WANG, Ya Ping

Job Title: 
Professor
Research Interests: 
My research interests include sediment transport in the estuaries and coastal seas, physical processes in the bottom boundary layers, as well as measurements and modeling of sediment dynamics.
Email: 
ypwang@sklec.ecnu.edu.cn
Telephone: 
(021) 5483 6457
Address: 
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research (SKLEC), East China Normal University, No.500, Dongchuan Road, Shanghai 200241, China
Editorial Position : 
Anthropocene Coasts, Associate Editor
Marine Geology, Editorial Board member
Acta Oceanologica Sinica, Editorial Board member
Education Experience: 
Sep., 1997 –July, 2000 Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) Ph.D. in Oceanography (Marine Sediment Dynamics)
Sep., 1994 –July, 1997 Nanjing Normal University (China) M.Sc. in Geography (Coastal Geomorphology and Sedimentology)
Sep., 1990 –July, 1994 Nanjing University (China) B.Sc. in Geography (Geomorphology and Quaternary Geology)
Personal Details : 
In recent years, Dr. Wang along with his group has been working on the sedimentary dynamic processes in the near-bottom boundary layers, focusing on 1) the influence of turbulent temporal and spatial structure on the threshold starting condition of sediment movement, 2) the mechanism of floc aggregation and floc settling based on the combination of theoretical analysis and in-situ observation results, and 3) the in situ observations of sediment dynamics and geomorphological evolution of tidal flats under the influence of reclamation. The results could provide the theoretical foundations for the management and predictions of coastal sedimentary evolution, ecological health and sustainable development. In the recent five years, his group has published over 30 papers in the international journals, e.g. JGR-Oceans, Marine Geology.

 

Projects: 
Evolutionary patterns and integrated management of the Changjiang River estuary driven by the dual pressure of global climate change and human activities. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) - Yangtze River Water Science Research Joint Fund Key Support Project, China NSF (No. U2240220). 2022.01-2025.12.
Yangtze River delta evolution and blue-map redrawing. Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. 2019-01-07-00-05-E00027), 2019.1-2023.12
Estuary and coast sediment dynamics and geomorphology evolution. National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar, China NSF (No. 41625021). 2017.01-2021.12.
Morphodynamics and Evolution of Open Tidal Flats with Sand Ridges in the Southern Yellow Sea. China NSF (No. 41376044). 2014-2017.
Land-ocean boundary processes and their impacts on the formation of the Yangtze deposition system: material exchanges between the watershed, coasts and continental shelves. National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2013CB956502). 2013-2017.
Physical processes near bottom boundary layer in shallow seas with strong tides and high turbid water. China NSF (No. 40876043). 2009-2011.
Wave-current dynamic processes and tidal basin system evolution over tidal flats. China NSF (No. 40576040). 2006-2008.

Paper: 
H.F. Yang, Q.Y. Zhu, J.A. Liu*, Z.L. Zhang, S.L. Yang, B.W. Shi, W.X. Zhang, Y.P. Wang*, 2023. Historic changes in nutrient fluxes from the Yangtze River to the sea: Recent response to catchment regulation and potential linkage to maritime red tides. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 617, Part B, 129024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.129024
Fei Xing, Ya Ping Wang*, Jianjun Jia, 2022. Hydrodynamics and sediment transport patterns on intertidal flats along middle Jiangsu coast. Anthropocene Coasts, 5: 12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44218-022-00012-4
Chao Gao, Alvise Finotello*, Andrea D’Alpaos, Massimiliano Ghinassi, Luca Carniello, Yupeng Pan, Dezhi Chen, Ya Ping Wang*, 2022. Hydrodynamics of meander bends in intertidal mudflats: A field study from the macrotidal Yangkou Coast, China. Water Resources Research, 58(12), e2022WR033234. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033234
Ting Lu, Cong Lin*, Ya Ping Wang*, Hao Wu, Mengxiao Zhou, Yu Chen, Yu Shen, 2022. Mapping the most heavily reclaimed shorelines of the Yangtze River delta urban agglomerations. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10:981606. doi: 10.3389/feart.2022.981606
H.F. Yang, B.C. Li, S.L. Yang, Z.L. Zhang, K.H. Xu, C.P. Chen, Y.F. Ding, W.X. Zhang, B.W. Shi, Y.P. Wang*, 2022. Impacts of large projects on the sediment dynamics and evolution of the Hengsha Shoal in the Yangtze Delta. Ocean Engineering, 261, 112030. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2022.112030.
