Prof. Shanshan Wang

College of Atmospheric Sciences

Lanzhou University, China

Professor
Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

2019 – Present Professor & Doctoral Supervisor, College of Atmospheric Sciences, Lanzhou University, China

2015 – 2019 Assistant/Associate Researcher, Lanzhou Institute of Arid Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, China

2015 – 2016 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2015 Ph.D., Meteorology, Lanzhou University, China

2010 B.Sc., Atmospheric Science, Lanzhou University, China

Research Interests

Attribution of climate change, Air-sea interaction, Extreme weather and climate events in arid and semi-arid regions

Selected Publications

1. Zhang Jinxia, Wang Shanshan*, Huang Jianping*, Shu Xinya, Wang Hao, He Yongli, Ji Fei, Chen Shanjun. Rossby Wave Breaking Driving Desert Extreme Precipitation in the UAE during April 2024. 2026. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD045776
2. Wang Shanshan, Shu Xinya, Huang Jianping*, Sun Jinfei, Shi Fuxing. Pacific Decadal Oscillation Modulates an Interdecadal Trans-Pacific Dry-Wet Seesaw in East Asian and North American Semi-Arid Regions. Geophysical Research Letters, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL120943
3. Hu Yuanyuan, Wang Shanshan*, Guan Xiaodan, Huang Jianping. Distinct Effects of Soil Moisture on Surface Water Availability in Nearshore and Inland Drylands. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(20): e2025GL117631, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL117631
4. Wang Shanshan, Huang Jianping*, Pang Yiwei, Li Xiaoping, Hu Yuanyuan, He Yongli. Intensifying climatic effects of the Indian Ocean Dipole exaggerates Australia bushfires risk. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130: e2025JD043936, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD043936
5. Hu Yuanyuan, Wang Shanshan*, Wang Hao, Zhang Jinxia. Enhanced response of surface water availability to soil moisture in humid regions under global warming. Climate Dynamics, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-025-07847-w
6. Chen Shanjun, Wang Shanshan*, Zuo Jingqing, He Yongli, Zhang Yanting. Divergent risks of dry and wet heat waves across China: Historical trends and future projections. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130: e2025JD043935, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD043935
7. Chen Chengqing, Wang Shanshan*, Wang Zhiyang, Li Xiaoping. Differential impacts of sub-daily precipitation on temperature extremes across China's climatic zones. Geophysical Research Letters, 52: e2024GL114088, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL114088
8. Luo Fu, Wang Shanshan*, Wang Hao, Shu Xinya, Huang Jianping. Differing Contributions of Anthropogenic Aerosols and Greenhouse Gases on Precipitation Intensity Percentiles Over the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yangtze River. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(12): e2023JD040202, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD040202
9. Shu Xinya, Wang Shanshan*, Wang Hao, Hu Yuanyuan, Pang Yiwei, Huang Jianping. South-North dipole in summer precipitation over Northeast China. Climate Dynamics, 62: 6913–6930, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-024-07256-5
10. Wang Hao, Wang Shanshan*, Shu Xinya, He Yongli, Huang Jianping. Increasing occurrence of sudden turns from drought to flood over China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129(3): e2023JD039974, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD039974
11. Zhang Jinxia, Wang Shanshan*, Huang Jianping, He Yongli, Ren Yu. The precipitation-recycling process enhanced extreme precipitation in Xinjiang, China. Geophysical Research Letters, 50: e2023GL104324, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104324
12. Wang Shanshan, Huang Jianping*, Huang Gang, Luo Fu, Ren Yulong, He Yongli. Enhanced impacts of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature on the dry/wet variations over Northwest China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(11): e2022JD036533, 2022.
13. Wang Yanxin, Wang Shanshan*, Luo Fu, Wang Hao. Strengthened Impacts of Indian Ocean Dipole on the Yangtze Precipitation Contribute to the Extreme Rainfall of 2020 Meiyu Season. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(24): e2022JD037028, 2022.
14. Luo Fu, Wang Shanshan*, He Yongli, Wang Hao. Anthropogenic Warming Has Increased the 2020 Extreme Hot and Dry Conditions over Southwest China. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0208.1, 2022.
15. Wang Shanshan, Huang Jianping*, Yuan Xing. Attribution of 2019 Extreme Spring-Early Summer Hot Drought over Yunnan in Southwestern China. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(1): S91–S96, 2021.

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