• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.467-467
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• 2015

Sustainable water resource management requires the assessment of hydrological variability in response to climate fluctuations and anthropogenic activities. Determining quantitative estimates of water balance and total basin discharge are of utmost importance to understand the variations within a basin. Hard-to-reach areas with few infrastructures, coupled with lengthy administrative procedures makes in-situ data collection and water management processes very difficult and unreliable. In this study, the hydrological behavior of Lake Chad whose extent, extreme climatic and environmental conditions make it difficult to collect field observations was examined. During a 10 year period [January 2003 to December 2013], dataset from space-borne and global hydrological models observations were analyzed. Terrestial water storage (TWS) data retrieved from Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), lake level variations from Satellite altimetry, water fluxes and soil moisture from Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) were used for this study. Furthermore, we combined altimetry lake volume with TWS over the lake drainage basin to estimate groundwater and soil moisture variations. This will be validated with groundwater estimates from WaterGAP Global Hydrology Model (WGHM) outputs. TWS showed similar variation patterns Lake water level as expected. The TWS in the basin area is governed by the lake's surface water. As expected, rainfall from GLDAS precedes GRACE TWS with a phase lag of about 1 month. Estimates of groundwater and soil moisture content volume changes derived by combining altimetric Lake Volume with TWS over the drainage basin are ongoing. Results obtained shall be compared with WaterGap Hydrology Model (WGHM) groundwater estimate outputs.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.52-62
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• 2017

In this study, land surface model was used to simulate the soil moisture of South and North Korea for the past 30 years, and the difference in their variation was analyzed. In addition, satellite observed soil moisture data provided by Soil Moisture CCI was analyzed to evaluate the simulation results of VIC model. For the comparison between the simulated and observed data, the CSEOF analysis was applied to indirectly assess the performance of the VIC model rather than simply comparing soil moisture values. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, the annual variability of soil moisture showed a similar tendency in both South and North Korea, but it was found that the soil moisture in South Korea was as high as 1%, up to 7%, higher than the soil moisture in North Korea. Secondly, the soil moisture in spring between April to June is similar in South and North Korea, whereas the soil moisture after the rainy season is up to 40% in South Korea, but remains at maximum 32% in North Korea. Third, the overall simulated soil moisture is about 4% smaller than the satellite observed soil moisture, but the degree of increase over the past 30 years is similar to that of satellite observed soil moisture. Finally, a comparison of the CSEOF from the satellite observed soil moisture and the VIC model derived soil moisture showed that the soil moisture from April to June shows a much different pattern from each other. However, in July and October, there was a slight similarity, and it was confirmed that August and September has quite similar patterns.

• Atmosphere
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• v.31 no.3
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• pp.327-340
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• 2021

In this study, the impact of soil moisture initialization in GloSea5, the operational climate prediction system of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), has been investigated for the period of 1991~2010. To overcome the large uncertainties of soil moisture in the reanalysis, JRA55 reanalysis and CMAP precipitation were used as input of JULES land surface model and produced soil moisture initial field. Overall, both mean and variability were initialized drier and smaller than before, and the changes in the surface temperature and pressure in boreal summer and winter were examined using ensemble prediction data. More realistic soil moisture had a significant impact, especially within 2 months. The decreasing (increasing) soil moisture induced increases (decreases) of temperature and decreases (increases) of sea-level pressure in boreal summer and its impacts were maintained for 3~4 months. During the boreal winter, its effect was less significant than in boreal summer and maintained for about 2 months. On the other hand, the changes of surface temperature were more noticeable in the southern hemisphere, and the relationship between temperature and soil moisture was the same as the boreal summer. It has been noted that the impact of land initialization is more evident in the summer hemispheres, and this is expected to improve the simulation of summer heat wave in the KMA's operational climate prediction system.

• Atmosphere
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.449-454
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• 2012

This study presents the long-term variability of spring precipitation over the Korean peninsula. It is found that the significant interdecadal change in the spring precipitation has occurred around year 1991. Over the Korean peninsula the precipitation for the post-1991 period increased by about 30 mm per year in CMAP and station-measured data compared to the precipitation prior to year 1991. Due to an increased baroclinicity during the later period, the low-level negative pressure anomaly has developed with its center over northern Japan. Korea is situated at the western end of the negative pressure anomaly, receiving moisture from westerly winds and producing more precipitation. Also, we estimate the change in the near future (years 2020~2040) spring precipitation using six best performing Coupled Model Intercomparison Project 3 (CMIP3) models. These best model ensemble mean shows that spring precipitation is anticipated to increase by about 4% due to the strengthened westerlies accompanied by the northwestern enhancement of the North Pacific subtropical high.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.611-611
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• 2015

One of the hazard of nature is a drought. Its impact varies from region to region and it is difficult for people to understand and define due to differences in hydrometeorological and social economic aspects across much of the country. In the most general sense, drought originates from a deficiency of precipitation over an extended period of time, usually month, season or more, resulting in a water shortage for some activity, group, or environmental sector. Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is well known and has been used to study aridity changes in modern and past climates. The PDSI index is estimated over US using USHCN historical data.(e.g. precipitation, temperature, latitude and soil moisture). In this study, low frequency drought variability associated with climate variability such as El-Nino and ENSO is mainly investigated. With respect to the multi-scale analysis, wavelet transform analysis is applied to the PDSI index in order to extract the low frequency band corresponding to 2-8 years. Finally, low frequency patterns associated with drought by comparing global wavelet power, with significance test are explored.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.111-111
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• 2019

