Dr. Yong-Sang Choi is a professor of Climate Physics in the Department of Climate and Energy Systems Engineering. He is also an adjunct professor of Interdisciplinary Program of Social Economics and CEO/CTO of social venture RainbirdGEO. He has received a Ph.D. at Seoul National University, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and a visiting professor at NASA JPL. His research deals with climate change and various global environmental issues. To date, he has written about 120 peer-reviewed papers in SCI journals including Natural Climate Change, Natural Communications, and PNAS.
Associate Vice President for University Planning and Coordination(Evaluation)/Director, Center for Future Innovation/Director, Center for Climate / Environment Change Prediction Research
Difference in boreal winter predictability between two dynamical cores of Community Atmosphere Model 5Environmental Research Letters, 2024, v.19 no.1, 14019
Estimation of water balance components by Noah-MP land surface model for the Neyshaboor watershed, Khorasan Razavi, IranApplied Water Science, 2024, v.14 no.2, 22
First evaluation of the GEMS formaldehyde product against TROPOMI and ground-based column measurements during the in-orbit test periodATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2024, v.24 no.8, 4733-4749
First results of cloud retrieval from the Geostationary Environmental Monitoring SpectrometerAtmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2024, v.17 no.2, 453-470
Potential Precursory Signals of Localized Torrential Rainfall From Geostationary Satellite and Radar Observations: A Case Study of the 2022 Seoul FloodAsia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2024, v.60 no.5, 679-692
Unsupervised Clustering of Geostationary Satellite Cloud Properties for Estimating Precipitation Probabilities of Tropical Convective CloudsJournal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 2023, v.62 no.8, 1083-1094
Markov Chain Analysis of Rainfall over East Asia: Unusual Frequency, Persistence, and Entropy in the Summer 2020Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2022, v.58 no.2, 281-291
Effect of solar zenith angle on satellite cloud retrievals based on O-2-O-2 absorption bandINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 2021, v.42 no.11, 4224-4240
Effective Disaster Measures for Cambodia: Implications from Focus Group Interview with Potential Young Professionals in CambodiaSocial Work in Public Health, 2021, v.36 no.2, 259-275
Examination of effects of aerosols on a pyroCb and their dependence on fire intensity and aerosol perturbationATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2020, v.20 no.6, 3357-3371
New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS)BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2020, v.101 no.1, E1-E22
A Positive Iris Feedback: Insights from Climate Simulations with Temperature-Sensitive Cloud-Rain ConversionJOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2019, v.32 no.16, 5305-5324
Comparison of Simulations of Updraft Mass Fluxes and Their Response to Increasing Aerosol Concentration between a Bin Scheme and a Bulk Scheme in a Deep-Convective Cloud SystemADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2019 , 9292535
Effects of high-resolution geostationary satellite imagery on the predictability of tropical thunderstorms over Southeast AsiaNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2019, v.19 no.10, 2241-2248
Probability Index of Low Stratus and Fog at Dawn using Dual Geostationary Satellite Observations from COMS and FY-2D near the Korean PeninsulaREMOTE SENSING, 2019, v.11 no.11, 1283
Use of spectral cloud emissivities and their related uncertainties to infer ice cloud boundaries: methodology and assessment using CALIPSO cloud productsATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, 2019, v.12 no.9, 5039-5054
Aerosol as a potential factor to control the increasing torrential rain events in urban areas over the last decadesATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2018, v.18 no.16, 12531-12550
Effects of model resolution and parameterizations on the simulations of clouds, precipitation, and their interactions with aerosolsATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2018, v.18 no.1, 13-29
