Education:

• PhD (Atmospheric Environmental Science), The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China (2009)
• B.Sc. Mathematics (Scientific Computation), The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (2004)

Research Experience:

• Dec 2019 – Jul 2021: Associate Professor (tenured) at Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
• Dec 2013 – Nov 2019: Assistant Professor at Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
• Feb 2012 – Nov 2013: Research Scientist at Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Sep 2010 – Jan 2012: Research Associate at Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Nov 2019 – Aug 2010: Post-doctoral Associate at Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge                
• May 2009 – Nov 2009: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for the Environment, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST)

Biography:

I am an Associate Professor of the Asian School of the Environment at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. By training, I am an atmospheric scientist and a modeler. To develop a sustainable environment, my research devotes to improve the knowledge of climate change and air quality, and the influences on human health and planetary health. Besides research, I strive to contribute to various government committees and professional associations, aiming at transferring my developed knowledge through research to the society. I serve as the member of the Global Air Pollution and Health - Technical Advisory Group (GAPH-TAG) of the World Health Organization (WHO), and also serve as the invited committee member of the National Advisory Board on Atmospheric Science Discipline in Higher Education, the Ministry of Education of China. Additionally, I contribute to the editorial boards of international peer-review journals including Scientific Reports (Nature) and Atmosphere.

Research Interests:

My research focuses on the interactions between climate and air quality, and the resultant impacts on human health and planetary health. My on-going research is to develop, advance and utilize the state-of-the-art multi-scale atmospheric models, along with measurement and statistical approaches, to understand the mechanisms that drive the climate-air quality interactions, and evaluate the impacts on human heat and air pollution exposure, mosquito abundance, the resultant diseases. Particular interests are in investigating air quality impacts of sectoral emissions and transboundary air pollution at multiple spatial scales, studying regional climate change due to land-use changes and global climate change, and evaluating and quantifying the effects of air pollution on respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. My research also assesses and develops emission control scenarios to provide scientific-based policy solutions for a sustainable environment in present and future years.

Specific research focuses:

Selected Publications:

• Huang T., Li Y., Lolli S., Cheng J.C.H., Wang J., Lam D.H.Y., Leung W.H., Lee H.F., Yim S.H.L.* (2023). Influences of approaching tropical cyclones on water vapor and aerosols in the atmospheric boundary layer of Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area of China. Science of the Total Environment, 880, 163188.
• Yim S.H.L.* and Huang T. (2023). Analysis of the air quality in upper atmospheric boundary layer in a high-density city in Asia using 3-year vertical profiles measured by the 3-Dimensional Real-Time Atmospheric Monitoring System (3DREAMS). Science of the Total Environment, 857 (1), 159137.
• Li Y., Hong T., Gu Y., Li Z., Huang T., Lee H.F., Heo Y., Yim S.H.L.* (2023). Assessing the spatiotemporal characteristics, factor importance and the health impacts of air pollution in Seoul by integrating machine learning into land-use regression modeling at high spatiotemporal resolutions. Environmental Science and Technology, 57, 3, 1225-1236.
• He Y., Liu W.T., Lin S.Y., Li Z., Qiu H., Yim S.H.L., Chuang H.C., Ho K.F. (2023). Air pollution exacerbates mild obstructive sleep apnea by disrupting nocturnal changes in lower-limb body composition: a cross-sectional study conducted in urban northern Taiwan. Accepted for publication in Science of the Total Environment.
• Chan P.W., Lam H.Y., Hon K.K., Huang T., Yim S.H.L. (2023). Observations of vertical velocity from a Doppler LiDAR in the urban area of Hong Kong. Weather, https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4365
• Li J.M., Yang, H.Y., Wu S.H., Dharmage S.C., Jalaludin B., Knibbs L.D., Bloom M.S., Guo Y., Morawska L., Heinrich J., Yim S.H.L., Lin L.Z., Zeng X.W., Yang B.Y., Chen G.B., Liu R.Q., Dong G.H., Hua L.W. (2023). The associations of particulate matter short-term exposure and serum lipids are modified by vitamin D status: A panel study of young healthy adults. Environmental Pollution, 317, 120686.
