• 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.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.361-376
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• 2001

The characteristics of SST variability in the East Sea are analyzed using NOAA/AVHRR weekly SST data with about $0.18^{\circ}{\times}0.18^{\circ}$ resolution ($1981{\sim}2000$) and reconstructed historical monthly SST data with $2^{\circ}{\times}2^{\circ}$ resolution $(1950{\sim}1998)$. The distinct feature of wintertime SST is high variability in the western and eastern parts of $38^{\circ}{\sim}40^{\circ}$ latitudinal band, which are the northern boundary of warm current in the East Sea during winter. However, summertime SST exhibits variability with similar magnitude in the entire region of the East Sea. The analysis of remote correlation also shows that SST in the East Sea is closely correlated with that in the region of Kuroshio in winter, but in summer is related with that in the western and eastern regions of the same latitudes. From these results it is postulated that the SST variability in the East Sea may be related with the variations of East Korean Warm Current and Tsushima Warm Current in winter, but in summer probably with the variations of atmospheric components. In the analysis of ENSO related SST anomaly, a significant negative correlation between SST anomalies in the East Sea and SST anomalies in the tropical Pacific is found in the months of August-October (ASO). The SST in the ASO period shows more significant cooling in E1 $Ni\~{n}o$ events than warming in La $Ni\~{n}a$ events. Also, the regional analysis shows by the Student's t-test that the negative SST anomalies in the E1 $Ni\~{n}o$ events are more significant in the southwestern part of the East Sea.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.143-154
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• 2012

수자원의 수요 증가와 ENSO (El Ni$\tilde{n}$o/La Ni$\tilde{n}$a Southern Oscillation) 등의 기후변화 현상으로 인한 수자원 공급의 불안정 요소가 제기됨에 따라, 수자원 관리 계획 수립 시 장/단기강우 모의의 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 미국 플로리다 템파 지역의 두 개 유역을 대상으로 1986년부터 2008년까지의 MM5 지역기후모델을 이용한 강우모의 결과를 시험지역의 33개 관측자료와 CDF-mapping 기법을 이용하여 통계적으로 보정하였으며 그 결과를 바탕으로 ENSO 패턴에 따른 모델의 성능을 평가하였다. 보정된 MM5일 강우 모의결과는 대체적으로 각 관측소의 월 평균 강우량 (ME: 1.0mm)을 잘 모의하는 것으로 나타났다. 블락-크리깅 기법을 이용하여 추정된 유역 평균 일/월 강우량 또한 관측치를 잘 재현하였다(일 강우 ME: 0.8mm, 월 강우 ME: 7.1mm). 한편, ONI (Oceanic Ni$\tilde{n}$o index)를 이용하여 구분한 ENSO 패턴에 따른 강우 모의치를 분석한 결과, 월별 엘리뇨/라니냐 해에 대한 유역 단위의 강우량 모의 성능이 상이한 것으로 나타났다. 이 원인으로 한정된 모수화 적용 및 모델 경계자료 오차 등을 제시하고 이에 대한 보정 방법개선 등의 추가 연구의 필요성을 지적하였다. 본 연구는 ENSO 패턴을 고려한 월별 기후모델 결과를 활용함에 있어 유의점을 제시하였기에, 우기와 건기에 대한 수자원 관리를 위한 적용 등에 유용하게 활용될 것으로 기대된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.121-133
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• 2019

Natural variability associated with a variety of large-scale climate modes causes regional differences in sea level rise (SLR), which is particularly remarkable in the Pacific Ocean. Because the superposition of the natural variability and the background anthropogenic trend in sea level can potentially threaten to inundate low-lying and heavily populated coastal regions, it is important to quantify sea level variability associated with internal climate variability and understand their interaction when projecting future SLR impacts. This study seeks to identify the dominant modes of sea level variability in the tropical Pacific and quantify how these modes contribute to regional sea level changes, particularly on the two strong El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ events that occurred in the winter of 1997/1998 and 2015/2016. To do so, an adaptive data analysis approach, Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition (EEMD), was undertaken with regard to two datasets of altimetry-based and in situ-based steric sea levels. Using this EEMD analysis, we identified distinct internal modes associated with El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) varying from 1.5 to 7 years and low-frequency variability with a period of ~12 years that were clearly distinct from the secular trend. The ENSO-scale frequencies strongly impact on an east-west dipole of sea levels across the tropical Pacific, while the low-frequency (i.e., decadal) mode is predominant in the North Pacific with a horseshoe shape connecting tropical and extratropical sea levels. Of particular interest is that the low-frequency mode resulted in different responses in regional SLR to ENSO events. The low-frequency mode contributed to a sharp increase (decrease) of sea level in the eastern (western) tropical Pacific in the 2015/2016 El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ but made a negative contribution to the sea level signals in the 1997/1998 El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$. This indicates that the SLR signals of the ENSO can be amplified or depressed at times of transition in the low-frequency mode in the tropical Pacific.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제33권6_1호
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• pp.917-930
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• 2017

