Dr. Lim Hwee San

School of Physics

Universiti Sains Malaysia

Associate Professor

Email: [email protected], [email protected]

Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

2003 M.Sc., School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

2001 B.Sc., School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia

Research Interests

Remote Sensing, Image Processing, Environmental Monitoring, Atmospheric Aerosols and Pollution

My research interests lie generally in the field of optical remote sensing (both passive and active) and digital image processing, particularly as they apply to spectral image data. In both cases, the primary applications are water quality monitoring, air quality monitoring, land cover/change detection, land surface properties, and digital images classification. I am also interested in modelling optical properties of atmospheric aerosols. My current focus is on the applications of ground-based LIDAR and satellite-based LIDAR (e.g., CALIPSO, AIRS) data for air pollution and greenhouse effects.

Publications (Selected)

1. Syarawi M. H. Sharoni, Mohd Nadzri Md Reba, Hwee San Lim, 2024, Improved tropical cyclone wind speed estimation for microwave altimeter using machine learning, Remote Sensing of Environment, 301, 113961.
2. Yuanjun Zhang, Hwee San Lim, Chengyu Hu, Rui Zhang, 2024, Spatiotemporal dynamics of forest fires in the context of climate change: a review, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-15.
3. Faten Abed, Jasim Rajab, Ibtihaj Abdulfattah, Hwee San Lim, 2024, Influence of Air temperature and interrelationship with greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) over Iraq using AIRS data, Atmospheric Pollution Research, 102293.
4. Hwee San Lim, Chong Keat Sim and Mohd Zubir Mat Jafri, 2024, Modelling XCO2 for Peninsular Malaysia using Satellite Data and Atmospheric Parameters, Journal of Advanced Geospatial Science & Technology, 4(2), 123–150, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11113/jagst.v4n2.94.
5. Hwee San Lim, Eng Choon Yeap, Mohd. Zubir Mat Jafri and Jasim Rajab, 2024, A Perspective on Topographic Correction Methods for Satellite Images, Journal of Advanced Geospatial Science & Technology, 4(2), 231–254, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11113/jagst.v4n2.95.
6. Yuhao Ang, Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri, Yang Ping Lee, Shahrul Azman Bakar, Haryati Abidin, Shaiful Jahari Hashim, Mohd Na'aim Samad, Nik Norasma Che'ya, Mohd Roshdi Hassan, Hwee San Lim, Rosni Abdullah, Yusri Yusup, Syahidah Akmal Muhammad, Teh Sin Yin, Mohamed Barakat A Gibril, 2024, Block-scale Oil Palm Yield Prediction Using Machine Learning Approaches Based on Landsat and MODIS Satellite Data, Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology, 45(1), 90-107.
7. Abigail Birago Adomako, Ehsan Jolous Jamshidi, Yusri Yusup, Emad Elsebakhi, Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar, Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir Ishak, Hwee San Lim, Mardiana Idayu Ahmad, 2024, Deep Learning Approaches for Bias Correction in WRF Model Outputs for Enhanced Solar and Wind Energy Estimation: A Case Study in East and West Malaysia, Ecological Informatics, 84, 102898, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102898.
8. Abigail Birago Adomako, Yusri Yusup, Emad Elsebakhi, Mohd Hafiidz Jaafar, Muhammad Izzuddin Syakir Ishak, Lim Hwee San, Mardiana Idayu Ahmad, 2024, Sensitivity Analysis and Validation of WRF-ARW Parameterizations for Potential Solar and Wind Energy Sources over Malaysia, Weather and Forecasting, 3(12), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0224.1.
