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Bo Wang

Assistant professor
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Education

  • Ph.D. in Geography, Louisiana State University
  • M.Sc. in Watershed Hydrology, Louisiana 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

  1. 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. .
  1. Wang, B., Smith, L.C., et al., Athabasca River avulsion underway in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada. Water Resources Research, 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.  
  5. 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.
  6. 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, Louisiana, USA. Geomorphology, 2021.
  7. Wu, S., Xu, Y.J., Wang, B., Cheng, H., 2021. Riverbed dune morphology of the Lowermost Mississippi River 鈥� Implications of leeside slope, flow resistance, and bedload transport in a large alluvial river. Geomorphology, 2021.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. Wang, B., Xu, Y.J., Xu, W., Cheng, H.Q., Chen, Z.Y., Zhang, W.G. Riverbed Changes of the Uppermost Atchafalaya River, USA鈥擜 Case Study of Channel Dynamics in Large Man-Controlled Alluvial River Confluences. Water, 2020.
  11. 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. 
  1. Wang, B., Xu, Y.J. Decadal and episodic changes in morphology and migration of the confluence bar of two alluvial rivers in Louisiana, USA. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Zheng, S., Xu, Y.J., Cheng, H., Wang, B., Xu, W, Wu, S. . Scientific Reports, 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Wang, B., Xu, Y.J., Long-term geomorphic response to flow regulation in a 10鈥搆m reach downstream of the Mississippi 鈥� Atchafalaya River diversion. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 2016.
  7. 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