Publications on SCI(E) Listed Journals

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• Choi, K., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2026). Vector-geometry approach to account for local topographic effects on surface solar radiation. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 18, e2025MS005449. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025MS005449

• Choi, K., Lee, J., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2025). Estimation of catchment-scale evapotranspiration with the simple method based on the maximum entropy production principle. Hydrological Processes, 39(12), e70346.

• Choi, K., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2025). Canopy box framework to represent the surface energy partitioning over vegetated areas. Journal of Hydrology, 663, 134169.

• Yoo, S., Choi, K., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2025). Equilibrium states of humid catchments satisfying both energy and mass conservations. Geoscience Letters, 12(1), 16.

• Kim, H., Yoo, H., Paik, K., & Kim, D. H. (2025). Qualitative assessment model for longitudinal riverbed erosion and deposition based on suspended sediment impacts and hydraulic geometry relationship. Journal of Hydrology, 657, 133049.

• Choi, K., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2025). Complementary relationship among heat flux ratios and maximum entropy production principle in humid forests. Water Resources Research, 61(1), e2024WR037746.

• Yang, S., Choi, K., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2024). Power law between the apparent drainage density and the pruning area. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(14), 3119-3132.

• Paik, K., Jeong, M., Kim, J., & Kim, D. H. (2024). On the nonlinearity of the catchment instantaneous response function: Insights obtained from dynamic wave modeling. Journal of Hydrology, 637, 131413.

• Yoo, S., Kim, S., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2024). Optimal combinations of global evapotranspiration and terrestrial water storage products for catchment water balance. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 45(9), 2865-2892.

• Hu, Y., Lee, J., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2024). Combining topography and reflectance indices for better surface water detection. Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 52, 38-49.

• Byun, J., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2021). The development process of the Korean coastal mountain range: Examination from spatial distribution of knickzones. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, 45(4), 541-563.

• Paik, K. (corr.), & Kim, W. (2021). Simulating the evolution of the topography–climate coupled system. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(5), 2459-2474.

• Kang, H., Shin, S., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2020). Power laws in intra-storm temporal rainfall variability. Journal of Hydrology, 590, 125233.

• McGrath, G., Kaeseberg, T., Reyes Silva, J. D., Jawitz, J. W., Blumensaat, F., Borchardt, D., Mellander, P.-E., Paik, K., Krebs, P., & Rao, P. S. C. (2019). Network topology and rainfall controls on the variability of combined sewer overflows and loads. Water Resources Research, 55(11), 9578-9591.

• Bizzi, S., Cominola, A., Mason, E., Castelletti, A., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2018). Multicriteria Optimization Model to Generate on‐DEM Optimal Channel Networks. Water Resources Research, 54(8), 5727-5740.

• Fang, Y., Ceola, S., Paik, K., McGrath, G., Rao, P. S. C., Montanari, A., & Jawitz, J. W. (2018). Globally universal fractal pattern of human settlements in river networks. Earth's Future, 6(8), 1134-1145.

• Kim, D. H., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2018). Channel geometry controls downstream lags in sediment rating curves. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 144(4), 04018006.

• Kim, S., Paik, K., Johnson, F. M., & Sharma, A. (2018). Building a flood-warning framework for ungauged locations using low resolution, open-access remotely sensed surface soil moisture, precipitation, soil, and topographic information. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 11(2), 375-387.

• Yang, S., Paik, K. (corr.), McGrath, G. S., Urich, C., Krueger, E., Kumar, P., & Rao, P. S. C. (2017). Functional topology of evolving urban drainage networks. Water Resources Research, 53(11), 8966-8979. (Research Highlighted on EOS, Editor’s Choice Award)

• Byun, J., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2017). Small profile concavity of a fine-bed alluvial channel. Geology, 45(7), 627-630.

• Yang, S., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2017). New findings on river network organization: Law of eigenarea and relationships among Hortonian scaling ratios. Fractals, 25(03), 1750029.

• Shin, S., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2017). An improved method for single flow direction calculation in grid digital elevation models. Hydrological Processes, 31(8), 1650-1661.

• Paik, K. (2016). Reconstructing daily evapotranspiration data from multi-annual water budget using insolation and precipitation presence. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75, 1-19.

• Kim, J., & Paik, K. (corr.) (2015). Recent recovery of surface wind speed after decadal decrease: a focus on South Korea. Climate Dynamics, 45, 1699-1712.

• Lee, C., Paik, K. (corr.), & Lee, Y. (2014). Optimal sampling network for monitoring the representative water quality of an entire reservoir on the basis of information theory. Journal of water and climate change, 5(2), 151-162.

• Baek, C. W., Lee, J. H., & Paik, K. (2014). Optimal location of basin‐wide constructed washlands to reduce risk of flooding. Water and Environment Journal, 28(1), 52-62.

• Lee, C., Paik, K. (corr.), & Kim, J. H. (2014). Efficient method for optimal placing of water quality monitoring stations for an ungauged basin. Journal of environmental management, 132, 24-31.

• Jung, D., Paik, K. (corr.), & Kim, J. H. (2013). Relationship between downstream hydraulic geometry and suspended sediment concentration characteristics. Journal of hydro-environment research, 7(4), 243-252.

• Herdianto, R., Paik, K. (corr.), Coles, N. A., & Smettem, K. (2013). Transitional responses of vegetation activities to temperature variations: Insights obtained from a forested catchment in Korea. Journal of Hydrology, 484, 86-95.

• Paik, K. (2012). Search for the optimality signature of river network development. Physical Review E, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 86(4), 046110.

• McGrath, G. S., Paik, K., & Hinz, C. (2012). Microtopography alters self‐organized vegetation patterns in water‐limited ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 117(G3).

• Paik, K. (2012). Simulation of landscape evolution using a global flow path search method. Environmental modelling & software, 33, 35-47.

• Paik, K. (2011). Optimization approach for 4-D natural landscape evolution. IEEE transactions on evolutionary computation, 15(5), 684-691.

• Paik, K. (corr.), & Kumar, P. (2011). Power-law behavior in geometric characteristics of full binary trees. Journal of Statistical Physics, 142, 862-878.

• Paik, K. (corr.), & Kumar, P. (2010). Optimality approaches to describe characteristic fluvial patterns on landscapes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365(1545), 1387-1395.

• Paik, K. (2009). Reply to comment by Stefano Orlandini and Giovanni Moretti on “Global search algorithm for nondispersive flow path extraction”. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 114(F4).

• Paik, K. (2008). Global search algorithm for nondispersive flow path extraction. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 113(F4).

• Paik, K. (2008). Analytical derivation of reservoir routing and hydrological risk evaluation of detention basins. Journal of Hydrology, 352(1-2), 191-201.

• Paik, K., & Kumar, P. (2008). Emergence of self‐similar tree network organization. Complexity, 13(4), 30-37.

• Paik, K., & Kumar, P. (2007). Inevitable self-similar topology of binary trees and their diverse hierarchical density. The European Physical Journal B, 60, 247-258.

• Paik, K., Kim, J. H., Kim, H. S., & Lee, D. R. (2005). A conceptual rainfall‐runoff model considering seasonal variation. Hydrological Processes: An International Journal, 19(19), 3837-3850.

• Paik, K., & Kumar, P. (2004). Hydraulic geometry and the nonlinearity of the network instantaneous response. Water Resources Research, 40(3).