Jangho Lee, Ph.D.

Publications

Last Updated: July 14, 2026
Total PapersLead Author
2824

* Corresponding author

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Under Review / Submitted

  • Heterogeneity in environmental conditions alters maple sap flow across a metropolitan region
    Vincent, A. E. S.*, Cho, A., Dietzen, S., Kaludi, B., Romero, W., Larson, U., Lee, J., Berkelhammer, M., Gonzalez-Meler, M., Miller, W. M., Gala, T., Anderson, G., Yocca, D., & Packman, A. I.
    Scientific Reports (2026) — Under Review
    Hydro-ClimateUrban ClimateEcologySensor NetworksClimate Impact
  • Wholesale price responses to gigawatt-scale data center loads across U.S. electricity markets
    Lee, J.*, & Dessler, A. E.
    Energy Policy (2026) — Under Review
    EnergyClimate ImpactRisk AssessmentData QualityPhysical Modeling
  • Multiple deterministic reconstructions can improve multivariate probabilistic downscaling
    Lee, J.*, & Shamekh, S.
    Earth and Space Science (2026) — Under Review
    GeoAIClimate ChangePhysical ModelingAtmospheric ScienceClimate Impact
  • Cross-region weather dependence in peak-demand assessment for energy-system planning: Evidence from South Korea
    Lee, J.*, & Kim, J.
    Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy (2026) — Under Review
    EnergyClimate ChangeExtreme EventsRisk AssessmentAtmospheric Science
  • Land surface temperature and modeled air temperature yield different daily heat-health predictions in four U.S. urban jurisdictions
    Lee, J.*, Choi, J., & Chakraborty, T. C.
    Urban Climate (2026) — Under Review
    Public HealthRemote SensingUrban ClimateClimate ImpactRisk Assessment
  • A roadmap for improved urban representation in process-based land surface models
    Chakraborty, T. C.*, Sulman, B. N., Ricciuto, D., Horne, J., Prince, N. E., Jiang, T., Berkelhammer, M., Ahlswede, B., Votzke, S., Gingerich, M., Lee, J., Cho, A., Bolivar, F., Kato, A., & Gurney, K.
    Earth's Future (2026) — Under Review
    Urban ClimatePhysical ModelingAtmospheric ScienceClimate ChangeData Quality
  • Persistently arid soils amplify the urban heat island of a mid-latitude megacity
    Berkelhammer, M.*, Lee, J., Vincent, A., Sullivan, R., Cho, A., Packman, A., Matamala, R., Gonzalez-Meler, M., Kaludi, B., Miller, W., Briner, O., Gala, T., Anderson, G., Pal, S., Muradyan, P., Raut, B., Collis, S., Drewniak, B., Romero, W., Larson, U., Sagi, C., Gingerich, M., McNicol, G., Cintron, R., Park, S. Y., Nesbitt, S., Yocca, D., Fears, N. S., & Negri, M. C.
    AGU Advances (2026) — Under Review
    Urban ClimateHydro-ClimatePhysical ModelingEcologyClimate Impact
  • Crowdsourced data as a new framework for urban hazard detection and analysis: A review of data sources, methods, and applications in extreme heat and flood monitoring
    Lee, J.*, Park, S. Y., Wadhwa, A., Chakraborty, T. C., Packman, A. I., Nesbitt, S. W., Sharma, A., Vincent, A. E. S., Collis, S., Muradyan, P., Negri, C., Pal, S., Cho, A., Berkelhammer, M., Miller, W., Kotamarthi, R., & Hence, D.
    Urban Climate (2026) — Under Review
    Urban ClimatePublic HealthSensor NetworksRisk AssessmentClimate Impact