장기유출해석에서 유출률은 강수량에 대한 유출량의 비로 정의되며 이를 이해하는 것은 물순환 평가와 수자원 관리에 매우 중요하다. 이 연구에서는 물수지 방정식으로부터 유출률(C)을 강수량(P)과 증발산량(E)의 함수로 나타내보고 이를 검증하기 위해 우리나라와 일본 큐슈의 총 14개 유역에 적용해 보았다. 모든 유역에서 강수량과 유출량이 증발산에 비해 크게 변동하였으며 강수량과 유출량은 높은 상관관계를 나타냈다. 유출률은 강수량과 비례하지만, 강수량이 커질수록 강수량의 변화에 대한 유출률의 변화가 작게 나타났다. 큐슈보다 연강수량이 적은 우리나라의 경우 강수량의 변화에 따른 유출률의 변화가 크기 때문에 수자원 관리에 어려움이 예상된다. 한편, 증발산량은 흔히 이해되는 바와 같이 연평균기온이 높은 유역에서 대체로 크게 나타났으며 우리나라보다 큐슈에서 증발산량이 기온의 변화에 더 민감하게 변화한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.24-24
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• 2019

This study investigates variations in the Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) and its impact on South Korean precipitation in late summer during the period between 1958 and 2017. Composite analysis reveals that precipitation occurrence is directly linked to the displacement of the WPSH western ridge, a single, large-scale feature of the atmosphere in the Pacific Ocean. When WPSH ridging is located northwest (NW) of its climatological mean position, excessive precipitation is expected in late summer due to enhanced moisture transport. On the other hand, a precipitation deficit is frequently observed when the western ridge is located in the southeast (SE). Different phases of the WPSH are associated with lagged patterns of Pacific and Atlantic atmospheric and oceanic variability, introducing the potential to predict variability in the WPSH western ridge and its climate over northern East Asia by one month. Based on the identified SST patterns, a simple statistical model is developed and improvement in the ability to predict is confirmed through a cross-validation framework. Finally, the potential for further improvements in WPSH-based predictions is addressed.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.89-98
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• 2018

Satellite data have attracted attention on research such as natural disaster and climate changes because satellite data is very advantageous for observing a wide range of variability. However, there are still limited spatial and temporal resolutions in satellite data. To overcome these limitations, fusion of various sensors and combination of primary products are used. In this study, surface temperature data of 500 m spatial resolution was produced by fusion of GOCI and MI data of COMS. Also these LST are used with NDVI for estimating TVDI. Soil moisture condition of the Korean peninsula was evaluated by these TVDI and it was compared with SSMI derived from ASCAT surface soil moisture data. As a result, COMS TVDI and ASCAT SSMI showed similar spatial distribution and suggested the possibility of observing the soil moisture using COMS. Therefore, the TVDI estimations can be used as a basis for estimating the high resolution soil moisture, and the application of the COMS can be expanded for various studies.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.02a
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• pp.114.2-114.2
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• 2010

지표면 근처에서의 토양수분 함유량은 지표면과 대기 사이의 물과 에너지의 순환에 큰 영향을 주기 때문에 수문 생태학적 과정에서 매우 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. Soil Moisture Experiment 2004(SMEX04) 프로젝트는 넓은 공간에서의 토양수분의 분포를 알아내기 위해 이용하고 있는 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer - Earth Observing System(AMSR-E) 위성 관측 이미지로 얻은 결과를 현장 검증하기 위해 미국 Arizona 주에 2004년 6-9월에 걸쳐 추진되었으며, 프로젝트를 통해 얻은 토양수분 데이터를 이용하여 건조지역에서의 토양수분의 공간 변동성을 통계적 방법으로 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.513-513
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• 2015

정확한 유역 토양수분 정보는 홍수 예측의 정도를 크게 향상시키므로 공간 토양수분 정보를 획득하기 위하여 선진국에서는 위성 영상을 활용하여 토양수분을 관측하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 유럽우주기구 ESA(European Space Agency)에서 운영하는 SMOS(Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) L-band 토양수분 관측치와 일본 우주항공 연구개발 기구 JAXA(Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)에서 운영하는 GCOM-W1 위성의 AMSR2(Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2) C-band 토양수분 자료를 비교 분석하였다. SMOS 토양수분, AMSR2 토양수분을 기상청 농업관측관서의 지상 관측 토양수분 자료와 비교한 그래프는 다음과 같다(Fig. 1). 상대적으로 깊은 관측심으로 인한 장점을 가짐에도 불구하고 RFI로 인한 L-band 토양수분 자료의 시공간 관측율이 C-band 토양수분자료에 비하여 낮아 활용성이 낮다. AMSR2 자료는 여름철을 제외한 모든 계절에 과소 추정하는 단점을 보이며 실제적 활용을 위해 지상자료와의 편이보정 과정이 필수적이라 판단된다.