• Atmosphere
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• v.28 no.3
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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.

• Plant Journal
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.37-43
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• 2016

Power system which provides electricity to the accident mitigation load for nuclear power plant should be verified to maintain the proper voltage level under the various loading and source conditions. For this purpose, it was needed to collect the voltage data of safety related buses during operation of the Reactor Coolant Pump(RCP) motor and Component Cooling Water Pump(CCWP) motor, respectively, under the certain loading condition of the plant. The data (such as, voltage, current, power factor) collected from actual measurement were used to modify the existing ETAP model and then the reanalysis was conducted to simulate the testing conditions. Through these actual measurement and analysis, it ensures that the existing electrical system analysis including assumptions and methods was conducted properly. Finally, the voltage of safety related buses was not dropped below the acceptable level, and the discrepancy between two results was within the limit.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.142-146
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• 2016

최근 저해상도 기상자료를 바탕으로 한 단기간에 내린 폭우나 극심한 가뭄 등과 같은 국지적인 기상 예보는 한계가 있기 때문에 고해상도 기상자료에 대한 수요가 증대되고 있으며, 특히 지형이 복잡한 한반도의 경우 지형적인 영향을 고려한 고해상도 기상자료가 요구되고 있다. 하지만 현재 기상청에서 제공하는 남한 지역의 지상 관측 자료는 약 10km의 불규칙한 간격으로 분포하고 있으며 이는 복잡한 남한지역의 지형 특성을 고려하기에는 해상도가 낮아 상세한 기상 현상을 예측하기 힘들다. 또한, 북한의 경우 사용가능한 관측 자료가 부족하여 한반도 전체를 대상으로 한 기상 예보 및 기후 특성 분석에는 한계가 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 정량적 강수 예측 모형인 QPM(Quantitative Precipitation Model)을 이용하여 3시간 간격의 현재기후(2000-2014년)에 대한 한반도 지역의 1km 강우 자료를 복원하였다. 관측 자료가 부족한 북한의 경우 재분석 자료를 이용하여 1km 해상도의 강우 자료를 복원하였다. 이를 위해 몇 가지 특정한 강우 Case를 선별하였고, QPM 수행 시 필요한 강수, 상대습도, 지위고도, 연직 기온, 연직 바람장 등의 변수에 대하여 남한 지역에 해당하는 지점의 여러 재분석 자료와 실제 남한 지역의 지상/고층 관측 자료와의 비교 및 Correlation 분석을 통해 가장 적절하다고 판단되는 재분석 자료인 NASA에서 제공하는 MERRA Reanalysis data를 선정하였다. 또한, 소규모 지형효과를 고려하기 위한 상세 지형자료로 고해상도 지형 자료인 DEM(*Digital Elevation Model) 1km 자료를 사용하였다. 한반도의 강우를 복원하기 위하여 Barnes 기법을 이용하여 불규칙적으로 분포해 있는 강수량 데이터를 규칙적인 자료로 격자화 하였고, 격자화 한 10km 해상도의 자료를 QPM을 통해 복잡한 지형 특성을 고려한 1km 해상도의 강우 자료로 복원하였다. 또한, QPM의 모의 성능을 검증하기 위하여, 위에서 선별한 특정 강우 Case에 대하여 복원한 1km 강우자료와 200m 이내의 거리에서 겹치는 지상관측자료와의 비교를 통하여 모의 성능을 검증하였다. 본 연구를 통해 복원된 한반도 상세 강우 자료를 통해 통일을 대비한 기상, 농 수산업, 수자원 등 다양한 분야에서 활용 될 수 있으며, 국지적인 폭우 및 가뭄 등의 이상 기상 현상을 분석하는 데 참고 기초 자료로써 활용 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.100-100
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• 2019

