PUBLICATIONS

Bias-corrected GEMS NO2 gridded product for Nov 2020 to Dec 2023 (Oak et al., 2024)

Oak, Y. J., Jacob, D.J., Estrada, L.A., East, J., Wang, X., Li, X., Heimerl, K.E. High-resolution methane emissions inferred from TROPOMI and GOSAT satellite inversions over west-central Europe

Oak, Y. J., Jacob, D.J., Dang, R., Kwon, H.A., Nowlan, C.R., González Abad, G. Machine learning applications for bias correction of TEMPO geostationary NO2 and HCHO products

Gagnon, L., Yang, L. H., Oak, Y. J. Spatial and temporal differences in NO2 column densities from GEMS and implications for geostationary satellite product applications across Asia

2025

17. Dang, R., Jacob, D.J., Wang, H., … Oak, Y.J., … Liao, H. High-resolution geostationary satellite observations of free tropospheric nitrogen dioxide over North America: implications for lightning emissions. Accepted to PNAS

16. Pendergrass D. C., Jacob, D.J., Oak, Y.J., Dang, R., Yang, L.H., … Liao, H. Wintertime trends of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in South Korea, 2012-2022: response of nitrate and organic components to decreasing NOx emissions. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, 19. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116091

15. Kim, H.-K., Kim, E., Song, C.-K., … Oak, Y.J., … Jeon, K.-H. Comparative evaluation of surface-level PM2.5 modeling across Northeast Asia: relevance for regulatory and scientific applications. Environmental Pollution, 377, 126428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126428

14. Oak, Y. J., Jacob, D.J., Pendergrass, D.C., Dang, R., … Kim, J. (2025). Air quality trends and regimes in South Korea inferred from 2015−2023 surface and satellite observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 3233-3252. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-3233-2025

13. Pendergrass D. C., Jacob, D.J., Oak, Y.J., … Liao, H. (2025).  A continuous 2011–2022 record of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in East Asia at daily 2-km resolution from geostationary satellite observations: Population exposure and long-term trends. Atmospheric Environment, 346, 121068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2025.121068

2024

12. Kim, H., Park, R.J., Hong, S., ... Oak, Y.J., ... Fu, T.-M. (2024). A mixed layer height parameterization in a 3-D chemical transport model: Implications for gas and aerosol simulations. Science of the Total Environment, 955, 176838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176838

11. Oak, Y. J., Jacob, D.J., Balasus, N., Yang, L.H., … Kim, J. (2024). A bias-corrected GEMS geostationary satellite product for nitrogen dioxide using machine learning to enforce consistency with the TROPOMI satellite instrument. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 17, 5147-5159. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-5147-2024

10. Yang, L. H., Jacob, D.J., Dang, R., Oak, Y.J., … Liao, H. (2024). Interpreting GEMS geostationary satellite observations of the diurnal variation of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over East Asia. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 24, pp. 7027–7039. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-24-7027-2024

2023

9. Brewer, J. F., Jacob, D.J., Jathar, S. H., … Oak, Y.J., Liao, H. (2023). A scheme for representing aromatic secondary organic aerosols in chemical transport models: application to source attribution of organic aerosols over South Korea during the KORUS-AQ campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 128(8), e2022JD037257. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037257

8. Sutherland, B., Burton, S., Hostetler, C.A., ... Oak, Y.J., Meskhidze, N. (2023). Application of DIAL/HSRL and CATCH algorithm-based methodologies for surface PM2.5 concentrations during the KORUS-AQ campaign. Atmospheric Environment, 301, 119719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119719

7. Oak, Y. J., Park, R.J., Lee, J.-T., Byun, G. (2023). Future air quality and premature mortality in Korea. Science of the Total Environment, 865, 161134.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161134

2022

6. Choi, J., Henze, D.K., Cao, H., Nowlan, C.R., … Oak, Y.J., … Weinheimer, A. J. (2022). An inversion framework for optimizing non-methane VOC emissions using remote sensing and airborne observations in Northeast Asia during the KORUS-AQ field campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 127(7), e2021JD035844.https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD0358445

5. Oak, Y. J., Park, R.J., Jo, D.S., Hodzic, A., … Shin, Y. (2022). Evaluation of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) simulations for Seoul, Korea. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 14(2).https://doi.org/10.1029/2021MS002760

4. Feng, Z., Xu, Y., Kobayashi, K., … Oak, Y.J., … Yue, X. (2022). Ozone pollution threatens the production of major staple crops in East Asia. Nature Food, 3(1), 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00422-6

2021

3. Kwon, H. A., Park, R.J., Oak, Y.J., … Woo, J.H. (2021). Top-down estimates of anthropogenic VOC emissions in South Korea using formaldehyde vertical column densities from aircraft during the KORUS-AQ campaign. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00109

2. Park, R. J., Oak, Y.J., Emmons, L.K., … Kim, E. (2021). Multi-model intercomparisons of air quality simulations for the KORUS-AQ campaign. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 9(1).https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2021.00139

2019

1. Oak, Y. J., Park, R.J., Schroeder, J.R., … Brune, W.H. (2019). Evaluation of simulated O3 production efficiency during the KORUS-AQ campaign: Implications for anthropogenic NOx emissions in Korea. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 7(56). https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.394