Faculty Profiles - WANG Yan | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Yan WANG
王岩

PhD in Applied Marine Physics
University of Miami, 2015

Assistant Professor
Department of Ocean Science

(852) 3469 2801
yanwang@ust.hk
Room 5485
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Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment RPG Supervision Space used

Research Interest

Geophysical fluid dynamics
Physical oceanography
Turbulence
Computational fluid dynamics
Nonlinear dynamics

Publications

All Years 32 2024 5 2023 8 2022 6 2021 3 2020 2 2019 0 2018 8

2024 5

Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: Eddy-induced advection at eddy-permitting resolutions

Ocean Modelling, v. 190, August 2024, article number 102396, p. 1-15
Ruan, Xi; Couespel, Damien; Levy, Marina; Li, Jiying; Mak, Julian; Wang, Yan
Article

Diffusive-Convection Staircase Merger Events Mediated by Subsurface Eddies in the Canada Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 129, (7), July 2024, article number e2024JC021022, p. 1-19
Chai, Xia; Zhou, Sheng-Qi; Wang, Yan
Article

Genetic divergence and migration patterns of a galatheoid squat lobster highlight the need for deep-sea conservation

Molecular Ecology, v. 33, (1), January 2024, article number e17200, p. i-ii
Xu, Ting; Chai, Xia; Chen, Chong; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Sun, Jin; Xiao, Yao; Wang, Yan; Chen, Junlin; Qiu, Jian-Wen; Qian, Peiyuan
Article

On the choice of training data for machine learning of geostrophic mesoscale turbulence

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 16, (2), February 2024, article number e2023MS003915
Yan, Feier; Mak, Julian; Wang, Yan
Article

Parameterizing eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts using a slope-aware GEOMETRIC closure

Journal of Physical Oceanography, February 2024, p. 359-377
Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan; Mak, Julian
Article

2023 8

Bathymetry-Aware Mesoscale Eddy Parameterizations across Upwelling Slope Fronts: A Machine Learning–Augmented Approach

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 53, (12), December 2023, p. 2861-2891
Xie, Chenyue; Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan
Article

Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: eddy induced advection at non-eddying resolutions

Ocean Modelling, v. 183, June 2023, article number 102204
Ruan, Xi; Couespel, D.; Levy, M.; Li, Jiying; Mak, Chun Long Julian; Wang, Yan
Article

Impact of Parameterized Isopycnal Diffusivity on Shelf-Ocean Exchanges Under Upwelling-Favorable Winds: Offline Tracer Simulations Augmented by Artificial Neural Network

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 15, (4), April 2023, article number e2022MS003424
Xie, Chenyue; Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan
Article

Meta-organism gene expression reveals that the impact of nitrate enrichment on coral larvae is mediated by their associated Symbiodiniaceae and prokaryotic assemblages

Microbiome, v. 11, (1), April 2023, article number 89
Tong, Haoya; Zhang, Fang; Sun, Jin; McIlroy, Shelby E.; Zhang, Weipeng; Wang, Yan; Huang, Hui; Zhou, Guowei; Qian, Peiyuan
Article

Observation of Near-Inertial Waves in the Bottom Boundary Layer of an Abyssal Seamount

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 53, (2), February 2023, p. 635-645
Xie, Xiaohui; Wang, Yan; Liu, Zhiyu; Liu, Xiaohui; Chen, Dake; Zheng, Dongsheng; Wang, Jiannan
Article

Pure Inertial Waves Radiating From Low-Frequency Flows Over Large-Scale Topography

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 50, (4), 2023, article number e2022GL099889
Xie, Xiaohui; Liu, Xiaohui; Chen, Zhiwu; Wang, Yan; Chen, Dake; Li, Wei; Zhang, Dongsheng
Article

Scale-Awareness in an Eddy Energy Constrained Mesoscale Eddy Parameterization

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 15, (12), December 2023, article number e2023MS003886
Mak, Julian; Maddison, James R.; Marshall, David P.; Ruan, Xi; Wang, Yan; Yeow, Liiyung
Article

海洋涩度函数的研究及应用进展

地球物理学报=Chinese Journal of Geophysics (in Chinese), v. 66, (6), June 2023, p. 2461-2469
周生启; 朱明权; 王岩; 郭双喜; 黄鹏起; 鲁远征
Article

