• 대기
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.461-472
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• 2021

Yeongdong has frequently suffered from severe snowstorms, which generally give rise to societal and economic damages to the region in winter. In order to understand its mechanism, there has been a long-term measurement campaign, based on the rawinsonde measurements for every snowfall event at Gangneung since 2014. The previous observations showed that a typical heavy snowfall is generally accompanied with northerly or northeasterly flow below the snow clouds, generated by cold air outbreak over the relatively warmer East Sea. An intensive and multi-institutional measurement campaign has been launched in 2019 mainly in collaboration with Gangwon Regional Office of Meteorology and National Institute of Meteorological Studies of Korean Meteorological Administration, with a special emphasis on winter snowfall and spring windstorm altogether. The experiment spanned largely from February to April with comprehensive measurements of frequent rawinsonde measurements at a super site (Gangneung) with continuous remote sensings of wind profiler, microwave radiometers and weather radar etc. Additional measurements were added to the campaign, such as aircraft dropsonde measurements and shipboard rawinsonde soundings. One of the fruitful outcomes is, so far, to identify a couple of cold air damming occurrences, featuring lowest temperature below 1 km, which hamper the convergence zone and snow clouds from penetrating inland, and eventually make it harder to forecast snowfall in terms of its location and timing. This kind of comprehensive observation campaign with continuous remote sensings and intensive additional measurement platforms should be conducted to understand various orographic precipitation in the complex terrain like Yeongdong.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제34권7호
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• pp.645-661
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 2010년 12월 27일부터 28일까지 서울을 포함한 수도권 지역에 많은 강설을 일으킨 사례의 종관적, 열역학적 및 역학적 특징을 조사하였다. 이 사례는 극저기압으로 분류할 수 있는 특성을 지녔다. 분석에 사용된 자료는 지상 및 상층 일기도, 강설량, 해수면온도, 위성사진, 연직프로파일 및 미국 국립환경예측센터의 전구 $1^{\circ}{\times}1^{\circ}$ 재분석자료 등이다. 극저기압은 대기 하층에서 양의 경압성이 강하게 나타나며 925 hPa에 온난이류가, 700 hPa에 한랭이류가 있어 조건부 불안정층이 뚜렷하게 보이는 곳에서 형성되는 것으로 사료된다. 극저기압의 발달기구는 대류권계면 접힘에 의한 성층권 공기의 유입과 그에 따른 위치 소용돌이도의 증가로 하층에 수렴과 저기압성 순환의 유발에 기인한다. 이는 눈구름의 발달로 이어져 서울 지역에는 10 cm, 남부지방에는 최고 20 cm까지 적설을 보였다. 강설의 발달기간동안 상층 500 hPa에는 $-45^{\circ}C$의 한랭핵이 존재하였고 단파골과 지상 기압골간의 위상차도 $3-5^{\circ}$를 이루어 극저기압이 온난역의 저기압성 소용돌이도 이류 지역에서 발달할 수 있었다. 발달의 최성기에는 역학적 대류권계면이 700 hpa까지 하강하였고 위치소용돌이도의 증가로 상승기류도 강화되었다. 전반적으로 강설의 발생과 대류권계면의 파상운동과는 깊은 관련을 보였다. 극저기압이 한반도를 통과하는 동안 대류권계면이 하강하는 지점의 동쪽에 소용돌이도와 상승기류가 강화되었고 동시에 많은 습기가 이류되는 곳에서 강설량도 최대로 나타났다.

• 해양환경안전학회:학술대회논문집
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• 해양환경안전학회 2008년도 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.185-189
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• 2008

동계 한반도의 기후에 큰 영향을 미치는 한랭 건조한 대륙성고기압이 서해를 거쳐 한반도의 확장해 올 때 서해 연안지역의 적설량과 서해의 해황이 어떻게 상호 영향을 미치는가를 알아보았다. 서해 연안지역의 적설량은 인천은 1월, 2월과 12월, 군산과 목포는 1월, 12월과 2월 순으로 적설량이 많다. 한랭 건조한 대륙기단의 중심이 서해를 통과하는 경우가, 서해를 통과하지 않는 경우보다 인천지역에서는 약 3.4배, 군산에서는 약 2.3배 정도를 해양으로부터 많은 열을 흡수한다. 또한, 서해 연안지역에서 1일 10 cm 이상의 대설이 발생한 기간에는 잠열속과 현열속에 의한 방출열량이 약 $100W/m^2$ 이상이다. 대설이 발생한 시기의 기압배치는 중국 북부 지방이나 중부 지방에 고기압이 위치하고, 동해상이나 일본 열도상에 저기압이 존재하여 서해 또는 한반도에서 전선이 형성되는 서고동저형의 특징을 보인다. 한편, 대설이 발생한 기간동안 서해 연안지역의 풍향은 북풍 또는 북서풍이 우세하고, 풍속은 $4\sim8m/sec$ 정도이다.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.3-11
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• 2013

