Data QA/QC Manager, New York
State Mesonet
Research Associate Professor
Department of Atmospheric
& Environmental Sciences
University at Albany, SUNY
1400 Washington Ave., Albany,
NY 12222, USA
Tel: (518) 442-6389; E-mail: jwang20@albany.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Atmospheric Science, February 1997, Columbia University, New York
M.S., Atmospheric Science, July 1990, National Research Center for Marine
Environment
Forecasts
(NRCMEF), Beijing, China
B.S., Atmospheric Science, July 1987, Peking University,
Beijing, China
Professional Experiences:
·
2014-present:
Data QA/QC manager, New York State Mesonet, SUNY, Albany, NY
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2012-present:
Research Associate Professor, Department of Atmospheric & Environmental
Sciences University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY
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2008-2014:
Scientist III, Earth Observing Lab (EOL), NCAR, Boulder, CO
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6/2009-8/2009:
Visiting Scientist, U.K. Met Office Hadley Centre, Exeter, U.K.
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2005-2008:
Scientist II, EOL, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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2002-2005:
Scientist I, Atmospheric Technology Division (ATD), NCAR, Boulder, CO
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1999-2001:
Associate Scientist, ATD, NCAR, Boulder, CO
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1997-1998:
Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
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1991-1996:
Graduate Research Assistant, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS),
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1993-1994:
Teaching Assistant for Atmospheric & Climate Courses,
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6/1991-9/1991:
Research Assistant, NASA GISS,
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7/1990-12/1990:
Research Associate, NRCMEF/Peking University,
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1988-1990:
Graduate Research Assistant, NRCMEF/Peking Univ.,
Research Interests:
Climate changes and variability; In-situ sounding data quality and technologies; Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) measurements and their application to weather and climate studies; Mesonet network design and data QA/QC; Climate networks; Creation and analysis of climate datasets; Cloud vertical structure observations and variability.
Professional
Activities (organized in ending dates)
· 2018-present: Co-chair of Working Group on Atmospheric Reference Observations of GCOS Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate.
· 2017-present: Coordinating NYSM E&O activities.
· 2014-present: Editor for Journal of Meteorological Research.
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2011-present:
Member of IGS (International GNSS Service) Troposphere Working Group. 2010-2018: Co-Chair for GRUAN task team
on ground-based GNSS precipitable water (GNSS-PW) observations.
·
2006-present: Member of Working Group on Atmospheric Reference
Observations of GCOS Atmospheric Observation Panel for Climate.
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2011-2014: Member of AMS Board on Data Stewardship.
·
2011:
Contributing Author to Chapter 2 (Observations: Surface and Atmosphere”) of the
Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC
WGI AR5).
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2008-2010: Member of NSF Facilities Assessment Editorial Board.
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2009-2010: Organizing
and planning committee for GRUAN’s participation in 8th
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2005-2009:
Editor for Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.
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2006-2008: Member
of the surface-based remote sensing subcommittee for the NSF facilities
assessment.
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2007: Co-chair
of the surface-based remote sensing subcommittee for the NSF facilities
assessment.
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2004-2007:
Member of AMS committee on measurements.
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2005: Member
of NRC’s committee on reviewing US CCSP's first report about "Temperature
trends in the lower atmosphere: steps for understanding and reconciling
differences"
·
2003:
Graduate of the first "UCAR Leadership Academy"
Refereed
Journal Articles: (links given for selected papers)
1. Fowler, J., J. Wang, D. Ross, T. Colligan and J. Godfrey, 2018: Measuring the Atmospheric Responses of 2017 Total Solar Eclipse (ARTSE2017): Results from Wyoming and New York. BAMS, revised.
2. Parsons, D. B., K. R. Haghi, K. T. Halbert, B. Elmer and J. Wang, 2018: The Potential Role of Atmospheric Bores in the Initiation and Maintenance of Nocturnal Convection over the Southern Great Plains. J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
3. Diaz, J. P. F. J. Exposito, J. C. Perez, Al. Gonzalez, Y. Wang, L. Haimberger and J. Wang, 2018: Long-term trends in marine boundary layer properties over the Atlantic Ocean. J. Climate, revised.
