China Vitae

Biography

Wu Rongsheng, male, Han nationality, is a native of Ruian, Zhejiang Province. He graduated from the Atmospheric Science Department of Nanjing University in 1956. Wu is considered an expert on aerology.

After graduating from Nanjing University, Wu remained at his alma mater where he taught as a professor in the atmospheric science department. In his academic capacity, he is credited with contributing to the development of boundary dynamics and frontogenesis theory. He later discerned that the terrain may affect the movement of atmospheric waves and their instability. Wu's research helped explain some phenomenon found during weather observation.

Wu later turned his attention to boundary layer dynamics and proposed an Ekman momentum approximation concept theory. In 1999, he was elected as an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.