Dr. Woosung Lee

Seasonal Forecasting Development Specialist

Current research and/or projects

Research, development and analysis in connection with Environment Canada's seasonal forecasting and global climate modelling activities

Prediction of future climate on time scales from a month to a decade
Development of improved models and methodologies for climate forecasting
Development of climate forecasting products and applications
Analysis of climate simulations and obsevvation data

Education and awards

B.Sc. Atmospheric Sci., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
M.Sc. Atmospheric Sci., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Ph. D. Atmospheric Sci., Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Environment Canada Citation of Excellence for Teamwork, Partnering and Collaboration, 2013
NOAA Climate Prediction Center Certificate of Recognition (awarded to members of the North American Multi-Model Ensemble team), 2015

Key publications

Lin, H., W. J. Merryfield, R. Muncaster, G. C. Smith, M. Markovic, F. Dupont, F. Roy, J.-F. Lemieux, A. Dirkson, S. Kharin, W.-S. Lee, M. Charron, A. Erfani, 2020: The Canadian Seasonal to Interannual Prediction System Version 2 (CanSIPSv2). Weather and Forecasting, 35, 1317-1343, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0259.1.
Morcrette, C. J., K. Van Weverberg, H.-Y. Ma, M. Ahlgrimm, E. Bazile, L. K. Berg, A. Cheng, F. Cheruy, J. Cole, R. Forbes, W. I. Gustafson Jr, M. Huang, W.-S. Lee, Y. Liu, L. Mellul, W. Merryfield, Y. Qian, R. Roehrig, Y.-C. Wang, S. Xie, C. Zhang, S. Klein, J. Petch, 2017: CAUSES: Near-surface temperature errors in NWP and climate model 5-day hindcasts near the Southern Great Plains. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 123, 2655-2683, doi:10.1002/2017JD027199.
Van Weverberg, K., C. J. Morcrette, J. Petch, S. A. Klein, H.-Y. Ma, C. Zhang, S. Xie, Q. Tang, W. I. Gustafson Jr, Y. Qian, L. K. Berg, Y. Liu, M. Huang, M. Ahlgrimm, R. Forbes, E. Bazile, R. Roehrig, J. Cole, W. Merryfield, W.-S. Lee, F. Cheruy, L. Mellul, Y.-C. Wang, K. Johnson, M. Khaiyer, 2017: CAUSES: Attribution of surface radiation biases in NWP and climate models near the U.S. Southern Great Plains. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 123, 3612-3644, doi:10.1002/2017JD027188.
Ambadan, J. T., A. A. Berg, W. J. Merryfield and W.-S. Lee, 2017: Influence of snowmelt on soil moisture and on near surface air temperature during the winter-spring transition season. Climate Dynamics, 51, 1295, doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3955-8.
Tompkins, A. M., M. I. Ortiz de Zárate, R. I. Saurral, C. Vera, C. Saulo, W. J. Merryfield, M. Sigmond, W.-S. Lee, J. Baehr, A. Braun, A. Butler, M. Déqué, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, M. Gordon, A. A. Scaife, Y. Imada, M. Ishii, T. Ose, B. Kirtman, A. Kumar, W. A. Müller, A. Pirani, T. Stockdale, M. Rixen and T. Yasuda, 2017: The Climate-system Historical Forecast Project: providing open access to seasonal forecast ensembles from centers around the globe. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98, 2293-2301, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0209.1.
Kharin, V. V., W. J. Merryfield, G. J. Boer, W.-S. Lee, 2017: A postprocessing method for seasonal forecasts using temporally and spatially smoothed statistics. Monthly Weather Review, 145, 3545-3561, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-16-0337.1.
