Hyodae Seo International Pacific Research Center University of Hawaii, Manoa hyodae@hawaii.edu http://iprc.soest.hawaii/~hyodae Tel: 808-956-9054 Fax: 808-956-9425 Mailing Address 1680 East-West Road POST Bldg #401 University of Hawaii, Manoa Honolul, HI 96822

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CV (pdf)

Education

• Ph.D. in Oceanography (2007): Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Thesis title: Mesoscale Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction, Advisors: Dr. Arthur J. Miller and Dr. John O. Roads
• B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences (2002): Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, South Korea

Employment

• August 2009-Present: Visiting Assistant Researcher, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
• December 2007-Present: NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship, affiliated with International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii, Manoa. Mentor: Professor Shang-Ping Xie
• June-December, 2007: Visiting scholar at International Pacific Research Center of University of Hawaii, Manoa. Supervisor: Professor Niklas Schneider

Research interest

• Air-sea interaction, Climate dynmics, Ocean circulations, Coastal oceanography, Marine meteorology, Tropical oceanography, Climate modeling and change, Coupled climate modeling

External Funding

• NASA. Interannual variability of ocean vector winds near ocean fronts and coastal orography. Xie, Tokinaga, Seo. Pending

• NSF. Collaborative Research: Multi-Scale Modeling: Role of tropical instability waves and biological feedbacks in tropical Pacific Ocean's response to global warming. Seo, Karnuaskas, Murtugudde, Anderson, Jochum. Pending

• NSF. Collaborative Research: Climate and Large-Scale Dynamics: Tropical Instability Waves and Decadal Climate Variability. Karnauskas, Seo, Murtugudde, and Jochum. Pending

• ONR. Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics and Predictability of MJO's. Miller, Seo, Murtugudde, Waliser, and Jochum. Pending

• ONR. The impact of the Galapagos Islands on the near-surface ocean environment: A high-resolution regional coupled modeling study Karnauskas, Seo, Murtugudde, and Jochum. In preparation

Publications

• Seo, H. and S.-P. Xie: Downscaling Global Warming with a Regional Ocean-Atmosphere Model over the Tropical Atlantic: Equatorial Upwelling and Tropical Instability Waves Climate Dynamics, submitted. PDF Web

• Seo, H., S.-P. Xie, R. Murtugudde, M. Jochum, and A. J. Miller, 2009: Seasonal effects of Indian Ocean freshwater forcing in a regional coupled model. Journal of Climate. 22, 6577-6596. PDF Web


• Seo, H., R. Murtugudde, M. Jochum, and A. J. Miller, 2008: Modeling of Mesoscale Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction and its Feedback to Ocean in the Western Arabian Sea. Ocean Modelling, 25,120-131. PDF Web
  
  
• Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde, A. J. Miller, and J. O. Roads, 2008: Precipitation from African Easterly Waves in a Coupled Model of the Tropical Atlantic.. Journal of Climate, 21, 1417-1431 PDF Web
  
  
• Small, R. J., S. de Szoeke, S. P. Xie, L. O'Neill, H. Seo, Q. Song, P. Cornillon, M. Spall, and S. Minobe, 2008: Air-Sea Interaction over Ocean Fronts and Eddies. Dynamics of Ocean and Atmosphere, 45, 274-319 PDF Web
  


• Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde, A. J. Miller, and J. O. Roads, 2007: Feedback of Tropical Instability Wave - induced Atmospheric Variability onto the Ocean. Journal of Climate, 20(23), 5842-5855 PDF Web


• Seo, H., A. J. Miller and J. O. Roads, 2007: The Scripps Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Regional (SCOAR) model, with applications in theeastern Pacific sector. Journal of Climate, 20, No. 3, 381-402 PDF Web


• Seo, H., M. Jochum, R. Murtugudde and A. J. Miller, 2006: Effect of Ocean Mesoscale Variability on the Mean State of Tropical Atlantic Climate. Geophysical Research Letters. 33, L09606 PDF Web

Awards and Experiences

• Convener, Regional and Mesoscale Coupled Air-Sea Modeling, Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, 2010
• Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium, October 5-10, 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii
• NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellowship: 2007-2009
• NCAR ASP Graduate Student Visiting Program: June-October 2006
• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Frieman Director's Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research in 2006
• Outstanding Student Paper Award, Ocean Sciences Meeting 2006

