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Overview

Si-Wan Kim is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research predominantly focuses on Atmospheric Science, where they have authored numerous studies related to atmospheric chemistry and aerosols as well as air quality and climate.

The primary topics explored in their work include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Analytical chemistry methods development

Si-Wan Kim has published a range of papers, with notable works including:

  • Understanding the Paths of Surface Ozone Abatement in the Los Angeles Basin, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Quantifying Nitrous Acid Formation Mechanisms Using Measured Vertical Profiles During the CalNex 2010 Campaign and 1D Column Modeling, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Modeling Asian Dust Storms Using WRF-Chem During the DRAGON-Asia Field Campaign in April 2012, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Reductions in NO2 concentrations in Seoul, South Korea detected from space and ground-based monitors prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021, Environmental Research Communications
  • Influence of ENSO on Tropospheric Ozone Variability in East Asia, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

The frequent co-authors associated with Si-Wan Kim comprise Kyoung-Min Kim, Seunghwan Seo, L. K. Emmons, Jung-Hun Woo, and Patrick R. Veres. Their collaborative efforts have been published in several key venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Communications
  • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Si-Wan Kim's multidisciplinary approach spans atmospheric modeling, chemical mechanisms of air pollutants, and the monitoring of environmental changes on various geographic scales. Their work contributes data and insights relevant to environmental engineering and global planetary change contexts.

Best Publications

  • Volatile chemical products emerging as largest petrochemical source of urban organic emissions.

    Brian C. McDonald;Brian C. McDonald;Joost A. De Gouw;Joost A. De Gouw;Jessica B. Gilman;Shantanu H. Jathar

  • New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS)

    Jhoon Kim;Ukkyo Jeong;Myoung Hwan Ahn;Jae H. Kim

  • Satellite-observed U.S. power plant NOx emission reductions and their impact on air quality

    S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim;A. Heckel;S. A. McKeen;S. A. McKeen;G. J. Frost;G. J. Frost

  • Top-down estimate of surface flux in the Los Angeles Basin using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique: assessing anthropogenic emissions of CO, NO x and CO 2 and their impacts

    J. Brioude;J. Brioude;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;R. Ahmadov;R. Ahmadov;S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim

  • NO2 columns in the western United States observed from space and simulated by a regional chemistry model and their implications for NOx emissions

    S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim;A. Heckel;A. Heckel;G.J. Frost;G.J. Frost;A. Richter

  • Evaluation of urban surface parameterizations in the WRF model using measurements during the Texas Air Quality Study 2006 field campaign

    S.-H. Lee;S.-H. Lee;S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim;W. M. Angevine;W. M. Angevine;L. Bianco;L. Bianco

  • Cloud-scale model intercomparison of chemical constituent transport in deep convection

    M. C. Barth;S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim;Chen Wang;K. E. Pickering;K. E. Pickering

  • Evaluations of NOx and highly reactive VOC emission inventories in Texas and their implications for ozone plume simulations during the Texas Air Quality Study 2006

    S. W. Kim;S. W. Kim;S. A. McKeen;S. A. McKeen;G. J. Frost;G. J. Frost;S. H. Lee;S. H. Lee

  • Modeling Ozone in the Eastern U.S. using a Fuel-Based Mobile Source Emissions Inventory.

    Brian C. McDonald;Brian C. McDonald;Stuart A. McKeen;Stuart A. McKeen;Yu Yan Cui;Yu Yan Cui;Ravan Ahmadov;Ravan Ahmadov

  • Top-down estimate of anthropogenic emission inventories and their interannual variability in Houston using a mesoscale inverse modeling technique

    J. Brioude;J. Brioude;S. W. Kim;S. W. Kim;Wayne M. Angevine;Wayne M. Angevine;G. J. Frost;G. J. Frost

  • First direct measurements of formaldehyde flux via eddy covariance: implications for missing in-canopy formaldehyde sources

    J. P. DiGangi;E. S. Boyle;T. Karl;P. Harley

  • Entrainment Processes in the Convective Boundary Layer with Varying Wind Shear

    Si-Wan Kim;Soon-Ugn Park;Chin-Hoh Moeng

  • Simulations of the redistribution of formaldehyde, formic acid, and peroxides in the 10 July 1996 Stratospheric‐Tropospheric Experiment: Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone deep convection storm

    M. C. Barth;S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim;W. C. Skamarock;Amy L. Stuart

  • Observations of glyoxal and formaldehyde as metrics for the anthropogenic impact on rural photochemistry

    J. P. Digangi;J. P. Digangi;S. B. Henry;A. Kammrath;A. Kammrath;E. S. Boyle

  • Chemistry of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Los Angeles Basin: Formation of Oxygenated Compounds and Determination of Emission Ratios

    J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;J. A. de Gouw;J. B. Gilman;S.‐W. Kim;S.‐W. Kim;S. L. Alvarez

  • Chemistry of Volatile Organic Compounds in the Los Angeles basin: Nighttime Removal of Alkenes and Determination of Emission Ratios

    J. A. De gouw;J. A. De gouw;J. B. Gilman;S. W. Kim;S. W. Kim;B. M. Lerner;B. M. Lerner

  • Transport of NOx in East Asia identified by satellite and in situ measurements and Lagrangian particle dispersion model simulations

    H.-J. Lee;H.-J. Lee;H.-J. Lee;S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim;J. Brioude;J. Brioude;O. R. Cooper;O. R. Cooper

  • Representing Sheared Convective Boundary Layer by Zeroth- and First-Order-Jump Mixed-Layer Models: Large-Eddy Simulation Verification

    David Pino;Jordi Vilà-Guerau de Arellano;Si-Wan Kim

  • Influence of low spatial resolution a priori data on tropospheric NO 2 satellite retrievals

    A. Heckel;A. Heckel;S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim;G. J. Frost;G. J. Frost;A. Richter

  • Modeling the weekly cycle of NOx and CO emissions and their impacts on O3 in the Los Angeles-South Coast Air Basin during the CalNex 2010 field campaign

    S.-W. Kim;S.-W. Kim;B. C. McDonald;B. C. McDonald;B. C. McDonald;S. Baidar;S. Baidar;S. S. Brown

  • Satellite-observed US power plant NOx emission reductions and their impact on air quality - article no. L22812

    S.W. Kim;A. Heckel;S.A. McKeen;G.J. Frost

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart A. McKeen
Stuart A. McKeen National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gregory J. Frost
Gregory J. Frost National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Michael Trainer
Michael Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jeff Peischl
Jeff Peischl Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Jerome Brioude
Jerome Brioude University of La Réunion
Wayne M. Angevine
Wayne M. Angevine University of Colorado Boulder
Carsten Warneke
Carsten Warneke National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ravan Ahmadov
Ravan Ahmadov National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Martin Graus
Martin Graus University of Innsbruck
John S. Holloway
John S. Holloway National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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