• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1142-1146
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• 2009

A rainfall simulation and forecasting technique that can generate daily rainfall sequences conditional on multi-model ensemble GCMs is developed and applied to data in Korea for the major rainy season. The GCM forecasts are provided by APEC climate center. A Weather State Based Downscaling Model (WSDM) is used to map teleconnections from ocean-atmosphere data or key state variables from numerical integrations of Ocean-Atmosphere General Circulation Models to simulate daily sequences at multiple rain gauges. The method presented is general and is applied to the wet season which is JJA(June-July-August) data in Korea. The sequences of weather states identified by the EM algorithm are shown to correspond to dominant synoptic-scale features of rainfall generating mechanisms. Application of the methodology to seasonal rainfall forecasts using empirical teleconnections and GCM derived climate forecast are discussed.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.327-340
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• 2015

General Circulation Models (GCMs) are the basic tool used for modelling climate. However, the spatio-temporal discrepancy between GCM and observed value, therefore, the models deliver output that are generally required calibration for applied studies. Which is generally done by Multi-Model Ensemble (MME) approach. Stochastic downscaling methods have been used extensively to generate long-term weather sequences from finite observed records. A primary objective of this study is to develop a forecasting scheme which is able to make use of a MME of different GCMs. This study employed a Nonstationary Hidden Markov Chain Model (NHMM) as a main tool for downscaling seasonal ensemble forecasts over 3 month period, providing daily forecasts. Our results showed that the proposed downscaling scheme can provide the skillful forecasts as inputs for hydrologic modeling, which in turn may improve water resources management. An application to the Nakdong watershed in South Korea illustrates how the proposed approach can lead to potentially reliable information for water resources management.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.120-124
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• 2009

기후변화로 인한 사회, 경제, 자원, 환경, 수자원 등에 영향분석은 세계적인 연구 트렌드로 자리 잡고 있다. 다양한 모형들이 기후변화 영향을 효과적으로 평가하기 위해서 개발되고 있으나 주로 강우-유출 모형을 통한 유출의 변화 특성을 모의하는데 대부분의 연구가 초점을 맞추고 있다. 그러나 기본적으로 사용되는 강수량자료의 정확한 추정이 기후변화 연구에서 가장 중요하다고 해도 과언이 아니다. 이러한 관점에서 GCM 기후모형으로부터 유도된 기후변화 시나리오로부터 여러 단계로 가공하여 모형의 입력 자료로 사용하기 위한 강수량 자료를 생산하게 된다. 이러한 과정을 총칭해서 Downscaling이라고 한다. 본 연구에서는 기후모형으로 얻은 정보를 유역단위의 수문시나리오로 변환하기 위한 통계학적 Downscaling의 연구이론 변천 상황을 종합적으로 검토하고 각 모형이 갖는 장단점을 분석하고자 한다. 즉, Weather Generator, Single-site Nonstationary Markov Chain, Multi-site Nonstationary Markov Chain, Multi-site Weather State Based Markov Model 등 다양한 모델의 변화 및 진보 과정을 살펴보고 실제 국내 유역에 적용하여 모형의 타당성을 평가해보고자 한다. 이를 위해 IPCC 기후변화 시나리오를 활용하였으며 일강수량자료계열의 특성치, 극치수문량 변동특성 등 기후변화에 따른 영향분석을 일부 실시하여 분석하였다.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.65 no.1
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• pp.1-13
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• 2023

Various techniques for bias correction and statistical downscaling have been developed to overcome the limitations related to the spatial and temporal resolution and error of climate change scenario data required in various applied research fields including agriculture and water resources. In this study, the characteristics of three different statistical dowscaling methods (i.e., SQM, SDQDM, and BCSA) provided by AIMS were summarized, and climate change scenarios produced by applying each method were comparatively evaluated. In order to compare the average rainfall characteristics of the past period, an index representing the average rainfall characteristics was used, and the reproducibility of extreme weather conditions was evaluated through the abnormal climate-related index. The reproducibility comparison of spatial distribution and variability was compared through variogram and pattern identification of spatial distribution using the average value of the index of the past period. For temporal reproducibility comparison, the raw data and each detailing technique were compared using the transition probability. The results of the study are presented by quantitatively evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of each method. Through comparison of statistical techniques, we expect that the strengths and weaknesses of each detailing technique can be represented, and the most appropriate statistical detailing technique can be advised for the relevant research.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.54 no.12
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• pp.1317-1328
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• 2021

