Department of Marine Science and Convergence Engineering

Kim, Young-Ho

Kim, Young-Ho

Professor
  • Location
Science and Technology Building 1, Room 334
  • Phone
031-400-5572
  • Email
ynhkim@hanyang.ac.kr
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Education and Experience

  • Specialization: Physical Oceanography; Ocean Circulation and Earth System Modeling; Ocean and Wave Data Assimilation; Climate Variability and Ocean Prediction
  • 1997: B.S. in Oceanography, Seoul National University
  • 1999: M.S. in Physical Oceanography, Department of Oceanography, Seoul National University
  • 2006: Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University
  • 2007–2019: Principal Researcher, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST)
  • 2011: Visiting Researcher, Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
  • 2019–2024: Korean Representative, International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO), IUGG
  • 2023–2025: Secretary-General, Korean Association of Oceanography Professors
  • 2019–2026: Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Pukyong National University

Research Interests

  1. Ocean Circulation Modeling
  2. Earth System Modeling
  3. Wave Modeling
  4. Ocean Data Assimilation
  5. Wave Data Assimilation
  6. Marine Biogeochemistry
  7. Ocean Prediction Combining AI and Physics

Selected Publications

  1. Kim, Y.H.*, Lee, G.M., & Gu, S. Development and Performance Assessment of a Four-Dimensional Variational Data Assimilation System Using a Data-Driven Artificial Intelligence Model of the Lorenz System (2026). The Sea: Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography, 31(2), 31–55.
  2. Chang, I., Kim, Y.H.*, Park, Y.-G., Jin, H., Pak, G., Ross, A.C., & Hallberg, R. Impact of vertical coordinate systems on simulations of barotropic and baroclinic tides in the Yellow Sea (2026). Geoscientific Model Development, 19, 3053–3074.
  3. Chang, I., Kim, Y.H.* et al. Assessing Vertical Coordinate System Performance in MOM6 for the NW Pacific (2026). Geoscientific Model Development, 19, 187–216.
  4. Tae, S. et al. Projected Thermal Stress and Vulnerability of Manila Clam Production under Climate Changes Senarios (2025). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 318, 109209.
  5. Ahn, S., Kim, H., Kim, K.O., Kim, Y.H., & Ha, T. Refining technical wave energy resource assessment through data assimilation (2025). Ocean Engineering, 342, 123198.
  6. Chae, J.-Y. et al. Prediction of Sea Surface Current Using Artificial Neural Networks (2024). JGR: Machine Learning and Computation, 1.
  7. Joh, Y. et al. Predictability of summertime East/Japan Sea SST events (2024). npj Climate & Atmospheric Science, 7.
  8. Jin, H., Kim, Y.H. et al. Simulation Characteristics of the Ocean Prediction and Earth Model (OPEM) (2024). Ocean Science Journal, 59.
  9. Lee, E.Y. et al. Spectral Clustering Analysis of EKWC Circulation Patterns (2024). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 12(12), 2338.
  10. Lim, H. et al., Kim, Y.H.* Sensitivity of Data Assimilation Settings in WAVEWATCH III (2024). Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society, 45, 349–362.
  11. Lee, S.-T. et al. Regional Comparison of EnKF and EnOI for Data Assimilation in the North Pacific (2024). JTECH, 41, 113–125.
  12. Chang, I., Kim, Y.H.* et al. Assessment of high-resolution regional ocean reanalysis K-ORA22 for the NW Pacific (2024). Progress in Oceanography, 229, 103359.
  13. Pak, G., …, Kim, Y.H.* KIOST Earth System Model and Its Simulation Characteristics (2021). Ocean Science Journal, 56(1), 18–45.
  14. Kwon, E.Y., Kim, Y.H. et al. Multidecadal wind-driven shifts in NW Pacific temperature, salinity, O₂, and PO₄ (2016). Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 30.
  15. Kim, Y.H. et al. An assessment of ocean climate reanalysis by DASK from 1947 to 2012 (2015). Ocean Modelling, 91(1), 1–22.
  16. Kim, Y.H. et al. Seasonal Variation of the Korea Strait Bottom Cold Water and Its Causes (2006). Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L24604.

Awards

  • 2015: KIOST Outstanding Research Award
  • 2018: Commendation from the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries
  • 2025: Outstanding Paper Award, The Sea: Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography