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Kyung-Ja Ha is affiliated with Pusan National University in South Korea. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Oceanography. Their body of work covers areas including Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

The scientist has contributed to the understanding of climate systems, particularly in the context of monsoon dynamics and atmospheric heatwaves over East Asia. Recent publications demonstrate a focus on future climate scenarios and regional climate characteristics based on climate model simulations. Notable papers include:

  • "Monsoons Climate Change Assessment", 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Future Changes of Summer Monsoon Characteristics and Evaporative Demand Over Asia in CMIP6 Simulations", 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Future changes in monsoon duration and precipitation using CMIP6", 2020, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "Dynamics and characteristics of dry and moist heatwaves over East Asia", 2022, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
  • "Cold-Season Arctic Amplification Driven by Arctic Ocean-Mediated Seasonal Energy Transfer", 2020, Earth's Future

The scientist frequently publishes in venues that include Environmental Research Letters, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Dynamics, and the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their research, working often with coauthors such as Eui-Seok Chung, Sun-Seon Lee, June-Yi Lee, Bin Wang, and Chang-Hoi Ho. These partnerships contribute to multidisciplinary approaches within their fields of study.

Kyung-Ja Ha's topics of interest encompass a wide range of atmospheric and environmental phenomena:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Best Publications

  • Decadal change in east Asian summer monsoon circulation in the mid-1990s

    MinHo Kwon;Jong-Ghap Jhun;Kyung-Ja Ha

  • Monsoons Climate Change Assessment

    Bin Wang;Michela Biasutti;Michael P. Byrne;Christopher Castro

  • Rethinking Indian monsoon rainfall prediction in the context of recent global warming

    Bin Wang;Baoqiang Xiang;Juan Li;Peter J. Webster

  • Variability in the East Asian Monsoon: a review

    Kyung-Ja Ha;Ki-Young Heo;Sun-Seon Lee;Kyung-Sook Yun

  • Influence of boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation on rainfall extremes in southern China

    Pang-Chi Hsu;June-Yi Lee;Kyung-Ja Ha

  • ENSO regulation of MJO teleconnection

    Ja-Yeon Moon;Bin Wang;Kyung-Ja Ha

  • Future change of Asian-Australian monsoon under RCP 4.5 anthropogenic warming scenario

    Bin Wang;So-Young Yim;June-Yi Lee;June-Yi Lee;Jian Liu

  • Interdecadal shift in the relationship between the East Asian summer monsoon and the tropical Indian Ocean

    Ruiqiang Ding;Ruiqiang Ding;Kyung-Ja Ha;Jianping Li

  • Reconciling opposing Walker circulation trends in observations and model projections

    Eui Seok Chung;Axel Timmermann;Brian J. Soden;Kyung Ja Ha

  • Future Changes of Summer Monsoon Characteristics and Evaporative Demand Over Asia in CMIP6 Simulations

    Kyung-Ja Ha;Suyeon Moon;Axel Timmermann;Daeha Kim

  • Dynamics and characteristics of dry and moist heatwaves over East Asia

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  • A Comparison Between Major Artificial Intelligence Models for Crop Yield Prediction: Case Study of the Midwestern United States, 2006–2015

    Nari Kim;Kyung-Ja Ha;No-Wook Park;Jaeil Cho

  • Future changes in monsoon duration and precipitation using CMIP6

    Suyeon Moon;Kyung-Ja Ha

  • Aerosol effects on the enhancement of cloud-to-ground lightning over major urban areas of South Korea

    S.K. Kar;Y.-A. Liou;K.-J. Ha

  • Influences of Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation on Heat Waves in Monsoon Asia

    Pang Chi Hsu;June Yi Lee;Kyung Ja Ha;Chih Hua Tsou

  • Interdecadal changes in the storm track activity over the North Pacific and North Atlantic

    Sun-Seon Lee;June-Yi Lee;Bin Wang;Kyung-Ja Ha

  • Robust assessment of the expansion and retreat of Mediterranean climate in the 21st century

    Andrea Alessandri;Matteo De Felice;Ning Zeng;Annarita Mariotti

  • Multi-year El Niño events tied to the North Pacific Oscillation

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  • Changes in land-atmosphere coupling increase compound drought and heatwaves over northern East Asia

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  • How predictable is the northern hemisphere summer upper-tropospheric circulation?

    June-Yi Lee;Bin Wang;Q. Ding;K.-J. Ha

  • Deficiencies and possibilities for long-lead coupled climate prediction of the Western North Pacific-East Asian summer monsoon

    Sun-Seon Lee;June-Yi Lee;Kyung-Ja Ha;Bin Wang

  • On interannual characteristics of Climate Prediction Center merged analysis precipitation over the Korean peninsula during the summer monsoon season

    Kyung-Ja Ha;Sung-Kyu Park;Ki-Young Kim

  • Teleconnections associated with Northern Hemisphere summer monsoon intraseasonal oscillation

    Ja-Yeon Moon;Bin Wang;Kyung-Ja Ha;June-Yi Lee

  • Impact of the western North Pacific subtropical high on the East Asian monsoon precipitation and the Indian Ocean precipitation in the boreal summertime

    Sun-Seon Lee;Ye-Won Seo;Kyung-Ja Ha;Jong-Ghap Jhun

Frequent Co-Authors

June-Yi Lee
June-Yi Lee Pusan National University
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Akio Kitoh
Akio Kitoh University of Tsukuba
Larry Mahrt
Larry Mahrt Northwest Research Associates
Kyong-Hwan Seo
Kyong-Hwan Seo Pusan National University
Jianping Li
Jianping Li Ocean University of China
Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann Pusan National University
Chang-Hoi Ho
Chang-Hoi Ho Seoul National University
Johnny C. L. Chan
Johnny C. L. Chan City University of Hong Kong
Baoqiang Xiang
Baoqiang Xiang University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

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