This study aims to provide a predictive model based on climate models for simulating continuous daily rainfall sequences by combining bias-correction and spatio-temporal downscaling approaches. For these purposes, this study proposes a combined modeling system by applying conditional Copula and Multisite Non-stationary Hidden Markov Model (MNHMM). The GloSea5 system releases the monthly rainfall prediction on the same day every week, however, there are noticeable differences in the updated prediction. It was confirmed that the monthly rainfall forecasts are effectively updated with the use of the Copula-based bias-correction approach. More specifically, the proposed bias-correction approach was validated for the period from 1991 to 2010 under the LOOCV scheme. Several rainfall statistics, such as rainfall amounts, consecutive rainfall frequency, consecutive zero rainfall frequency, and wet days, are well reproduced, which is expected to be highly effective as input data of the hydrological model. The difference in spatial coherence between the observed and simulated rainfall sequences over the entire weather stations was estimated in the range of -0.02~0.10, and the interdependence between rainfall stations in the watershed was effectively reproduced. Therefore, it is expected that the hydrological response of the watershed will be more realistically simulated when used as input data for the hydrological model.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.47-58
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• 2018

In this study, we evaluated the uncertainty in the process of selecting GCM and downscaling method for assessing the impact of climate change, and influence of user-centered climate change information on reproducibility of Chungju Dam inflow was analyzed. First, we selected the top 16 GCMs through the evaluation of spatio-temporal reproducibility of 29 raw GCMs using 30-year average of 10-day precipitation without any bias-correction. The climate extreme indices including annual total precipitation and annual maximum 1-day precipitation were selected as the relevant indices to the dam inflow. The Simple Quantile Mapping (SQM) downscaling method was selected through the evaluation of reproducibility of selected indices and spatial correlation among weather stations. SWAT simulation results for the past 30 years period by considering limitations in weather input showed the satisfactory results with monthly model efficiency of 0.92. The error in average dam inflow according to selection of GCMs and downscaling method showed the bests result when 16 GCMs selected raw GCM analysi were used. It was found that selection of downscaling method rather than selection of GCM is more is important in overall uncertainties. The average inflow for the future period increased in all RCP scenarios as time goes on from near-future to far-future periods. Also, it was predicted that the inflow volume will be higher in the RCP 8.5 scenario than in the RCP 4.5 scenario in all future periods. Maximum daily inflow, which is important for flood control, showed a high changing rate more than twice as much as the average inflow amount. It is also important to understand the seasonal fluctuation of the inflow for the dam management purpose. Both average inflow and maximum inflow showed a tendency to increase mainly in July and August during near-future period while average and maximum inflows increased through the whole period of months in both mid-future and far-future periods.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1152-1155
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• 2009

기후변화로 인해서 발생하는 여러 영향 중 가뭄 및 홍수와 같은 극치강수량의 변동은 사회 경제적으로 파급효과가 크기 때문에 더욱 주목을 받고 있다. 이러한 점을 효과적으로 평가하기 위해서 본 연구에서는 지역규모기후변화시나리오와 비정상성 Markov Chain 모형을 이용한 Downscaling 기법의 적용 등 일련의 과정을 통해 기후변화를 반영한 지점별 일강수계열을 생성하고 이를 대상으로 다양한 분석을 실시하였다. 수문기후변화시나리오 작성 과정을 요약하면 다음과 같다. B1과 A2 지역규모 기후변화시나리오가 사용되었으며 이를 비정상성 Downscaling 기법의 입력 자료로 활용하여 일강수량 자료를 모의 발생하였다. 이러한 과정을 우리나라 기상청 산하 60개 강우지점에 적용하였으며 극치강수량의 빈도를 추정하기 위해 부분기간 계열과 전기간 계열 자료로 재생산하여 극치분석을 실시하였다. 극치분석결과 강수량에 대한 공간적인 편차가 심하게 발생하고 있으며 강수량의 변동성 또한 매우 크게 나타나고 있는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 특성은 선택된 시간 및 사용된 기후변화시나리오에 따라 다르게 나타나고 있으며 한 가지 주목할 점은 기후변화정도가 심한 A2 시나리오와 정도가 약한 B1 시나리오를 비교할 때 온도와 같은 뚜렷한 차이점은 발견할수 없었다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.2B
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• pp.215-224
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• 2008

