Dr. Aihua Wang (A. H. Wang)

Research Scientist

Center for Space Plasma, Aeronomy, and Astrophysics Research
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), TH S126
Huntsville, AL 35899, U.S.A.

Phone (256) 824-6052
Fax (256) 824-6575

Email wanga@cspar.uah.edu

My Family

Professional Activities:

Member of Huntsville Space Reaserch Group
Referee of Journal of Geophysical Research

Education:

B.Sc. Univ. of Science & Technology of China, Physics, 1982
M.Sc. Univ. of Science & Technology of China, Physics, 1984
M.Sc. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Space Plasma, 1987
Ph.D. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Physics, 1992
M.Sc. Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Computer Science, 2000

Selected Publications:

Wang, A. H. and Wang, S., Numerical simulation in propagation of coronal disturbance, Scientia Sinica (Ser. A), 7, 633, 1985.

Wu, S. T., Wang, S.,Wang, A. H. and Dryer, M., Application of similitude principle to the numerical simulation of solar atmospheric dynamics, Adv. Space Res., Vol. 8, No. 11, 221, 1988.

Wu, S. T. and Wang, A. H., Numerical simulation of extended corona, Adv. Space Res., Vol. 11, No 1, 187, 1991.

Wang, A. H., Wu, S. T., Suess, S. T. and Poletto, G., A two-dimensional MHD global coronal model: steady-state streamers, Solar Phys., 147, 55, 1993.

Suess, S.T., Wu, S. T., Wang, A. H. and Poletto, G., Magnetohydrodynamic simulation of a streamer beside a realistic coronal hole, Space Sci. Rev., 70, 295, 1994.

Wang, A. H., Wu, S. T., Suess, S. T. and Poletto, G., Numerical modeling of coronal mass ejections based on various pre-event model atmospheres, Solar Phys., 161, 365, 1995.

Suess, S. T., Wang, A. H. and Wu, S. T.,Volumetric heating in coronal streamers, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 19957, 1996.

Wang, A. H., Wu, S. T., Dryer, M., Hathaway, D., Obridko, V., Fomichev, V., Kharshiladze, A. F., Zhitnik, L. and Slemzin, V., Analyses and modeling of coronal holes observed by Coronas-I: II. MHD simulation, Proceeding of the Third SOLTIP symposium, 1996.

Wu, S. T., Wang, A. H. and Guo, W. P., Numerical boundary conditions for solar magnetohydrodynamic flows using the method of characteristics, Astrophys. And Space Sci., 243, 149, 1996.

Wang, A. H., Wu, S. T. and Suess, S. T., Global two-fluids coronal model, AGU, Fall, 1997.

Poletto, G., Romoli, M., Suess, S. T., Wang, A. H. and Wu, S. T., Inferences on coronal magnetic fields from SoHO UVCS observations, Solar Phys., 174, 53, 1997.

Wang, A. H., Wu, S. T., Suess, S. T. and Poletto, G., Global model of the corona with heat and momentum addition, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 1913, 1998.

Suess, S. T., Poletto, G., Wang, A. H. , Wu, S. T. and Cuseri, I., The geometric spreading of coronal plumes and coronal holes, Solar Phys., 180, 231, 1998.

Suess, S. T., Wang, A. H., Wu, S. T. and Nerney, S. F., Streamer Evaporation, Space Science Rev. 87, 323, 1998.

Suess, S. T., Wang, A. H., Wu, S. T., Poletto, G. and McComas, D. J., A two-fluid, MHD coronal model, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 4697, 1999.

Andrews, M. D., Wang, A. H. and Wu, S. T., Observations and modeling of an explosive coronal mass ejection as observed by LASCO, Solar Phys., 187, 427, 1999.

Wu, S. T., Wang, A. H., Plunkett, S. P. and Michels, D. J., Evolution of Global Scale Coronal Magnetic Field Due to Magnetic Reconnection: The Formation of the Observed Blob Motion in the Coronal Streamer Belt, Astrophys. J., 545, 1101, 2000.

Wang, A. H., Wu, S. T., Tan, A., Numerical MHD Simulations of Flux-Rope Formed Ejecta Interaction with Bi-Modal Solar Wind, Proceedings of the Tenth International Solar Wind Conference, Edited by Marco Velli, Roberto Bruno and Francesco Malara, 457, 2002.

Vourlidas, A., Wu, S. T., Wang, A. H., Subramanian, P. and Howard,R. A., Direct Detection of a Coronal Mass Ejection-Associated Shock in Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment White-Light Images , Astrophys. J., 598, 1392, 2003.