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Zhihua Wang

Zhihua Wang

Co-Director, Climate Systems Research, National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations

zhwang@asu.edu

480-727-9592

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment
Arizona State University
PO Box 875306
Tempe, AZ 85287-5306

Titles

  • Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
  • Co-Director, Climate Systems Research, National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations
  • Associate Professor, School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Biography

 Zhihua Wang is originally from Zhejiang Province of China. He spent nine years (1997-2006) in Singapore, a small beautiful tropical island in Southeast Asia, completed his bachelor's and master's degrees and later worked as a researcher in Nanyang Technological University. Prior to joining ASU, he worked with Professors Elie Bou-Zeid and Jim Smith in Enviromental Engineering and Water Resarch (EEWR) program in Princeton University. Wang is an active member of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), American Physical Society (APS), American Geophysical Union (AGU) and International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC).

Wang is an associate professor in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University. His research interests include multiscale urban climate modeling, land-atmospheric interactions, landscape and infrastructure management, urban environmental sustainability study and energy efficiency analysis.

As a passionate and higly-motivated researcher, Wang has been highly productive and published more than 20 peer-reviewed papers in high impact journals and conference proceedings.

Education

  • PhD, Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, 2011
  • MA, Civil Engineering, Princeton University, 2008
  • MEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2004
  • BEng, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 2002

Expertise

Journal Articles

2021

Wang, Z., E. R. Vivoni, T. Bohn and Z. Wang. 2021. A multiyear assessment of irrigation cooling capacity in agricultural and urban setting of central Arizona. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 57(5):771-788. DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12920. (link )

Wang, Z., E. R. Vivoni, T. Bohn and Z. Wang. 2021. A multiyear assessment of irrigation cooling capacity in agricultural and urban settings of central Arizona. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 57(5):771-788. DOI: 10.1111/1752-1688.12920. (link )

2019

Wang, Z. and R. Upreti. 2019. A scenario analysis of thermal environmental changes induced by urban growth in Colorado River Basin, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 181:125-138. DOI: 10.1016 /j.landurbplan.2018.10.002.

Wang, Z., R. von Gnechten, D. A. Sampson and D. D. White. 2019. Wastewater Reclamation Holds a Key for Water Sustainability in Future Urban Development of Phoenix Metropolitan Area. Sustainability 11(13):3537. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/su11133537.

2018

Templeton, N., E. R. Vivoni, Z. Wang and A. P. Schreiner-McGraw. 2018. Quantifying water and energy fluxes over different urban land covers in Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123(4):2111-2128. DOI: 10.1002/2017JD027845. (link )

Zhao, Q., J. Yang, Z. Wang and E. A. Wentz. 2018. Assessing the cooling benefits of tree shade by an outdoor urban physical scale model at Tempe, AZ. Urban Science 2(1):Art 4. DOI: 10.3390/urbansci2010004. (link )

2017

Song, J., Z. Wang, S. W. Myint and C. Wang. 2017. The hysteresis effect on surface-air temperature relationship and its implications to urban planning: An examination in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Landscape and Urban Planning 167(Nov):198-211. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.06.024. (link )

Song, J., Z. Wang and C. Wang. 2017. Biospheric and anthropogenic contributors to atmospheric CO2 variability in a residential neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122:3317-3329. DOI: :10.1002/ 2016JD026267. (link )

Wang, C., C. Wang, S. W. Myint and Z. Wang. 2017. Landscape determinants of spatio-temporal patterns of aerosol optical depth in the two most polluted metropolitans in the United States. Science of the Total Environment 609(Dec):1556-1565. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.273. (link )

Yang, J. and Z. Wang. 2017. Planning for a sustainable desert city: The potential water buffering capacity of urban green infrastructure. Landscape and Urban Planning 167:339-347. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.07.014.

2016

Wang, C., S. W. Myint, Z. Wang and J. Song. 2016. Spatio-temporal modeling of the urban heat island in the Phoenix metropolitan area: Land use change implications. Remote Sensing 8(3):185. DOI: 10.3390/rs8030185. (link )

Wang, C., J. Yang, S. W. Myint, Z. Wang and B. Tang. 2016. Empirical modeling and spatio-temporal patterns of urban evapotranspiration for the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona. GIScience & Remote Sensing 53(6):778-792. DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2016.1243399. (link )

Wang, Z., C. Fan, S. W. Myint and C. Wang. 2016. Size matters: What are the characteristic source areas for urban planning strategies?. PLoS 11(11):e0165726. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165726. (link )

2015

Song, J. and Z. Wang. 2015. Interfacing the urban land-atmospheric system through coupled urban canopy and atmospheric models. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 154(3):427-448. DOI: 10.1007/s10546-014-9980-9. (link )

