• 대기
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.451-466
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• 2010

This edition has continued since 2006 tropical cyclone season our effort to provide standard tropical cyclone summaries by the western North Pacific basin and detailed reviews of operationally or meteorologically significant tropical cyclones to document significant challenges and shortfalls in the tropical cyclone warning system to serve as a focal point for research and development efforts. The tropical cyclone season of 2009 in the western North Pacific basin is summarized and the main characteristics of general atmospheric circulation are described. Also, the official track and intensity forecasts of these cyclones are verified. The total number is less than 59-year (1951~2009) average frequency of 26.4. The 2009 western North Pacific season was an inactive one, in which 22 tropical storms generated. Of these, 13 TCs reached typhoon (TY) intensity, while the rest 9 TCs only reached severe tropical storm (STS) and tropical storm (TS) intensity - three STS and six TS storms. On average of 22 TCs in 2009, the Korea Meteorological Administration official track forecast error for 48 hours was 219 km. There was a big challenge for individual cyclones such as 0902 CHAN-HOM, 0909 ETAU, and 0920 LUPIT resulting in significant forecast error, with both intricate tracks and irregular moving speed. There was no tropical cyclone causing significant direct impact to the country. The tropical cyclone season in 2009 began in May with the formation of KUJIRA (0901). In September and October, ten TSs formed in the western North Pacific in response to enhanced convective activity. On the other hand, the TC activity was very weak from June to July. It is found that the unusual anti-cyclonic circulation in the lower level and weak convection near the Philippines are dominant during summertime. The convection and atmospheric circulation in the western North Pacific contributed unfavorable condition for TC activity in the 2009 summertime. Year 2009 has continued the below normal condition since mid 1990s which is apparent in the decadal variability in TC activity.

• 대기
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.325-336
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• 2018

This study investigates robust features of interdecadal changes in the Northern hemisphere summer tropical-extratropical teleconnection occurred around the mid-to-late 1990s by analyzing four different reanalysis data for atmospheric circulation and temperature, two precipitation reconstructions, and two sea surface temperature (SST) data during the satellite observation era of 1980~2017. For the last 38 years, there has been a significant increasing trend in anticyclonic circulation at lower and upper troposphere and 2 m air temperature with wavenumber-5 Rossby wave structure in the Northern Hemisphere (NH) extratropics. The increase has been accompanied with the significant weakening and northward shift of jet stream over Eurasia and the North Pacific. It is further found that there has been a significant interdecadal shift occurred around the mid-to-late 1990s in the two distinct modes of tropical-extratropical teleconnection: Western Pacific-North America (WPNA) and circumglobal teleconnection (CGT) pattern. After mid-to-late 1990s, the WPNA has played more important role in modulating the extratropical atmospheric circulation and surface climate, which has been preferentially occurred during the El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) decaying or transition summer such as 1998, 2010 and 2016. During these summers, severe heat waves were occurred over many parts of the NH extratropics due to the combined effect of the increasing trend in the barotropic anticyclonic circulation and the significant WPNA across the NH. Although weakened, the CGT also contributed to some of hot summers over many parts of the NH extratropics such as 1999, 2000, 2008, 2011, and 2012 when weak to moderate La $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ was persisted.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2019

In this study, we investigate the associations between the solar variability and teleconnection indices, which influence atmospheric circulation and subsequently, the spatial distribution of the global pressure system. A study of the link between the Sun and a large-scale mode of climate variability, which may indirectly affect the Earth's climate and weather, is crucial because the feedbacks of solar variability to an autogenic or internal process should be considered with due care. We have calculated the normalized cross-correlations of the total sunspot area, the total sunspot number, and the solar North-South asymmetry with teleconnection indices. We have found that the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) index is anti-correlated with both solar activity and the solar North-South asymmetry, with a ~3-year lag. This finding not only agrees with the fact that El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ episodes are likely to occur around the solar maximum, but also explains why tropical cyclones occurring in the solar maximum periods and in El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ periods appear similar. Conversely, other teleconnection indices, such as the Arctic Oscillation (AO) index, the Antarctic Oscillation (AAO) index, and the Pacific-North American (PNA) index, are weakly or only slightly correlated with solar activity, which emphasizes that response of terrestrial climate and weather to solar variability are local in space. It is also found that correlations between teleconnection indices and solar activity are as good as correlations resulting from the teleconnection indices themselves.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.68-81
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• 2015

