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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · 5d

36 Hours in Busan, South Korea www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · 8d

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · 8d

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) timeseries at 26.5N was just updated (rapid.ac.uk). It appears that the AMOC has slightly rebounded in 2023 (16.00 Sv) from its minimum in 2022 (15.22 Sv). It is the 7th lowest annual mean AMOC value since 2005. 🌊🧪

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · 11d

By using CMIP6 projection, and a coastal hydrodynamic model, a new study found ~ 30cm increase in the coastal sea level along the US Gulf and East Coasts by 2050, which can be translated into an increase in sunny day flooding by 10 days per year. 🌊🧪 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · 12d

A new study carried out dynamic downscaling simulations of CMIP6 models to show that (1) Atlantic TC activity overall decreases in the future, (2) the decrease is mainly in the peak and late seasons (Sep-Nov), (3) early season (May-June) activity increases, & others: 🌊🧪 www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · 16d

A high-resolution climate model under a high-emission scenario projects that the formation of Dense Antarctic Shelf Water stops around 2040, shutting down the lower MOC cell, largely due to reduced formation of sea-ice & associated decrease in brine rejection: 🌊🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Sep 8

A new ERL paper shows that winter Atlantic Nina helps El Nino persist beyond winter to early summer, while winter Atlantic Nino promotes El Nino's transition to La Nina: 🌊🧪👍 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 27

This study-in-review proposed that coastal sea level variability along the South Atlantic Bight & the US Gulf coast is linked to Gulf Stream variability downstream of Cape Hatteras with 2-3 months delay, hinting a potential week-to-month predictability 🌊🧪👍 egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 26

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[ENG] Statesmen's Forum: His Excellency Lee Jae Myung, President of the Republic of Korea

YouTube video by Center for Strategic & International Studies

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 26

Introducing The Data Diaries. Each episode of this new series will highlight different instruments, the type of data they collect, and the different people involved in each step. Stay tuned for the first episode, where we will explore the depths of the ocean with a glider. 🌊 youtu.be/ufbyd3MoyCY?...

The Data Diaries: Pilot

YouTube video by NOAA_AOML

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 26

A study used CMIP6 models to report that the surface buoyancy flux into North Atlantic (Bflx) may switch sign from (-) to (+) by 2026 with a 25% & by 2095 with a 57% under a high emission scenario. Bflx > 0 was used as a sign of the AMOC collapse. 🌊🧪 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 25

An excellent summary. 👍

Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 22

Atlantic Nina has almost completely dissipated. At the same time, the Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific Warm Pools are becoming stronger. These may provide favorable conditions for hurricane development and intensification. A cold wake from the hurricane Erin is also clearly visible. 🌊🧪

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 22

This is a nice review paper on inter-basin and inter-mode climate variability. It also discusses how the AMOC can be forced and force tropical variability, such as ENSO, and more: 🌊🧪👍 spj.science.org/doi/10.34133...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 21

This Nature article argues that the recent declines in Antarctic sea-ice, ice-sheet, abyssal meridional overturning circulation (MOC), and marine species habitats point to a potential abrupt changes in the Antarctic environment: 🌊🧪🥼❄️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Femke de Jong @fmkdejong.bsky.social · Aug 20

Advertising this PhD student position once more (deadline 30 August) workingat.nioz.nl/o/phd-positi...

We are looking for someone with a MSc in physical oceanography, fluid dynamics or physics to study how ocean eddies contribute to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

NIOZ - PhD-position "Overturning the ocean''

The department of Ocean Systems (OCS) at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated PhD candidate to work on the exchange of lighter and denser

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 19

Wintertime atmospheric teleconnections in Eurasia driven by North Atlantic SST tripole: 🌊🧪 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 18

Postdoctoral opportunity in regional ocean modeling (Miami, FL): 🌊🧪 explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job... For further information, please contact Dr. Fabian Gomez at [email protected].

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 18

Postdoctoral opportunity in subseasonal Atlantic hurricane forecasting (Miami, FL): 🌊🧪 explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/cw/en-us/job...
For further information, please contact Andrew Mercer at [email protected], Dongmin Kim at [email protected], or Hosmay Lopez at [email protected].

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 18

A new study showed that the La Nina-like warming trend in the Pacific led to a weakening of MJO propagation into the central and eastern Pacific. I wish the study included the Atlantic domain given that MJO is important for hurricane development.😥🌊🧪 doi.org/10.1038/s432...

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 17

The 2023 Pacific El Niño development alone had very little impact on the 2023 western North American heat wave. However, when it was combined with the record warm Atlantic, it significantly boosted the heat wave event: 🌊🧪 ocean2climate.org/2025/08/17/s...

Synergy effect of warm Atlantic-Pacific on the longest-lasting 2023 western North American heat wave

The southwestern United States (US) and Northern Mexico experienced their longest stretch of record-breaking heat wave in the summer of 2023 from mid-June to early August, affecting over 100 millio…

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 14

Impacts of Atlantic Niño/Niña on typhoon landfalling risks in East and Southeast Asian countries 🌊🧪 www.aoml.noaa.gov/atlantic-nin...

Atlantic Niño/Niña Modulates Typhoon Landfall Risk in East and Southeast Asia - NOAA/AOML

A new study shows that the impacts of Atlantic Niño/Niña on tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific basin through inter-basin teleconnections.

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 10

So, in a low-resolution model, the AMOC has to be unrealistically strong to overcome the wall-boundary layer issue to separate below the zero-wind stress curl line.

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 10

This issue is related to the wall boundary layer dynamics. A separation of boundary flow is determined by the flow speed, not the integrated transport. Since the Gulf Stream speed is much weaker in low-resolution models, the flow cannot separate.

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Sang-Ki Lee @sklee621.bsky.social · Aug 9

That's a great point. Probably, the gulf stream not separating from the coast in low-resolution ocean models is a different issue. But, it is definitely food for thought. 👍

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