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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2021.42.5.496

Analyzing the Characteristics of Atmospheric Stability from Radiosonde Observations in the Southern Coastal Region of the Korean Peninsula during the Summer of 2019  

Shin, Seungsook (Operational Systems Development Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Hwang, Sung-Eun (Operational Systems Development Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Lee, Young-Tae (Operational Systems Development Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Kim, Byung-Taek (Operational Systems Development Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
Kim, Ki-Hoon (Operational Systems Development Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.42, no.5, 2021 , pp. 496-503 More about this Journal
Abstract
By analyzing the characteristics of atmospheric stability in the southern coastal region of the Korean Peninsula in the summer of 2019, a quantitative threshold of atmospheric instability indices was derived for predicting rainfall events in the Korean Peninsula. For this analysis, we used data from all of the 243 radiosonde intensive observations recorded at the Boseong Standard Weather Observatory (BSWO) in the summer of 2019. To analyze the atmospheric stability of rain events and mesoscale atmospheric phenomena, convective available potential energy (CAPE) and storm relative helicity (SRH) were calculated and compared. In particular, SRH analysis was divided into four levels based on the depth of the atmosphere (0-1, 0-3, 0-6, and 0-10 km). The rain events were categorized into three cases: that of no rain, that of 12 h before the rain, and that of rain. The results showed that SRH was more suitable than CAPE for the prediction of the rainfall events in Boseong during the summer of 2019, and that the rainfall events occurred when the 0-6 km SRH was 150 m2 s-2 or more, which is the same standard as that for a possible weak tornado. In addition, the results of the atmospheric stability analysis during the Changma, which is the rainy period in the Korean Peninsula during the summer and typhoon seasons, showed that the 0-6 km SRH was larger than the mean value of the 0-10 km SRH, whereas SRH generally increased as the depth of the atmosphere increased. Therefore, it can be said that the 0-6 km SRH was more effective in determining the rainfall events caused by typhoons in Boseong in the summer of 2019.
Keywords
Radiosonde intensive observation; Instability indices; CAPE; SRH; Mesoscale atmospheric phenomena;
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