4. Mears, C, S. Ho, J. Wang, and L. Peng, 2018: Total column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2017. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 99, ???.
5.
Mears, C. A., D.
K. Smith, L. Ricciardulli, J. Wang,
H. Huelsing, and F. J. Wentz, 2018: Construction and Uncertainty Estimation of
a Satellite-Derived Total Precipitable Water Data Record over the World's
Oceans. Earth and Space Science, DOI:
10.1002/2018EA000363. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2018EA000363
6.
Huelsing, H. K., J. Wang, C. Mears and J. J. Braun,
2017: Precipitable Water Characteristics during the 2013 Colorado Flood using
Ground-Based GPS Measurements. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 10, 4055–4066,
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-4055-2017.
7.
Mears, C, S. Ho, J. Wang, H. Huelsing, and L. Peng,
2017: Total column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2016. Bull. Amer.
Meteorol. Soc., 98, S24-25.
8.
Boylan, P., J. Wang, S. A. Cohn, T. Hultberg, and T.
August, 2016: Identification and intercomparison of surface-based inversions
over Antarctica from IASI, ERA-Interim, and Concordiasi dropsonde data. J.
Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, 9089–9104, doi:10.1002/2015JD024724.
9. Brogniez, S. English, J. F. Mahfouf, A. Behrendt, W. Berg, S. Boukabara, S. A. Buehler, P. Chambon, A. Gambacorta, A. Geer, W. Ingram, E. R. Kursinski, M. Matricardi, T. Odintsova, V. H. Payne, P. Thorne, M. Tretyakov, and J. Wang, 2016: A review of sources of systematic errors and uncertainties in water vapor information derived from observations at 183GHz. Atmos. Measurement Tech., 9, 2207-2221, doi:10.5194/amt-9-2207-2016.
10. Wang, J., A. Dai, C. Mears and L.
Zhang, 2016: Global water vapor trend and its diurnal asymmetry based on GPS,
radiosonde and microwave satellite measurements. J. Climate, 29, 5205-5222. DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-15-0485.1
11. Bodeker 2016: G. E. Bodeker, S. Bojinski, D. Cimini,
R. J. Dirksen, M. Haeffelin, J. W. Hannigan, D. F. Hurst, T. Leblanc, F.
Madonna, M. Maturilli, A. C. Mikalsen, R. Philipona, T. Reale, D. J. Seidel, D.
G. H. Tan, P. W. Thorne, H. Vömel, and J.
Wang: Reference Upper-Air Observations for Climate: From Concept to
Reality. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
97, 123–135; doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00072.1
12. Mears, C, S. Ho, L. Peng, J. Wang, and H. Huelsing, 2016: Total column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2015. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., in press.
13. Ning, T., Wang, J., Elgered, G., Dick, G., Wickert, J., Bradke, M., Sommer, M., Querel, R., and Smale, D., 2016: The uncertainty of the atmospheric integrated water vapour estimated from GNSS observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 79-92, doi:10.5194/amt-9-79-2016.
14. Mears, C, S. Ho, L. Peng, J. Wang, and H. Huelsing, 2015: Total column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2014. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 96, S22-23, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2015BAMSStateoftheClimate.1.
15. Wang, J., K. Young, T. Hock, D. Lauritsen, D. Behringer, M.
Black, P. G. Black, J. Franklin, J. Halverson, J. Molinari, L. Nguyen, T.
Reale, J. Smith, B. Sun, Q. Wang and J. Zhang, 2015: A long-term, high-quality,
high vertical resolution GPS dropsonde dataset for hurricane and other studies.
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 961–973. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00203.1
16. Mears, C. A., J. Wang, D. Smith, and F. J. Wentz (2015), Intercomparison of total precipitable water measurements made by satellite-borne microwave radiometers and ground-based GPS instruments, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, doi:10.1002/2014JD022694.
17. Boylan, P., J.
Wang, S. A. Cohn, E. Fetzer, E. S. Maddy, and S. Wong (2015), Validation of
AIRS version 6 temperature profiles and surface-based inversions over
Antarctica using Concordiasi dropsonde data, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 992–1007, doi:10.1002/2014JD022551.
