Dr. Woosung Lee

Spécialiste du développement des prévisions saisonnières

Environnement et Changement climatique Canada

Recherche et / ou projets en cours

Recherche, développement et analyse en lien avec les activités de prévision saisonnière et de modélisation du climat mondial d'Environnement Canada

Prédiction du climat futur sur des échelles de temps allant d'un mois à une décennie
Développement de modèles et de méthodologies améliorés pour les prévisions climatiques
Développement de produits et d'applications de prévision climatique
Analyse des simulations climatiques et des données d'observation

Prix et études

B.Sc. Atmospheric Sci., Université Yonsei, Séoul, Corée
M.Sc. Atmospheric Sci., Université Yonsei, Séoul, Corée
Ph. D. Atmospheric Sci., Université Yonsei, Séoul, Corée
Citation d'excellence d'Environnement Canada pour le travail d'équipe, les partenariats et la collaboration, 2013
Certificat de reconnaissance du Centre de prévision climatique de la NOAA (décerné aux membres de l'équipe North American Multi-Model Ensemble), 2015

Principales 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.