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http://dx.doi.org/10.14191/Atmos.2014.24.2.235

Development of the Seasonal Korean Aviation Turbulence Guidance (KTG) System Using the Regional Unified Model of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)  

Lee, Dan-Bi (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University)
Chun, Hye-Yeong (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Yonsei University)
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Atmosphere / v.24, no.2, 2014 , pp. 235-243 More about this Journal
Abstract
Sources of aviation turbulence vary through the seasons, especially in the East Asia including Korean peninsula, associated primarily with the changes in the jet/front system and convective activities. For this reason, a seasonal Korean aviation Turbulence Guidance (KTG) system (seasonal-KTG) is developed in the present study by using pilot reports (PIREPs) and analysis data of the operational Unified Model (UM) of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) for two years between June 2011 and May 2013. Twenty best diagnostics of aviation turbulence in each season are selected by the method of probability of detection (POD) using the PIREPs and UM data. After calculating a weighting value of each selected diagnostics using their area under curve (AUC), the 20 best diagnostics are combined with the weighting scores into a single ensemble-averaged index by season. Compared with the current operational-KTG system that is based on the diagnostics applying all seasons, the performances of the seasonal-KTG system are better in all seasons, except in fall.
Keywords
Pilot report (PIREP); seasonal Korean aviation Turbulence Guidance (KTG) system (seasonal-KTG); Unified Model (UM);
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