2022 6

Discrepant Effects of Oceanic Advection in the Evolution of SST Anomalies in the South China Sea During El Niño of Different Intensities

Frontiers in Marine Science, v. 9, March 2022, article number 871458
Xiao, Fuan; Wang, Dongxiao; Wu, Qiaoyan; Song, Wei; Zeng, Lili; Xie, Qiang; Wang, Yan
Article

On constraining the mesoscale eddy energy dissipation time-scale

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 14, (11), November 2022, article number e2022MS003223
Mak, Julian; Avdis, Alexandros; David, Tomos; Lee, Han Seul; Na, Yongsu; Wang, Yan; Yan, Feier
Article

Scalings for Eddy Buoyancy Fluxes Across Prograde Shelf/Slope Fronts

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 14, (12), December 2022, article number e2022MS003229
Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.; Mak, Chun Long Julian
Article

Sea Surface Salinity Variability in the Bering Sea in 2015–2020

Remote Sensing, v. 14, (3), February 2022, article number 758
Zhao, Jian; Wang, Yan; Liu, Wenjing; Bi, Hongsheng; Cokelet, Edward D.; Mordy, Calvin W.; Lawrence-Slavas, Noah; Meinig, Christian
Article

Seasonality and trend of the global upper-ocean vertical velocity over 1998–2017

Progress in Oceanography, v. 204, June 2022, article number 102804
Liao, Fanglou; Gao, Guandong; Zhan, Peng; Wang, Yan
Article

Similarity of the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate distribution in the upper mixed layer of the tropical Indian Ocean

Frontiers in Marine Science, v. 9, November 2022, article number 1035135
Cen, Xian-Rong; Guo, Shuang-Xi; Wang, Yan; Zhou, Sheng-Qi
Article

2021 3

Does Topographic Form Stress Impede Prograde Ocean Currents?

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 51, (8), August 2021, p. 2617-2638
Bai, Yue; Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.
Article

Full-Depth Scalings for Isopycnal Eddy Mixing Across Continental Slopes Under Upwelling-Favorable Winds

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 13, (6), June 2021, article number e2021MS002498
Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan
Article

Hidden Historical Habitat-Linked Population Divergence and Contemporary Gene Flow of a Deep-Sea Patellogastropod Limpet

Molecular Biology and Evolution, v. 38, (12), December 2021, p. 5640-5654
Xu, Ting; Wang, Yan; Sun, Jin; Chen, Chong; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Chen, Junlin; Qian, Peiyuan; Qiu, Jian Wen
Article

2020 2

Population Genetic Structure and Gene Expression Plasticity of the Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Squat Lobster Shinkaia crosnieri

Frontiers in Marine Science, v. 7, 2 November 2020, article number 587686
Xiao, Yao; Xu, Ting; Sun, Jin; Wang, Yan; Wong, Wai Chuen; Kwan, Yick Hang; Chen, Chong; Qiu, Jian-Wen; Qian, Peiyuan
Article

Scalings for eddy buoyancy transfer across continental slopes under retrograde winds

Ocean Modelling, v. 147, March 2020, article number 101579
Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.
Article

2018 2

Eddy Dynamics Over Continental Slopes Under Retrograde Winds: Insights from a Model Onter-comparison

Ocean Modelling, v. 121, January 2018, p. 1-18
Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.
Article

Enduring Lagrangian Coherence of a Loop Current Ring Assessed Using Independent Observations

Scientific Reports, v. 8, (1), December 2018, article number 11275
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Wang, Yan; Trinanes, Joaquin; Perez-Brunius, Paula
Article

2016 2

The Life Cycle of a Coherent Lagrangian Agulhas Ring

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 121, (6), June 2016, p. 3944-3954
Wang, Yan; Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, María Josefina
Article

Mesoscale Eddy Dynamics Over Continental Slopes: a Model Inter-comparison

Wang, Yan; Stewart, A.
Conference paper

2015 2

Coherent Water Transport Across the South Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, (10), May 2015, p. 4072-4079
Wang, Yan; Olascoaga, María Josefina; Beron-Vera, Francisco J.
Article

Dissipative Inertial Transport Patterns Near Coherent Lagrangian Eddies in The Ccean

Chaos, v. 25, (8), August 2015, article number 087412
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Haller, George; Farazmand, Mohammad; Trinanes, Joaquin; Wang, Yan
Article

