• 대기
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.457-475
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• 2023

Accurately predicting localized heavy rainfall is challenging without high-resolution mesoscale cloud information in the numerical model's initial field, as precipitation intensity and amount vary significantly across regions. In the Korean Peninsula, the radar observation network covers the entire country, providing high-resolution data on hydrometeors which is suitable for data assimilation (DA). During the pre-processing stage, radar reflectivity is classified into hydrometeors (e.g., rain, snow, graupel) using the background temperature field. The mixing ratio of each hydrometeor is converted and inputted into a numerical model. Moreover, assimilating saturated water vapor mixing ratio and decomposing radar radial velocity into a three-dimensional wind vector improves the atmospheric dynamic field. This study presents radar DA experiments using a numerical prediction model to enhance the wind, water vapor, and hydrometeor mixing ratio information. The impact of radar DA on precipitation prediction is analyzed separately for each radar component. Assimilating radial velocity improves the dynamic field, while assimilating hydrometeor mixing ratio reduces the spin-up period in cloud microphysical processes, simulating initial precipitation growth. Assimilating water vapor mixing ratio further captures a moist atmospheric environment, maintaining continuous growth of hydrometeors, resulting in concentrated heavy rainfall. Overall, the radar DA experiment showed a 32.78% improvement in precipitation forecast accuracy compared to experiments without DA across four cases. Further research in related fields is necessary to improve predictions of mesoscale heavy rainfall in South Korea, mitigating its impact on human life and property.

• 대기
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.411-422
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• 2017

The aim of this research is to review recent trends in weather and climate research in North Korea. We selected North Korean journal 'Weather and Hydrology' for the last 10 years (2007-2016), and identified trends in research subject, researchers, and affiliations. Furthermore, we analyzed the major achievements and trends by research sector. Our main results are same as follows. The largest number of researches on 'modernization and informatization on prediction' have been carried out in North Korea's recent meteorological and climatological research. This could be implicated that the scope of national science policy directly affected the promotion of specific research field. Especially, North Korea was evaluated to be concentrating its efforts on numerical model research and development. The numerical model which enables very short-term (6 hours) rainfall forecast which using ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation method (4D EnKF) was developed. In addition, development of automatic weather system and improvement of the data transfer system were promoted. However, the result reveals that the automated real-time data transfer system was not fully equipped yet. These results could be used as a basic data for meteorological cooperation between South and North Korea.

• 대기
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.495-508
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• 2016

In order to determine the prediction possibility of heavy rainfall, a variety of analyses was conducted by using three-dimensional data obtained from Korea Local Analysis and Prediction System (KLAPS) re-analysis data. Strong moisture convergence occurring around the time of the heavy rainfall is consistent with the results of previous studies on such continuous production. Heavy rainfall occurred in the cloud system with a thick convective clouds. The moisture convergence, temperature and potential temperature advection showed increase into the heavy rainfall occurrence area. The distribution of integrated liquid water content tended to decrease as rainfall increased and was characterized by accelerated convective instability along with increased buoyant energy. In addition, changes were noted in the various characteristics of instability indices such as K-index (KI), Showalter Stability Index (SSI), and lifted index (LI). The meteorological variables used in the analysis showed clear increases or decreases according to the changes in rainfall amount. These rapid changes as well as the meteorological variables changes are attributed to the surrounding and meteorological conditions. Thus, we verified that heavy rainfall can be predicted according to such increase, decrease, or changes. This study focused on quantitative values and change characteristics of diagnostic variables calculated by using numerical models rather than by focusing on synoptic analysis at the time of the heavy rainfall occurrence, thereby utilizing them as prognostic variables in the study of the predictability of heavy rainfall. These results can contribute to the identification of production and development mechanisms of heavy rainfall and can be used in applied research for prediction of such precipitation. In the analysis of various case studies of heavy rainfall in the future, our study result can be utilized to show the development of the prediction of severe weather.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2006년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.51-56
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• 2006