9. Maha S Hachim, Jasim M Rajab, Ali M Al-Salihi, Hwee San Lim, 2024, Spatiotemporal Variability and Trend of Ozone Pollution from Satellite Data (2003-2021) in Iraq, Iraqi Journal of Science, p.p. 5909-5920, DOI: https://doi.org/10.24996/ijs.2024.65.10(SI).2.
10. Abubakar Yusuf, Lim Hwee San, Mustapha Adejo Mohammed, Ibrahim Saleh Bute, Adeyinka Olasehinde, Ali Garba Mohammed, Ibrahim Abdulkarim Kwami, Abdulwahab Muhammad Bello, Musa Bappah Usman, Mohammed Bashir Sulaiman, Auwalu Dalha, Usman Abubakar, Shehu Mukkafa, Jonathan Barka, Miranda Nchang Mboringong, 2024, An Assessment of The Environmental Radiation Risk From The Petrologic Units of North-Eastern Nigeria; An Insight From Aero-Radiometric Data Interpretation, Heliyon, 10(19), DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38010.
11. Nurul Najwa Ayob, Syarawi MH Sharoni, Hwee San Lim, Nik Raisyha Nurfarain Abdullah, 2024, A Comparison of Wind Speed Derived from Various Microwaves Satellite in Tropical Cyclone, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1432 (1), 012003.
12. Y Ang, HZM Shafri, FAA Marzuki, NSN Shaharum, YP Lee, SA Bakar, H Abidin, HS Lim, R Abdullah, MM Al-Habshi, 2024, Oil palm land cover classification using WorldView satellite and machine learning algorithms from QGIS ENMAP-box plugin, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1412 (1), 012002.
13. Chengyu Hu, Rui Zhang, Hwee San Lim, Yuanjun Zhang, Huan Du, 2024, Knowledge Mapping of Cloud-Aerosol LIDAR and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations Aerosol Research: A Visual Analysis Using CiteSpace, Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 3, 0074.
14. Rui Zhang, Huaiyong Shao, Hweesan Lim, 2024, Analysis of Water Conservation Mechanisms in the River Source Area of Northwest Sichuan from the Perspective of Vegetation Cover Zoning, Water, 17 (1), 54.
15. Rui Zhang, Chengyu Hu, Hweesan Lim, Yuanjun Zhang, 2025, Spatiotemporal analysis and influencing factors of ecological vulnerability in the Tuojiang River Basin, China, Geocarto International, 40 (1), 2453020.
16. Nik Raisyha Nurfarain Abdullah, Syarawi M. H. Sharoni, Mohd Nadzri Md Reba, Hwee San Lim, Nurul Najwa Ayob, Ismail Ahmad Abir & Muhammad Zahir Ramli, 2025, Characterizing Tropical Cyclone from Altimeter Wind Speed Profile, Marine Geodesy, DOI: 10.1080/01490419.2025.2513422.
17. Liyuan Duan, Hwee San Lim, Sya'rawi Muhammad Husni Mohd Sharoni, Meili Chen, Nana Han and Xuejun Tian, 2025, Assessing highway slope stability risks using InSAR: a case study in Bijie, China, Geocarto International, 40 (1), 2521661. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10106049.2025.2521661.
18. C. Hu, H. S. Lim, H. Zhang, Y. Zhang, R. Zhang, 2025, Exploring Three-Dimensional Spatiotemporal Distribution of Aerosols in the Sichuan Basin, International Journal of Geoinformatics, 21 (5), 1-19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52939/ijg.v21i5.4155.
19. Yuhao Ang, Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri, Yang Ping Lee, Shahrul Azman Bakar, Haryati Abidin, Mohd Umar Ubaydah Mohd Junaidi, Hwee San Lim, Rosni Abdullah, Yusri Yusup, Syahidah Akmal Muhammad and Teh Sin Yin, 2025, Deep Learning Python-Based Time-Series Model for Oil Palm Yield Prediction, Applications of Modelling and Simulation, 9, p.p. 315-323.
20. IS Abdulfattah, JM Rajab, M Chaabane and Hwee San Lim, 2025, Trend analysis of air surface temperature using Mann-Kendall test and Sen's slope estimator in Tunisia, Journal of Agrometeorology 27 (3), 355-359.
21. AO Azi and Hwee San Lim, 2025, Variability of aerosol optical depth with precipitable water vapour at different wavelengths in the recent decade, Science of The Total Environment 1004, 180754.