2013 1

Objective Detection of Oceanic Eddies and The Agulhas Leakage

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 43, (7), July 2013, p. 1426-1438
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Wang, Yan; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Goni, Gustavo J.; Haller, George
Article

2012 1

Identification and Tracking of Coherent Agulhas Current Rings

Wang, Yan
Conference paper

Article 5

Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: Eddy-induced advection at eddy-permitting resolutions

Ocean Modelling, v. 190, August 2024, article number 102396, p. 1-15
Ruan, Xi; Couespel, Damien; Levy, Marina; Li, Jiying; Mak, Julian; Wang, Yan

Diffusive-Convection Staircase Merger Events Mediated by Subsurface Eddies in the Canada Basin

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 129, (7), July 2024, article number e2024JC021022, p. 1-19
Chai, Xia; Zhou, Sheng-Qi; Wang, Yan

Genetic divergence and migration patterns of a galatheoid squat lobster highlight the need for deep-sea conservation

Molecular Ecology, v. 33, (1), January 2024, article number e17200, p. i-ii
Xu, Ting; Chai, Xia; Chen, Chong; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Sun, Jin; Xiao, Yao; Wang, Yan; Chen, Junlin; Qiu, Jian-Wen; Qian, Peiyuan

On the choice of training data for machine learning of geostrophic mesoscale turbulence

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 16, (2), February 2024, article number e2023MS003915
Yan, Feier; Mak, Julian; Wang, Yan

Parameterizing eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts using a slope-aware GEOMETRIC closure

Journal of Physical Oceanography, February 2024, p. 359-377
Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan; Mak, Julian

Article 8

Bathymetry-Aware Mesoscale Eddy Parameterizations across Upwelling Slope Fronts: A Machine Learning–Augmented Approach

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 53, (12), December 2023, p. 2861-2891
Xie, Chenyue; Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan

Combined physical and biogeochemical assessment of mesoscale eddy parameterisations in ocean models: eddy induced advection at non-eddying resolutions

Ocean Modelling, v. 183, June 2023, article number 102204
Ruan, Xi; Couespel, D.; Levy, M.; Li, Jiying; Mak, Chun Long Julian; Wang, Yan

Impact of Parameterized Isopycnal Diffusivity on Shelf-Ocean Exchanges Under Upwelling-Favorable Winds: Offline Tracer Simulations Augmented by Artificial Neural Network

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 15, (4), April 2023, article number e2022MS003424
Xie, Chenyue; Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan

Meta-organism gene expression reveals that the impact of nitrate enrichment on coral larvae is mediated by their associated Symbiodiniaceae and prokaryotic assemblages

Microbiome, v. 11, (1), April 2023, article number 89
Tong, Haoya; Zhang, Fang; Sun, Jin; McIlroy, Shelby E.; Zhang, Weipeng; Wang, Yan; Huang, Hui; Zhou, Guowei; Qian, Peiyuan

Observation of Near-Inertial Waves in the Bottom Boundary Layer of an Abyssal Seamount

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 53, (2), February 2023, p. 635-645
Xie, Xiaohui; Wang, Yan; Liu, Zhiyu; Liu, Xiaohui; Chen, Dake; Zheng, Dongsheng; Wang, Jiannan

Pure Inertial Waves Radiating From Low-Frequency Flows Over Large-Scale Topography

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 50, (4), 2023, article number e2022GL099889
Xie, Xiaohui; Liu, Xiaohui; Chen, Zhiwu; Wang, Yan; Chen, Dake; Li, Wei; Zhang, Dongsheng

Scale-Awareness in an Eddy Energy Constrained Mesoscale Eddy Parameterization

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 15, (12), December 2023, article number e2023MS003886
Mak, Julian; Maddison, James R.; Marshall, David P.; Ruan, Xi; Wang, Yan; Yeow, Liiyung

海洋涩度函数的研究及应用进展

地球物理学报=Chinese Journal of Geophysics (in Chinese), v. 66, (6), June 2023, p. 2461-2469
周生启; 朱明权; 王岩; 郭双喜; 黄鹏起; 鲁远征

Article 6

Discrepant Effects of Oceanic Advection in the Evolution of SST Anomalies in the South China Sea During El Niño of Different Intensities

