• Atmosphere
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.105-124
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• 2023

Research papers published in the Korean Meteorological Society (KMS) journals by the members of KMS since the establishment of KMS in 1963 in the field of atmospheric physics are summarized. A significant number of research papers published in other international journals are also cited in this paper to highlight the achievement of the KMS members in international academic community. The aim is to illustrate the historical development of research activities of the KMS members in the field of atmospheric physics, and indeed it is found that the KMS members have made enormous progress in research publications quantitatively and qualitatively in the field of atmospheric physics. In detail, however, observational studies of aerosol physical properties and cloud and precipitation physics were very active, and studies on cloud physics parameterization for cloud modeling were highly recognized in the world, but observational and theoretical studies of atmospheric radiation were relatively lacking and solicit more contribution from the KMS members.

• The Science & Technology
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• v.32 no.7 s.362
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• pp.23-23
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• 1999

여름이 다가오면 나뭇잎이 하룻밤 사이에 색깔이 진해지고 하늘을 쳐다보면 뭉게구름이 두둥실 떠있다. 그런데 뭉게구름의 윗부분은 뭉실뭉실 하지만 밑부분은 거의 곧게 퍼진 직선에 가까운 모양을 하고 있다. 왜 구름의 모양이 이렇게 요술을 부리는지 뭉게구름의 신비를 풀어본다.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.109-118
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• 2019

Cloud-aerosol interactions are considered to be one of the most important forcing mechanisms in the climate system. However, there is considerable disagreement on the magnitude and even on the sign of how aerosol perturbations affect cloud fraction and lifetime. Furthermore, aerosol effects on clouds and precipitation are not readily separable from the effects of meteorology. This review paper summarizes the study of precipitation susceptibility $S_o$, which qualifies how aerosol perturbations alter the magnitude of the precipitation rate (R) while minimizing the effects of macrophysical factors such as cloud depth (H) and liquid water path (LWP). The analysis shows that the precipitation susceptibility $S_o$ for the warm marine boundary layer clouds is insensitive to aerosol perturbations at low LWP (equivalently low H). However, R decreases as aerosols increase at intermediate LWP. This is because aerosols act as cloud seed and produce numerous small-sized particles, which impede the collision and coalescence process that leads to precipitation. At high LWP, $S_o$ decreases with increasing LWP as there are enough water contents in the clouds. The LWP or H dependent $S_o$ behavior differs depending on the predominant cloud physics processes in the clouds.

• The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.73.1-73.1
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• 2019

성간 물질의 분광선 관측을 통해 측정된 분자들의 기둥 밀도 사이에 상관 관계가 존재하는 것이 알려져 있다. 가령 같은 시선 방향을 따라 측정된 H2, CO, CH 분자의 기둥 밀도가 서로 선형 상관 관계를 갖고 있음이 최근 밝혀졌다. 이러한 분자들의 상관 관계는 분자 구름의 물리, 화학적 기원 및 성질과 관련이 있을 것으로 추측되지만 아직까지 상관 관계를 설명하기 위한 연구는 활발히 이루어지지 않고 있다. 본 연구에서는 성간 물질 혹은 구름 모형의 전산 모사를 통해 이러한 상관 관계를 재현함으로써 성간분자 구름의 물리적 특성, 화학적 조성, 그리고 환경 변수들을 영향을 이해하려고 한다. 성간 분자 구름의 화학적 조성이 시간에 따라 변화하는 것을 계산하기 위해 Astrochem을 이용하였다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.289-298
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• 2008

An algorithm was developed to retrieve both cloud optical thickness and effective particle radius considered the aerosol effect on clouds. This study apply the algorithm of Nakajima and Nakajima (1995) that is used to retrieve cloud optical thickness and effective particle radius from visible, near infrared satellite spectral measurements. To retrieve cloud properties, Look-up table (LUT) was made under different atmospheric conditions by using a radiative transfer model. Especially the vertical distribution of aerosol is based on a tropospheric aerosol profile in radiative transfer model. In the case study, we selected the extensive forest fire occurred in Russia in May 2003. The aerosol released from this fire may be transported to Korea. Cloud properties obtained from these distinct atmospheric situations are analysed in terms of their possible changes due to the interactions of the clouds with the aerosol particle plumes. Cloud properties over the East sea at this time was retrieved using new algorithm. The algorithm is applied to measurements from the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra spacecrafts. As a result, cloud effective particle radius was decreased and cloud optical thickness was increased during aerosol event. Specially, cloud effective particle radius is hardly greater than $20{\mu}m$ when aerosol particles were present over the East Sea. Clouds developing in the aerosol event tend to have more numerous but smaller droplets.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.149-156
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• 2008

