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
- In-Won Kim, Axel Timmermann, Ji-Eun Kim, Keith B. Rodgers, Sun-Seon Lee, Hanna Lee, and William R. Wieder, 2024: Abrupt increase in Arctic-Subarctic wildfires caused by future permafrost thaw, Nature Communications, vol. 15, 1, Article 7686, doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51471-x
- Lei Huang, R. Iestyn Woolway, Axel Timmermann, Sun-Seon Lee, Keith B. Rodgers, Ryohei Yamaguchi, 2024: Emergence of lake conditions that exceed natural temperature variability, Nature Geoscience, vol.17, pp. 763 – 769, doi: 10.1038/s41561-024-01491-5
- Mohanan Geethalekshmi Sreeush, Eun Young Kwon, Sun-Seon Lee, Arjun Babu Nellikkattil, 2024: Anthropogenically Driven Changes in the Carbon to Phosphorus Ratio of Marine Dissolved Organic Matter, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, vol. 38, 6, e2023GB008069, doi: 10.1029/2023GB008069
- Anila Rani Jo, June-Yi Lee, Sahil Sharma, Sun-Seon Lee, 2024: Season-Dependent Atmosphere-Ocean Coupled Processes Driving SST Seasonality Changes in a Warmer Climate, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 51, 11, e2023GL106953, doi: 10.1029/2023GL106953
- Suyeon Moon, Kyung-Ja Ha, and Sun-Seon Lee, 2024: Impact of anthropogenic warming on emergence of extreme precipitation over global land monsoon area, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 19, 3, Article 034018, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad2890
- Bin Wang, Lun Dai, Tat Fan Cheng, Sun-Seon Lee, Tiny Wang, Chunhan Jin, 2024: Climatological Madden-Julian Oscillation during boreal spring leads to abrupt Australian monsoon retreat and Asian monsoon onsets, npj climate and atmospheric science, vol. 7, article 40, doi: 10.1038/s41612-024-00566-9
- Alexia Karwat, Christian L.E. Franzke, Joaquim G. Pinto, Sun-Seon Lee, Richard Blender, 2024: Northern Hemisphere Extra-Tropical Cyclone Clustering in ERA5 Reanalysis and the CESM2 Large Ensemble, Journal of Climate, vol. 37, 4, pp.1347-1365, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0160.1
- Junghee Yun, Kyung-Ja Ha, Sun-Seon Lee, 2024: Impact of greenhouse warming on mesoscale eddy characteristics in high-resolution climate simulations, Environmental Research Letters, vol. 19, 1, Article 104078, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad114b
- Hyein Jeong, Sun-Seon Lee, Hyo-Seok Park, Andrew L. Stewart, 2023: Future changes in Antarctic coastal polynyas and bottom water formation simulated by a high-resolution coupled model, Communications earth and environment, vol. 4, article 490, doi: 10.1038/s43247-023-01156-y
- Kyung-Sook Yun, Axel Timmermann, Sun-Seon Lee, Matteo Willeit, Andrey Ganopolski, Jyoti Jadhav, 2023: A transient coupled general circulation model (CGCM) simulation of the past 3 million years, Climate of the Past, vol. 19, 10, pp. 1951 – 1974, doi: 10.5194/cp-19-1951-2023
- Pavan Harika Raavi, Jung-Eun Chu, Axel Timmermann, Sun-Seon Lee, Kevin J.E. Walsh, 2023: Moisture control of tropical cyclones in high-resolution simulations of paleoclimate and future climate, Nature Communications, vol. 14, article 6426, doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42033-8
- Sharif Jahfer, Kyung-Ja Ha, Christian L.E. Franzke, Sun-Seon Lee, Keith B. Rodgers, Dong-Eun Lee, 2023: Decoupling of Arctic variability from the North Pacific in a warmer climate, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, vol. 6, article 154, doi: 10.1038/s41612-023-00480-6
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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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
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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