S.-Y. Simon Wang

Publications | Abstracts

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Books

• Wang, S., Yoon, J., Funk, C., Gillies, R.R, (2017). Climate Extremes: Patterns & Mechanisms. AGU / Wiley
• Wang, S., (2017). Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms: Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms. American Geophysical Union
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2012). Modern Climatology. InTech
• Gillies, R.R, Wang, S., (2011). Climate Change. Kendall Hunt

Publications | Book Chapters

• Wang, S., (2017). Fourteen to Sixteen Centuries AD: The Case of Angkor and Monsoon Extremes in Southeast Asia: Megadrought and Collapse: From Early Agriculture to Angkor. Oxford University Press
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2017). The California Drought: Trends and Impacts: Climate Extremes: Patterns and Mechanisms. Ameri. Geophy. Union
• Jin, J., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2011). An Improved Dynamical Downscaling for the Western United States: Climate Change / Book 2. InTech
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2011). Climatology of the U.S. Intermountain West: Climatology. InTech

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Mukherjee, A., coauthors, &., Wang, S., (2023). Does socio-economic dynamics influence crop yield variability?. Current Science, 125:8, 25.
• Moon, S., Utsumi, N., Jeong, J., Yoon, J., Wang, S., Shiogama, H., Kim, H., (2023). Anthropogenic Warming Induced Intensification of Summer Monsoon Frontal Precipitation over East Asia. Science Advances, DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu23-10686.
• Huang, H., Wang, S., Lau, K., Wang, S., (2023). Impact of regional climate patterns on the biomass burning emissions and transport over Peninsular Southeast Asia, 2000-2019. Atmospheric Research297, 107067.
• Jagannathan, K., coauthors, &., Wang, S., (2023). Typologies of actionable climate information and its use. Global Environmental Change, DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102732.
• Dalanhese, L., Wang, S., Stuivenvolt Allen, J., LaPlante, M., (2023). A new climatology of South American extratropical cyclogenesis with an inter-comparison among ERA5, JRA55, and the Brazilian Navy. International Journal of Climatology, DOI:10.1002/joc.8251 .
• Stuivenvolt Allen, J., Wang, S., Chikamoto, Y., Meyer, J., (2023). Growing Pacific Linkage with Western North Atlantic Explosive Cyclogenesis. Journal of Climate, DOI:10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0784.1.
• Promchote, P., Wang, S., (2023). Boosting Thailand's Palm Oil Yield with Advanced Seasonal Predictions. Environmental Research Letters, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ace06c.
• Chikamoto, Y., Zhang, W., Wang, S., et al., , (2023). Interannual Variability and Trends of Summertime PM2.5-based Air Quality in the Intermountain West.. Environmental Research Letters, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/acc6e0.
• Sharma, S., Pokharel, B., Fosu, B., Wang, S., (2023). Atypical forcing embedded in typical forcing leading to the extreme summer 2020 precipitation in Nepal. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-023-06777-9.
• Lin, H., Wang, S., Hong, J., (2023). Meeting Note: 2021 Asia Pacific Climate Service Workshop. Climate Services, DOI:10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100392.
• Borhara, K., Wang, S., Fosu, B., (2023). The Role of the Western North Pacific (WNP) as an El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Precursor in a Warmer Future Climate. Climate Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s00382-023-06773-z.
• Hong, J., Wang, S., Son, S., et al., , (2023). Arctic-associated increased fluctuations of midlatitude winter temperature in the 1.5° and 2.0° warmer world. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, DOI:10.1038/s41612-023-00345-y.
• Xu, C., Wang, S., Borhara, K., Buckley, B., (2023). Global warming strengthens the linkage of Asian-Australian summer monsoons with ENSO. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, DOI: s41612-023-00341-2.
• Pokharel, B., Wang, S., Stuivenvolt Allen, J., LaPlante, M., (2023). Amplified drought trends in Nepal increase the potential for Himalayan wildfires. Climatic Change, DOI:10.1007/s10584-023-03495-3.
• Liu, W., Lee, D., Wang, S., (2023). Assessing the ecological loss of mining areas in Taiwan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195, 288. doi: 10.1007/s10661-022-10780-8
• Stuivenvolt Allen, J., Wang, S., (2022). North American fire weather catalyzed by the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06561-1
• Promchote, P., Wang, S., Yoon, J., Johnson, P.G, Creech, J.E, Shen, Y., Yao, M., (2022). On the Changing Cool Season Affecting Rice Growth and Yield in Taiwan. Agronomy, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12112625
• Lee, C., Wang, S., Lo, T., (2022). A revised Meiyu-season onset index for Taiwan based on ERA5. Atmosphere, doi: 10.3390/atmos13111762
• Son, R., Ma, P., Wang, H., Rasch, R., Wang, S., Coauthors, , (2022). Deep Learning provides substantial improvements to county-level fire weather forecasting over the western United States. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, doi: 10.1029/2022MS002995
• Sun, X., Ding, Q., Wang, S., Topál, D., Coauthors, , (2022). Enhanced jet stream waviness induced by suppressed tropical Pacific convection during boreal summer. Natural Communications, 13, #1288, doi: s41467-022-28911-7
