• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.49 no.6
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• pp.551-563
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• 2016

According to the 4th and 5th assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), global climate has been rapidly changing because of the human activities since Industrial Revolution. The perceived changes were appeared strongly in temperature and concentration of carbon dioxide ($CO_2$). Global average temperature has increased about $0.74^{\circ}C$ over last 100 years (IPCC, 2007) and concentration of $CO_2$ is unprecedented in at least the last 800,000 years (IPCC, 2014). These phenomena influence precipitation, evapotranspiration and soil moisture which have an important role in hydrology, and that is the reason why there is a necessity to study climate change. In this study, Asia region was selected to simulate primary energy index from 1951 to 2100. To predict future climate change effect, Common Land Model (CLM) which is used for various fields across the world was employed. The forcing data was Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) data which is the newest greenhouse gas emission scenario published in IPCC 5th assessment. Validation of net radiation ($R_n$), sensible heat flux (H), latent heat flux (LE) for historical period was performed with 5 flux tower site-data in the region of AsiaFlux and the monthly trends of simulation results were almost equaled to observation data. The simulation results for 2006-2100 showed almost stable net radiation, slightly decreasing sensible heat flux and quite increasing latent heat flux. Especially the uptrend for RCP 8.5 has been about doubled compared to RCP 4.5 and since late 2060s, variations of net radiation and sensible heat flux would be significantly risen becoming an extreme climate condition. In a follow-up study, a simulation for energy index and hydrological index under the detailed condition will be conducted with various scenario established from this study.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.397-407
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• 2013

Seasons in Korea have very distinguishable features. Due to continental high pressure, spring in Korea is dry and has low precipitation. Due to climate change derived from the increase of greenhouse gases, climate variability had increased and it became harder to predict. This caused the spring drought harsher than usual. Since 1990s, numbers of chronic drought from winter to spring increased in southern regions of Korea. Such drought in the spring damages the growth and development of the crops sown in the spring and decreases its quantity. For stable agricultural production in the future, it is necessary to assess vulnerability of the relationship between spring drought and agricultural production as well as to establish appropriate measures accordingly. This research used CCGIS program to perform vulnerability assessment on spring drought based on climate change scenario SRES A1B, A1FI, A1T, A2, B1, B2 and RCP 8.5 in 232 regions in Korea. As a result, Every scenario showed that vulnerability of spring drought decreased from 2000s to 2050s. Ratio of decrease was 37% under SRES scenario but, 3% under RCP 8.5 scenario. Also, for 2050 prediction, every scenario predicted the highest vulnerability in Chungcheongnam-do. However, RCP-8.5 predicted higher vulnerability in Gyeonggi-do than SRES scenario. The reason for overall decrease in vulnerability of agriculture for future spring drought is because the increase of precipitation was predicted. The assessment of vulnerability by different regions showed that choosing suitable scenario is very important factor.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.257-267
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• 2014

The impact of the combination of changes in temperature and rainfall due to climate change on surface water resources is important in hydro-meteorological research. In this study, 4 hydro-meteorological (HM) models from the Rainfall Runoff Library in the Catchment Modeling Toolkit were used to model the impact of climate change on runoff in streams for 5 river basins in the Republic of Korea. Future projections from 2021 to 2040 (2030s), 2051 to 2070 (2060s) and 2081 to 2099 (2090s), were derived from 12 General Circulation Models (GCMs) and 3 representative concentration pathways (RCPs). GCM outputs were statistically adjusted and downscaled using Long-Ashton Research Station Weather Generator (LARS-WG) and the HM models were well calibrated and verified for the period from 1999 to 2009. The study showed that there is substantial spatial, temporal and HM uncertainty in the future runoff shown by the interquartile range, range and coefficient of variation. In summary, the aggregated runoff will increase in the future by 10~24%, 7~30% and 11~30% of the respective baseline runoff for the RCP2.6, RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, respectively. This study presents a method to model future stream-flow taking into account the HM model and climate based uncertainty.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.475-486
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• 2020

