黄瑞新教授
Rui Xin Huang
Senior Scientist
W. Van Alan Clark, Jr., Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, 2002-;
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Phone: (o) 508-289-2532;
FAX: 508-457-2181;
e-mail address: rhuang@whoi.edu
Date of Birth: Sep. 15, 1942
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Education
The University of Science and Technology of China, 1960-65; B.S. in
Thermo-physical Fluid Dynamics of Jet Propulsion, 1965.
Graduate School, University of Science and Technology of China, Meteorology, 1978-80.
The Johns Hopkins University, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Sep. 1980-Feb. 1981.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1981-1984; Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography 1984.
Experience
Research Associate, Institution of Mechanics, Beijing, China,
1965--1978. Self-study of English and mathematics during the
Cultural Revolution in China; aerodynamics of wings; transonic flow in
Turbo-machine; design of transonic turbo-machine; design and build the first transonic cascade tunnel in China; translation of a large five-language dictionary in physics.
Postdoctoral, M.I.T., 1984.
Visiting Scientist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (NOAA), Princeton University, 1984--1986, March--June 1992.
Assistant Scientist, 1986--1990; Associate Scientist, 1990-1998; tenure awarded, 1993, Senior Scientist, 1998-, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution;
Visiting Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, Jan.-June, 1994.
Visiting Scientist, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies,
University of Miami, Feb., 1999.
Visiting Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, March-May., 1999.
Corresponding Member, U.S. WOCE Working Group on Numerical Modeling, 1989-1992.
Joint Committee of Physical Oceanography, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 1990-93.
Member, Working Group on Oceanic Thermohaline Circulation and Variability,
Climate System Modeling Project, USA, 1993-96.
Member, Climate Change Committee, WHOI, 1995-1999.
Member, Advisory Committee, Ocean and Climate Change Institute, 2001-2005.
Guest Professor, Ocean University of Qingdao, China, 1996--.
Chairman, Academic Committee for the national Key Laboratory of Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of China, 1999-2005.
Member, Advisory Academic Committee of the National Key Laborotory of numerical Modeling for Atmospheric Sciences and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (LASG), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2001- 2005.
Guest professor, South China Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2002-.
Teaching
Steady Circulation in the Oceans and Atmosphere, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, 1988-1991.
Recent Advances in Large-Scale Ocean Circulation Theory, Second Institute of Oceanography, Hangzhou, China, October 7-17, 1992.
Theories of the Oceanic General Circulation, University of Hawaii, Spring, 1994.
Advances in Theories of Wind-Driven and Thermohaline Circulation, International
Summer School on Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, July 25-August 4, 1994, Qingdao, China.
Theories of the Oceanic General Circulation, MIT/WHOI Joint Program,
Spring 1995, Fall, 1998, Fall, 2001, Spring, 2004.
Supervision
Served as a mentor for Dr. Krupitsky (Institution Postdoctoral Fellow), Dr. Mahdi Ben Jelloul (Institutional Postdoctorial Fellow), Dr. Jiayan Yang (when he was an Assistant Scientist).
Mr. James McLaren, 1987-89; Mr. Li Ping Wang, 1989-93 (Ph.D.);
On thesis committee of other six students, chairman of thesis defense committee for Mr. Hui Ming Zhang and Ms. Sarah Gille.
Michael Masterson, Summer Student Fellow, 1987; Marcel Lieberman, Summer Student
Fellow, 1989; Sarah Russell, Summer Student Fellow, 1993.
Sea Cruises
RV OCEANUS, Seasor test cruise, July, 1989.
Oceanus, Immerges Sea Cruise, August, 2003.
Honor
Nominee of President Young Investigator Award, 1989.
Research Interest:
Theoretical and numerical studies of the wind-driven and thermohaline circulation in the oceans, dynamics of western boundary currents, flow over topography, climate and paleoclimate dynamics.
Author or co-author of 70 refereed scientific publications.
Refereed Publications
Huang, R. X. and J. P. Chao, 1980. A linear theory of spiral cloud bands of typhoon. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 4, No. 2. (in Chinese with English Abstract).
Chao, J. P. and R. X. Huang, 1980. The cnoidal waves of a rotating barotropic atmosphere. Scientia Sinica, XXIII , No. 10, 1266--1277.
Huang, R. X., 1986. Solutions of the ideal fluid thermocline with continuous stratification. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 16, 39--59.
Bogue, N. M., R. X. Huang, and K. Bryan, 1986. Verification experiments with an isopycnal coordinate ocean model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 16, 985--990.
Huang, R. X., 1986. Numerical simulation of wind-driven circulation in a subtropical-subpolar basin. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 16, 1636--1650.
