Publications
* KHU or WVU Lab members and Year published are in bold type.
53. Yoon, H., Kim, M., and Lee, E. (2026), Impacts of Winter ENSO on Droughts in Western Central Asia: The Role of Southerly Moisture Transport from the Arabian Sea (겨울철 ENSO가 중앙아시아 서부 가뭄에 미치는 영향 연구 – 아라비아해 기원 남풍 수송 경로의 역할을 중심으로 -). Journal of Climate Research (기후연구), 21(2), 73-93. [Link]
52. The National Atlas of Korea 2025 (2026), Weather and Climate in Our Lives, National Geographic Information Institute of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport [대한민국 국가지도집 2025, ‘우리 삶의 날씨와 기후(집필진: 이은걸, 김유진, 김민석, 김민주, 임아영)’], 국토교통부 국토지리정보원. [Link]
51. Han, C., Im, A., and Lee, E. (2026), Identification of atmospheric patterns and processes affecting springtime PM10 interannual variability in South Korea (한국의 봄철 PM10 농도의 경년 변동성에 영향을 미치는 대기 패턴 및 프로세스 규명). Journal of Climate Change Research (한국기후변화학회지), 17(2), 363-383. [Link]
50. Im, A., Lee, E., and He, Y. (2026), Detecting land cover and land use transitions and the associated temperature changes in the East Asian monsoon region. The Geographical Journal, 192 (1), e12590. [Link]
49. Im, A., Kim, S., Choi, H., He, Y., and Lee, E. (2026), Changes in Environmental and Economic Benefits Caused by Land Use Policies in China: A Case Study of the Grain for Green Program (중국의 토지이용 정책에 따른 환경 및 경제적 편익 변화 – Grain for Green Program을 중심으로 -). Journal of the Korean Geographical Society (대한지리학회지), 61(1), 1-21. [Link]
48. Kim, M., and Lee, E. (2025), Potential biophysical processes associated with increasing lightning strikes in the Arctic region, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 156(10), 1-18. [Link]
47. Korean Climate Crisis Assessment Report (2025). CH 4: Climate Change Assessment based on Paleoclimatic Records Lee. E. (lead author) et al., Korea Meteorological Administration, ISBN: 979-11-6988-590-4(95450), pp. 363 [2025 한국 기후위기 평가보고서, 기후위기 과학적 근거, 제4장 고기후기록에 의한 정보 (주저자: 이은걸, 기여저자: 이상헌, 강찬수, 서정욱, 김다빈), 기상청, 기상청 발간등록번호: 11-1360000-100098-01]. [Link]
46. He, Y., Yang, D., Lee, E., and Yang, A. (2025), Land Cover and Land Use Change Impacts on Temperature Extremes in China from 1982 to 2013. In: Mutanga, O., Pandey, P.C., Das, S., Chatterjee, U. (eds) Revealing Ecosystem Services Through Geospatial Technologies. Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. Springer, Cham. [Link]
45. Kim, Y., Kim, M., and Lee, E. (2025), Land-atmosphere Interactions Amplify Wildfires in Southeastern Australia. Earth Interactions, 29(1), e240005. [Link]
44. Im, S., Lee, S., and Lee, E. (2025), Perception of the Residents in the Arctic Region Towards Climate Change: a case study. International Journal of Global Warming, 36(2), 149-170. [Link]
43. Choi, H.J., Park, J. Y., Lee, E., Kim, D-Y., Seo, J., Kim, S., and Im, A. (2025), Who Benefits from Costa Rica’s Climate Change Response Policies? (코스타리카의 기후변화 대응 정책은 누구에게 어떤 편익을 제공하는가?). Journal of International Area Studies (국제지역연구), 29(1), 179-208. [Link]
42. Kim, M., and Lee, E. (2024), Spatio-temporal Variability of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall Associated with the Southern Indian Ocean Dipole (남인도양 쌍극자 모드와 연관된 인도 여름 몬순 강우의 시공간적 변동성). Journal of Climate Research (기후연구), 19(4), 167-180. [Link]
41. Yum, N., Kim, Y., Im, A., and Lee, E. (2024), Spatiotemporal Patterns and Climatological Processes of Large Spring Wildfire in Yeongdong, Gangwon-do, Korea (강원도 영동지역 봄철 대형산불의 시공간적 패턴 및 기후학적 프로세스 연구). Journal of the Korean Geographical Society (대한지리학회지), 59(3), 401-416. [Link]
40. Oh, J., and Lee, E. (2023), Competing effects of vegetation on summer temperature in North Korea, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 152, 913–931. [Link]
39. Lee, E., Im, A., Oh, J., Song, M., Choi, Y., and Choi, D (2022), Improved Seasonal Definition and Projected Future Seasons in South Korea, Meteorological Applications, 29(6), e2110. [Link]
38. Kim, M., and Lee, E. (2022), Validation and Comparison of Climate Reanalysis Data in the East Asian Monsoon Region, Atmosphere, 13(10), 1589. [Link]
