Menghua Wang
Oceanographer
Satellite Oceanography & Climatology Division
Marine Ecosystems Branch
Menghua Wang received the B.S. degree from
Zhejiang University in China in 1982, the M.S. degree with distinction
in 1987 from California State University, Northridge, and the Ph.D.
degree, all in Physics, from University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida,
in 1991. Dr. Wang was a science team member of the NASA Sensor
Intercomparison and Merger for Biological and Interdisciplinary Oceanic
Studies (SIMBIOS) project (2000-2003) and is currently a science team
member (PI) of the NASA NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) and the NASA
EOS MODIS. Upon joining NOAA/NESDIS/STAR at Camp Springs, Maryland in
January of 2005, he has become a member of the Coastal Ocean Application
and Science Team (COAST). In his research career, he has authored and
co-authored about 75 peer-reviewed and other publications. For his
contributions in the ocean color remote sensing in the coastal regions,
he was selected as the NOAA Employee of the Month, effective July 2007.
Dr. Wang’s research interests include radiative transfer modeling, ocean
color remote sensing, remote retrievals and in situ measurements of
ocean and aerosol optical and microphysical properties, development of
calibration and validation techniques, and development of techniques for
using remote sensing data for various applications, as well as possible
data merging methods, for satellite remote sensors.
Most Recent Refereed Publications
Wang, M., J. Tang, and W. Shi (2007), "MODIS-derived ocean color
products along the China east coastal region," Geophys. Res. Lett., 34,
L06611, doi:10.1029/2006GL028599.
Shi, W. and M. Wang (2007), "Observations of a Hurricane Katrina-induced
phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Mexico," Geophys. Res. Lett., 34,
L11607, doi:10.1029/2007GL029724.
Wang, M. (2007), "Remote sensing of the ocean contributions from
ultraviolet to near-infrared using the shortwave infrared bands:
simulations," Appl. Opt., 46, 1535-1547.
Shi, W. and M. Wang (2007), "Detection of turbid waters and absorbing
aerosols for the MODIS ocean color data processing," Remote Sens. Environ.
(In press).
vWang, M. (2006), "Aerosol polarization effects on atmospheric correction
and aerosol retrievals in ocean color remote sensing," Appl. Opt., 45,
8951-8963.
Wang, M. (2006), "Effects of ocean surface reflectance variation with
solar elevation on normalized water-leaving radiance," Appl. Opt., 45,
4122-4128.
Wang, M. and W. Shi (2006), "Cloud masking for ocean color data processing
in the coastal regions," IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, 44, 3196-
3205.
Wang, M. and W. Shi (2005), "Estimation of ocean contribution at the MODIS
near-infrared wavelengths along the east coast of the U.S.: Two case
studies," Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L13606, doi:10.1029/2005GL022917.
Wang, M. (2005), "A refinement for the Rayleigh radiance computation with
variation of the atmospheric pressure," Int. J. Remote Sens., 26, 5651-
5663.
Wang, M., K. D. Knobelspiesse, and C. R. McClain (2005), "Study of the
Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor (SeaWiFS) aerosol optical property
data over ocean in combination with the ocean color products," J. Geophys.
Res., 110, D10S06, doi:10.1029/2004JD004950.
Myhre, G., F. Stordal, M. Johnsrud, D.J. Diner, I.V. Geogdzhayev, J.M.
Haywood, B. Holben, T. Holzer-Popp, A. Ignatov, R. Kahn, Y.J. Kaufman, N.
Loeb, J. Martonchik, M.I. Mishchenko, N.R. Nalli, L.A. Remer, M.
Schroedter-Homscheidt, D. Tanré, O. Torres, and M. Wang (2005),
"Intercomparison of satellite retrieved aerosol optical depth over ocean
during the period September 1997 to December 2000," Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5,
1697-1719.
E-mail: menghua.wang@noaa.gov