Huang, R. X., 1987. A three-layer model for wind-driven circulation in a subtropical-subpolar basin. Part I: Model formulation and the Sub-critical state. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 664--678.
Huang, R. X., 1987. A three-layer model for wind-driven circulation in a subtropical-subpolar basin. Part II: The supercritical and hypercritical states. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 679--697.
Huang, R. X. and G. R. Flierl, 1987. Two-layer models for the thermocline and current structure in subtropical/subpolar gyres. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 872--884.
Huang, R. X. and K. Bryan, 1987. A multi-layer model of the thermohaline and wind-driven ocean circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 17, 1909--1924.
Huang, R. X., 1988. On boundary value problems of the ideal-fluid thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 619--641.
Huang, R. X., 1988. Ideal-fluid thermocline with weakly convective adjustment in a subpolar basin. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 642--651.
Huang, R. X., 1988. A three-layer model for wind-driven circulation in a subtropical-subpolar basin. Part III. Potential vorticity analysis. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 18, 739--752.
Huang, R. X., 1989. The generalized eastern boundary conditions and the three-dimensional structure of the ideal fluid thermocline. J. Geophs. Res., 94(C4), 4855--4865.
Huang, R. X., 1989. Simulating the main thermocline in the North Atlantic with an ideal-fluid model. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 543--547.
Huang, R. X., 1989. Sensitivity of a multi-layered oceanic general circulation model to the sea surface thermal boundary condition. J. Geophs. Res., 94(C12), 18,011--18,021.
Huang, R. X., 1990. Does atmospheric cooling drive the Gulf Stream recirculation? J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 750--757.
Huang, R. X., 1990. On the three-dimensional structure of the wind-driven circulation in the North Atlantic. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 15, 117--159.
Huang, R. X., 1990. On the structure of inertial western boundary currents with two moving layers. Tellus, 42A, 594--604.
Huang, R. X. and H. M. Stommel, 1990. Cross-sections of two-layer inertial Gulf Stream. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 907--911.
Huang, R. X., 1990. Matching a ventilated thermocline model with inertial western boundary currents. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 20, 1599--1607.
Huang, R. X., 1991. A note on combining wind and buoyancy forcing in a simple one-layer ocean model. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 15, 535--540.
Huang, R. X., 1991. The three-dimensional structure of wind-driven gyres: ventilation and subduction. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1987--1990, Supplement to Reviews of Geophysics, 590--609.
Huang, R. X., J. Luyten, and H. M. Stommel, 1992. Multiple equilibrium states in combined thermal and saline circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 22, 231--246.
Huang, R. X. and H. M. Stommel, 1992. Convective flow patterns in a eight-box cube driven by combined wind stress, thermal, and saline forcing. J. Geophs. Res., 97(C2), 2347--2364.
Lin, R. Q., R. X. Huang, and J. R. Apel, 1992. A study of the astronomical theory of ice ages in a two-dimensional nonlinear climate model. J. Geophs. Res., 97(D9), 10,029--10,036.
Huang, R. X., 1993. A two-layer model for the wind and buoyancy forced circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 104--115.
Huang, R. X. and R. W. Schmitt, 1993. The Goldsbrough—Stommel circulation of the world oceans. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 1277--1284.
Huang, R. X., 1993. Real freshwater flux as a natural boundary condition for the salinity balance and thermohaline circulation forced by evaporation and precipitation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 23, 2428--2446.
Huang, R. X. and H. Stommel, 1993. The globe on a heart-shaped map. In "New equal area world map projections to better display polar regions," by Athelstan Spilhaus, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 137, (2), 181-184.
Huang, R. X. and R. L. Chou, 1994. Parameter sensitivity study of the saline circulation. Climate Dynamics, 9, 391-409.
Huang, R. X., 1994. Thermohaline circulation: Energetics and variability in a single-hemisphere basin model. J. Geophs. Res., 99, (C6), 12,471-12,485.
Huang, R. X. and B. Qiu, 1994. Three-dimensional structure of the wind-driven circulation in the subtropical North Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 1608-1622.
Wang, L. P. and R. X. Huang, 1994. A simple model of abyssal circulation in a circumpolar ocean. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 1040-1058.
Huang, R. X. and S. Russell, 1994. Ventilation of the subtropical North Pacific. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 2589-2605.
Wang, L. P. and R. X. Huang, 1995. A linear homogeneous model of wind-driven circulation in a -plane channel. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 587-603.
Dewar, W. K. and R. X. Huang, 1995. Fluid flow in loops driven by freshwater and heat fluxes. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 297, 153-191.
Pickart, R. and R. X. Huang, 1995. Structure of an inertial deep western boundary current. Journal of Marine Research, 53, 739-770.
