Dr. Seung Hee Kim

Dr. Seung Hee Kim

Associate Professor, Research Faculty
Associate Director, Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling and Observations
Schmid College of Science and Technology; Computational and Data Science
Office Location: 452 N. Glassell, Orange, CA
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 714-289-3113
Website: http://www.chapman.edu/ceesmo
Education:
Yonsei University, Bachelor of Science
University of California, Los Angeles, Master of Science
University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

Yi Victor Wang, Seung Hee Kim, Geunsu Lyu, Choeng-Lyong Lee, Gyuwon Lee, Ki-Hong Min, and Menas C. Kafatos, 2023: Relative Importance of Radar Variables for Nowcasting Heavy Rainfall: A Machine Learning Approach, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS) 61, 1-14, 4100314.
Kwang Nyun Kim, Seung Hee Kim, Sang Seo Park, and Yun Gon Lee 2023: Feasibility analysis of AERONET lunar AOD for nighttime particulate matter estimation, Environ. Res. Commun., 5, 051004
Yi Victor Wang, Seung Hee Kim, and Menas C. Kafatos 2023: Verifying empirical predictive modeling of societal vulnerability to hazardous events: A Monte Carlo experimental approach, Reliab. Eng. Syst. Saf. 240, 109593
Shenyue Jia, Son V. Nghiem, Seung Hee Kim, Laura Krauser, Andrea E. Gaughan, Forest R. Stevens, Menas C. Kafatos and Khanh D. Ngo, 2022: Extreme Development of Dragon Fruit Agriculture with Nighttime Lighting in Southern Vietnam. In: Vadrevu, K.P., Le Toan, T., Ray, S.S., Justice, C. (eds) Remote Sensing of Agriculture and Land Cover/Land Use Changes in South and Southeast Asian Countries. Springer, Cham.
Kyungil Lee, Jieun Ryu, and Seung Hee Kim 2022: Restoration of Damaged Forest and Roles of Remote Sensing. In: Suratman, M.N. (eds) Concepts and Applications of Remote Sensing in Forestry. Springer, Singapore.
Kyungil Lee, Yoonji Kim, Hyun Chan Sung, Seung Hee Kim and Seong Woo Jeon 2022: Surface urban heat island in South Korea’s new towns with different urban planning, Environ Monit Assess, 194, 360.
Jaemin Kim, Seung Hee Kim, Hyun Woo Seo, Yi Victor Wang, and Yun Gon Lee, 2022: Meteorological characteristics of fog events in Korean smart cities and machine learning based visibility estimation, Atmos. Research, 275, 106239
Mijin Kim, Seung Hee Kim, Woogyung Vincent Kim, Yun Gon Lee, Jhoon Kim, and Menas C. Kafatos 2021: Assessment of Aerosol Optical Depth Under Background and Polluted Conditions Using AERONET and VIIRS Datasets. Atmos. Environ. 245, 117994
Rackhun Son, Hyungjun Kim, Simon S-Y. Wang, Jee-Hoon Jeong, Sung-Ho Woo, Ji-Yoon Jeong, Byung-Doo Lee, Seung Hee Kim, Matthew LaPlante, Chun-Geun Kwon, Jin-Ho Yoon 2021: Changes in climate-driven wildfire risk under 1.5°C and 2.0°C warming, Environ. Res. Lett. 16, 034058
Francis M. Fujioka, David R. Weise, Shyh-Chin Chen, Seung Hee Kim, and Menas C. Kafatos 2021: Reaction Intensity Partitioning: A New Perspective of Fire Danger. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 30, 351-364
Rackhun Son, Simon S-Y Wang, Seung Hee Kim, Hyungjun Kim, Jee-Hoon Jeong, and Jin-Ho Yoon, 2021: Recurrent pattern of extreme fire weather in California, Environ. Res. Lett. 16, 094031
Shenyue Jia, Seung Hee Kim, Son V. Nghiem, Paul Doherty, and Menas C. Kafatos 2020: Patterns of population displacement during mega-fires in California detected using Facebook Disaster Maps. Environ. Res. Lett. 15, 074029, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab8847
Shenyue Jia, Seung Hee Kim, Son V. Ngheim, Menas Kafatos. 2019 Live fuel moisture estimation using SMAP soil moisture and MODIS vegetation indices in Southern California, USA. IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 6126-6129.
