• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.214-226
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• 2007

Because precipitation is influenced by various atmospheric variables, it is highly nonlinear. Although precipitation predicted by a dynamic model can be corrected by using a nonlinear Artificial Neural Network, this approach has limits such as choices of the initial weight, local minima and the number of neurons, etc. In the present paper, we correct simulated precipitation by using a multiple linear regression (MLR) method, which is simple and widely used. First of all, Ensemble hindcast is conducted by the PNU/CME Coupled General Circulation Model (CGCM) (Park and Ahn, 2004) for the period from April to August in 1979-2005. MLR is applied to precipitation simulated by PNU/CME CGCM for the months of June (lead 2), July (lead 3), August (lead 4) and seasonal mean JJA (from June to August) of the Northeast Asian region including the Korean Peninsula $(110^{\circ}-145^{\circ}E,\;25-55^{\circ}N)$. We build the MLR model using a linear relationship between observed precipitation and the hindcasted results from the PNU/CME CGCM. The predictor variables selected from CGCM are precipitation, 500 hPa vertical velocity, 200 hPa divergence, surface air temperature and others. After performing a leave-oneout cross validation, the results are compared with the PNU/CME CGCM's. The results including Heidke skill scores demonstrate that the MLR corrected results have better forecasts than the direct CGCM result for rainfall.

• Atmosphere
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.479-490
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• 2018

This study assesses the prediction skill of regional scale model for the mean temperature anomaly over South Korea produced by Pusan National University Coupled General Circulation Model (PNU CGCM)-Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) chain. The initial and boundary conditions of WRF are derived from PNU CGCM. The hindcast period is 11 years from 2007 to 2017. The model's prediction skill of mean temperature anomaly is evaluated in terms of the temporal correlation coefficient (TCC), root mean square error (RMSE) and skill scores which are Heidke skill score (HSS), hit rate (HR), false alarm rate (FAR). The predictions of WRF and PNU CGCM are overall similar to observation (OBS). However, TCC of WRF with OBS is higher than that of PNU CGCM and the variation of mean temperature is more comparable to OBS than that of PNU CGCM. The prediction skill of WRF is higher in March and April but lower in October to December. HSS is as high as above 0.25 and HR (FAR) is as high (low) as above (below) 0.35 in 2-month lead time. According to the spatial distribution of HSS, predictability is not concentrated in a specific region but homogeneously spread throughout the whole region of South Korea.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.33 no.A
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• pp.41-48
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• 2013

A statistical downscaling methodology has been developed to investigate future daily wind speeds over South Korea. This methodology includes calibration of the statistical downscaling model by using large-scale atmospheric variables encompassing NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data, validation of the model for the calibration period, and estimation of the future wind speed based on the general circulation model (GCM) outputs of scenario A1B of the CGCM3. Based on the scenario A1B of the CGCM3 model, the potential impacts of climate change on the daily surface wind speed is relatively small (+/- 1m/s) in South Korea.

• Atmosphere
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.455-464
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• 2012

This study investigates a 12 month-lead predictability of PNU Coupled General Circulation Model (CGCM) V1.1 hindcast, for which an oceanic data assimilated initialization is used to generate ocean initial condition. The CGCM, a participant model of APEC Climate Center (APCC) long-lead multi-model ensemble system, has been initialized at each and every month and performed 12-month-lead hindcast for each month during 1980 to 2011. The 12-month-lead hindcast consisted of 2-5 ensembles and this study verified the ensemble averaged hindcast. As for the sea-surface temperature concerns, it remained high level of confidence especially over the tropical Pacific and the mid-latitude central Pacific with slight declining of temporal correlation coefficients (TCC) as lead month increased. The CGCM revealed trustworthy ENSO prediction skills in most of hindcasts, in particular. For atmospheric variables, like air temperature, precipitation, and geopotential height at 500hPa, reliable prediction results have been shown during entire lead time in most of domain, particularly over the equatorial region. Though the TCCs of hindcasted precipitation are lower than other variables, a skillful precipitation forecasts is also shown over highly variable regions such as ITCZ. This study also revealed that there are seasonal and regional dependencies on predictability for each variable and lead.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.170-177
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• 2007

