Jangho Lee, Ph.D.

Publications

Last Updated: April 18, 2026
Total PapersLead Author
2421

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  • 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 Society (2026) — Under Review
    Urban ClimateDigital TwinsSensor NetworksGeoAIRemote Sensing
  • Crowdsourced Data for Detecting Urban Natural Hazards: A Review of Applications to Extreme Heat and Flooding
    Lee, J.*, Wadhwa, A., Park, S. Y., Chakraborty, TC., 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
  • 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 Management (2026) — Under Review
    TransportationUrban ClimateClimate ImpactData QualitySocio-Equity
  • 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.
    Science Advances (2026) — Under Review
    Urban ClimateHydro-ClimatePhysical ModelingEcologyClimate Impact

Published Articles

2026

  • 01
    How Far Can We Downscale? Resolution Limits and Physical Interpretability of Diffusion Models for African Precipitation
    Lee, J.* & Shamekh, S.
    Machine Learning: EarthIn Press
    GeoAIHydro-ClimatePhysical ModelingAtmospheric ScienceClimate Impact
  • 02
    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
  • 03
    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

  • 04
    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
  • 05
    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
  • 06
    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
  • 07
    Evaluating the Influence of Traffic Congestion on Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity
    Lee, J.*, & Berkelhammer, M.
    Geophysical Research LettersPDF
    Urban ClimateRemote SensingTransportationAtmospheric SciencePhysical Modeling
  • 08
    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
  • 09
    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
  • 10
    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
  • 11
    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
  • 12
    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

  • 13
    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
  • 14
    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
  • 15
    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
  • 16
    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
  • 17
    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
  • 18
    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

  • 19
    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

  • 20
    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

  • 21
    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
  • 22
    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

  • 23
    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

  • 24
    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