18. Yu, H., P.E. Ciesielski, J. Wang, H.-C. Kuo, H. Voemel and R. Dirksen, 2015: Evaluation of
Humidity Correction Methods for Vaisala RS92 Tropical Sounding Data. J. Atmos.
Oceanic Technol., 32, 397–411. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-14-00166.1
19. Mears, C, S. Ho, L. Peng and J. Wang, 2014: Total column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2013. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 95, S20-21.
20. Intrieri, J.M., G. de Boer, M.D. Shupe, J.R. Spackman,
J. Wang, P.J. Neiman, G.A. Wick,
T.F. Hock, and R.E. Hood, 2014: Global Hawk dropsonde observations of the
Arctic atmosphere during the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers
(WISPAR) field campaign. Atmospheric
Measurement Techniques, 7, 3917-3926, doi:10.5194/amt-7-3917-2014.
21. Bock, O., P. Willis, J. Wang and C. Mears, 2014: A high-quality, consistent, global,
long-term (1993-2008) DORIS precipitable water dataset for climate monitoring
and model verification. J. Geophys. Res.,
119, 7209–7230, doi:10.1002/2013JD021124..
22. Ciesielski, P. E., H. Yu, R. H. Johnson, K. Yoneyama,
M. Katsumata, C. N. Long, J. Wang
and others, 2014: Quality-controlled upper-air sounding dataset for DYNAMO/CINDY/AMIE:
Development and corrections. J. Atmos.
Oceanic Technol., 31, 741-764.
23. Mears, C., J. Wang, S. Ho, and L. Zhang, 2013:
Total column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2012. Bull. Amer.
Meteorol. Soc., 94, S20-21.
24. Wang, J., T. Hock, S. A. Cohn, C. Martin, N. Potts, T. Reale,
B. Sun and F. Tilley, 2013b: Unprecedented upper air dropsonde observations
over Antarctica from the 2010 Concordiasi experiment: Validation of
satellite-retrieved temperature profiles. Geophys.
Res. Lett., 40, DOI: 10.1002/grl.50246.
25. Cohn, S. A., T. Hock, P. Cocquerez, J. Wang and others, 2013: Driftsondes:
Providing in-situ long-duration dropsonde observations over remote regions. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94,
10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00075.1.
26. Wang, J., L. Zhang, A. Dai, F. Immler, M. Sommer and H.
Voemel, 2013a: Radiation dry bias correction of Vaisala RS92 humidity data and
its impacts on historical radiosonde data. J.
Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 30, 197-214.
27. Rabier, F., S. Cohn, P.
Cocquerez, A. Hertzog, L. Avallone, T. Deshler, J.
Haase, T. Hock, A. Doerenbecher, J. Wang,
and others, 2013: The Concordiasi field experiment over Antarctica: first results from innovative atmospheric measurements, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94,
DOI:10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00005.1.
28. Mears, C., J. Wang, S. Ho, L. Zhang and X.
Zhou, 2012: Total column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2011. Bull.
Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 93, S25-S26.
29. Zhao, T., A. Dai, and J. Wang, 2012: Long-term
trend of upper-air humidity over China from homogenized radiosonde data. J.
Climate, 25, 4549-4567.
30. Ciesielski, P. E., P. T. Haertel, R. H. Johnson, J. Wang, and S. M. Loehrer, 2012:
Developing high-quality field program sounding datasets. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 93, 325–336.
31. Mears, C., J. Wang, S. Ho, L. Zhang and X.
Zhou, 2011: Total
column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2010. Bull. Amer.
Meteorol. Soc., 92 (6), S41-S42.
32. Dai, A., J. Wang, P. W. Thorne, D. E. Parker,
L. Haimberger, and X. L. Wang, 2011: A new approach to homogenize daily radiosonde humidity data J. Climate, 24, 965-991.