• Mukherjee, S., Wang, S., Coauthors, , (2022). Feasibility of Adding Twitter Data to Aid Drought Depiction: Case Study in Colorado. Water, doi: 10.3390/w14182773
• Wu, C., Tsay, P., Huang, W., Wang, S., (2022). Winter-summer contrast of the 1990s decadal change in relation to Afro-Asian monsoons. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06191-7
• Zhang, W., Hari, V., Wang, S., LaPlante, M., Garfin, G., Affram, G., (2022). Fewer troughs, not more ridges, have led to a drying trend in the western United States. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2021GL097089
• Xu, C., Buckley, B.M, Wang, S., An, W., Li, Z., Nakatsuka, T., Guo, Z., (2021). Oxygen Isotopes in Tree Rings from Greenland: A New Proxy of NAO. Atmosphere, 12:1
• Gu, H., Wang, S., Lin, Y., Meyer, J., Gillies, R.R, (2021). Historical trend of probable maximum precipitation in Utah and associated weather types. International Journal of Climatology, doi: DOI:10.1002/joc.7503
• Keen, R., Voelker, , Wang, S., et_al., , (2021). Changes in tree drought sensitivity provided early warning signals to the California drought and forest mortality event. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/gcb.15973
• Feng, S., et_al., , Wang, S., et_al., , (2021). Crucial roles of eastward propagating environments in the summer MCS initiation over the U.S. Great PlainsJournal of Geophysical Research-A. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, doi: 10.1029/2021JD034991
• Liu, W., Wang, S., (2021). Forest Management and Adaptation Strategies in Response to Climate Change by the Taiwanese Public. Atmosphere, doi: 10.3390/atmos12081056
• Son, R., Wang, S., et_al., , (2021). Recurrent pattern of extreme fire weather in California. Environmental Research Letters16, 094031.
• Son, R., Kim, H., Wang, S., et al., +., (2021). Changes in fire weather climatology under 1.5C and 2.0C warming. Environmental Research Letters, 16, 034058.
• Meyer, J., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Yoon, J., (2021). Evaluating NA-CORDEX historical performance and future change of western U.S. precipitation patterns and modes of variability. Int J Climatol. , doi: 10.1002/joc.7083
• Huang, W., Deng, L., Chen, J., Wang, S., (2021). Dissipation process of summer tropical easterly waves in Western North Pacific. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, doi: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2021.101208
• Pokharel, B., Wang, S., Gu, H., LaPlante, M., Serago, J., Gillies, R.R, Beall, S., (2021). A modeling examination of cloud seeding conditions under the warmer climate in Utah, USA. Atmospheric Research, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105239
• Park, H., Seo, K., Kim, B., Kim, J., Wang, S., (2021). Dominant Wintertime Surface Air Temperature Modes in the Northern Hemisphere Extratropics. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05478-x
• Morgan, B., Spangler, K., Stuivenvolt Allen, J., Morrisett, C., Brunson, M.W, Wang, S., Huntly, N., (2020). Water availability for cannabis in northern California: intersections of climate, policy, and public discourse. Water, 13:1, article 5. doi: https://dx.doi.org/ 10.3390/w13010005
• Stuivenvolt-Allen, J., Wang, S., LaPlante, M., Yoon, J., (2020). Three western pacific typhoons strengthened fire weather in the recent northwest U.S. conflagration. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1029/2020GL091430
• Zhang, P., Jeong, J., Yoon, J., Kim, H., Wang, S., et al., , (2020). Abrupt shift to hotter and drier climate over inner East Asia beyond the tipping point. Science, doi: 10.1126/science.abb3368
• Lee, D., Wang, S., et al., &., (2020). Long-term increase in atmospheric stagnant conditions over northeast Asia and the role of greenhouse gases-driven warming. Atmospheric Environment, 241, 117772. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117772
• Keen, R., Voelker, S., Bentz, B., Wang, S., Ferrell, R., (2020). Stronger influence of growth rate than severity of drought stress on mortality of large ponderosa pines during the 2012-2015 California drought. Oecologia, doi: 10.1007/s00442-020-04771-0
• Park, J., Kim, H., Wang, S., Jeong, J., et al., , (2020). Intensification of the East Asian summer monsoon lifecycle based on observation and CMIP6. Environmental Research Letters, 15, 0940b9.
• Chikamoto, Y., Wang, S., Yost, M., Yocom, L., Gillies, R.R, (2020). Colorado River water supply is predictable on multi-year timescales owing to long-term ocean memory. Communications Earth and Environment, doi: 10.1038/s43247-020-00027-0
• Cheng, C., Lin, H., Wang, S., (2020). Climate Services in Asia Pacific: Emerging Trends and Prospects. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0093.1
• Zhao, L., Wang, S., Becker, E., Yoon, J., Mukherjee, A., (2020). Cyclone Fani: The tug-of-war between regional warming and anthropogenic aerosol effects. Environmental Research Letters, 15, 094020.
• Chikamoto, Y., Johnson, Z., Wang, S., McPhaden, M., Mochizuki, T., (2020). El Nino Southern Oscillation evolution modulated by Atlantic forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016318
• Johnson, Z., Chikamoto, Y., Wang, S., McPhaden, M., Mochizuki, T., (2020). Pacific Decadal Oscillation remotely forced by the equatorial Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05295-2
• Xu, C., Zhu, H., Wang, S., et al., , (2020). Onset and mature of Asian summer monsoon reconstructed from intra-annual tree ring oxygen isotopes of the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Quaternary Research
• Yadav, R.K, Wang, S., Wu, C., Gillies, R.R, (2020). Swapping of the Pacific and Atlantic Niño influences on north central India summer monsoon. Climate Dymanics54, 4005–4020.