Impacts of aerosols on seasonal precipitation and snowpack in California based on convection-permitting WRF-Chem simulationsATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2018, v.18 no.8, 5529-5547
Improved detection of low stratus and fog at dawn from dual geostationary (COMS and FY-2D) satellitesRemote Sensing of Environment, 2018, v.211, 292-306
Influence of inhomogeneous surface heat capacity on the estimation of radiative response coefficients in a two-zone energy balance modelTheoretical and Applied Climatology, 2017, v.132 n.1-2, 1-7
Interactions between aerosol absorption, thermodynamics, dynamics, and microphysics and their impacts on a multiple-cloud systemClimate Dynamics, 2017, v.49 n.11-12, 1-17
Revisiting the iris effect of tropical cirrus clouds with TRMM and A-Train satellite dataJournal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2017, v.122 no.11, 5917-5931
Development of statistical seasonal prediction models of Arctic Sea Ice concentration using CERES absorbed solar radiationASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2016, v.52 no.5, 467-477
Recent changes in winter Arctic clouds and their relationships with sea ice and atmospheric conditionsTELLUS SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 2016, v.68
Erratum: Changes in weather and climate extremes over Korea and possible causes: A review (Asia-Pac. J. Atmos. Sci., 51(2,) (103-121), 2015, DOI:10.1007/s13143-015-0066-5)Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2015, v.51 no.3, 291
Influence of altered low cloud parameterizations for seasonal variation of Arctic cloud amount on climate feedbacksClimate Dynamics, 2015, 10 DEC 2015, 1-12
Long-range transport of air pollutants originating in China: A possible major cause of multi-day high-PM10 episodes during cold season in Seoul, KoreaATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2015, v.109, 23-30
Assessing optimal set of implemented physical parameterization schemes in a multi-physics land surface model using genetic algorithmGEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT, 2014, v.7 no.5, 2517-2529
Connecting early summer cloud-controlled sunlight and late summer sea ice in the ArcticJOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 2014, v.119 no.19, 11087-11099
Influence of non-feedback variations of radiation on the determination of climate feedbackTHEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, 2014, v.115 no.1-2, 355-364
Satellite Retrievals of Aerosol Optical Depth over a Subtropical Urban Area : The Role of Stratification and Surface ReflectanceAEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH, 2014, v.14 no.3, 596-U568
Spaceborne lidar observations of the ice-nucleating potential of dust, polluted dust, and smoke aerosols in mixed-phase cloudsJOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 2014, v.119 no.11, 6653-6665
Comments on "direct radiative forcing of anthropogenic aerosols over oceans from satellite observation"Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2013, v.30 no.1, 10-14
Estimation of aerosol direct radiative effects for all-sky conditions from CERES and MODIS observationsJournal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2013, v.102, 311-320
Inter- and intra-annual variability of vegetation in the northern hemisphere and its association with precursory meteorological factorsGlobal Biogeochemical Cycles, 2013, v.27 no.1, 31-42
Impact of vegetation on land-atmosphere coupling strength and its implication for desertification mitigation over East AsiaJournal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 2012, v.117 no.12
On the numerical integration of a randomly forced system: Variation and feedback estimationTheoretical and Applied Climatology, 2012, v.110 no.41276, 97-101
The observed variation in cloud-induced longwave radiation in response to sea surface temperature over the Pacific warm pool from MTSAT-1R imageryGeophysical Research Letters, 2012, v.39 no.17
A review on vegetation models and applicability to climate simulations at regional scaleAsia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 2011, v.47 no.5, 463-475
Different characteristics of cold day and cold surge frequency over East Asia in a global warming situationJournal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres, 2011, v.116 no.12
[학술지논문] Difference in boreal winter predictability between two dynamical cores of Community Atmosphere Model 5
