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Research interests
Mathematics & Statistics - Geophysical fluid dynamics
Mathematics & Statistics - Physical oceanography
Physics & Astronomy - Turbulence
Mathematics & Statistics - Computational fluid dynamics
Mathematics & Statistics - Nonlinear dynamics
Mathematics & Statistics - Physical oceanography
Physics & Astronomy - Turbulence
Mathematics & Statistics - Computational fluid dynamics
Mathematics & Statistics - Nonlinear dynamics
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Applied Marine Physics, PhD, University of Miami
2015
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 14 Life Below Water
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Implementing a slope- and scale-aware mesoscale eddy parameterization in global ocean models
1/09/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
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Toward bathymetry-aware parameterizations for eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts
STEWART, A. (CoI) & WANG, Y. (PI)
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Population connectivity of the Scaly-foot Snail, a flagship deep-sea hydrothermal vent species
WANG, Y. (CoI)
National Natural Science Foundation of China
1/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Parameterizing ocean eddy exchanges with coastal waters
WANG, Y. (PI)
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
Project: Research
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Final states of two-dimensional turbulence above large-scale topography: Stationary vortex solutions and barotropic stability
HE, J. & WANG, Y., 14 May 2026, In: Physical Review Fluids. 11, 5, 26 p., 054801.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Selective topographic suppression and vertical structure of eddy buoyancy fluxes in three-layer retrograde QG flows
DENG, P. & WANG, Y., 25 Jul 2026, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 1039, 43 p., A40.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Improved Theoretical Estimates of the Zonal Propagation of Global Nonlinear Mesoscale Eddies
LIU, R., Wang, Y., Zhai, X., Balwada, D. & Mak, J., Jun 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 130, 6, 18 p., e2025JC022518.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Negative sensitivity of Southern Ocean circumpolar transport to increased wind stress controlled by residual overturning
Lee, H. S., Maddison, J. R., Mak, J., Marshall, D. P. & Wang, Y., 22 Sept 2025, In: Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography. 77, 1, p. 199-220 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Bathymetry-aware mesoscale eddy parameterizations across upwelling slope fronts: a machine learning-augmented approach
WANG, Y., WEI, H. & XIE, C., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference Paper › peer-review
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Datasets
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Replication Data for: Scalings for eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts
WEI, H. (Owner) & WANG, Y. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 1 Jun 2022
Dataset
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Replication Data for: Full-depth scalings for isopycnal eddy mixing across continental slopes under upwelling-favorable winds
WEI, H. (Owner) & WANG, Y. (Owner), DataSpace@HKUST, 9 Feb 2021
Dataset