• Zheng Y., Ren C, Shi Y., Yim S.H.L., Lai D.Y.F., Xu Y., Fang C., Li W. (2023). Mapping the spatial distribution of nocturnal urban heat island based on Local Climate Zone framework. Building and Environment (234), 110197.
• Nduka I.C., Huang T., Li Z., Yang Y., Yim S.H.L.* (2022). Long-term trends of atmospheric hot-and-polluted episodes (HPE) trends and their public health implications on the Pearl River Delta region of China. Environmental Pollution, 311, 119782.
• Qiu H., Liu W.T., Lin S.Y., Li Z.Y., He Y.S., Yim S.H.L., Wong E.L.Y., Chuang H.C., Ho K.F. (2022). Association of air pollution exposure with low arousal threshold obstructive sleep apnea: A cross-sectional study in Taipei, Taiwan. Environmental Pollution, 306, 119393.
• Huang J., Kwan M.P., Cai J., Song W., Yu C., Kan Z., Yim S.H.L. (2022). Field Evaluation and Calibration of Low-Cost Air Pollution Sensors for Environmental Exposure Research. Sensors, 22(6), 2381.
• He Y., Liu W., Lin S., Li Z., Qiu H., Yim S.H.L., Chuang H., Ho K.F. (2022). Association of traffic air pollution with severity of obstructive sleep apnea in urban areas of Northern Taiwan: A cross-sectional study. Science of the Total Environment, 827, 154347.
• He Q., Gu Y., Yim S.H.L.* (2022). What drives long-term PM2.5-attributable premature mortality change? A case study in central China using high-resolution satellite data from 2003 to 2018. Environment International, 161, 107110.
• Ning G., Wardle D.A., Yim S.H.L.* (2022). Suppression of Ozone Formation at High Temperature in China: From Historical Observations to Future Projections. Geophysical Research Letters, 49 (4), e2021GL097090.
• Huang T., Zhu Y., Rosenfeld D., Yang Y., Lam D.H.Y., Leung W.H., Lee H.F., Cheng J.C.H. and Yim S.H.L.* (2022). Regime-dependent impacts of aerosol particles and updrafts on the cloud concentration nuclei and the enhanced warm rain suppression: evidence from synergistic satellite and LiDAR observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 49(3), e2021GL097315.
• Yim S.H.L.*, Huang T., Ho J.M.W., Lam A.S.M., Yau S.T.Y., Yuen T.W.H., Dong G.H., Tsoi K.K.F., Sung J.J.Y. (2022). Rise and fall of lung cancers in relation to tobacco smoking and air pollution: A global trend analysis from 1990 to 2012. Atmospheric Environment, 269(15), 118835.
• Zhu J., Tai A.P.K.*, Yim S.H.L.* (2022). Effects of ozone–vegetation interactions on meteorology and air quality in China using a two-way coupled land–atmosphere model. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 765–782.
• He Q., Wang M., Yim S.H.L.* (2021). The spatiotemporal relationship between PM2.5 and AOD in China: Influencing factors and Implications for satellite PM2.5 estimations by MAIAC AOD. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 18375–18391.
• Guo J., Zhang J., Yang K., Liao H., Zhang S., Huang K., Lv Y., Shao J., Yu T., Tong B., Li J., Su T., Yim S.H.L., Stoffelen A., Zhai P., Xu X. (2021). Investigation of near-global daytime boundary layer height using high-resolution radiosondes: first results and comparison with ERA5, MERRA-2, JRA-55, and NCEP-2 reanalyses. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(22), 17079-17097.
• Qiu H., Chuang K.J., Bai C.H., Fan Y.C., Chang T.P., Yim S.H.L., Wong T.W., Ho K.F. (2021). Association of ambient ozone with pneumonia hospital admissions in Hong Kong and Taipei: A tale of two Southeast Asian cities. Environment International, 156, 106634.
• He Z.Z., Guo P.Y., Xu S.L., Zhou Y., Jalaludin B., Leskinen A., Knibbs L.D., Heinrich J., Morawska L., Yim S.H.L., Bui D., Komppula M., Roponen M., Hu L., Chen G., Zeng X.W., Yu Y., Yang B.Y., Dong G. (2021). Associations of Particulate Matter Sizes and Chemical Constituents with Blood Lipids: A Panel Study in Guangzhou, China. Environmental Science and Technology, 55, 8, 5065–5075.
