Dr. Rhae Sung Kim is a postdoctoral researcher and a member of the Land Information System (LIS) team in the Hydrological Sciences Lab at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. Dr. Kim received his BS degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Korea University in 2008, his MS degree in Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering from the Ohio State University in 2011. He completed his PhD in School of Earth Science at the Ohio State University in 2017. His research interests center on surface hydrology, snow remote sensing & hydrology, snowpack modeling, numerical modeling of the terrestrial water cycle, and data assimilation. His current research focuses on seasonal, terrestrial snow to understand its impact on Earth’s hydrological and land-atmosphere interaction processes.
2018
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Present
Visiting Associate Earth Science Scientist
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory (HSL), Universities Space Research Association (USRA) and NASA GSFC,
Greenbelt, MD Conduct research on snow remote sensing measurement and modeling to understand their impact on Earth's hydrological land-atmosphere interaction processes. Work on the Snow Ensemble Uncertainty Project (SEUP), to characterize and estimate the snow water equivalent and its associated errors. Serve as a member of the Land Information System (LIS; http://lis.gsfc.nasa.gov) team for the development of land surface modeling and data assimilation.
2017
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2018
Postdoctoral Researcher
Hydrological Sciences Laboratory (HSL), Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)/ NASA GSFC,
Greenbelt, MD Research on microwave radiative transfer modeling to couple with the NASA Land Information System (LIS). Conducts research on seasonal, terrestrial snow to understand its impact on Earth's hydrological and land-atmosphere interactions. A member of LIS team.
2013
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2017
Graduate Research Assistant
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, School of Earth Science, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH Research on passive microwave radiance assimilation to estimate the snow depth in mountainous areas. Work on spectral analyzing of airborne passive microwave measurements of alpine snow pack.
2012
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2013
Graduate Research Assistant
Biosphere-Atmosphere Lab, Department of Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH Developed a spectral matching algorithm using bitmap indices of spectral derivatives for the analysis of hyperspectral imagery
2011
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2012
Graduate Research Assistant
Mapping and GIS Lab, Department of Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering, The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH
Ph.D., School of Earth Science, 2017, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
M.S., Civil, Environmental & Geodetic Engineering, 2011, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2008, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Snow hydrology, Snow remote sensing, Surface hydrology, Snow measurement and modeling, Numerical modeling of the terrestrial water cycle, Data assimilation, Snowpack water supply
American Geophysical Union,
2014
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Present
American Meteorological Society,
2018
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Present
Keith W. Bedford Travel Award -The Ohio State University, 2014
ASD Inc., Alexander Goetz hyperspectral instrument support program, 2012
International Student Grant Fellowship -The Ohio State University, 2009
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company Fellowship, 2007
Korea University, Alumni Association of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Fellowship, 2007
Chung-Suk Engineering Company Fellowship, 2004
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Company Fellowship, 2002
Korea University, Alumni Association of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Fellowship, 2001
Field Experiment Experience
NASA SnowEX Airborne Snow Campaign, Grand Mesa, CO, 2017
Advanced methods in snow measurement, Steamboat springs, CO, 2015
Refereed
Kim, R., M. Durand, D. Li, et al. 2019. "Estimating alpine snow depth by combining multifrequency passive radiance observations with ensemble snowpack modeling ."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
226:
1-15
[10.1016/j.rse.2019.03.016]
Kim, R., M. Durand, and D. Liu. 2018. "Spectral analysis of airborne passive microwave measurements of alpine snowpack: Colorado, USA."
Remote Sensing of Environment,
205:
469-484
[10.1016/j.rse.2017.07.025]
