School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences

Hua Wang

Associate Professor Xiao Hua Wang


BSc Shandong, PhD James Cook

 

Telephone: +61 2 6268 8473
Fax: +61 2 6268 8786
Email: hua.wang@adfa.edu.au
Location: PEMS Sth, Room G17

My UNSW Research Gateway Profile

Physical Oceanographer

Research Interests:
Physical oceanography in bays and estuaries. Numerical modelling in shallow seas. Bottom boundary layer and sediment transport dynamics. Coastal Integrated Management Systems.

Physical Oceanography

Sino-Australia Research Centre for Coastal Management (CCM) (Director)

Biography

Xiao Hua Wang graduated from Ocean University of Qingdao, China and completed his PhD in physical oceanography in 1990 at James Cook University in Australia. He held a postdoctoral research position at the School of Geography and Oceanography (currently School of Physical, Environmental and Mathematical Sciences), the University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, Australia before he became a faculty member in the same school in 1991. He was tenured in 1996. He has been a Visiting Scientist at Princeton University, USA, and a Visiting Professor at University of Bologna, to undertake collaborative research projects. On 1 July 2006 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer, and on 1 January 2012 he was promoted to Associate Professor. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Ocean University of China.

Research

Current Research
Oceanic nepheloid layers and their role in coastal oceanography

Nepheloid layers in the oceans, formed through sediment resuspension events by waves and currents on the continental shelf, ‘shut down’ the bottom boundary layer processes and reduce mixing and hence transport of sediments and other materials. This project will develop and implement new numerical models to investigate the dynamic features of such layers including their highly nonlinear behaviours of resuspension hysteresis. The impact of such layers in determining coastal ocean and ecosystem dynamics and in transporting sediments from the rivers into the outer shelves of the marginal seas will be investigated. This project covers the coastal oceans such as Jervis Bay, NSW, the Adriatic Sea, Italy, the southwestern coast of Korea and East China and Yellow Seas. The outcome of the project will result in new knowledge on the roles that resuspended sediments played in flow dynamics and the primary biomass production in the turbid coastal ecosystem environments.

IMOS(Integrated Marine Observing System) NSW node ? Jervis Bay mooring

UNSW@ADFA researchers have investigated the oceanography of Jervis Bay and its adjacent shelf since 1988 spurred by the interest of Defence. In this proposal, we aim to construct and deploy a pair of moorings at a site off Jervis Bay to extend this data set. The primary purposes of the moorings are to provide real-time observational capability and obtain longer records to be used for on-going oceanographic and climate studies at UNSW@ADFA. All observations will be incorporated into IMOS (Integrated Marine Observing System) and BlueNet. Our mooring complements NSW-IMOS' planned observational infrastructure.

Coastal environment management Comparative study of marine protected areas in Australian and China

The project aims to compare the legislative frameworks, management characteristics and impact of the ecosystems of the marine protected areas in Australia and in China. It is widely known that China has a growing interest in developing marine protected areas and management plans in its coastal zones whilst Australia has a well developed integrated coastal management system. This study will be a comparative analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of coastal environmental management systems in two countries. It is hoped that the present work can assist and enhance management of the marine protected areas both in Australia and in China.

Managing Australian Defence Force activities in marine protected areas - The environmental management of Jervis Bay and Shoalwater Bay Training Areas

This project aims to study coastal management issues of Australia Defence Force (ADF) activities in Australian Marine Protected Areas, by analysing the Environmental Management Systems of Jervis Bay and Shoalwater Bay training areas. The research has important significance to the sustainable development of ADF training activities, ecology, environment, economy and society. At the completion of this project, we hope to provide experiences and lessons learnt from managing these two training areas in an environmentally sustainable manner; and to assist management of ADF training activities in other regions.

Research Collaborators

PhD Opportunities and Scholarships

If you are interested in a PhD or Masters by Research in Physical Oceanography:
Contact: Assoc. Prof. Xiao Hua Wang, h.wang@adfa.edu.au
Qun Liang, Vihang Bhatt, Xiao Hua Wang, Donghui Jiang
 Oceanography students with
Assoc. Prof. Xiao Hua Wang outside PEMS South building.

From L to R:
Qun Liang,
Vihang Bhatt,
Assoc. Prof. Xiao Hua Wang, Donghui Jiang.

