• 대한지리학회지
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• 제51권1호
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• pp.23-40
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 조선시대 측우기(1777~1907년)와 현대적 기상장비(1908~2015년)로 측정한 강우량 자료를 종합 분석하여 서울의 장마철 강수량과 극한강수현상에 나타난 장기간 변화 양상을 밝히고자 하였다. 또한 이와 관련된 동아시아 영역의 종관 기후장에 나타난 변화 특징을 밝히고자 하였다. 약 239년 동안의 서울의 강수자료 시계열을 분석한 결과, 20세기 후반으로 올수록 장마철(6월 하순~9월 초순) 강수량이 증가하고, 경년변동성도 더 커짐을 알 수 있다. 특히 1990년대 초반부터는 장마철 중에서도 여름장마기(6월 하순~7월 중순)와 장마 휴지기(7월 하순~8월 초순)에 극한강수현상 중심의 강수량이 뚜렷하게 증가하면서 장마기의 구분이 모호해지고 있음을 알 수 있다. 이와 관련하여 변화가 뚜렷한 1990년 전후의 상층 종관기후장을 비교해 보면, 최근에는 북서태평양 주변의 해수면 온도가 상승하고 북태평양 아열대 고기압 강도가 강화되어 해양성 기단이 한반도 방향으로 더 확장하고, 유라시아 대륙 내부 몽골 지역을 중심으로 강한 고기압 편차핵이 형성되면서 고위도로부터 기류가 더 활발하게 유입되고 있음을 알 수 있다. 즉, 서로 다른 성질의 기류들이 강해지면서 이들 기류들이 만나는 북서태평양 연안 지역에 상승 기류 흐름이 활발해지면서 최근에는 서울의 장마철 강수평균 및 극한강수현상이 증가하였다고 할 수 있다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.503-518
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• 2003

This study examines the relationship among temperature, wind, and sea level pressure to understand recent warming in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula. To do this, the surface air temperature, NCEP/NCAR reanalysis wind data and sea level pressure data for the period of 40 years are analyzed. The 40-year surface air temperature data in the Antarctic Peninsula reveals relatively the larger warming trends for autumn and winter than other seasons. The variability of the surface air temperature in this region is compared with that of the regional atmospheric circulation. The surface air temperature is positively correlated with frequency of northwesterlies and negatively correlated with frequency of southeasterlies. This relation is more evident in the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula for autumn and winter. The trend analysis of wind frequency in the study area shows increasing and decreasing trends in the frequency of northwesterlies and southeasterlies, respectively, in the northwestern part of the Weddell Sea for autumn and winter. And also it is found that these winds are closely related with decreasing of sea level pressure in the southeastern region of the Antarctic Peninsula. Furthermore from the seasonal variation of sea level pressure in this area, it may be presumed that decreasing of sea level pressure in the southeastern region of the Antarctic Peninsula is related with warming in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula for autumn and winter. Therefore it can be explained that recent warming in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula is caused by positive feedback mechanism, that is, the process that warming in the vicinity of the Antarctic Peninsula can lead to the decrease of sea level pressure in the southeastern region of the Antarctic Peninsula and these pressure decrease in turn lead to the variation of wind direction in northwestern part of Weddell Sea, again the variation of wind direction enhances the warming in the Antarctic Peninsula.

• 대기
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.239-246
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• 2010