• Fosu, B., He, J., Wang, S., (2020). The influence of wintertime SST variability in the Western North Pacific on ENSO diversity. Climate Dynamics, 54, 3641–3654. doi: DOI:10.1007/s00382-020-05193-7
• Borhara, K., Pokharel, B., Bean, B., Deng, L., Wang, S., (2020). On Tanzania’s Precipitation Climatology, Variability, and Future Projection. Climate, 34.
• Tung, Y., Wang, S., others, a., (2020). Projected increase of the East Asian summer monsoon (Meiyu) in Taiwan by climate models with variable performance. Meteorological Applications, doi: 10.1002/met.1886
• Zhao, L., Wang, S., Los, S., Others, a., (2020). Association of Diurnal Rainfall in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau with the Retreat of the South Asian High. Atmosphere, doi: 10.3390/atmos11010105
• Cohen, J., coauthors, , Wang, S., coauthors, , (2019). Divergent consensuses on Arctic amplification influence on mid-latitude severe winter weather. Nature Climate Change10, 20–29.
• Chien, Y., Wang, S., Voelker, S., Chikamoto, Y., Meyer, J.D, Yoon, J., (2019). North American winter dipole: Observed and simulated changes in circulations. Atmosphere, doi: 10.3390/atmos10120793
• Son, R., Wang, S., Coauthors, &., (2019). Climate diagnostics of the extreme floods in Peru during early 2017. Climate Dynamics
• Plucinski, B., Sun, Y., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Eklund, J., Wang, C., , (2019). Feasibility of Multi-Year Forecast for the Colorado River Water Supply: Time Series Modeling. Water, 11:2433, doi: doi: 10.3390/w11122433
• Chien, Y., Wang, S., Chikamoto, Y., Voelker, S., Meyer, J., Yoon, J., (2019). North American Winter Dipole: Observed and Simulated Changes in Circulations. Atmosphere, doi: 10.3390/atmos10120793
• Pokharel, B., Wang, S., Meyer, J., Chikamoto, Y., Gillies, R.R, The east-west division of changing precipitation in Nepal. International Journal of Climatology
• Wang, S., Kim, H., Coumou, D., Yoon, J., Zhao, L., Gillies, R.R, (2019). Consecutive extreme flooding and heat wave in Japan: Are they becoming a norm?. Atmospheric Science Letters, doi: DOI:10.1002/asl.933
• Wu, Y., Wang, S., Yu, I., Los, S., Huang, W., (2019). Climatology and Change of Extreme Precipitation Events in Taiwan Based on Weather Types. International Journal of Climatology, doi: DOI:10.1002/joc.6159
• O'Brien, J.P, O'Brien, T.A, Patricola, C.M, Wang, S., (2019). Metrics for Understanding Large-scale Controls of Multivariate Temperature and Precipitation Variability. Climate Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s00382-019-04749-6.
• Mukherjee, A., Wang, S., Promchote, P., (2019). Examination of the Climate Factors that Reduced Wheat Yield in Northwest India during the 2000s. Water, doi: doi:10.3390/w11020343
• Stuivenvolt Allen, J., Wang, S., (2019). Data-mining climate variability as an indicator of U.S. natural gas. Frontiers in Big Data (Data-driven Climate Sciences), doi: doi:10.3389/fdata.2019.00020
• Xu, C., Buckley, B., Promchote, P., Wang, S., coauthors, o., (2019). Increased variability of Thailand’s Chao Phraya River peak-season flow and its association with ENSO variability: Evidence from tree ring δ18O. Geophysical Research Letters, DOI:10.1029/2018GL081458.
• Xu, C., An, W., Wang, S., Liang, Y., (2019). Increased drought events in Southwest China revealed by tree ring oxygen isotopes and potential role of Indian Ocean Dipole. Science of the Total Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.186
• Tseng, W., Wang, S., Hsu, H., Meyer, J., (2019). Intensification of the decadal activity in Equatorial Rossby Waves and linkage to changing tropical circulation. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, doi: 10.3319/TAO.2019.01.18.02
• Pokharel, B., Wang, S., Meyer, J., Gillies, R.R, Lin, Y., (2019). Climate of weakly-forced yet high-impact convective storms throughout the Ohio River Valley and Mid-Atlantic United States. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-018-4472-0. doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4472-0
• Voelker, S., Wang, S., Dawson, T.E, coauthors, o., (2019). Tree-ring isotopes adjacent to Lake Superior reveal cold winter anomalies for the Great Lakes region of North America. Scientific Reports (Nature)
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Chung, O., Shen, C., (2018). Cross-Basin Decadal Climate Regime Connecting the Colorado River with the Great Salt Lake. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19:4, 659-665.
• Fosu, B., Wang, S., Pegion, K., (2018). Synoptic and Climate Attributions of the December 2015 Extreme Flooding in Missouri, USA. Water, 10:4
• Sun, Y., Wang, S., Li, R., Buckley, B., Gillies, R.R, Hansen, K., (2018). Feasibility of predicting Vietnam’s autumn rainfall regime based on tree ring record and decadal variability. Climate, 6:42, doi: 10.3390/cli6020042
• Wang, S., Zhao, L., Yoon, J., Klotzbach, P., Gillies, R.R, (2018). Quantitative attribution of climate effects on Hurricane Harvey’s extreme rainfall in Texas. Environmental Research Letters, 13:5, 054014.
• Coumou, D., Di Capua, G., Vavrus, S., Wang, L., Wang, S., (2018). The influence of Arctic amplification on mid-latitude summer circulation. Nature Communications
• Wu, C., Huang, W., Wang, S., (2018). Role of Indochina Peninsula Topography in Precipitation Seasonality over East Asia. Atmosphere, 9:7
• Promchote, P., Wang, S., Shen, Y., Johnson, P.G, Yao, M., (2018). A seasonal prediction for the wet-cold spells leading to winter crop damage in northwestern Taiwan with a combined empirical-dynamical approach. International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.5194
