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Climate change and Atmosphere

Climate change and Atmosphere

Research on preparing for environmental and climate changes through climate modeling, transport and fate study of air pollutants, and the development of air pollutant purification catalysts

Soil Environment Laboratory

Prof. Kyoung-Woong Kim

Research Fields

Prediction of geochemical behavior of pollutants
Development of eco-friendly soil/groundwater remediation techniques
Development of ecosystem restoration technologies in response to the climate change
Development of remediation techniques for arsenic contaminated soil

Hydro AI Laboratory

Prof. Hyunglok Kim

Research Fields

Climate change and human activities are increasing uncertainties in water resource management and natural disaster predictions. At our Hydro AI Lab, we use remote sensing, land surface models, and AI/machine learning to investigate the complex interactions between land surfaces and the atmosphere in response to climate change. Our goal is to improve the precision of natural disaster predictions and water resource management. We achieve this through the generation of new remote sensing datasets and algorithms, enhancement of surface models, and utilization of high-performance computing for global-scale land surface modeling.
Machine Learning (Shallow Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Bayesian Machine Learning)
Satellite Remote Sensing (Microwave, GNSS)
Land Surface Models (Parallel Computing with HPC)
Data Assimilation (Ensemble Kalman Filter, Particle Filter)
Global Water Cycle, Water Balance Model (MCMC Sampling Approach)
Land-atmosphere Interaction (Land Information System from NASA)
Impact of Human Activities on Earth System
Uncertainty Analysis (Bayesian Inference, Triple Collocation Analysis)

Atmospheric Trace Molecule Sensing Laboratory

Prof. Kyung-Eun Min

Research Fields

Investigations on the controllers in air quality degradation (aerosol and ozone)
Quantifying the source strengths of the climate changing drivers
Development of the state-of-the-art instrument for trace level air pollutant monitoring
Intensive field measurements (ground-, ship- and air-borne)
Assessment of the effectiveness of climate and air quality policies

Aerosol Technology and Monitoring Laboratory

Prof. Kihong Park

Research Fields

Development of aerosol generation and measurement technology
PM2.5 monitoring and sources
Atmospheric new particle formation (NPF)
Construction of PM2.5 toxicity
AI-based prediction of NPF and aerosols

Atmospheric Chemical Information Research Laboratory

Prof. Chul-Han Song

Research Fields

Short- and medium-range forecasting of particulate matter
Development of the integrated system of air quality modeling system and satellite data
Prediction of air quality using a 3-D chemical transport model
Development of forecasting model using artificial intelligence
Research on multi-phase chemical reactions of aerosols

Climate Analysis and Modeling Laboratory

Prof. Jinho Yoon

Research Fields

Anthropogenic (man-made) climate change vs. Natural climate variability
Understanding Weather-Climate Extremes
Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation interaction
Development and analysis of Earth System Modeling
Geoengineering

Trace Metal Biogeochemistry Laboratory

Prof. Seunghee Han

Research Fields

Biogeochemical cycling of trace metals
Climate change effects on trace metal cycling
Metal-mineral biogeochemical interactions
Atmospheric deposition of trace metals
Materials for trace element remediation and recovery

Earth Materials Science Laboratory

Prof. Huijeong Hwang

Research Fields

Extreme condition science
Reduction to environmental pollutant
Solid Earth water cycle
Carbon capture using porous materials
In-situ X-ray measurements