Chao Gao, Alvise Finotello,Ya Ping Wang*, 2022. Predominant landward skewing of tidal meanders. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 47(13)： 3199-3215. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5452
Shibing Zhu, Yining Chen, Weibing Yan, Fei Xing*, Renzhi Li, Mingliang Li, Benwei Shi, Ya Ping Wang*, 2022. The hummocky patches and associated sediment dynamics over an accretional intertidal flat. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10:908351. 23 June 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.908351
Renzhi Li, George Voulgaris, Ya Ping Wang*, 2022. Turbulence Structure and Burst Events Observed in a Tidally Induced Bottom Boundary Layer. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(6), e2021JC018036. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC018036
Yang Yang, David J. W. Piper, Min Xu, Jianhua Gao, Jianjun Jia, Alexandre Normandeau, Dongdong Chu, Liang Zhou, Ya Ping Wang, Shu Gao, 2022. Northwestern Pacific tropical cyclone activity enhanced by increased Asian dust emissions during the Little Ice Age. Nature Communications, 13, 1712. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29386-2
Hao Wu, Ya Ping Wang*, Shu Gao, Fei Xing, Jieping Tang, Dezhi Chen, 2022. Fluid mud dynamics in a tide-dominated estuary: A case study from the Yangtze River. Continental Shelf Research, 232: 104623. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2021.104623
Lifen Zhang, Zuosheng Yang, Fan Zhang, Zhanhai Li, Yaping Wang*, Shu Gao, 2021. Longitudinal residual circulation in the South Passage of Yangtze Estuary: Combined influences from runoff, tide and bathymetry. Science China Earth Sciences, 64: 2129-2143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-021-9813-7 (中文版：张丽芬, 杨作升, 张凡, 李占海, 汪亚平*, 高抒，2022. 长江河口南槽纵向余环流:径流,潮汐和地形耦合机制. 中国科学: 地球科学，52（2）: 256-269。https://doi.org/10.1360/SSTe-2021-0039)
Jiasheng Li, Xindi Chen, Ian Townend, Benwei Shi*, Jiabi Du, Jianhua Gao, Xiaowei Chuai, Zheng Gong, Ya Ping Wang*, 2021. A comparison study on the sediment flocculation process between a bare tidal flat and a clam aquaculture mudflat: The important role of sediment concentration and biological processes. Marine Geology, 434: 106443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106443.
Jiasheng Li, Xindi Chen, Ian Townend, Benwei Shi*, Jiabi Du, Jianhua Gao, Xiaowei Chuai, Zheng Gong, Ya Ping Wang*, 2021. A comparison study on the sediment flocculation process between a bare tidal flat and a clam aquaculture mudflat: The important role of sediment concentration and biological processes. Marine Geology, 434: 106443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2021.106443.
Jiasheng Li, Ya Ping Wang*, Jiabi Du, Feng Luo, Pei Xin, Jianhua Gao, Benwei Shi, Xindi Chen, Shu Gao, 2021. Effects of Meretrix meretrix on sediment thresholds of erosion and deposition on an intertidal flat. Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology, 21(1): 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecohyd.2020.07.002.
Hui Sheng, Xiaomei Xu, Jian Hua Gao*, Albert J. Kettner, Yong Shi, Chengfeng Xue, Ya Ping Wang*, and Shu Gao, 2020. Frequency and magnitude variability of Yalu River flooding: numerical analyses for the last 1000 years. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24: 4743–4761. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4743-2020, 2020.