[Photo credit:
K. Badek]

Recent Research

Bottom boundary layer dynamics

  1. Bottom boundary layer and pressure compensation

  2. Fluid-mud layer and its effect on the BBL dynamics

Modelling of sediment transport dynamics in the coastal oceans

  1. Jervis Bay, NSW, Australia

  2. The Adriatic Sea, Italy

  3. The Mokpo Coastal Zone, Korea

Water circulation coastal embayment

  1. Low frequency flow in Jervis Bay, NSW

  2. Jervis Bay circulation due to sea surface cooling

Tidal dynamics

  1. The Hey River Estuary, northern Queensland, Australia

  2. The Mokpo Coastal Zone, Korea

  3. The Jindo Island, Korea

Teaching

Oceanography courses with a major and/or sub-major (minor) are offered to the Officer Cadets of the Australian Defence Force Academy. The degrees are awarded by the University of New South Wales. Higher degrees in PhD and MSc (by research) are available to national and overseas candidates.

Postgraduate students that I have supervised or currently supervise include:

President of OUC (Ocean University of China), Professor Dexing Wu (centre) with postgraduate students
(Left to right) Yanyan Liu, Wen Wu, Dehai Song and Li Li.

Publications

  1. Li, L., Wang X. H.; Williams, D., Sidhu, H. & Song, D., 2011, Numerical study of hydrodynamics in Darwin Harbour of Australia, Journal of Geophysical Research, (submitted).
  2. Zhang, F., Wang, X. H. & Barber, E., 2011, Evaluating the potential economic benefits of the New South Wales node of Australia?s integrated marine observing system: (NSW-IMOS), Sociology Study, 1(6), 1-12.
  3. Lu, J., Qiao, F.L., Wang, X.H., Wang, Y.G., Teng, Y. & Xia, C.S., 2011, A Numerical study of transport dynamics and seasonal variability of the Yellow River sediment in the Bohai and Yellow Seas, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 95(1), 39-51, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.08.001.
  4. Ezer, T., Oey, L.-Y., Xue, H. & Wang, X. H., 2011, Editorial - The 2nd International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean (IWMO-2010), Ocean Dynamics 61(9), 1287-1289, doi:10.1007/s10236-011-0470-z.
  5. Qiao, L.L., Wang, X.H., Wang, Y., Wu, D.X., Bao, X.W. & Mu, L., 2011, Winter heat budget in the Huanghai Sea and the effect from Huanghai Warm Current (Yellow Sea Warm Current), Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 30(5), 56-63, doi: 10.1007/s13131-011-0147-y.
  6. Liang, Q., Wang, X.H. & Lees, B.G., 2011, Community participation in the management of marine protected areas in China, Labour and Management in Development, Vol 11, 1-10, http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/lmd/article/viewFile/2135/2522 .
  7. Li, L., Wang, X.H. & Sidhu, H., 2011, Direct economic loss assessment of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Marine Pollution Bulletin, (submitted).
  8. Pearson, S., Wang, X.H. & Xu, G. 2011, Coastal management in China and Australia - Introduction to the special edition (Volume 11). Labour and Management in Development, Vol 11, 1-2, http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/lmd/article/viewFile/2092/2490.
  9. Wu, W. & Wang, X. H., 2011, Development of an environmental performance indicator framework to evaluate an environmental management system for Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, Labour and Management in Development, Vol 11, 1-26, http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/lmd/article/viewFile/2095/2488.
  10. Wang, X.H., Xu, X., Pearson,S., Xue, G., Morrison, R. J., Liu, D. & Shi, P., 2011, Integrated coastal zone management research in Australia and China, Labour and Management in Development, Vol 11, 1-17, http://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php/lmd/article/viewFile/2098/2487.
  11. Li, L., Wang, X. H., Sidhu, H. & Williams, D., 2011, Modelling of 3D tidal dynamics in Darwin Harbour, Australia, The Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics Journal, 52 (CTAC2010), C103-123, http://anziamj.austms.org.au/ojs/index.php/ANZIAMJ/article/view/3765.
  12. Wang, X.H. , Wang, H., Guan, W. & Guo, Z., 2011, Dynamics of chinese muddy coasts and estuaries: An introduction, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 93, 171-172, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2011.03.010.
  13. Zhang, F., Wang, X.H. & Barber, E., 2010, Evaluation of the potential economic benefits of NSW-IMOS using improved ocean forecast, in Proceedings of the 12th Annual BIOECON Conference on "From the Wealth of Nations to the Wealth of Nature: Rethinking Economic Growth ", Venice, Italy, 27-28 September 2010, pp. 1-23.
