Hailong Wang

Research Scientist I

Cloud & Aerosol Processes
CIRES		Hailong Wang
Mailing address:
NOAA ESRL Chemical Sciences Division
325 Broadway, R/CSD2
Boulder, CO 80305 USA
Phone: (303) 497-6615
Fax: (303) 497-5340
Email: Hailong.Wang@noaa.gov

Education

Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, University  of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, China, 2001
B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, China, 1998

Research

My research falls within the disciplines of atmospheric aerosols, cloud physics, boundary-layer meteorology, and climate change. My overarching scientific goal is to achieve a better understanding of the chemical, physical and dynamical mechanisms governing aerosol-cloud-climate interactions and to reduce uncertainties in the representation of aerosol effects and shallow clouds in climate models in order to assess global climate change.
My research experience thus far entails observational studies of aerosol effects on shallow clouds using airborne in-situ and remote sensing measurements and modeling studies of aerosol-cloud-precipitation-radiation interactions and dynamical feedbacks using large-eddy simulations (LES). I am also interested in numerical model development.

Current Topics

  • Modeling and understanding mesoscale cellular structures and drizzle in marine stratocumulus clouds;
  • Advancing our understanding of the formation and evolution of open- and closed-cell patterns in stratocumulus.

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

last modified: June 05, 2009