The effect of streamflow considering future land use change and vegetation index information by climate change scenario was assessed using SLURP (Semi-distributed Land-Use Runoff Process) model. The model was calibrated and verified using 4 years (1999-2002) daily observed streamflow data for the upstream watershed ($260.4km^2$) of Gyeongan water level gauging station. By applying CA-Markov technique, the future land uses (2030, 2060, 2090) were predicted after test the comparison of 2004 Landsat land use and 2004 CA-Markov land use by 1996 and 2000 land use data. The future land use showed a tendency that the forest and paddy decreased while urban, grassland and bareground increased. The future vegetation indices (2030, 2060, 2090) were estimated by the equation of linear regression between monthly NDVI of NOAA AVHRR images and monthly mean temperature of 5 years (1998-2002). Using CCCma CGCM2 simulation result based on SRES A2 and B2 scenario (2030s, 2060s, 2090s) of IPCC and data were downscaled by Stochastic Spatio-Temporal Random Cascade Model (SST-RCM) technique, the model showed that the future runoff ratio was predicted from 13% to 34% while the runoff ratio of 1999-2002 was 59%. On the other hand, the impact on runoff ratio by land use change showed about 0.1% to 1% increase.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2011

A chronic drought stress has been imposed during non-rainy season(from winter to spring) since 1990s. We faced the most significant water crisis in 2001, and the drought was characterized by sultry weather and severe drought on a national scale. It has been widely acknowledged that the drought related damage is 2-3 times serious than floods. In the list of the world's largest natural disaster compiled by NOAA, 4 of the top 5 disasters are droughts. And according to the analysis from the NDMC report, the drought has the highest annual average damage among all the disasters. There was a very serious impact on the economic such as rising consumer price during the 2001 spring drought in Korea. There has been flood prevention measures implemented at national-level but for mitigation of droughts, there are only plans aimed at emergency (short-term) restoration rather than the comprehensive preventive measures. In addition, there is a lack of a clear set of indicators to express drought situation objectively, and therefore it is important and urgent to begin a systematic study. In this study, a nonstationary downscaling model using RCM based climate change scenario was first applied to simulate precipitation, and the simulated precipitation data was used to derive Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). The SPI under climate change was used to evaluate the spatio-temporal variability of drought through principal component analysis at three different time scales which are 2015, 2045 and 2075. It was found that spatio-temporal variability is likely to modulate with climate change.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.120-124
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 대기대순환모형(GCM) 모의결과를 활용하여 한반도 지역의 강수량과, 온도에 대하여 분위사상법(Quantile mapping)과 상세화기법(downscaling)을 적용하였다. GCM 모의자료는 캐나다기후센터(CCCma; Canadian Centre for Climate Modeling and Analysis)의 CGCM2 A2, B2시나리오의 $2001{\sim}2100$년 자료를 사용하였으며, GCM 모의결과값과 국내관측값과의 계통적오차(systematic bias)를 보정하기 위하여 분위사상법을 적용하였다. 강수자료의 경우 한반도의 강수특성을 반영하기 위하여 홍수기, 비홍수기로 구분지어 감마분포를 이용하였고, 온도자료의 경우 계절적 특성을 반영하기 위하여 봄/가을, 여름, 겨울로 구분지어 표준정규분포를 이용하여 분위사상법을 적용하였다. 강수자료의 경우 과거($1965{\sim}1989$:25개년)의 31개소의 일평균강우 자료를, 온도자료의 경우 과거($1965{\sim}1989$)의 11개소의 일평균온도 자료를 사용하였다. 이러한 분위사상법의 적용으로 GCM 모의결과값과 관측값사이의 계통적오차를 보정하였으며, 그 결과 강수자료의 홍수기의 경우 모의결과값과 관측값의 차이가 3.79mm/day에서 0.62mm/day로, 비홍수기의 경우 0.24mm/day에서 0.02mm/day로 각각 83%, 92% 보정된것을 확인하였으며, 각각의 확률분포 매개변수를 추출하였다. Random Cascade 모형의 자기유사성 및 무작위 변동성계수를 추정하기 위하여 2002년 8월 6일 00:10부터 8월 9일 24:00까지 432장의 레이더 스캔을 사용하여 스케일분석을 실시하였으며, 모형적용결과 연평균 강우량의 변화는 A2의 경우 797.89mm에서 1297.09mm로 B2의 경우 815.02mm에서 1383.93mm로 나타났다.