Ph.D., Civil Engineering(Geomatics/Remote Sensing), Purdue University, IN, 2011.

Quantitative remote sensing

Monitoring infrastructure and environment using satellite images

Hyperspectral remote sensing

Retrieval of water quality

Disaster monitoring using UAV and aircraft

Atmospheric correction of optical imagery

Development of a UAV-based aquaculture monitoring system for damage reduction. Cheonnam Techno-Park (2018-2020)

Developing Regional Marine Pollutant Tracking System through Joint Exploitation of Ocean Satellite Data and Ocean Current Model, National Research Foundation of Korea (2017-2019)

J. Concha, A. Mannino, B. Franz, and W. Kim, "Uncertainties in the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) Remote Sensing Reflectance for Assessing Diurnal Variability of Biogeochemical Processes," Remote Sensing, vol. 11, no. 3, Feb. 2019.

M. Lee, K. Park, J.-E. Moon, W. Kim, and Y. Park, "Spatial and temporal characteristics and removal methodology of suspended particulate matter speckles from Geostationary Ocean Color Imager data," International Journal of Remote Sensing, pp. 1-27, Dec 2018.

D. Lee, S. Son, W. Kim, J. Park, H. Joo, and S. Lee, "Spatio-temporal variability of the habitat suitability index for chub mackerel (Scomber Japonicus) in the East/Japan Sea and the south sea of south Korea," Remote Sensing, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 938, June 2018. [IF 3.41, JCR 25%]

J.-H. Noh, W. Kim*, et al. "Remote quantification of Cochlodinium polykrikoides blooms occurring in the East Sea using Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI)," Harmful Algae, vol. 73, pp.129-137 [IF 4.14, JCR 2.4%]

E. Ibrahim, W. Kim, M. Crawford, and J. Monbaliu, "A regression approach to the mapping of bio-physical characteristics of surface sediment using in situ and airborne hyperspectral acquisitions,", Ocean Dynamics, pp. 1-18, Jan. 2017. DOI: 10.1007/s10236-016-1024-1 [IF 1.60, JCR 54%]

J. Ahn, Y. Park, W. Kim, B. Lee, "Simple aerosol correction technique based on the spectral relationships of the aerosol multiple-scattering reflectances for atmospheric correction over the oceans," Optics Express, vol. 24, no. 26, Dec. 2016. [IF 3.31, JCR 17%]

W. Kim, J. Moon, Y. Park, and J. Ishizaka, "Evaluation of chlorophyll retrievals from Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) for the North-East Asian region," Remote Sensing of Environment, vol. 184, pp. 482-495, Oct. 2016. [IF 6.27, JCR 6.9 %]

W. Kim, J. Moon, J. Ahn, and Y. Park, "Evaluation of stray light correction for GOCI remote sensing reflectance using in situ measurements," Remote Sensing, vol. 8, no. 5, 378, May. 2016. [IF 3.24, JCR 24%]

W. Kim, J. Ahn, and Y. Park, "Correction of stray-light driven interslot radiometric discrepancy (ISRD) present in radiometric products of Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI)," IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 53, no. 10, Oct. 2015. [IF 3.36, JCR 14%]

J. Ahn, Y. Park, W. Kim, B. Lee, and I. Oh, "Vicarious calibration of the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager," Optics Express, vol. 23, no. 18, Aug. 2015. [IF 3.15, JCR 16%]

W. Kim, C. Cao, and S. Liang, "Assessment of radiometric degradation of FY-3A MERSI reflective solar bands using TOA reflectance of pseudoinvariant calibration sites," IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2013.2279134, vol. 11, no. 4, Apr. 2014. [IF 2.10, JCR 29%]

W. Kim, T. He, D. Wang, C. Cao, and S. Liang, "Assessment of long-term sensor radiometric degradation using time series analysis," IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2013.2268161, vol. 52, no. 6, Jun. 2014. [IF 3.5, JCR 7.1%]

W. Kim and S. Lee, "Study on radiometric variability of the Sonoran Desert for vicarious calibration of satellite sensors," Korean Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 209-218, 2013 [학진]

W. Kim and M. Crawford, "Adaptive classification for hyperspectral image data using manifold regularization kernel machines," IEEE Transaction on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 4110-4121, Nov. 2010. [IF 2.49, JCR 8.7%]

W. Kim, M. Crawford, and S. Lee "Integrating spatial proximity with manifold learning for hyperspectral data," Korean Journal of Remote Sensing , vol. 26, no. 6, pp. 693-703, Dec. 2010. [학진]