Research

The focus of my research is analyzing and integrating multiple satellite microwave remote sensing time series to construct calibrated, long-term global time series records of land surface freeze-thaw state dynamics for global climage change research and its associated impacts to global ecosystems.

Education

• PhD (Soil, Water, and Environmental Science):The University of Arizona, 2007

• MS (Urban Planning (Environmental Management)):Seoul National University, 1997

• BS (Atmospheric Science):Yonsei University, 1995
  

Research Experience

National Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP): TBRS, The University Of Arizona, 2004-2007

Publications

Chapters in Scholarly Books

• Alfredo R. Huete, Youngwook Kim, Piyachat Ratana, Kamel Didan, Tomoaki Miura, and Yosio E. Shimabukuro (2008). Chap. 11 Assessments of phenologic variability in Amazon tropical rainforests using hyperspectral Hyperion and MODIS satellite data, In: (Kalacska M., Sanchez-Azofeifa, A., Eds.), Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Tropical and Sub-Tropical Forests.

Published proceedings

• Youngwook Kim, Alfredo Huete, Zhangyan Jiang, and Tomoaki Miura (2007).
  Multisensor reflectance and vegetation index comparisons of Amazon tropical forest phenology with hyperspectral Hyperion data, SPIE 6679-05, Proceedings on Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability IV. , An SPIE Event, San Diego, CA, 26-30 August, 2007
• Zhangyan Jiang, Alfredo R. Huete, Youngwook Kim, Kamel Didan (2007). 2-band Enhanced Vegetation Index without a blue band and its application to AVHRR data , SPIE 6679-04, Proceedings on Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability IV, An SPIE Event, San Diego, CA, 26-30 August, 2007
• Huete, A. R., Miura, T., Kim, Youngwook, Didan K., and Privette, J (2006). Assessments of multisensor vegetation index dependencies with hyperspectral data, SPIE 6298-45, Proceedings on Remote Sensing and Modeling of Ecosystems for Sustainability III, An SPIE Event, San Diego, CA, 13-17 August, 2006

Conference Presentations

• Kim, Youngwook, Huete, A. R., and Miura, T. (2006). Evaluation of cross sensor vegetation index dependencies with hyperspectral data, Global Vegetation Workshop 2006, NTSG, University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 7-10 August, 2006
• Kim, Youngwook, Huete, A R(2005). Remotely Sensed Ecosystem Impacts of Drought at C. Hart Merriam Transect , 8th Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. November 7 - 10, 2005
• Huete, A R, Kim, Y, Didan, K, and Miura, T (2004). Multi- Sensor Translation, Continuity, and Scaling of Vegetation Indices Using Hyperspectral Data, 2004 AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 December 2004 in San Francisco, CA
• Youngwook Kim, Alfredo R. Huete, and Kamel Didan (2004). Monitoring Ecosystem Carbon and Water Variations During a Severe Drought in the Southwest With AVIRIS and MODIS Sensor Data, 2004 AGU Fall Meeting, 13-17 December 2004 in San Francisco, CA
• Youngwook Kim, Hojin Kim, and Alfredo Huete (2004). Drought and Bark Beetle Tree Mortality Detection with AVIRIS Data in Southwestern USA Forests, AVIRIS Airborne Geoscience Workshop Proceedings, Pasadena, CA, March 31 - April 2
• Youngwook Kim, Kamel Didan, Hojin Kim, and Alfredo Huete (2004). Drought and Bark Beetle Tree Mortality Assessment with AVIRIS and MODIS Data in Southwestern USA Forests, AVIRIS Airborne Geoscience Workshop Proceedings, Pasadena, CA, March 31 - April 2