Young‐Oh Kwon

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Young‐Oh Kwon is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Young‐Oh Kwon has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 66 papers in Oceanography and 62 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Young‐Oh Kwon's work include Climate variability and models (80 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (65 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers). Young‐Oh Kwon is often cited by papers focused on Climate variability and models (80 papers), Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes (65 papers) and Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (28 papers). Young‐Oh Kwon collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Young‐Oh Kwon's co-authors include Claude Frankignoul, Terrence M. Joyce, Michael A. Alexander, Gökhan Danabasoglu, Bo Qiu, Clara Deser, Stephen Yeager, LuAnne Thompson, Guillaume Gastineau and Rong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Journal of Climate.

In The Last Decade

Young‐Oh Kwon

87 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

A Review of the Role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturni... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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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.

  1. A Review of the Role of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in Atlantic Multidecadal Variability and Associated Climate Impacts
    2019 374 citations Gökhan Danabasoglu, Young‐Oh Kwon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Young‐Oh Kwon United States 29 3.1k 2.5k 2.5k 177 67 90 3.6k
W. Anderson United States 21 2.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 1.9k 0.8× 199 1.1× 54 0.8× 27 2.8k
Xiaojun Yuan United States 28 2.1k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 2.8k 1.1× 454 2.6× 127 1.9× 52 3.4k
Bunmei Taguchi Japan 26 2.0k 0.7× 2.0k 0.8× 1.6k 0.6× 91 0.5× 42 0.6× 61 2.4k
Gennady A. Chepurin United States 13 3.5k 1.1× 2.4k 1.0× 2.7k 1.1× 218 1.2× 82 1.2× 21 4.0k
Bablu Sinha United Kingdom 29 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 220 1.2× 167 2.5× 90 2.6k
Arnaud Czaja United Kingdom 27 3.3k 1.1× 2.4k 0.9× 2.9k 1.2× 142 0.8× 43 0.6× 62 3.8k
Katja Lohmann Germany 21 2.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 129 0.7× 106 1.6× 40 2.6k
Dan Hodson United Kingdom 18 2.9k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 2.6k 1.0× 136 0.8× 45 0.7× 32 3.2k
Xavier Capet France 32 2.2k 0.7× 3.5k 1.4× 1.8k 0.7× 316 1.8× 101 1.5× 66 3.9k
Xiao‐Tong Zheng China 23 2.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.6× 1.8k 0.7× 117 0.7× 23 0.3× 77 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Young‐Oh Kwon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Young‐Oh Kwon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Young‐Oh Kwon

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Young‐Oh Kwon. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Young‐Oh Kwon based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Young‐Oh Kwon. Young‐Oh Kwon is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liang, Yu‐Chiao, Nicholas J. Lutsko, & Young‐Oh Kwon. (2025). Exploring the Atmospheric Responses to Arctic Sea‐Ice Loss in Google's NeuralGCM. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 17(11).
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Hall, Richard J., et al.. (2024). A New Robust Frontal Disturbance Index of the Oyashio Extension Sea Surface Temperature Front. Journal of Climate. 38(1). 293–307.
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Shi, Jia‐Rui, Benjamin D. Santer, Young‐Oh Kwon, & Susan Wijffels. (2024). The emerging human influence on the seasonal cycle of sea surface temperature. Nature Climate Change. 14(4). 364–372. 9 indexed citations
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Frankignoul, Claude, et al.. (2024). Arctic September Sea Ice Concentration Biases in CMIP6 Models and Their Relationships with Other Model Variables. Journal of Climate. 37(16). 4257–4274. 1 indexed citations
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Gastineau, Guillaume, Claude Frankignoul, Yongqi Gao, et al.. (2023). Forcing and impact of the Northern Hemisphere continental snow cover in 1979–2014. ˜The œcryosphere. 17(5). 2157–2184. 2 indexed citations
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Shi, Jia‐Rui, Susan Wijffels, Young‐Oh Kwon, Lynne D. Talley, & Sarah T. Gille. (2023). The competition between anthropogenic aerosol and greenhouse gas climate forcing is revealed by North Pacific water-mass changes. Science Advances. 9(38). eadh7746–eadh7746. 3 indexed citations
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Kwon, Young‐Oh, et al.. (2022). Multidecadal Regime Shifts in North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water Formation in a Coupled Atmosphere‐Ocean‐Sea Ice Model. Geophysical Research Letters. 49(19). 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhuomin, Young‐Oh Kwon, Ke Chen, et al.. (2021). Seasonal Prediction of Bottom Temperature on the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 126(5). 23 indexed citations
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Yamamoto, Ayako, Masami Nonaka, Patrick Martineau, et al.. (2021). Oceanic moisture sources contributing to wintertime Euro-Atlantic blocking. Weather and Climate Dynamics. 2(3). 819–840. 18 indexed citations
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Liang, Yu‐Chiao, Claude Frankignoul, Young‐Oh Kwon, et al.. (2021). Impacts of Arctic Sea Ice on Cold Season Atmospheric Variability and Trends Estimated from Observations and a Multi-model Large Ensemble. Journal of Climate. 1–64. 17 indexed citations
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Lee, Ho Jin, et al.. (2020). Late‐1980s Regime Shift in the Formation of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 125(2). 12 indexed citations
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Parfitt, Rhys & Young‐Oh Kwon. (2020). The Modulation of Gulf Stream Influence on the Troposphere by the Eddy-Driven Jet. Journal of Climate. 33(10). 4109–4120. 13 indexed citations
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Seo, Hyodae, Young‐Oh Kwon, Terrence M. Joyce, & Caroline C. Ummenhofer. (2017). On the Predominant Nonlinear Response of the Extratropical Atmosphere to Meridional Shifts of the Gulf Stream. Journal of Climate. 30(23). 9679–9702. 16 indexed citations
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Frankignoul, Claude, Guillaume Gastineau, & Young‐Oh Kwon. (2013). The Influence of the AMOC Variability on the Atmosphere in CCSM3. Journal of Climate. 26(24). 9774–9790. 31 indexed citations
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Danabasoglu, Gökhan, S. G. Yeager, Young‐Oh Kwon, et al.. (2012). Variability of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in CCSM4. Journal of Climate. 25(15). 5153–5172. 141 indexed citations
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Andres, Magdalena, et al.. (2012). Adjustment of a wind-driven two-layer system with mid-basin topography. Journal of Marine Research. 70(6). 851–882. 10 indexed citations
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Nye, Janet A., Terrence M. Joyce, Young‐Oh Kwon, & Jason S. Link. (2011). Silver hake tracks changes in Northwest Atlantic circulation. Nature Communications. 2(1). 412–412. 67 indexed citations
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Park, Jong Jin, Young‐Oh Kwon, & James F. Price. (2011). Argo array observation of ocean heat content changes induced by tropical cyclones in the north Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116(C12). 56 indexed citations
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Kwon, Young‐Oh, et al.. (2010). Design and Application of Disease Identification for u-Health Environment. The Journal of Korean Institute of Information Technology. 8(2). 101–107. 1 indexed citations
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Kwon, Young‐Oh & Stephen C. Riser. (2005). General circulation of the western subtropical North Atlantic observed using profiling floats. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 110(C10). 14 indexed citations

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