22. Nik Raisyha Nurfarain Abdullah, Syarawi MH Sharoni, Mohd Nadzri Md Reba, Hwee San Lim, Nurul Najwa Ayob, Ismail Ahmad Abir, Muhammad Zahir Ramli, 2025, Characterizing Tropical Cyclone from Altimeter Wind Speed Profile, Marine Geodesy 48 (6), 725-750.
23. NRN Abdullah, SMH Sharoni, NN Ayob, HS Lim, MNM Reba, 2025, The analysis of tropical cyclones maximum sustained wind retrieval accuracy from scatterometer wind field, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 1-19.
24. R Zhang, C Hu, Hwee San Lim and Y Zhang, 2025, Spatiotemporal analysis and influencing factors of ecological vulnerability in the Tuojiang River Basin, China, Geocarto International 40 (1), 2453020.
25. L Duan, Hwee San Lim, SMHM Sharoni, M Chen, N Han and X Tian, 2025, Assessing highway slope stability risks using InSAR: a case study in Bijie, China, Geocarto International 40 (1), 2521661.
26. Farah Adila Ahmad Marzuki, Helmi Zulhaidi Mohd Shafri, Siti Nur Aliaa Roslan, Yuhao Ang, Mohammed Mustafa Al-Habshi, Yang Ping Lee, Shahrul Azman Bakar, Haryati Abidin, Hwee San Lim and Rosni Abdullah, 2025, Enhancing Multispectral Land Use and Land Cover Classification with Transfer Learning and 3D ResNet, Malaysian Journal of Science (MJS), 18-30.
27. R Zhang, Y Zhang, Hwee San Lim, H Shao and C Hu, 2026, Validation and spatiotemporal analysis of multi-source potential evapotranspiration in Northwest Sichuan alpine grasslands, Environmental Earth Sciences 85 (3), 81.
28. E Yohanna and Hwee San Lim, 2026, Comparative analysis of machine learning models for predicting PM10 and PM2.5 Concentrations in Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health 19 (2), 21.
29. H Yusuf, N Mohamed Tahrin and Hwee San Lim, 2026, Impact of 2015 El Nino and Monsoonal Variability on Aerosol Optical Properties over Penang, Malaysia, Atmosphere 17 (3), 255.
30. C He and Hwee San Lim, 2026, Fine-tuning with attention mechanisms for LULC classification: a case study of Tianjin, China, International Journal of Image and Data Fusion 17 (1), 2613379.
31. C Hu, HS Lim, Y Zhang, R Zhang, 2026, Atmospheric aerosol dynamics in the Sichuan Basin: spatial heterogeneity and driving mechanisms, Geocarto International 41 (1), 2644641.
32. MK Ibrahim, BH Mahdi, DA Darwesh, JM Rajab, AM Al-Salihi and HS Lim, 2026, Seasonal Dynamics, Pollution Indices, and Health Risks of Heavy Metals Isotopes (Ni, Cu, Zn, Mn) in Urban Dust from Duhok City, Iraq, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 237 (14), 847.
33. MK Ibrahim, BH Mahdi, DA Darwesh, JM Rajab, AM Al-Salihi and HS Lim, 2026, Pollution assessment and ecological risk of five commonly monitored heavy metals in urban dust from Duhok City, Iraq: a seasonal and isotopic perspective, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 198 (6), 579.
34. AO Azi, HS Lim and Y Emmanuel, 2026, Atmospheric PM2.5 and PM10 Dynamics and Source Contributions in Malaysian Cities Across Monsoon Regimes, Earth Systems and Environment, 1-21.
35. AO Azi, HS Lim and E Yohanna, 2026, Air pollution in Malaysia: current understanding and future directions, Environmental Geochemistry and Health 48 (7), 336.
36. H Yusuf, N Mohamed Tahrin and HS Lim, 2026, Quantifying the Impact of Atmospheric Aerosols on Clear-Sky and All-Sky Solar Irradiance Components in a Tropical Coastal Urban Environment: A Case Study of Penang, Malaysia, Environments 13 (5), 250.

Profile Details

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4835-8015

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WoS ResearcherID: F-6580-2010