Yang, J., Z. Wang, F. Chen, S. Miao, M. Tewari, J. A. Voogt and S. W. Myint. 2015. Enhancing hydrologic modelling in the coupled weather research and forecasting-urban modelling system. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 155(1):87-109. DOI: 10.1007/s10546-015-0020-1. (link )

2014

Wang, Z. 2014. A new perspective of urban-rural differences: The impact of soil water advection. Urban Climate 10(2014):19-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2014.08.004. (link )

Wang, Z. 2014. Monte Carlo simulations of radiative heat exchange in a street canyon with trees. Solar Energy 110(2014):704-713. DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.10.012 . (link )

Yang, J. and Z. Wang. 2014. Physical parameterization and sensitivity of urban hydrological models: Application to green roof systems. Building and Environment 79(2014):250-263. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.02.006. (link )

Yang, J. and Z. Wang. 2014. Land surface energy partitioning revisited: A novel approach based on single depth soil measurement. Geophysical Research Letters 41(23):8348-8358. DOI: 10.1002/2014GL062041. (link )

2013

Sun, T., E. Bou-Zeid, Z. Wang, E. Zerba and G. Ni. 2013. Hydrometerological determinants of green roof performance via a vertically-resolved model for heat and water transfer. Building and Environment 60:211-224. DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.018. (link )

2012

Lee, T., J. Y. Lee and Z. Wang. 2012. Scaling of the urban heat island intensity using time-dependent energy balance. Urban Climate 2:16-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2012.10.005. (link )

Wang, Z. H. and E. Bou-Zeid. 2012. A novel approach for the estimation of soil ground heat flux. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 154-155:214-221.

Wang, Z. 2012. Reconstruction of soil thermal field from a single depth measurement. Journal of Hydrology 464-465:541-549. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.07.047.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith. 2012. A coupled energy transport and hydrological model for urban canopies evaluated using a wireless sensor network. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society DOI: 10.1002/qj.2032. (link )

2011

Wang, Z. and E. Bou-Zeid. 2011. Comment on "Impact of wave phase difference between soil surface heat flux and soil surface temperature on soil surface energy balance closure" by Z. Gao, R. Horton and H. P. Liu. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere 116:DO8110. DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015117.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid, S. K. Au and A. J. Smith. 2011. Analyzing the sensitivity of WRF's single-layer urban canopy model to parameter uncertainty using advanced Monte Carlo simulation. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology 50(9):1795-1814.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith. 2011. A spatially-analytical scheme for surface temperatures and conductive heat fluxes in urban canopy models. Boundary-Layer Meteorology 138(2):171-193.

2010

Wang, Z. 2010. Geometric effect of radiative heat exchange in concave structure with application to heating of steel I-sections in fire. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 53(5):997-1003.

2009

Scherer, G. W., J. H. Prevost and Z. Wang. 2009. Bending of poroelastic beam with lateral diffusion. International Journal of Solids and Structure 46(18-19):3451-3462.

Wang, Z., J. H. Prevost and O. Coussy. 2009. Bending of fluid-saturated linear poroelqstic beans with compressible constitutents. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics 33(4):425-447.

2008

Wang, Z. 2008. Green's function approach for heat conduction: Application to steel memebers protected by intumescent paint. Numerical Heat Transfer Part B: Fundamentals 54(6):435-453.

Wang, Z. and K. H. Tan. 2008. Radiative heat transfer for structural members exposed to fire: An analytical approach. Journal of Fire Sciences 26(2):133-152.

2007

Au, S. K., Z. Wang and S. M. Lo. 2007. Compartment fire risk analysis by advanced Monte Carlo simulation. Engineering Structures 29(9):2381-2390.

Wang, Z. and K. H. Tan. 2007. Temperature prediction for contour-insulated concrete-filled CHS subjected to fire using large time Green's function solutions. Journal of Constructional Steel Research 63(7):997-1007.

Wang, Z. and K. H. Tan. 2007. Temperature prediction for multi-dimensional domains in standard fire. Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering 23(11):1035-1055.

Wang, Z. and K. H. Tan. 2007. Temperature prediction of concrete-filled rectangular hollow sections in fire using Green's function method. Journal of Engineering Mechanics - ASCE 133(688-700):.

2006

Wang, Z. and K. H. Tan. 2006. Green's function solution for transient heat conduction in concrete-filled steel CHS subjected to fire. Engineering Structures 28(11):1574-1585.

Wang, Z. and K. H. Tan. 2006. Sensitivity study of time delay coefficient of heat transfer formulations for insulated steel members exposed to fire. Fire Safety Journal 41(1):31-38.

Wang, Z. and K. H. Wang. 2006. Residual area method for heat transfer analysis of concrete-encased I-sections in fire. Engineering Structures 28(3):411-422.

2005

Wang, Z., S. K. Au and K. H. Tan. 2005. Heat transfer analysis using Green's function approach to uniformly insulated steel members subjected to fire. Engineering Structures 27(10):1551-1562.

