Dr. Wang is a Research Scientist Associate V. at Department of Geological Science at The University of Texas at Austin. His primary research interest is to use satellite and meteorological observation and model simulation to understand and predict land surface radiation budget, aerosol-cloud-radiation interaction, land-atmosphere interaction and their climate and environmental impacts. He re-constructed global aerosol optical depth, surface incident solar radiation, downward longwave radiation, pan and terrestrial evaporation over the land during past decades. He first authored the fourteen papers published in the most prestigious peer-reviewed journals, including Science, and the first authored seven peer-reviewed papers published in Chinese journals. He has served as reviewer for sixteen international journals.

Areas of Expertise

Climate, global warming, land surface processes, remote sensing, hydrological cycle, air pollution, and modeling.


Aerosol, radiation and climate change, School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook University, New York (2010)

Air pollution and climate change, On Introduction to Climatology, Department of Geography, University of Maryland (2009)

Air pollution, cloud, and Radiation interaction, Department of Geography, University of Maryland, College Park (2009)

Clear Sky Visibility Has Decreased over Land Globally from 1973 to 2007, School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, China (2007)

Clear Sky Visibility Has Decreased over Land Globally from 1973 to 2007, National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Science, China (2007)

Clear Sky Visibility Has Decreased over Land Globally from 1973 to 2007, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (2007)

Clear Sky Visibility Has Decreased over Land Globally from 1973 to 2007, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China (2007)

Clear Sky Visibility Has Decreased over Land Globally from 1973 to 2007, Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Chinese Academy of Sciences,, Beijing, China. (2007)

Clear Sky Visibility Has Decreased over Land Globally from 1973 to 2007, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,, Beijing, China (2007)