본 연구는 2017년부터 "이사부호"를 활용하여 인도양에서 본격적으로 수행되는 관측에 앞서 위성을 활용하여 인도양 쌍극진동(Indian Ocean Dipole, IOD) 변동에 따른 위성에서 추정된 클로로필-a 농도의 시/공간적 변화를 이해하는데 목적이 있다. 특히 단기적인 변화보다는 장기 변화에 초점을 두고 1998년부터 2016년까지 해색위성에서 계산된 월평균 클로로필-a 농도 자료를 이용하여 인도양 전 해역($30^{\circ}E{\sim}120^{\circ}E$, $30^{\circ}S{\sim}30^{\circ}N$)을 대상으로 분석했다. 클로로필-a 농도는 중앙 인도양에서 낮고, 용승해역 및 대륙 주변 해역에서 증가되었다. 계절풍과 해류 시스템의 영향으로 클로로필-a 농도는 봄에 가장 감소하고 여름에 최대를 나타냈다. Empirical Orthogonal Function(EOF) 분석 결과, 첫 번째 모드의 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 엔소(El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$/Southern Oscillation, ENSO)의 변화와 높은 관계를 보이고, 두 번째 모드의 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 엔소에 의한 영향보다는 인도양 쌍극진동의 변화와 상대적으로 높은 관계를 나타냈다. 클로로필-a 농도는 두 개의 모드에서 공통적으로 동 인도양과 서 인도양에서 서로 상반된 변화를 나타냈다. 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 동 인도양, 서 인도양 및 인도 주변 해역에서는 인도양 쌍극진동과 밀접한 관계를 보이고, 열대 중앙 인도양 중에서는 상대적으로 엔소의 변화와 높은 관계를 나타냈다. 그러나 클로로필-a 농도의 시/공간적 변화는 인도양 쌍극진동의 발생 기작에 따라 다른 반응을 나타냈다. 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 첫 번째 타입 인도양 쌍극진동(엔소 발생시기와 동일)은 여름철에 동 인도양과 서 인도양에서 클로로필-a 농도 차이가 생기고, 최대는 가을에 발생했다. 두 번째 타입 인도양 쌍극진동(엔소 발생 후 그 다음 해 또는 소멸되는 시기)은 봄에 동 인도양과 서 인도양 클로로필-a 농도 차이가 생기고, 여름과 가을에 증가되어, 겨울에 감소되었다. 인도양 쌍극진동의 변동에 따른 클로로필-a 농도 변화는 동 인도양과 서 인도양의 클로로필-a 농도 차이를 발생시키는 과정은 유사하지만, 북부 인도양은 쌍극진동 발생 기작에 따라 상반된 클로로필-a 농도 변화를 나타냈다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.267-278
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• 2002

This study investigated the spatial characteristics of warming trends and the dipole-like pattern of temperature field in the Antarctic Peninsula using surface air temperature (SAT) of 10 stations in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula. SAT data for the 1962-2001 period at 6 stations (Rothera, Faraday/Vernadsky, Bellingshausen, Orcadas, Esperanza, Halley) revealed in general the larger warming trends in autumn and winter except for Halley. The largest warming was shown for August in the west side of the Peninsula (more than $0.9^{\circ}C/decade$). On the other hand, the recent 14-year SAT data showed the strong warming trends at 9 stations except for Halley in the earlier period (April-June) than August for the 1962-2001 period. The largest warming appeared in May at Esperanza and Butler Island. SAT of the two sides showed significant positive correlations over most of the period except for the mid- and the late 1970s, in which significant negative correlations were found. In the correlation analysis between SAT and sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the NINO 3.4 region, strong negative correlation was found in the west side of the Peninsula. Details of the correlation analysis exhibited that the negative correlation was significantly strong from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s. However, it was difficult to find significant correlations of ENSO with SAT in the east side of the Peninsula. So, in this study it failed to find out clearly the out-of-phase relationship of SAT across the Antarctic Peninsula.

