Seok‐Woo Son

12.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
219 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Seok‐Woo Son is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Oceanography. According to data from OpenAlex, Seok‐Woo Son has authored 219 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Atmospheric Science, 191 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 39 papers in Oceanography. Recurrent topics in Seok‐Woo Son's work include Climate variability and models (178 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (90 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (75 papers). Seok‐Woo Son is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (178 papers), Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (90 papers) and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate (75 papers). Seok‐Woo Son collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Canada. Seok‐Woo Son's co-authors include Lorenzo M. Polvani, Seung‐Ki Min, Darryn W. Waugh, Jee‐Hoon Jeong, Baek‐Min Kim, Gustavo Correa, Jong‐Seong Kug, Kyong‐Hwan Seo, Changhyun Yoo and Seong‐Joong Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Seok‐Woo Son

210 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Weakening of the stratospheric polar vortex by Arctic sea-ice loss

2014 635 citations Seok‐Woo Son, Seung‐Ki Min et al. profile →
Stratospheric Ozone Depletion: The Main Driver of Twentieth-Century Atmospheric Circulation Changes in the Southern Hemisphere

2010 494 citations Lorenzo M. Polvani, Seok‐Woo Son et al. Journal of Climate profile →
Two distinct influences of Arctic warming on cold winters over North America and East Asia

2015 471 citations Jong‐Seong Kug, Yeon‐Soo Jang et al. profile →
Blocking and its Response to Climate Change

2018 333 citations Tim Woollings, Seok‐Woo Son et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Seok‐Woo Son South Korea	43	6.4k	6.2k	1.2k	316	247	219	7.2k
Timothy Andrews United Kingdom	44	5.6k 0.9×	6.5k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	131 0.4×	150 0.6×	90	7.2k
Tristan L’Ecuyer United States	52	8.6k 1.4×	7.9k 1.3×	557 0.5×	182 0.6×	349 1.4×	207	9.7k
V. Ramaswamy United States	47	6.9k 1.1×	6.8k 1.1×	510 0.4×	270 0.9×	301 1.2×	140	8.1k
Yayoi Harada Japan	13	4.2k 0.7×	4.4k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	219 0.7×	179 0.7×	28	5.2k
Jin‐Ho Yoon United States	41	4.5k 0.7×	5.4k 0.9×	788 0.7×	185 0.6×	233 0.9×	127	6.4k
R. Saravanan United States	36	4.8k 0.7×	5.4k 0.9×	3.4k 2.9×	113 0.4×	119 0.5×	89	6.3k
Peter Knippertz Germany	51	7.2k 1.1×	7.4k 1.2×	366 0.3×	102 0.3×	316 1.3×	207	8.3k
Larissa Nazarenko United States	27	4.2k 0.7×	3.9k 0.6×	516 0.4×	83 0.3×	335 1.4×	54	5.5k
Fei Liu China	31	2.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.4×	948 0.8×	185 0.6×	111 0.4×	227	3.5k
Tim Boyer United States	25	3.1k 0.5×	4.2k 0.7×	3.2k 2.8×	77 0.2×	125 0.5×	59	5.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Seok‐Woo Son

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seok‐Woo Son

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seok‐Woo Son

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Son, Seok‐Woo, et al.. (2025). Regionally‐Dependent Arctic Sea Ice Recovery to CO ₂ Removal. Earth s Future. 13(6).

Son, Seok‐Woo, et al.. (2024). Deep learning model for heavy rainfall nowcasting in South Korea. Weather and Climate Extremes. 44. 100652–100652. 5 indexed citations

Park, Chanil, et al.. (2024). Modulation of East Asian atmospheric rivers by the Pacific-Japan teleconnection pattern. Environmental Research Letters. 19(6). 64055–64055. 3 indexed citations

Choi, Jung Ho, et al.. (2024). Skillful prediction of length of day one year ahead in multiple decadal prediction systems. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science. 7(1). 1 indexed citations

Park, Chanil & Seok‐Woo Son. (2024). Atmospheric Rivers in East Asia Summer as the Continuum of Extratropical and Monsoonal Moisture Plumes. Journal of Climate. 37(19). 5055–5071. 2 indexed citations

Son, Seok‐Woo, Chaim I. Garfinkel, Tim Woollings, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric hysteresis response of mid-latitude storm tracks to CO2 removal. Nature Climate Change. 14(5). 496–503. 11 indexed citations

An, Soon‐Il, Chao Liu, Sang‐Wook Yeh, et al.. (2024). Asymmetric ENSO teleconnections in a symmetric CO₂ concentration pathway. Environmental Research Letters. 19(12). 124028–124028. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Jinwon, Chanil Park, Seok‐Woo Son, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of a CMIP6 Multi-GCM Ensemble for Atmospheric Rivers and Precipitation Over East Asia. Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences. 3 indexed citations

Paik, Seungmok, Seung‐Ki Min, Seok‐Woo Son, et al.. (2023). Impact of volcanic eruptions on extratropical atmospheric circulations: review, revisit and future directions. Environmental Research Letters. 18(6). 63003–63003. 7 indexed citations

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Kim, Jung‐Hoon, et al.. (2022). Classification of Synoptic Patterns With Mesoscale Mechanisms for Downslope Windstorms in Korea Using a Self‐Organizing Map. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 127(6). 10 indexed citations

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Son, Seok‐Woo, et al.. (2022). A Critical Role of the North Pacific Bomb Cyclones in the Onset of the 2021 Sudden Stratospheric Warming. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(11). 8 indexed citations

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Garfinkel, Chaim I., Ian White, Edwin P. Gerber, Seok‐Woo Son, & Martin Jucker. (2022). Stationary Waves Weaken and Delay the Near-Surface Response to Stratospheric Ozone Depletion. Journal of Climate. 36(2). 565–583. 1 indexed citations

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Min, Seung‐Ki, Jong‐Seong Kug, Sang‐Wook Yeh, et al.. (2022). Hysteresis Behaviors in East Asian Extreme Precipitation Frequency to CO₂ Pathway. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(18). 15 indexed citations

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Scaife, Adam A., Mark Baldwin, Amy H. Butler, et al.. (2022). Long-range prediction and the stratosphere. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 22(4). 2601–2623. 40 indexed citations

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Kug, Jong‐Seong, Soon‐Il An, Sang‐Wook Yeh, et al.. (2021). Hysteresis of the intertropical convergence zone to CO2 forcing. Nature Climate Change. 12(1). 47–53. 68 indexed citations

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Yeh, Sang‐Wook, et al.. (2021). Emergent Constraints on Future Expansion of the Indo‐Pacific Warm Pool. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(1). 15 indexed citations

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An, Soon‐Il, Jongsoo Shin, Sang‐Wook Yeh, et al.. (2021). Global Cooling Hiatus Driven by an AMOC Overshoot in a Carbon Dioxide Removal Scenario. Earth s Future. 9(7). 46 indexed citations

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Jang, Yeon‐Soo, Sang‐Yoon Jun, Seok‐Woo Son, Seung‐Ki Min, & Jong‐Seong Kug. (2021). Delayed Impacts of Arctic Sea‐Ice Loss on Eurasian Severe Cold Winters. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 126(23). 7 indexed citations

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Min, Seung‐Ki, et al.. (2021). Hemispheric Asymmetry in Future Wave Power Changes: Seasonality and Physical Mechanisms. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(12). 8 indexed citations

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Domeisen, Daniela I. V., Amy H. Butler, Andrew Charlton‐Perez, et al.. (2019). The Role of the Stratosphere in Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction: 1. Predictability of the Stratosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(2). 114 indexed citations

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