In this study, the long-term predictability of El Nino and La Nina events of Pusan National University Coupled General Circulation Model(PNU/CME CGCM) developed from a Research and Development Grant funded by Korea Meteorology Administration(KMA) was examined in terms of the correlation coefficients of the sea surface temperature between the model and observation and skill scores at the tropical Pacific. For the purpose, long-term global climate was hindcasted using PNU/CME CGCM for 12 months starting from April, July, October and January(APR RUN, JUL RUN, OCT RUN and JAN RUN, respectively) of each and every years between 1979 and 2004. Each 12-month hindcast consisted of 5 ensemble members. Relatively high correlation was maintained throughout the 12-month lead hindcasts at the equatorial Pacific for the four RUNs starting at different months. It is found that the predictability of our CGCM in forecasting equatorial SST anomalies is more pronounced within 6-month of lead time, in particular. For the assessment of model capability in predicting El Nino and La Nina, various skill scores such as Hit rates and False Alarm rate are calculated. According to the results, PNU/CME CGCM has a good predictability in forecasting warm and cold events, in spite of relatively poor capability in predicting normal state of equatorial Pacific. The predictability of our CGCM was also compared with those of other CGCMs participating DEMETER project. The comparative analysis also illustrated that our CGCM has reasonable long-term predictability comparable to the DEMETER participating CGCMs. As a conclusion, PNU/CME CGCM can predict El Nino and La Nina events at least 12 months ahead in terms of NIino 3.4 SST anomaly, showing much better predictability within 6-month of leading time.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.175-175
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• 2011

IDF 곡선은 수리구조물의 설계에 이용되며 본 연구에서는 기후변화를 고려한 GCM의 시간적 공간적 축소화기법을 통하여 미래의 IDF 곡선을 생성하였다. GCM자료로는 HadCM3과 CGCM3의 지역주의와 경제발전을 지향하는 A2시나리오를 이용하였다. GCM자료에 대한 공간적인 축소화기법으로 다중회귀 모형인 SDSM(Statistical DownScaling Model)을 이용하여 2030년, 2050년, 2080년의 미래의 일강우 자료를 생성하였다. 이를 다시 시간적 축소화기법인 GEV분포를 이용한 Scaling-Invariance기법을 적용하여 시단위의 강우자료를 생성하였다. 이를 통해 최종적으로 HadCM3과 CGCM3에 대한 각각 미래의 IDF곡선을 생성하였다. CGCM3의 경우 지속적인 강우강도의 증가를 보였지만 HadCM3의 경우 2050년대 감소하다 2080년대 다시 증가하는 양상을 보였다. 또한 CGCM3의 경우 HadCM3의 경우보다 좀 더 높은 강우 강도를 보였다. 본 연구의 대상지역은 서울지역이며 생성된 자료의 신뢰성을 확보하기위하여 서울기상관측소의 1961년부터~2000년까지의 일단위 강우자료를 이용하여 검 보정을 수행하였다.

• Atmosphere
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.671-687
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• 2019

This study evaluates the long-term seasonal predictability of summer (June, July and August) heatwaves over South Korea using 30-year (1989~2018) Hindcast data of the Pusan National University Coupled General Circulation Model (PNU CGCM)-Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) chain. Heatwave indices such as Number of Heatwave days (HWD), Heatwave Intensity (HWI) and Heatwave Warning (HWW) are used to explore the long-term seasonal predictability of heatwaves. The prediction skills for HWD, HWI, and HWW are evaluated in terms of the Temporal Correlation Coefficient (TCC), Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and Skill Scores such as Heidke Skill Score (HSS) and Hit Rate (HR). The spatial distributions of daily maximum temperature simulated by WRF are similar overall to those simulated by NCEP-R2 and PNU CGCM. The WRF tends to underestimate the daily maximum temperature than observation because the lateral boundary condition of WRF is PNU CGCM. According to TCC, RMSE and Skill Score, the predictability of daily maximum temperature is higher in the predictions that start from the February and April initial condition. However, the PNU CGCM-WRF chain tends to overestimate HWD, HWI and HWW compared to observations. The TCCs for heatwave indices range from 0.02 to 0.31. The RMSE, HR and HSS values are in the range of 7.73 to 8.73, 0.01 to 0.09 and 0.34 to 0.39, respectively. In general, the prediction skill of the PNU CGCM-WRF chain for heatwave indices is highest in the predictions that start from the February and April initial condition and is lower in the predictions that start from January and March. According to TCC, RMSE and Skill Score, the predictability is more influenced by lead time than by the effects of topography and/or terrain feature because both HSS and HR varies in different leads over the whole region of South Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.89-97
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• 2010

