{"id":236262,"date":"2026-06-19T09:47:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=236262"},"modified":"2026-06-19T09:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:47:57","slug":"atmospheric-sciences-professor-recognized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/19\/atmospheric-sciences-professor-recognized\/","title":{"rendered":"Atmospheric sciences professor recognized for contributions in Asia-Oceania"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Yuqin Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

World-leading tropical meteorologist Yuqing Wang, a professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences<\/a> and researcher with the International Pacific Research Center<\/a> in the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST<\/abbr>), was elected<\/a> as a Fellow by the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

Wang\u2019s pioneering research has profoundly advanced understanding of tropical cyclone dynamics, prediction and climate impacts. His work has focused on two main areas of research: understanding the physics of extreme storms including hurricanes and typhoons and building computer models used to predict them and study climate change.<\/p>\n

Fellows of the AOGS<\/abbr> are selected in recognition of their sustained and distinguished contributions to geosciences in the Asia Oceania region and beyond. Wang will receive the award at the Annual General Meeting of AOGS<\/abbr><\/a> later this summer in Japan.<\/p>\n

Wang\u2019s landmark contributions<\/h3>\n

Wang\u2019s contributions include the discovery of dynamics in the development and breakdown of tropical cyclone eyewalls, the ring of destructive winds surrounding the calm eye of a storm. He has also made fundamental advances in understanding the controls of tropical storm structure and intensity. His theories and models have been used to interpret environmental influences on tropical cyclones, explain long-term variability, and improve physical understanding relevant to tropical cyclone intensity forecasting.<\/p>\n

Further, Wang has made major contributions to numerical atmospheric modeling. These models accurately simulated complex dynamics near the ocean surface and of clouds in the atmosphere. Some were so successful that they are incorporated into the community Weather Research and Forecasting model and have been widely adopted by the research and forecasting communities.<\/p>\n

Beyond storm-scale research, Wang\u2019s group has advanced regional and global climate modeling, cloud\u2013radiation interaction studies, and created accurate models to assess Pacific Island climates. This research helps to produce influential assessments of the impacts of global warming on tropical cyclone activity in the western North Pacific.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Wang joined SOEST<\/abbr> in 2000 and has published more than 300 publications during his 26 years of teaching and research at ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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