• Liu Z., Osborne M., Anderson K., Shutler J.D., Wilson A., Langridge J., Yim S.H.L., Coe H., Babu S., Satheesh S.K., Zuidema P., Huang T., Cheng J.C.H., Haywood J. (2021). Characterizing the performance of a POPS miniaturized optical particle counter when operated on a quadcopter drone. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14, 6101–6118.
• Li Z., Ho K.F., Dong G., Lee H.F., Yim S.H.L.* (2022). A novel approach for assessing the spatiotemporal trend of health risk from ambient particulate matter components: Case of Hong Kong. Environmental Research, 204(A), 111866.
• Wang M.Y., Huang T., Wong D.C., Ho K.F., Dong G.H., Yim S.H.L.* (2021). A new approach for health-oriented ozone control strategy: Adjoint-based optimization of NOx emission reductions using metaheuristic algorithms. Journal of Cleaner production, 312, 127533.
• Huang T., Li Y., Cheng J.C.H., Haywood J., Hon K.K., Lam D.H.Y., Lee O.S.M., Lolli S., O’Connor E.J., Lee H.F., Wang M., Yim S.H.L.* (2021). Assessing Transboundary-local Aerosols Interaction over Complex Terrain Using a Doppler LiDAR Network. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(12), e2021GL093238.
• Xia X., Chan K.H., Lam K.B.H., Hong Q., Li Z., Yim S.H.L., Ho K.F. (2021). Effectiveness of Indoor Air Purification Intervention in Improving Cardiovascular Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Science of the Total Environment, 789, 147882.
• Nduka I.C., Tam C.Y., Guo J., Yim S.H.L.* (2021). Characteristics of surface energy balance and atmospheric circulation during hot-and-polluted episodes and their synergistic relationships with urban heat islands over the Pearl River Delta region. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21(17), 13443–13454.
• Qiu H.., Bai C.H., Chuang K.J., Fan Y.C., Chang T.P. Yim S.H.L., Ho K.F. (2021). Association of Cardiorespiratory Hospital Admissions with Ambient Volatile Organic Compounds: Evidence from a Time-series Study in Taipei, Taiwan. Chemosphere, 276, 130172.
• Huang T., Yang Y., O'Connor E.J., Lolli S., Haywood J., Osborne M., Cheng J.C.H., Guo J., Yim S.H.L.* (2021). Influence of A Weak Typhoon on the Vertical Distribution of Air Pollution in Hong Kong: A Perspective from a Doppler LiDAR network. Environmental Pollution, 276, 116534.
• Li Z., Ho K.F., Chuang H.C., Yim S.H.L.* (2021). Development and intercity transferability of land-use regression models for predicting ambient PM10, PM2.5, NO2 and O3 concentrations in northern Taiwan. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 21, 5063–5078, 2021.
• Yang Y., Fan S., Wang L., Gao Z., Zhang Y., Zou H., Miao S., Li Y., Huang M., Yim S.H.L., Lolli S. (2020). Diurnal Evolution of the Wintertime Boundary Layer in Urban Beijing, China: Insights from Doppler Lidar and a 325-m Meteorological Tower. Remote Sensing, 12(23), 3935.
• Li Z., Tong X., Ho J.M.W., Kwok T.C.Y., Dong G., Ho K.F., Yim S.H.L.* (2020). A practical framework for predicting residential indoor PM2.5 concentration using land-use regression and machine learning methods. Chemosphere, 265, 129140.
• Ning G., Yim S.H.L.*, Yang Y., Gu Y., Dong G. (2020). Modulations of synoptic and climatic changes on ozone pollution and its health risks in mountain-basin areas. Atmospheric Environment, 240, 117808.
• Chen X., Chuang H.C., Ward T.J., Tian L., Cao J.J., Ho S.S.H., Lau N.C., Hsiao T.C., Yim S.H.L., Ho K.F. (2020). Indoor, outdoor, and personal exposure to PM2.5 and their bioreactivity among healthy residents of Hong Kong. Environmental Research, 188, 109780.