최근 대기 중 미세먼지의 농도가 높은 일수가 급증하면서, 미세먼지를 저감하고자 하는 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 미세먼지는 주로 자동차 혹은 공장 등 인간 활동에 의한 오염물질 배출에 의해 발생하는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 태양복사에너지, 토양수분, 강우, 풍속 등의 수문기상학적 인자에 의해 발생, 이동, 소멸의 과정을 거친다. 현재 우리나라에서는 미세먼지 농도를 관측하기 위해 지점 기반의 관측소를 운영하고 있으며, 관측소가 위치하지 않은 지역의 미세먼지 농도는 선형 보간법 등을 활용한 내삽 기법을 통해 제공하고 있다. 그러나 미세먼지 농도는 다양한 수문기상인자들의 영향에 의한 차이가 크게 나타나기 때문에 지점 기반의 자료로는 해당 지역의 미세먼지 농도를 추정하는 데 어려움이 많다. 본 연구에서는 미세먼지의 공간적인 분포를 추정하고자 MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) 에어로졸 자료와 Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) 수문기상인자를 활용하여 미세먼지 농도에 영향을 주는 것으로 판단되는 다양한 수문기상인자들과의 상관성을 분석하였다. 미세먼지와 각 인자간의 상관성을 분석하여 높은 상관성을 갖는 수문기상인자들을 도출하고 최적의 선형회귀분석 모델을 구축하기 위해 베이지안 모델 평균(Bayesian Model Averaging, BMA)을 사용하였으며, 지점 데이터와의 비교를 통해 활용성을 검증하였다. 전체적으로 수문기상인자를 사용한 선형회귀분석 결과에서는 미세먼지농도 변화의 경향을 반영하고 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었으나, 계절별, 지역별 등 대기 특성을 고려하지 않아 각 기간의 급격한 농도 변화를 감지하기에 어려움이 있었다. 이러한 연구를 바탕으로 수문기상인자와 미세먼지 농도의 패턴이 더욱 정확히 분석된다면, 미세먼지 농도 모니터링과 정확한 예보 시스템의 구축에 효과적으로 활용 될 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.209-221
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• 2018

The characteristics of heat wave events in Seoul are analyzed using weather station data from Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) and European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) ERA-Interim reanalysis data from 1979 to 2016. Heat waves are defined as events in the upper 10th percentile of the daily maximum temperatures. The associated synoptic weather patterns are then classified into six clusters through Self-Organizing Map (SOM) analysis for sea-level pressure anomalies in East Asia. Cluster 1 shows an anti-cyclonic circulation and weak troughs in southeast and west of Korea, respectively. This synoptic pattern leads to southeasterly winds that advect warm and moist air to the Korean Peninsula. Both clusters 2 and 3 are associated with southerly winds formed by an anti-cyclonic circulation over the east of Korea and cyclonic circulation over the west of Korea. Cluster 4 shows a stagnant weather pattern with weak winds and strong insolation. Clusters 5 and 6 are associated with F?hn wind resulting from an anti-cyclonic circulation in the north of the Korean Peninsula. In terms of long-term variations, event frequencies of clusters 4 and 5 show increasing and decreasing trends, respectively. However, other clusters do not show any long-term trends, indicating that the mechanisms that drive heat wave events in Seoul have remained constant over the last four decades.

• Atmosphere
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.135-148
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• 2022

This study investigates the influence of atmospheric river (AR) on precipitation over South Korea with a focus on regional characteristics. The 42-year-long catalog of ARs, which is obtained by applying the automatic AR detection algorithm to ERA5 reanalysis data and the insitu precipitation data recorded at 56 weather stations across the country are used to quantify their relationship. Approximately 51% of the climatological annual precipitation is associated with AR. The AR-related precipitation is most pronounced in summer by approximately 58%, while only limited fraction of precipitation (26%) is AR-related in winter. The heavy precipitation (> 30 mm day^-1) is more prone to AR activity (59%) than weak precipitation (5~30 mm day^-1; 33%) in all seasons. By grouping weather stations into the four sub-regions based on orography, it is found that the contribution of AR precipitation to the total is largest in the southern coast (57%) and smallest in the eastern coast (36%). Similar regional variations in AR precipitation fractions also occur in weak precipitation events. The regional contrast between the northern and southern stations is related to the seasonal variation of AR-frequency. In addition, the regional contrast between the western and eastern stations is partly modulated by the orographic forcing. The fractional contribution of AR to heavy precipitation exceeds 50% in all seasons, but this is true only in summer along the eastern coast. This result indicates that ARs play a critical role in heavy precipitation in South Korea, thus routine monitoring of ARs is needed for improving operational hydrometeorological forecasting.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.329-329
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• 2022