이 연구는 최근 37년 동안 여름철 한국 부근 지역에 영향을 준 태풍빈도와 북서태평양 몬순(western North Pacific monsoon index, WNPMI)과의 상관을 분석하였다. 두 변수 사이에는 뚜렷한 양의 상관관계가 존재하였으며, 엘니뇨-남방진동(El Ni$\tilde{n}$o-Southern Oscillation, ENSO) 해를 제외하여도 높은 양의 상관관계는 변하지 않았다. 이러한 두 변수 사이에 양의 상관관계의 원인을 알아보기 위해 ENSO해를 제외하고 가장 높은 북서태평양 몬순지수를 갖는 8해(양의 북서태평양 몬순지수 해)와 가장 낮은 북서태평양 몬순지수를 갖는 8해(음의 북서태평양 몬순지수 해)를 선정하여 두 그룹 사이에 평균 차를 분석하였다. 양의 북서태평양 몬순지수 해에는 태풍들이 열대 및 아열대 북서태평양의 동쪽해역에 주로 발생하여 동중국해를 지나 한국 및 일본을 향해 북상하는 경향을 나타내었다. 음의 북서태평양 몬순지수 해에는 태풍들이 열대 및 아열대 북서태평양의 서쪽해상에 주로 발생하여 남중국해를 지나 중국 남동부 해안 및 인도 차이나 반도지역을 향해 서진하는 패턴을 보였다. 따라서 한국 부근 지역까지 먼 거리를 이동하면서 바다로부터 충분한 에너지를 얻을 수 있는 양의 북서태평양 몬순지수 해에의 태풍강도가 더 강하였다. 또한 양의 북서태평양 몬순지수 해에 태풍들이 더 많이 발생하는 특성을 보였다. 850 hPa과 500 hPa 유선에 대한 두 그룹 사이에 차에서는 열대 및 아열대 북서태평양에서 저기압성 아노말리가, 동아시아 중위도 지역에는 고기압성 아노말리가 강화되었다. 이 두 기압계 아노말리로 인해 한국 부근 지역에서는 남동풍 아노말리가 발달하였으며, 이 남동풍 아노말리가 태풍들을 한국 부근 지역으로 향하게 하는 지향류 아노말리의 역할을 하였다. 또한 열대 및 아열대 북서태평양에서 발달한 저기압성 아노말리로 인해 양의 북서태평양 몬순 지수해에 태풍들이 좀 더 많이 발생할 수 있었다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.313-324
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• 2008

In order to understand the variation of ENSO-related oceanic environments in the tropical and North Pacific Ocean, spatio-temporal variations of sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) and sea surface height anomaly (SSHA) are analyzed from distributions of complex empirical orthogonal functions (CEOF). Correlations among warm pool variation, southern oscillation index, and ocean surface currents were also examined with respect to interannual variability of the warm pool in western tropical Pacific. Spatio-temporal distributions of the first CEOF modes for SSTA and SSHA indicate that their variabilities are associated with ENSO events, which have a variance over 30% in the North Pacific. The primary reasons for their variabilities are different; SST is predominantly influenced by the change of barrier layer thickness, while SSH fluctuates with the same phase as propagation of an ENSO episode in the zonal direction. Horizontal boundary of warm pool area, which normally centered around $149^{\circ}E$ in the tropics, seemed to be expanded to the middle and eastern tropical regions by strong zonal currents through the mature phase of an ENSO episode.

• 한국데이터정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국데이터정보과학회 2002년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.9-15
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• 2002

This paper presents the seasonal forecasting of the occurrence of tropical cyclone (TC) over Western North Pacific (WNP) using the generalized linear model (GLM) and dynamic linear model (DLM) based on 51-year-data (1951-2001) in TC season (June to November). The numbers of TC and TY are predictands and 16 indices (the E1 Nino/Southern Oscillation, the synoptic factors over East asia and WNP) are considered as potential predictors. With 30-year moving windowing, the estimation and prediction of TC and TY are performed using GLM. If GLM forecasts have some systematic error like a bias, DLM is applied to remove the systematic error in order to improve the accuracy of prediction.

• 대기
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.101-118
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• 2005

