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59
Citations
13765
World Ranking
3073
National Ranking
20

Overview

Seok-Woo Son is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and has a research portfolio focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. The scientist's work spans several subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their research topics cover a wide range of climate and atmospheric phenomena. Key topics include Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Seok-Woo Son has contributed extensively to academic literature with publications predominantly appearing in these venues: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Geophysical Research Letters, and Weather and Climate Extremes.

Among recent significant papers published are:

  • "The influence of the quasi-biennial oscillation on the Madden-Julian oscillation" (2021, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment)
  • "Hysteresis of the intertropical convergence zone to CO2 forcing" (2021, Nature Climate Change)
  • "Advances in the Subseasonal Prediction of Extreme Events: Relevant Case Studies across the Globe" (2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society)
  • "Deep learning for bias correction of MJO prediction" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Long-range prediction and the stratosphere" (2022, Atmospheric chemistry and physics)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Seung-Ki Min, Sang-Wook Yeh, Jong-Seong Kug, Soon-Il An, and Chanil Park, with numerous coauthored publications.

Best Publications

  • Weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex by Arctic sea-ice loss

    Baek-Min Kim;Seok-Woo Son;Seung-Ki Min;Jee-Hoon Jeong

  • Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: The Main Driver of Twentieth-Century Atmospheric Circulation Changes in the Southern Hemisphere

    Lorenzo M. Polvani;Darryn W. Waugh;Gustavo J. P. Correa;Seok-Woo Son

  • Two distinct influences of Arctic warming on cold winters over North America and East Asia

    Jong-Seong Kug;Jee-Hoon Jeong;Yeon-Soo Jang;Baek-Min Kim

  • Blocking and its Response to Climate Change

    Tim Woollings;David E. Barriopedro;John Methven;Seok-Woo Son

  • The impact of stratospheric ozone recovery on the Southern Hemisphere westerly jet.

    S.-W. Son;L. M. Polvani;D. W. Waugh;H. Akiyoshi

  • Impact of stratospheric ozone on Southern Hemisphere circulation change: A multimodel assessment

    S.-W. Son.;E. P. Gerber;J. Perlwitz;J. Perlwitz;L. M. Polvani

  • On the Lack of Stratospheric Dynamical Variability in Low‐Top Versions of the CMIP5 Models

    Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;Mark P. Baldwin;Thomas Birner;Robert X. Black

  • The role of the stratosphere in subseasonal to seasonal prediction Part II: Predictability arising from stratosphere ‐ troposphere coupling

    Daniela I. V. Domeisen;Amy H. Butler;Amy H. Butler;Andrew J. Charlton-Perez;Blanca Ayarzagüena;Blanca Ayarzagüena

  • Stratospheric control of the Madden-Julian oscillation.

    Seok Woo Son;Yuna Lim;Changhyun Yoo;Harry H. Hendon

  • Modulation of the boreal wintertime Madden‐Julian oscillation by the stratospheric quasi‐biennial oscillation

    Changhyun Yoo;Seok-Woo Son

  • Ozone hole and Southern Hemisphere climate change

    Seok-Woo Son;Neil F. Tandon;Lorenzo M. Polvani;Darryn W. Waugh

  • Multimodel assessment of the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Tropics and global trends

    A. Gettelman;M. I. Hegglin;S.-W. Son;Jung-Hyun Kim

  • The predictability of the extratropical stratosphere on monthly time‐scales and its impact on the skill of tropospheric forecasts

    Om P. Tripathi;Mark Baldwin;Andrew Charlton-Perez;Martin Charron

  • Assessing and understanding the impact of stratospheric dynamics and variability on the earth system

    Edwin P. Gerber;Amy Butler;Natalia Calvo;Andrew Charlton-Perez

  • The Role of the Stratosphere in Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction: 1. Predictability of the Stratosphere

    Daniela I.V. Domeisen;Amy H. Butler;Amy H. Butler;Andrew J. Charlton‐Perez;Blanca Ayarzagüena;Blanca Ayarzagüena

  • The Global Atmospheric Circulation Response to Tropical Diabatic Heating Associated with the Madden–Julian Oscillation during Northern Winter

    Kyong-Hwan Seo;Seok-Woo Son

  • The Impact of Poleward Moisture and Sensible Heat Flux on Arctic Winter Sea Ice Variability

    Hyo Seok Park;Sukyoung Lee;Seok Woo Son;Steven B. Feldstein

  • Northern winter climate change: Assessment of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections related to stratosphere-troposphere coupling

    E. Manzini;A. Yu. Karpechko;J. Anstey;M. P. Baldwin

  • Northern Hemisphere blocking frequency and duration in the CMIP5 models

    Etienne Dunn-Sigouin;Seok-Woo Son

  • Recent increase of surface particulate matter concentrations in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, Korea

    Hyun Cheol Kim;Hyun Cheol Kim;Soontae Kim;Byeong-Uk Kim;Chun-Sil Jin;Chun-Sil Jin

Frequent Co-Authors

Lorenzo M. Polvani
Lorenzo M. Polvani Columbia University
Seung-Ki Min
Seung-Ki Min Pohang University of Science and Technology
Amy H. Butler
Amy H. Butler National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sukyoung Lee
Sukyoung Lee Pennsylvania State University
Kyong-Hwan Seo
Kyong-Hwan Seo Pusan National University
Jong-Seong Kug
Jong-Seong Kug Seoul National University
Edwin P. Gerber
Edwin P. Gerber Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Andrew Charlton-Perez
Andrew Charlton-Perez University of Reading
Deliang Chen
Deliang Chen University of Gothenburg
Darryn W. Waugh
Darryn W. Waugh Johns Hopkins University

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