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 2024, v.19
no.1
, 0-0
SCIE
[학술지논문] Estimation of water balance components by Noah-MP land surface model for the Neyshaboor watershed, Khorasan Razavi, Iran
APPLIED WATER SCIENCE, 2024, v.14
no.2
, 0-0
SCIE
[학술지논문] Factors determining tropical upper-level cloud radiative effect in the radiative-convective equilibrium framework
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 2024, v.14
no.1
, 0-0
SCIE
[학술지논문] First evaluation of the GEMS formaldehyde product against TROPOMI and ground-based column measurements during the in-orbit test period
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2024, v.24
no.8
, 4733-4749
SCIE
[학술지논문] First results of cloud retrieval from the Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, 2024, v.17
no.2
, 453-470
SCIE
[학술지논문] On the Importance of a Geostationary View for Tropical Cloud Feedback
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 2024, v.51
no.4
, 0-0
SCIE
[학술지논문] Potential Improvement of GK2A Clear-Sky Atmospheric Motion Vectors Using the Convolutional Neural Network Model
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2024, v.60
no.3
, 245-253
SCIE
[학술지논문] Potential Precursory Signals of Localized Torrential Rainfall From Geostationary Satellite and Radar Observations: A Case Study of the 2022 Seoul Flood
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2024, v.60
no.5
, 679-692
SCIE
[학술지논문] 민간기업을 위한 물리적 기후리스크 추정 연구
대기, 2024, v.34
no.1
, 1-21
KCI
[학술지논문] Radiative effects of observationally constrained tropical upper-level clouds in a radiative-convective equilibrium model
CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 2023, v.61
no.3-4
, 1903-1912
SCIE
[학술지논문] Unsupervised Clustering of Geostationary Satellite Cloud Properties for Estimating Precipitation Probabilities of Tropical Convective Clouds
JOURNAL OF APPLIED METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY, 2023, v.62
no.8
, 1083-1094
SCIE
[학술지논문] Markov Chain Analysis of Rainfall over East Asia: Unusual Frequency, Persistence, and Entropy in the Summer 2020
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2022, v.58
no.2
, 281-291
SCIE
[학술지논문] Model spread in tropical low cloud feedback tied to overturning circulation response to warming
Nature Communications, 2022, v.13
no.1
, 0-0
SCI
[학술지논문] The Iris Effect: A Review
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2022, v.58
no.1
, 159-168
SCIE
[학술지논문] Advanced Dual-Satellite Method for Detection of Low Stratus and Fog near Japan at Dawn from FY-4A and Himawari-8
REMOTE SENSING, 2021, v.13
no.5
, 1042-1042
SCIE
[학술지논문] Cold-season atmospheric conditions associated with sudden changes in PM10 concentration over Seoul, Korea
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION RESEARCH, 2021, v.12
no.5
, 101041-101041
SCIE
[학술지논문] Effect of solar zenith angle on satellite cloud retrievals based on O-2-O-2 absorption band
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING, 2021, v.42
no.11
, 4224-4240
SCI
[학술지논문] Effective Disaster Measures for Cambodia: Implications from Focus Group Interview with Potential Young Professionals in Cambodia
SOCIAL WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH, 2021, v.36
no.2
, 259-275
SSCI
[학술지논문] Process-based analysis of relative contributions to the multi-model warming projection over East Asia
CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 2021, v.56
no.9-10
, 2729-2747
SCI
[학술지논문] 젠더 차이를 고려한 기후변화 연구 리뷰
한국기후변화학회지, 2021, v.12
no.2
, 121-135
KCI
[학술지논문] Effect of Arctic clouds on the ice-albedo feedback in midsummer
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 2020, v.40
no.10
, 4707-4714
SCI
[학술지논문] Examination of effects of aerosols on a pyroCb and their dependence on fire intensity and aerosol perturbation
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2020, v.20
no.6
, 3357-3371
SCI
[학술지논문] Invariability of Arctic Top-of-Atmosphere Radiative Response to Surface Temperature Changes
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE, 2020, v.7
no.11
, 2020001316-2020001316
SCIE
[학술지논문] On the cloud radiative effect for tropical high clouds overlying low clouds
Geoscience Letters, 2020, v.7
no.1
, 7-7
SCIE
[학술지논문] A Positive Iris Feedback: Insights from Climate Simulations with Temperature-Sensitive Cloud-Rain Conversion
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2019, v.32
