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Hyongki Lee is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research contributions focus primarily on Environmental Science with particular expertise in Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Ocean Engineering. The scientist's work spans various subfields and topics within environmental research.

Lee has published extensively on Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, as well as Hydrology and Drought Analysis. Other notable research interests include Water Resources Management and Optimization, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis.

The scientist maintains collaborations with several coauthors who have frequently contributed to joint research efforts. These include Faisal Hossain, Tien Le Thuy Du, Chi-Hung Chang, Pritam Das, and Hahn Chul Jung.

Lee's research has been disseminated through publication venues such as:

  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Remote Sensing
  • Water Resources Research
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Geophysical Monograph

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Lee include:

  • Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors (2021), published in One Earth
  • Towards a global Reservoir Assessment Tool for predicting hydrologic impacts and operating patterns of existing and planned reservoirs (2021), published in Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Streamflow Prediction in Highly Regulated, Transboundary Watersheds Using Multi-Basin Modeling and Remote Sensing Imagery (2022), published in Water Resources Research
  • Streamflow prediction in "geopolitically ungauged" basins using satellite observations and regionalization at subcontinental scale (2020), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • Hindcast and forecast of daily inundation extents using satellite SAR and altimetry data with rotated empirical orthogonal function analysis: Case study in Tonle Sap Lake Floodplain (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • Phase Unwrapping in InSAR : A Review

    Hanwen Yu;Yang Lan;Zhihui Yuan;Junyi Xu

  • Opportunities for Hydrologic Research in the Congo Basin

    Douglas Alsdorf;Ed Beighley;Alain Laraque;Hyongki Lee

  • Analysis of the water level dynamics simulated by a global river model: A case study in the Amazon River

    Dai Yamazaki;Dai Yamazaki;Hyongki Lee;Douglas E. Alsdorf;Emanuel Dutra

  • Characterization of terrestrial water dynamics in the Congo Basin using GRACE and satellite radar altimetry

    Hyongki Lee;R. Edward Beighley;Douglas Alsdorf;Hahn Chul Jung

  • Characterization of complex fluvial systems using remote sensing of spatial and temporal water level variations in the Amazon, Congo, and Brahmaputra Rivers.

    Hahn Chul Jung;James Hamski;Michael Durand;Doug Alsdorf

  • A Phase-Decomposition-Based PSInSAR Processing Method

    Ning Cao;Hyongki Lee;Hahn Chul Jung

  • Integrated analysis of PALSAR/Radarsat-1 InSAR and ENVISAT altimeter data for mapping of absolute water level changes in Louisiana wetlands.

    Jin-Woo Kim;Zhong Lu;Hyongki Lee;C.K. Shum

  • How much groundwater did California's Central Valley lose during the 2012–2016 drought?

    Mu Xiao;Akash Koppa;Zelalem Mekonnen;Brianna R. Pagán

  • Comparing satellite derived precipitation datasets using the Hillslope River Routing (HRR) model in the Congo River Basin

    R. E. Beighley;R. L. Ray;Y. He;H. Lee

  • Proof of Concept of an Altimeter-Based River Forecasting System for Transboundary Flow Inside Bangladesh

    Faisal Hossain;A. H. Siddique-E-Akbor;Liton Chandra Mazumder;Sardar M. ShahNewaz

  • Characterization of surface water storage changes in Arctic lakes using simulated SWOT measurements

    Hyongki Lee;Michael Durand;Hahn Chul Jung;Doug Alsdorf

  • Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors

    Sassan Saatchi;Sassan Saatchi;Marcos Longo;Liang Xu;Yan Yang

  • Present-day lake level variation from envisat altimetry over the northeastern qinghai-tibetan plateau: Links with precipitation and temperature

    Hyongki Lee;C. K. Shum;Kuo Hsin Tseng;Jun Yi Guo

  • Mathematical Framework for Phase-Triangulation Algorithms in Distributed-Scatterer Interferometry

    Ning Cao;Hyongki Lee;Hahn Chul Jung

  • Coseismic slip of the 2010 Mw 8.8 Great Maule, Chile, earthquake quantified by the inversion of GRACE observations

    Lei Wang;C. K. Shum;Frederik J. Simons;Andrés Tassara

  • Laurentia crustal motion observed using TOPEX/POSEIDON radar altimetry over land

    Hyongki Lee;C.K. Shum;Yuchan Yi;Alexander Braun

  • Satellite-based, multi-indices for evaluation of agricultural droughts in a highly dynamic tropical catchment, Central Vietnam

    Tien Le Thuy Du;Duong Du Bui;Minh Duc Nguyen;Hyongki Lee

  • Monitoring Everglades freshwater marsh water level using L-band synthetic aperture radar backscatter

    Jin-Woo Kim;Zhong Lu;John W. Jones;C.K. Shum;C.K. Shum

  • Validation of Jason-2 Altimeter Data by Waveform Retracking over California Coastal Ocean

    Hyongki Lee;C. K. Shum;William Emery;Stephane Calmant

  • Understanding satellite-based monthly-to-seasonal reservoir outflow estimation as a function of hydrologic controls

    Matthew Bonnema;Safat Sikder;Yabin Miao;Xiaodong Chen

  • Inter-comparison study of water level estimates derived from hydrodynamic–hydrologic model and satellite altimetry for a complex deltaic environment

    A.H.M. Siddique-E-Akbor;Faisal Hossain;Hyongki Lee;C.K. Shum

  • Integrated groundwater resource management in Indus Basin using satellite gravimetry and physical modeling tools.

    Naveed Iqbal;Faisal Hossain;Hyongki Lee;Gulraiz Akhter

Frequent Co-Authors

C. K. Shum
C. K. Shum The Ohio State University
Faisal Hossain
Faisal Hossain University of Washington
Douglas Alsdorf
Douglas Alsdorf The Ohio State University
Zhong Lu
Zhong Lu Southern Methodist University
Michael Durand
Michael Durand The Ohio State University
Dai Yamazaki
Dai Yamazaki University of Tokyo
Paul D Bates
Paul D Bates University of Bristol
Hyungjun Kim
Hyungjun Kim University of Tokyo
Emanuel Dutra
Emanuel Dutra Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Stéphane Calmant
Stéphane Calmant Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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