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Research
Experience

2021.03 ~ Present

Assistant Professor

Department of Oceanography, 

School of Earth System Sciences,

Kyungpook National University, 

80 Daehak-ro, Daegu 41566, Korea

2017.09 - 2021.02

Postdoctoral Researcher

Unit of Ice Sheet and Sea Level Changes 

& Division of Glacial Environment Research, 

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), 

26 Songdo Mirae-ro, Incheon 21990, Korea

Education

2011.03 - 2017.08

Seoul National University | 
Master's and Doctorate Degree

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

- Physical Oceanography major

(Advisor: Prof. SungHyun Nam)

- Dissertation title: "Long-term variations of physical properties of seawater in the East Sea (Japan Sea) revealed by heat content and water mass analysis"

2007.03 - 2011.02

Seoul National University | Bachelor's Degree

School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Research Cruises

  • Dec. 29 – Feb. 27, 2020 Observations in the Amundsen Sea (I.B.R.V.: ARAON)

  • Dec. 30 – Feb. 2, 2019 Observations of the Terra Nova Bay (I.B.R.V.: ARAON)

  • Feb. 16 – Mar. 20, 2018 Observations of the Terra Nova Bay (I.B.R.V.: ARAON)

  • May 12 – 21, 2017 EC1 mooring and front observation cruise in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: HAEYANG 2000)

  • May 5 – 9, 2015 Observation of the coastal zone in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: TAMSA 2)

  • November 4 – 12, 2014 EAST-1 Cruise in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: HAEYANG 2000)

  • October 7 – 10, 2014 Observation of the coastal zone in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: TAMSA 2)

  • July 29 – 31, 2013 Observation of low salinity coastal water in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: TAMSA 2)

  • October 13 – 27, 2012 Korea-Russia Joint Cruise in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: Akademik Oparin)

  • July 27 – August 1, 2012 EAST-1 Cruise in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: EARDO)

  • March 14 – 22, 2012 EAST-1 Cruise in the East Sea (Japan Sea)
    (R.V.: HAEYANG 2000)

  • October 19 – 20, 2011 Observation of the plankton-bloom in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: TAMSA 2)

  • August 24 – 27, 2011 EAST-1 Cruise in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: HAEYANG 2000)

  • July 30 – 31, 2011 Observation of the plankton-bloom in the East Sea (Japan Sea) (R.V.: TAMSA 2)

Publications

1. Na, J. S., T., Kim, E. K., Jin, S. T., Yoon, Lee, W. S., Yun, S., and J. Lee (2022), Large-eddy simulation of the ice shelf-ocean boundary later near ice front of Nansen ice shelf, Antarctica, The Cryosphere, 16, 3451–3468, doi: 10.5194/tc-16-3451-2022.

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2. Yoon, S.-T., and J. Park (2022), Warm bias of cold sea surface temperatures in the East Sea (Japan Sea), Front. Mar. Sci., 9:965346, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.965346.

 

3. Friedrichs, D. M., B. M. Jasmin, H. J. Oldroyd, W. S. Lee, S. Yun, S.-T. Yoon, C. L. Stevens, C. J. Zappa, C. F. Dow, D. Mueller, O. S. Steiner, and A. L. Forrest (2022), Observations of submesoscale eddy-driven heat transport at an ice shelf calving front, Commun. Earth Environ., 3, 140, doi: 10.1038/s43247-022-00460-3.

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4. Yoon, S. T. (2022), Responses of the Ross Sea to the Climate Change: Importance of observations in the Ross sea, Antarctica, Ocean and Polar Research, Accepted (Paper in Korean with English abstract).

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5. Yoon, S.-T., W. S. Lee, S. Nam, C.-K. Lee, S. Yun, K. Heywood, L. Boehme, Y. Zheng, I. Lee, Y. Choi, A. Jenkins, E. K. Jin, R. Larter, J. Wellner, P. Dutrieux, and A. T. Bradley (2022), Ice front retreat reconfigures meltwater-driven gyres modulating ocean heat delivery to an Antarctic ice shelf, Nat. Commun., 13: 306, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27968-8.