no.16
, 5305-5324
SCI
[학술지논문] Assessment of CALIOP and MODIS aerosol products over Iran to explore air quality
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, 2019, v.137
no.1-2
, 117-131
SCI
[학술지논문] Comparison of Simulations of Updraft Mass Fluxes and Their Response to Increasing Aerosol Concentration between a Bin Scheme and a Bulk Scheme in a Deep-Convective Cloud System
ADVANCES IN METEOROLOGY, 2019, v.0
no.0
, 9292535-9292535
SCIE
[학술지논문] Effects of high-resolution geostationary satellite imagery on the predictability of tropical thunderstorms over Southeast Asia
NATURAL HAZARDS AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES, 2019, v.19
no.10
, 2241-2248
SCIE
[학술지논문] Probability Index of Low Stratus and Fog at Dawn using Dual Geostationary Satellite Observations from COMS and FY-2D near the Korean Peninsula
REMOTE SENSING, 2019, v.11
no.11
, 1283-1283
SCIE
[학술지논문] Tropical influence on the North Pacific Oscillation drives winter extremes in North America
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE, 2019, v.9
no.5
, 413-413
SSCI
[학술지논문] Use of spectral cloud emissivities and their related uncertainties to infer ice cloud boundaries: methodology and assessment using CALIPSO cloud products
ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES, 2019, v.12
no.9
, 5039-5054
SCIE
[학술지논문] 신문기사의 비판적 담론분석을 통한 재난대응에 대한 고찰―2017년 11월‘포항지진’을 중심으로
한국재난정보학회 논문집, 2019, v.15
no.2
, 223-238
KCI
[학술지논문] Development of a Retrieval Algorithm for Adjustment of Satellite-viewed Cloudiness
대한원격탐사학회지, 2019, v.35
no.3
, 415-431
KCI
[학술지논문] Aerosol as a potential factor to control the increasing torrential rain events in urban areas over the last decades
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2018, v.18
no.16
, 12531-12550
SCI
[학술지논문] Effects of model resolution and parameterizations on the simulations of clouds, precipitation, and their interactions with aerosols
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2018, v.18
no.1
, 13-29
SCI
[학술지논문] Elucidating the Role of Anthropogenic Aerosols in Arctic Sea Ice Variations
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2018, v.31
no.1
, 99-114
SCI
[학술지논문] Impacts of aerosols on seasonal precipitation and snowpack in California based on convection-permitting WRF-Chem simulations
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS, 2018, v.18
no.8
, 5529-5547
SCI
[학술지논문] Improved detection of low stratus and fog at dawn from dual geostationary (COMS and FY-2D) satellites
REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT, 2018, v.211
no.8
, 292-306
SCI
[학술지논문] Influence of inhomogeneous surface heat capacity on the estimation of radiative response coefficients in a two-zone energy balance model
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, 2018, v.132
no.1-2
, 579-585
SCI
[학술지논문] Interdecadal Variability of the Warm Arctic and Cold Eurasia Pattern and Its North Atlantic Origin
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2018, v.31
no.15
, 5793-5810
SCI
[학술지논문] Observational estimation of radiative feedback to surface air temperature over Northern High Latitudes
CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 2018, v.50
no.1-2
, 615-628
SCI
[학술지논문] The Fingerprint of Climate Change and Urbanization in South Korea
ATMOSPHERE, 2018, v.9
no.7
, 1-16
SCIE
[학술지논문] Climatic influence on corn sowing date in the Midwestern United States
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 2017, v.37
no.3
, 1595-1602
SCI
[학술지논문] Interactions between aerosol absorption, thermodynamics, dynamics, and microphysics and their impacts on a multiple-cloud system
CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 2017, v.49
no.11-12
, 3905-3921
SCI
[학술지논문] Long-term change of the atmospheric energy cycles and weather disturbances
CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 2017, v.49
no.9-10
, 3605-3617
SCI
[학술지논문] Multiple Aspects of Northern Hemispheric Wintertime Cold Extremes as Revealed by Markov Chain Analysis
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2017, v.53
no.1
, 51-61
SCIE
[학술지논문] Rainfall variability over Zimbabwe and its relation to large-scale atmosphere-ocean processes
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY, 2017, v.37
no.2
, 963-971
SCI
[학술지논문] Revisiting the iris effect of tropical cirrus clouds with TRMM and A-Train satellite data
