Email: hlwang@ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-8183
Postal Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000
Shipping Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000

Research Interests

Variational/Ensemble data assimilation techniques;
Radar and satellite data assimilation at mesoscale and storm scale;
Tropical cyclone adaptive observation (targeting);
Atmospheric predictability and instability.

Recent publications

Wang, H., J. Sun, X. Zhang, X.-Y. Huang, and T. Auligné. 2012. Radar Data Assimilation with WRF 4D-Var: Part I. System Development and Preliminary Testing. Mon. Wea. Rev. In press.

Sun, J, and Wang, H.. 2012. Radar Data Assimilation with WRF 4D-Var: Part II. Comparison with 3D-Var for a squall line over the U.S. Great Plains. Mon. Wea. Rev. In press.

Wang, H., Sun, J., Fan, S. and Huang, X.-Y. 2012. Indirect assimilation of radar reflectivity with WRF 3D-Var and its impact on prediction of four summertime convective events. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0120.1.

Sun J., S. B. Trier, Q. Xiao, M. L. Weisman, H. Wang, Z. Ying, M. Xu, Y. Zhang. 2012. Sensitivity of 0–12-h Warm-Season Precipitation Forecasts over the Central United States to Model Initialization. Wea and Forecasting. 27(4). 832-855.

Wang, H., Auligne, T, and Morrison, H. 2012 Impact of Microphysics Scheme Complexity on the Propagation of Initial Perturbations. Monthly Weather Review. 140(7) 2287-2296.

Wang, H. and Huang, X.-Y. 2012. TAMDAR Observation Assimilation in WRF 3D-Var and its Impact on Hurricane Ike (2008) Forecast. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters. 5(3), 206-211.

Wang, H., Mu, M., Huang, X.-Y. 2011. Application of Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbation to Tropical Cyclone Adaptive Observation using the Weather Research Forecasting (WRF) model. Tellus A, 63, 939-957.

Mu M., Zhou F. and Wang H., 2009. A Method for Identifying the Sensitive Areas in Targeted Observations for Tropical Cyclone Prediction: Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbation. Monthly Weather Review. 137(5) 1623-1639.

Jiang, Z., H. Wang, F. Zhou, and M. Mu. 2009. Applications of Conditional Nonlinear Optimal Perturbations to Ensemble Prediction and Adaptive Observations. A chapter, in Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Applications. By Seon K. Park, Liang Xu, Published by Springer, ISBN 3540710558, 9783540710554. 231-252.

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