• Li, R., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Buckley, B., Yoon, J., Cho, C., (2018). Regional trends in early-monsoon rainfall over Vietnam and CCSM4 attribution. Climate Dynamics, 1-10.
• Wu, C., Wang, S., Hsu, H., (2017). Large-Scale Control of the Arabian Sea Monsoon Inversion in August. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-4029-7
• Wang, S., Lin, Y., Lee, M., Yoon, J., Meyer, J.D, Rasch, P.J, (2017). Accelerated increase in the Arctic tropospheric warming events surpassing stratospheric warming events during winter. Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 3806–3815.
• Zhao, L., Wang, S., Meyer, J., (2017). Inter-Decadal Climate Variations Controlling the Water Level of Lake Qinghai over the Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 0:0, null.
• Sun, Y., Bekker, M., DeRose, J., Kjelgren, R.K, Wang, S., (2017). Statistical treatment for the wet bias in tree-ring chronologies - a case study from the Interior West, USA. Environmental and Ecological Statistics, 24:1, 131-150.
• Wang, S., Yoon, J., Becker, E., Gillies, R.R, (2017). California from drought to deluge. Nature Climate Change, 7, 465-468.
• Barandiaran, D., Wang, S., DeRose, J., (2017). Gridded Snow Water Equivalent Reconstruction for Utah using Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Tree-Ring Data. Water, 9, 403.
• Lin, Y., Hipps, L.E, Wang, S., (2017). Empirical and modeling analysis of the circulation influences on California precipitation deficits. Atmospheric Sciences Letters, 18, 19-28.
• Buckley, B.M, Stahle, D.K, Luu, H.T, Wang, S., Nguyen, T.Q, Thomas, P., Le, C.N, Ton, T.M, others, , (2016). Central Vietnam climate over the past five centuries from cypress tree rings. Climate Dynamics, 1–17.
• June Chang, C., Wang, S., Hsu, H., (2016). Changes in tropical cyclone activity offset the ocean surface warming in northwest Pacific: 1981–2014. Atmospheric Science Letters, 17:3, 251–257.
• Schroeder, M., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Hsu, H., (2016). Extracting the tropospheric short-wave influences on subseasonal prediction of precipitation in the United States using CFSv2. Climate Dynamics, 1–8.
• Wang, S., Lin, Y., Gillies, R.R, Hakala, K., (2016). Indications for Protracted Groundwater Depletion after Drought over the Central Valley of California. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17:3, 947-955.
• Wang, S., Lin, Y., Wu, C., (2016). Interdecadal change of the active-phase summer monsoon in East Asia (Meiyu) since 1979. Atmospheric Science Letters, 17:2, 128–134.
• Wang, S., Zhao, L., Gillies, R.R, (2016). Synoptic and quantitative attributions of the extreme precipitation leading to the August 2016 Louisiana flood. Geophysical Research Letters
• Fosu, B., Wang, S., Yoon, J., (2016). The 2014/15 snowpack drought in Washington State and its climate forcing. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
• Wang, S., Santanello , J., Wang, H., Barandiaran, D., Pinker, R., Schubert, S., Gillies, R.R, Oglesby, R., Hiburn, K., Kilic, A., Houser, P., (2016). An enhanced seasonal transition that intensified summer drought in the central U.S. . Journal of Climate
• Promchote, P., Wang, S., Johnson, P.G, (2016). Great Flood in Thailand: Climate Diagnostics and Implications from Climate Change. Journal of Climate, 29:1, 367-379.
• Wang, S., Hipps, L.E, Chung, O., Gillies, R.R, Martin, R.S, (2015). Long-Term Inversion Properties in a Mountain Valley of the Wester United States and Implications on Air Quality. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54, 2339 - 2352. doi: DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0172.1
• DeRose, J., Bekker, M., Allen, E., Buckley, B., Kjelgren, R.K, Rittenour, T.M, Wang, S., (2015). A millennium-length reconstruction of Bear River stream flow using Utah Juniper. Journal Hydrology, 529, 524-534.
• Li, R., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Buckley, B., Truong, L., Cho, C., (2015). Decadal oscillation of autumn precipitation in Central Vietnam modulated by the East Pacific–North Pacific (EP–NP) teleconnection. Environmental Research Letters, 10:2, 024008.
• Wang, S., Hipps, L.E, Chung, O., Gillies, R.R, Martin, R., (2015). Long-Term Changes of Winter Inversion Properties in a Mountain Valley in Utah and Implications on Air Quality.. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 54, 2339-2352.
• Wang, S., Lin, Y., Wu, C., (2015). Interdecadal shift of the active-phase East Asian summer monsoon (Meiyu). Atmospheric Science Letters, doi: DOI: 10.1002/asl.603
• Yoon, J., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Hipps, L.E, Kravitz, B., Rasch, P., (2015). Extreme Fire Season in California: A Glimpse into the Future?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96, S1 - S5.
• Wang, S., Fosu, B., Gillies, R.R, Singh, P., (2015). The Deadly Himalayan Snowstorm of October 2014: Synoptic Conditions and Associated Trends. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 96, S84-89.
• Yoon, J., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Kravitz, B., Hipps, L.E, Rasch, P., (2015). Increasing Water Cycle Extremes in California and in Relation to ENSO Cycle Under Global Warming. Nature Communications, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9657.
• Gillies, R.R, Chung, O., DeRose, J., Wang, S., Sun, Y., (2015). Added value from 576 years of tree-ring records in the prediction of the Great Salt Lake level. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 962-968.
