Seung‑Hee Ham: atmospheric scientist joins federal service in 2024

Dr. Seung‑Hee Ham is an atmospheric scientist who earned a bachelor’s degree in atmospheric science in 2004 and a Ph.D. in satellite meteorology in 2010 from Seoul National University, South Korea. She moved to the U.S. in 2011 to begin a NASA postdoctoral program and joined federal service in 2024.

Her NASA postdoctoral research focused on three‑dimensional radiative transfer modeling in cloudy atmospheres to support the CERES Surface and Atmospheric Radiation Budget (SARB) project. After completing the postdoctoral program, she worked as a NASA contractor for about 10 years before entering federal service in 2024, according to her NASA profile.

Her listed expertise includes analysis of cloud and radiation satellite products, merging cloud properties from multi‑sensor satellite products, radiative transfer modeling, and derivation of simplified radiative equations. She received the International Radiation Commission (IRC) Young Scientist Award in 2022.

Selected publications on her profile include a 2024 manuscript under review titled "Zonal Cloud Trends Observed by Passive MODIS and Active CALIOP and CPR Sensors," a 2022 paper on combining cloud properties from CALIPSO, CloudSat, and MODIS for top‑of‑atmosphere shortwave computations, and multiple peer‑reviewed articles from 2014–2021 on cloud radiative effects, 3D cloud impacts, and radiative transfer modeling.

seung-hee ham, nasa postdoctoral program, seoul national university, ceres sarb, radiative transfer modeling, cloud and radiation satellite products, merging cloud properties, calipso cloudsat modis, caliop and cpr, zonal cloud trends, irc young scientist award, toa shortwave computations, joined federal service 2024