• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.319-341
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• 2010

The purposes of this study are to classify heavy snowfall types in the Republic of Korea based on fresh snowfall data and atmospheric circulation data during the last 36(1973/74-2008/09) snow seasons and to identify typical surface synoptic climate patterns that characterize each heavy snowfall type. Four synoptic climate categories and seventeen regional heavy snowfall types are classified based on sea level pressure/surface wind vector patterns in East Asia and frequent spatial clustering patterns of heavy snowfall in the Republic of Korea, respectively. Composite analyses of multiple surface synoptic weather charts demonstrate that the locations and intensity of pressure/wind vector mean and anomaly cores in East Asia differentiate each regional heavy snowfall type in Korea. These differences in synoptic climatic fields are primarily associated with the surge of the Siberian high pressure system and the appearance of low pressure systems over the Korean Peninsula. In terms of hemispheric atmospheric circulation, synoptic climatic patterns in the negative mode of winter Arctic Oscillation (AO) are also associated with frequent heavy snowfall in the Republic of Korea at seasonal scales. These results from long-term synoptic climatic data could contribute to improvement of short-range or seasonal prediction of regional heavy snowfall.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.395-409
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• 1998

The purpose of this paper is to determine the atmospheric conditions in whih urban areas affect the precipitation processes and to evaluate whether certain weather types show more apparent urban effect on precipitation modification over five cities in the southem United States. Each heavy rainstorm is classified into one of three synoptic weather types (frontal storm, airmass storm or tropical disturbance storm). Heavy rainstorm day is defined as day producing rainfall totals that equal o exceed 2 inches (50.08 mm). Houston, Dallass and San Antonio show possible urban effects on rainfall totals and frequencies of heavy rainstorms by airmass storm type while New Orleans and Memphis do not reveal any distinct precipitation enhancements through the synoptic analysis. The results of TSA (Trend Surface Analysis) show that frontal and tropical disturbance storm types have stronger climatic gradients than airmass types and the patterns of rainfall totals have stronger trends than those of rainfall frequencies for the five cities. The results suggest that airmass type events may well reveal possible precipitation enhancements due to urban effects since they are less influenced by a strong climate gradient and they provide favorable conditions for development of urban heat islands. Residual analysis confirms that rainfall totals and frequencies of heavy rainstorms by airmass storm type have positive residuals over the city or the major effect area.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1998.05b
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• pp.665-670
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• 1998

삼차원 해륙풍 모델과 라그랑지안 입자확산모델을 이용하여 해안지역에 위치한 원전으로부터 정상운전시 장기적으로 연속 방출되는 방사성 물질의 대기확산 평가방법론을 개발하였다. 개발된 방법론을 적용하여 월성원전 부지를 대상으로 풍향, 풍속 및 운량에 따라 범주화된 각 종관기상 상태에 대해 가을철 방사성 물질 대기확산 특성을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 방사성 물질의 계절 또는 연중 핑균적인 대기확산인자의 분포는 종관바람 둥과 같은 주풍의 발생빈도에 영향을 받을 뿐만 아니라, 해륙풍 등과 같은 국지 대기순환의 특성에 따라서도 그 분포특성이 결정됨을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.93-94
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• 2002

최근에 중국의 북서쪽 지방이 급격하게 사막화가 진행되면서 동아시아 지역에서 황사현상의 강도와 발생빈도가 증가하고 있다. 한반도에서도 2002년 봄철에는 예년에 비하여 황사현상이 자주 발생하였는데 특히 3월 21-22일 과 4월 7-8일 에는 예전에 찾아 볼 수 없을 정도의 강한 황사가 한반도에서 관측되었다 이 연구에서는 WMO 종관관측소의 먼지발생 보고 자료 (Chun, 1996; In and Park, 2002)를 분석하여 2002년 봄철에 관측된 황사의 발원지를 확인하고 먼지발생과 관련한 기상조건을 살펴보고자 한다. (중략)

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.1-21
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• 2015

The present study aims to characterize the synoptic climatic patterns of winter extreme low temperature events occurred in different regions of Korea based on daily temperature data observed at 61 weather stations under the supervision of the Korea Meteorological Administation and NCEP/NCAR reanalysis I data for the recent 40 years (1973~2012) period. Analyses of daily maximum and minimum temperatures below 10th percentile thresholds show that high frequencies of winter extreme low temperature events appear across the entire regions of Korea or in either the western or eastern half region divided by major mountain ridges at the 2~7 dayintervals particularly in the first half of the winter period (before mid-January). Composite analyses of surface synoptic climatic data including sea level pressure and wind vector reveal that 13 regional types of winter extreme low temperature events in Korea are closely associated with the relative location and intensity of both the Siberian high pressure and the Aleutian low pressure systems as well as major mountain ridges. Investigations of mid-troposphere (500 hPa) synoptic climatic charts demonstrate that the blocking-like upper troposphere low pressure system advecting the cold air from the Arctic toward the Korean Peninsula may provide favorable synoptic conditions for the outbreaks of winter extreme low temperature events in Korea. These results indicate that the monitoring of synoptic scale climatic systems in East Asia including the Siberian high pressure system, the Aleutian low pressure system and upper level blocking system is critical to the improvement of the predictability of winter extreme low temperature events in Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.15-15
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• 1993

