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Jung-Eun Lee

Education
  • Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley (2005)
  • M.A., Science Education, Seoul National University (1998)
  • B.S., Earth Science Education (Minor: Chemistry) (996)
Research Interests
  • The link between terrestrial water and carbon cycles
  • Water isotopes and convective processes
Projects

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TES (Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer) is one of four science instruments aboard NASA's Aura satellite, which was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on July 15, 2004.

Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Research Scientist (2011 - Present)
  • University of Chicago (2010)
    • Instructor, Global Carbon Cycle with an emphasis on terrestrial systems (2010)
    • Postdoc (2008 - 2010)
  • University of California, Berkeley, Postdoc (2006 - 2008)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Visiting Scholar (1998 - 1999)
  • Korean Meteorological Research Institute, Researcher (1998)
Selected Publications
  1. Boyce, C.K., and J.E. Lee, "Could land plant evolution have fed the marine revolution?" Paleontological Research, in press.
  2. Lee, J.E., C.K. Boyce, "The impact of hydraulic capacity on water and carbon cycles in tropical South America," J. Geophys. Res., 115, D23123, doi:10.1029/2010JD014568 (2010).
  3. Boyce, C.K., J.E. Lee, T. J. Brodribb, T. S. Feild, and M. A. Zwieniecki, "Angiosperms put the rain in the rainforests: The impact of plant physiological evolution on tropical biodiversity," Annal. Mo. Bot. Gard. 97, 527-540, doi:10.3417/2009143 (2010).
  4. Boyce, C.K.*, and J.E. Lee,* "A unique role for flowering plants in modifying tropical climate and biodiversity," Proceedings of Royal Society, B., doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0485 (2010). (*: equal contributions).
  5. Lee, J.E., A. Swann, "Evaluation of using the "amount effect" to interpret speleothem data: Asian monsoon study," IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 9, L23801 (2010).
  6. Lee, J.E., R. Pierrehumbert, B. Lintner, and A. Swann, "Sensitivity of the stable water isotopic values on the convective parameterization schemes," Geophy. Res. Lett, 36, L23801, doi:10.1029/2009GL040880 (2009).
  7. Lee, J.E., K. Johnson, and I. Fung, "Precipitation over South America during the Last Glacial Maximum: An analysis of the "amount effect" with a water isotope-enabled General Circulation Model," Geophy. Res. Lett, 36, L19701, doi:10.1029/2009GL039265 (2009).
  8. Lee, J.E., I. Fung, D.J. DePaolo, B. Otto-Bliesner, "Water isotopes during the Last Glacial Maximum: New GCM calculations," J. Geophys. Res. 113, D19109, doi:10.1029/2008JD009859 (2008).
  9. Angert, A., J.E. Lee, and D. Yakir, "Seasonal variations in the isotopic composition of near surface water vapor in the Eastern-Mediterranean," Tellus B, doi:10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00357.x, 60B, 674-684 (2008).
  10. Lee, J.E., and I. Fung, "Amount effect of water isotopes and quantitative analysis of post-condensation processes," Hydrological Processes, doi: 10.1002/hyp.6637 (2008).
  11. Lee, J.E., I. Fung, D.J. DePaolo, C. Henning, "Analysis of the global distribution of water isotopes using the NCAR atmospheric general circulation model," J. Geophys. Res., 112, D16306, doi:10.1029/2006JD007657 (2007).
  12. Lee, J.E., R.S. Oliveira, T.E. Dawson, T.E., and I. Fung, "Root functioning modifies seasonal climate," P. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 102, 17576-17581 (2005).
  13. Kim, J., and J.E. Lee, "A multi year regional climate hindcast for the western United States using the Mesoscale Atmospheric Simulation Model," Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4, 878-890 (2003).
  14. Lee, J.E., and B.J. Sohn, "Rainfall estimation over the Korean Peninsula from GMS-5 measurements of infrared radiation," Journal of Korean Meteorological Society, 35, 20-29 (1999).

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