Seok-Woo Son

Professor of Atmospheric Science, Seoul National University, S. Korea

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2020 [as of January]

• Song, K., S.-W. Son, and A. Charlton-Perez, 2020: Deterministic prediction of stratospheric sudden warming events in the Global/Regional Integrated Model system (GRIMs), submitted.
  
  
• Hwang, J., P. Martineau, S.-W. Son, T. Miyasaka, and H. Nakamura, 2020: The role of transient eddies in North Pacific blocking formation, submitted.
  
  
• Park, S., M.-I. Jung, J. Park, S. S. Park, and S.-W. Son, 2020: Evaluation of tropospheric ozone from the five reanalysis datasets with independent observations in East Asia, submitted.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., J. Shin, H.-S.Park, and J. Choi, 2020: Application of the zonal index in the multimodel analysis, submitted.
  
  
• Kim, S., and S.-W. Son, 2020: Breakdown of linear relationship between the Southern Hemisphere Hadley cell and jet latitude changes in the Last Glacial Maximum, submitted.
  
  
• Lim, Y., and S.-W. Son, 2020: A weak hint of the QBO-MJO connection in climate models, submitted.
  
  
• Staten, P. W., K. M. Grise, S. M. Davis, K. B. Karnauskas, D. W. Waugh, A. Maycock, Q. Fu, K. Cook, O. Adam, I. Simpson, R. J. Allen, K. Rosenlof, G. Chen, C. C. Ummenhofer, X.-W. Quan, J. P. Kossin, N. A. Davis, S.-W. Son, 2020: Tropical widening: From global variations to regional impacts, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, in press.
  
  
• Zhang, G., C. Azorin-Molina, D. Chen, J. A. Guijarro, F. Kong, L. Minola, T. R. McVicar, S.-W. Son, and P. Shi, 2020: Variability of daily maximum wind speed across China, 1975-2016: An examination of likely causes, Journal of Climate, in press.
  
  
• Kim, H., S.-W. Son, and C. Yoo, 2020: QBO modulation of the MJO-related precipitation in East Asia, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, in press.
  
  
• Kang, J. M., J. Lee, S.-W. Son, J. Kim, and D. Chen, 2020: The rapid intensification of East Asian cyclones around the Korean Peninsula and their surface impacts, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 125, e2019JD031632. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031632
  
  
• Son, S.-W., H. Kim, K. Song, S.-W. Kim, P. Martineau, Y.-K. Hyun, and Y. Kim, 2020: Extratropical prediction skill of the subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) prediction models, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 125, e2019JD031273. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031273
  
  
• Domeisen, D. I. V., A. H. Butler, A. J. Charlton-Perez, B. Ayarzaguena, M. P. Baldwin, E. Dunn-Sigouin, J. C. Furtado, C. I. Garfinkel, P. Hitchcock, A. Y. Karpechko, H. Kim, J. Knight, A. L. Lang, E.-P. Lim, A. Marshall, G. Rolff, C. Schwartz, I. R. Simpson, S.-W. Son, and M. Taguchi, 2020: The role of the stratosphere in sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction. Part I: Predictability of the stratosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 125, e2019JD030920. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030920
  
  
• Domeisen, D. I. V., A. H. Butler, A. J. Charlton-Perez, B. Ayarzaguena, M. P. Baldwin, E. Dunn-Sigouin, J. C. Furtado, C. I. Garfinkel, P. Hitchcock, A. Y. Karpechko, H. Kim, J. Knight, A. L. Lang, E.-P. Lim, A. Marshall, G. Rolff, C. Schwartz, I. R. Simpson, S.-W. Son, and M. Taguchi, 2020: The role of the stratosphere in sub-seasonal to seasonal prediction. Part II: Predictability arising from stratosphere-troposphere coupling, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 125, e2019JD030923. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030923
  
  
• Lee, J., S.-W. Son, H.-O. Cho, J. Kim, D.-H. Cha, J. Gyakum, and D. Chen, 2020: Extratropical cyclones over East Asia: Climatology, seasonal cycle and long-term trend, Climate Dynamics, 54, 1131-11144. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-019-05048-w
  
  
• Kim, H. and S.-W. Son, 2020: Eurasian winter temperature change in recent decades and its association with Arctic sea ice loss, Polar Research, in press.
  
  
• Jo, E., C. Park, S.-W. Son, J.-W. Roh, G. Lee and Y. H. Lee, 2020: Classification of localized heavy rainfall events in South Korea, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Science, in press.
  
