A meteorologist by training, Simon's research involves weather extremes, climate prediction, and climate risks. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed papers in those fields. Simon emphasizes science communication and is an advocate for climate services.
Most Recent Publications
Lee, J., S.-Y. Wang, S.-W. Son, D. Kim, J.-H. Jeong, H. Kim, and J.-H. Yoon, 2024: Evolving winter atmospheric teleconnection patterns and their potential triggers across western North America. npj Clim Atmos Sci 7, 63 (PDF)
Hong, Y., S.-Y. Wang, S.-W. Son, et al., 2024: From Peak to Plummet: Impending Decline of the Warm Arctic-Cold Continents Phenomenon. npj Clim Atmos Sci 7, 66 (PDF)
Chang, H.-I, Y. Chikamoto, S.-Y. Wang, C. Castro, M. D. LaPlante, et al. 2024: Enhancing extreme precipitation predictions with dynamical downscaling: A convection-permitting modeling study in Texas and Oklahoma. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, in press (PDF)
LaPlante, M., L. Deng, L. Dalanhese, and S.-Y. Wang, 2024: Ocean Temperatures Do Not Account for a Record-Setting Winter in the U.S. West. Atmosphere, DOI:10.3390/atmos15030284 (PDF)
Chen, Y.-Y., S.-Y. Wang, H.-W. Yu, and W.-Y. Liu, 2024: When Forests Hold Their Breath: Will Increasing Drought Further Disrupt Carbon Sequestration? Environmental Research Letters, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ad27ba (PDF)
Yu, H.-W., S.-Y. Wang, and W.-Y. Liu, 2024: Estimating Wildfire Potential in Taiwan Under Different Climate Change Scenarios. Climatic Change, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-023-03669-z (PDF)
Wang, S.-Y., and W.-Y. Liu, 2023: Empowering Taiwan’s Climate Financial Risk Management: A Perspective. Business and Technology Innovation Journal, 3, 27-33. (PDF)
Mukherjee, A., P. Roy, D. Sanyal, T. N. Roy, and S.-Y. Wang, 2023: Does socio-economic dynamics influence crop yield variability? Current Science, 125(8), 25. (PDF)
Moon, S., N. Utsumi, J.-H. Jeong, J.-H. Yoon, S.-Y. Wang, H Shiogama, and H. Kim, 2023: Anthropogenic Warming Induced Intensification of Summer Monsoon Frontal Precipitation over East Asia. Science Advances (Science), DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adh4195 (PDF)
Huang, H.-S., S.-H. Wang, K.-M. Lau, S.-Y. Wang, A. M. de Salva, 2023: Impact of regional climate patterns on the biomass burning emissions and transport over Peninsular Southeast Asia, 2000-2019. Atmospheric Research, 297, 107067 (PDF)
Jagannathan, K., Buddhavarapu, S., Ullrich, P. A., Jones, A., ...S.-Y. Wang, and Coauthors, 2023: Typologies of actionable climate information and its use. Global Environmental Change, 82, 102732. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102732 (PDF).
