Chunyong Jung
Assistant Atmospheric Scientist
Biography
Chunyong Jung is an Atmospheric Scientist in the Environmental Science Division. He holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from North Carolina State University (2020), as well as M.S. and B.S. degrees in the same field from Yonsei University in South Korea. His expertise includes atmospheric dynamics, synoptic meteorology, and atmospheric numerical modeling. Chunyong has been developing convection-permitting regional climate model datasets for the entire North American continent, covering both historical and future periods. Additionally, his research focuses on the effects of climate change on high-impact weather systems, such as tropical and extratropical cyclones, with the overarching goal of understanding the physical mechanisms driving changes in extreme weather in a warming climate.
Research Interests:
- Synoptic and mesoscale atmospheric processes (dynamics and thermodynamics)
- Atmospheric and fully coupled numerical modeling for weather and regional climate analysis
- Climate change effects on weather and climate extremes
- Response of extreme weather or tropical/extratropical storms in a changing climate
- Impact of climate change on downstream remote effect associated with extratropical transition of tropical cyclones
Peer-reviewed experience for science journals:
Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Journal of Climate, Climate Dynamics, Climatic Change
Publications:
Wang, J., E. Hendricks, C. Rozoff, M. Churchfield, L. Zhu, S. Feng, W. J. Pringle, M. Biswas, S. E. Haupt, G. Deskos, C. Jung, P. Xue, L. Berg, G. Bryan, B. Kosovic, Rao Kotamarthi 2024: Modeling and observations of North Atlantic cyclones: Implications for U.S. Offshore wind energy. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 16(5), https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0214806
Akinsanola, A. A., C. Jung, J. Wang, and V. R. Kotamarthi 2024: Evaluation of Precipitation across the Contiguous United States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico in Multi-decadal Convection-Permitting Simulations. Scientific Reports, 14:1238, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-51714-3
Jung, C. and G. M. Lackmann 2023: Changes in tropical cyclones undergoing extratropical transition in a warming climate: Quasi-idealized numerical experiments of North Atlantic landfalling events. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(8), https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101963
Jung, C. and G. M. Lackmann 2021: The response of extratropical transition of tropical cyclones to climate change: Quasi-idealized numerical experiments. J. Climate, 34, 4361-4381, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0543.1
Jung, C. and G. M. Lackmann 2019: Extratropical transition of Hurricane Irene (2011) in a changing climate. J. Climate., 32, 4847-4871, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0558.1
Jung, C.-Y., H.-J. Shin, C. J. Jang, and H.-J. Kim 2015: Projected change in East Asian summer monsoon by dynamic downscaling: Moisture budget analysis. Asia-Pacific J. of Atmos. Sci., 51, 77-89, DOI:10.1007/s13143-015-0061-x