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http://dx.doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2015.48.6.463

Assessment of Precipitation Characteristics and Synoptic Pattern Associated with Typhoon Affecting the South Korea  

Kim, Tae-Jeong (Department of Civil Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
Park, Kun-Chul (Jeonbuk Construction Network)
Kwon, Hyun-Han (Department of Civil Engineering, Chonbuk National University)
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Journal of Korea Water Resources Association / v.48, no.6, 2015 , pp. 463-477 More about this Journal
Abstract
The recent unusual climate and extreme weather events have frequently given unexpected disaster and damages, facing difficulties in the management of water resources. In particular, climate change could result in intensified typhoons, and this would be the worst case scenario that can happen. The primary objective of this study is to identify the patterns of typhoon-induced precipitation and the associated synoptic pattern. This study focused on analyzing precipitation patterns over the South Korea using historic records as opposed to a specified season or duration, and further investigates the potential connection with heavy rainfall to synoptic patterns. In this study, we used the best track data provided by the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center of Japan for 40 years from 1973 to 2012. The patterns of the typhoon-induced precipitation were categorized into four groups according to a given typhoon track information, and then the associated synoptic climatology patterns were further investigated. The results demonstrate that the typhoon-induced precipitation patterns could be grouped and potentially simulated according to the identified synoptic patterns. Our future work will focus on developing a short-term forecasting model of typhoon-induced precipitation considering the identified climate patterns as inputs.
Keywords
Typhoon; precipitation; synoptic climatology;
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