• Wang, S., Santanello, J., Wang, H., Barandiaran, D., Pinker, R., Schubert, S., Gillies, R.R, (2015). An intensified seasonal transition in the central U.S. that enhances summer drought. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: DOI:10.1002/2015GL065211
• Wang, S., Huang, W., Hsu, H., Gillies, R.R, (2015). Role of strengthened El Nino teleconnection in the May 2015 floods over the southern Great Plains. Geophysical Research Letters, doi: DOI:10.1002/2015GL065211
• Huang, W., Hsu, H., Wang, S., (2015). Impact of Atmospheric Changes on the Low-Frequency Variations of Convective Afternoon Rainfall Activity over Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 8743–8758.
• Smith, K., Strong, C., Wang, S., (2015). Connectivity between historical Great Basin precipitation and Pacific Ocean variability: A CMIP5 model evaluation. Journal of Climate, 28, 6096–6112.
• Rao, M., Davi, N., D'Arrigo, R., Skees, J., Nachin, B., Leland, C., Lyon, B., Wang, S., Byambasuren, O., (2015). Dzuds, droughts, and livestock mortality in Mongolia. Environmental Research Letters, 10, doi: doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/074012
• Wang, S., Promchote, P., Luu, H., Buckley, B., Li, R., Gillies, R.R, Nguyen, T., Guan, B., (2015). Changes in the autumn precipitation and tropical cyclone activity over Central Vietnam and its East Sea. Journal of Earth Sciences, 36, 1-7.
• Cho, C., Li, R., Wang, S., Yoon, J., Gillies, R.R, (2015). Anthropogenic footprint of climate change in the June 2013 northern India flood. Climate Dynamics, doi: DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2613-2
• Li, R., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2015). A combined dynamical and statistical downscaling technique to reduce biases in climate projections: An example for winter precipitation and snowpack in the western United States. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, doi–10.
• Wang, S., Huang, W., Yoon, J., (2015). The North American winter ‘dipole’and extremes activity: a CMIP5 assessment. Atmospheric Science Letters
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, van den Dool, H., (2014). On the yearly phase delay of winter intraseasonal mode in western North America. Climate Dynamics, 42:5-6, 1649-1664. doi: 10.1007/s00382-013-1784-y
• Fosu, B.O, Wang, S., (2014). Bay of Bengal: coupling of pre-monsoon tropical cyclones with the monsoon onset in Myanmar. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2289-z
• Li, R., Jin, J., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2014). Significant impacts of radiation physics in the Weather Research and Forecasting model on the precipitation and dynamics of the West African Monsoon. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-014-2294-2
• Wang, S., Barandiaran, D., Hilburn, K., Houser, P., Oglesby, B., Pan, M., Pinker, R., Santanello, J., Schubert, S., Wang, H., Gillies, R.R, Could the 2012 Drought Have Been Anticipated? - A review of NASA working group research. Journal of Earth Science and Engineering
• Buckley, B.M, Fletcher, R., Wang, S., Zottoli, B., Pottier, C., (2014). Asian monsoon extremes and humanity's response over the past millennium. Quaternary Science Reviews, 95, 1-19. doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.04.022
• Zhao, L., Wang, S., Jin, J., Clark, A., (2014). Weather Research and Forecasting model simulations of a rare springtime bow echo near the Great Salt Lake. Meteorological Applications (RMS), doi: DOI: 10.1002/met.1455
• Wang, S., Hipps, L.E, Gillies, R.R, (2014). Probable causes of the abnormal ridge accompanying the 2013–2014 California drought: ENSO precursor and anthropogenic warming footprint. Geophysical Research Letters41, 41:9, 3220-3226.
• DeRose, J.R, Wang, S., Buckley, B.M, Bekker, M.F, (2014). Tree-ring reconstruction of the level of Great Salt Lake, USA. The Holocene, doi: doi: 10.1177/0959683614530441
• DeRose, J., Wang, S., Shaw, J., Using Inventory-based Tree-ring Data as a Proxy for Historical Climate: Investigating the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and teleconnections. The International Forestry Review, 16, 406-411.
• Wang, S., Hakala, K., Gillies, R.R, Capehart, W., (2014). The Pacific quasi-decadal oscillation (QDO): An important precursor toward anticipating major flood events in the Missouri River Basin?. Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 991–997. doi: 1002/2013GL059042
• Huang, W., Wang, S., (2013). Impact of land–sea breezes at different scales on the diurnal rainfall in Taiwan. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-013-2018-z
• Wang, S., Davies, R.E, Gillies, R.R, (2013). Identification of extreme precipitation threat across midlatitude regions based on short-wave circulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50841
• Wen, L., Nagabhatla, N., Lv, S., Wang, S., (2013). Impact of rain snow threshold (RST) temperature on snow depth simulation in land surface model and regional climate model. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s00376-012-2192-7
• Wang, S., Buckley, B., Yoon, J.H, Fosu, B., (2013). Intensification of pre-monsoon tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and its impacts on Myanmar. Journal of Geophysical Research118, 1-12.
• Wang, S., Chia, H.H, Gillies, R.R, Jiang, X., (2013). Quasi-biweekly mode and its modulation on the diurnal rainfall in Taiwan forecasted by the CFS. Weather and Forecasting, 28, 981-993.
• Barandiaran, D., Wang, S., (2013). The Missing Teleconnection Between the North Atlantic and Sahel Precipitation in CFSv2. , doi: DOI: 10.1002/asl2.457