  Manuscript and proposal reviews

• BAMS: 1 (2008)
• Climate Dynamics: 1 (2009)
• Journal of Climate: 1 (2005), 2 (2006), 1 (2007), 2 (2008), 1(2009)
• Journal of Geophysical Research- Oceans: 2 (2008)
• Journal of Physical Oceanography: 1 (2007)
• Asian Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Science: 1 (2008)
• NOAA CPO/CVP: 1(2008)

Select presentations and invited talks

• Tropical Atlantic response to global warming: Equatorial upwelling and tropical instability waves- International RSM Workshop, Maui, Aug 4, 2009
• Seasonal effects of Indian Ocean freshwater forcing in a regional coupled model-Barrier Layers and Indian Monsoon- IPRC Annual Symposium, Jun 2, 2009
• Mesoscale air-sea interaction and feedback in the western Arabian Sea: CLIVAR Western Boundary Current Workshop, Phoenix, January 15, 2009
• Mesoscale air-sea interaction and feedback in the western Arabian Sea: AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, January 14, 2009
• Overview of the Scripps Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Regional Model: ONR Coupled Modeling Workshop, Ballston, VA, Dec 12, 2008
• Mesoscale ocean-atmosphere interaction due to the ocean mesoscale eddies: Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium V, October 6, 2008
• Coupled modeling of mesoscale ocean-atmosphere interactions: tropical instability waves and ocean eddies: NOAA C&GC Summer Institute, July 14, 2008
• Mesoscale ocean-atmosphere interaction in the western Arabian sea: Dynamic and thermodynamic feedback to the ocean: NCAR CGD Seminar, May 23, 2008
• Mesoscale coupled ocean-atmosphere Interaction; Tropical Instability Waves and Atmospheric Feedback: ESSIC Seminar, University of Maryland. January 18, 2008
• Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction in a High-Resolution Regional Coupled Model: Oceanography Seminar, University of Hawaii, Manoa, August 23, 2007
• Effect of Coupling of Wind and Current on Tropical Instability Waves in the Atlantic Ocean: CLIVAR Tropical Atlantic Variability Meeting, Paris, October 18, 2006
• Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction in a Regional Coupled High-Resolution GCM: National Center for Atmospheric Research CGD Seminar, August 23, 2006
• Regional Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Eastern Pacific: TIWs, Mesoscale Eddies and Gap Winds: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Seminar (given by Art Miller), April 2006
• Air-sea coupling associated with the TIWs; high-resolution coupled-model study: Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, February 24, 2006
• Atmospheric Boundary Layer Response to SST in the Eastern Pacific: AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2005
• Tropical Instability Waves and Ocean-Atmosphere Feedback: ROMS/TOMS User Workshop, La Jolla, October 2005
• Regional Ocean-Atmospheric Feedback in the Eastern Pacific; Gap Winds, TIWs, and Mesoscale Eddies: UCLA AOS 270 Seminar, UCLA, October 12, 2005
• Regional Air-Sea Interaction in the Eastern Pacific: 6th International RSM workshop, New York, August, 2005
• Development of the Regional Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Model: 85th AMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, January 2005
• Preliminary Simulation of the Regional Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model in the Southern California Coastal Region: Regional Spectral Model Wrokshop, Yonsei Univerisity, Seoul, Korea, August 2004

Select poster presentations

• Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Eastern Pacific; Coupled Modeling Study. EPOC Meeting, October, 2005
• Atmospheric Boundary Layer Response to SST in the regional air-sea coupled model: EPIC Workshop, Seattle, May, 2005
• Coupling ROMS with RSM: Regional Ocean-Atmosphere Sensitivities: 2nd ROMS/TOMS European Workshop, Venice, Italy, October, 2004

 Workshop and meeting

• CLIVAR Western Boundary Current Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Jan 15-17, 2009
• AMS Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Jan 11-14, 2009
• PODS V, Honolulu, HI, October 5-9, 2008
• NOAA C&GC Summer Institute. Steamboat Springs, CO, July 13-17, 2008
• VOCALS Modeling Workshop, Boulder, CO, May, 18, 2007
• CLIVAR Tropical Atlantic Variability Meeting, Paris, October 2006
• Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, February 2006
• AMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, January 2006
• AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2005
• ROMS/TOMS User Workshop, La Jolla, October 2005
• 6th International RSM Workshop, New York, July 2005
• EPIC Workshop, Seattle, May 2005
• 85th AMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, January 2005
• 2nd ROMS/TOMS European Workshop, Venice, October 2004
• 5th International RSM Workshop, Seoul, July 2004
• 4th International RSM Workshop, Los Alamos, New Mexico, July 2002