Published Articles

2026

  • 01
    Model architecture and calibration period sensitivity in controlled super-resolution reconstruction of near-surface air temperature
    Lee, J.*, & Shamekh, S.
    Machine Learning: EarthPDF
    GeoAIClimate ChangePhysical ModelingAtmospheric ScienceClimate Impact
  • 02
    Evaluation of conditional diffusion for cross-sensor land surface temperature downscaling across African cities
    Lee, J.*, & Shamekh, S.
    International Journal of Remote SensingIn Press
    GeoAIRemote SensingUrban ClimatePhysical ModelingClimate Impact
  • 03
    CROCUS Micronet: A distributed, AI-enabled urban observation system in Chicago
    Muradyan, P.*, Collis, S., O’Brien, J. R., Tuftedal, M., Jackson, R., Raut, B. A., Grover, M., Kaludi, B., Vincent, A. E. S., Wagner, T. J., Sankaran, R., Cho, A., Weart, B., Pal, S., Sullivan, R. C., Anderson, G., Berkelhammer, M., Conrad, N., DuMerer, D., Fytanidis, D. K., Gala, T., Gonzalez-Meler, M. A., Hence, D., Lee, J., Lozano, F., Michnick, J., Miller, W. M., Nesbitt, S., Packman, A. I., Park, S. Y., Saari, C., Shahkarami, S., Wang, J., Wawrzyniak, E., Yocca, D., Zvolanek, E., Beaudry, S., Kotamarthi, R., & Negri, C.
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyIn Press
    Urban ClimateDigital TwinsSensor NetworksGeoAIRemote Sensing
  • 04
    Spatiotemporal response of urban bike-sharing ridership to weather, air quality, and future climate change in major U.S. cities
    Lee, J.*, & Berkelhammer, M.
    Journal of Environmental ManagementPDF
    TransportationUrban ClimateClimate ImpactData QualitySocio-Equity
  • 05
    How far can we downscale? Resolution limits and physical interpretability of diffusion models for African precipitation
    Lee, J.*, & Shamekh, S.
    Machine Learning: EarthPDF
    GeoAIHydro-ClimatePhysical ModelingAtmospheric ScienceClimate Impact
  • 06
    Imputation of urban environmental sensor data using gated attention bidirectional long short-term memory (GABiLSTM): Methods, performance, and implications
    Lee, J.*, Berkelhammer, M., O'Brien, J., McNicol, G., Vincent, A. E. S., Grover, M., Kaludi, B., Gonzalez-Meler, M., Cho, A., & Packman, A. I.
    Environmental Monitoring and AssessmentPDF
    GeoAISensor NetworksUrban ClimateHydro-ClimateData Quality
  • 07
    Quality assessment and control of urban environmental sensors using physical thresholding and machine learning-based probabilities
    Lee, J.*, Berkelhammer, M., Vincent, A. E. S., Grover, M., Cho, A., Packman, A. I., Kaludi, B., Gonzalez-Meler, M., & McNicol, G.
    Big Earth DataPDF
    GeoAISensor NetworksUrban ClimatePhysical ModelingData Quality

2025

  • 08
    Online signals of vulnerability: Revealing city-level response to extreme heat using Google Trends
    Lee, J.*
    Environmental Research LettersPDF
    Climate ImpactPublic HealthUrban ClimateSocial DataRisk Assessment
  • 09
    Comparing multi-source urban flood indicators: Satellite, simulation, and citizen-reported data
    Lee, J.*, Park, S. Y., Wadhwa, A., Packman, A., Nesbitt, S., Sharma, A., Berkelhammer, M., Garcia, M. H., Kotamarthi, R., Hence, D., & Miller, W.
    Environmental Research: WaterPDF
    Hydro-ClimateRemote SensingUrban ClimatePhysical ModelingAtmospheric Science
  • 10
    Artificial intelligence-enabled digital twin for U.S. cities
    Kotamarthi, R.*, Wang, J., Stock, J., Fytanidis, D. K., Munson, T., Niyogi, D., Muradyan, P., Jackson, R., Collis, S., Gonzalez-Meler, M. A., Lee, J., Sharma, A., Wang, S., Kaludi, B., Kaplan, M., Nesbitt, S. W., Martilli, A., Jacob, R., & Negri, C.
    Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyPDF
    GeoAIUrban ClimatePhysical ModelingDigital TwinsAtmospheric Science
  • 11
    Evaluating the influence of traffic congestion on surface urban heat island intensity
    Lee, J.*, & Berkelhammer, M.
    Geophysical Research LettersPDF
    Urban ClimateRemote SensingTransportationAtmospheric SciencePhysical Modeling
  • 12
    Analysis of urban flooding in Chicago based on crowdsourced data: Drivers and the need for community-based mitigation strategies
    Lee, J.*, Berkelhammer, M., Park, S. Y., & Wilson, M.
    Environmental Research: Infrastructure and SustainabilityPDF
    Hydro-ClimateUrban ClimateClimate ImpactPublic HealthEnvironmental Justice
  • 13
    Plant species selection and participatory community co-design are essential in balancing ecosystem services and disservices in urban areas
    Cho, A.*, Love, N., Cintron, R., Nicholson, J., Xu, L., Nunez-Mir, G., Lee, J., Berkelhammer, M., & Gonzalez-Meler, M.
    Environmental Research LettersPDF
    Urban ClimateEcologyMicroclimateSustainabilityPhysical Modeling
  • 14
    WGAN-GP-based conditional GAN (cGAN) with extreme critic for precipitation downscaling in a key agricultural region of the Northeast U.S.
    Lee, J.*, & Park, S. Y.
    IEEE Access–Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society SectionPDF
    GeoAIHydro-ClimateRemote SensingAtmospheric ScienceExtreme Events
  • 15
    Inferring urban air temperatures from land surface temperatures with the E3SM land model (uELM), satellite observations, and measurement campaign
    Lee, J.*
    IEEE Access–Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society SectionPDF
    Urban ClimateGeoAIRemote SensingPhysical ModelingAtmospheric Science
  • 16
    Estimating near-surface air temperature from satellite-derived land surface temperature using temporal deep learning: A comparative analysis
    Lee, J.*
    IEEE Access–Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society SectionPDF
    GeoAIUrban ClimateRemote SensingAtmospheric SciencePhysical Modeling

