Research Interests:

  • Satellite Climatology
  • Global and Regional Climate Change
  • Atmospheric Radiation Transfer
  • Meteorological Satellite Product Retrievals
  • Cryosphere Study

Professional Affiliations and Service

     Memberships 

  • American Meteorological Society
  • American Geophysical Union
  • China Meteorological Society
  • China Beijing Meteorological Society

      Reviewer for Professional Journals 

  • Journal of Climate
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Remote Sensing of Environment, etc
      Reviewer for Professional Proposals
  • National Science Foundation (NSF, USA)
  • US Department of Energy (DOE, USA)
  • NOAA, Department of Commerce (DOC, USA).

Publications
The following list contains the published or submitted publications by Xuanji WANG. To request a reprint, simply specify the publication in an   e-mail message to xuanjiw@ssec.wisc.edu. Online papers are highlighted.

   Books

  1. Xuanji Wang, Arctic Climate and Its Change from Space, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG, ISBN-10: 3639059182, ISBN-13: 978-363905918, 2008.

   Peer Reviewed Papers

  1. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey Key, and Yinghui Liu (2009), A thermodynamic model for estimating sea and lake ice thickness with optical satellite data, J. Geophys. Res., submitted, Sept. 2009.
  2. Richard Fernandes, Hongxhu Zhao, Xuanji Wang, Jeff Key, Xin Qu, Alex Hall (2009), Controls on Northern Hemisphere Snow Albedo Feedback Quantified using Satellite Earth Observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L21702, doi:10.1029/2009GL040057.
  3. Yinghui Liu, Jeffrey Key, and Xuanji Wang (2009), The Influence of Changes in Sea Ice Concentration and Cloud Cover on Recent Arctic Surface Temperature Trends, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L20710, doi:10.1029/2009GL040708, 2009.
  4. Richard A. Frey, Steven A. Ackerman, Yinghui Liu, Kathleen I. Strabala, Hong Zhang, Jeff Key, Andrew Heidinger and Xuanji Wang, 2008, Cloud Detection with MODIS, Part I: Improvements in the MODIS Cloud Mask for Collection 5, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology-A, Vol.25, 1057-1072, July 2008.
  5. Yinghui Liu,  Jeffrey R. Key, and Xuanji Wang, 2008, The Influence of Changes in Cloud Cover on Recent Surface Temperature Trends in the Arctic , J. of Climate, Vol.21, No.4, 705-715, February 2008. 
  6. Yinghui Liu, Jeffrey R. Key, Jennifer A. Francis, and Xuanji Wang, 2007,  Possible Causes of Decreasing Cloud Cover in the Arctic Winter, 1982-2000, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 34, L14705, doi:10.1029/2007GL030042, June  2007.
  7. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key, Chuck Fowler, and James Maslanik, 2007, Diurnal Cycles in Arctic Surface Radiative Fluxes in a Blended Satellite-Climate Reanalysis Data Set: Algorithm Description, Validations, and Preliminary Results, J. of Applied Remote Sensing, Vol. 1, 013535, 13 September 2007.
  8. Jennifer A. Francis, Elias Hunter, Jeffrey R. Key, and Xuanji Wang, 2005, Clues to Variability in Arctic Minimum Sea Ice Extent, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.32, L21501, doi:10.1029/2005GL024376, 2005.
  9. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2005, Arctic Surface, Cloud, and Radiation Properties Based on the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data Set. Part I: Spatial and Temporal Characteristics, J. Climate, Vol.18, No.14, 2558-2574, 2005.
  10. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2005, Arctic Surface, Cloud, and Radiation Properties Based on the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data Set. Part II: Recent Trends, J. Climate, Vol.18, No.14, 2575-2593, 2005.
  11. Jiping Liu, Judith A. Curry, William B. Rossow, Jeffrey R. Key, and Xuanji Wang, 2005, Comparison of Surface Radiative Flux Data Sets over the Arctic Ocean, JGR-Ocean, Vol.110, C02015,doi:10.1029/2004JC002381, 2005.
  12. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2003, Recent Trends in Arctic Surface, Cloud, and Radiation Properties from Space, Science, Vol. 299, 1725-1728, 14 MARCH 2003. 
  13. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2002, Aggregate-Area Radiative Flux Biases, Annals Glaciol., Vol.34, 101-105. 
  14. Jeffrey R. Key, Xuanji Wang, Julienne C. Stroeve, Charles Fowler, 2001, Estimating the cloudy sky albedo of sea ice and snow from space, J. Geophys. Res., Vol.106, No.D12, 12489-12497, June 27, 2001. 
  15. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2001, Spatial variability of the sea ice radiation budget and its effect on aggregate area fluxes, Annals Glaciol., Vol.33, 248-252. 
  16. J.A. Maslanik, J. Key, C. Fowler, T. Nguyen, X. Wang, 2001, Spatial and temporal variability of surface and cloud properties from satellite data during FIRE-ACE, J. Geophys. Res., Vol.106, No.D14, 15233-15249, July 27, 2001. 
  17. Changgong Dian, Xuanji Wang and Zuji Qiang,1995, Monitoring Seism With Meteorological Satellite Data, in Chinese, Aerospace China, No. 211, 1-5, 1995.
  18. Xuanji Wang and Changgong Dian,1994, A study on climatic characteristics of Hainan island by using meteorological satellite data, in Chinese, Quarterly Journal of  Applied  Meteorology, Vol.5, No.2, 184-189, 1994. 
  19. Changgong Dian, Xuanji Wang and Zuji Qiang,1994, Monitoring earthquake indications by using meteorological satellite in China, in Chinese, Satellite Application, No.1, 51-56, 1994. 
  20. Xuanji  Wang and Guodong Gao,1993, Theoretical calculation model of shortwave radiation for earth-atmosphere system and its testing results, in English, Acta Meteorological Sinica, Vol.7, No.3, 327-336, 1993. 
  21. Changgong Dian, Xuanji Wang and Zuji Qiang,1993, Remote sensing of the earthquake occurring in Taiwan by meteorological satellite, in Chinese, Chinese Science Bulletin,  No.8, 1502- 1505, 1993. 
  22. Changgong Dian, Xuanji Wang and Zuji Qiang, 1992, The relationship between abnormal increasing temperature  of meteorological satellite thermal-infrared channels and indications of the earthquake occurring in Changsu, Jiangshu Province of China, in Chinese, Chinese Science Bulletin, No.9, 821-824,1992.
  23. Changgong Dian and Xuanji Wang, 1991, Detecting the group of urban heat islands in the western  plain of Sichuan Province of P.R. China by utilizing meteorological satellite information, in Chinese, Remote Sensing Information, No.1, 10-13, 1991.

