Junhong Lee

Department Climate Physics
Group Climate Surface Interaction
Position Scientist
phone +49 40 41173-354
Email junhong.lee@mpimet.mpg.de
Room B 406

Research interests

I’m interested in land-atmosphere interaction. One specific question is which condition of soil moisture can lead to precipitation. Is it wet soil or dry? But the answer on this question remains open. Studies using global coarse-resolution models have found wet soil leads to precipitation. But such models employ convective parameterization which is one major uncertainty of precipitation. On the other hand, studies using high-resolution regional models have reported that dry soil gets precipitation. Again, the large-scale circulation is prescribed in such model. This motivates me to explore land-atmosphere interaction using coupled storm-resolving Earth System Models.

In addition, I like playing with the model code. With that intestest, I implemented 3d Smagorinsky turbulence scheme into the ICON model and roughness sublayer surface-layer scheme into the WRF model.

Education

  • 2012 - 2019   Ph. D. and M. S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, Korea [Thesis: The Representations of Vegetation for Surface Wind in the WRF Model]
  • 2008 - 2012   B. S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Kongju National University, Korea B. S. in Earth Science Education, Kongju National University, Korea [Thesis: Analysis of Arctic and Antarctic Sea-Ice Concentration Variation Retrieved from Aqua/AMSER-E]

Work experience

  • since 2019   Postdoc at the Max Plnack Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M)

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