Chul-Hee Lim, Seung Hee Kim, Jong Ahn Chun, Menas C. Kafatos and Woo-Kyun Lee 2019: Assessment of Agricultural Drought Considering the Hydrological Cycle and Crop Phenology in the Korean Peninsula. Water, 11(5), 1105
Shenyue Jia , Seung Hee Kim, Son V. Nghiem and Menas Kafatos 2019: Estimating Live Fuel Moisture Using SMAP L-Band Radiometer Soil Moisture for Southern California, USA. Remote Sensing, 11(13), 1575
Kwang Nyun Kim, Seung Hee Kim, Myoung Soo Won, Keun Chang Jang, Won Jun Choi and Yun Gon Lee, 2019: A Feasibility Study on the Application of TVDI on Accessing Wildfire Danger in the Korean Peninsula. Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, 35(6-3), 1197-1208
Shenyue Jia, Seung Hee Kim, Son V. Nghiem, Wonhee Cho, Menas Kafatos, "Estimating Live Fuel Moisture in Southern California Using Remote Sensing Vegetation Water Content Proxie," 2018 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, p. 5587-5890.
Myoung, B., S. H. Kim, S. V. Nghiem, S. Jia, K. Whitney, and M. C. Kafatos, 2018: Estimating Live Fuel Moisture from MODIS Satellite Data for Wildfire Danger Assessment in Southern California USA, 10, 87, Remote Sensing.
E. G. Strauss, M. C. Kafatos, S. H. Kim, S. V. Nghiem and J. Pal, "Applying remote sensing to urban ecosystem dynamics: Opportunities for understanding and managing the ballona wetland system in Los Angeles," 2017 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Fort Worth, TX, 2017, pp. 1130-1132.
Myoung, Boksoon, Seung Hee Kim, Jinwon Kim, and Menas C. Kafatos 2017: On the Relationship between Spring NAO and Snowmelt in the Upper Southwestern US. 30, 5141–5149, Journal of Climate.
Chul-Hee Lim, Seung Hee Kim, Yuyoung Choi, Menas C. Kafatos and Woo-Kyun Lee 2017: Estimation of the Virtual Water Content of Main Crops on the Korean Peninsula Using Multiple Regional Climate Models and Evapotranspiration Methods. 9, 1172, Sustainability.
Menas Kafatos, Seung Hee Kim, Chul-Hee Lim, Jinwon Kim, Woo-Kyun Lee 2017: Responses of Agro-ecosystems to Climate Change: Specifics of Resilience in the Mid-Latitude Regions. 9, 1361, Sustainability.
David Medvigy, Seung Hee Kim, Jinwon Kim, Menas C. Kafatos. Dynamically downscaling predictions for deciduous tree leaf emergence in California under current and future climate. 7, 935–944, International Journal of Biometeorology.
Myoung, Boksoon, Seung Hee Kim, Jinwon Kim, and Menas C. Kafatos 2016: Regional Variations of Optimal Sowing Dates for the Southwestern US. 59, 1759-1769, Transactions of the ASABE.
Kim, Seung Hee, Boksoon Myoung, David H. Stack, Jinwon Kim, and Menas C. Kafatos 2016: Sensitivity of simulated maize crop yields to regional climate in the Southwestern United States,  59, 1745-1757, Transactions of the ASABE.
Myoung, Boksoon, Seung Hee Kim, Jinwon Kim, and Menas C. Kafatos 2015: On the relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation and early warm season temperatures in the southwestern US. 28, 5683-5698, Journal of Climate.
Kim, Seung Hee, Jinwon Kim, Rovert Walko, Boksoon Myoung, David Stack, and Menas Kafatos 2015: Climate Change Impacts on Maize-yield Potential in the Southwestern United States. pp. 279-280 Procedia Environmental Sciences.
Boksoon Myoung, Seung Hee Kim, David H. Stack, Jinwon Kim, Menas C. Kafatos. Temperature, Sowing and Harvest Dates, and Yield Potential of Maize in the Southwestern US, 29, p276. Procedia Environmental Sciences
Kim, Seung Hee, Hye-Yeong Chun and Wook Jang 2014: Horizontal Divergence of Typhoon-Generated Gravity Waves in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (UTLS) and Its Influence on Typhoon Evolution. 14, 1-8, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

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