   Conference Papers, Reports, Posters, and Others 

  1. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key, Yinghui Liu, Arctic Sea Ice and Its Changes during the Satellite Period, 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco California, USA.
  2. Yinghui Liu, Jeffrey R. Key, Xuanji Wang, On the Interactions of Arctic Sea Ice, Cloud Cover, and Surface Temperature from Satellite Observations, 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco California, USA.
  3. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key, Yinghui Liu, GOES-R AWG Cryosphere – Sea and Lake Ice Thickness and Age, GOES-R AWG & R3 Annual Meeting, 20-24 July, 2009, Adelphi, MD, USA.
  4. Yinghui Liu, Jeffrey R. Key, Xuanji Wang, William Straka III, Sea and Lake Ice Properties with GOES-R ABI - Ice Concentration, Extent, and Motion, 2009 AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2009, San Francisco California, USA.
  5. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key, Yinghui Liu, Arctic Sea Ice and Its Change over the Last Two Decades of the 20th Century (Talk), AMS 10th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography, 18-21 May 2009, Madison, Wisconsin.
  6. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key, Yinghui Liu, Sea and Lake Ice Characteristics from GOES-R ABI, AMS 89th Annual Meeting/5th Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite systems NPOESS and GOES-R, January 11-15, 2009, Phoenix Conference Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
  7. Yinghui Liu, Jeffrey R. Key, Xuanji Wang, Brent Maddux, and Steven A. Ackerman, The Response of Arctic Cloud Amount to Surface Changes, AMS 89th Annual Meeting/16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, January 11-15, 2009, Phoenix Conference Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
  8. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key, Yinghui Liu, William Straka III, GOES-R AWG Cryosphere – Sea and Lake Ice Products, 2008 GOES-R AWG Annual Meeting, June 23-26, 2008, Pyle Center, UW-Madison, Madison, WI.
  9. Yinghui Liu, Jeffrey R. Key, and Xuanji Wang, On the Use of Geostationary Satellites for Remote Sensing in the High Latitudes, AMS 88th Annual Meeting/5th GOES Users’ Conference, 20-24 Jan. 2008,  New Orleans, LA.
  10. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key, Yinghui Liu, William Straka III, Estimation of Sea and Lake Ice Characteristics with GOES-R ABI, AMS 88th Annual Meeting/5th GOES Users’ Conference, 20-24 Jan. 2008, New Orleans, LA.
  11. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey Key, The Changing Arctic Climate as Observed from Satellite, 4th Annual CoRP Symposium, 19-20 June, 2007, College Park, MD.
  12. Jeff Key, Peter Romanov, Don Cline, Xuanji Wang, Yinghui Liu, and Andy Rost, Evaluation of Snow and Ice Algorithms for GOES-R ABI, Annual GOES-R AWG Conference, 14-18 May, 2007, National Conference Center, Ashburn, VA.
  13. Xuanji Wang, Allen Huang, James. E. Davies, Ping Yang, and Leslie Moy, Hyperspectral IR two-layer cloud fast-forward model and multilayer cloud impacts on the TOA radiances, SPIE Remote and In Situ Sensing - Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization: Perspective on Calibration Initiatives and Strategies, 13-17 August, 2006, San Diego, California USA.
  14. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, Changing Arctic and Antarctic Climate Observed from Satellite, Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting (WPGM) (Talk), 24-27 July, 2006, Beijing, P.R.China.
  15. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, Intercomparison of Polar Cloud Climatology: APP-x, ERA-40, Ground-based Observation, GEWEX Cloud Climatology Intercomparison Workshop (Talk), 6-7 July, 2006, Madison, Wisconsin.
  16. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key, and Jennifer A. Francis, Arctic Surface Radiative Fluxes, GEWEX Radiative Flux Assessment Second Workshop (Invited Presentation), Hospitality House, Feb. 22 – Feb.24, 2006, Williamsburg, VA.
  17. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, Diurnal Cycles in Arctic Surface Radiative Fluxes in a Blended Satellite-Climate Reanalysis Data Set, 86th AMS Annual Meeting, Georgia World Congress Center, 29 January – 2 February 2006,  Atlanta, Georgia.
