• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.153-166
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• 1983

The distribution of beech species (Fagus) and beech-dominated forests along climatic gradients in the Northern Hemisphere was studied by use of taxonomic and ecological literature. The genus Fagus as a whole occurs over the range of 4.5 to 20.0。C mean annual temperature and 600 to 1000 mm in lower limit, mean annual precipitation. At the higher end of the temperature range, beech occurs in zones with relatively high growing-season precipitation. Edaphically, beech species and beech-dominated forests tend to occur on mesic, moderately fertile sites. Beech-dominated forests occur in a limited portion of the climatic range of the genus with sensitive responses to other environmental factors. The distributional range of beech-dominated forests on a global scale depends more on climatic factors and geological events than on soil conditions or other factors, summarizing the facts obtained by many researchers on beech dominated forests.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.809-814
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• 1998

Changes of annual seed production related to climate change were studied for 12 years in Piagol, a riparian valley in Mt. Jiri. Sixty-four seed traps (sized 0.5 ${\times}$ 0.5 $m^{2}$) were set up on the forest floor of surveyed area. Seeds were collected from these traps at an interval of 15 days from September to November since 1984. Vegetation of the study area was mainly consisted of the naturally regenerated Carpinus tschonoskii in the tree layer. Acer mono, Quercus serrata, Carpinus laxiflora and Symplocos chinensis also appeared in the same layer. Maximum production occurred in 1984 and 1994. As a result of comparing seed production with local climate factors for 12 years, seed productivity and the year of maximum production of Carpinus forest were merely related with precipitation, air temperature and duration of sunshine among local climate factors. Duration of sunshine was, however, not contributed to periodically high productivity of seed of riparian valley carpinus forest.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.278-284
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• 2018

Plant functional traits have been shown to be useful to understand how and why ecosystems and their components vary across environmental heterogeneity or gradients. This study investigated how plant functional (leaf) traits vary according to an elevation-associated environmental gradient. Environmental gradients (mean annual temperature and precipitation) were quantified, and leaf traits (leaf area, specific leaf area, leaf nitrogen, leaf phosphorus, leaf carbon, and leaf C/N ratio) of the understory woody plant species Acer pseudosieboldianum were examined across an elevational gradient ranging from 600 to 1200 m in a Baegunsan Mountain in Gwangyang-si, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. The results showed that mean annual temperature and precipitation decreased and increased along with elevation, respectively. Leaf area of the plant species decreased slightly with increasing elevation, while specific leaf area did not differ significantly. Leaf nutrients (nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon concentrations) were higher at high elevations, but leaf C/N ratio decreased with elevation.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.19-31
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• 2002

Precipitation variability around King Sejong Station related with E1 $Ni\~{n}o$/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is evaluated using the gauge-based monthly data of its neighboring stations. Though three Ant-arctic Stations of King Sejong (Korea), Frei (Chile), and Artigas (Uruguay) are all closely located within 10 km, their precipitation data show mostly insignificant positive or rather negative correlations among them in the annual, seasonal and monthly precipitation. This result indicates that there are locally large variations in the distribution of precipitation around King Sejong Station. The monthly data of Frei Station for 31 years (1970-2000) are analyzed for examining the ENSO signal in precipitation because of its longer precipitation record compared to other two stations. From the analysis of seasonal precipitation, it is seen that there is a tendency of less precipitation than the average during E1 $Ni\~{n}o$ events. This dryness is more distinct in fall to spring seasons, in which the precipitation decreases down to about 30% of seasonal mean precipitation. However, the precipitation signal related with La $Ni\~{n}a$ events is not significant. From the analysis of monthly precipitation, it is found that there is a strong negative correlation during 1980s and in the late 1990s, and a weak positive correlation in the early 1990s between normalized monthly precipitation at Frei Station and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) anomalies in the $Ni\~{n}o$ 3.4 region. However, this relation may be not applied over the region around King Sejong Station, but at only one station, Frei.