Frontiers in Marine Science, v. 9, March 2022, article number 871458
Xiao, Fuan; Wang, Dongxiao; Wu, Qiaoyan; Song, Wei; Zeng, Lili; Xie, Qiang; Wang, Yan

On constraining the mesoscale eddy energy dissipation time-scale

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 14, (11), November 2022, article number e2022MS003223
Mak, Julian; Avdis, Alexandros; David, Tomos; Lee, Han Seul; Na, Yongsu; Wang, Yan; Yan, Feier

Scalings for Eddy Buoyancy Fluxes Across Prograde Shelf/Slope Fronts

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 14, (12), December 2022, article number e2022MS003229
Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.; Mak, Chun Long Julian

Sea Surface Salinity Variability in the Bering Sea in 2015–2020

Remote Sensing, v. 14, (3), February 2022, article number 758
Zhao, Jian; Wang, Yan; Liu, Wenjing; Bi, Hongsheng; Cokelet, Edward D.; Mordy, Calvin W.; Lawrence-Slavas, Noah; Meinig, Christian

Seasonality and trend of the global upper-ocean vertical velocity over 1998–2017

Progress in Oceanography, v. 204, June 2022, article number 102804
Liao, Fanglou; Gao, Guandong; Zhan, Peng; Wang, Yan

Similarity of the turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate distribution in the upper mixed layer of the tropical Indian Ocean

Frontiers in Marine Science, v. 9, November 2022, article number 1035135
Cen, Xian-Rong; Guo, Shuang-Xi; Wang, Yan; Zhou, Sheng-Qi

Article 3

Does Topographic Form Stress Impede Prograde Ocean Currents?

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 51, (8), August 2021, p. 2617-2638
Bai, Yue; Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.

Full-Depth Scalings for Isopycnal Eddy Mixing Across Continental Slopes Under Upwelling-Favorable Winds

Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, v. 13, (6), June 2021, article number e2021MS002498
Wei, Huaiyu; Wang, Yan

Hidden Historical Habitat-Linked Population Divergence and Contemporary Gene Flow of a Deep-Sea Patellogastropod Limpet

Molecular Biology and Evolution, v. 38, (12), December 2021, p. 5640-5654
Xu, Ting; Wang, Yan; Sun, Jin; Chen, Chong; Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama; Chen, Junlin; Qian, Peiyuan; Qiu, Jian Wen

Article 2

Population Genetic Structure and Gene Expression Plasticity of the Deep-Sea Vent and Seep Squat Lobster Shinkaia crosnieri

Frontiers in Marine Science, v. 7, 2 November 2020, article number 587686
Xiao, Yao; Xu, Ting; Sun, Jin; Wang, Yan; Wong, Wai Chuen; Kwan, Yick Hang; Chen, Chong; Qiu, Jian-Wen; Qian, Peiyuan

Scalings for eddy buoyancy transfer across continental slopes under retrograde winds

Ocean Modelling, v. 147, March 2020, article number 101579
Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.

Article 2

Eddy Dynamics Over Continental Slopes Under Retrograde Winds: Insights from a Model Onter-comparison

Ocean Modelling, v. 121, January 2018, p. 1-18
Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.

Enduring Lagrangian Coherence of a Loop Current Ring Assessed Using Independent Observations

Scientific Reports, v. 8, (1), December 2018, article number 11275
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Wang, Yan; Trinanes, Joaquin; Perez-Brunius, Paula

Article 1

The Life Cycle of a Coherent Lagrangian Agulhas Ring

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 121, (6), June 2016, p. 3944-3954
Wang, Yan; Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, María Josefina

Conference paper 1

Mesoscale Eddy Dynamics Over Continental Slopes: a Model Inter-comparison

Wang, Yan; Stewart, A.

Article 2

Coherent Water Transport Across the South Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, (10), May 2015, p. 4072-4079
Wang, Yan; Olascoaga, María Josefina; Beron-Vera, Francisco J.