Biases embedded in numerical weather precipitation forecasts by the RDAPS model was determined, quantified and corrected. The ultimate objective is to eventually enhance the reliability of reservoir operation by Korean Water Resources Corporation (KOWACO), which is based on precipitation-driven forecasts of stream flow. Statistical post-processing, so called MOS (Model Output Statistics) was applied to RDAPS to improve their performance. The Artificial Neural Nwetwork (ANN) model was applied for 4 cases of 'Probability of Precipitation (PoP) for wet and dry season' and 'Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPF) for wet and dry season'. The reduction on the large systematic bias was especially remarkable. The performance of both networks may be improved by retraining, probably every month. In addition, it is expected that performance of the networks will improve once atmospheric profile data are incorporated in the analysis. The key to the optimal performance of ANN is to have a large data set relevant to the predictand variable. The more complex the process to be modeled by the ANN, the larger the data set needs to be.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.97-107
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• 2011

수문학적 예측에 있어서 강우수치예보의 활용성을 제고하기 위하여 인공신경망을 이용한 정량강수예측기법을 제시하였다. 본 연구에서는 2001년 6월과 7월, 2002년 8월의 중규모수치예보자료와 AWS의 3시간 누적강수, 상층기상관측소에서의 가강수량과 상대습도, 각 선행시간별 강수발생확률을 이용하여 각 선행시간에 따른 강수량을 예측하였다. 강수는 대기변수의 물리적 비선형조합으로 발생하기 때문에 강수에 영향을 미치는 대기변수와 관측강수사이의 비선형관계를 고려하는데 유용한 인공신경망기법을 이용하였다. 인공신경망의 구조는 전방향 다층퍼셉트론(feedforward multi-layer perceptron)을선택하였으며, 신경망의 학습 시 음의 강수모의값을 고려하여 무강수로전환하기 위하여 비선형 양극활성화함수를 사용하였다. 중규모수치예보모형과 인공신경망에서 예측된 강수량은 Nash-Sutcliffe Coefficient of Efficiency (NS-COE)와 Coefficient of Correlation (CORR)로 선행시간별로 통계분석을 실시하였다. 3시간 누적강수를 기준으로 NS는 한반도영역에서 평균적으로 선행시간이 12 hr인 경우 -0.04에서 0.31로, 선행시간이 24 hr인 경우 -0.04에서 0.38로, 선행시간이 36 hr인 경우 -0.03에서 0.33으로, 선행시간이 48 hr인 경우 -0.05에서 0.27로 증가하여, 강수예측의 정확도가 향상됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 대기
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.311-326
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• 2021

To improve the predictability of high-impact weather phenomena around Seoul, where a larger number of people are densely populated, KMA conducted the intensive observation from 22 June to 20 September in 2020 over the Seoul area. During the intensive observation period (IOP), the dropsonde from NIMS Atmospheric Research Aircraft (NARA) and the radiosonde from KMA research vessel Gisang1 were observed in the Yellow Sea, while, in the land, the radiosonde observation data were collected from Icheon and Incheon. Therefore, in this study, the effects of radiosonde and dropsonde data during the IOP were investigated by Observing System Experiment (OSE) based on Korean Integrated Model (KIM). We conducted two experiments: CTL assimilated the operational fifteen kinds of observations, and EXP assimilated not only operational observation data but also intensive observation data. Verifications over the Korean Peninsula area of two experiments were performed against analysis and observation data. The results showed that the predictability of short-range forecast (1~2 day) was improved for geopotential height at middle level and temperature at lower level. In three precipitation cases, EXP improved the distribution of precipitation against CTL. In typhoon cases, the predictability of EXP for typhoon track was better than CTL, although both experiments simulated weaker intensity as compared with the observed data.