Dalanhese, L., J. Stuivenvolt Allen, M. LaPlante, S.-Y. Wang, T. L. Costa, H. D. Ferreira da Silva, and A. L. Belem, 2023: A new climatology of South American extratropical cyclogenesis with an inter-comparison among ERA5, JRA55, and the Brazilian Navy. International Journal of Climatology, DOI:10.1002/joc.8251 (PDF)
Stuivenvolt Allen, J., S.-Y. Wang, Y. Chikamoto, J. D.D. Meyer, Z. F. Johnson, and L. Deng, 2023: Growing Pacific Linkage with Western North Atlantic Explosive Cyclogenesis. Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0784.1 (PDF)
Promchote, P., B. Pokharel, L. Deng, S.-Y. Wang, J.-H. Yoon, and P. Kittipadakul, 2023: Boosting Thailand's Palm Oil Yield with Advanced Seasonal Predictions. Environmental Research Letters, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ace06c (PDF)
Sharma, S., K. Hamal, B. Pokharel, B. Fosu, S.-Y. Wang, et al., 2023: Atypical forcing embedded in typical forcing leading to the extreme summer 2020 precipitation in Nepal. Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-023-06777-9 (PDF)
Lin, H.-I., J.-S. Hong, P.-C. Hsu, S.-Y. Wang, et al. 2023: Meeting note: 2021 Asia Pacific Climate Service Workshop. Climate Services, DOI:10.1016/j.cliser.2023.100392 (PDF)
Borhara, K., B. Fosu, and S.-Y. Wang, 2023: The Role of the Western North Pacific (WNP) as an El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Precursor in a Warmer Future Climate. Climate Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s00382-023-06773-z (PDF)
Chikamoto, Y., W. Zhang, L. Hipps, S.-Y. Wang, et al., 2023: Interannual Variability and Trends of Summertime PM2.5-based Air Quality in the Intermountain West. Environmental Research Letters, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/acc6e0 (PDF)
Xu, C., S.-Y. Wang, K. Borhara, B. Buckley, et al., 2023: Global warming strengthens the linkage of Asian-Australian summer monsoons with ENSO. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, DOI: s41612-023-00341-2 (PDF)
Hong, J., S.-Y. Wang, S.-W. Son, J.-H. Jeong, S.-W. Kim, B. Kim, H. Kim, and J.-H. Yoon, 2023: Arctic-associated increased fluctuations of midlatitude winter temperature in the 1.5° and 2.0° warmer world. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, DOI:10.1038/s41612-023-00345-y (PDF)
Pokharel, B., S. Sharma, J. Stuivenvolt-Allen, S.-Y. Wang, M. LaPlante, et al., 2023: Amplified drought trends in Nepal increase the potential for Himalayan wildfires. Climatic Change, DOI:10.1007/s10584-023-03495-3 (PDF)
Liu, W.-Y., D.-R. Lee, S.-Y. Wang, et al., 2023: Assessing the ecological loss of mining areas in Taiwan. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 195, 288. DOI:10.1007/s10661-022-10780-8
Stuivenvolt Allen, J., and S.-Y. Wang, 2022: North American fire weather catalyzed by the extratropical transition of tropical cyclones. Climate Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s00382-022-06561-1 (PDF).
Lee, C.-T., S.-Y. Wang, and T.-T. Lo, 2022: A revised Meiyu-season onset index for Taiwan based on ERA5. Atmosphere, DOI:10.3390/atmos13111762 (PDF)
Promchote, P., S.-Y. Wang, J.-H. Yoon, P. G. Johnson, E. Creech, Y. Shen, and M.-H. Yao, 2022: On the Changing Cool Season Affecting Rice Growth and Yield in Taiwan. Agronomy, DOI:10.3390/agronomy12112625 (PDF)
Son, R., P.-L. Ma, H. Wang, P. J. Rasch, S.-Y. Wang, H. Kim, J.-H. Jeong, K.-S. Lim, J.-H. Yoon, 2022: Machine Learning provides substantial improvements to county-level fire weather forecasting over the western United States. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, DOI:10.1029/2022MS002995 (PDF)
Mukherjee, S., S.-Y. Wang, D. Hirschfeld, J. Lisonbee, and R. Gillies, 2022: Feasibility of Adding Twitter Data to Aid Drought Depiction: Case Study in Colorado. Water, DOI:10.3390/w14182773 (PDF)
Huang, S.-H., P.-Y. Lai, S.-Y. Hwang, K. Borhara, W.-R. Huang, and S.-Y. Wang, 2022: Climate Variability Shifting Immigrated Rice Planthoppers in Taiwan. Climate, DOI: 10.3390/cli10050071 (PDF)
Sun, X., Q. Ding, S.-Y. Wang, D. Topál, Q. Li, C. Castro, H. Teng, R. Luo, Y. Ding, 2022: Enhanced jet stream waviness induced by suppressed tropical Pacific convection during boreal summer. Nature Communications, 13, #1288 (PDF)
Wu, C.-H., P.-C. Tsay, W.-R. Huang, and S.-Y. Wang, 2022: Winter-summer contrast of the 1990s decadal change in relation to Afro-Asian monsoons. Climate Dynamics, DOI:10.1007/s00382-022-06191-7 (PDF)