• 물과 미래
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.71-82
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• 1994

수자원 계획을 위하여 기본적으로 필요한 과거 강수량자료의 통계적 특성, 역년(calendar year)과 수문년(water year)의 연강수량 관계, 기간별 총강수량의 빈도 등을 장기간 과거 강수량을 이용하여 분석하였다. 또한 우리나라의 수자원 계획에 많이 이용해 왔던 1967-1968년 한발기간의 강수량을 분석하였다. 대상유역은 한강, 낙동강, 금강, 섬진강, 영산강 유역으로, 기상청 65개 우량관측소의 1905-1968년 한발기간의 강수량을 분석하였다. 대상유역은 한강, 낙동강, 금강, 섬진강, 영산강 유역으로, 기상청 65개 우량관측소의 1905-1991년 기간 자료를 이용하였으며, Thiessen 가중법으로 유역평균강수량을 산정하여 분석하였다. 본 연구의 결과에서 우리나라의 연강 수량은 전체적으로 증가하는 경향이 있었으나 통계적 검정결과 그 변동량의 유의성이 없었다. 역년과 수문년의 연강수량 관계식을 제시하였으며, 두 기간의 연강수량은 거의 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 3, 6, 9 그리고 12개월 기간에 따른 총강수량의 연 최저치계열을 작성하였고, 2변수 대수정규분포를 이용하여 각 기간별 빈도강수량을 제시하였다. 1967-1968년 강우분석의 기준으로 볼 때, 댐 등에 의한 수자원 개발이 않된 자연하천 유역에서 건기(10-5월) 또는 우기(6-9월)의 총강수량이 과거 평균수량의 약 75%정도를 기록하면 한발를 초래하고, 약 60% 정도의 강수량이면 심한 한발을 초래한다고 할 수 있다.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제29권2B호
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• pp.141-153
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• 2009

우리나라에서 발생하는 호우의 발생원인은 태풍과 집중호우로 구분할 수 있다. 태풍은 비정기적으로 우리나라에 영향을 끼치며 막대한 강우를 유발시키며, 집중호우는 전선형 호우와 같은 장마와 지형성 호우인 국지성 호우를 의미한다. 태풍과 집중호우는 매년 우리나라에 극한강우를 발생시킴으로써 침수 등의 재해를 유발시키고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 호우의 원인을 태풍과 집중호우로 구분하여, 집중호우로 인한 강우자료를 이용하여 확률강우량을 산정하였다. 집중호우에 대한 평가는 돌발홍수와 같은 짧은 지속시간의 호우에 대한 분석에 활용할 수 있다. 확률강우량의 산정방법은 일반적인 매개변수적 지점빈도해석과 EST를 적용하였다. EST의 적용을 위하여 해수면온도 및 습윤지수와 같은 수문기상인자와 집중호우로 인한 연최대시간강수량과의 상관성 분석을 수행하였다. 상관성 분석 결과에서 우리나라의 집중호우로 인한 강우량은 해수면온도와 밀접한 관련이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, EST에 의해 산정된 확률강우량은 빈도해석한 확률강우량에 비하여 경기도 등의 우리나라의 서중부 지역에서 보다 큰 결과를 나타내었다. 따라서 우리나라의 서중부 지역에서는 집중호우로 인한 극한강우 발생에 대비해야 할 필요성이 있다.

• Water Engineering Research
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.179-187
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• 2005

This paper introduces the Cheonggye-cheon restoration project. The restoration project aims to revive the 600-year-old city of Seoul by recovering the historical heritage, guaranteeing safety from the deteriorated covering structures, creating the environment-friendly space, and revitalizing the neglected city centers. In order to understand the current hydrological cycle of the Chenggye-cheon watershed, the annual water balance of the region was calculated using the observed data including precipitation, runoff, water supply and sewage, and the changes in the groundwater level. The $2001{\sim}2002$ data were used to calibrate the WEP, and the $2003{\sim}2004$ data were used to verify the WEP. The calibration and validation results for the flood hydrograph how a reasonable value (at Majanggyo station, the R2 for the calibration period was 0.9, and that for the validation period was 0.7). According to the annual water balance of the Cheonggye-cheon watershed for 2004, the amount of surface runoff, infiltration, and evapotranspiration was 1,097mm, 216mm and 382mm, respectively, for an annual precipitation of 1,499mm. The application results from WEP, a distributed hydrological model, provide more detailed information of the watershed, and the model will be useful for improving the hydrological cycle in urban watershed.

