Profile for Kyu-Myong Kim

Affiliation: USRA-Morgan State University
Contact: E-mail
Office Phone: 301-614-6223
Fax: 301-614-6307

Publications

Lau, K., and K. M. Kim (2012). The 2010 Russian Heat Wave/Wildfires and Pakistan Flood: Teleconnection of Extremes.. J. Hydrometeor., 13, 392-403.
doi:10.1175/JHM-D-11-016.1

Gautam, R., N. Hsu, S. Tsay, W. Lau, B. Holben, S. Bell, A. Smirnov, C. Li, R. Hansell, Q. Ji, S. Payra, D. Aryal, R. Kayastha, and K. Kim (2011). Accumulation of Aerosols over the Indo-Gangetic Plains and Southern Slopes of the Himalayas: Distribution, Properties and Radiative Effects during the 2009 Pre-monsoon Season. Atmos. Chem. Phys, 11, 12841-12863.
10.5194/acp-11-12841-2011

Kim K.M., K. M. Lau, Y.C Sud, and G. Walker (2010). Influence of aerosol radiative forcings on the diurnal and seasonal cycles of rainfall over West Africa and Eastern Atlantic Ocean using GCM simulations. Clim. Dynam, 35, 115-126.
doi:10.1007/s00382-010-0750-1

Lau, W., M. -K. Kim, K.-M. Kim, and W. -S. Lee (2010). Enhanced surface warming and accelerated snow melt in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau induced by absorbing aerosols. Environ. Res. Lett, 5(2), 025204.
doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/2/025204

Bell T.L., D. Rosenfeld, and K.-M. Kim (2009). The Weekly Cycle of Lightning: Evidence of Storm Invigoration by Pollution. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36( L23805).
doi:10.1029/2009GL040915

Krishnamurti T. N., A. Chakraborty, A. Martin, W.K. Lau, K.-M. Kim, Y. Sud, and G. Walker (2009). Impact of Arabian Sea Pollution on the Bay of Bengal Winter Monsoon Rains. J. Geophys. Res., Atmos., 114(D06213).
doi:10.1029/2008JD010679

Lau K. M., K.M. Kim, Y.C. Sud, and G.K. Walker (2009). A GCM study of the response of the atmospheric water cycle of West Africa and the Atlantic to Saharan dust radiative forcing. Ann. Geophys., 27, 4023-4037.
doi:10.5194/angeo-27-4023-2009

Lau K. M., K.-M. Kim, C. N. Hsu, and B. N. Holben (2009). Possible influences of air pollution, dust- and sandstorms on the Indian monsoon. WMO Bulletin. 58(1), 22-30.

Reale O., K. -M. Lau, K.-M. Kim, and E. Brin (2009). Atlantic tropical cyclogenetic processes during SOP-3 NAMMA in the GEOS-5 global data assimilation and forecast system. J. Atmos. Sci., 66(12), 3563-3578.
doi:10.1175/2009JAS3123.1

Sud Y.C., E.M. Wilcox, K. -M. Lau, G.K. Walker, X. -H. Liu, A. Nenes, D. Lee, K.-M. Kim, Y. Zhou, and P.S. Bhattacharjee (2009). Sensitivity of Boreal-Summer Circulation and Precipitation to Atmospheric Aerosols in Selected Regions, Part I: Africa and India. Annales Geophysicae, 3989-4007, 27.

Bell T.L., D. Rosenfeld, K.-M. Kim, J. -M. Yoo, M. -I. Lee, and M. Hahnenberger (2008). Midweek increase in U.S. summer rain and storm heights suggests air pollution invigorates rainstorms. J. Geophys. Res., D02209, 113.
doi:10.1029/2007JD008623

Prabhakara C., R. Iacovazzi, J. -M. Yoo, K.-M. Kim, and T.L. Bell (2008). A method to estimate rain rate over tropical oceans with TRMM Microwave Imager radiometer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 86(1), 203-212.
doi:10.2151/jmsj.86.203

Kim M. -K., W.K.M. Lau, K.-M. Kim, and W. -S. Lee (2007). A GCM study of effects of radiative forcing of sulfate aerosol on large scale circulation and rainfall in East Asia during boreal spring. Geophys. Res. Lett., L24701, 34.
10.1029/2007GL031683

Lau K. -M., K.-M. Kim, and M. -I. Lee (2007). Characteristics of Diurnal and Seasonal Cycles in Global Monsoon Systems. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 85A, 403-416.