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6. Yoon, S.-T., and W. Y. Lee (2021), Quality control method for CTD data collected by using instrumented marine mammals: A review and case study, Ocean and Polar Research, 43(4), 1-14 (Paper in Korean with English abstract).

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7. Yoon, S.-T., W. S. Lee, C. Stevens, S. Jendersie, S. Nam, S. Yun, C. Y. Hwang, G. I. Jang, and J. Lee (2020), Variability in high-salinity shelf water production in the Terra Nova Bay polynya,Antarctica, Ocean Sci, 16, 373-388.

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8. Dziak, R. P., W. S. Lee, J. H. Haxel, H. Matsumoto, G. Tepp, T.-K. Lau, L. Roche, S. Yun, C.-K. Lee, J. Lee, and S.-T. Yoon (2019), Hydroacoustic, meteorologic and seismic observations of the 2016 Nansen Ice Shelf calving event and iceberg formation, Front. Earth Sci., 7: 183, 1-12.

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9. Yoon, S.-T., K.-I. Chang, S. Nam, T. Rho, D.-J. Kang, T. Lee, K.-A Park, V. Lobanov, D. Kaplunenko, P. Tishchenko, and K.-R. Kim (2018), Re-initiation of bottom water formation in the East Sea (Japan Sea) in a warming world, Sci. Rep., 8:1576, 1-10.

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10. Yoon, S.-T., K.-I. Chang, H. Na, and S. Minobe (2016), An east-west contrast of upper ocean heat content variation south of the subpolar front in the East/Japan Sea, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 6418–6443.

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11. Nam, S., S.-T. Yoon, J.-H. Park, Y. Kim, and K.-I Chang (2016), Disitinct characteristics of the intermediate water observed off the east coast of Korea during two contrasting years, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121, 5050–5068.

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12. Son, Y.-T., K.-I. Chang, S.-T. Yoon, T. Rho, J. H. Kwak, C. K. Kang, and

K.-R. Kim (2014), A newly observed physical cause of the onset of the subsurface spring phytoplankton bloom in the southwestern East Sea/Sea of Japan, Biogeosciences, 11, 1319–1329.

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13. Rho, T., Y.-B. Kim, J. I. Park, Y.-W. Lee, D. H. Im, D.-J. Kang, T. Lee, S.-T. Yoon, T.-H. Kim, J.-H. Kwak, H. Je. Park, M. K. Jeong, K.-I. Chang, C.-K. Kang, H.-L. Suh, M. Park, H. Lee, and K.-R. Kim (2010), Plankton Community Response to Physico-Chemical Forcing in the Ulleung Basin, East Sea during Summer 2008, Ocean Polar Res., 32 (3), 269–289. (in Korean with English abstract)

Honors and Awards

  • 2020 The 1st prize for the 9th Jae-Gyu Jeon’s young scientist award, Korea Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea

  • 2019 Certificate of Appreciation (contribution part), Korea Polar Research Institute, Republic of Korea

  • 2017 Certificate of completion: PCAS (Postgraduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies)

  • 2017-18 ‘Gateway Antarctica’ in University of Canterbury, New Zealand

  • 2017 Future Marine Science and Technology award: A grand prize of the minister for Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and Korean Association of Ocean Science and Technology Societies

  • 2017 Brain Korea 21 plus performance-based awards for the best graduate student, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

  • 2016 Brain Korea 21 plus performance-based awards for the best graduate student, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

  • 2016 Brain Korea 21 plus research scholarship, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University

  • 2013 Selected as a young scientist supported by the Korean Society of Oceanography to attend 2013 PICES Annual Meeting

  • 2011 Excellent paper award of Ocean and Polar Research (OPR) 2011 (contributing author)