• YIM S.H.L.* (2020). Development of a 3D Real-Time Atmospheric Monitoring System (3DREAMS) Using Doppler LiDARs and Applications for Long-Term Analysis and Hot-and-Polluted Episodes. Remote Sensing 12 (6), 1036.
• Chen X.C. Cao J.J., Ward T.J., Tian L.W., Ning Z., Gali N.K., Aquilin N.J., Yim S.H.L., Qu L., Ho K.F. (2020). Characteristics and toxicological effects of commuter exposure to black carbon and metal components of fine particles (PM2.5) in Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment, 742, 140501.
• Huang T., Yim S.H.L.*, Yang Y., Lee O.S.M., Lam D.H.Y., Cheng J.C.H., Guo J. (2020). Observation of Turbulent Mixing Characteristics in the Typical Daytime Cloud-topped Boundary Layer over Hong Kong in 2019. Remote Sensing, 12(9), 1533.
• Li Z., Yim S.H.L.*, Ho K.F. (2020). High temporal resolution prediction of street-level PM2.5 and NOx concentrations using machine learning approach. Journal of Cleaner Production, 268, 121975.
• Gu Y., Zhang W.*, Yang Y., Wang C., Streets D.G., Yim S.H.L.* (2020). Assessing outdoor air quality and public health impact attributable to residential black carbon emissions in rural China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 159, 104812.
• Hong Q., Xia X., Man C.L., Ko F., Yim S.H.L., Kwok T., Ho K.F. (2020). Real-time monitoring of the effects of personal temperature exposure on blood oxygen saturation level in elderly people with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a panel study in Hong Kong. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(11), 6869-6877.
• Hong Q., Bai C.H., Chuang K.J., Fan Y.C., Chang T.P., Yim S.H.L., Ho K.F. (2020). Association of ambient non-methane hydrocarbons exposure with respiratory diseases: a time series study in Taipei, Taiwan. Science of the Total Environment, 729, 139010.
• Wang Y., Yim S.H.L.*, Yang Y., Morin C.W. (2020). The effect of urbanization and climate change on the mosquito population in the Pearl River Delta region of China. International Journal of Biometeorology 64(3), 501-512.
• Li Z., Ho K.F., Yim S.H.L. (2020). Source apportionment of hourly-resolved ambient volatile organic compounds: Influence of temporal resolution. Science of The Total Environment, 725, 138243.
• Wang M.Y., Yim S.H.L.*, Dong G.H., Ho K.F., Wong D.C. (2020). Mapping ozone source-receptor relationship and apportioning the health impact in the Pearl River Delta region using adjoint sensitivity analysis. Atmospheric Environment, 222, 117026.
• Liu Z., Ming Y., Zhao C., Lau N.C., Guo J., Bollasina M., Yim S.H.L.* (2020). Contribution of local and remote anthropogenic aerosols to a record-breaking torrential rainfall event in Guangdong Province, China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 223-241.
• Shi C.*, Nduka I.C., Yang Y., Huang Y. Yao R., Zhang H., He B., Xie C., Wang Z., Yim S.H.L.* (2020). Characteristics and meteorological mechanisms of transboundary air pollution in a persistent heavy PM2.5 pollution episode in Central-East China. Atmospheric Environment, 223, 117239.
• Zhang Y., Guo J., Yang Y., Wang Y., Yim S.H.L. (2020). Vertical Wind Shear Modulates Particulate Matter Pollutions: A Perspective from Radar Wind Profiler Observations in Beijing, China. Remote Sensing, 12(3), 546.
• Lv Y., Guo J., Yim S.H.L., Yun Y., Yin J., Liu L., Zhang Y., Yang Y., Yan Y., Chen D. (2020). Towards understanding multi-model precipitation predictions from CMIP5 based on China hourly merged precipitation analysis data. Atmospheric Research, 231, 104671.
• Yang Y., Zheng Z., Yim S.H.L., Roth M., Ren G., Gao Z., Wang T., Li Q., Shi C., Ning G., Li Y.B. (2020). PM2.5 Pollution Modulates Wintertime Urban-Heat-Island Intensity in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Megalopolis, China. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(1), e2019GL08428.