Qiu, B. and R. X. Huang, 1995. Ventilation of the North Atlantic and North Pacific: Subduction vs. Obduction. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2374-2390.
Huang, R. X. and J. R. Luyten, 1996. Reply. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 286.
Dewar, W. K. and R. X. Huang, 1996. On the forced flow of salty water in a loop. Physics of Fluids, 8, 954-970.
Yang, J. and R. X. Huang, 1996. Decadal oscillations driven by the annual cycle in a zonally-averaged coupled ocean-ice model. Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 269-272.
Huang, R. X. and W. K. Dewar, 1996. Haline circulation in a loop model: bifurcation and chaos. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2093-2106.
Huang, R. X. and J. Yang, 1996. Deep-water upwelling in the frictional western boundary layer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 26, 2243-2250.
Huang, R. X., 1998. Available potential energy in a Boussinesq ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 669-678.
Huang, R. X., 1998. On the energy balance of the oceanic general circulation. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Science, 22, 452-467.
Huang, R. X. and Bo Qiu, 1998. The structure of the wind-driven circulation in the Subtropical South Pacific Ocean, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 1173-1186.
Wang, L. and R. X. Huang, 1998. A homogeneous model of the Decon cell in a circumpolar ocean. Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 28, 157-177.
Zhang, J., R. Schmitt, and R. X. Huang, 1998. Sensitivity of the GFDL Modular
Ocean Model to parameterization of double-diffusive processes, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 589-605.
Kelly, K. A., S. Singh, and R. X. Huang, 1999. Seasonal variations of sea surface height in the Gulf Stream region. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 313-327.
Huang, R. X., 1999. Mixing and energetics of the thermohaline circulation. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 28, 727-746.
Zhang, J., R. Schmitt, and R. X. Huang, 1999. The relative influence of diapycnal mixing and hydrologic forcing on the stability of thermohaline circulation, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 1096-1108.
Jin, X.-Z., R. X. Huang, and J.-Y. Yang, 1999. Centennial oscillations in an ocean-ice coupled model. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 16(3), 323-342.
Huang, R. X. and J. Pedlosky, 1999. Climate variability inferred from a layered model of the ventilated thermocline, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 29, 779-790.
Huang, R. X., 2000. Climate variability inferred from a continuously stratified model of the ideal-fluid thermocline, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 389-1406.
Huang, R. X., 2000. Parameter study of a continuously stratified model of the ideal-fluid thermocline, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 1372-1388.
Huang, R. X. and J. Pedlosky, 2000. Climate variability of the equatorial thermocline inferred from a two-moving-layer model of the ventilated thermocline, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 2611-2626.
Huang, R. X., and J. Pedlosky, 2000b: Climate variability induced by anomalous forcing in a multi-layer model of the ventilated thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 30, 3009-3021.
Huang, R. X., M. A. Cane, N. Maik, and P. Goodman, 2000. Global adjustment of the thermocline in response to deepwater formation. Geophysical Research Letter, 27, 759-762.
Huang, R. X., X.-Z. Jin, and X.-H. Zhang, 2001. An ocean general circulation model in pressure coordinates. Advances in Atmospheric Science, 18, 1-22.
Huang, Rui Xin, 2001. An analytical solution of the ideal-fluid thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31(8), Part 2, 2441-2457.
Dewar, W. K, and R. X. Huang, 2001. Adjustment of the ventilated thermocline. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 1676-1697.
Huang, R. X., and Q. Wang, 2001: Interior communication from the subtropical to the tropical oceans. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 3538-3550.
Huang, R. X., 2001. The available potential energy in a compressible ocean. In P.F. Hodnett (Ed.) IUTAM Symposium on Advances in Mathematical Modeling of Atmosphere and Ocean dynamics, Pp167-172.
Huang, R. X. and J. Pedlosky, 2002. On aliasing Rossby waves induced by asynchronous time stepping. Ocean Modelling, 5, 65-76.
Huang, R. X. and X.-Z. Jin, 2002. Deep circulation in the South Atlantic induced by bottom-intensified mixing over the mid-ocean ridge. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 1150-1164.
Huang, R. X., and X.-Z. Jin, 2002. Sea surface elevation and bottom pressure anomalies due to thermohaline forcing: Part I: isolated perturbations. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 32, 2131-2150.
Zhang, X.-H., W. Li, X.-Z. Jin, and R. X. Huang, 2002. The development of an oceanic general circulation model based on the pressure coordinates and its application. Advances in Natural Science, 12, 1015-1020. (in Chinese).
Huang, R. X. and F. F. Jin, 2003. The asymmetric nature of the equatorial undercurrent in the Pacific and Atlantic. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 33, 1083-1094.
Wang, W. and R. X. Huang, 2004. Wind energy input to the Ekman Layer. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1267-1275.
