Publications
Check our peer-reviewed journal papers and conference papers.
Previous publication list (2015-2019)
Various Journals
January 1, 2018
Check my Google Scholar Link below.
* = mentored by Dr. Kim
Changes in the Speed of the Global Terrestrial Water Cycle Due To Human Interventions
Kim et al.
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Under Preperation
Enhancing Detection of Flood-Inundated Areas using Novel Hybrid PoLSAR- Metaheuristic-Deep Learning Models
Fatima et al.
Remote Sensing of Environment
Under Review
Synergistic impact of simultaneously assimilating radar- and radiometer-based soil moisture retrievals on the performance of numerical weather prediction systems
Kwon et al.
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
major revision
Simultaneous Estimation of Soil Moisture and Soil Organic Matter from Dielectric Measurements - Part 1: Optimal Estimation Strategy
Park et al.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
under review
Simultaneous Estimation of Soil Moisture and Soil Organic Matter from in situ Dielectric - Part 2: Application of Optimal Estimation and Machine Learning Approaches
Park et al.
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
under review
Evaluating Deep Learning Architectures for Streamflow Flash Drought Prediction Across the Contiguous United States
Bakar et al.
Journal of Hydrology
minor revision
Unsupervised Neural and Statistical Clustering for Scalable Rainfall Estimation in Data-Sparse Regions
Saeedi et al.
Water Resources Research
Minor Revision
Dynamics of groundwater-land surface response times as a dryland flash drought diagnosis
Nguyen et al.
Communications Earth & Environment
Under review
Domain-Robust Flood Mapping with PolSAR-Informed Deep Learning in Data-Denied Regions: Evidence from Arid and Monsoonal Environments
Lee et al.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing
Under Review
L-band-like Soil Moisture and Vegetation Optical Depth Can be Retrieved from C-band Soil Moisture
Lee et al.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing
to be submitted
Process-Guided Graph Attention Network for Streamflow Predictions in Data-Sparse Regions
Budmala, Kona, Bhowmik, and Kim
Journal of Hydrology
under review
Advancing Flash Drought Prediction from the Land-Atmosphere Perspective: Potential of Remote Sensing Data and Artificial Intelligence Approaches
Kim et al.
TBD
to be submitted
Runoff nonlinearities contribute to increased fall drought susceptibility
Crow, Crompton, Feldman, Anderson, and Kim
Geophysical Research Letters
to be submitted
Beyond satellite-based precipitation data: A novel soil moisture physics framework with Green–Ampt and Bayesian optimization for rainfall estimation
Saeedi, Kim, and Lakshmi
npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
under review
Groundwater flash droughts: global occurrence, terrestrial propagation, and ocean-atmosphere-land drivers
Nguyen and Kim*
One Earth
to be submitted
The First Nationwide Assessment of Water Quality and Its Trends Across South Korea Using Integrated Optical Satellite and Meteorological Observations with a Fine-Tuning Domain Adaptation Approach
Lee and Kim*
TBD
to be submitted
Refining Satellite-Based Soil Moisture Estimations with a Shared Latent Dynamic Feature
Park et al.
