Eun-Gyeong Yang
(Research Scientist)
| Email: | eun-gyeong.yang@nasa.gov |
| Org Code: | |
| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 610.1 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE CO |
Positions/Employment
Assistant Research Scientist
Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II/University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), GMAO, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, MD, USA
November 2022 - Present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York - Albany, NY, USA
May 2021 - November 2022
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University - Seoul, South Korea
April 2020 - April 2021
Education
Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2020
Dissertation: Development and evaluation of high-resolution regional reanalysis system for improving weather analysis and forecasting over East Asia (Advisor: Dr. Hyun Mee Kim)
M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2013
Thesis: Effect of adaptive observations using adjoint sensitivity for Asian dust events affecting Korea: observing system simulation experiments (Advisor: Dr. Hyun Mee Kim)
B.S. in Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2011
Awards
2024 NASA GMAO Peer Awards - Outstanding Contribution by a new GMAO member
Publications
Refereed
2026. "Utilizing PBL Height Data From Multiple Observing Systems in the GEOS System. Part II: Assessment of PBL Height Data.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 131 (3): e2025JD044701 [https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JD044701] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Utilizing PBL Height Data from Multiple Observing Systems in the GEOS System. Part I: Assimilation Framework.", Monthly Weather Review, 153 (3): 403-423 [10.1175/mwr-d-24-0141.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Development of East Asia Regional Reanalysis based on advanced hybrid gain data assimilation method and evaluation with E3DVAR, ERA-5, and ERA-Interim reanalysis.", Earth System Science Data, 14 (4): 2109-2127 [10.5194/essd-14-2109-2022] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "A comparison of variational, ensemble-based, and hybrid data assimilation methods over East Asia for two one-month periods.", Atmospheric Research, 249 105257 [10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105257] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Development and Evaluation of an Ensemble‐Based Data Assimilation System for Regional Reanalysis Over the Tibetan Plateau and Surrounding Regions.", Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11 (8): 2503-2522 [10.1029/2019ms001665] [Journal Article/Letter]
2019. "Evaluation of Short-Range Precipitation Reforecasts from East Asia Regional Reanalysis.", Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20 (2): 319-337 [10.1175/jhm-d-18-0068.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Evaluation of a Regional Reanalysis and ERA-Interim over East Asia Using In Situ Observations during 2013–14.", Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 56 (10): 2821-2844 [10.1175/jamc-d-16-0227.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2014. "Effect of Observation Network Design on Meteorological Forecasts of Asian Dust Events.", Monthly Weather Review, 142 (12): 4679-4695 [10.1175/mwr-d-14-00080.1] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Statistical adjoint sensitivity distributions of meteorological forecast errors of Asian dust transport events in Korea.", Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 65 (1): 20554 [10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20554] [Journal Article/Letter]