Initialization of Air-sea Coupled Models for Climate Predictions: Thesis for Ph.D. Degree

This thesis is awarded by The Korean Society of Oceanography in 2009 for outstanding achievement. As a part of the thesis works, more than five papers are published in various SCI journals including Climate Dynamics, Journal of Climate, and Journal of Geophysical Research. One of them which emphasized role of diurnal air-sea coupling is highlighted by Brain Korea 21 as an excellent paper in 2010. These works are also presented by various international conferences.