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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2019.40.6.572

A Study of the Characteristics of Heavy Rainfall in Seoul with the Classification of Atmospheric Vertical Structures  

Nam, Hyoung-Gu (High Impact Weather Research Center, Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Guo, Jianping (State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences)
Kim, Hyun-Uk (High Impact Weather Research Center, Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Jeong, Jonghyeok (High Impact Weather Research Center, Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Kim, Baek-Jo (High Impact Weather Research Center, Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Shim, Jae-Kwan (High Impact Weather Research Center, Observation and Forecast Research Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Kim, Byung-Gon (Department of Atmospheric Environmental Sciences, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.40, no.6, 2019 , pp. 572-583 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, the atmospheric vertical structure (AVS) associated with summertime (June, July, and August) heavy rainfall in Seoul was classified into three patterns (Loaded Gun: L, Inverted V: IV, and Thin Tube: TT) using rawinsonde soundings launched at Osan from 2009 to 2018. The characteristics of classified AVS and precipitation property were analyzed. Occurrence frequencies in each type were 34.7% (TT-type), 20.4% (IV-type), 20.4% (LG-type), and 24.5% (Other-type), respectively. The mean value of Convective Available Potential Energy (1131.1 J kg-1) for LG-types and Storm Relative Helicity (357.6 ㎡s-2) for TT-types was about 2 times higher than that of other types, which seems to be the difference in the mechanism of convection at the low level atmosphere. The composited synoptic fields in all cases showed a pattern that warm and humid southwesterly wind flows into the Korean Peninsula. In the cases of TT-type, the low pressure center (at 850 hPa) was followed by the trough in upper-level (at 500 hPa) as the typical pattern of a low pressure deepening. The TT-type was strongly influenced by the low level jet (at 850 hPa), showing a pattern of connecting the upper- and low-level jets. The result of analysis indicated that precipitation was intensified in the first half of all types. IV-type precipitation induced by thermal instability tended to last for a short term period with strong precipitation intensity, while TT-type by mechanical instability showed weak precipitation over a long term period.
Keywords
rawinsonde; heavy rainfall; atmospheric vertical structures; synoptic patterns;
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