  

2019

• Park, H., S.-J. Kim, A. L. Stewart, S.-W. Son, and K.-H. Seo, 2019: Mid-Holocene Northern Hemisphere warming driven by Arctic amplification, Science Advances, 5, eaax8203.
  
  
• Choi, J., and S.-W. Son, 2019: Stratospheric initial condition for skillful surface prediction in the ECMWF model, Geophysical Research Letters, 21, 12556-12564.
  
  
• Jung, M.-I., S.-W. Son, H. C. Kim, S. W. Kim, R. Park, and D. Chen, 2019: Contrasting synoptic weather patterns between non-dust high particulate matter events and Asian dust events in Seoul, South Korea, Atmospheric Environment, 214, 116864.
  
  
• Kim, J., D.-H. Cha, Y. Choi, J. Kim and S.-W. Son, 2019: Impacts of the East Asian winter monsoon and local sea surface temperature on heavy snowfall over the Yeongdong region, Journal of Climate, 32, 6783-6802.
  
  
• Kim, M. J., S.-W. Yeh, R. J. Park, S.-W. Son, B.-K. Moon, B.-G. Kim, J.-J. Kim, and S.-W. Kim, 2019: Regional Arctic amplification by a fast atmospheric response to anthropogenic sulphate aerosol forcing in China, Journal of Climate, 32, 6337-6348.
  
  
• Garfinkel, C. I., C. Schwartz, D. I. V. Domeisen, A. H. Butler, S.-W. Son, and I. P. White, 2019: Weakening of the teleconnection from El Nino-Southern Oscillation to the Arctic stratosphere over the past few decades: what can be learned from subseasonal forecast models?, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 124, 7683-7696.
  
  
• Chang, M., C.-H. Ho, J. C. L. Chan, M.-S. Park, S.-W. Son, and J. Kim, 2019: The tropical transition in the western North Pacific: the case of tropical cyclone Peipah (2007), Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 124, 5151-5165.
  
  
• Lim, Y., S.-W. Son, A. G. Marshall, H. H. Hendon, and K.-H. Seo, 2019: Influence of the QBO on MJO prediction skill in the subseasonal-to-seasonal prediction models, Climate Dynamics, 53, 1681-1695.
  
  
• Choi, J., S.-W. Son, and R. Park, 2019: Aerosol versus greenhouse gas impacts on the Southern Hemisphere general circulation changes, Climate Dynamics, 52, 4127-4142.
  
  
• Yoo, Y.-E., S.-W. Son, J.-H. Lee, and S.-K. Min, 2019: Abrupt decrease of wintertime cold nights in Korea in the late 1980s, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Science, 55, 529-538.
  
  
• [Book Chapter] Butler, A., A. Charlton-Perez, D. I. V. Domeisen, C. Garfinkel, E. P. Gerber, P. Hitchcock, A. Y. Karpechko, A. C. Maycock, M. Sigmond, I. Simpson, and S.-W. Son, 2019: Sub-seasonal predictability and the stratosphere, Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction, A. W. Robertson and F. Vitart Ed., Elsevier, pp569.
  
  
• [In Korean] Cho, C., S.-Y. Kim, and S.-W. Son, 2019: The response of Hadley Cell and jet stream to Earth's rotation rate, Journal of Korean Earth Science Society, 40, 203-211. [UGTh]
  
  
• [In Korean] Park, J., S.-Y. Kim, and S.-W. Son, 2019: Evaluation of the tropospheric ozone in the reanalysis datasets: Comparison with Pohang ozonesonde observation, Atmosphere-KOREA, 29, 53-59.
  
  
• [In Korean] Han, B.-R., J. Oh, S. Park, and S.-W. Son, 2019: Evaluation of the total column ozone in the reanalysis datasets over East Asia, Atmosphere-KOREA, 29, 659-669.
  
  

2018

• Son, S.-W., B.-R. Han, C. I. Garfinkel, R. Park, S.-Y. Kim, and CCMI PIs, 2018: Tropospheric jet response to Antarctic ozone depletion: An update with Chemistry-Climate Model Initiative (CCMI) models, Environmental Research Letters, 13, 054024.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., S.-Y. Kim, and S.-K. Min, 2018: Widening of the Hadley cell from Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) to future climate, Journal of Climate, 31, 267-281.
  
  
• Song, K., and S.-W. Son, 2018: Revisiting the ENSO-SSW relationship, Journal of Climate, 31, 2133-2143.
  
  
• Lim, Y., S.-W. Son, and D. Kim, 2018: MJO prediction skill of the subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) models, Journal of Climate, 31, 4075-4094.
  