  18. Xuanji Wang, James. E. Davies, Allen Huang, Leslie Moy, Ping Yang, Jianguo Niu, Jason. A. Otkin, Erik. R. Olson, and David D. Turner, Hyperspectral IR Two-Layer Cloud Fast Forward Model - LY2G, 86th AMS Annual Meeting, Georgia World Congress Center, 29 January – 2 February 2006,  Atlanta, Georgia
  19. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, ARCTIC CLIMATE CHARACTERISTICS AND RECENT TRENDS FROM SPACE, NOAA/NESDIS Cooperative Research Program Second Annual Science Symposium - SATELLITE CALIBRATION & VALIDATION, 13 – 14 July 2005, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
  20. Xuanji Wang, James. E. Davies, Allen Huang, Erik. R. Olson, Jason. A. Otkin, Ping Yang, Heli Wei, Jianguo Niu and David D. Turner, Hyperspectral IR Clear/Cloudy Fast Forward Model, Satellite Meteorology: Past, Present, and Future – A Symposium in Celebration of CIMSS’s Silver Anniversary, 11-13 July 2005, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
  21. J.E. Davies, Xuanji Wang, E.R. Olson, J.A. Otkin, H-L. Huang, Ping Yang, Heli Wei, Jianguo Niu, and David. D. Turner, Hyperspectral IR Cloudy Fast Forward Model (Presented by Xuanji Wang), 5th Annual Workshop on Hyperspectral Science of UW—Madison MURI, Airborne, LEO, and GEO Activities, The Pyle Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 702 Langdon Street, Madison, WI, 7-9 June, 2005.
  22. Jennifer A. Francis, Elias Hunter1, Jeffrey R. Key, and Xuanji Wang, Attribution of Variability in Arctic Minimum Sea Ice Extent (Invited Presentation given by J.A. Francis), 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography / 85th AMS Annual Meeting, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA,  9—13 January 2005.
  23. Taneil Uttal, S. Frisch, X. Wang, S. Sun-Mack, A. Schweiger, J. Key, and P. Minnis, A multi-year comparison of surface and satellite arctic cloud properties, 8th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography / 85th AMS Annual Meeting, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA , 9—13 January 2005.
  24. Taneil Uttal, Shelby Frisch, Xuanji Wang and Jeff Key, Long-term Observation of Cloudiness, Radiation and Aerosols with Permanent Atmospheric Observatories, ACIA International Scientific Symposium on Climate Change in the Arctic, Reykjavik, Iceland, 9-12 November 2004.
  25. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, Arctic Climate Characteristics and Recent Trends from Space, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, 8-12 November 2004, Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort, Honolulu, Hawaii USA.
  26. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, Changing Arctic Climate and Cloud Feedback Effect, NOAA 29th Annual Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop, 18-22, October 2004, Monona Terrace, Madison, Wisconsin USA.
  27. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, Satellite-Derived Arctic Climate Characteristics and Recent Trends, (Poster), 13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 20 - 24 September 2004, Norfolk, VA.
  28. Mark Serreze, Andrew Barrett, Fiona Lo, Jeff Key, and Xuanji Wang, Land Surface Model Driving Fields: Precipitation, Temperature, Radiation Flux, Freshwater Initiative (FWI) All-Hands Meeting, 4-7 May 2004, Woods Hole, MA.
  29. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, Recent Arctic Climate Trends Observed from Space and the Cloud-Radiation Feedback, (Talk) Seven Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variation, 12-16 May 2003, Sheraton Hyannis Resort, Sheraton, Massachusetts.
  30. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key 2 and Michael J. Pavolonis, 2003,  Recent Arctic Climate Trends Observed from Space, 1982-1999, 83rd AMS Annual Meeting/7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations, 9-13 February  2003, Long Beach, California.
  31. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, Arctic Climate Characteristics and Recent Trends Revealed by the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data Set, (Talk) SPIE’ Third International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Symposium, 23-27 October, Hangzhou, China.