• Zhao, L., Wang, S., Jiming, J., Clark, A., Weather Research and Forecasting model simulations of a rare springtime bow echo near the Great Salt Lake. Meteorological Applications (a RMS journal)
• Wang, S., Yoon, J.H, Cho, C., (2013). What caused the winter drought in Western Nepal during recent years?. Journal of Climate, doi: DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00800.1
• DeRose, R.J, Wang, S., Shaw, J.D, (2013). Feasibility of High-Density Climate Reconstruction based on the Forst Inventory and Analysis (FIA) Tree-ring Data. Jornal of Hydrometerology, 14, 375-381.
• Wang, S., L'Heureux, M., Yoon, J., (2013). Are greenhouse gases changing ENSO precursors in the Western North Pacific?. Journal of Climate, 26, 6309-6322.
• Gillies, R.R, Wang, S., Sun, Y., Chung, O., (2013). Supportive empirical modeling for the forecast of monsoon precipitation in Nepal. International Journal of Climatology, 33, 3047-3054.
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2013). Pacific forcings of the quasi-decadal cycle of monsoon precipitation in Nepal. Climate Dynamics40, 95-107.
• Barandiaran, D., Wang, S., Hilburn, K., (2013). Observed trends in the Great Plains low-level jet and associated precipitation changes in relation to recent droughts in the central United States. Geophysical Research Letters, 40:23, doi: 10.1002/2013GL058296
• Huang, W.R, Chen, T.C, Wang, S., (2012). Co-variability of poleward propagating atmospheric energy with tropical and higher-latitude climate oscillations. Climate Dynamics, 39:7-8, 1905-1912. doi: 10.007/s00382-011-1238-3
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Reichler, T., (2012). Multi-decadal drought cycles in the Great Basin recorded by the Great Salt Lake: Modulation from a transition-phase teleconnection. Journal of Climate, 25, 1711-1721.
• Meyer, J.D, Jin, J., Wang, S., (2012). Systematic Patterns of the Inconsistency Between Snow Water Equivalent and Accumulated Precipitation as Reported by the Snowpack Telemetry Network. Journal of Hydrometeorology, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-12-066.1
• Gillies, R.R, Wang, S., Booth, M.R, (2012). Observational and synoptic analyses of the winter precipitation regime change over Utah. Journal of Climate, 25:13, 4679-4698. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-11-00084.1
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2012). Influence of the Pacific quasi-decadal oscillation on the monsoon precipitation in Nepal. Climate Dynamics, doi: 10.1007/s00382-012-1376-2
• Zhao, L., Jin, J., Wang, S., Ek, M.B, (2012). Integration of Remote-Sensing Data with WRF to Improve Lake Effect Precipitation Simulations over the Great Lakes Region. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, D09102. doi: 01.1029/2011JD016979
• Gillies, R.R, Wang, S., Huang, W.R, (2012). Observational and supportive modeling analyses of winter precipitation change in China over the last half century. International Journal of Climatology, 32:5, 747-758. doi: DOI: 10.1002/joc.2303
• Wang, S., L’Heureux, M., Chia, H., (2012). ENSO prediction one year in advance using Western North Pacific sea surface temperatures. Geophysical Research Letters, 39:L05702, L05702. doi: 10.1029/2012GL050909
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Martin, R.S, Davies, R.E, Booth, M.R, (2012). Connecting subseasonal movements of the winter ridge in western North America to local-scale inversion climatology in Cache Valley (Utah). Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 51:3, 617-627. doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0101.1
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Reichler, T., (2012). Multidecadal Drought Cycles in the Great Basin Recorded by the Great Salt Lake: Modulation from a Transition-Phase Teleconnection. Journal of Climate, 25:5, 1711-1721. doi: 10.1175/2011JCLI4225.1
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Hipps, L.E, Jin, J., (2011). A transition-phase teleconnection of the Pacific quasi-decadal oscillation. Climate Dynamics, 36, 681-693. doi: DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0722-5
• Wang, S., Chen, T.C, Correia, J., (2011). Climatology of summer midtropospheric perturbations in the U.S. Northern Plains. Part I: Influence on northwest flow severe weather outbreaks. Climate Dynamics, 36, 793-810. doi: DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0696-3
• Wang, S., Chen, T.C, Tackle, E.S, (2011). Climatology of summer midtropospheric perturbations in the U.S. Northern Plains. Part II: Large-scale effects of the Rocky Mountains on genesis. Climate Dynamics, 36, 1221-1237.
• Gillies, R.R, Chung, O.Y, Wang, S., Kokoszka, P.S, (2011). Incorporation of Pacific SSTs in a time series model towards a longer-term forecast for the Great Salt Lake elevation. Journal of Hydormeteorology, 12, 474-480. doi: doi: 10.1175/2010JHM1352.1
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2011). Observed change in Sahel rainfall, circulations, African easterly waves, and Atlantic hurricanes since 1979. International Journal of Geophysics (Special Issue), (Special Issue):#259529, doi: 10.1155/2011/259529
• Wang, S., Davies, R.E, Huang, W.R, Gillies, R.R, (2011). Pakistan’s two-stage monsoon and links with the recent climate change. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D16114. doi: doi:10.1029/2011JD015760
• Wang, S., Clark, A.J, (2011). Quasi-decadal spectral peaks of tropical Western Pacific SSTs as a precursor for tropical cyclone threat. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, doi: doi:10.1029/2010GL044709
