Joonsuk KangGraduate Student

Research Focus:

Stormtrack dynamics, Midlatitude Circulation, Extratropical Cyclones

Email:

jmkang@uchicago.edu

Office:

Hinds 421

Biography

B.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences (2018) - Seoul National University
M.S. in Earth and Environmental Sciences (2020) - Seoul National University

Research Interests

I'm interested in the dynamics of midlatitude storm tracks and weather systems and how they will be affected by climate change

Selected Publications

Kang, J. M., Shaw T. A. & Sun L. (2023) Arctic Sea Ice Loss Weakens Northern Hemisphere Summertime Storminess but Not Until the Late 21st Century, Geophysical Research Letters.

Kang, J. M. & Son, S.-W. (2021). Development processes of the explosive cyclones over the Northwest Pacific: Potential vorticity perspective. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78, 10.1175/JAS-D-20-0151.1.

Kang, J. M., Lee, J., Son, S.-W., Kim, J., & Chen, D. (2020). The rapid intensification of East Asian cyclones around the Korean Peninsula and their surface impacts. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(2), e2019JD031632.