2024

  • 17
    Observational constraints on the spatial effect of greenness and canopy cover on urban heat in major midlatitude city
    Lee, J.*, & Berkelhammer, M.
    Geophysical Research LettersPDF
    Urban ClimateRemote SensingEcologyAtmospheric SciencePhysical Modeling
  • 18
    Leaf functional traits highlight phenotypic variation of two tree species in the urban environment
    Cho, A.*, Dziedzic, N., Davis, A., Hanson, C., Lee, J., Nunez-Mir, G., & Gonzalez-Meler, M. A.
    Frontiers in Plant Science Functional Plant EcologyPDF
    Urban ClimateEcologyPlant PhysiologySustainabilityMicroclimate
  • 19
    Assessment of U.S. urban surface temperature using GOES-16 and 17 data: Urban heat island and temperature inequality
    Lee, J.*
    Weather, Climate, and SocietyPDF
    Urban ClimateRemote SensingClimate ImpactSocio-EquityAtmospheric Science
  • 20
    Urban land surface temperature downscaling in Chicago: Addressing ethnic inequality and gentrification
    Lee, J.*, Berkelhammer, M., Wilson, M. D., Love, N., & Cintron, R.
    Remote SensingPDF
    GeoAIUrban ClimateRemote SensingSocio-EquityPhysical Modeling
  • 21
    Effect of environmental and socioeconomic factors on increased early childhood blood lead levels: A case study in Chicago
    Lee, J.*, & Hu, M.
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthPDF
    Climate ImpactPublic HealthEnvironmental JusticeRisk AssessmentSocio-Equity
  • 22
    Improved surface urban heat impact assessment using GOES satellite data: A comparative study with ERA‐5
    Lee, J.*, & Dessler, A. E.
    Geophysical Research LettersPDF
    Urban ClimateRemote SensingAtmospheric SciencePhysical ModelingData Quality

2023

  • 23
    Future temperature‐related deaths in the US: The impact of climate change, demographics, and adaptation
    Lee, J.*, & Dessler, A. E.
    GeoHealthPDF
    Climate ImpactPublic HealthAtmospheric SciencePhysical ModelingClimate Change

2022

  • 24
    The impact of neglecting climate change and variability on ERCOT’s forecasts of electricity demand in Texas
    Lee, J.*, & Dessler, A. E.
    Weather, Climate, and SocietyPDF
    Climate ImpactAtmospheric ScienceEnergyClimate ChangeRisk Assessment

2021

  • 25
    The effect of forced change and unforced variability in heat waves, temperature extremes, and associated population risk in a CO2-warmed world
    Lee, J., Mast, J. C., & Dessler, A. E.*
    Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsPDF
    Climate ImpactAtmospheric SciencePublic HealthClimate ChangeExtreme Events
  • 26
    Machine learning based algorithms for global dust aerosol detection from satellite images: Inter-comparisons and evaluation
    Lee, J., Shi, Y. R., Cai, C., Ciren, P., Wang, J., Gangopadhyay, A., & Zhang, Z.*
    Remote SensingPDF
    GeoAIRemote SensingAtmospheric ScienceAerosolsMeteorology

2018

  • 27
    Analysis of source regions and meteorological factors for the variability of spring PM10 concentrations in Seoul, Korea
    Lee, J., & Kim, K. Y.*
    Atmospheric EnvironmentPDF
    Atmospheric ScienceUrban ClimatePublic HealthMeteorologyAir Quality

2017

  • 28
    Future trend in seasonal lengths and extreme temperature distributions over South Korea
    Lee, J.*
    Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric SciencesPDF
    Atmospheric ScienceClimate ImpactExtreme EventsMeteorologyClimate Change