Dissipative Inertial Transport Patterns Near Coherent Lagrangian Eddies in The Ccean

Chaos, v. 25, (8), August 2015, article number 087412
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Haller, George; Farazmand, Mohammad; Trinanes, Joaquin; Wang, Yan

Article 1

Objective Detection of Oceanic Eddies and The Agulhas Leakage

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 43, (7), July 2013, p. 1426-1438
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Wang, Yan; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Goni, Gustavo J.; Haller, George

Conference paper 1

Identification and Tracking of Coherent Agulhas Current Rings

Wang, Yan

2018 2

Eddy Dynamics Over Continental Slopes Under Retrograde Winds: Insights from a Model Onter-comparison

Ocean Modelling, v. 121, January 2018, p. 1-18
Wang, Yan; Stewart, Andrew L.
Article

Enduring Lagrangian Coherence of a Loop Current Ring Assessed Using Independent Observations

Scientific Reports, v. 8, (1), December 2018, article number 11275
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Wang, Yan; Trinanes, Joaquin; Perez-Brunius, Paula
Article

2016 2

The Life Cycle of a Coherent Lagrangian Agulhas Ring

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, v. 121, (6), June 2016, p. 3944-3954
Wang, Yan; Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, María Josefina
Article

Mesoscale Eddy Dynamics Over Continental Slopes: a Model Inter-comparison

Wang, Yan; Stewart, A.
Conference paper

2015 2

Coherent Water Transport Across the South Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, (10), May 2015, p. 4072-4079
Wang, Yan; Olascoaga, María Josefina; Beron-Vera, Francisco J.
Article

Dissipative Inertial Transport Patterns Near Coherent Lagrangian Eddies in The Ccean

Chaos, v. 25, (8), August 2015, article number 087412
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Haller, George; Farazmand, Mohammad; Trinanes, Joaquin; Wang, Yan
Article

2013 1

Objective Detection of Oceanic Eddies and The Agulhas Leakage

Journal of Physical Oceanography, v. 43, (7), July 2013, p. 1426-1438
Beron-Vera, Francisco J.; Wang, Yan; Olascoaga, Maria J.; Goni, Gustavo J.; Haller, George
Article

2012 1

Identification and Tracking of Coherent Agulhas Current Rings

Wang, Yan
Conference paper

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2024-25 Fall 1 2023-24 Summer 0 2023-24 Spring 2 2023-24 Winter 0 2023-24 Fall 1 2022-23 Summer 0

OCES2001

Survey of Ocean Science

OCES4001	Ocean and Climate Change
OCES4984	Ocean Science and Technology Research Project II

OCES2001

Survey of Ocean Science

No Teaching Assignments

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

All Supervisions Current RPGs Graduated RPGs

Current RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

LI, Huanbin
Marine Environmental Science
DENG, Peng
Marine Environmental Science
CHAI, Xia
Marine Environmental Science

Master of Philosophy

CHUNG, Ka Yee
Marine Environmental Science
WU, Hongbin
Marine Environmental Science

Graduated RPGs

Doctor of Philosophy

WEI, Huaiyu
Marine Environmental Science( Completed in 2024 )

Master of Philosophy

CHEN, Junlin
Marine Environmental Science( Completed in 2022 )

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

All Projects 4 Leading Projects 3 Participating Projects 1

Implementing a slope- and scale-aware mesoscale eddy parameterization in global ocean models

在全球海洋模式中實現地形坡度與動力尺度感知的中尺度湍流參數化 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
WANG Yan (Lead)

MAK Julian
2024 -
Population connectivity of the Scaly-foot Snail, a flagship deep-sea hydrothermal vent species

深海熱液典型物種鱗足螺的種群連通機制研究 Participating

National Natural Science Foundation of China
Project Team (HKUST)
WANG Yan
2022 -
Toward bathymetry-aware parameterizations for eddy buoyancy fluxes across prograde shelf/slope fronts

開發跨順行陸架/陸坡鋒面渦流浮力通量的“坡度感知”參數化 Leading

RGC - General Research Fund
Project Team (HKUST)
WANG Yan (Lead)
2022 -
Parameterizing ocean eddy exchanges with coastal waters

海洋渦流與近海水域交換過程的參數化 Leading

RGC - Early Career Scheme
Project Team (HKUST)
WANG Yan (Lead)
2021 - 2023

Research Interest

Publications

2024 5

2023 8

2022 6

2021 3

2020 2

2018 2

2016 2

2015 2

2013 1

2012 1

Article 5

Article 8

Article 6

Article 3

Article 2

Article 2

Article 1

Conference paper 1

Article 2

Article 1

Conference paper 1

2018 2

2016 2

2015 2

2013 1

2012 1

Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2021 to December 2024 (As of 21 November 2024)

Current RPGs

Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2022 to December 2024

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