37. Park, J.H., Lee, E., Fechter-Leggett, E. D., Williams, E., Yadav, S. K., Bakshi, A., … and Chew, G. L (2022), Associations of Emergency Department Visits for Asthma with Precipitation and Temperature on Thunderstorm Days: A Time-Series Analysis of Data from Louisiana, USA, 2010-2012, Environmental Health Perspectives (mrnIF=91.606, Top 10% in Environmental Sciences), 130(8), 087003. [Link]
36. He, Y., Oh, J., Lee, E., and Kim, Y (2022), Land Cover and Land Use Mapping of the East Asian Summer Monsoon Region from 1982 to 2015, Land, 11(3), 391. [Link]
35. Yadav, S. K., Lee, E., and He, Y (2022), Positive Associations of Vegetation with Temperature over the Alpine Grasslands in the Western Tibetan Plateau during May, Earth Interactions, 26(1), 94-111. [Link]
34. Oh, J., and Lee, E. (2021), 남북한 여름철 강수량과 북반구 해수면온도 경년변동 간의 연관성 분석(Associations of Interannual Variabilities between Summer Precipitation in North and South Korea and Sea Surface Temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere), 기후연구(Journal of climate research), 16(1), 19-32. [Link]
33. 북한지리백서 (2020), 북한지리백서: 인문, 자연, 환경(White Paper on North Korean Geography: Humanities, Nature, Environment)- 박수진·안유순 외 13인, 제3장 북한의 기후(Ch. 3. Climate of North Korea by E. Lee), 푸른길, ISBN: 978-89-6291-878-6, pp. 384. [Link]
32. He, Y., Lee, E., and Mankin, J. S. (2020), Seasonal tropospheric cooling in Northeast China associated with cropland expansion, Environmental Research Letters, 15, 034032. [Link]
31. Shull, N., and Lee, E. (2019), April Vegetation Dynamics and Forest–Climate Interactions in Central Appalachia, Atmosphere, 10 (12), 765-778. [Link]
30. Kim, S., Lee, E., and Lee, S. (2019), Effects of Land Surface and Atmospheric Synoptic Conditions on the Asian Dust observed over South Korea, J. Climate Research, 14 (1), 33-45. [Link]
29. Lee, E., and Y. He (2018), Could the enhanced forests reduce summer warming in the southern China?, J. Climate Research, 13 (4), 345-359. [Link]
28. Lee, E., Y. He, and Y.-L. Park (2018), Effects of climate change on the phenology of Osmia cornifrons: implications for population management, Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2286-z. [Link]
27. He, Y., Warner, T.A., McNeil, B.E., and Lee, E. (2018), Reducing Uncertainties in Applying Remotely Sensed Land Use and Land Cover Maps in Land-Atmosphere Interaction: Identifying Change in Space and Time, Remote Sens., 10, 506. [Link]
26. Shanmugasundaram, J., E. Lee, and G. Srinivasan (2018), Characterizing pentad rainfall variations during the North-East Indian monsoon season over the southeastern peninsular India, International J. of Climatology, 38: e1044-e1060. [Link]
25. Shanmugasundaram, J., and E. Lee (2018), Oceanic and atmospheric conditions associated with the pentad rainfall over the southeastern peninsular India during the Northeast Indian Monsoon season, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 81, 1-14. [Link]
24. Lee, E., Y. He, and J. Shanmugasundaram (2017), “Geography of Monsoons.” In Oxford Bibliographies in Geography. Ed. Barney Warf. New York: Oxford University Press. [Link]
23. He, Y., E. Lee, and T. A. Warner (2017), A time series of annual land use and land cover maps of China from 1982 to 2013 generated using AVHRR GIMMS NDVI3g data, Remote Sensing of Environment, 199, 201-217. [Link]
22. Shanmugasundaram, J.,Y. Gunnell, A. E. Hessl, and E. Lee (2017), Societal response to monsoon variability in Medieval South India: Lessons from the past for adapting to climate change, The Anthropocene Review, 1-26. doi: 10.1177/2053019617695343. [Link]
21. Liang, J., et al. (E. Lee as one of the co-authors) (2016), Positive biodiversity–productivity relationship predominant in global forests, Science 354, aaf8957, doi: 10.1126/science.aaf8957. [Link]
20. Ahn, J. J., Y. Son, Y. He, E. Lee, and Y.-L. Park (2016), Effects of Temperature on Development and Voltinism of Chaetodactylus krombeini (Acari: Chaetodactylidae): Implications for Climate Change Impacts, PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161319. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161319. [Link]