GIScience & Remote Sensing
major revision
Seasonal, Pixel-Wise Dynamic SM2RAIN–NWF Parameterization over CONUS via Physics-Informed Deep Learning
M. Saeedi, Z. Zhu, H. Kim, J. Bolten, M. Cosh, V.Lakshmi
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
August 1, 2026
Developing the first NASA-Korea Core Validation Site for Microwave Satellite Systems using Very Dense In-situ Soil Moisture Networks
K. Park, J. Jeong, J. Lee, H. Kim
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
August 1, 2026
A Joint Retrieval Of Soil Moisture And Vegetation Parameters From Soil Moisture Active Passive
J. Lee, S. Yueh, D. Entekhabi, A. Colliander, J. Im, C. Park, H. Kim
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
August 1, 2026
Multi-Sensor Uav Observations For Calibration And Validation Of Super High-Resolution Soil Moisture Data To Support Spaceborne Microwave Soil Moisture Retrievals
J. Jeong, J. Lee, H. Kim
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
August 1, 2026
Collaborative Core Validation Site Development For Future Mission Support Within An Integrated NASA-Korea AI Framework For High-Resolution Microwave Remote Sensing
H. Kim
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
August 1, 2026
Reconstruction And Prediction Of Missing Radiometric Parameters For Microwave Satellite Systems With Meteorological AI Foundation Models
D. Lee, S. Kim, S. Kim, and H. Kim
International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
August 1, 2026
An End-to-End Foundation Model for Global Hydrological Estimation Using Multi-Sensor Microwave Observations
S. Kim, S. Kim, and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Land Data Assimilation of Microwave Satellite-Retrived Surface Soil Moisture Using a Foundation Model
S. Kim, S. Kim, and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Observing Dynamic Surface Water and Its Influence on Land-Atmosphere Coupling
S. Cho, E. Lee, H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Multi-Sensor Uav Microwave Observations For Satellite Calibration/Validation And Field-Scale Soil Moisture Downscaling For Agricultural Applications
J. Jeong, J. Lee, H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Developing The First NASA-Korea Core Validation Site To Support Current And Future Microwave Satellite Systems For Soil Moisture Retrieval
H. Kim, K. Park, J. Jeong, J. Lee
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Can flash droughts be revealed through subsurface scattering effects on microwave bistatic radar-based CYGNSS soil moisture retrievals?
H. Nguyen, E. Choi, and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Microwave-Informed Foundation Modeling for All-Weather Hydrological State Reconstruction
E. Choi, S. Cho and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Evaluation of Foundation Model-Based Precipitation Using Microwave Satellite Missions
E. Lee, SG. Kim, D. Lee, and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Toward Differentiable Microwave Observation Operators Using Foundation Models and Deep Neural Networks
D. Lee, E. Lee and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Physics-Informed Neural Network-based Estimation of Soil Moisture with Tau-Omega Model Parameters from SMAP L-band Brightness Temperatures
J. Lee, J. Im, H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2026
Leveraging Weather Foundation Models for Hydrological Applications: Enhancing Hydrological Prediction through Sophisticated Decoder Design
S. Kim, D. Lee, S. Kim, and H. Kim
European Geosciences Union
May 1, 2026
Fraternal Twin Experiments for Satellite-Constrained Land Data Assimilation Using Deep Learning Surrogate Models
S. Kim and H. Kim
European Geosciences Union
May 1, 2026
Bridging Observational Gaps in Microwave Satellite Signals Using a Meteorological Foundation Models
D. Lee, S. Kim, S. Kim, and H. Kim
European Geosciences Union
May 1, 2026
Weather and Climate Foundation Models Enhance Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Precipitation Prediction Using Multi-Source Satellite Observations
E. Lee, S. Kim, D. Lee, V. Budamala, and H. Kim
European Geosciences Union
May 1, 2026
Turning Streams into Rain Gauges: Leveraging Long-Term Streamflow Data to Recover Historical Precipitation
M. Saeedi, H. Kim, J. Bolten, J. Eylander, S. Crisanti, and V. Lakshmi
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2025
A Novel Hybrid CNN-LSTM Approach to Dynamically Parameterize the Soil Water Balance for Improved and Self-Calibration of Global Rainfall Estimation
M. Saeedi, Z. Zhu, H. Kim, J. Bolten, M. Cosh and V. Lakshmi
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2025
Understanding drivers and spatial propagation of flash drought in the Contiguous United States using Deep Learning and Explainable AI
S. Bakar, H. Kim, J. Basara, P. Beling, and V. Lakshmi
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2025
Integrating Temporal and Spatial Strengths: Advancing High-Resolution Global Soil Moisture Gap-Filling through POBI and NSTI Synergy
Z. Zhu, H. Kim, J. Eylander, S. Crisanti, V. Lakshmi