• Xing X., Hu L., Guo Y., Bloom M.S., Li S., Chen G., Yim S.H.L., Gurram N., Yang M., Xiao X., Xu S., Wei Q., Yu H., Yang B., Zeng X., Chen W., Hu Q., Dong G.H. (2020). Interactions between ambient air pollution and obesity on lung function in children: The Seven Northeastern Chinese Cities (SNEC) Study. Science of the Total Environment, 699, 134397.
• Xiao X., Yang B.Y., Hu L.W., Markevych I., Bloom M., Dharmage S., Jalaludin B., Knibbs L., Heinrich J., Morawska L., Lin S., Roponen M., Guo Y., Yim S.H.L., Leskinen A., Komppula M., Jalava P., Yu H.Y., Zeeshan M., Zeng X., Dong G.H. (2020). Greenness around Schools Associated with Lower Risk of Hypertension among Children: Findings from the Seven Northeastern Cities Study in China. Environmental Pollution, 256, 113422.
• Yim S.H.L.*, Wang M.Y., Gu Y., Yang Y., Dong G.H., Li Q. (2019). Effect of Urbanization on Ozone and Resultant Health Effects in the Pearl River Delta Region of China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(21), 11568-11579.
• Chen X.C., Ward T.J., Cao J.J., Lee S.C., Lau N.C., Yim S.H.L., Ho K.F. (2019). Source identification of personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) among adult residents of Hong Kong. Atmospheric Environment, 218, 116999.
• Ning G., Yim S.H.L.*, Wang S.*, Duan B., Nie C., Yang X., Wang J., Shang K. (2019). Synergistic effects of synoptic weather patterns and topography on air quality: a case of the Sichuan Basin of China. Climate dynamics, 53, 6729-6744.
• Liu Z., Ming Y., Wang L., Bollasina M., Luo M., Lau N.C.*, Yim S.H.L.* (2019). A Model Investigation of Aerosol-Induced Changes in the East Asian Winter Monsoon. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 10186-10195.
• Guo J., Xu H., Liu L., Chen D., Peng Y., Yim S.H.L., Yang Y., Li J., Zhao C., Zhai P. (2019). The trend reversal of dust aerosol over East Asia and the North Pacific Ocean attributed to large-scale meteorology, deposition and soil moisture. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(19), 10450-10466.
• Yim S.H.L.*, Gu Y., Shapiro M., Stephens B. (2019). Air quality and acid deposition impacts of local emissions and transboundary air pollution in Japan and South Korea. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19, 13309-13323.
• Yang Y., Yim S.H.L.*, Haywood J., Osborne M., Chan J.C.S., Zeng Z., Cheng J.C.H. (2019). Characteristics of heavy particulate matter pollution events over Hong Kong and
• their relationships with vertical wind profiles using high-time-resolution Doppler Lidar measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 124(16), 9609-9623.
• Wang H., Li J., Gao Z., Yim S.H.L., Shen H., Ho H.C., Li Z., Zeng Z., Liu C., Li Y., Ning G., Yang Y. (2019). High-Spatial-Resolution Population Exposure to PM2.5 Pollution Based on Multi-Satellite Retrievals: A Case Study of Seasonal Variation in the Yangtze River Delta, China in 2013. Remote Sensing 11(23), 2724.
• Lui K.H., Jones T., BéruBé K., Ho S.S.H., Yim S.H.L., Cao J.J., Lee S.C., Tian L., Min D.W., Ho K.F. (2019). The effects of particle-induced oxidative damage from exposure to airborne fine particulate matter components in the vicinity of landfill sites on Hong Kong. Chemosphere, 230, 578-586.
• Zhang C., Guo Y., Xiao X., Bloom M.S., Qian Z., Rolling C.A., Xian H., Lin S., Li S., Chen G., Jalava P., Roponen M., Hirvonen M.R., Komppula M., Leskinen A., Yim S.H.L., Chen D.H., Ma H., Zeng X.W., Hu L.W., Liu K.K., Yang B.Y., Dong G.H. (2019). Association of Breastfeeding and Air Pollution Exposure With Lung Function in Chinese Children. JAMA Network Open, 2(5), e194186.