  32. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2002, Arctic climate and its change revealed by surface and cloud properties and radiation fluxes based on the AVHRR polar pathfinder data set, (Talk) SPIE’s 47th Annual Meeting (The International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology), 7-11 July, 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA.
  33. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2002, Arctic Climate Characteristics and Recent Trends Based on the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data Set, (Talk) 2002 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium and 24th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 23-29 June, 2002, Toronto, Canada.
  34. Michael J. Pavolonis, Jeffrey R. Key and Xuanji Wang, 2002, Antarctic Cloud Radiative Forcing at the Surface Estimated from the ISCCP D2 and AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data Sets, 1985-1993, (Poster) 2002 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium and 24th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 23-29 June, 2002, Toronto, Canada.
  35. Xuanji Wang, Jeffrey R. Key and Michael J. Pavolonis,  2001, A 10-year Climatology of Cloud Properties and Radiation Fluxes Based on the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data Set. 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography ( AMS), 15-18 October, 2001, Madison, Wisconsin.
  36. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2001, Aggregate-area Radiative Flux Biases, <<4th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTE SENSING IN GLACIOLOGY>>, College Park, Maryland, U.S.A., pp. 17, Paper Number 50, 34A05, 4-8 JUNE 2001.
  37. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2001, Aggregate-Area Radiative Flux Bias Corrections Over Sea Ice, Sixth Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and the 11th Conference on the Interaction of the Sea and Atmosphere, San Diego, California, 14-18 May 2001.
  38. Xuanji Wang and Jeffrey R. Key, 2000, Spatial variability of the sea ice radiation budget and its effect on aggregate-area fluxes, <<International Symposium on Sea Ice and Its Interactions with the Ocean Atmosphere and Biosphere>>, University of Alaska Fairbanks, U.S.A., Paper Number 195, 19-23 June, 2000.
  39. Xuanji Wang, 1997, BOOK REVIEW: Radiation and Water in the Climate System: Remote Measurements, Edited by Ehrhard Raschke, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany 1996,614pp., ISBN 3-540-61470-2, in English, Acta Meteorological Sinica, Vol.11, No.2, 255-256, 1997.
  40. Tianxi Fan, Xuanji Wang, Lixin Yin et al.,1996,  Establishment of a 1-km Spatial Resolution Cloud Free Data Set of China Land Using NOAA AVHRR Data, in Chinese, <<Global Change and Future Trend of Ecological Environment Evolution in  China>>, edited by Congbin Fu and Zhongwei Yan, China Meteorological Press, 68-72, 1996.
  41. Xuanji Wang, 1995, Detection and monitoring of biomass burning using NOAA AVHRR data around the south part of China—Theory and Applications, in English, Final report to Contract EC/CHINA no : CI1-CT-93-0260, EC-JRC in Italy, 40pp, May 1995.
  42. Xuanji Wang, 1992, The applications of meteorological satellite data in the studying and monitoring of climate changes, in English, Presented in Second PRC-Canada  Workshop on Climate Changes, Chengdu, P.R.China, Nov. 23-25, 1992.
  43. Tianxi FAN and Xuanji Wang, 1992, Chinese 1-km AVHRR land data set processing project, in English, Presented in PRC/CEC Workshop on 'Contribution to Global  Change’, Beijing, P.R.China, Oct. 26-30, 1992.
  44. Xuanji Wang, 1991, Contents and requests of meteorological satellite quantitative data library, in Chinese, Technical Note of Satellite Meteorology, No.9, China Satellite Meteorological Center/China Meteorological Administration, 1991.
  45. Xuanji Wang, 1988, The theoretical calculation model for the radiation field of the earth- atmosphere system and its testing results, in Chinese, M.S. thesis, 67pp, Nanjing University,  July 1988.