Accurate characterization of terrestrial precipitation variation from high spatial resolution satellite sensors is beneficial for urban hydrology and microscale agriculture modeling, as well as natural disasters (e.g., urban flooding) early warning. However, the widely-used top-down approach for precipitation retrieval from microwave satellites is limited in several hydrological and agricultural applications due to their coarse spatial resolution. In this research, we aim to apply a novel bottom-up method, the parameterized SM2RAIN, where precipitation can be estimated from soil moisture signals based on an inversion of water balance model, to generate high spatial resolution terrestrial precipitation estimates at 0.01º grid (roughly 1-km) from the C-band SAR Sentinel-1. This product was then tested against a common reanalysis-based precipitation data and a domestic rain gauge network from the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA) over central South Korea, since a clear difference between climatic types (coasts and mainlands) and land covers (croplands and mixed forests) was reported in this area. The results showed that seasonal precipitation variability strongly affected the SM2RAIN performances, and the product derived from separated parameters (rainy and non-rainy seasons) outperformed that estimated considering the entire year. In addition, the product retrieved over the mainland mixed forest region showed slightly superior performance compared to that over the coastal cropland region, suggesting that the 6-day time resolution of S1 data is suitable for capturing the stable precipitation pattern in mainland mixed forests rather than the highly variable precipitation pattern in coastal croplands. Future studies suggest comparing this product to the traditional top-down products, as well as evaluating their integration for enhancing high spatial resolution precipitation over entire South Korea.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.244-255
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• 2022

This study estimated and evaluated the high resolution (1km) gridded mountain meteorology data of daily mean, maximum and minimum temperature based on ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System), AWS (Automatic Weather Stations) and AMOS (Automatic Mountain Meteorology Observation System) in South Korea. The ASOS, AWS, and AMOS meteorology data which were located above 200m was classified as mountainous area. And the ASOS, AWS, and AMOS meteorology data which were located under 200m was classified as non-mountainous area. The bias-correction method was used for correct air temperature over complex mountainous area and the performance of enhanced daily coefficients based on the AMOS and mountainous area observing meteorology data was evaluated using the observed daily mean, maximum and minimum temperature. As a result, the evaluation results show that RMSE (Root Mean Square Error) of air temperature using the enhanced coefficients based on the mountainous area observed meteorology data is smaller as 30% (mean), 50% (minimum), and 37% (maximum) than that of using non-mountainous area observed meteorology data. It indicates that the enhanced weather coefficients based on the AMOS and mountain ASOS can estimate mean, maximum, and minimum temperature data reasonably and the temperature results can provide useful input data on several climatological and forest disaster prediction studies.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.129-138
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• 2017

The coastal wave environment is a very important factor that directly affects the change of coastal topography, the habitat of marine life, and the design of offshore structures. In recent years, changes in the wave environment due to climate change are expected, and a trend analysis of the wave environment using available data sets is required. In this paper, significant wave heights which are measured at six ocean buoys (Deokjeokdo, Oeyeondo, Chibaldo, Marado, Pohang, Ullengdo) have been used to analyze long-term trend of normal waves. In advance, the outlier of measured data by Korea Meteorological Administration have been removed using Rosner test. And Pearson correlation analysis between the measured data and ECMWF reanalysis data has been conducted. As a results, correlation coefficient between two data were 0.849~0.938. Meanwhile, Mann-Kendall test has been used to analyze the long-term trend of normal waves. As a results, it was found that there were no trend at Deokjeokdo, Oeyeondo and Chibaldo. However, Marado, Pohang and Ullengdo showed an increasing tendency.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.386-404
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• 2022

From April 29 to 30, 2011, under the influence of Asian dust originated from Mongolia, a high concentration of Asian dust was observed nationwide for 4 days in Korea. This study investigated the causes and characteristics of and weather conditions associated with Asian dust at high concentrations at its source in Mongolia. For analysis, Asian dust weather data, Asian dust monitoring tower data, satellite data, backward trajectory data, observation data (PM₁₀ and OPC data), and ECMWF reanalysis data were used. In the synoptic analysis, it was observed that the intervals of isobars were densely distributed in the central region of Mongolia and the pressure gradient force was strong. It could be inferenced that Asian dust occurred due to strong winds. The temperature was relatively high, above 10℃, just before the occurrence of Asian dust, and it decreased sharply at the onset of the dust. The relative humidity had a low value of less than approximately 40%. After the occurrence of Asian dust, it increased sharply to over 50% and then showed a tendency to decrease. In the aerosol index shown by the COMS satellite, a high concentration value of over 25 was detected in Inner Mongolia, and it was consistent with the observations made with naked eyes. In the 72-hour backward trajectory, the northwest airflow streamed into Korea, and on May 2, Heuksando showed the highest PM₁₀ concentration of 1,025 ㎍ m^-3(times the average). Especially, in kinematic vertical analysis, it was observed that low pressure on the ground was strengthened by cyclonic relative vorticity developed in the upper layer. Also, the vertical velocity development is considered to have played a major role in the occurrence of high concentration Asian dust.