• Yang B.Y., Markevych I., Heinrich J., Bloom M.S., Qian Z., Geiger S.D., Vaughn M., Liu S., Guo Y., Dharmage S.C., Jalaludin B., Knibbs L.D., Chen D., Jalava P., Lin S., Yim S.H.L., Liu K.K., Zeng X.W., Hu L.W., Dong G.H. (2019). Residential greenness and blood lipids in urban-dwelling adults: The 33 Communities Chinese Health Study. Environmental Pollution, 250, 14-22.
• Zeng Z., Mao F., Wang Z., Guo J., Gui K., An J., Yim S.H.L., Yang Y., Zhang B., Jiang H. (2019). Preliminary evaluation of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder water vapor over China against high-resolution radiosonde measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 124(7), 3871-3888.
• Yang B.Y., Guo Y., Bloom M.S., Xiao X., Qian Z., Liu E., Howard S.W., Zhao T., Wang S.Q., Li S., Chen D.H., Ma H., Yim S.H.L., Liu K.K., Zeng X.W., Hu L.W., Liu R.Q., Feng D., Yang M., Xu S.L., Dong G.H. (2019). Ambient PM1 air pollution, blood pressure, and hypertension: Insights from the 33 Communities Chinese Health Study. Environmental Research, 170, 252-259.
• Wang M.Y., Yim S.H.L.*, Wong D.C., Ho K.F. (2019). Source contributions of surface ozone in China using an adjoint sensitivity analysis. Science of the Total Environment, 662, 385-392.
• Wang Y., Chan A., Lau N.C., Li Q., Yang Y., Yim S.H.L.* (2019). Effects of urbanization and global climate change on regional climate in the Pearl River Delta and thermal comfort implications. International Journal of Climatology, 39, 2984-2997.
• Yim S.H.L.*, Hou X., Guo J., Yang Y. (2019). Contribution of local emissions and transboundary air pollution to air quality in Hong Kong during El Niño-Southern Oscillation and heatwaves. Atmospheric Research, 218, 50-58.
• Tian Y.P., Zeng X.W., Bloom M.S., Lin S., Wang S.Q., Yim S.H.L., Yang M., Chu C., Gurram N., Hu L.W., Liu K.K., Yang B.Y., Feng D., Liu R.Q., Nian M., Dong G.H. (2019). Isomers of perfluoroalkyl substances and overweight status among Chinese by sex status: Isomers of C8 Health Project in China. Environment International, 124,130-138.
• Yang B.Y., Guo Y., Morawska L., Bloom M.S., Markevych I., Heinrich J., Dharmage S.C., Knibbs L.D., Lin S., Yim S.H.L., Chen G., Li S., Zeng X.W., Liu K.K., Hu, L.W., Dong G.H. (2019). Ambient PM1 air pollution and cardiovascular disease prevalence: Insights from the 33 Communities Chinese Health Study. Environment International, 123, 310-317.
• Chen X.C., Chow J.C., Ward T.J., Cao J.J., Lee S.C., Watson J.G., Lau N.C., Yim S.H.L., Ho K.F. (2019). Estimation of personal exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) of ambient origin for healthy adults in Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment, 654, 514-524.
• Hou X., Chan C.K., Dong G.H., Yim S.H.L.* (2019). Impacts of transboundary air pollution and local emissions on PM2.5 pollution in the Pearl River Delta region of China and the public health, and the policy implications. Environmental Research Letters, 14, 034005.
• Ning G., Wang S., Yim S.H.L., Li J., Hu Y., Shang Z., Wang J., Wang J. (2018). Impact of low-pressure systems on winter heavy air pollution in the northwest Sichuan Basin, China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 13601-13615.
• Yang Y., Zheng X., Gao Z., Wang H., Wang T., Li Y., Lau G.N.C., Yim S.H.L.* (2018). Long-Term Trends of Persistent Synoptic Circulation Events in Planetary Boundary Layer and Their Relationships with Haze Pollution in Winter Half-Year Over Eastern China. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 123(19), 10991-11007.