  
• Waugh, D. W., K. M. Grise, W. Seviour, S. M. Davis, N. Davis, O. Adam, S.-W. Son, I. R. Simpson, P. W. Staten, A. C. Maycock, C. C. Ummenhofer, T. Birner, and A. Ming, 2018: Revisiting the relationship among metrics of tropical expansion, Journal of Climate, 31, 7565-7581.
  
  
• Oh, J., S.-W. Son, K. Williams, D. Walters, J. Kim, M. Willett, P. Earnshaw, A. Bushell, Y. Kim, and J. Kim, 2018: Ozone sensitivity of tropical upper-troposphere and stratosphere temperature in the MetOffice Unified Model, Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 144, 2001-2009.
  
  
• Park, H.-S., S.-J. Kim, K.-H. Seo, A. L. Stewart, S.-Y. Kim, and S.-W. Son, 2018: The impact of Arctic sea ice loss on mid-Holocene climate, Nature Communications, 9:4571, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07068-2.
  
  
• Woollings, T., D. Barriopedro, J. Methven, S.-W. Son, O. Martius, B. Harvey, J. Sillmann, A. R. Lupo, and S. Seneviratne, 2018: Blocking and its response to climate change, Current Climate Change Reports, 4, 287-300.
  
  
• Garfinkel, C. I., C. Schwartz, D. I. V. Domeisen, S.-W. Son, A. H. Butler, and I. P. White, 2018: Extratropical atmospheric predictability from Quasi-Biennial Oscillation in subseasonal forecast models, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 123, 7855-7866.
  
  
• Wang, J., H.-M. Kim, E. K. M. Chang, and S.-W. Son, 2018: Modulation of the MJO and North Pacific storm track relationship by the QBO, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 123, 3976-3992.
  
  
• Martineau, P., S.-W. Son, M. Taguchi, and A. H. Butler, 2018: A comparison of the momentum budget in reanalysis datasets during sudden stratospheric warming events, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 7169-7187.
  
  
• Cho, H.-O., S.-W. Son, and D.-S. R. Park, 2018: Springtime extratropical cyclones in Northeast Asia and their impacts on long-term precipitation trends, International Journal of Climatology, 38, 4043-4050.
  
  
• Kim, J., S.-W. Son, H. Kim, B. Kim, and C. Yoo, 2018: SPARC local workshop on "WCRP grand challenges and regional climate change", Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 35, 624-627.
  
  
• Martineau, P., G. Chen, S.-W. Son, and J. Kim, 2018: Lower-stratospheric control of the frequency of sudden stratospheric warming events, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 123, 3051-3070.
  
  
• Zhang, J., W. Tian, F. Xie, M. P. Chipperfield, W. Feng, S.-W. Son, N. L. Abraham, A. T. Archibald, S. Bekki, N. Butchart, M. Deushi, S. Dhomse, Y. Han, P. Jockel, D. Kinnison, O. Kirner, M. Michou, O. Morgenstern, F. M. O'Connor, G. Pitari, D. A. Plummer, L. E. Revell, E. Rozanov, D. Visioni, W. Wang, and G. Zeng, 2018: Stratospheric ozone loss over the Eurasian continent induced by the polar vortex shift, Nature Communications, 9:206,doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-02565-2.
  
  
• [In Korean] Back, S.-Y., S.-W. Kim, M.-I. Jung, J.-W. Roh, and S.-W. Son, 2018: Classification of heat wave events in Seoul by using self-organizing map, Journal of Climate Change Research, 9, 209-221.
  
  
• [In Korean] Park, C.-H., S.-W. Son, and J. Choi, 2018: Granger Causality Test between ENSO and Winter Climate Variability over the Korean Peninsula, Journal of Climate Change Research, 9, 171-179.
  
  
• [In Korean] Kim, S.-W., K. Song, Y.-E. Yoo, S.-W. Son, and S.-J. Jeong, 2018: Long-term Trend Analysis of Extreme Temperatures in East Asia Using Quantile Regression, Journal of Climate Change Research, 9, 157-169.
  
  
• [In Korean] Roh, J.-W., H.-O. Cho, S.-W. Son, H.-J. Baek, K.-O. Boo, and J.-K. Lee, 2018: Predictability of Northern Hemisphere blocking in the KMA GDAPS during 2016-2017, Atmosphere-KOREA, 28, 403-414.
  