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.44 no.2
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• pp.119-134
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• 2023

The synoptic, thermodynamic, and dynamic characteristics of a snowfall event that occurred in the Yeongdong region on March 1-2, 2021, were investigated. Surface weather charts, ERA5 reanalysis data, rawinsonde data, GK-2A satellite data, and WISSDOM data were used for analysis. The snow depth, exceeding 10 cm, was observed at four weather stations during the analysis period. The maximum snow depth (37.4 cm) occurred at Bukgangneung. According to the analysis of the weather charts, old and dry air was trapped within relatively warm, humid air in the upper atmosphere over the East Sea and adjacent Yeongdong region. This caused unstable atmospheric conditions that led to developing convective clouds and snowfall over Bukgangneung. In particular, based on the thermodynamic and kinematic vertical analysis, we suggest that strong winds attributable to the vertical gradient of potential temperature in the low layer and the development of convective instability due to cold advection played a significant role in the occurrence of snowfall in the Yeongdong region. These results were confirmed from the vertical analysis of the rawinsonde data.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.354-369
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• 2010

The synoptic and kinematic characteristics of a heavy rainfall that occurred in Gangneung region on 22 to 24 October 2006 were investigated using weather maps, infrared images, AWS observation data and NCEP global final analyses data. The total amount of rainfall observed in the region for the period was 316.5 mm, and the instanteneous maximum wind speed was $63.7m\;s^{-1}$. According to the analysis of weather maps, before the starting of the heavy rainfall, an extratropical low pressure system was developed in the middle region of the Korean Peninsula, and an inverted trough was formed in the northern region of the peninsula. In addition, a jet stream on the upper charts of 300 hPa was located over the Yellow Sea and the southern boundary of the peninsula. A cutoff low in the cyclonic shear side of the upper jet streak, which was linked to an anomaly of isentropic potential vorticity, was developed over the northwestern part of the peninsula. And there are analyzed potential vorticity and wind, time-height cross section of potential vorticity, vertical air motion, maximums of the divergence and convergence and vertical distribution of potential temperature in Gangneung region. The analyzed results of the synoptic conditions and kinematic processes strongly suggest that the tropopause folding made a significant role of initializing the heavy rainfall.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.447-458
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• 2020

This study presents the K-means clustering analysis-based classification of the meteorological patterns affecting the occurrence of high PM₁₀ concentration in the southeastern region of the Korean peninsula for the last five years (2014-2018). Regional differences in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam related to high PM₁₀ episodes, were clarified through the statistical comparison study using synoptic scale meteorological elements using NCEP (National Centers for Environmental Prediction/FNL (Final Operational Global Analysis) re-analysis meteorological data. Meteorological patterns were classified into a total of five categories (C1-C5). The incidence of each cluster was 24.8% (C1), 21.3% (C2), 20.4% (C3), 17.3% (C4), and 16.2% (C5), respectively. The high PM₁₀ concentration in the southeastern region resulted from long and short range transports (C1, C3, C5) from outside of the region, and the emissions (C2, C4) inside the region. In the high PM₁₀ episodes in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam regions, meteorological characteristics such as different geopotential height and wind speed at 500 hPa in each cluster and the change in the location of high pressure over Korean Peninsula is strongly associated with the dispersion of PM₁₀ around inventories in the region and the tendency of long-range transportation of PM₁₀ emitted from outside of region.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.208-213
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 Tree-ring width 지표자료, 태양흑점수, 남방진동지수(SOI) 및 지구온도 아노말리 자료와의 비교를 통하여 서울지점 측우기 강우량 자료의 정확도를 가늠해 보았다. 그리고 한반도 인근지역의 Tree-ring width 지표자료와의 비교를 통하여 과거 동북아시아 기후변화 상관성과 변화특성을 파악해 보았다. 분석 결과 측우기 강우량 자료는 다른 비교분석 대상 자료들과 경향성과 변화심도가 매우 잘 일치하고 있어 상당한 신뢰성을 가지고 있음이 확인되었다. 그리고 한반도 주변 6개 지점의 Tree-ring width 지표자료와의 비교분석결과, 장기적으로 동북아시아 기후는 시공간적으로 밀접한 상관을 가지고 변화하고 있으며 그 변화에는 장주기적인 재현성이 존재한다는 점을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 1960년 이후의 기후변화 특성은 통계적인 거동특성이나 변화폭이 과거의 재현사상의 한계를 넘지는 않으나 과거와는 다른 경향성과 불규칙성을 보여주고 있으며 재현주기도 짧아지고 있어 과거와는 다르게 나타나는 것으로 분석되었다. 과거자료에 근거한 본 연구의 결과는 동북아시아 기후변화 장기 예측에 있어 유용하게 이용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.