Peterson, K. A., D. Notz, S. Tietsche, M. Chevallier, W. J. Merryfield, W.-S. Lee, V. Guemas, A. A. Scaife, 2016: The effects of sea ice initialization on multimodel seasonal forecasts. Climate Dynamics, submitted.
Merryfield, W. J., W.-S. Lee, W. Wang, M. Chen, and A. Kumar, 2013: Multi-system seasonal predictions of Arctic sea ice, Geophysical Research Letters, 40,1551-1556, doi:10.1002/grl.50317.
Merryfield, W. J., W.-S. Lee, G. J. Boer, V. V. Kharin, J. F. Scinocca, G. M. Flato, R. S. Ajayamohan, J. C. Fyfe, Y. Tang, and S. Polavarapu, 2013: The Canadian Seasonal to Interannual Prediction System. Part I: Models and Initialization, Monthly Weather Review, 141 , 2910-2945, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00216.1.
Kharin, V. V., G. J. Boer, W. J. Merryfield, J. F. Scinocca, and W.-S. Lee, 2012: Statistical adjustment of decadal predictions in a changing climate. Geophysical Research Letters , 39 , L19705, doi:10.1029/2012GL052647.
Drewitt, G., A. A. Berg, W. J. Merryfield and W.-S. Lee, 2012: Effect of realistic soil moisture initialization on the Canadian CanCM3 seasonal forecast model. Atmosphere-Ocean, 50, 466-474. doi:10.1080/07055900.2012.722910.
Fyfe, J. C., W. J. Merryfield, V. Kharin, G.J. Boer, W.-S. Lee and K. von Salzen, 2011: Skillful predictions of decadal trends in global mean surface temperature. Geophysical Research Letters , 38, L22801, doi:10.1029/2011GL049508.
Koster, R. D., S. P. P. Mahanama,, T. J. Yamada, G. Balsamo, A. A. Berg, M. Boisserie, P. A. Dirmeyer, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, G. Drewitt, C. T. Gordon, Z. Guo, J.-H. Jeong, W.-S. Lee, Z. Li,, L. Luo, S. Malyshev, W. J. Merryfield, S. I. Seneviratne, T. Stanelle, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, F. Vitart, and E. F. Wood, 2011: The second phase of the Global Land-Atmosphere Coupling Experiment: Soil moisture contributions to subseasonal forecast skill. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12, 805-822. doi: 10.1175/2011JHM1365.1
Merryfield, W. J., W.-S. Lee, G. J. Boer, V. V. Kharin, B. Pal, J. F. Scinocca and G. M. Flato, 2010: The first Coupled Historical Forecasting Project (CHFP1). Atmosphere-Ocean, 48, 263-283.
Koster, R. D., S. P. P. Mahanama,, T. J. Yamada, G. Balsamo, A. A. Berg, M. Boisserie, P. A. Dirmeyer, F. J. Doblas-Reyes, G. Drewitt, C. T. Gordon, Z. Guo, J.-H. Jeong, D. M. Lawrence, W.-S. Lee, Z. Li, L. Luo, S. Malyshev, W. J. Merryfield, S. I. Seneviratne, T. Stanelle, B. J. J. M. van den Hurk, F. Vitart and E. F. Wood, 2010: Contribution of land surface initialization to subseasonal forecast skill: First results from a multi-model experiment. Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L02402. doi:10.1029/2009GL041677.
Noh, Yign, W.-S. Lee, 2008, Prediction of the mixed and mixing layer depths from an OGCM, J. Oceanogr., 64, 217-225.
Congwen Zhu, C.-K. Park, W.-S. Lee., and W.-T. Yun, 2008: Statistical Downscaling for Multi-Model Ensemble Prediction of Summer Monsoon Rainfall in the Asia-Pacific Region Using Geopotential Height Field, Advanced Atmos. Sci., 25(5), 867-884.
Lee, Woo-Sung, W.-T. Yun and C.-K. Park, 2005: Evaluation of APEC Climate Network (APCN) Multi-Model Ensemble Seasonal Prediction, Korean J. of the Atmos. Sci., 41(6), 1049-1065.
Won-Tae Yun, W.-S. Lee and T. N. Krishnamur, 2005: Seasonal Prediction of Precipitation using Multi-Model Synthetic Superensemble Algorithm, Korean J. of the Atmos. Sci., 41(2), 159-172.