In this study, the climatological characteristics of the landfall typhoons on North Korea are surveyed to estimate the frequency, the intensity, the track, and their damage. The data for the period of 1951-2008 are used from both RSMC (Regional Specialized Meteorological Center) Tokyo Typhoon Center and NCEP/NCAR (National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research), EM-DAT (Emergency Events Database). There are the ten highest frequencies from 1961 to 1965 and is one frequency for the period of both 1966-1979 and 1976-1980 respectively. Even if a clear trend on the frequency of typhoon is not defined, it is noticeable the intensity has been weak since the frequency of TS (Tropical Storm) decreased. In order to figure out both the characteristic of intensity and the relation between the typhoon track and the expansion of North Pacific High (NPH), Typhoon's tracks are classified into three types as follows: (I) landing on the west coast of North Korea through the mainland of China, (II) landing on the west coast of North Korea, (III) landing on a central/eastern part of the Korean peninsula through South Korea. More often than not, the characteristic of Type (I) is the case of a landfall after it becomes extratropical cyclone. Type(II) and Type(III) show a landfall as TS grade, by comparision. On the relation between the typhoon's track and the expansion of NPH analyzed, Type (I) shows the westward expansion while both Type (II) and Type (III) show the northward expansion and development of NPH. This means the intensity of a typhoon landfall on North Korea is variable depending on the development of NPH. Finally, only two cases are found among total five cases in EM-DAT, reportedly that North Korea was damaged. And therefore, the damage by the wind of Prapiroon (the $12^{th}$ typhoon, 2000) and heavy rainfall with Rusa (the $15^{th}$ typhoon, 2002) landing on North Korea was analyzed. Moreover, it is estimated both Prapiroon and Rusa have done badly damaged to North Korea as the economical losses of as much as six billion and five hundred-thousand US dollar, respectively.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제23권10호
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• pp.1719-1729
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• 2014

This study is carried out in order to bridge the gap to understand the relationships between South Asian and East Asian monsoon systems by comparing the summer (June-September) precipitation of Nepal and South Korea. Summer monsoon precipitation data from Nepal and South Korea during 30 years (1981-2010) are used in this research to investigate the association. NCEP/NCAR reanalysis data are also used to see the nature of large scale phenomena. Statistical applications are used to analyze these data. The analyzed results show that summer monsoon precipitation is higher over Nepal ($1513.98{\pm}159.29mm\;y^{-1}$) than that of South Korea ($907.80{\pm}204.71mm\;y^{-1}$) and the wettest period in both the countries is July. However, the coefficient of variation shows that amplitude of interannual variation of summer monsoon over South Korea (22.55%) is larger in comparison to that of Nepal (10.52%). Summer monsoon precipitation of Nepal is found to be significantly correlated to that of South Korea with a correlation coefficient of 0.52 (99% confidence level). Large-scale circulations are studied to further investigate the relationship between the two countries. wind and specific humidity at 850 hPa show a strong westerly from Arabian Sea to BOB and from BOB, wind moves towards Nepal in a northwestward direction during the positive rainfall years. In case of East Asia, strong northward displacement of wind can be observed from Pacific to South Korea and strong anticyclone over the northwestern Pacific Ocean. However, during the negative rainfall years, in the South Asian region we can find weak westerly from the Arabian Sea to BOB, wind is blowing in a southerly direction from Nepal and Bangladesh to BOB.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.558-567
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• 2003

해수면 온도에 대한 구름복사 강제력의 지역 의존도가 조사되었다. 이 조사는 경년 변동과 계절 시간규모에 대해서 각각 조사되었다. 적도 동태평양에서 경년 변동의 경우 해수면 온도가 1$^{\circ}$C 증가할 때 순 구름복사 강제력은 약 3Wm$^{-2}$가 증가하였으며, 계절변동이 포함된 경우 약 3.5Wm$^{-2}$가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 열대 해양전체에서 경년 변동의 경우 해수면 온도가 1$^{\circ}$C 증가할 때 순 구름복사 강제력은 1.5Wm$^{-2}$ 감소하였으나, 계절변동이 포함된 경우 약 2.9Wm$^{-2}$로 증가하였다. 따라서 해수면 온도에 대한 구름복사 강제력의 의존도는 적도 동태평양에서 열대 해양으로 넓어질수록 경년 변동에 의해 영향에서 계절변동에 의한 영향이 더 지배적으로 작용한다. 계절 변동이 포함된 경우 해역에 관계없이 해수면온도가 1$^{\circ}$C 증가할 때, 순 구름복사 강제력은 약 2${\sim}$3Wm$^{-2}$ 증가하였다. 이러한 결과는 해수면 온도의 경년 변동이 뚜렷한 적도 동태평양에서는 경년 변동에 의한 구름복사 강제력이 대기를 가열하는 반면, 열대 해양 전체에서는 계절변동에 의한 구름복사 강제력이 대기를 가열한다는 것을 의미한다.