Dezhi Chen, Mingliang Li, Yiyi Zhang, Longhui Zhang, Jieping Tang, Hao Wu, Ya Ping Wang*, 2020. Effects of diatoms on erosion and accretion processes in saltmarsh inferred from field observations of hydrodynamic and sedimentary processes. Ecohydrology, 13: e2246. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2246
Jianxing Wang, Tao Wang, Fei Xing, Hao Wu, Jianjun Jia, Zuosheng Yang, Ya Ping Wang*, 2020. Internal waves triggered by river mouth shoals in the Yangtze River Estuary. Ocean Engineering, 214: 107828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2020.107828
Ning Wang, Ya Ping Wang*, Xiaoyong Duan*, Jianqiang Wang, Yongqing Xie, Chao Dong, Jianhua Gao & Ping Yin, 2020. Controlling factors for the distribution of typical organic pollutants in the surface sediment of a macrotidal bay. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27: 28276-28287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09199-w
Jilian Xiong, Zai-Jin You, Jin Li, Shu Gao, Qing Wang, Ya Ping Wang*, 2020. Variations of wave parameter statistics as influenced by water depth in coastal and inner shelf areas. Coastal Engineering, 159: 103714. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2020.103714.
Benwei Shi, Paula D. Pratolongo, Yongfen Du, Jiasheng Li, S. L. Yang*, Jihua Wu, Kehui Xu, Ya Ping Wang*, 2020. Influence of macrobenthos (Meretrix meretrix Linnaeus) on erosion‐accretion processes in intertidal flats: A case study from a cultivation zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 125(1), e2019JG005345. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JG005345
Jieping Tang, Ya Ping Wang*, Qingguang Zhu, Jianjun Jia, Jilian Xiong, Peng Cheng, Hui Wu, Dezhi Chen, Hao Wu, 2019. Winter storms induced high suspended sediment concentration along the north offshore seabed of the Changjiang estuary. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 228: 106351. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.106351
Benwei Shi*, James R. Cooper, Jiasheng Li, Yang Yang, S.L. Yang, Feng Luo, Zixian Yu, Ya Ping Wang*, 2019. Hydrodynamics, erosion and accretion of intertidal mudflats in extremely shallow waters. Journal of Hydrology, 573: 31-39. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2019.03.065.
Xiong, J., Wang, Y. P.*, Gao, S., Du, J., Yang, Y., Tang, J. and Gao, J., 2018. On estimation of coastal wave parameters and wave‐induced shear stresses. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 16: 594–606. doi: 10.1002/lom3.10271
Yuan Li, Jianjun Jia, Qingguang Zhu, Peng Cheng, Shu Gao, Ya Ping Wang*, 2018. Differentiating the effects of advection and resuspension on suspended sediment concentrations in a turbid estuary. Marine Geology, 403, 179-190. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2018.06.001
Dezhi Chen, Gongfu Ye, Wei Gao, Longhui You, Sen Nie, Ya Ping Wang*, 2018. Ecological response of Casuarina equisetifolia to environmental stress in coastal dunes in China. Journal of Forest Research, 23(3): 173-182. DOI: 10.1080/13416979.2018.1469209
Benwei Shi, Ya Ping Wang*, Li Hua Wang, Peng Li, Jianhua Gao, Fei Xing, Jing Dong Chen, 2018. Great differences in the critical erosion threshold between surface and subsurface sediments: A field investigation of an intertidal mudflat, Jiangsu, China. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 206: 76-86. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2016.11.008
Benwei Shi, James R. Cooper, Paula D. Pratolongo, T. J. Bouma, Gaocong Li,Peng Li, Ya Ping Wang*, Qian Yu, 2017. Erosion and accretion on a mudflat: The importance of very shallow-water effects. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 122: 9476–9499. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JC012316
Jilian Xiong , Xiao Hua Wang, Ya Ping Wang*, Jingdong Chen, Benwei Shi, Jianhua Gao, Yang Yang, Qian Yu, Mingliang Li,  Lei Yang, Xulong Gong, 2017. Mechanisms of maintaining high suspended sediment concentration over tide-dominated offshore shoals in the southern Yellow Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 191: 221-233. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.04.023
Wang Yaping, Shi Benwei, Zhang Liang, Jia Jianjun, Xia Xiaomin, Zhou Liang, Yu Rui, Yang Yang, Gao Jianhua. 2017. Assessing the vulnerability of changing coasts, Hainan Island, China. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 36(4): 114–120. 