  • 2011 President award in the Korean Society of Oceanography

  • 2010 Excellent paper award in student independent research, Faculty of Liberal Education, Seoul National University

Conference Presentations

  • 1. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae, Won Sang Lee, SungHyun Nam, Choon-Ki Lee, Sukyoung Yun, Emilia Kyung Jin, Won Young Lee, “Revisiting the role of glacial meltwater in the Antarctica”, 2022 KGU (Korea Geoscience Union) Annual meeting, August, Pyeongchang, Korea 

  • 2. Oral, Yun, Sukyoung, Won Sang Lee, Choon-Ki Lee, Jiwoong Chung, SungHyun Nam, Seung-Tae Yoon, Jisung Na, Won Young Lee, “Multidisciplinary observation to investigate Antarctic Cryosphere evolution and the physical process”, 2022 KGU (Korea Geoscience Union) Annual meeting, August, Pyeongchang, Korea

  • 3. Oral, Jamin S. Greenbaum, Christine Dow, Tyler Pelle, Mathieu Morlighem, Helen Fricker, Susheel Adusumilli, Adrian Jenkins, Anja Rutishauser, Donald Blankenship, Richard Coleman, Benjamin Galton-Fenzi, Won Sang Lee, Jason Roberts, and Seung-Tae Yoon, “Antarctic grounding line retreat enhanced by subglacial freshwater discharge”, 2022 EGU General Assembly (hybrid conference), May

  • 4. Oral, Andrew MacWhorter Friedrichs, Jasmin Mclnerney, Holly J Oldroyd, Won Sang Lee, Sukyoung Yun, Seung-Tae Yoon, Craig L Stevens, Christopher J Zappa, Christine F Dow, Derek Mueller, Oscar Sepulveda Steiner, and Alexander Forrest, “Observations of submesoscale eddy-driven heat transport beneath the calving edge of a cold-water ice shelf”, 2022 Ocean Sciences Meeting (virtual conference), Feburary

  • 5. Oral, Andrew MacWhorter Friedrichs, Alexander Forrest, Jasmin Mclnerney, Holly J Oldroyd, Won Sang Lee, Seung-Tae Yoon, Craig L Stevens, Christopher J Zappa, Christine F Dow, Derek Mueller, and Oscar Sepulveda Steiner, “Submescale eddy-driven mixing and heat transport observed beneath the calving edge of the Nansen Ice Shelf”, 2021 AGU Fall meeting, December, San Francisco, US

  • 6. Oral, Park, Jae Hyung, Seung-Tae Yoon, “A new perspective on equatorward ocean currents along the eastern side of Korea”, 2021 Korea Society of Oceanography Fall Meeting, November, Jejudo, Korea

  • 7. Poster, Yoon, Seung-Tae, Won Sang Lee, Sukyoung Yun, Una Miller, Christopher J. Zappa, “Formation and variation of glacial meltwater due to ocean-ice shelf interaction in Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Antarctica”, 2021 Korea Society of Oceanography Spring Meeting (virtual conference), June

  • 8. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae, SungHyun Nam, Won Sang Lee, Sukyoung Yun, Lars Boehme, Karen J. Heywood, and Yixi Zheng, “A role of ocean gyre related to an extended ocean boundary via retreat of a Pine Island Glacier ice front”, 2020 AGU Fall meeting (virtual conference), December

  • 9. Poster, Hyung-Bo Kim, SungHyun Nam, Seung-Tae Yoon, and Won Sang Lee, “The pathways and heat transport of Circumpolar Deep Water into the Thwaites and the Pine Island Glaciers, West Antarctica”, 2020 AGU Fall meeting (virtual conference), December

  • 10. Poster, Una miller, Christopher J. Zappa, Seung-Tae Yoon, Craig Stevens, Won Sang Lee, and Arnold Gordon, “A high-resolution process study of High Salinity Shelf Water formation in the Terra Nova polynya, Ross Sea, Antarctica”, 2020 AGU Fall meeting (virtual conference), December

