Sang-Ki Lee (Ph.D)
  Associate Research Scientist
  CIMAS/RSMAS
  University of Miami
  4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
  Miami, FL 33149 USA
  Phone (305) 361-4521
  Fax (305) 361-4412
  E-mail sang-ki.lee@noaa.gov

  Research Interests

My research interests focus on understanding the fundamental mechanisms governing the Earth's climate. Mathematical models such as Atmosphere-Ocean General Ciruclation Models are my preferred research tools. But, my focus has been inclined toward building simple models that can address particular problems using only crucial terms. Currently, my research lies in the areas of climate variability in the Atlantic and Pacific, namely climatic impact of Atlantic Warm Pool, Atlantic-Nino, ENSO-teleconnections, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and climate-Hurricane interactions.

  Current and Pending Research Projects

Climate impacts of the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool on the Americas (NOAA/CPO Current)

CLIvar MOde Water Dynamic Experiment (CLIMODE) (NSF Current)

Model- and Observation-Based Reconstruction and Attribution of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation for the Instrumental Period (NOAA/CPO Pending)

  Publications

Lee, S.-K., C. Wang and D.B. Enfield, 2008. What drives anomalously large Atlantic warm pools in boreal summer? Geophysical Research Letters (submitted).

Lee, S.-K., D.B. Enfield and C. Wang, 2008. Why do some El Ninos have no impact on tropical North Atlantic SST? Geophysical Research Letters (in press).

Lee, S.-K., C. Wang and B. E. Mapes, 2008. A simple atmospheric model of the local and teleconnection responses to tropical heating anomalies. Journal of Climate (in press).

Wang, C., S.-K. Lee and D.B. Enfield, 2008. Atlantic Warm Pool Acting as a Link between Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation and Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q05V03, doi:10.1029/2007GC001809. (In the special issue of "Interactions between climate and tropical cyclones on all timescales")

Wang, C., S.-K. Lee and D.B. Enfield, 2008. Climate response to anomalously large and small Atlantic warm pools during the summer. Journal of Climate, 21, 2437-2450.

Lee, S.-K. and C. Wang, 2008. Tropical Atlantic decadal oscillation and its impact on the equatorial atmosphere-ocean dynamics: A simple model study. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 38, No. 1, 193-212.

Wang, C. and S.-K. Lee, 2008. Global Warming and United States Landfalling Hurricanes. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 35, No. L02708, doi:10.1029/2007GL032396.

Wang, C., S.-K. Lee and D.B. Enfield, 2007. Impact of the Atlantic warm pool on the summer climate of the western hemisphere . Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, No. 20, 5021-5040.

Lee, S.-K., D.B. Enfield and C. Wang, 2007. What drives seasonal onset and decay of the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool?. Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, No. 10, 2133-2146.

Wang, C. and S.-K. Lee, 2007. Atlantic warm pool, Caribbean low-level jet, and their potential impact on Atlantic hurricanes. Geophysical Research Letter, Vol. 34, No. L02703, doi:10.1029/2006GL028579.

Pelegri, J.L., J.H. Churchill, A.D. Kirwan, Jr., S.-K. Lee, R.E. Munn and N.R. Pettigrew, 2006. Gabriel T. Csanady: Understanding the physics of the ocean. Progress in Oceanography, Vol. 70, No. 2-4, 91-112.

Wang, C., D.B. Enfield, S.-K. Lee, C. W. Landsea, 2006. Influences of Atlantic Warm Pool on western hemisphere summer rainfall and Atlantic Hurricanes. Journal of Climate, Vol. 19, No. 12, 3011-3028.

Enfield, D.B., S.-K. Lee, C. Wang, 2006. How are large Western Hemisphere Warm Pools formed?. Progress in Oceanography, Vol. 70, No. 2-4, 346-365.

Lee, S.-K., D.B. Enfield, C. Wang, 2005. Ocean general circulation model sensitivity experiments on the annual cycle of Western Hemisphere Warm Pool. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 110, No. C09004, doi:10.1029/2004JC002640.

Enfield, D.B., S.-K. Lee, 2005. The Heat Balance of the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool. Journal of Climate, Vol. 18, No. 14, 2662-2681.

Thacker, C.W., S.-K. Lee, G.R. Halliwell Jr., 2004. Assimilating 20 years of Atlantic XBT Data into HYCOM: A First Look. Ocean modeling, Vol. 7, No. 2, 183-210.

Lee, S.-K., J.L. Pelegri, J. Kroll, 2001. Slope Control in Western Boundary Currents. Journal of Physical Oceanography, Vol. 31, No. 11, 3,349-3,360.

Lee, S.-K., 2001. On the Structure of Supercritical Western Boundary Currents. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Vol. 33, 303-319.

Lee, S.-K., G.T.Csanady, 1999. Warm Water Formation and Escape in the Upper Tropical Atlantic Ocean: Part I. A Literature Review. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 104, No. c12, 29,561-29,571.

Lee, S.-K., G.T.Csanady, 1999. Warm Water Formation and Escape in the Upper Tropical Atlantic Ocean: Part II. A Numerical Model Study. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 104, No. c12, 29573-29590.

Lee, S.-K., 1999. Self-excited Variability of the East Korean Warm Current: A Quasi-Geostrophic Model Study. Journal of Korean Society of Oceanography , Vol. 34, No. 1, 1-21.

Lee, S.-K., G.T. Csanady, 1994. Instability Waves in the Gulf Stream Front and its Thermocline Layer. Journal of Marine Research, Vol. 52, 837-863.