이순선 Sun-Seon Lee

Associate Researcher

Email: sunseonlee@pusan.ac.kr

Phone: +82-51-510-7692

Research interests

  • Past-to-future climate modeling
  • Transient paleoclimate simulations
  • Dynamics of past climate variability

Education

2010 Ph.D. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
2006 M. S. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
2004 B. S. Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea (Teaching certificate in earth science)

Work Experience

2017 Present Assistant Research Fellow, IBS Center for Climate Physics (ICCP)
2013 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa
2012 2013 Research Fellow, Pusan National University
2010 2012 Assistant Researcher, Institute of Environmental Studies, Pusan National University
2011 2012 Teaching Human life and Meteorology and Synoptic Meteorology, Pusan National University

Publications

  1. Pratik Kad, Kyung-Ja Ha, Sun-Seon Lee, Jung-Eun Chu, 2023: Projected Changes in Mountain Precipitation Under CO2-Induced Warmer Climate, Earth’s Future, Vol. 11, 10, e2023EF003886, doi: 10.1029/2023EF003886
  2. Arjun Babu Nellikkattil, June-Yi Lee, Bin Guan, Axel Timmermann, Sun-Seon Lee, Jung-Eun Chu, Danielle Lemmon, 2023: Increased amplitude of atmospheric rivers and associated extreme precipitation in ultra-high-resolution greenhouse warming simulations, Communications earth and environment, vol. 4, article 313, doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-00963-7
  3. Hyuna Kim, Axel Timmermann, Sun-Seon Lee, Fabian Schloesser, 2023: Rainfall Salinity Effects on Future Pacific Climate Change, Earth’s Future, vol. 11, 8, e2022EF003457, doi: 10.1029/2022EF003457
  4. Sarah M. Kang, Yue Yu, Clara Deser, Xieyue Zhang, In-Sik Kang, Sun-Seon Lee, Keith B. Rodgers, Paulo Ceppi, 2023: Global impacts of recent Southern Ocean cooling, PNAS, vol. 120, 30, article E2300881120, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2300881120
  5. Ji-Eun Kim, Ryohei Yamaguchi, Keith B. Rodgers, Axel Timmermann, Sun-Seon Lee, Karl Stein, Gokhan Danabasoglu, Jean-Francois Lamarque, John T. Fasullo, Clara Deser, Nań Rosenbloom, Jim Edwards, Malte F. Stuecker, 2023: Interannual fires as a source for subarctic summer decadal climate variability mediated by permafrost thawing, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 6, 1, article 84, doi: 10.1038/s41612-023-00415-1
  6. Tamás Bódai, Sundaresan Aneesh, June-Yi Lee, Sun-Seon Lee, 2023: Decadal Indian Ocean Influence on the ENSO-Indian Monsoon Teleconnection Mostly Apparent, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmosphere, vol. 128, 15, e2023JD038673, doi: 10.1029/2023JD038673
  7. Mincheol Moon, Kyung-Ja Ha, Dasol Kim, Chang-Hoi Ho, Doo-Sun R. Park, Jung-Eun Chu, Sun-Seon Lee, Johnny C.L. Chan, 2023: Rainfall strength and area from landfalling tropical cyclones over the North Indian and western North Pacific oceans under increased CO2 conditions, Weather and Climate Extremes, vol. 41, article 100581, doi: 10.1016/j.wace.2023.100581

  8. Zhen Liu, Sun-Seon Lee, Arjun Babu Nellikkattil, June-Yi Lee, Lan Dai, Kyung-Ja Ha, Christian L.E. Franzke, 2023: The East Asian Summer Monsoon Response to Global Warming in a High Resolution Coupled Model: Mean and Extremes, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, vol. 59, pp. 29-45, doi: 10.1007/s13143-022-00285-2

  9. Hien X. Bui, Yi-Xian Li, Eric D. Maloney, Ji-Eun Kim, Sun-Seon Lee, Jia-Yuh Yu, 2023: Emergence of Madden-Julian Oscillation precipitation and wind amplitude changes in a warming climate, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 6, article 22, doi: 10.1038/s41612-023-00344-z