• 대기
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.183-197
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to summarize tropical cyclone activity in 2007. 24 tropical cyclones of tropical storm (TS) intensity or higher formed in the western North Pacific and the South China Sea in 2007. The total number is less than the thirty-year (1971~2000) average frequency of 26.7. Out of twenty four tropical cyclones, 14 TCs reached typhoon (TY) intensity, while the rest 10 only reached severe tropical storm (STS) and tropical storm (TS) intensity - four STS and six TS storms. The tropical cyclone season in 2007 began in April with the formation of KONG-REY (0701). From April to May, two TCs formed in the western North Pacific in response to enhanced convective activity there. From June to July, convective activity turned inactive over the sea around the Philippines and in the South China Sea, and the subtropical high was weak over the south of Japan. MAN-YI (0704) and USAGI (0705) moved northwestward and hit Japan, bringing serious damage to the country. After August, convective activity became enhanced over the sea east of the Philippines, and the subtropical high turned strong over the sea south of Japan. Many TCs, which formed over the sea east of the Philippines and in the South China Sea, moved westward and hit China and Vietnam. PABUK (0706), WUTIP (0707), SEPAT (0708), WIPHA (0712), LEKIMA (0714) and KROSA (0715) brought serious damage to some countries including China, the Philippines and Vietnam. On the other hand, FITOW (0709) and NARI (0711) moved northward, bringing serious damage to Japan and Korea. After HAIYAN (0716), all four TCs except FAXAI (0720) formed over the sea east of $140^{\circ}E$. Three typhoons among them affected Republic of Korea, MAN-YI (0704), USAGI (0705) and NARI (0711). Particularly, NARI (0711) moved northward and made landfall at Goheng Peninsula ($34.5^{\circ}N$, $127.4^{\circ}E$) in 1815 KST 16 September. Due to $11^{th}$ typhoon NARI, strong wind and record-breaking rainfall amount was observed in Jeju Island. It was reported that the daily precipitation was 420.0 mm at Jeju city, Jeju Island on 16 September the highest daily rainfall since Jeju began keeping records in 1927. This typhoon hit the southern part of the Korean peninsula and Jeju Island. 18 people lost their lives, 14,170 people were evacuated and US$ 1.6 billion property damage was occurred.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2018

Previous studies have indicated a great regional difference in Sea Level Rise (SLR) in the Pacific and it has been suggested that this is linked to climate variability over the past two decades. In this study, we seek to identify the possible linkage between regional sea level and Pacific climate variability from altimetry-based sea level data (1993-2012) and further investigate how the Pacific sea level has changed spatially and temporally over the past 60 years from long-term sea level reconstruction data (1953-2008). Based on the same method as Zhang and Church (2012), the Inter-annual Climate Index (ICI) associated with the El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o-Southern$ Oscillation (ENSO) and the Decadal Climate Index (DCI) associated with Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) are defined and then the multiple variable linear regression is used to analyze quantitatively the impact of inter-annual and decadal climate variability on the regional sea levels in the Pacific. During the altimeter period, the ICI that represents ENSO influence on inter-annual time scales strongly impacts in a striking east-west "see-saw mode" on sea levels across the tropical Pacific. On the other hand, the decadal sea level pattern that is linked to the DCI has a broad meridional structure that is roughly symmetric in the equator with its North Pacific expression being similar to the PDO, which largely contributes to a positive SLR trend in the western Pacific and a negative trend in the eastern Pacific over the two most recent decades. Using long-term sea level reconstruction data, we found that the Pacific sea levels have fluctuated in the past over inter-annual and decadal time scales and that strong regional differences are presented. Of particular interest is that the SLR reveals a decadal shift and presents an opposite trend before and after the mid-1980s; i.e., a declining (rising) trend in the western (eastern) Pacific before the mid-1980s, followed by a rising (declining) trend from the mid-1980s onward in the western (eastern) Pacific. This result indicates that the recent SLR patterns revealed from the altimeters have been persistent at least since the mid-1980s.