• 물과 미래
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.51-62
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• 1993

연유출량에 영향을 미치는 가장 직접적인 인자는 강수량인데 회귀분석을 이용한 이전의 연구에서는 유출률이 20% 미만 또는 100% 이상인 경우에는 강수와 유량자료는 이상점(outlier)으로서 분석에서 제외시킨 결과 강수량은 독립변수로서 의의가 없고 대신 유역면적을 중요한 독립변수로 포함시켰다. 본 연구에서는 유출률대신 (연강수량-연유출량)을 연증발산량의 좋은 추정치로 간주하고 우리나라에서 가능한 연증발산의 범위를 벗어나는 자료를 제외시키고 회귀분석을 한 결과 수문학적인 이론에 부합되며 결정계수가 높은 다음과 같은 회귀분석식을 얻었다. R=-518.25+0.8834P 단, R: 유출고(mm) P: 연강수량(mm) 이 회귀분석식은 cross-validation을 거친 결과 계수가 매우 안정되어 있어서 우리나라의 미계측 중소수게에서 사용할 수 있는 좋은 연유출량 추정모델로서 제안한다.

• 대기
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.355-365
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• 2023

To proactively manage climate risk, near-term climate predictions on annual to decadal time scales are of great interest to various communities. This study evaluates the near-term climate prediction skills in East Asia with DePreSys4 retrospective decadal predictions. The model is initialized every November from 1960 to 2020, consisting of 61 initializations with ten ensemble members. The prediction skill is quantitatively evaluated using the deterministic and probabilistic metrics, particularly for annual mean near-surface temperature, land precipitation, and sea level pressure. The near-term climate predictions for May~September and November~March averages over the five years are also assessed. DePreSys4 successfully predicts the annual mean and the five-year mean near-surface temperatures in East Asia, as the long-term trend sourced from external radiative forcing is well reproduced. However, land precipitation predictions are statistically significant only in very limited sporadic regions. The sea level pressure predictions also show statistically significant skills only over the ocean due to the failure of predicting a long-term trend over the land.

• 대기
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.135-148
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• 2022

This study investigates the influence of atmospheric river (AR) on precipitation over South Korea with a focus on regional characteristics. The 42-year-long catalog of ARs, which is obtained by applying the automatic AR detection algorithm to ERA5 reanalysis data and the insitu precipitation data recorded at 56 weather stations across the country are used to quantify their relationship. Approximately 51% of the climatological annual precipitation is associated with AR. The AR-related precipitation is most pronounced in summer by approximately 58%, while only limited fraction of precipitation (26%) is AR-related in winter. The heavy precipitation (> 30 mm day^-1) is more prone to AR activity (59%) than weak precipitation (5~30 mm day^-1; 33%) in all seasons. By grouping weather stations into the four sub-regions based on orography, it is found that the contribution of AR precipitation to the total is largest in the southern coast (57%) and smallest in the eastern coast (36%). Similar regional variations in AR precipitation fractions also occur in weak precipitation events. The regional contrast between the northern and southern stations is related to the seasonal variation of AR-frequency. In addition, the regional contrast between the western and eastern stations is partly modulated by the orographic forcing. The fractional contribution of AR to heavy precipitation exceeds 50% in all seasons, but this is true only in summer along the eastern coast. This result indicates that ARs play a critical role in heavy precipitation in South Korea, thus routine monitoring of ARs is needed for improving operational hydrometeorological forecasting.