• 한국지역지리학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.352-361
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• 2013

기상 현상을 예측하는 수치예보모델의 주요한 기초 입력 데이터로 토지이용, 지형, 식생, 지표 온도 등이 있다. 이 중 지표 온도의 일부인 내륙 수면 온도에 대한 지상 관측 데이터는 강이나 호수의 일부 지역에만 존재한다. 따라서 본 연구는 수치예보모델의 입력 데이터인 내륙 수면 온도로 활용할 수 있는 MODIS 위성영상의 지표 온도 데이터의 오차정도를 확인하기 위해 국내 내륙 수온 지상 관측 데이터와 비교 분석하였다. 이를 위해 2011년 7월부터 2012년 6월까지 약 1년의 MODIS Land Surface Temperature(LST) 데이터와 수질자동측정망의 수온 데이터를 비교하였다. MODIS 데이터는 주간 및 야간 데이터로 구성되는 데, 각각의 월 평균 오차는 $2^{\circ}{\sim}8^{\circ}C$, $3^{\circ}{\sim}12^{\circ}C$로 주간 데이터의 오차가 작았다. 특히, 주간 데이터의 오차는 가을에 $2^{\circ}C$로 다른 계절에 비해 작았고, 야간 데이터는 여름에 $3^{\circ}C$로 다른 계절에 비해 작았다. 또한 지역적으로는 한강, 낙동강, 금강, 영산강의 4대강을 비교한 결과 가장 남쪽에 있는 영산강 유역에서 가장 오차가 작았다. 본 연구를 통해 수치예보모델의 입력 데이터로 활용함에 있어 MODIS 지표 온도 데이터의 오차 정도를 확인할 수 있었다. 연구 결과는 아시아 지역에 대해 수치예보모델을 운용할 때 북한 및 해외 지역에 대해 MODIS 지표 온도 데이터를 활용함에 있어 그 오차 정도의 기준이 될 수 있을 것이다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제53권1호
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• pp.244-252
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• 2021

Wind plays an important role in cases of unexpected radioactive pollutant dispersion, deciding distribution and concentration of the leaked substance. The accurate prediction of wind has been challenging in numerical weather prediction models, especially near the surface because of the complex interaction between turbulent flow and topographic effect. In this study, we investigated the characteristics of atmospheric dispersion of radioactive material (i.e. ¹³⁷Cs) according to the simulated boundary layer around the HANARO research nuclear reactor in Korea using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF)-Mesoscale Model Interface (MMIF)-California Puff (CALPUFF) model system. We examined the impacts of orographic drag on wind field, stability calculation methods, and planetary boundary layer parameterizations on the dispersion of radioactive material under a radioactive leaking scenario. We found that inclusion of the orographic drag effect in the WRF model improved the wind prediction most significantly over the complex terrain area, leading the model system to estimate the radioactive concentration near the reactor more conservatively. We also emphasized the importance of the stability calculation method and employing the skillful boundary layer parameterization to ensure more accurate low atmospheric conditions, in order to simulate more feasible spatial distribution of the radioactive dispersion in leaking scenarios.

• 한국농림기상학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농림기상학회 2002년도 추계 학술발표논문집
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• pp.85-88
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• 2002

기상학적으로 안개는 지상에서 발생하는 응결 현상으로, 시정이 1km 이하일 때로 정의된다. 안개 발생은 기후 인자의 영향을 많이 받는다. 따라서 각 지역마다의 발생 특성을 따로 통계해야 할 필요가 있다. 특히 항공 교통의 장애가 되는 위험 요소로서의 역할이 중시되어 각 비행장마다 발생 특성이 따로 통계 분석되고 이용되어 왔다.(중략)

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.181-188
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• 2001

We describe here the Korea ocean prediction system that closely resembles operational numerical weather prediction systems. This prediction system will be served for real-time forecasts. The core of the system is a three-dimensional primitive equation numerical circulation model, based on ${\sigma}$-coordinate. Remotely sensed multi-channel sea surface temperature (MCSST) is imposed at the surface. Residual subsurface temperature is assimilated through the relationship between vertical temperature structure function and residual of sea surface height (RSSH) using an optimal interpolation scheme. A unified grid system, named as [K-E-Y], that covers the entire seas around Korea is used. We present and compare hindcasting results during 1990-1999 from a model forced by MCSST without incorporating RSSH data assimilation and the one with both MCSST and RSSH assimilated. The data assimilation is applied only in the East Sea, hence the comparison focuses principally on the mesoscale features prevalent in the East Sea. It is shown that the model with the data assimilation exhibits considerable skill in simulating both the permanent and transient mesoscale features in the East Sea.