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Myong-In Lee is affiliated with the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research is primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these main fields, they have concentrated extensively on subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Oceanography, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work addresses several key topics including Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, and Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes.

Myong-In Lee has published multiple papers in high-profile venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Journal of Climate

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Assimilation of SMAP and ASCAT soil moisture retrievals into the JULES land surface model using the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter, 2020, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology Earth System Model and Its Simulation Characteristics, 2021, Ocean Science Journal
  • Investigation of the 2016 Eurasia heat wave as an event of the recent warming, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Recent changes in heatwave characteristics over Korea, 2020, Climate Dynamics
  • Impacts of urbanization on atmospheric circulation and aerosol transport in a coastal environment simulated by the WRF-Chem coupled with urban canopy model, 2021, Atmospheric Environment

Collaboration has played a significant role in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Chang-Keun Song
  • Dong-Hyun Cha
  • Seunghee Lee
  • Sunlae Tak
  • Eunkyo Seo

Best Publications

  • Midweek increase in U.S. summer rain and storm heights suggests air pollution invigorates rainstorms

    Thomas L. Bell;Daniel Rosenfeld;Kyu-Myong Kim;Jung-Moon Yoo

  • AGCM simulations of intraseasonal variability associated with the Asian summer monsoon

    D. E. Waliser;K. Jin;I.-S. Kang;W. F. Stern

  • THE NAME 2004 FIELD CAMPAIGN AND MODELING STRATEGY

    Wayne Higgins;Dave Ahijevych;Jorge Amador;Ana Barros

  • Subseasonal variability associated with Asian summer monsoon simulated by 14 IPCC AR4 coupled GCMs

    Jia Lin Lin;Klaus M. Weickman;George N. Kiladis;Brian E Mapes

  • Why does the MJO detour the Maritime Continent during austral summer

    Daehyun Kim;Hyerim Kim;Myong-In Lee

  • Influence of cloud‐radiation interaction on simulating tropical intraseasonal oscillation with an atmospheric general circulation model

    Myong In Lee;In Sik Kang;Jong Khun Kim;Brian E. Mapes

  • The Impacts of Convective Parameterization and Moisture Triggering on AGCM-Simulated Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves

    Jia-Lin Lin;Myong-In Lee;Daehyun Kim;In-Sik Kang

  • Interannual variability of heat waves in South Korea and their connection with large‐scale atmospheric circulation patterns

    Woo-Seop Lee;Myong-In Lee

  • Impacts of cumulus convection parameterization on aqua-planet AGCM simulations of tropical intraseasonal variability

    Myong In Lee;In Sik Kang;Brian E. Mapes

  • An Analysis of the Warm-Season Diurnal Cycle over the Continental United States and Northern Mexico in General Circulation Models

    Myong In Lee;Siegfried D. Schubert;Max J. Suarez;Isaac M. Held

  • Sensitivity to Horizontal Resolution in the AGCM Simulations of Warm Season Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over the United States and Northern Mexico

    Myong-In Lee;Myong-In Lee;Siegfried D. Schubert;Max J. Suarez;Isaac M. Held

  • Changes in weather and climate extremes over Korea and possible causes: A review

    Seung Ki Min;Seok Woo Son;Kyong Hwan Seo;Jong Seong Kug

  • Assessing the Skill of an All-Season Statistical Forecast Model for the Madden–Julian Oscillation

    Xianan Jiang;Duane E. Waliser;Matthew C. Wheeler;Charles Jones

  • The Aqua-Planet Experiment (APE): CONTROL SST Simulation

    Michael Blackburn;David L. Williamson;Kensuke Nakajima;Wataru Ohfuchi

  • Role of convection triggers in the simulation of the diurnal cycle of precipitation over the United States Great Plains in a general circulation model

    Myong-In Lee;Myong-In Lee;Siegfried D. Schubert;Max J. Suarez;Jae-Kyung E. Schemm

  • Assimilation of SMAP and ASCAT soil moisture retrievals into the JULES land surface model using the Local Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter

    Eunkyo Seo;Myong-In Lee;Rolf H. Reichle

  • Impact of soil moisture initialization on boreal summer subseasonal forecasts: mid-latitude surface air temperature and heat wave events

    Eunkyo Seo;Myong-In Lee;Jee-Hoon Jeong;Randal D. Koster

  • Spatiotemporal variations of air pollutants (O 3 , NO 2 , SO 2 , CO, PM 10 , and VOCs) with land-use types

    J. M. Yoo;M. J. Jeong;D. Kim;W. R. Stockwell

  • Machine Learning Approaches for Detecting Tropical Cyclone Formation Using Satellite Data

    Minsang Kim;Myung-Sook Park;Jungho Im;Seonyoung Park

  • Prediction of the Arctic Oscillation in boreal winter by dynamical seasonal forecasting systems

    Daehyun Kang;Myong-In Lee;Jungho Im;Daehyun Kim

  • Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology Earth System Model and Its Simulation Characteristics

    Gyundo Pak;Yign Noh;Myong In Lee;Sang Wook Yeh

  • Interannual Variability of Heat Wave in South Korea and theirs Connection with Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation Pattern

    Woo-Seop Lee;Myong-In Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Siegfried D. Schubert
Siegfried D. Schubert Goddard Space Flight Center
Jungho Im
Jungho Im Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
In-Sik Kang
In-Sik Kang Second Institute of Oceanography
Kyu-Myong Kim
Kyu-Myong Kim Goddard Space Flight Center
Daehyun Kim
Daehyun Kim University of Washington
Max J. Suarez
Max J. Suarez Universities Space Research Association
Isaac M. Held
Isaac M. Held Princeton University
Andrea Molod
Andrea Molod Goddard Space Flight Center
Brian E. Mapes
Brian E. Mapes University of Miami
Hisashi Nakamura
Hisashi Nakamura University of Tokyo

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