Wang, W. and R. X. Huang, 2004. Wind energy input to the surface waves. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 34, 1276-1280.
Huang, R. X., 2004. Ocean, energy flow in. C. J. Cleveland (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy, Elsevier, Vol. 4, pp 497-509.
Huang, R. X., 2005: Available Potential Energy in the World Oceans, J. Mar. Res., in press.
Wang, Q. and Rui Xin Huang, 2005: Decadal Variability of Pycnocline Flows from the Subtropical to the Equatorial Pacific, J. Phys.Ocanogr., in press.
Wang W. and R. X. Huang, 2005: An experimental study on thermal circulation driven by horizontal differential heating, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in press.
Huang R. X. and X.-Z. Jin, Gravitational potential energy balance for the thermal circulation in a model ocean, manuscript submitted to J. Phys.Ocanogr.
Huang, R. X., W. Wang, L. L. Liu, decadal variability of wind energy input to the world ocean, manuscript, submitted to Deep Sea Research II.
Non-Refereed Publications
Huang, R. X., 1976. Some problems in the supersonic stream—surface theory. Information of Mechanics, No. 2 (in Chinese).
Huang, R. X., 1977. On the stream--surface theory. Information of Mechanics, No. 1 (in Chinese).
Huang, R. X. and J. A. Wang, 1977. The Earth's mantle convection, a problem in geophysical fluid dynamics. Information of Mechanics, No. 3 (in Chinese).
Huang, R. X., 1980. On the one--dimensional approximation of viscous fluid flow. Progress in Mechanics, No. 3 (in Chinese).
Huang, R. X., 1992. Deep western boundary currents. Oceanus, 35, (2), 26-27.
Huang, R. X., 1992. Freshwater driving forces---A new look at an old theory. Oceanus, 35, (2), 36-37.
Huang, R. X., 1992. A trip to the MBL Library with Hank. Oceanus, 35, (Special Issue: A Tribute to Henry Stommel), p. 126.
Hogg, N. G. and R. X. Huang (editors), 1996. Collected Works of Henry M. Stommel (3 volumes, 1943 pp), American Meteorological Society.
Huang, R. X. and J. Yang, 1996. Oceanic Aspects of the Climate Modeling, Oceanus, 39, (2), 36-38.
Huang, R. X., 1998. The future of physical oceanography, a personal view. A speech at the NSF-sponsored Physical Oceanography Workshop.
Huang, R. X. and W. Wang, 2003. Gravitational potential energy sinks in the oceans. Near-boundary processes and their parameterization, Proceedings, Hawaii winter workshop, pp239-247.
W. Wang and R. X. Huang, 2004: Wind energy input to the surface waves and Ekman layer, Bull. Amer. Meteo. Soc., 85, 818-819.
Technical Report
Huang, R. X., 1983. A two--layer model of the subpolar gyre and subtropical gyre. In: Summer Study Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Technical Report WHOI--83--41, 106.
Contributor to Chapter 5: Climate Models-Evaluation in "Climate Change 1995", The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, World Meteorological Organization / United Nations Environment Program, 1996.
Book Reviews
Huang, R. X., 1987. Advanced Physical Oceanographic Numerical Modelling, James J. O'Brien, editor, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, 1986, 608 pp. Bulletin American Meteorological Society, 68, (8), 1032--1033.
Huang, R. X., 1988. Numerical Modelling: Application to Marine Systems, J. Noye, editor, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, 1987, 295 pp. Bulletin American Meteorological Society, 69, (7), 775.
Huang, R. X., 1997. Review of Introduction to Physical Oceanography by George Mellor. American Journal of Physics.
Thesis
Huang, R. X., 1984. The thermocline and current structure in subtropical/ subpolar basins. Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 218 p.
Lecture Notes
Huang, R. X., 1988. Steady Circulation of the Oceans and Atmosphere. Lecture notes for M.I.T./W.H.O.I. Joint Program Course, 215 pp.
Huang, R. X., 1992. Recent Advances in Large-Scale Ocean Circulation Theory. Notes for lectures presented at the Second Institute of Oceanography, Hangzhou, China, October 7--17, 1992, 237 pp., published in China.
Huang, R. X., 1995. Advances in Theories of Wind-Driven and Thermohaline Circulation, Tech. Rept, JIMAR-95-1, Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research, Honolulu, Hawaii, 211 pp.
Huang, R. X., 2004. Theories of the general circulation in the oceans. Lecture Notes for M.I.T./W.H.O.I. Joint Program Course, 600 pp.
Reference Book
Wang, T. Y. (Chief Editor), R. X. Huang, et al., 1980. English--German--French--Russian--Chinese Dictionary in Physics, Atomic Energy Press, Beijing, China, 2012 pp.
