Compiled from the following sources:
Special biographic research
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2002-2006
Who's Who, Current Chinese Leaders
Wen Wei Publishing Company, Ltd. 2003-2005
Revision History:
Biography Revised: 5/13/2003
Career Data Updated: 3/26/2006
Wen Shengchang 文圣常
Physical Oceangrapher
Birthplace: Henan Province, Guangshan
Biography
Wen Shengchang, male, Han nationality, is a native of Guangshan, Henan. He graduated from Wuhan University.
Wen spent his entire career as a professor at Qingdao Ocean University. He specialized in ocean wave research. He also served as deputy chairman of the WOCE China Committee and honorary chief director of the China Ocean Limnology Academy.
During the 1960s, Wen researched the surf calculation methods that were later adopted as the national standard in China. In the early 1980s, Wen created the first stormy waves chart.
He was elected to the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1993.