Climate change scenarios are the basis of research to cope with climate change, and consist of large-scale spatio-temporal data. From the data point of view, one scenario has a large capacity of about 83 gigabytes or more, and the data format is semi-structured, making it difficult to utilize the data through means such as search, extraction, archiving and analysis. In this study, a tool for analyzing extreme climate events based on spatial information is developed to improve the usability of large-scale, multi-period climate change scenarios. In addition, a pilot analysis is conducted on the time and space in which the heavy rain thresholds that occurred in the past can occur in the future, by applying the developed tool to the RCP8.5 climate change scenario. As a result, the days with a cumulative rainfall of more than 587.6 mm over three days would account for about 76 days in the 2080s, and localized heavy rains would occur. The developed analysis tool was designed to facilitate the entire process from the initial setting through to deriving analysis results on a single platform, and enabled the results of the analysis to be implemented in various formats without using specific commercial software: web document format (HTML), image (PNG), climate change scenario (ESR), statistics (XLS). Therefore, the utilization of this analysis tool is considered to be useful for determining future prospects for climate change or vulnerability assessment, etc., and it is expected to be used to develop an analysis tool for climate change scenarios based on climate change reports to be presented in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.324-324
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• 2020

기후변화에 따른 기상 요소별 추세 변화는 유역유출량의 변동성을 증가시켜 안정적인 수자원 확보 및 홍수 대비에 어려움을 줄 수 있다. 따라서 기후변화에 따른 유역 유출량 변화를 평가하기 위한 많은 연구가 이루어져 왔다. 기존에는 기후변화 자료의 공간적 해상도의 한계로 인해 중대유역을 중심으로 연구가 다수 이루어져 왔으나, 최근 들어, 기후변화 자료의 공간적 상세화 기법이 발달함에 따라 소유역별 유역 유출량 평가에 관한 연구가 증가하고 있다. 특히, 소유역의 경우 유역 특성에 따라 기후변화에 따른 유출량 변화 민감도가 높을 수 있으며, 유출 성분별 변화가 상이할 수 있다. 하지만 기존의 연구에서는 소유역을 대상으로 기후변화에 따른 유출 성분별, 예를 들어 직접유출량과 기저유출량을 구분하여 변화를 평가하는 연구가 부족한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기후변화에 따른 소유역의 유출 성분별 특성을 분석하기 위하여, RCP 4.5, 8.5 시나리오별 기후모델 10개에 대하여 모의한 유출량을 직접유출량과 기저유출량으로 구분하고 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 본 연구의 대상지역은 유역면적이 112.9 ㎢이며, 토지이용이 단순하고, 농경지의 비율(약 50%)이 높은 농업 소유역을 대상으로 하였다. 유출량을 모의하기 위한 모형으로는 농업 소유역 유출량 모의 연구에 다수 사용된 바 있는 SWAT 모형을 이용하였으며, 직접유출량과 기저유출량의 분리는 Recursive Digital Filter 방법을 이용하였다. 기후변화 자료는 기후모델의 연산능력의 한계나 복잡한 자연조건의 불완전한 반영 등의 이유로 지역 기후변화 예측 과정에서 발생하는 불확실성을 지니고 있으므로 RCP 4.5, 8.5 시나리오별 각각 10개 기후모델의 결과를 이용하여 유출 특성 분석에 활용하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 향후 소유역의 미래 유량특성을 파악하기 위한 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

Global warming has a major impact on the Earth's precipitation and temperature fluctuations, and significantly affects the habitats and biodiversity of many species. Although the number of alien plants newly introduced in South Korea has recently increased due to the increasing frequency of international exchanges and climate change, studies on how climate change affects the distribution of these alien plants are lacking. This study predicts changes in the distribution of suitable habitats according to RCPs climate change scenarios using the current distribution of the invasive alien plant Conyza sumatrensis and bioclimatic variables. C. sumatrensis has a limited distribution in the southern part of South Korea. Isothermality (bio03), the max temperature of the warmest month (bio05), and the mean temperature of the driest quarter (bio09) were found to influence the distribution of C. sumatrensis. In the future, the suitable habitat for C. sumatrensis is projected to increase under RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5 climate change scenarios. Changes in the distribution of alien plants can have a significant impact on the survival of native plants and cause ecosystem disturbance. Therefore, studies on changing distribution of invasive species according to climate change scenarios can provide useful information required to plan conservation strategies and restoration plans for various ecosystems.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.190-190
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• 2020