  
• [In Korean] Han, B.-R. , Y. Lim, H.-J. Kim, and S.-W. Son, 2018: Development and Evaluation of Statistical Prediction Model of Monthly-Mean Winter Surface Air Temperature in Korea, Atmosphere-KOREA, 28, 153-162.
  
  
• [In Korean] Kim, S.-W., H. Kim, K. Song, S.-W. Son, Y. Lim, H.-S. Kang, and Y.-K. Hyun, 2018: Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Skills of GloSea5 Model: Part 1. Geopotential Height in the Northern Hemisphere Extratropics, Atmosphere-KOREA, 28, 233-245.
  
  
• [In Korean] Song, K., H. Kim, S.-W. Son, S.-W. Kim, H.-S. Kang, and Y.-K. Hyun, 2018: Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Skills of Glosea5 Model: Part2. Stratospheric Sudden Warming, Atmosphere-KOREA, 28, 123-139.
  
  
• [In Korean] Kim, H., S.-W. Son, K. Song, S.-W. Kim, and H.-S. Kang, and Y.-K. Hyun, 2018: Prediction Skill of GloSea5 model for Stratospheric Polar Vortex Intensification Events , Journal of Korean Earth Science Society, 39, 211-227.
  
  

2017

• Son, S.-W., Y. Lim, C. Yoo, H. H. Hendon, and J. Kim, 2017: Stratospheric control of Madden-Julian Oscillation, Journal of Climate, 30, 1909-1922.
  
  
• Kim, J., S.-W. Son, E. P. Gerber, and H.-S. Park, 2017: Defining sudden stratospheric warming in climate models: Accounting for biases in model climatologies, Journal of Climate, 30, 5529-5546.
  
  
• Henderson, S. A., E. D. Maloney, and S.-W. Son, 2017: Madden-Julian Oscillation Pacific teleconnections: The impact of the basic state and MJO representation in General Circulation Models, Journal of Climate, 30, 4567-4587.
  
  
• Kim, H.-C., S. Kim, B.-U. Kim, C.-S. Jin, R. Park, S.-W. Son, C. Bae, M. Bae, C.-K. Song, and A. Stein, 2017: Recent increase of surface particulate matter concentrations in the Seoul Metropolitan area, Korea, Scientific Reports, 7, 4710.
  
  
• Kim, Y.-H., S.-K. Min, S.-W. Son, and J. Choi, 2017: Attribution of the local Hadley cell widening in the Southern Hemisphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 1015-1024.
  
  
• Garfinkel, C. I., S.-W. Son, K. Song, V. Aguila, and L. D. Oman, 2017: Stratospheric variability contributed to and sustained the recent hiatus in Eurasian winter warming, Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 374-382.
  
  
• Marshall, A. G., H. H. Hendon, S.-W. Son, and Y. Lim, 2017: Impact of the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation on predictability of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, Climate Dynamics, 49, 1365-1377.
  
  
• Jeong, J.-H., H.-S. Lee, J.-H. Yoo, M.-H. Kwon, S.-W. Yeh, J.-S. Kug, J.-Y. Lee, B.-M. Kim, S.-W. Son, S.-K. Min, H.-S. Lee, W.-S. Lee, J.-H. Yoon, and H.-K. Kim, 2017: The status and prospect of seasonal climate prediction of climate over Korea and East Asia: a review, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Science, 53, 149-173.
  
  

2016

• Kim, K.-Y., and S.-W. Son, 2016: Physical characteristics of Eurasian winter temperature variability, Environmental Research Letters, 11, 044009.
  
  
• Yoo, C., and S.-W. Son, 2016: Modulation of the boreal wintertime Madden-Julian Oscillation by the stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 1392-1398.
  
  
• Choi, J., S.-W. Son, K.-H. Seo, J.-Y. Lee, and H.-S. Kang, 2016: Potential for long-lead prediction of the western North Pacific monsoon circulation beyond seasonal time scales, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 1736-1743.
  
  
• Choi, J., J. Lu, S.-W. Son, D. M. W. Frierson, J.-H. Yoon, 2016: Uncertainty in future projections of the North Pacific subtropical high and its implication for California winter precipitation change, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 121, 795-806.
  
  
• Choi, J., S.-W. Son, Y.-G. Ham, J.-Y. Lee, and H.-M. Kim, 2016: Seasonal to interannual prediction skill of near-surface air temperature in the CMIP5 decadal hindcast experiments, Journal of Climate, 29, 1511-1527.
  
  
• Martineau, P., S.-W. Son, and M. Taguchi, 2016: Dynamical consistency of reanalysis data sets in the extratropical stratosphere, Journal of Climate, 29, 3057-3074.
  