  14. Song, D., Wang, X.H., Kiss, A.E. & Bao, X. 2011, The contribution to tidal duration asymmetry by different combinations of tidal constituents, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2011JC007270, in press.
  15. Wang, X.H., Qiao, F., Lu, J., & Gong, F., 2011, The turbidity maxima of the northern Jiangsu shoal-water in the
    Yellow Sea, China, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 93(3), 202-211, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2010.10.020.
  16. Wang, X.H., & Wang, H., 2010, Tidal straining effect on the suspended sediment transport in the Huanghe (Yellow
    River) Estuary, China Ocean Dynamics, 60(5), 1273-1283, doi:10.1007/s10236-010-0298-y.
  17. Wu, W., Wang, X.H., Paull, D.J., & Kesby, J.A. 2010, Defence force activities in marine protected areas:
    Environmental management of Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, Chinese Journal of
    Oceanology and Limnology    , 28(3), 667-676, doi:10.1007/s00343-010-9113-3.
  18. Wang, X.H., & Xu, X. 2010, Australian and chinese scientists discuss coastal zone management, Earth
    Observing System (EOS), Transactions American Geophysical Union    , 91(12),112, doi:10.1029/2010EO120006.
  19. Wang, X.H., Li, L., Bao, X., & Zhao, L. 2009, Economic cost of an algae bloom cleanup in China's 2008 olympic
    sailing venue, Earth Observing System (EOS), Transactions American Geophysical Union, 90(28), 238-239.
  20. Song, D., Bao, X., Wang, X.H., & Wu, W. 2009, The optimization algorithn for the Pathfinder Sea Surface
    Temperature in the East China Seas, Ocean Science Journal, 44(1), 11-19, doi:10.1007/s12601-009-0002-7.
  21. Song, D., Bao, X., Wang, X.H., Xu, L., Lin, X.., Wu, D., 2009, The inter-annual variability of the Yellow Sea warm current
    surface axis and its influencing factors, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 27, 607-613, doi:10.1007/s00343-009-9159-2.
  22. Simmonds, F., Wang, X.H. & Lees, B.G., 2009, Comment on 'Marine GIS: Identification of mesoscale oceanic thermal fronts', International Journal of Geographic Information Science, 23(3), 369-373, doi:10.1080/13658810701851404.
  23. Qiao, L.L., Bao, X.W., Wu, D.X., Wang, X.H., 2008, Numerical study of generation of the tidal shear front off the Yellow River mouth, Continential Shelf Research, 28(14), 1782-1790.
  24. Zhao, L. D., Zhang, Y., Wang, X.H. & Lees, B. G., 2008, A lesson from Australian marine parks for promoting the income
    of our fisher folk, Fisheries Economy Research, 2, 51-55.
  25. Zhao, L., Wang, X.H., Lees, B.G., 2008, Managing Australian Defence Force Activities in Marine Protected Areas: Using Jervic Bay as a Case Study, Ocean Economics Review of China, 2(1), 45-58.
  26. Byun, D., Wang, X.H., Zavatarelli, M. & Cho, Y., 2007, Effects of resuspended sediments and vertical mixing on phytoplankton spring bloom dynamics in a tidal estuarine embayment, Journal of Marine Systems, 67(1-2),102-118.
  27. Wang, X.H., Pinardi, N. & Malacic, V., 2007, Sediment transport and resuspension due to combined motion of wave and current in the northern Adriatic Sea during a Bora event in January 2001: A numerical modelling study, Continental Shelf Research, 27(5), 613-633.
  28. Zhao, L. & Wang, X.H., 2007, Economics Study on Marine Disaster and Marine Income, Economic Science Press,
    Beijing, China.
  29. Zhao, L. & Wang, X. H., 2007, The enlightenment on our marine disaster and income from Australian Marine Parks Zone Plan, in Economics Study on Marine Disaster and Marine Income, L. Zhao, X. H. Wang (eds), Economic Science Press, Beijing, China.
  30. Bhatt, V., Wang, X. H. & Morrison, J., 2007, Simulation of the east Australian current and its annual variability and separation using a regional ocean model, AMSA 2007 - Marine Science in a Changing World, University of Melbourne, 9-13 July 2007, Melbourne, p. 25.
  31. Wang, X. H., 2006, Interactive comment on ‘Nesting operational forecasting models in the Eastern Mediterranean: active and slave mode’ by S.S. Sofianos et al., Ocean Science Discussions, 3(4), 1225.
  32. Wang, X. H., Oddo, P. & Pinardi, N., 2006, On the bottom density plume on coastal zone off Gargano (Italy) in the southern Adriatic Sea and its interannual variability, J. Geophys. Res., 112 (C3), C03S17, doi:10.1029/2005JC003110.
  33. Byun, D.S. and Wang, X.H., 2005, Numerical studies on the dynamics of tide and sediment transport in the western tip of the southwest coast, Korea. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110 (C03011), 10.1029/2004JC002459.
  34. Byun, D.S., Wang, X.H., Hart, D. & Cho, Y.K., 2005, Modeling the effect of freshwater inflows on the development of spring blooms in an estuarine embayment, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 65(1-2), 351-360, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2005.06.012 .