Posters

2019

Wang, C. and Z. Wang. 2019. A statistical view of the Phoenix urban heat island during the past 86 years (1933–2018). Poster presented at the 21st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, January 11, 2019, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2018

Wang, C., C. Wang, S. W. Myint and Z. Wang. 2018. Spatial and temporal variability of satellite-based aerosol optical depth in the dynamic urban environment. Poster presented at the 20th Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposum, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2017

Templeton, N. P., E. R. Vivoni, Z. Wang and A. P. Schreiner-McGraw. 2017. Quantifying water and energy fluxes over different urban land covers in Phoenix, Arizona. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 13 January 2017, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Upreti, R., Z. Wang and J. Yang. 2017. Assessing Impact of Land Use Change on Urban Hydroclimate for three Metropolitan cities in Colorado River Basin. Poster presented at the Association for American Advancement of Science Annual Conference, February 16-20, 2017, Boston, MA. (link )

Upreti, R., Z. Wang and J. Yang. 2017. Assessing Impact of Land Use Change on Urban Hydroclimate for three Metropolitan cities in Colorado River Basin. Poster presented at the 2017 DCDC Poster Symposium, April 24, 2017, Tempe, AZ.

Wang, C., R. Upreti, Z. Wang and J. Yang. 2017. Impact of shade trees on urban hydroclimate for Phoenix and the continental United States. Poster presented at the 19th Annual Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 13 January 2017, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2016

Upreti, R., Z. Wang and J. Yang. 2016. Assessing Impact of Landscape Characteristics on Urban Hydroclimate. Poster presented at the AAAS 2016 Annual Meeting, February 14, 2016, Washington, D.C.. (link )

Upreti, R., Z. Wang and J. Yang. 2016. Assessing impact of landscape characteristics on urban hydroclimate. Poster presented at the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Eighteenth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 15 January 2016, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2015

Song, J., Z. Wang, E. R. Vivoni, G. Mascaro and B. L. Ruddell. 2015. Investigating the impacts of urbanization on regional hydrometeorology by coupling an urban canopy model into a distributed hydrological model. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 16 January 2015, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Yang, J. and Z. Wang. 2015. Shift of paradigm in urban irrigation: Finding the optimal scheme for building energy efficiency. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 16 January 2015, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Zhao, X., Z. Wang, J. Song and J. Yang. 2015. Comparing cooling effects of trees and lawns in Phoenix: Implications to building energy consumption. Poster presented at the Seventeenth Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium, 16 January 2015, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2014

Song, J., J. Yang and Z. Wang. 2014. Studying urban land-atmospheric interactions by coupling an urban canopy model with a single column atmospheric model. Poster presented at the 16th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientists Meeting, January 17, 2014, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

2013

Song, J., J. Yang and Z. Wang. 2013. Modeling CAP LTER flux tower measurements using an advanced urban canopy model. Poster presented at the 11 January 2013, 15th Annual CAP LTER Poster Symposium and All Scientist Meeting 2013, Skysong, Scottsdale, AZ. (link )

Presentations

2020

Vivoni, E. R., M. Mahmoud, D. D. White, G. Mascaro, R. Quay, K. Whitney, T. Bohn, Z. Wang and C. Cullom. 2020. Long Range Scenario Modeling of the Colorado River Basin. Presentation at the California Water & Environmental Modeling Forum Annual Meeting, 2020, Folsom, CA.

2012

Volo, T. J., E. R. Vivoni, C. A. Martin, Z. Wang and B. L. Ruddell. 2012. A comparison of one-dimensional soil moisture models under urban irrigation in a desert city. Presentation at the 2012 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.

Wang, Z. 2012. A unifed theoretic framework for reconstructing soil thermal field from single depth measurements. Presentation at the June 2012 30th AMS Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Boston, MA.

2011

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith. 2011. A coupled energy transport and hydrological model for urban canopies. Presentation at December 2011 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Franscisco, CA.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith. 2011. A new urban surface exchange scheme: Coupling physically based energy transport with hydrological model. Presentation at the April 2011 European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

2010

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith. 2010. A sensor network to study turbulent fluxes in urban canopies. Presentation at the May 2010 Fluid Dynamics & the Global Environment, the 2nd SEAS-AOS-GFDL Workshop, Princeton, NJ.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith. 2010. Application of a sensor network to study the energy budget in urban canopies. Presentation at the January 2010 90th Meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid and J. A. Smith. 2010. Simple models and sensor networks to sutdy flow and energy transport to urban canopies. Presentation at the August 2010 Ninth Symposium on the Urban Environment, Keystone, CO.

Wang, Z., E. Bou-Zeid, J. A. Smith, S. K. Au, J. Miller and D. C. Schreiber. 2010. Towards improving energy budgets in urban canopy models. Presentation ath the December 2010 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.