Forbush Decreases (FDs) are representative events of abrupt decrease in galactic cosmic ray intensity. They are known to be strongly associated with solar wind events such as interplanetary shock (IP shock) and magnetic cloud (MC). In order to examine effectiveness of the MC on FDs, I studied the 44 MCs that occurred during the 2 years from 1998 to 1999 and investigated the properties of interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and solar wind. As a result, I found that 11 out of 44 MCs are associated with the FDs. In particularly, it is noted that the FDs are driven by the IP shock sheaths which are associated with over 13 nT of IMF magnitude, 3 nT of IMF turbulence, and 550km/s of solar wind speed. This result indicates that magnetic cloud and its interplanetary shock sheath work as a modulator of the cosmic ray intensity.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.210-214
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• 2000

대기 중 에어로졸은 지구표면에 도달하는 태양복사에너지를 흡수 또는 산란시키는 직접 효과 및 대기물리작용에 의한 구름의 형성 및 구름 수명에 영향을 미치는 간접 효과를 통해 지구복사 평형에 불균형을 초래함으로써 전지구적인 기후변화에 영향을 미친다(Toon, 1995). 이들 에어로졸은 온실기체와는 달리 -0.4~-3.0 W/$m^2$ 의 지구 평균 복사강제력을 나타내면서(IPCC, 1995) 대기 중에 냉각 효과(whitehouse effect)를 일으킨다(Schwartz, 1996). (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.87-88
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• 2001

대기오염물질 제거에 중요한 역할을 하는 침적 현상은 크게 건성침적(dry deposition)과 습성침적(wet deposition)으로 구분된다. 건성침적은 오염물질이 중력이나 분자 확산에 의해 지면이나 그 부근에 침강ㆍ흡착하는 현상이며, 습성침적은 구름 속의 에어로졸이 응결핵으로 제거되는 성우제거(rainout)와 구름 이하의 고도에서 강수에 의해 제거되는 세척제거(washout)와 같은 현상을 일컫는다. 습성침적은 강수 및 구름 물리와 관련하여 대기 중 오염물질 제거에 큰 비중을 차지함에도 불구하고 건성침적에 비해 그 연구가 미흡한 실정이며, 침적 모형을 이용한 연구는 더욱 찾아보기 어렵다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.1-18
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• 2020

This study presented the effects of the assumed mass-size relationship for snow on the simulated surface precipitation by using cloud microphysics parameterizations in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. The selected cloud microphysics parameterizations are WRF Double-Moment 6-class (WDM6) and WRF Single-Moment 6-class (WSM6) in the WRF model. We replaced the mass-size relationship for snow in WDM6 and WSM6 with Thompson's mass-size relationship retrieved from measurement data. The sensitivity of the modified WDM6 and WSM6 was tested for the idealized 2-dimensional squall line and winter precipitation system over the Korean peninsula, respectively. The modified WDM6 and WSM6 resulted in the increase of graupel/rain mixing ratios and the decrease of snow mixing ratio in the low atmosphere. The changes of hydrometeor mixing ratio and surface precipitation could be due to the collision-coalescence process between raindrops and snow and the graupel melting process.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.416-422
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• 2019

This paper proposes a GPU-based modeling and rendering of 3D clouds using procedural functions. The formation of clouds is based on modified noise function made with fbm(Fractional Brownian Motion). Those noise values turn into densities of droplets of liquid water, which is a critical parameter for forming the three different types of clouds. At the rendering stage, the algorithm applies the ray marching technique to decide the colors of cloud using density values obtained from the noise function. In this process, all lighting attenuation and scattering are calculated by physically based manner. Once we have the clouds, they are blended on the sky, which is also rendered physically. We also make the clouds moving in the sky by the wind force. All algorithms are implemented and tested on GPU using GLSL.