  
• Tripathi, O., M. P. Baldwin, A. Charlton-Perez, M. Charron, J. C.H. Cheung, S. D. Eckermann, E. P. Gerber, D. R. Jackson, Y. Kuroda, A. Lang, J. McLay, R. Mizuta, C. Reynolds, G. Roff, M. Sigmond, S.-W. Son, T. Stockdale, 2016: Examining the predictability of the Stratospheric Sudden Warming of January 2013 using multiple NWP systems, Monthly Weather Review, 144, 1935-1960.
  
  
• Huang, Y., M. Zhang, Y. Xia, Y. Hu, and S.-W. Son, 2016: Is there a stratospheric radiative feedback in global warming simulations?, Climate Dynamics, 8, 759-762.
  
  
• [In Korean] Jung, M.-I., S.-W. Son, Y. Lim, K. Song, D. Won, and H.-S. Kang, 2016: Assessment of stratospheric prediction skill of the GloSea5 hindcast experiment, Atmosphere-KOREA, 26, 203-214.
  
  
• [In Korean] Jeong, J.-H., T.-W. Park, J.-H. Choi, S.-W. Son, K. Song, J.-S. Kug, B.-M. Kim, H.-K. Kim, and S.-Y. Yim, 2016: Assessment of climate variability over East Asia-Korea for 2015/16 winter, Atmosphere-KOREA, 26, 337-345.
  
  
• [In Korean] Lee, J., J. Kim, and S.-W. Son, 2016: Climatic Features of Extratropical Cyclones during the Spring-time Yellow Dust Events in Korea, Atmosphere-KOREA, 26, 565-576.
  
  
• [In Korean] Park, M., Y. Choi , and S.-W. Son, 2016: The Impact of Satellite Observations on Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation in the Reanalysis Data: A Comparison Between JRA-55 and JRA-55C, Atmosphere-KOREA, 26, 523-540. [UGTh]
  
  
• [In Korean] Cho, H.-O., S.-W. Son, and Y.-H. Lee, 2016: Spatio-temporal structure of diurnal and semidiurnal tides in geopotential height field, Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society, 37, 465-475. [UGTh]
  
  

2015

• Kug, J.-S., J.-H. Jeong, Y.-S. Jang, B.-M. Kim, C. K. Folland, S.-K. Min, and S.-W. Son, 2015: Two distinct influences of Arctic warming on cold winters over North America and East Asia, Nature Geoscience, 8, 759-762.
  
  
• Kim, J. and S.-W. Son, 2015: Formation and maintenance of the tropical cold point tropopause in a dry dynamic-core GCM, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 72, 3097-3115.
  
  
• Martineau, P. and S.-W. Son, 2015: Onset of circulation anomalies during stratospheric vortex weakening events: the role of planetary-scale waves, Journal of Climate, 28, 7347-7370
  
  
• Park, H.-S., S. Lee, Y. Kosaka, S.-W. Son and S.-W. Kim, 2015: The impact of Arctic winter infrared radiation on early summer sea ice, Journal of Climate, 28, 6281-6296.
  
  
• Park, H.-S., S. Lee, S.-W. Son, S. B. Feldstein, and Y. Kosaka, 2015: The impact of poleward moisture and sensible heat flux on Arctic winter sea ice variability, Journal of Climate, 28, 5030-5040.
  
  
• Woo, S.-H., M.-K. Sung, S.-W. Son, and J.-S. Kug, 2015: Connection between weak stratospheric vortex events and the Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Climate Dynamics, 45, 3481-3492.
  
  
• Cote, H., K. M. Grise, S.-W. Son, R. de Elia, and A. Frigon, 2015: Challenges of tracking extratropical cyclones in regional climate models, Climate Dynamics, 44, 3101-3109.
  
  
• Plante, M., S.-W. Son, E. Atallah, J. Gyakum, and K. M. Grise, 2015: Extratropical cyclone climatology across Eastern Canada, International Journal of Climatology, 35, 2759-2776.
  
  
• Tripathi, O. P., M. Baldwin, A. Charlton-Perez, M. Charron, S. Eckermann, E. Gerber, R. G. Harrison, D. R. Jackson, B.-M. Kim, Y. Kuroda, A. Lang, C. Lee, S. Mahmood, R. Mizuta, G. Roff, M. Sigmond, S.-W. Son, 2015: Review: The predictability of the extra-tropical Stratosphere and its impacts on the skill of Tropospheric Forecasts, Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141, 987-1003.
  
