Bo Wang
Assistant professor
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
- Ph.D. in Geography, Ö±²¥×ÔοÊÓƵiana State University
- M.Sc. in Watershed Hydrology, Ö±²¥×ÔοÊÓƵiana State University
- M.Sc. in Geologic Remote Sensing, China University of Geosciences
- B.Sc. in Remote Sensing and GIS, China University of Geosciences
Research Interests
- Fluvial Geomorphology
- Human-River Interactions
- Remote Sensing
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
Publications and Media Placements
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- Smith, L.C., Fayne, J.V., Wang, B., et al., Peace-Athabasca Delta water surface elevations andslopes mapped from AirSWOT Ka-band InSAR. Remote Sensing Letters, 2023. .
- Wang, B., Smith, L.C., et al., Athabasca River avulsion underway in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada. Water Resources Research, 2023.
- Tang, M., Cheng, H., Xu, Y., Hu, H., Zheng, S., Wang, B., Yang, Z., Teng, L., Xu, W., Zhang, E., Li, J., Channel Bed Adjustment of the Lowermost Yangtze River Estuary from 1983 to 2018: Causes and Implications. Water, 2022.
- Wang, B., Smith, L.C., Yang, X., Pavelsky, T., Altenau, E., Gleason, C., Pietroniro, A., Rodriguez, E., Bates, P. Remote sensing of broad-scale controls on large river anabranching., Remote Sensing of Environment. 2022.
- Tang, M., Xu, Y.J., Wang, B., Xu, W., Cheng, H., Tsai, F.T.-C. Artificial bifurcation effect on downstream channel dynamics of a large lowland river, the Atchafalaya. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2022.
- Wu, S., Xu, Y.J., Cheng, H., Wang, B. Difference in riverbed micromorphology of two world large lowland rivers: Implication of natural and human effects. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2022.
- Xu, Y.J., Wang, B., Xu, W., Tang, M., Tsai, F.T.C., Smith, L.C. Four decades of bed elevation changes in the heavily regulated upper Atchafalaya River, Ö±²¥×ÔοÊÓƵiana, USA. Geomorphology, 2021.
- Wu, S., Xu, Y.J., Wang, B., Cheng, H., 2021. Riverbed dune morphology of the Lowermost Mississippi River – Implications of leeside slope, flow resistance, and bedload transport in a large alluvial river. Geomorphology, 2021.
- Tang, M., Xu, Y.J., Xu, W., Wang, B., Cheng, H.Q. Three-decadal erosion and deposition of channel bed in the Lower Atchafalaya River, the largest distributary of the Mississippi River. Geomorphology, 2021.
- Long, J.L., Li, H., Wang, Z.Y., Wang, B., Xu, Y.J. Three decadal morphodynamic evolution of a large channel bar in the middle Yangtze River: Influence of natural and anthropogenic interferences. Catena, 2020.
- Wang, B., Xu, Y.J., Xu, W., Cheng, H.Q., Chen, Z.Y., Zhang, W.G. Riverbed Changes of the Uppermost Atchafalaya River, USA—A Case Study of Channel Dynamics in Large Man-Controlled Alluvial River Confluences. Water, 2020.
- Wang, B., Xu, Y.J. Estimating bed material load upstream and downstream of a controlled bifurcation node - the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River diversion. Hydrological Processes, 2020.
- Wang, B., Xu, Y.J. Decadal and episodic changes in morphology and migration of the confluence bar of two alluvial rivers in Ö±²¥×ÔοÊÓƵiana, USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2020.
- Wang, B., Xu, Y.J., Decadal-scale riverbed deformation and sand budget of the last 500 kilometers of the Mississippi River: Insights into natural and river engineering effects on a large alluvial river. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2018.
- Zheng, S., Xu, Y.J., Cheng, H., Wang, B., Xu, W, Wu, S. . Scientific Reports, 2018.
- Wang, B., Xu, Y.J., Dynamics of 30 large channel bars in the Lower Mississippi River in response to river engineering from 1985 to 2015. Geomorphology, 2018.
- Zheng, S., Xu, Y.J., Cheng, H., Wang, B., Lu, X. Assessment of bridge scour in the lower, middle, and upper Yangtze River estuary with riverbed sonar profiling techniques. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2018.
- Wang, B., Xu, Y.J., Long-term geomorphic response to flow regulation in a 10–km reach downstream of the Mississippi – Atchafalaya River diversion. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2016.
- Wang, B., Xu, Y.J., Sediment trapping by emerged channel bars in the lowermost Mississippi River during a major flood. Water, 2015.
Honors and Awards
William L. Graf Early Career Award, American Association of Geographers (AAG), Geomorphology Specialty Group, 2023
Professional Organizations and Associations
- American Geophysical Union
- American Association of Geographers