• Huang, W.R, Wang, S., Chan, J.C, (2011). Discrepancies between global reanalyses and observations in the interdecadal variations of Southeast Asian cold surge. International Journal of Climatology, 31:15, 2272-2280. doi: DOI: 10.1002/joc.2234
• Huang, W.R, Chan, J.C, Wang, S., (2010). A planetary-scale land–sea breeze circulation in East Asia and the western North Pacific. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 136, 1543-1553. doi: DOI: 10.1002/qj.663
• Gillies, R.R, Wang, S., Booth, M.R, (2010). Atmospheric scale interaction on wintertime Intermountain West low-level inversions. Weather And Forecasting, 25, 1196-1210. doi: doi: 10.1175/2010WAF2222380.1
• Gillies, R.R, Wang, S., Yoon, J.-, Weaver, S., (2010). CFS prediction of winter persistent inversions in the Intermountain Region. Weather And Forecasting, 25, 1211-1218. doi: doi: 10.1175/2010WAF2222419.1
• Wang, S., Hipps, L.E, Gillies, R.R, Jiang, X., Moller, A.L, (2010). Circumglobal teleconnection and early summer rainfall in the U.S. Intermountain West. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 102, 245-252. doi: DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0260-4
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Jin, J., Hipps, L.E, (2010). Coherence between the Great Salt Lake level and the Pacific quasi-decadal oscillation. Journal of Climate, 23, 2161-2177. doi: doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI2979.1
• Wang, S., Clark, A.J, (2010). NAM model forecasts of warm season quasi-stationary frontal environments in the central U.S.. Weather And Forecasting, 25, 1281-1292. doi: doi: 10.1175/2010WAF2222394.1
• Chen, T.-, Wang, S., Yen, M.-, Clark, A.J, Tsay, J.-, (2010). Sudden surface warming/drying events caused by typhoon passages across Taiwan. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 49, 234-252. doi: doi: 10.1175/2009JAMC2070.1
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Takle, E.S, Gutowski, W.J, (2009). Evaluation of precipitation in the Intermountain Region simulated by the NARCCAP regional climate models. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L11704. doi: doi:10.1029/2009GL037930
• Wang, S., Chen, T.-, Taylor, S.E, (2009). Evaluations of NAM forecasts on midtropospheric perturbation-induced convective storms over the U.S. northern plains. Weather And Forecasting, 24, 1309-1333. doi: doi: 10.1175/2009WAF2222185.1
• Chen, T.-, Wang, S., Yen, M.-, Clark, A.J, (2009). Impact of the intraseasonal variability of large-scale circulation over the Western North Pacific on the characteristics of tropical cyclone track. Weather and Forecasting, 24, 646-666. doi: doi: 10.1175/2008WAF2222186.1
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Jin, J., Hipps, L.E, (2009). Recent rainfall cycle in the Intermountain Region as a quadrature amplitude modulation from the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L02705. doi: doi:10.1029/2008GL036329
• Wang, S., Chen, T.-, (2009). The late spring maximum of rainfall over the U.S. Central Plains and the role of the low-level jet. Journal of Climate, 22, 4696-4709. doi: doi: 10.1175/2009JCLI2719.1
• Chen, T.-, Wang, S., Yen, M.-, Clark, A.J, (2008). Are tropical cyclones less effectively formed by easterly waves in the Western North Pacific than in the North Atlantic?. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 4527-4540. doi: doi: 10.1175/2008MWR2149.1
• Wang, S., Chen, T.-, (2008). Measuring East Asian summer monsoon rainfall contributions by different weather systems over Taiwan. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 47, 2068-2080. doi: doi: 10.1175/2007JAMC1821.1
• Chen, T.-, Wang, S., Clark, A.J, (2008). North Atlantic hurricanes contributed by African easterly waves north of the African easterly jet. Journal of Climate, 21, 6767-6776. doi: doi: 10.1175/2008JCLI2523.1
• Chen, T.-, Wang, S., Yen, M.-, (2007). Enhancement of afternoon thunderstorm activity by urbanization in a valley: Taipei. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 46, 1324-1340. doi: doi: 10.1175/JAM2526.1
• Chen, T.-, Yen, M.-, Wang, S., (2007). Summer monsoon rainfall in East Asia and Taiwan. Atmospheric Sciences, 35, 305-352.
• Chen, T.-, Wang, S., Yen, M.-, (2006). Interannual variation of the tropical cyclone activity over the Western North Pacific. Journal of Climate, 19, 5709-5720.
• Chen, T.-, Yen, M.-, Wang, S., (2006). Variation of atmospheric pressure viewed from the Yu-Shan meteorological station. Atmospheric Sciences, 34, 291-308.
• Chen, T.-, Yoon, J.-, Wang, S., (2005). Westward propagation of the Indian monsoon depression. Tellus, 57A, 758-769. doi: DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2005.00140.x
• Chen, T.-, Wang, S., Yen, M.-, Gallus, W.A, (2004). Role of the monsoon gyre in the interannual variation of tropical cyclone formation over the Western North Pacific. Weather and Forecasting, 19, 776-785.
• Chen, T.-, Wang, S., Huang, W.-, Yen, M.-, (2004). Variation of the East Asian summer monsoon rainfall. Journal of Climate, 17, 744-762. doi: doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0744:VOTEAS>2.0.CO;2
• Chen, T.-, Yen, M.-, Liu, G.-, Wang, S., (2001). Summer upper–level vortex over the North Pacific. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 82, 1991-2006. doi: doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<1991:SULVOT>2.3.CO;2
• Chen, T.-, Yen, M.-, Wang, S., Arritt, R.W, (1999). Roll clouds associated with an East Asian cold front. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 80, 2199-2208. doi: doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(1999)080<2199:RCAWAE>2.0.CO;2