• Tong C.H.M., Yim S.H.L.*, Rothenberg D., Wang C., Lin C.Y., Chen Y.D., Lau N.C. (2018). Projecting the impacts of atmospheric conditions under climate change on air quality over Pearl River Delta region. Atmospheric Environment, 193, 79-87.
• Gu Y., Wong T.W., Law S.C.K., Dong G.H., Ho K.F., Yang Y., Yim S.H.L.* (2018). Impacts of Sectoral Emissions in China and the Implications: Air Quality, Public Health, Crop Production, and Economic Costs. Environmental Research Letters, 13, 084008.
• Yang B.Y., Bloom M.S., Markevych I., Qian Z., Vaughn M.G., Cummings-Vaughn L.A., Li S., Chen G., Bowatte G., Perret J.L., Dharmage S.C., Heinrich J., Yim S.H.L., Lin S., Tian L., Yang M., Liu K.K., Zeng X.W., Hu L.W., Guo Y., Dong G.H. (2018). Exposure to ambient air pollution and blood lipids in adults: The 33 Communities Chinese Health Study. Environment International, 199, 485-492.
• Lawrence W.R., Yang M., Zhang C., Liu R.Q., Lin S., Wang S.Q., Liu Y., Ma H., Chen D.H., Zeng X.W., Yang B.Y., Hu L.W., Yim S.H.L., Dong G.H. (2018). Association between Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution and Sleep Disorder in Chinese Children: The Seven Northeastern Cities (SNEC) Study. Sleep, 41(9), zsy122.
• Lee H.H., Iraqui O., Gu Y., Yim S.H.L., Chulakadabba A., Tonks A.Y.M., Yang Z., Wang C. (2018). Impacts of air pollutants from fire and non-fire emissions on the regional air quality in Southeast Asia. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18, 6141-6156.
• Liu Z., Yim S.H.L.*, Wang C., Lau N.C. (2018). The impact of the aerosol direct radiative forcing on deep convection and air quality in the Pearl River Delta region. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(9), 4410-4418.
• Tong C.H.M., Yim S.H.L.*, Rothenberg D., Wang C., Lin C.Y., Chen Y., Lau N.C. (2018). Assessing the Impacts of Seasonal and Vertical Atmospheric Conditions on Air Quality over the Pearl River Delta Region. Atmospheric Environment, 180, 69-78.
• Chen X.C., Ward T.J., Cao J.J., Lee S.C., Chow J.C., Lau G.N.C., Yim S.H.L., Ho K.F. (2018). Determinants of personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in adult subjects in Hong Kong. Science of the Total Environment, 628-629, 1165-1177.
• Luo M., Hou X., Gu Y., Lau N.C., Yim S.H.L.* (2017). Trans-boundary Air Pollution in a City under Various Atmospheric Conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 618, 132-141.
• Chan C.S., Ranasinghe R.S.A., Ho S.S.H., Ho K.F., Yim S.H.L., Sugathapala A.G.T., Lee S.C., Hung W.T., Huang Y., Zhang H. (2017). Evaluation of hazardous airborne carbonyls in five urban roadside dwellings: A comprehensive indoor air assessment in Sri Lanka. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 9(2), 270-277.
• Chen X.C., Jahn H.J., Engling G., Ward T.J., Kraemer A., Ho K.F., Yim S.H.L., Chan C.Y. (2017). Chemical characterization and sources of personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in the megacity of Guangzhou, China. Environmental Pollution, 231 (Part 1), 871-881.
• Gu Y. and Yim S.H.L.* (2016). The air quality and health impacts of domestic trans-boundary pollution in various regions of China. Environment International, 97, 117-124.
• Yim S.H.L., Lee G.L., Lee I.H., Allroggen F., Ashok A., Caiazzo F., Eastham S.D., Malina R., Barrett S.R.H. (2015). Global, regional and local health impacts of civil aviation emissions. Environmental Research Letters 10 034001.
• Yim S.H.L.*, Fung J.C.H., Ng E.Y.Y. (2014). An assessment indicator for air ventilation and pollutant dispersion potential in an urban canopy with complex natural terrain and significant wind variations. Atmospheric Environment, 94, 297-306.