19. Lee, E., R. Beida, J. Shanmugasundaram, and H. Basara Richter (2016), Land surface and atmospheric conditions associated with heat waves over the Chickasaw Nation in the South Central United States, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, 6284–6298, doi:10.1002/2015JD024659. [Link]
18. Ma, W., J. Liang, J. R. Cumming, E. Lee, A. B. Welsh, J. V. Watson, and M. Zhou (2016), Fundamental shifts of Central Hardwood Forests under Climate Change, Ecological Modelling, 332, 28-41. [Link]
17. He, Y., and E. Lee (2016), Empirical Relationships of Sea Surface Temperature and Vegetation Activity with Summer Rainfall Variability over the Sahel, Earth Interactions, 20, 1–18. [Link]
16. Lee, E., J. Burkhart, S. H. Olson, A. A. Billings, E. J. Harner, and J. A. Patz (2016), Relationships of climate and irrigation factors with malaria parasite incidences in two climatologically dissimilar regions in India, J. Arid Environments, 124, 214-224. [Link]
15. Lee, E., Y. He, M. Zhou, and J. Liang (2015), Potential Feedback of Recent Vegetation Changes on Summer Rainfall in the Sahel, Physical Geography, 36 (6), 449-470. [Link]
14. Lee, E., B. S. Felzer, and Z. Kothavala (2013), Effects of nitrogen limitation on hydrological processes in CLM4-CN, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 5, 741-754, doi:10.1002/jame.20046. [Link]
13. Lee, E., K. Lee, and S. Lee (2012), Review of trends in recent climate research by Korean climatologists, J. Korean Geographical Society, 47 (4), 490-513. [Link]
12. Lee, E., C. L. Barford, C. J. Kucharik, B. S. Felzer and J. A. Foley (2011), Role of turbulent heat fluxes over land in the monsoon over East Asia, International J. Geosciences, 2 (4), 420-431. [Link]
11. Lee, E., W. J. Sacks, T. N. Chase, and J. A. Foley (2011), Simulated impacts of irrigation on the atmospheric circulation over Asia, J. Geophysical Research, 116, D08114, doi:10.1029/2010JD014740. [Link]
10. Lee, E., Regression model for estimating vegetation index in South Asia using the ENSO-related indices (2010), J. Climate Research, 5 (3), 234-249. [Link]
9. Lee, E., T. N. Chase, B. Rajagopalan, R. G. Barry, T. W. Biggs, and P. J. Lawrence (2009), Effects of irrigation and vegetation activity on early Indian summer monsoon variability, International J. of Climatology, 29, 573-581. [Link]
8. Lee, E., Effects on the Asian summer monsoon of the enhanced SST in the northwestern Pacific: Intermediate complexity GCM simulations (2009), J. Climate Research, 4 (1), 1-13. [Link]
7. Lee, E., T. N. Chase, and B. Rajagopalan (2008), Highly improved predictive skill in the forecasting of the East Asian summer monsoon, Water Resour. Res., 44, W10422, doi:10.1029/2007WR006514. [Link] – Highlighted in Nature: ‘Prediction with plants’, Nature, 456, 144c (Nov. 2008). [Link]
6. Lee, E., T. N. Chase, P. J. Lawrence, and B. Rajagopalan (2008), Model assessment of the observed relationship between El Niño and the East Asian summer monsoon using the CCSM Community Atmosphere Model-Community Land Model version 3 (CAM-CLM3), J. Geophysical Research, 113, D20118, doi:10.1029/2008JD009926. [Link]
5. Lee, E., T. N. Chase, and B. Rajagopalan (2008), Seasonal forecasting of East Asian summer monsoon based on oceanic heat sources, International J. of Climatology, 28, 667~678. [Link]
4. Biggs, T. W., C. A. Scott, A. Gaur, J.-P. Venot, T. Chase, and E. Lee (2008), Impacts of irrigation and anthropogenic aerosols on the water balance, heat fluxes, and surface temperature in a river basin, Water Resour. Res., 44, W12415, doi:10.1029/2008WR006847. [Link]
3. Leavitt, S. W., T. N. Chase, B. Rajagopalan, E. Lee, and P. J. Lawrence (2008), Southwestern U.S. tree-ring carbon isotope indices as a possible proxy for reconstruction of greenness of vegetation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L12704, doi:10.1029/2008GL033894. [Link]
2. Leavitt, S.W., T. N. Chase, B. Rajagopalan, E. Lee, P. J. Lawrence, and C. A. Woodhouse (2007), Southwestern U.S. drought maps from Pinyon tree-ring carbon isotopes, Eos,Transactions, AGU, 88, 39. [Link]
1. Lee, E., and H.-Y. Lee (1998), Spatial distribution and causative factors of typhoon disasters in Korea (한국의 태풍재해의 공간분포와 발생요인). Journal of the Korean Geographical Society (대한지리학회지), 33, 179-190. [Link]