  35. Wang, X.H. , Byun, D.S., Wang, X. & Cho,Y.K., 2005, On the changes of tidal characteristics due to sediment-induced stratification in a macro-tidal coastal sea, Proceedings of 16 th Biennial Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Canberra , Australia 30 January- 4 February 2005 , Extended Abstract, 17-20.
  36. Wang, X.H., Byun, D.S., Wang, X. & Cho, Y.K., 2005, Modelling tidal currents in a sediment stratified idealized estuary, Continental Shelf Research, 25(5-6), 655-665, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2004.10.013 .
  37. Wang, X.H., 2005, Circulation of the northern Adriatic Sea (Italy) due to a Bora event in January 2001: a numerical model study, Ocean modelling, 10, 253-271.
  38. Byun, D.S., X.H. Wang and P.E. Holloway, 2004, Tidal characteristic adjustment due to dyke and seawall construction in the Mokpo Coastal Zone, Korea, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 59, 185-196.
  39. Wang, X.H. and Paull, D., 2003, Can Landsat imagery provide hi-resolution mapping of sea surface temperature in a small embayment after a convective cooling. In: Proceedings of SPIE's Vol. 4892: Ocean Remote Sensing and Applications, Robert J. Frouin, Yeli Yuan, Hiroshi Kawamura (eds), (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2003), 426-433.
  40. Wang, X.H. andWang, X. 2003, A numerical study of water circulation in a thermally stratified embayment. Journal of Ocean University of Qingdao , 2, 24-33.
  41. Wang, X.H. , 2002, Resuspended sediment layers near the seabed, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , 83, 1587-1589.
  42. Wang, X.H. and Pinardi, N., 2002, Modeling the dynamics of sediment transport in the Northern Adriatic Sea, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107 (C12), 10.1029/2001JC001303.
  43. Wang, X.H., 2002, Tide-induced sediment resuspension and the bottom boundary layer in an idealized estuary, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 3113-3131.
  44. Wang, X.H., 2001, A numerical study of sediment transport in a coastal embayment during a winter storm, Journal of Coastal Research, 34, Special Issue, 414-427.
  45. Qinyu, L., Yinglai, J. & Wang X.H., Yang, H., 2001, On the annual cycle characteristics of the sea surface height in the South China Sea, Advances in Atmospheric Science, 18, 613-622.
  46. Wang, X.H., 2000, A numerical investigation of flushing mechanisms for a small coastal embayment. In : Science, Law and Policy for Marine Environment Management, edited by Charles M Hawksley, 53-62, Centre for Maritime Policy, University of Wollongong.
  47. Wang, X.H. & Symonds, G. 1999, Coastal embayment circulation due to atmospheric cooling, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 29,801-29,816.
  48. Wang, X.H., Heron, M.L. & Wei, C. 1998, On formation of tidal fronts in coastal seas, Journal of Hydrodynamics, 10, 17-28.
  49. Wei, C. & Wang, X.H., 1997, Tidal fronts and their formation in the Xiangshan Estuary, Collected Oceanic Works, 20, 28-38.
  50. Wang, X.H. & Jungclaus, J.H.1996, Open boundary conditions in a three dimensional coastal ocean model, School of Geography and Oceanography, University College, ADFA, Working Paper 1996/1.
  51. Mellor, G.L. & Wang, X.H., 1996, Pressure compensation and the bottom boundary layer, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 16, 2214-2222.
  52. Wang, X.H., 1995, Tidal fronts and their influence on prawn postlarvae immigration in Albatross Bay, the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 13(2), 147-154.
  53. Wang, X.H. & Craig, P.D., 1993, An analytic model of tidal circulation in a narrow estuary, Journal of Marine Research, 51, 447-465.
  54. Heron, M.L., Wang, X.H. & Staples, D.J., 1993, Transport processes affecting banana prawn postlarvae in the estuaries of the Gulf of Carpentaria . In: Marine Larval Dispersal and Recruitment Processes: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Sammarco, P.W. and Heron, M.L. (eds), AGU, Washington DC, pp. 257-277.

Recent Grants

External Grants
UNSW Grants

Awards

Service

Reviewer for the following international journals:
Journal of Physical Oceanography; Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans); Continental Shelf Research; International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics; Geophysical Research Letters; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Ocean Dynamics; Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, of American Society of Civil Engineering; Annales Geophysicae; Advances in Atmospheric Sciences; Advances in Water Resources.