  
• Min, S-K., S.-W. Son, K.-H. Seo, J.-S. Kug, S.-I. An, Y.-S. Choi, J.-H. Jeong, B.-M. Kim, J.-W. Kim, Y.-H. Kim, J.-Y. Lee, M.-I. Lee, 2015: Changes in weather and climate extremes over Korea and possible causes: A review, Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Science, 51, 103-121.
  
  
• [In Korean] Jung, M.-I., S.-W. Son, J. Choi, and H.-S. Kang, 2015: Assessment of 6-month lead prediction skill of the GloSea5 hindcast experiment, Atmosphere-KOREA, 25, 339-351.
  
  
• [In Korean] Song, K., S.-W. Son, and S.-H. Woo, 2015: Impact of sudden stratospheric warming on the surface air temperature in East Asia, Atmosphere-KOREA, 25, 461-472.
  
  
• [In Korean] Yoo, Y.-E., S.-W. Son, H.-S. Kim, and J.-H. Jeong, 2015: Synoptic characteristics of cold days over South Korea and their relationship with large-scale climate variability, Atmosphere-KOREA, 25, 435-447. [UGTh]
  
  

2014

• Kim, B.-M., S.-W. Son, S.-K. Min, J.-H. Jeong, S.-J. Kim, X. Zhang, T. Shim, J.-H. Yoon, 2014: Weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex by Arctic sea-ice loss, Nature Communications, 5, doi:10.1038/ncomms5646
  
  
• Gerber, E. P. and S.-W. Son, 2014: Quantifying the summertime response of the austral jet stream and Hadley cell to stratospheric ozone and greenhouse gases, Journal of Climate, 27, 5538-5559.
  
  
• Choi, J., S.-W. Son, J. Lu, and S.-K. Min, 2014: Further observational evidence of Hadley cell widening in the Southern Hemisphere, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 2590-2597.
  
  
• Grise, K. M., S.-W. Son, G. J. P. Correa, L. M. Polvani, 2014: The response of extratropical cyclones in the Southern Hemisphere to stratospheric ozone depletion in the 20th Century, Atmospheric Science Letters, 15, 29-36.
  
  
• Manzini, E., A. Yu. Karpechko, J. Anstey, M. P. Baldwin, R. X. Black, C. Cagnazzo, N. Calvo, A. Charlton-Perez, B. Christiansen, P. Davini, E. P. Gerber, M. Giorgetta, L. Gray, S. C. Hardiman, Y.-Y. Lee, D. R. Marsh, B. A. McDaniel, A. Purich, A. A. Scaife, D. Shindell, S.-W. Son, S. Watanabe, and G. Zappa, 2014: Northern winter climate change: Assessment of uncertainty in CMIP5 projections related to stratosphere-troposphere coupling, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 119, 7979-7998.
  
  
• [Report Chapter] Arblaster, J. M., N. P. Gillett, N. Calvo, P. M. Forster, L. M. Polvani, S.-W. Son, D. W. Waugh, P. J. Young, 2014: Stratospheric Ozone Changes and Climate, Chapter 4 of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2014, WMO Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project - Report No. 55.
  
  
• [In Korean] Kim, S.-W., K. Song, S.-Y. Kim, S.-W. Son, and C. Franzke, 2014: Linear and nonlinear trends of extreme temperatures in Korea, Atmosphere-KOREA, 24, 379-390. [UGTh]
  
  

2013

• Son, S.-W., A. Purich, H. H. Hendon, B.-M. Kim, L. M. Polvani, 2013: Improved seasonal forecast using ozone hole variability?, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 6231-6235.
  
  
• Martineau, P. and S.-W. Son, 2013: Planetary-scale wave activity as a source of varying tropospheric response to stratospheric sudden warming events: A case study, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 118, 10,994-11,006.
  
  
• Park, H.-S., S.-P. Xie, and S.-W. Son, 2013: Poleward stationary eddy heat transport by the Tibetan Plateau and equatorward shift of westerlies during northern winter, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 70, 3288-3301.
  
  
• Kang, S. M., L. M. Polvani, J. C. Fyfe, S.-W. Son, M. Sigmond, G. J. P. Correa, 2013: Modeling evidence that ozone depletion has impacted extreme precipitation in the austral summer, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 4054-4059.
  
  
• Grise, K. M., S.-W. Son, and J. R. Gyakum, 2013: Intraseasonal and interannual variability in North American storm tracks and its relationship to equatorial Pacific variability, Monthly Weather Review, 141, 3610-3625.
  