  • 11. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae, Won Sang Lee, SungHyun Nam, Sukyoung Yun, Yeon Choi, and Hyung-Bo Kim, “Investigation of recent oceanic contributions to instability of the Thwaites and Pine Island Glaciers” , 2020 FRISP virtual conference, June

  • 12. Oral, Friedrichs, Drew, Jasmin Mclnerney, Alex Forrest, Cordielyn Goodrich, Sebastien Manuel Lavanchy, Craig Stevens,  Seung-Tae Yoon, Sukyoung Yun, and Won Sang Lee, “Turbulence Signature of a cold-water plume from below the Nansen Ice Shelf – an autonomous underwater glider survey”, 2020 Ocean Science Meeting, January, San Diego, US

  • 13. Oral, Lee, Choon-Ki, Won Sang Lee, Seung-Tae Yoon, Tae-Kyun Kim, Yongcheol Park, Sukyoung Yun, Keith W. Nicholls, Duncan A. Young, Lucan Beam, and Donald D. Blankenship, “Seasonal Variability of Basal Melt under the Nansen Ice Shelf, Antarctica”, 2019 AGU Fall meeting, December, San Francisco, US

  • 14. Oral, Lee, Won Sang, Sukyoung Yun, Choon-Ki, Lee, Robert P. Dziak, Haru Matsumoto, Joseph Haxel, Emilia Kyung Jin, and Seung-Tae Yoon, “Hydroacoustic observations of cryogenic signals in the Bransfield Strait, Antarctica”, 2019 AGU Fall meeting, December, San Francisco, US

  • 15. Poster, Yoon, Seung-Tae, Won Sang Lee, Craig Stevens, Stefan Jendersie, SungHyun Nam,  Sukyoung Yun, Chung Yeon Hwang, Gwang Il Chang, and Jiyeon Lee, “Spatio-temporal variations in High Salinity Shelf Water production in Terra Nova Bay polynya, Antarctica”, 2019 Korea Society of Oceanography Fall Meeting, October 31-November 1, 2019, Gangneung, Korea

  • 16. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae, Won Sang Lee, Sukyoung Yun, Jiyeon Lee, Gwang Il Chang, Chung Yeon Hwang, Park Yongcheol, and SungHyun Nam, “Spatio-temporal variations in salinity in Terra Nova Bay polynya, Antarctica”, 2019 Korea Society of Oceanography Spring Meeting, May 16-17, 2019, Jejudo, Korea

  • 17. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae, Won Sang Lee, Craig Stevens, Christopher J. Zappa, Sukyoung Yun, Chung Yeon Hwang, Gwang Il Jang, Jiyeon Lee, and SungHyun Nam, “Relationship between development of the Terra Nova Bay Polynya and distributions of water masses during the austral summer seasons in 2014-2016”, 2018 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Jun. 2-10, 2018, Honolulu, Hawaii 

  • 18. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae, Kyung-Il Chang, SungHyun Nam, Taekeun Rho, Dong-Jin Kang, Tongsup Lee, Kyung-Ae Park, and Kyung-Ryul Kim, “Re-initiation of bottom water formation in the East Sea (Japan Sea) in a warming world”, 2018 Korea Society of Oceanography Spring Meeting, May 24-25, 2018, Jejudo, Korea

  • 19. Oral, Nam, SungHyun, MyeongHee Han, Kyung-Jae Lee, Seung-Tae Yoon, Seongjung Kim, Hyung-Bo Kim, and Yang-Ki Cho, “Analysis of past sea level changes around the Korean Peninsula”, 2017 Korean Society of Oceanography Fall Meeting, Nov. 2-3, 2017, Kyung-ju, Korea  