In this study, the impact of climate change on the spatio-temporal behavior of extreme drought events is investigated by comparing drought severity-area-duration curves under present and future climate conditions. In our climate-change impact experiments, the future climate is based on two GCMs(CGCM3.1-T63 and CSIRO-MK3.0). As a result, in the case of CGCM3.1-T63 future drought events are similar to the present, but in the case of CSIRO-MK3.0 future drought risk is likely to increase. Such results indicate that a climate change vulnerability assessment for present water resources supply system is urgent.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.863-871
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• 2009

For the assessment of climate change impacts on river flow condition, CGCM 3.1 T63 is selected as future climate information. The projections come from CGCM used to simulate the GHG emission scenario known as A2. Air temperature and precipitation information from the GCM simulations are converted to regional scale data using the statistical downscaling method known as MSPG. Downscaled climate data from GCM are then used as the input data for the modified TANK model to generate regional runoff estimates for 44 river locations in Nakdong river basin. Climate change is expected to reduce the reliability of water supplies in the period of 2021~2030. In the period of 2051~2060, stream flow is expected to be reduced in spring season and increased in summer season. However, it should be noted that there are a lot of uncertainties in such multiple-step analysis used to convert climate information from GCM-based future climate projections into hydrologic information.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.124-124
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• 2012

기후변화가 수자원에 미치는 영향을 예측하는 데에 널리 사용되는 GCMs (General Circulation Models)는 모의 결과의 시 공간적 해상도가 낮기 때문에 상세화 (Downscaling) 기법을 거쳐 수문 모형에 적용된다. 상세화 기법은 크게 역학적 상세화 (Dynamical downscaling)와 통계적 상세화 (Statistical downscaling)로 구분되며, 종류가 매우 다양하고 각각의 모의 능력에 차이가 있으므로 적절한 기법을 선택할 필요가 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 통계적 상세화 기법 중 인공신경망과 LARS-WG 모형을 활용하여 CGCM3.1 T63의 모의 결과를 상세화하고, 두 모형의 모의 결과를 비교하는 데에 있다. 인공신경망은 비선형함수에 의한 전이함수 모형인 반면 LARS-WG는 추계학적 기상 발생기 모형으로, 각 모형을 이용해 CGCM3.1 T63의 강수량 및 평균기온 모의 결과를 서울 지역에 대해 공간적으로 상세화하였다. 모형의 검 보정은 1971년부터 2000년까지 30년 동안의 서울 관측소 일 기상 자료와 CGCM3.1 T63 (20C3M 시나리오) 모의 결과를 이용하여 수행하였다. 각 기법의 비교 및 평가는 2001년부터 2011년까지 11년 동안의 일 기상 자료와 CGCM3.1 T63 (IPCC SRES A1B 시나리오) 모의 결과를 이용하였다. 분석 결과, 인공신경망 모형은 입력 자료의 형태에 따라 모의 결과가 크게 달라지는 특성을 보였으며, LARS-WG 모형은 강수량을 실제보다 과소 추정하는 경향을 보였다. 본 연구에서는 강수량과 평균기온만을 대상으로 하였으나, 추후에 다른 기상인자를 고려함으로써 모형의 적용성을 보다 종합적으로 판단할 수 있을 것이다.