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Publications | Technical Reports

Research Reports

• Wang, S., (2022). Integrated Mountain Hydrology Workshop - Whitepaper.
• Wang, S., (2017). 2017 US CLIVAR Summit Report, Report. US CLIVAR Project Office
• DeRose, J., Wang, S., Shaw, J., (2012). Investigating Forest Inventory and Analysis-collected tree-ring data from Utah as a proxy for historical climate. Gen. Tech. Rep

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Publications | Other

Bulletins

• Chien, Y., Wang, S., (2019). Change in the Leading Mode of North America’s Wintertime Stationary Eddies. Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin, NOAA’s National Weather Service
• Wang, S., Barandiaran, D., (2014). Could the 2012 Drought Have Been Anticipated?. NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin
• Fosu, B.O, Wang, S., (2014). Coupling of Bay of Bengal tropical cyclones with the Myanmar monsoon onset. NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin
• Hakala, K., Wang, S., (2014). Hydrologic and climatologic conditions that shape groundwater resources in Utah and the Great Basin. NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin
• Barandiaran, D., Wang, S., (2014). Observed trends in the Great Plains low-level jet and associated precipitation changes in relation to recent droughts. NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin
• Wang, S., L'Heureux, M., Yoon, J., (2013). Is global warming changing ENSO precursors in the Western North Pacific?. NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin
• Barandiaran, D., Wang, S., (2013). The missing CFS skill in the Sahel region. NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin
• Wang, S., Davies, R., Gillies, R.R, Jin, J., (2012). Changing Monsoon Extremes and Dynamics. NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2011). Dynamic Linkage between the Sahel Greening and Intense Atlantic Hurricanes: NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin.
• Wang, S., Davies, R., Gillies, R.R, Jin, J., (2011). Changing Monsoon Extremes and Dynamics: Example in Pakistan: NOAA NWS, Science & Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin.
• Jin, J., Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2011). Climate Change, Book 2: An Improved Dynamical Downscaling for the Western United States. InTech
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2011). Dynamic Linkage between the Sahel Greening and Intense Atlantic Hurricanes. NOAA NWS Science and Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, Booth, M., Yoon, J.-, Weaver, S., (2010). Prediction of Winter Persistent Inversions in the Intermountain Region: NOAA NWS Science & Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin.
• Wang, S., Gillies, R.R, (2009). The Pacific QDO as a natural predictor for the Great Salt Lake elevation: NOAA NWS, Science & Technology Infusion Climate Bulletin.

Newsletter

• Wang, S., (2016). The long arm of the California drought. climate.gov
• Wang, S., (2016). Protracted groundwater depletion in California after drought – could 2016-17 be worse?. US CLIVAR
• Yoon, J., Wang, S., (2015). More frequent droughts and floods likely in California later this century. US CLIVAR
• Wang, S., (2014). How might El Niño affect wildfires in California?. Climate.gov

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