  • 20. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae, SungHyun Nam, and Kyung-Il Chang, “The east-west contrast of upper ocean heat content variation south of the subpolar front in the East/Japan Sea”, 2017 Korean Society of Oceanography Spring Meeting, Apr. 19-20, 2017, Busan, Korea

  • 21. Oral, Nam, SungHyun, Seung-Tae Yoon, MyeongHee Han, and Yang-Ki Cho, “Intradecadal changes of meridional overturning circulations observed and modeled in the East Sea (Japan Sea)”, 2017 10th WESTPAC international Science Conference, Apr. 17-20, 2017, Qingdao, China  

  • 22. Poster, Yoon, Seung-Tae, MyeongHee Han, and SungHyun Nam, “Interannual variations of Kuroshio transport and upper ocean heat content in the southeast East Sea (Japan Sea)”, 2017 Pacific Asian Marginal Seas Meeting, Apr. 11-13, 2017, Jejudo, Korea

  • 23. Oral, Kim, Kyung-Ryul, Dong-Jin Kang, Sunyoung Park, Doshik Hahm, Taekeun Rho, Tongsup Lee, Seung-Tae Yoon, Sunghyun Nam, and Kyung-Il Chang, “Dissolved oxygen: A powerful tracer for changes in physical dynamics, A case for the East Sea (Japan Sea)”, 2017 The third Xiamen Symposium on Marine Environmental Sciences (XMAS-â…¢), Jan. 9–11, 2017, Xiamen, China

  • 24. Poster, Yoon, Seung-Tae, Kyung-Il Chang, Kyung-Ryul Kim, and Vyacheslav Borisovich Lobanov, "Long-term variation of ventilation system in the East Sea (Japan Sea) revealed by heat content change and water mass analysis", 2016 Ocean Science Meeting, Feb. 21–26, 2016, New Orleans, USA

  • 25. Poster, Nam, SungHyun, Seung-Tae Yoon, Jae-Hyoung Park, Young Ho Kim, and Kyung-Il Chang, "Distinct characteristics of Intermediate Water observed off the east coast of Korea during two contrasting years", 2016 Ocean Science Meeting, Feb. 21–26, 2016, New Orleans, USA

  • 26. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae and Kyung-Il Chang, "Regional variation of the upper ocean heat content and its causative mechanisms in a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean", 2015 Open Science Symposium, Oct. 26–28, 2015, Busan, Korea

  • 27. Poster, Nam, SungHyun, Seung-Tae Yoon, Jae-Hyoung Park, Young Ho Kim, and Kyung-Il Chang, "Distinct characteristics of East Sea Intermediate Water in response to varying western boundary current", 2015 Open Science Symposium, Oct. 26–28, 2015, Busan, Korea

  • 28. Poster, Yoon, Seung-Tae and Kyung-Il Chang, "The role of regional variation of the upper ocean heat content and its causative mechanisms in the East/Japan Sea", 2015 Pacific Asian Marginal Seas Meeting, Apr. 21–23, 2015, Okinawa, Japan

  • 29. Poster, Yoon, Seung-Tae and Kyung-Il Chang, "Heat content variations due to strengthening and weakening of cold and warm currents in the southwestern East/Japan Sea", 2014 Ocean Science Meeting, Feb. 23–28, 2014, Hawaii, USA

  • 30. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae and Kyung-Il Chang, "Heat content variations in the southwestern East/Japan Sea", 2013 PICES annual meeting, Oct. 11–20, 2013, Nanaimo, Canada

  • 31. Poster, Yoon, Seung-Tae and Kyung-Il Chang, "Decadal variability and cooling trend of intermediate layer heat content in the southwestern East/Japan Sea", International Workshop “Regional Climate Models-â…¡”, Sep. 10–12, 2013, Seoul, Korea

  • 32. Oral, Yoon, Seung-Tae and Kyung-Il Chang, "Heat content variations in the southwestern East/Japan Sea", 2013 Korean Society of Oceanography Spring Meeting, May. 23–24, 2013, Jeju, Korea

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