Seungmok Paik
Research Assistant Professor at School of Earth and Environmental Sciences in Seoul National University
My research focuses on the fundamental processes driving extreme precipitation and how they may change in the future
Email : smpaik@snu.ac.kr
Publications (as of Sep. 2025)
[27] Paik, S. et al. Predicting and understanding the physical mechanisms underlying extreme precipitation in South Korea during 13–19 July 2025 by using ML-models. In preparation
[26] Paik, S. et al. Synoptic weather system responses to CO2 emission reductions. In preparation
[25] Mondal, S. K. et al. In preratation
[24] Paik, S., D. Kim, S.-I. An, S.-E. Park, A. D. King, S.-K. Min, C. Liu, and J. Shin: Intensification of East Asian summer extreme precipitation under a net-zero anthropogenic CO₂ emission scenario. Submitted
[23] Kim, Y., S.-K. Min, S.-I. An, S. Paik, and S. K. Mondal: Responses of extreme fire weather risks to CO2 emission reductions and underlying mechanisms. Revised
[22] Mondal, S. K., S.-I. An, S.-K. Min, T. Jiang, B. Su, S. Paik, and S.-K. Kim, (2025): Hysteresis and irreversibility of global drought patterns in response to CO2 mitigation efforts. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ade608
[21] Mandal, G., S.-I. An, J.-H. Park, K.-S. Yoon, C. Liu, and S. Paik, (2025): Northern Hemisphere sea ice variability in a transient CGCM simulation of the past 2.6 Ma. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55327-2
[20] Paik, S., D. Kim, S.-I. An, H. Oh, J. Shin, B. B. Goswami, S.-K. Min, and S. K. Mondal, (2024) : Exploring causes of distinctive regional and subseasonal Indian summer monsoon precipitation responses to CO2 removal. npj Climate and Atmopsheric Science. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00858-0
[19] Liu, C., S.-I. An, Z. Yan, S.-K. Kim, and S. Paik, (2024): Strong El Niño and La Niña precipitation—sea surface temperature sensitivity under a carbon removal scenario. Communications Earth & Environment. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01958-8
[18] King, A. D., T. Ziehn, M. Chamberlain, A. Borowiak, J. Brown, L. Cassidy, A. Dittus, M. Grose, N. Maher, S. Paik, S. Perkins-Kirkpatrick, and A. Sengupta, (2024): Exploring climate stabilisation at different global warming levels in ACCESS-ESM-1.5. Earth System Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-1353-2024
[17] King, A. D., L. J. Harrington, E. Hawkins, S. Paik, R. Lieber, S.-K. Min, and A. R. Borowiak, (2024): Emergence of multivariate climate change signals. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad677f
[16] Im, N., D. Kim, S.-I. An, S. Paik, S.-K. Kim, J. Shin, S.-K. Min, J.-S. Kug, and H. Oh, (2024) : Hysteresis of European summer precipitation under a symmetric CO2 ramp-up and ramp-down pathway. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad52ad
[15] Paik, S., S.-I. An, A. D. King, S.-K. Kim, and S.-K. Min, (2024): Understanding climate changes in East Asia and Europe based on spatial climate analogs. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad32e9
[14] Paik, S., S.-I. An, S.-K. Min, A. D. King, and S.-K. Kim, (2023): Emergent constraints on future extreme precipitation intensification: from global to continental scales. Weather and Climate Extremes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100613
[13] Paik, S., D. Kim, S.-I. An, and Y.-G. Ham, (2023): Constraining the first year of ice-free Arctic: Importance of regional perspective. Earth's Future. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003313
[12] Paik, S., S.-I. An, S.-K. Min, A. D. King, and J. Shin, (2023): Hysteretic behavior of global to regional monsoon area under CO2 ramp-up and ramp-down. Earth's Future. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF003434
[11] Mondal, S. K., S.-I. An, S.-K. Min, S.-K. Kim, J. Shin, S. Paik, N. Im, and C. Liu, (2023): Hysteresis and irreversibility of global extreme precipitation to anthropogenic CO2 emission. Weather and Climate Extremes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2023.100561
[10] Paik, S., S.-K. Min, S.-W. Son, E.-P. Lim, S. McGregor, S.-I. An, J.-S. Kug, and S.-W. Yeh, (2023): Impact of volcanic eruptions on extratropical atmospheric circulations: review, revisit and future directions. Environmental Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acd5e6
[9] Paik, S., S.-K. Min, and S.-I. An, (2022): How explosive volcanic eruptions reshape daily precipitation distributions. Weather and Climate Extremes. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2022.100489
[8] Paik, S., and S.-K. Min, (2020): Quantifying the anthropogenic greenhouse gas contribution to the observed spring snow-cover decline using the CMIP6 multimodel ensemble. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0002.1
[7] Paik, S., S.-K. Min, X. Zhang, M. G. Donat, A. D. King, and Q. Sun, (2020): Determining the anthropogenic greenhouse gas contribution to the observed intensification of extreme precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086875
[6] Paik, S., S.-K. Min, C. E. Iles, E. M. Fischer, and A. P. Schurer, (2020): Volcanic-induced global monsoon drying modulated by diverse El Niño responses. Science Advances. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba1212
[5] Nguyen, T.-H., S.-K. Min, S. Paik, and D. Lee, (2018): Time of emergence in regional precipitation changes: an updated assessment using the CMIP5 multi-model ensemble. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-018-4073-y
[4] Paik, S., and S.-K. Min, (2018): Assessing the impact of volcanic eruptions on climate extremes using CMIP5 models. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0651.1
[3] Paik, S., S.-K. Min, Y.-H. Kim, B.-M. Kim, H. Shiogama, and J. Heo, (2017): Attributing causes of 2015 record minimum sea-ice extent in the Sea of Okhotsk. Journal of Climate. https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0587.1
[2] Paik, S., and S.-K. Min, (2017): Climate responses to volcanic eruptions assessed from observations and CMIP5 multi-models. Climate Dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3125-4
[1] Min, S.-K., Y.-H. Kim, S. Paik, M.-K. Kim, and K.-O. Boo, (2015): Anthropogenic influence on the 2014 record-hot spring in Korea. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00079.1