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 2017, v.122
no.11
, 5917-5931
SCI
[학술지논문] TOWARD GLOBAL HARMONIZATION OF DERIVED CLOUD PRODUCTS
BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, 2017, v.98
no.2
, 49-52
SCI
[학술지논문] Tightening of tropical ascent and high clouds key to precipitation change in a warmer climate
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 2017, v.8
no.0
, 15771-15771
SCI
[학술지논문] Development of statistical seasonal prediction models of Arctic Sea Ice concentration using CERES absorbed solar radiation
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2016, v.52
no.5
, 467-477
SCI
[학술지논문] Influence of altered low cloud parameterizations for seasonal variation of Arctic cloud amount on climate feedbacks
CLIMATE DYNAMICS, 2016, v.47
no.5-6
, 1661-1672
SCI
[학술지논문] Recent changes in winter Arctic clouds and their relationships with sea ice and atmospheric conditions
TELLUS SERIES A-DYNAMIC METEOROLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 2016, v.68
no.0
, 1-20
SCI
[학술지논문] "Long-range transport of air pollutants originating in China: A possible major cause of multi-day high-PM10 episodes during cold season in Seoul, Korea"
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 2015, v.109
no.0
, 23-30
SCI
[학술지논문] Changes in weather and climate extremes over Korea and possible causes: A review
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2015, v.51
no.2
, 103-121
SCI
[학술지논문] Earth and environmental remote sensing community in South Korea: A review
Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 2015, v.2
no.0
, 66-76
Scopus
[학술지논문] Retrieval of outgoing longwave radiation from COMS narrowband infrared imagery
ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2015, v.0
no.0
, 0-0
SCI
[학술지논문] Assessing optimal set of implemented physical parameterization schemes in a multi-physics land surface model using genetic algorithm
GEOSCIENTIFIC MODEL DEVELOPMENT, 2014, v.7
no.5
, 2517-2529
SCIE
[학술지논문] Connecting early summer cloud-controlled sunlight and late summer sea ice in the Arctic
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 2014, v.119
no.19
, 11087-11099
SCI
[학술지논문] Future Change of Northern Hemisphere Summer Tropical-Extratropical Teleconnection in CMIP5 Models*
JOURNAL OF CLIMATE, 2014, v.27
no.10
, 3643-3664
SCI
[학술지논문] Influence of cloud phase composition on climate feedbacks
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 2014, v.119
no.7
, 3687-3700
SCI
[학술지논문] Influence of non-feedback variations of radiation on the determination of climate feedback
THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY, 2014, v.115
no.1
, 355-364
SCI
[학술지논문] Satellite Retrievals of Aerosol Optical Depth over a Subtropical Urban Area: The Role of Stratification and Surface Reflectance
AEROSOL AND AIR QUALITY RESEARCH, 2014, v.14
no.0
, 596-607
SCIE
[학술지논문] Spaceborne lidar observations of the ice-nucleating potential of dust, polluted dust, and smoke aerosols in mixed-phase clouds
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 2014, v.119
no.11
, 6653-6665
SCI
[학술지논문] Comments on "direct radiative forcing of anthropogenic aerosols over oceans from satellite observation"
ADVANCES IN ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, 2013, v.30
no.1
, 10-14
SCI
[학술지논문] Estimation of aerosol direct radiative effects for all-sky conditions from CERES and MODIS observations
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, 2013, v.102
no.0
, 311-320
SCI
[학술지논문] Inter- and intra-annual variability of vegetation in the northern hemisphere and its association with precursory meteorological factors
GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES, 2013, v.27
no.0
, 1-12
SCI
[학술지논문] Quantitative Precipitation Forecast of a Tropical Cyclone through Optimal Parameter Estimation in a Convective Parameterization
SOLA, 2013, v.9
no.0
, 36-39
SCIE
[저역서] 교육 국제개발협력 프로젝트
공동체, 2018, 230
[저역서] 기후과학자가 쓴 기후역학 교과서
도서출판 동화기술, 2017, 0
[저역서] 위성기상학
기상청 국가기상위성센터, 2014, 373
[학술발표] Cloud Feedback to SST Change Over the Tropical Western Pacific: COMS vs MODISAOGS2024 21st Annual Meeting, 대한민국, 평창, 2024-06-26
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, 2024
[학술발표] Cloud remote sensing coping with multiple natural hazards in tropical developing countriesInternational cloud working group-3, 독일, 다름슈타트, 2024-02-26
International cloud working group-3, 2024