Curriculum vitae
•Joowan Kim
1J OOWAN K IM http://www.atmdyn.org
Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science,
Kongju National University, 56 Gongjudaehakro, Gongju, 32588, South Korea Phone: +82-41-850-8528, Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
06/2014 Ph.D., Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, McGill University, Canada
• Thesis title: The role of dynamics in the formation and maintenance of the tropical cold-point tropopause
02/2004 M.S., Atmospheric Science, Seoul National University, Korea
• Thesis title: The effect of latent heat release on the QG 2-layer model and its short-time predictability
02/2002 B.S., Atmospheric Science, Seoul National University, Korea
RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
2016 – present Assistant Professor, Department of Atmospheric Science, Kongju National University, Korea 2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling Laboratory,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, USA
• Research topics: Analysis of thermal and chemical variabilities in the UTLS using GPS RO and Aura MLS; Convective influence in the tropical tropopause layer.
2009 – 2014 Research Assistant, McGill University, Canada
• Research topics: Investigation of thermal variability at the tropical tropopause using GPS RO and idealized GCM; Evaluation of the tropical tropopause in CMIP5 models.
2004 – 2009 Research Assistant, Seoul National University, Korea
• Research topics: Development of WRF real-time forecasting system for East Asia; Analysis of secondary circulation and energy budget in large-scale precipitation systems.
HONORS & AWARDS
2017 Young Atmospheric Scientist Award, Korean Meteorological Society 2013 Best Poster Presentation, AMS 17th Conference on the Middle Atmosphere
2010 – 2011 Global Environmental and Climate Change Center (GEC3) Graduate Student Stipends 2009 Provost’s Graduate Fellowship, McGill University
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
1. Kim, J., W. J. Randel, and T. Birner, 2018: Convectively-driven tropopause-level cooling and its influences on stratospheric moisture, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 590-606.
2. Kim, J., W. J. Randel, T. Birner, and M. Abalos, 2016: Spectrum of wave forcing associated with the annual cycle of upwelling at the tropical tropopause, J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 855-868.
3. Kim, J., S.-W. Son, 2015: Formation and maintenance of the tropical cold point in an idealized dry GCM, J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 3097–3115.
4. Kim, J., K. M. Grise, and S.-W. Son, 2013: Thermal characteristics of the cold-point tropopause region in CMIP5 models, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50649.
5. Kim, J. and S.-W. Son, 2012: Tropical Cold-Point Tropopause: Climatology, Seasonal Cycle and Intraseasonal Variability Derived from COSMIC GPS Radio Occultation Measurements, Journal of Climate, 25, 5343–5360.
6. Choi, Y., J. Kim, and D. Lee, 2012: Characteristics and Nonlinear Growth of the Singular Vector Related to a Heavy Rainfall Case over the Korean Peninsula. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 29, 10–28.
7. Gettelman, A., M. I. Hegglin, S.-W. Son, J. Kim, M. Fujiwara, T. Birner, S. Kremser, M. Rex, and SPARC/CCMVal co-authors, 2010: Multi-model Assessment of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere: Tropics and Trends, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D00M08, doi:10.1029/2009JD013638.