33. Wang, J., L.
Zhang, P.-H. Lin, Mark Bradford, Harold Cole, Jack Fox, Terry Hock, Dean
Lauritsen, Scot Loehrer, Charlie Martin, Joseph VanAndel, Chun-Hsiung Weng and
Kathryn Young, 2010: Water vapor variability and comparisons in subtropical
Pacific from T-PARC Driftsonde, COSMIC and reanalyses. J. Geophys. Res., 115,
D21108, doi:10.1029/2010JD014494. (paper)
34. Ho, S.-P., Y.-H. Kuo, X. Zhou, D. Hunt and J. Wang,
2010: Global Comparisons of Radiosonde Water Vapor Measurements in the
Troposphere using
35. Mears, C., J. Wang, S. Ho, L. Zhang and X.
Zhou, 2010: Total
column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2009. Arndt, D. S., M. O.
Baringer, M. R. Johnson eds., Bull. Amer.
Meteorol. Soc., 91, S24.
36. Ciesielski, P. E., W.-M. Chang, S.-C. Huang, R. H.
Johnson, B. J.-D. Jou, W.-C. Lee, P.-H. Lin, C.-H. Liu and J.
Wang, 2010: Quality Controlled Upper-Air Sounding Dataset for
TiMREX/SoWMEX: Development and Corrections. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 27,
No. 11, 1802-1821.
37. Mears, C., J.
Wang, and L. Zhang, 2009:
Total column water vapor, in State of the Climate in 2008. Peterson,
T.C., and M. O. Baringer eds., Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 90, S24.
38. Wang, J., J. Bian, W. O. Brown, H. Cole, V. Grubisic, and K.
Young, 2009: Vertical air motion from T-REX radiosonde and dropsonde data. J.
Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26, 928-942. (paper)
39. Ciesielski P. E., R. H. Johnson, and J. Wang, 2009: Correction of humidity
biases in Vaisala RS80-H sondes during NAME. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.,
26, 1763–1780.
40. Seidel, D.J., F.H. Berger, H.J. Diamond, J. Dykema, D.
Goodrich, F. Immler, W. Murray, T. Peterson,
D. Sisterson, M. Sommer, P. Thorne, H. Vömel, J. Wang, 2009: Reference Upper-Air Observations for Climate:
Rationale, Progress and Plans. Bull.
Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 90,
361-369.
41. Wang, J., and L. Zhang, 2009: Climate applications of a
global, 2-hourly atmospheric precipitable water dataset from IGS ground-based
42. Wang, J. and L. Zhang, 2008: Systematic errors in global
radiosonde precipitable water data from comparisons with ground-based GPS
measurements. J. Climate, 21,
2218-2238. (paper)
43. Wang, J., L. Zhang, A. Dai, T. Van Hove, J. Van Baelen, 2007:
A near-global, 2-hourly data set of atmospheric precipitable water from
ground-based GPS measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112,
D11107. 10.1029/2006JD007529. (paper)
44. Poulos, G. S.,
J. Wang, D. K. Lauritsen, and H. L. Cole, 2007: A note on the use of
targeted dropwindsondes in complex terrain. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol, 24,
1489-1494. 10.1175/JTECH2065.1.
45. Behrendt, A., V. Wufmeyer, P. D. Girolamo, C. Kiemle,
H.-S. Bauer, T. Schaberl, D. Summa, D. N. Whiteman, B. B. Demoz, E. V. Browell,
S. Ismail, R. Ferrare, S. Kooi, G. Ehret, J.
Wang, 2007: Intercomparison of water vapor data measured with lidar during
IHOP_2002, Part 1: Airborne to ground-based lidar systems and comparisons with
chilled-mirror hygrometer radiosondes. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic
Technology, 24, 3-21. 10.1175/JTECH1924.1.
46.
Whiteman,
D. N., B. Demoz, P. Di Girolamo, J. Comer, I. Veselovskii, K. Evans, Z. Wang,
D. Sabatino, G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry, R-F. Lin, A. Behrendt, V. Wulfmeyer, E.
Browell, R. Ferrare, S. Ismail, J. Wang,
2006: Raman Water Vapor Lidar Measurements During the International H2O
Project. II. Case Studies. J. Atmos.
Oceanic Technol., 23, 170-183.
47.
Wang, J., L. Zhang, and A. Dai, 2005: Global
estimates of water-vapor-weighted mean temperature of the atmosphere for GPS applications.