Lau K. -M., and K.-M. Kim (2007). Reply to Comment on "How Nature Foiled the 2006 Hurricane Forecasts". EOS Trans. AGU(26), 88, 271.

Lau K. -M., and K.-M. Kim (2007). Does aerosol weaken or strengthen the Asian monsoon? (13-22). Mountains Witnesses of Global Changes-Research in the Himalaya and Karakoram: Share-Asia Project. Eds., R. Baudo, G. Tartari, and E. Vuillermoz. Elsevier

Lau K. M., and K.M. Kim (2007). Cooling of the Atlantic by Saharan dust. Geophys. Res. Lett., L23811, 34.
10.1029/2007GL031538

Lau K. M., and K.M. Kim (2007). How Nature Foiled the 2006 Hurricane Forecasts. EOS Trans. AGU(9), 88, 105-107.

Lee M. -I., S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, T.L. Bell, and K.-M. Kim (2007). Diurnal cycle of precipitation in the NASA Seasonal to Interannual Prediction Project atmospheric general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., D16111, 112.
10.1029/2006JD008346

Mwale D., T. Y. Gan, S. S. P. Shen, T. T. Shu, and K.-M. Kim (2007). Wavelet empirical orthogonal functions of space-time-frequency regimes and predictability of southern Africa summer rainfall. ASCE J. Hydrologic Engrg.(5), 12, 513-523.

Lau K. -M., M. -K. Kim, and K.-M. Kim (2006). Asian summer monsoon anomalies induced by aerosol direct forcing - the role of the Tibetan Plateau. Climate Dynamics (7-8), 36, 855-864.
10.1007/s00382-006-10114-z

Lau K. -M., S. S. P. Shen, K.-M. Kim, and H. Wang (2006). A multimodel study of the twentieth century simulations of Sahel drought from the 1970s to 1990s. J. Geophys. Res., D07111, 111.
10.1029/2005JDO006281

Lau K. -M., and K.-M. Kim (2006). Observational relationship between aerosol and Asian monsoon circulation rainfall. Geophys. Res. Lett., L21810, 33.
10.1029/2006GL027546

Cuddapah P., R. Iacovazzi, J. -M. Yoo, and K.-M. Kim (2005). A Model for Estimation of Rain Rate on Tropical Land from TRMM Microwave Imager Radiometer Observations. J. Met. Soc. of Japan, 83(4), 595-609.

Ho C. -H., J.-H. Kim, K. -M. Lau, K.-M. Kim, D. Gong, and Y. -B. Lee (2005). Interdecadal changes in heavy rainfall in China during the northern summer. Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (5), 16, 1163-1176.

Lau K. -M., K.-M. Kim, and N.C. Hsu (2005). Observational evidence of effects of absorbing aerosols on seasonal-to-interannual anomalies of the Asian monsoon. CLIVAR Exchanges(3),., 10, 7-9.

Lau K. -M., and K.-M. Kim (2005). Characterizing monsoon systems using CEOP data. CEOP Newsletter, 8, 5-7.

Kim M. -K., I. -S. Kang, C. -K. Park, and K.-M. Kim (2004). Superensemble prediction of regional precipitation over Korea. Int. J. Climatol., 24 (6), 777-790.

Lau K. -M., J.-Y. Lee, K.-M. Kim, and I. -S. Kang (2004). The North Pacific as a regulator of summertime climate over Eurasia and North America. J. Climate (4), 17, 819-833.

Lau K. -M., K.-M. Kim, and J.-.Y. Lee (2004). Interannual variability, global teleconnection and potential predictability associated with the Asian summer monsoon. East Asian Monsoon, Ed. C. P. Chang, World Scientific Publisher, 153-176.