  10. Eun Young Kwon, M. G. Sreeush, Axel Timmermann, David M. Karl, Matthew J. Church, Sun-Seon Lee, Ryohei Yamaguchi, 2022: Nutrient uptake plasticity in phytoplankton sustains future ocean net primary production, Science Advances, vol. 8, 51, eadd2475, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add2475
  11. Lei Huang, Axel Timmermann, Sun-Seon Lee, Keith B. Rodgers, Ryohei Yamaguchi, Eui-Seok Chung, 2022: Emerging unprecedented lake ice loss in climate change projections, Nature Communications, vol. 13, 1, article 5798, doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-33495-3
  12. R. Iestyn Woolway, Lei Huang, Sapna Sharma, Sun-Seon Lee, Keith B. Rodgers, Axel Timmermann, 2022: Lake ice will be less safe for recreation and transportation under future warming, Earth’s Future, vol.10, 10, e2022EF002907, doi: 10.1029/2022EF002907
  13. Hien X. Bui, Axel Timmermann, June-Yi Lee, Eric D. Maloney, Yi-Xian Li, Ji-Eun Kim, Jacquelyn Shuman, Sun-Seon Lee, and William R. Wieder, 2022: Summer midlatitude stationary wave patterns synchronize Northern Hemisphere wildfire occurrence, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 49, 18, e2022GL099017, doi: 10.1029/2022GL099017
  14. Eui-Seok Chung, Seong-Joong Kim, Axel Timmermann, Kyung-Ja Ha, Sang-Ki Lee, Malte F. Stuecker, Keith B. Rodgers, Sun-Seon Lee, Lei Huang, 2022: Antarctic sea ice expansion and Southern Ocean cooling linked to tropical variability, Nature Climate Change, vol.12, 461-468, DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01339-z
  15. Jennifer E. Kay, Patricia DeRepentigny, Marika M. Holland, David A. Bailey, Alice K. DuVivier, Ed Blanchard-Wrigglesworth, Clara Deser, Alexandra Jahn, Hansi Singh, Madison M. Smith, Melinda A. Webster, Jim Edwards, Sun-Seon Lee, Keith B. Rodgers, and Nan Rosenbloom, 2022: Less Surface Sea Ice Melt in the CESM2 Improves Arctic Sea Ice Simulation With Minimal Non-Polar Climate Impacts, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, vol. 14, 4, e2021MS002679, doi: 10.1029/2021MS002679
  16. Keith B. Rodgers, Sun-Seon Lee, Nan Rosenbloom, Axel Timmermann, Gokhan Danabasoglu, Clara Deser, Jim Edwards, Ji-Eun Kim, Isla R. Simpson, Karl Stein, Malte F. Stuecker, Ryohei Yamaguchi, Tamas Bodai, Eui-Seok Chung, Lei Huang, Who M. Kim, Jean-Francois Lamarque, Danica L. Lombardozzi, William R. Wider, and Stephen G. Yeager, 2021: Ubiquity of human-induced changes in climate variability, Earth System Dynamics, vol.12, 4, pp. 1393-1411, doi: 10.5194/esd-12-1393-2021
  17. Christian Wengel, Sun-Seon Lee, Malte F. Stuecker, Axel Timmermann, Jung-Eun Chu, Fabian Schloesser, 2021: Future high-resolution El Niño/Southern Oscillation dynamics, nature climate change, doi: 10.1038/s43017-021-00199-z
  18. Sun-Seon Lee, Jung-Eun Chu, Axel Timmermann, Eui-Seok Chung, June-Yi Lee, 2021: East Asian climate response to COVID-19 lockdown measures in China, Scientific Reports, 11, 16852, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-96007-1
  19. Lei Huang, Sun-Seon Lee, Axel Timmermann, 2021: Caspian Sea and Black Sea response to greenhouse warming in a high-resolution Global Climte Model, Geophysical Research Letters, 48(4), e2020GL090270, DOI: 10.1029/2020GL090270
  20. Jung-Eun Chu, Sun-Seon Lee, Axel Timmermann, Christian Wengel, Malte F. Stuecker, Ryohei Yamaguchi, 2020: Reduced tropical cyclone densities and ocean effects due to anthropogenic greenhouse warming, Science Advances, 6(51), eabd5109, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abd5109
  21. Christina Karamperidou, Malte F Stuecker, Axel Timmermann, Kyung-Sook Yun, Sun-Seon Lee, Fei‐Fei Jin, Agus Santoso, Michael J McPhaden, Wenju Cai, 2020: ENSO in a Changing Climate: Challenges, Paleo-Perspectives, and Outlook, El Niño Southern Oscillation in a Changing Climate 253, 473, ISBN: 978-1-119-54812-6, DOI: 10.1002/9781119548164.ch21
  22. E. K. F. Chan, A. Timmermann, B. F. Baldi, A. E. Moore, R. J. Lyons, S.-S. Lee, A.M. F. Kalsbeek, D. C. Petersen, H. Rautenbach, H. E. A. Förtsch, M. S. Riana Bornman, V. M. Hayes, 2019: Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations,  Nature, 575 (7781), 185-189, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1714-1
  23. J.-Y. Moon, B. Wang, S.-S. Lee, and K.-J. Ha, 2018: An Intraseasonal Genesis Potential Index for Tropical Cyclones during Northern Hemisphere Summer,Journal of Climate, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0515.1
  24. B. Wang, S.-S. Lee, D. E. Waliser, C. Zhang, A. Sobel, E. Maloney, T. Li, X. Jiang, & K.-J. Ha, 2018: Dynamics-Oriented Diagnostics for the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Journal of Climate, 31, 3117–3135, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0332.1