한국에서 겨울철에 주로 발생하는 자연재해는 대설이다. 마우나리조트 사고나 동해안 폭설 피해 등 직·간접적인 대설피해가 증가함에 따라 대설피해에 대한 관심이 증가하는 추세이다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라 230개 시군구를 대상으로 기후변화에 따른 대설피해에 대한 취약성 분석을 실시하였다. 대설 취약성 분석을 위해 RCP 기후변화 시나리오를 이용하였고, PSR(Pressure-State-Response) 구조를 적용하여 압력, 상태, 대응지수로 대설피해에 영향을 줄 수 있는 요인들을 분류하였으며 엔트로피 이론을 이용하여 각 인자의 가중치를 계산하였다. 그 결과 각 지역의 대설피해 취약성 순위를 도출해낼 수 있었고 도출해낸 취약성 순위를 바탕으로 향후 대설피해에 대한 대응마련을 실시할 경우 우선순위를 판단하는데 도움이 될 것으로 기대한다.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.21 no.spc
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• pp.149-156
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• 2019

Assessing the hydrological safety of existing dams against climate change and providing appropriate adaptation measures are important in terms of sustainable water supply and management. Korean major dams ensure their safety through periodic inspections and maintenance according to 'Special Act on the safety control and maintenance of establishments'. Especially when performing a full safety examination, principal engineer must assess the hydrological safety and prepare for potential risks. This study employed future probable maximum precipitation (PMP) estimated using outputs of regional climate models based on RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 greenhouse-gas emission scenarios to assess climate change impact on existing dam's future hydrological safety. The analysis period was selected from 2011 to 2040, from 2041 to 2070, and from 2071 to 2100. Evaluating the potential risk based on the future probable maximum flood (PMF) for four major dams (A, B, C, I) showed that climate change could induce increasing the overflow risk on three dams (A, B, I), although there are small differences depending on the RCP scenarios and the analysis periods. Our results suggested that dam managers should consider both non-structural measures and structural measures to adapt to the expected climate change.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.1-10
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• 2013

This study has purpose to minimize the impact of climate change of Siheung. Vulnerability assessment was carried out for establishing the Siheung Climate Change Master Plan. Climate change vulnerability assessment analyzed using climate exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity indicators. A proxy variable is selected from each indicator. Meteorological data uses the RCP scenarios provided by the Meteorological Administration, and this study assumes that the same trend will continues in the future. Siheung are vulnerable to heavy rains in the flooded roads and farmland. Also, it is necessary to be careful heat wave in summer. The size and scale of the damage depends on the city's ability to respond to the impacts of climate change. It is necessary to make a adaptation plan for climate change impact assessment and vulnerability analysis. This study will be used to make Siheung Climate Change Master Plan and to determine the priority of the policy as guideline. It is expected that this study is helpful to pursue climate change vulnerability assessment of other local governments.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.24-24
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• 2018

최근 10년간 우리나라에 빈번하게 발생한 가뭄 가운데 2014년과 2015년에 발생한 가장 극심한 가뭄으로 금강유역은 평년의 84.4%의 강수량을 기록하였고, 특히 2015년 6월부터 9월까지의 강수량은 343.1 mm로 평년 대비 38.3% 수준에 머물렀다. 금강유역 내에 위치한 보령댐은 충남 서부지역 8개 시 군에 생활용수와 공업용수를 공급하고 있는 중요한 수원으로 현재 심각한 물 부족으로 저수율이 30%를 밑돌고 있어 대상지역의 현재 및 장래 물 부족 대책이 필요한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 보령댐 유역($297.4km^2$)을 대상으로 SWAT(Soil and Water Assessment Tool) 모델과 GCM(General Circulation Model) 기후변화 시나리오를 활용하여 극한 기후변화 사상이 반영된 보령댐의 내한능력을 평가하고자 하였다. 유역의 물수지 분석을 위해 보령댐 유역을 대상으로 기상자료, 보령댐 운영자료를 수집하였으며. SWAT 모형의 신뢰성 있는 유출량 보정을 위해 보령댐의 실측 방류량을 이용하여 댐 운영모의를 고려하였고 유입량 및 방류량 자료를 활용하여 모형의 보정(2005~2009)과 검증(2010~2017)을 실시하였다. 기후변화에 따른 내 저수지 내한능력평가를 위해 APCC의 26개 CMIP5 GCM 자료 중 RCP(Representative Concentration Pathway) 4.5와 RCP 8.5 시나리오 특성을 분석하여 극한 기후 시나리오를 선정하여 Historical 기간(1980~2017)과 미래 기간(2000~2099)을 대상으로 극한 기후변화 사상에 따른 보령댐 유역의 내한능력을 평가하였다.