Sciences and Exploration Directorate

Eun-Gyeong Yang

(Research Scientist)

Eun-Gyeong Yang's Contact Card & Information.
Email: eun-gyeong.yang@nasa.gov
Org Code: 610.1
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

2024. "Utilizing PBL Height Data from Multiple Observing Systems in the GEOS System (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]

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