  
• Kim, J., K. M. Grise, and S.-W. Son, 2013: Thermal characteristics of the cold-point tropopause region in CMIP5 models, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 118, 8827-8841.
  
  
• Min, S.-K. and S.-W. Son, 2013: Multi-model attribution of the Southern Hemisphere Hadley cell widening: major role of ozone depletion Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 118, 3007-3015.
  
  
• Dunn-Sigouin, E. and S.-W. Son, 2013: Northern Hemisphere blocking frequency and duration in the CMIP5 models, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 118, 1179-1188.
  
  
• Dunn-Sigouin, E., S.-W. Son, and H. Lin, 2013: Evaluation of Northern Hemisphere blocking climatology in the Global Environment Multiscale (GEM) model, Monthly Weather Review, 141, 707-727.
  
  
• Charlton-Perez A. J., M. P. Baldwin, T. Birner, R. X. Black, A. H. Butler, N. Calvo, N. A. Davis, E. P. Gerber, N. Gillett, S. Hardiman, J. Kim, K. Kruger, Y.-Y. Lee, E. Manzini, B. A. McDaniel, L. M. Polvani, T. Reichler, T. A. Shaw, M. Sigmond, S.-W. Son, M. Toohey, L. Wilcox, S. Yoden, B. Christiansen, F. Lott, D. Shindell, S. Yukimoto, and S. Watanabe, 2013: On the lack of stratospheric dynamical variability in low-top versions of the CMIP5 models, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 118, 2494-2505.
  
  

2008 - 2012

• Gerber, E. P., A. Butler, N. Calvo, A. Charlton-Perez, M. Giorgetta, E. Manzini, J. Perlwitz, L. M. Polvani, F. Sassi, A. Scaife, T. Shaw, S.-W. Son, and S. Watanabe, 2012: Assessing and Understanding the Impact of Stratospheric Dynamics and Variability on the Earth System, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 93, 845-859.
  
  
• Kim, J. and S.-W. Son, 2012: Tropical Cold-Point Tropopause: Climatology, Seasonal Cycle and Intraseasonal Variability Derived from COSMIC GPS Radio Occultation Measurements, Journal of Climate, 25, 5343-5360.
  
  
• Purich, A., and S.-W. Son, 2012: Impact of Antarctic ozone depletion and recovery on Southern Hemisphere precipitation, evaporation and extreme changes, Journal of Climate, 25, 3145-3154.
  
  
• Seo, K.-H. and S.-W. Son, 2012: The Global Atmospheric Circulation Response to Tropical Diabatic Heating Associated with the Madden-Julian Oscillation during Northern Winter, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69, 79-96.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., N. F. Tandon, and L. M. Polvani, 2011: The Fine-scale Structure of the Global Tropopause derived from COSMIC GPS Radio Occultation Measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 116, D20113, doi:10.1029/2011JD016030.
  
  
• Polvani, L. M., D. W. Waugh, G. J. P. Correa and S.-W. Son, 2011: Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: the Main Driver of 20th Century Atmospheric Circulation Changes in the Southern Hemisphere, Journal of Climate, 24, 795-812, doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3772.1.
  
  
• [Book Chapter] Gillett, N. P. and S.-W. Son, 2011: Impact of polar ozone loss on the troposphere, Stratospheric Ozone Depletion and Climate Change, R. Muller Ed., Royal Society of Chemistry, pp346.
  
  
• [Report Chapter] Forster, P. M., D. W. J. Thompson, and Coauthors, 2011: Stratospheric Changes and Climate, Chapter 4 of the Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2010, WMO Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project - Report No. 52.
  
  
• Martineau, P. and S.-W. Son, 2010: Quality of Reanalysis Data during Stratospheric Vortex Weakening and Intensification Events, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L22801, doi:10.1029/2010GL045237.
  
  
• Park, H.-S., J. C. H. Chiang, and S.-W. Son, 2010: The Role of the Central Asian Mountains on the Midwinter Suppression of North Pacific Storminess, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67, 3706-3720. [Comments & Reply]
  
  
• Hegglin, M. I., A. Gettelman, P. Hoor, R. Krichevsky, G. L. Manney, L. Pan, S.-W. Son, G. Stiller, S. Tilmes, K. A. Walker, and SPARC/CCMVal co-authors, 2010: Multi-model Assessment of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere: Extra-tropics, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 115, D00M09, doi:10.1029/2010JD013884.
  