• Chong U., Yim S.H.L., Barrett S.R.H., Boies A.M. (2014). Air Quality and Climate Impacts of Alternative Bus Technologies in Greater London. Environmental Science and Technology, 48(8), 4613-4622.
• Wolfe P.J., Yim S.H.L., Lee G., Ashok A., Barrett S.R.H., Waitz I.A. (2013). Near-Airport Distribution of the Environmental Costs of Aviation. Transport Policy, 34, 102-108.
• Caiazzo F., Malina R., Staples M.D., Wolfe P.J., Yim S.H.L., Barrett S.R.H. (2014). Quantifying the Climate Impacts of Albedo Changes due to Biofuel Production: A Comparison with Biogeochemical Effects. Environment. Research. Letter. 9 024015 doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/2/024015.
• Yim S.H.L., Stettler M.E.J., Barrett S.R.H. (2013). Air Quality and Public Health Impacts of UK Airports. Part II: Impacts and Policy Assessment. Atmospheric Environment, 67, 184-192.
• An K., Fung J.C.H., Yim S.H.L. (2013). Sensitivity of Inflow Boundary Conditions on Downstream Wind and Turbulence Profiles through Building Obstacles Using a CFD Approach. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 115, 137-149.
• Ashok A., Lee I.H., Arunachalam S., Waitz I.A., Yim S.H.L., Barrett S.R.H. (2013). Development of A Response Surface Model of Aviation’s Air Quality Impacts in the United States. Atmospheric Environment, 77, 445-452.
• Caiazzo F., Ashok A., Waitz I.A., Yim S.H.L., Barrett S.R.H. (2013). Air Pollution and Early Deaths in the United States. Part I: Quantifying the Impact of Major Sectors in 2005. Atmospheric Environment, 79, 198-208.
• Yim S.H.L., Barrett S.R.H. (2012). Public Health Impacts of Combustion Emissions in the United Kingdom. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(8), 4291-4296. (The second runner-up of the best environmental policy paper in ES&T in 2012)
• Barrett S.R.H., Yim S.H.L., Gilmore C.K., Murray L.T., Kuhn S.R., Tai A.P.K., Yantosca R.M., Byun D., Ngan F., Li X.S., Levy J., Ashok A., Koo J., Wong H.M., Dessens O., Balasubramanian S., Fleming G.G., Pearlson M.N., Wollersheim C., Malina R., Arunachalam S., Binkowski F.S., Leibensperger E.M., Jacob D.J., Hileman J.I. and Waitz I.A. (2012). Public Health, Climate and Economic Impacts of Desulfurizing Jet Fuel. Environmental Science and Technology, 46(8), 4275-4282.
• Zhao F., Liu D., Yim S.H.L. Inverse Fluid Convection Problems in Enclosures. Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2012 (2012): 1–2.
• Ren C., Spit T., Lenzholzer S., Yim S.H.L., Heusinkveld B., van Hove B., Chen L., Kupski S., Burghard R., Katzschner L. (2012). Urban Climate Map System for Dutch Spatial Planning. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 18, 207-221.
• Yim S.H.L., Fung J.C.H., Lau A.K.H. (2010). Use of High-resolution MM5/CALMET/CALPUFF System: SO2 Apportionment to Air Quality in Hong Kong. Atmospheric Environment, 44(38), 4850-4858.
• Yim S.H.L., Fung J.C.H., Lau A.K.H. (2009). Mesoscale Simulation of Year-to-Year Variation of Wind Power Potential over Southern China. Energies, 2(2), 340-361, doi:10.3390/en20200340.
• Yim S.H.L.*, Fung J.C.H., Lau A.K.H., Kot S.C. (2009). Air Ventilation Impacts of the “Wall Effect” Resulting from the Alignment of High-rise Buildings. Atmospheric Environment, 43(32), 4982-4994.
• Yim S.H.L.*, Fung J.C.H., Lau A.K.H., Kot S.C. (2007). Developing a high-resolution wind map for a complex terrain with a coupled MM5/CALMET system. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D05106, doi:10.1029/2006JD007752.