Saewung Kim

About

Saewung Kim is a faculty member in the Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on the biosphere-atmosphere-human interactions, specifically exploring the minor composition of atmospheric gases to understand the current status of the air we breathe, examine human impacts on the natural atmosphere, and predict future changes resulting from human activities. He works closely with the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Group led by Dr. Alex Guenther. Saewung Kim is committed to advancing research in earth system science and fostering a lab culture that upholds commitments to social justice, including solidarity with Black Lives Matter and efforts to end anti-Black racism. Interested individuals are encouraged to contact him for research collaboration.

Research topics

• Chemistry
• Geography
• Environmental science
• Environmental chemistry
• Atmospheric sciences
• Political Science
• Meteorology
• Organic chemistry
• Environmental planning
• Ecology

Selected publications

• The Korea–United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study

  Elementa Science of the Anthropocene · 2021 · 262 citations

  The Korea-United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study was conducted during May-June 2016. The effort was jointly sponsored by the National Institute of Environmental Research of South Korea and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States. KORUS-AQ offered an unprecedented, multi-perspective view of air quality conditions in South Korea by employing observations from three aircraft, an extensive ground-based network, and three ships along with an array of air quali…

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• PTR-TOF-MS eddy covariance measurements of isoprene and monoterpene fluxes from an eastern Amazonian rainforest

  Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2020 · 59 citations

  Abstract. Biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) are important components of the atmosphere due to their contribution to atmospheric chemistry and biogeochemical cycles. Tropical forests are the largest source of the dominant BVOC emissions (e.g. isoprene and monoterpenes). In this study, we report isoprene and total monoterpene flux measurements with a proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-TOF-MS) using the eddy covariance (EC) method at the Tapajós National Forest…

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• Heat stress strongly induces monoterpene emissions in some plants with specialized terpenoid storage structures

  Agricultural and Forest Meteorology · 2023-03-07 · 40 citations

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  Four different plant species, sunflower (Helianthus annuus), western redcedar (Thuja plicata), American sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua), and red ironbark (Eucalyptus sideroxylon), were enclosed in glass or Teflon chambers, exposed to different temperatures typically ranging from 30 °C to 43 °C, and their terpenoid emission rates were quantified using gas chromatography techniques. The results show that sunflower, western redcedar, and American sweetgum were not significant constitutive monote…

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• Visible light-induced activation of peroxymonosulfate in the presence of ferric ions for the degradation of organic pollutants

  Separation and Purification Technology · 2020 · 38 citations

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• Contributions to OH reactivity from unexplored volatile organic compounds measured by PTR-ToF-MS – a case study in a suburban forest of the Seoul metropolitan area during the Korea–United States Air Quality Study (KORUS-AQ) 2016

  Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2021 · 18 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  Abstract. We report OH reactivity observations by a chemical ionization mass spectrometer–comparative reactivity method (CIMS-CRM) instrument in a suburban forest of the Seoul metropolitan area (SMA) during the Korea–United States Air Quality Study (KORUS-AQ 2016) from mid-May to mid-June of 2016. A comprehensive observational suite was deployed to quantify reactive trace gases inside of the forest canopy including a high-resolution proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometer (PTR-…

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Frequent coauthors

• Alex Guenther

  University of California, Irvine

  105 shared

• Roger Seco

  Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research

  79 shared

• Daun Jeong

  41 shared

• J. L. Jiménez

  37 shared

• Pedro Campuzano‐Jost

  36 shared

• Dasa Gu

  34 shared

• Dianne Sanchez

  University of California, Irvine

  31 shared

• Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira De Souza

  Escola Superior de Ciências da Saúde

  26 shared

Labs

• Dream TeamPI

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