Yang Yang, Ya Ping Wang*, Shu Gao, Xiao Hua Wang, Ben Wei Shi, Liang Zhou, Dan Dan Wang, Chen Dai, Gaocong Li, 2016. Sediment resuspension in tidally-dominated coastal environments: new insights into the threshold for initial movement. Ocean Dynamics.
 Benwei Shi, Ya Ping Wang*, Xiaoqin Du, James R. Cooper, Peng Li, Yang Yang, Ming Liang Li, 2016. Field and theoretical investigation of sediment mass fluxes on an accretional coastal mudflat. Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 11: 75-90. 
Ya Ping Wang, Shu Gao, Jianjun Jia, Yunling Liu, Jianhua Gao, 2014. Remarked morphological change in a large tidal inlet with low sediment-supply. Continental Shelf Research, 90: 79-95. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.02.005
Wenfei Ni, Ya Ping Wang*, A.M. Symonds, M.B. Collins, 2014. Intertidal flat development in response to controlled embankment retreat: Freiston Shore, The Wash, UK. Marine Geology, 355: 260-273. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2014.06.001
Wen-fei Ni, Ya-ping Wang*, Xin-qing Zou, Ji-cai Zhang, Jian-hua Gao, 2014. Sediment dynamics in an offshore tidal channel in the southern Yellow Sea. International Journal of Sediment Research, 29: 246-259. 
Wang Yaping, Gao Shu. 2013. ADCP measurements of suspended sediment flux at the entrance to Jiaozhou Bay, western Yellow Sea. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 32(12): 96-103, doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0395-0
Ya Ping Wang, George Voulgaris, Yan Li, Yang Yang, Jianhua Gao, Jian Chen, Shu Gao, 2013, Sediment resuspension, flocculation, and settling in a macrotidal estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 118(10): 5591-5608. DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20340
Fei Xing, Ya Ping Wang*, Harry V. Wang, 2012. Tidal hydrodynamics and fine-grained sediment transport on the radial sand ridge system in the southern Yellow Sea. Marine Geology, 291–294: 192-210. doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2011.06.006
Ya Ping Wang, Shu Gao, Jianjun Jia, Charlotte E. Thompson, Jianhua Gao, Yang Yang, 2011. Sediment transport over an accretional intertidal flat with influences of reclamation, Jiangsu coast, China. Marine Geology. 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.01.004
Shu Gao and Ya Ping Wang, 2008. Changes in material fluxes from the Changjiang River and their implications on the adjoining continental shelf ecosystem. Continental Shelf Research, 
Wang Yaping, Gao Shu, Jia Jianjun, 2006. High-resolution data collection for analysis of sediment dynamic processes associated with combined current-wave action over intertidal flats. Chinese Science Bulletin, 51(7): 866-877.
Wang Yaping, Yong Shik Chu and Hee Jun Lee, 2005. Estimation of suspended sediment flux from Acoustic Doppler Current Profiling along the Jinhae Bay entrance. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 24(2):16-27.
Wang Yaping, Shu Gao and Xiankun Ke, 2004. Measurements of boundary layer parameters and suspended sediment transport over the intertidal flats of northern Jiangsu, China. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 23(3): 437-448.
Ya Ping Wang and Shu Gao, 2001. Modification to the Hardisty equation, regarding the relationship between sediment transport rate and grain size. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 71(1):117-120.
Wang Yaping, Gao Shu and Li Kunye. 2000. A preliminary study on suspended sediment concentration measurements using an ADCP mounted on a moving vessel. Chinese Journal of Liminology and Oceanology, 18(2): 183-189. （中文版：汪亚平，高抒，李坤业，用ADCP进行走航式悬沙浓度测量的初步研究。海洋与湖沼，30（6）: 758-763，1999。）
Ya Ping Wang, Renshun Zhang and Shu Gao, 1999. Velocity Variations in Salt Marsh Creeks, Jiangsu, China. Journal of Coastal Research. 15(2): 471-477.
Wang Yaping, Zhang Renshun and Gao Shu, 1999. Geomorphic and Hydrodynamic Responses in Salt Marsh - Tidal Creek Systems, Jiangsu, China. Chinese Science Bulletin. 44(6): 544-549.