Jung-Eun Lee Associate Professor of Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences
Our central research question is how the biosphere and climate coevolve, focusing on how biological processes in the land surface modulate the hydrological cycle across multiple timescales--diurnal, seasonal, interannual, millennial, and geological. Our research program combines the observation of biogeochemical data and the integration of observed characteristics to provide insight into fundamental processes in the climate system.
Selected Publications
Mischell, E. A. and J.-E. Lee, Observed Zonal Variations of the Relationship between ITCZ Position and Meridional Temperature Contrast. Climate, 10, 30. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli10030030 (2022).
Xu, W., J.-E. Lee, B. Fox-Kemper, Y. Planton, and M. J. McPhaden, The Andes Affect ENSO Statistics. J. Clim., 1–34, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0866.1 (2022).
Wu, M., and J.-E. Lee, Thresholds for atmospheric convection in Amazonian rainforests. Geophy. Res. Lett., 46. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019GL082909 (2019). link
Boyce, C. K. and J.-E. Lee, Plant evolution and climate over geological timescales, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science, 45, doi/10.1146/annurev-earth-063016-015629, (2017). link
Lee, J.-E., A. Shen, B. Fox-Kemper, and Y. Ming, Hemispheric sea ice distribution sets the glacial tempo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/ 2016GL071307 (2017). link
Lee, J.-E., B.R. Lintner, J. D. Neelin, X. Jiang, C. K. Boyce, J. B. Fisher, J. T. Perron, T. L. Kubar, J. Lee, and J. Worden, Reduction of precipitation variability via plant transpiration. Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L19704, doi:10.1029/2012GL053417 (2012). link
Boyce, C.K., and J.-E. Lee, An exceptional role for flowering plants in modifying tropical climate and biodiversity. Proceedings of Royal Society, B., doi:10.1098/rspb.2010.0485 (2010). link