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2025
Evaluating the Impact of SMAP Soil Moisture Spatial Resolution on Land Assimilation Efficiency and Atmospheric Response
E. Kim, Y. Kwon, S. Jun, K, Seol, I. Kwon, Y. Lee, and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2025
Assessing Seasonal Soil Moisture–Evapotranspiration Coupling Strength and Its Drought Implications Using Triple Collocation Analysis
E. Choi, S. Kim, Y. Kwon
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2025
Deep Learning-Based Surrogate Modeling for the Evaluation of Land Data Assimilation Schemes
S. Kim, Y. Kwon, and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2025
An Analytical Approach for Joint Retrieval of Soil Moisture and Vegetation Parameters from SMAP Observations
J. Lee, J. Im, C. Park, and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2025
Soil Moisture Estimation Using Surrogate Model and Land Data Assimilation
S. Kim, Y. Kwon, and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2025
Reconstruct Snowmelt Periods from 1950 to 2100 and Analyze Snowmelt Trends: Using satellite and climate model simulations
N. Kwon, Y. Kown, and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2025
Predicting root zone soil moisture from satellite-based surface soil moisture with machine learning and deep learning in the United States
K. Park and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2025
Flood Inundation Prediction and Evaluation in North Korea Using Sentinel-1 Images and Deep Learning Model
J. Kim, S. Lee, and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2025
Deep Learning-Based Dry-Down Modeling for Soil Moisture Gap-Filling and Land Data Assimilation Applications
D. Nursultanova, H. Kim, S. Kim, and Y. Kwon
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2025
Groundwater Flash Drought and Its Potential Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Drivers Via Explainable Artificial Intelligence
H. Nguyen and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2025
Investigation of subsurface scattering signal effects on CYGNSS soil moisture retrieval
H. Nguyen, W. Wagner, and H. Kim
IEEE GNSS+R 2025
June 1, 2025
Investigation of subsurface scattering signal effects on CYGNSS soil moisture retrieval
H. Kim, W. Wagner, N. Nguyen, S. Kim, and Y. Kwon
IEEE GNSS+R 2025
June 1, 2025
Global-scale Satellite-based Agricultural Drought Monitoring from the Land Atmosphere Interaction Perspective
A. Bolatbekkyzy, H. Nguyen and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Developing the First Long-Term Soil Moisture and Brightness Temperature Measurement Site in South Korea Using L-Band Radiometers and Drones
K. Park, D. Kim, H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Impact of Altered Snow Patterns on Spring Wildfires in Korean Peninsula Using Reanalysis Data in a Warming Climate
N. Kwon, E. Cho, and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Development of Chlorophyll-ɑ Prediction Model for Inland Reservoirs Using Satellite and Land Surface Model: Applying Deep Learning Approach
S. Lee and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Enhancing Land Data Assimilation By Considering Spatio-Temporal Error Dynamics of Satellite-based Soil Moisture Data: Integrating TCA and Deep Learning for Accurate Uncertainty Estimation
S. Kim, Y. Kwon, and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Characteristic Time of Groundwater Recharge as a Climate Indicator for Monitoring Flash Drought
H. Nguyen, A. Bolatbekkyzy and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Eliminating Calibration Periods in Rainfall Estimation through Soil Moisture Using Growing Neural Gas Clustering
M. Saeedi, S. Kim, H. Kim, and V. Lakshmi
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Application of Deep Learning Techniques for Streamflow Flash Drought Prediction in the Mississippi River Basin
S. Bakar, H. Kim, and V. Lakshmi
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Utilizing Large Language Models for Enhanced Soil Moisture Prediction and Gap-Filling in Satellite-Derived Data
Z. Zhu, H. Kim, Z. Zheng, V. Lakshmi
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Assimilation of Radar Backscatter-based Soil Moisture Data with Time- and Space-varying Observation Error Estimation to Account for Subsurface Scattering
H. Kim, S. Kim, Y. Kwon, W. Wagner
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Global Scale Mapping of Subsurface Scattering Signals Impacting Scatterometer and SAR Soil Moisture Retrievals
W. Wagner, R. Lindorfer, B. Raml, M. Schobben, H. Kim, and T. Ullmann
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Simultaneous use of ASCAT and SMAP soil moisture retrievals within an operational land-atmosphere coupled data assimilation system
Y. Kwon, S. Jun, K. Seol, I. Kwon, E. Kim, S. Cho and H. Kim
American Geophysical Union
December 1, 2024
Comparative Analysis of the 2021-2022 Droughts in Kazakhstan, South Korea, and the USA using Remote Sensing and Reanalysis Data
A. Bolatbekkyzy, H. Nguyen and H. Kim
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
August 1, 2024
