in a Global Model with Particle Nucleation." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9(1):239-260. DOI:10.5194/acp-9-239-2009.
- Wang M, JE Penner, and X Liu. 2009. "The Coupled IMPACT Aerosol and NCAR CAM3 Model: Evaluation of Predicted Aerosol Number and Size Distribution." Journal of Geophysical Research 114: D06302. DOI: 10.1029/2008.JD010459.
- Graversen RG and M Wang. 2009. "Polar Amplification in a Coupled Climate Model with Locked Albedo. Climate Dynamics 33(5):629-643. DOI:10.1007/s00382-009-0535-6.
- Lee SS, JE Penner, and M Wang. 2009. "Comparison of a Global-Climate Model Simulation to a Cloud-System Resolving Model Simulation for Long-Term Thin Stratocumulus Clouds." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9:6497-6520. DOI:10.5194/acp-9-6497-2009.
- Liu X, JE Penner, and M Wang. 2009. "Influence of Anthropogenic Sulfate and Black Carbon on Upper Tropospheric Clouds in the NCAR CAM3 Model Coupled to the IMPACT Global Aerosol Model." Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres 114:D03204. DOI: 10.1029/2008JD010492.
- Penner JE, Y Chen, M Wang, and X Liu. 2009. "Possible Influence of Anthropogenic Aerosols on Cirrus Clouds and Anthropogenic Forcing." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 8:13903-13942. DOI: 10.5194/acpd-8-13903-2008.
- Quaas J, Y Ming, S Menon, T Takemura, M Wang, JE Penner, A Gettelman, U Lohmann, N Bellouin, O Boucher, AM Sayer, GE Thomas, A McComiskey, G Feingold, C Hoose, JE Kristjánsson, X Liu, Y Balkanski, LJ Donner, PA Ginoux, P Stier, J Feichter, I Sednev, SE Bauer, D Koch, RG Grainger, A Kirkevag, T Iversen, O Seland, R Easter, SJ Ghan, PJ Rasch, H Morrison, F-F Lamarque, MJ Iacono, S Kinne, and M Schulz. 2009. "Aerosol Indirect Effects - General Circulation Model Intercomparison and Evaluation with Satellite Data." Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 9:12731-12779. DOI: 10.5194/acpd-9-12731-2009.
2007
- Liu X, JE Penner, B Das, D Bergman, JM Rodriguez, S Strathan, M Wang, and Y Feng. 2007. "Uncertainties in Global Aerosol Simulations: Assessment using three Meteorological Data Sets." Journal of Geophysical Research 112:D11212. DOI:10.1029/2006JD008216.
- Liu X, JE Penner, S Ghan, and M Wang. 2007. "Inclusion of Ice Microphysics in the NCAR Community Atmospheric Model." Journal of Climate 20:4526-4547.
- Rotstayn Leon D, W Cai, DR Martin, FD Graham, Y Feng, G Paul, M Herzog, A Ito, JE Penner, RL Michael, and M Wang. 2007. "Have Australian Rainfall and Cloudiness Increased due to the Remote Effects of Asian Anthropogenic Aerosols?" Journal of Geophysical Research 112:D09202. DOI:10.1029/2006JD007712.