Atmospheric ozone changes temporally and spatially according to both anthropogenic and natural causes. It is essential to quantify the natural contributions to total ozone variations for the estimation of trend caused by anthropogenic processes. The aims of this study are to understand the intrinsic natural variability of long-term total ozone changes and to estimate more reliable ozone trend caused by anthropogenic ozone-depleting materials. For doing that, long-term time series for Seoul of monthly total ozone which were measured from both ground-based Dobson Spectrophotometer (Beck #124)(1985-2004) and satellite TOMS (1979-1984) are analyzed for selected period, after dividing the whole period (1979~2004) into two periods; the former period (1979~1991) and the latter period (1992~2004). In this study, ozone trends for the time series are calculated using multiple regression models with explanatory natural oscillations for the Arctic Oscillation(AO), North Atlantic Oscillation(NAO), North Pacific Oscillation(NPO), Pacific Decadal Oscillation(PDO), Quasi Biennial Oscillation(QBO), Southern Oscillation(SO), and Solar Cycle(SC) including tropopause pressure(TROPP). Using the developed models, more reliable anthropogenic ozone trend is estimated than previous studies that considered only QBO and SC as natural oscillations (eg; WMO, 1999). The quasi-anthropogenic ozone trend in Seoul is estimated to -0.12 %/decade during the whole period, -2.39 %/decade during the former period, and +0.10 %/decade during the latter period, respectively. Consequently, the net forcing mechanism of the natural oscillations on the ozone variability might be noticeably different in two time intervals with positive forcing for the former period (1979-1991) and negative forcing for the latter period (1992-2004). These results are also found to be consistent with those analyzed from the data observed at ground stations (Sapporo, Tateno) of Japan. In addition, the recent trend analyses for Seoul show positive change-in-trend estimates of +0.75 %/decade since 1997 relative to negative trend of -1.49 %/decade existing prior to 1997, showing -0.74 %/decade for the recent 8-year period since 1997. Also, additional supporting evidence for a slowdown in ozone depletion in the upper stratosphere has been obtained by Newchurch et al.(2003).

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.509-518
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• 2019

다양한 표층 수온 자료를 통해 1979년부터 2018년 기간 동안의 가을철 동해 공간 평균 표층 수온이 태평양 순년 진동과 높은 상관관계를 나타내는 것을 확인하였다. 이 해역에서 제트류의 활동이 가장 강한 200 hPa에서의 바람과 동해 표층 수온의 회귀 분석 결과, 가을철 동해 표층 수온이 상승할 때 제트류의 중심축이 북상하면서 전반적으로 제트류가 약화하는 경향을 보이며, 동해 수온이 하강할 때는 제트류의 중심축이 남하하면서 제트류가 강화되는 경향을 보였다. 이러한 분석 결과는 제트류의 강도 변화와 중심축의 남북 진동이 동해 표층 수온과 태평양 순년 진동의 커플링과 관련되어 있음을 시사한다. 여름철의 약한 제트류와 겨울철 및 이른 봄철의 강한 동아시아 동계계절풍 효과는 동해와 태평양 순년 진동의 커플링이 가을철 외의 다른 계절에 잘 나타나지 않게 하는 이유로 생각해볼 수 있다.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.184-203
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• 2013

이 연구에서는 장기간의 관측 자료를 이용하여 적도 저주파 진동과 관련된 한반도 여름철 강수의 변동성을 분석하였다. EOF 분석을 실시한 결과 여름철 대표적인 한반도 강수 패턴은 남한과 북한이 반대의 위상을 가지며 1990년대 중반을 기점으로 레짐 이동이 나타나는 변동 특성을 보였다. 한반도의 여름철 강수는 엘니뇨/라니냐 변동에 따라 적도 동태평양에서 해수면 온도가 증가하는 강한 엘니뇨 해와 적도에서부터 중위도 서태평양까지 남북으로 연결되어 강수량이 증가하는 약한 라니냐 해에 특히 우리나라(남한)의 남부지방에서 증가하는 경향을 보여주었다. 여름철 인도, 북서태평양, 북동아시아 몬순 지수 및 여름철 강수지수에 대한 계절 내 변동에 의해, 우리나라 강수는 6월 인도 몬순 지수와 양의 상관이 있고 7월 북서태평양 몬순 지수와 음의 상관이 있으며 8월 인도 몬순 지수와 가장 높은 음의 상관이 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.151-161
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• 2018

Understanding solar influences on extreme weather is important. Insight into the causes of extreme weather events, including the solar-terrestrial connection, would allow better preparation for these events and help minimize the damage caused by disasters that threaten the human population. In this study, we examined category three, four, and five tropical cyclones that occurred in the western North Pacific Ocean from 1977 to 2016. We compared long-term trends in the positions of tropical cyclone occurrence and development with variations of the observed sunspot area, the solar North-South asymmetry, and the southern oscillation index (SOI). We found that tropical cyclones formed, had their maximum intensity, and terminated more northward in latitude and more westward in longitude over the period analyzed; they also became stronger during that period. It was found that tropical cyclones cannot be correlated or anti-correlated with the solar cycle. No evidence showing that properties (including positions of occurrence/development and other characteristics) of tropical cyclones are modulated by solar activity was found, at least not in terms of a spectral analysis using the wavelet transform method.