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Women In Polar Science

Rui Wang, PhD

Polar Research Institute of China

Rui Wang, wearing the 36th CHINARE suit, stands in front of the Lidar observation building of PALOS at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica in March 2020.

Rui Wang, wearing the 36th CHINARE suit, stands in front of the Lidar observation building of PALOS at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica in March 2020.

What’s the work that you do?

My research focuses on atmospheric dynamics in the polar middle and upper atmospheres, such as planetary waves, gravity waves, tides, tropopause, polar night jet, and stratospheric sudden warming. From November 2019 to April 2020, I led a team to participate in the 36th Chinese National Antarctic Research Expedition and established a lower and middle atmosphere lidar system at Zhongshan Station, Antarctica, which realizes the high-precision measurement of troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere temperatures and boundary-layer winds. I also served as Secretary of the Atmospheric Working Group (AWG) of the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) from 2017 to 2019.

What keeps you going?

The polar regions are extremely vulnerable to global climate change. They are an important part of the global atmosphere system, but are also host to many unique phenomena and dynamic processes that distinguish them from middle and low latitudes. However, due to adverse natural conditions in the polar regions, their observation and research have been limited. The strong desire to help people know more about them is what keeps me going.

What’s your message to the world?

The world is big and amazing. Let’s explore and understand it better together.

Organisation: Polar Research Institute of China

Nationality: China China

Disciplines:

Space physics

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We are grateful to The Ocean Foundation for acting as our fiscal sponsor in the US, the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation for sponsoring this project, and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for supporting us.