  25. B Wang, S.-S. Lee, 2017: MJO Propagation Shaped by Zonal Asymmetric Structures: Results from 24 GCM  Simulations, Journal of Climate, 30, 7933-7952, DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0873.1
  26. Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Moon, B. Wang, and H.-J. Kim, 2017: Sub-seasonal prediction of extreme precipitation over Asia: Boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation perspective. J. Climate, 30, 2849-2865. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0206.1
  27. Lee, S.-S., and B. Wang, 2016: Regional boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation over Indian Ocean and Western Pacific: Comparison and predictability study. Clim. Dyn., 46, 2213-2229. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-015-2698-7
  28. Lee, S.-S., B. Wang, D. E. Waliser, J. M. Neena, and J.-Y. Lee, 2015: Predictability and prediction skill of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation in the Intraseasonal Variability Hindcast Experiment. Clim. Dyn., 45, 2123-2135. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2461-5
  29. Heo, K.-Y., K.-J. Ha, K.-S. Yun, S.-S. Lee, H.-J. Kim, and B. Wang, 2014: Methods for uncertainty assessment of climate models and model predictions over East Asia. Int. J. Climato., 34, 377-390. DOI: 10.1002/joc.3692
  30. Lee, J.-Y., S.-S. Lee, B. Wang, K.-J. Ha, and J.-G. Jhun, 2013: Seasonal prediction and predictability of the Asian winter temperature variability. Clim. Dyn., 41, 573-587. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-012-1588-5
  31. Lee, S.-S., S.-H. Kim, J.-G. Jhun, K.-J. Ha, and Y.-W. Seo, 2013: Robust warming over East Asia during boreal winter monsoon and its possible causes. Env. Res. Lett., 8, 034001. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/034001
  32. Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Lee, K.-J. Ha, B. Wang, A. Kitoh, Y. Kajikawa, and M. Abe, 2013: Role of the Tibetan Plateau on climatological annual variation of mean atmospheric circulation and storm track activity. J. Climate, 26, 5270-5286. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00213.1
  33. Lee, S.-S., Y.-W. Seo, K.-J. Ha, and J.-G. Jhun, 2013: Impact of the western North Pacific subtropical high on the East Asian monsoon precipitation and the Indian Ocean precipitation in the boreal summertime. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 171-182. DOI: 10.1007/s13143-013-0018-x
  34. Ha, K.-J., K.-Y. Heo, S.-S. Lee, K.-S. Yun, and J.-G. Jhun, 2012: Variability in the East Asian Monsoon: a review. Meteoro. App., 19, 200-215. DOI: 10.1002/met.1320
  35. Heo, K.-Y., K.-J. Ha, and S.-S. Lee, 2012: Warming of western North Pacific Ocean and energetics of transient eddy activity. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 2860-2873. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00256.1
  36. Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Lee, B. Wang, K.-J. Ha, K.-Y. Heo, F.-F. Jin, D. M. Straus, and J. Shukla, 2012: Interdecadal changes in the storm track activity and mean flow-eddy interaction over the North Pacific and the North Atlantic. Clim. Dyn., 39, 313-327. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1188-9
  37. Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Lee, B. Wang, F.-F. Jin, W.-J. Lee, and K.-J. Ha, 2011: A comparison of climatological subseasonal variations in the wintertime storm track activity between the North Pacific and Atlantic: local energetics and moisture effect. Clim. Dyn., 37, 2455-2469. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1027-z
  38. Lee, S.-S., J.-Y. Lee, K.-J. Ha, B. Wang, and J. Schemm, 2011: Deficiencies and possibilities for long-lead coupled climate prediction of the Western North Pacific-East Asian summer monsoon. Clim. Dyn., 36, 1173-1188. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0832-0
  39. Lee, S.-S., P. N. Vinayachandran, K.-J. Ha, and J.-G. Jhun, 2010: Shift of peak in summer monsoon rainfall over Korea and its association with ENSO. J. Geophys. Res., 115, D02111. DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011717
  40. Lee, S.-S., and K.-J. Ha, 2009: Eddy-mean flow interaction and its association with Bonin high: Comparison of July and August. Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 483-498.
  41. Ha, K.-J., and S.-S. Lee, 2007: On the interannual variability of the Bonin high associated with the East Asian summer monsoon rain. Clim. Dyn., 28, 67-83. DOI: 10.1007/s00382-006-0169-x
  42. Um, H.-H., K.-J. Ha, and S.-S. Lee, 2007: Evaluation of the urban effect of long-term relative humidity and the separation of temperature and water vapor effects. Int. J. Climato., 27, 1531-1542. DOI: 10.1002/joc.1483