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Biography
Dr. Zhuo Wang's research interests are primarily in the fields of tropical meteorology and climate dynamics, including tropical cyclones, intraseasonal variability, tropical-extratropical interaction, subseasonal to decadal prediction and predictability, and extreme events. Her research objective is to better understand the fundamental dynamics and physics governing atmospheric motions and to improve the prediction skills.
Education
- Ph.D. Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 2004
- M.S. Meteorology, University of Hawaii, 2000
- B.S. Atmospheric Sciences, Nanjing University, 1997
Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor, Climate, Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
Recent Publications
Li, H., Wang, Z., Davis, C., Peng, M., Mctaggart-Cowan, R., & Ge, X. (2026). Tropical Cyclogenesis under the Influence of an Upper-Tropospheric Cold Low in Idealized Numerical Simulations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 83(1), 105-123. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-25-0075.1
Di Girolamo, L., Zhao, G., Zhang, G., Wang, Z., Loveridge, J., & Mitra, A. (2025). Decadal changes in atmospheric circulation detected in cloud motion vectors. Nature, 643(8073), 983-987. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09242-1
Graber, M., Wang, Z., & Trapp, R. J. (2025). Linking weather regimes to the variability of warm-season tornado activity over the United States. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 6(3), 807-816. https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-807-2025
Moon, M., Min, S. K., Chu, J. E., An, S. I., Son, S. W., Ramsay, H., & Wang, Z. (2025). Tropical cyclone response to ambitious decarbonization scenarios. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 8(1), Article 228. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-025-01122-9
Wang, Z., Rios-Berrios, R., Stern, D. P., Baker, A. J., Beucler, T., Camargo, S. J., Duvel, J. P., Feng, X., Lee, C. Y., Leroux, M. D., Li, H., Macholl, J., Molina, M. J., Núñez Ocasio, K. M., Ramsay, H. A., Ritchie, E. A., Schenkel, B. A., Stansfield, A. M., Ayar, P. V., & Wisinski, E. (2025). On the Definition and Tracking of Tropical Cyclone Seeds from a Climate Perspective. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 106(9), E1815-E1822. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0200.1