Min Ha Choi
Sungkyunkwan University · 環境科学
研究室紹介
Professor Min Ha Choi's research lab specializes in land-atmosphere interactions, with a focus on hydrological and meteorological processes in urban and agricultural environments. Key research directions include urban heat island dynamics, soil moisture variability across multiple spatial scales, and the accurate estimation of evapotranspiration and radiation fluxes using remote sensing and land surface models. The lab integrates field observations, satellite data, and modeling frameworks such as CLM and SEBS to assess water and energy cycles under climate and land-use change.
Research Overview
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Selected Papers
15The rapid development of urban areas can potentially alter hydro-meteorological fluxes and lead to the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon. In this study, UHI intensity and its driving factors were estimated using the Community Land Model (CLM) in cities of Tokyo, Phoenix, Bandung, and Quito, with different landscapes and climates, as a step in risk assessment of urbanization phenomena. The UHI magnitude increased along with the ratio of the height to width (H/W) of urban canyons in cities with t
This study identifies soil moisture spatial variability patterns using measurements across different extents (i.e., field, watershed, and basin) and depths (i.e., from surface to root zone profile) from 18 different soil moisture field experiments. The spatial variability patterns are well represented by negative exponential functions between the mean and the coefficient of variation of soil moisture. Principal component analysis demonstrates that rainfall and topography explain surface soil moi