  
• Gettelman, A., M. I. Hegglin, S.-W. Son, J. Kim, M. Fujiwara, T. Birner, S. Kremser, M. Rex, and SPARC/CCMVal co-authors, 2010: Multi-model Assessment of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere: Tropics and Trends, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 115, D00M08, doi:10.1029/2009JD013638.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., E. P. Gerber, J. Perlwitz, L. M. Polvani, N. Gillett, K.-H. Seo and SPARC/CCMVal co-authors, 2010: Impact of Stratospheric Ozone on Southern Hemisphere Circulation Change: A Multimodel Assessment, Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmosphere, 115, D00M07, doi:10.1029/2010JD014271.
  
  
• [Report Chapter] Baldwin, M., N. P. Gillett, and Coauthors, 2010: Effects of the stratosphere on the troposphere, Chapter 10 of the SPARC Report on the Evaluation of Chemistry-Climate Models, V. Eyring, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Waugh (Eds.), SPARC Report No. 5, WCRP-132, WMO/TD-No. 1526.
  
  
• [Report Chapter] Gettelman, A., M. I. Hegglin, and Coauthors, 2010: Upper troposphere and lower stratosphere, Chapter 7 of the SPARC Report on the Evaluation of Chemistry-Climate Models, V. Eyring, T. G. Shepherd, D. W. Waugh (Eds.), SPARC Report No. 5, WCRP-132, WMO/TD-No. 1526.
  
  
• Ho, C.-H., H.-S. Kim, J.-H. Jeong, and S.-W. Son, 2009: Influence of stratospheric quasi-biennial oscillation on tropical cyclone tracks in western North Pacific, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L06702, doi:10.1029/2009GL037163.
  
  
• Kravtsov, S., J. E. Ten Hoeve, S. B. Feldstein, S. Lee, and S.-W. Son, 2009: The relationship between statistically linear and nonlinear feedbacks and zonal-mean flow variability in an idealized climate model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 353-372.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., N. F. Tandon, L. M. Polvani, and D. W. Waugh, 2009: Ozone hole and Southern Hemisphere climate change, Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L15705, doi:10.1029/2009GL038671.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., M. Ting, and L. M. Polvani, 2009: The effect of topography on storm track intensity in a relatively simple general circulation model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 393-411.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., L. M. Polvani, D. W. Waugh, T. Birner, H. Akiyoshi, R. R. Garcia, A. Gettelman, D. A. Plummer, and E. Rozanov, 2009: The impact of stratospheric ozone recovery on tropopause height trends, Journal of Climate, 22, 429-445.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., L. M. Polvani, D. W. Waugh, H. Akiyoshi, R. Garcia, D. Kinnison, S. Pawson, E. Rozanov, T. G. Shepherd, and K. Shibata, 2008: The impact of stratospheric ozone recovery on the Southern hemisphere westerly jet, Science, 320, 1486-1489.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., S. Lee, S. B. Fledstein, and J. E. Ten Hoeve, 2008: Time scale and feedback of zonal mean flow variability, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 935-952.
  
  
• Ryu, J.-H., S. Lee, and S.-W. Son, 2008: Vertically propagating Kelvin waves and tropical tropopause variability, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 1817-1837.
  
  

2007 and before

• Lee, S., S.-W. Son, K. Grise, and S. B. Feldstein, 2007: Mechanism of poleward propagation of zonal mean flow anomalies, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 849-868.
  
  
• Williams, L. N., S. Lee, S.-W. Son, 2007: Dynamics of the southern Hemisphere spiral jet, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 548-563.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., and L. M. Polvani, 2007: The dynamical formation of an extratropical tropopause inversion layer in a relatively simple general circulation model, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L17806, doi:10.1029/2007GL030564.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., and S. Lee, 2007: Intraseasonal variability of the zonal mean tropical tropopause height, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 2695-2706.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., S. Lee, and S. B. Feldstein, 2007: Intraseaonal variability of the zonal mean extratropical tropopause height, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64, 608-620.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., and S. Lee, 2006: Preferred modes of variability and their relationship with climate change, Journal of Climate, 19, 2063-2075.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., and S. Lee, 2005: The response of westerly jets to thermal driving in a primitive equation model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 3741-3757.
  
  
• Choi, G., J. Choi, J.-W. Kim, and S.-W. Son, 2002: The climatology of perceived sultriness in south Korea, Journal of Korean Geographical Society, 385-402.
  
  
• Son, S.-W., and D.-K. Lee, 2001: A numerical study on the evolution of mesoscale cyclone and associated low-level jet along the East Asian monsoon front, Korean Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65-82.
  
  

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