J. Geophys. Res., 110, D21101,
doi:10.1029/2005JD006215. (paper)
48.
Gochis, D., B. Anderson, A. Barros, A.
Gettelman, J. Wang, and other
co-authors, 2005: The water cycle across scales. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 1743-1746.
49.
Rossow, W. B., Y. Zhang and J. Wang, 2005: A statistical model of cloud
vertical structure based on reconciling cloud layer amounts inferred from
satellites and radiosonde humidity profiles. J. Climate, 18, 3587-3605.
50.
Seidel, D. J., M. Free and J. Wang, 2005: The diurnal cycle of
temperature in the free atmosphere estimated from radiosondes. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D09102,
doi:10.1029/2004JD005526.
51.
Kuo, Y.-H., W. S. Schreiner, J. Wang, D. L. Rossiter and Y. Zhang,
2005: Comparison of GPS radio occultation soundings with radiosondes. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L05817, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021443.
52.
Wang, J., 2005: Evaluation of performance of the
dropsonde humidity sensor using data from DYCOMS-II and IHOP_2002. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 22, No. 3,
247-257. (paper)
53. Roy, B., J. B. Halverson and J. Wang, 2004: The influence of radiosonde 'age' on TRMM field
campaign soundings humidity correction.
J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 470-480.
54. Weckwerth, T. M, D. B. Parsons, S. E. Koch, J. A.
Moore, M. A. LeMone, B. B. Demoz, C. Flamant, B. Geerts, J. Wang and W. F. Feltz, 2004: An overview of the international H20
project (IHOP_2002) and some preliminary highlights. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 253-277.
55. Wang, J., D. J. Carlson, D. B. Parsons, T. F. Hock, D.
Lauritsen, H. L. Cole, K. Beierle and N. Chamberlain, 2003: Performance of
operational radiosonde humidity sensors in direct comparison with a chilled
mirror dew-point hygrometer and its climate implication. Geophy. Res. Lett., 30, 10.1029/2003GL016985 (paper)
56. Ciesielski, P. E., R. H. Johnson, P. T. Haertel and J. Wang, 2003: Corrected TOGA COARE
sounding humidity data: Impact on convection and climate. J. Climate, 18, 2370-2384.
57. Wang, J., H. L. Cole, D. J. Carlson, E. R. Miller, K. Beierle,
A. Paukkunen, and T. K. Laine, 2002: Corrections of humidity measurement errors
from the Vaisala RS80 radiosonde – Application to TOGA_COARE data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19,
981-1002. (paper)
58.
Dai, A., J. Wang, R. H. Ware, and T. M. Van
Hove, 2002: Diurnal variation in atmospheric water vapor over
59. Wang, J., H. L. Cole, and D. J. Carlson, 2001: Water vapor
variability in the tropical western Pacific from a 20-year radiosonde data. Advances in Atmos. Sci., 18, 752-766.
60. Wang, J., W. B. Rossow and Y.-C. Zhang, 2000: Cloud vertical
structure and its variations from a 20-year global rawinsonde dataset. J. Climate, 13, 3041-3056. (paper)
61. Dai, A. and J.
Wang, 1999: Diurnal and semidiurnal tides in global surface pressure
fields. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3874-3891.
62. Wang, J., W. B. Rossow, T. Uttal, and M. Rozendaal, 1999:
Variability of cloud vertical structure during ASTEX observed from a
combination of rawinsonde, radar, ceilometer and satellite. Monthly Weather Review, 127, 2484-2502.
63. Wang, J. and W.B. Rossow, 1998: Effects of cloud vertical
structure on atmospheric circulations in the GISS GCM. J. Climate, 11,
3010-3029.
64. Wang, J. and W.B. Rossow, 1995: Determination of cloud vertical
structure from upper-air observations. J.
Appl. Meteor., 34, 2243-2258.
65. Poore, K.D., J.
Wang and W.B. Rossow, 1995: Cloud layer thicknesses from a combination of
surface and upper-air observations. J.
Climate, 8, 550-568.
66. Zhao, B., J.
Wang and Y. Zhu, 1993: Meteorological satellite remote sensing of
tropopause height. Chinese Science
Bulletin, 38, 317-321.