본 연구는 악천후가 교통 흐름에 영향을 미칠 것이라는 전제하에 악천후 상황 중 강설에 따른 고속도로 교통류 특성 변화 중에서도 용량 및 속도 변화에 초점을 맞춰 분석하기 위한 것으로, 자료수집과 통계분석을 통해 연구를 진행하였다. 교통류 특성 변화를 설명하는 요소로 교통량, 속도, 밀도를 선정하여 분석하였으며, 자료수집 대상은 경기도권내 3개 기상관측소 인근 4개 고속도로 7개 기본구간을 조사지점으로 선정하였다. 강설수준별 용량 변화를 분석하기 위해 강설수준을 3단계(Light, Medium, Heavy Snow)로 분류하였다. 분석결과 강설수준에 따른 용량 변화를 살펴보면, 기후 양호시 대비 Light Snow(약한 눈)인 경우 13.2% 감소하였으며, Medium Snow(보통 눈)은 18.6%, Heavy Snow(강한 눈)은 32.0% 감소하는 것으로 나타나 강설수준이 높아질수록 용량 감소율은 증가하는 것으로 분석되었다. 기상악화는 도로의 운영 효율을 저하시키는 요인으로 작용할 가능성이 매우 큰 것으로 나타났으며, 이에 따라 향후 이를 고려한 도로 설계 및 운영 방법이 제시되어야 한다.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.33-43
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• 2011

본 연구는 2001년 1월, 2004년 3월, 2005년 12월 그리고 2010년 1월의 4개 폭설사상을 대상으로 3가지 적설심분포도를 구축하고 그 결과를 비교하고자 하였다. 첫째는 우리나라 76개의 지상기상관측소의 최심적설자료를 대상으로 IDW (Inverse Distance Weighting) 기법을 적용하여 구축한 경우(Snow Depth Map; SDM), 둘째는 SDM를 Terra MODIS (MODerate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) 영상에 의한 적설분포지역(Snow Cover Area; MODIS SCA)으로 추출한 경우(SDM+MODIS SCA; SDM_M), 셋째는 둘째 경우에 DEM (Digital Elevation Model)을 이용하여 고도에 따른 적설심 감률을 고려한 경우(SDM_M+DEM; SDM_MD)이다. 4개년도의 적설분포도를 작성한 결과, Terra MODIS 영상에 의한 적설분포면적은 남한면적($99,575.3km^2$)의 62.9%, 44.1%, 52.0%, 69.0% 였다. 3가지 경우에 대한 평균 적설심을 비교한 결과, SDM보다 SDM_M이 각각 0.9cm, 1.9cm, 0.8cm, 1.5cm 작게, SDM_M보다 고도를 고려한 SDM_MD는 1.3cm, 0.9cm, 0.4cm, 1.2cm 크게 나타났다.

• 대기
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.509-522
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• 2016

Heavy snowfall events have occurred frequently in the Yeongdong region but understanding of these events have trouble in lack of snowfall observation in this region because it is composed of complex topography like the "Taebaek mountains" and the "East sea". These problems can be solved by quantitative precipitation estimation technique using remote sensing such as radar, satellite, etc. Two radars which are able to cover over Yeondong region were installed at Gangneung (GNG) and Gwangdeoksan (GDK). This study uses radar and water equivalent of snow cover to investigate the characteristics of radar echoes and the $Z_e-R$ relations associated with the 10 Yeongdong heavy snowfall events during the last 5 years (2010~2014). It was found that the heights which the probability of detection (POD) of snow detection by GNG radar is more than 80% are 3,000 m and 1,500 m in convective cloud and stratiform cloud, respectively. The vertical gradient of radar reflectivity is less decreased in convective cloud than stratiform cloud. However, POD by GDK radar are lower than 80% at all layers because the majority of Yeondong observational stations are more than 100 km away from GDK radar site. Furthermore, we examined $Z_e-R$ relation from the 10 events using GNG radar and compared the "a" and "b" obtained from these examinations at Sokcho (SC) and Daegwallyeong (DG). These "a" and "b" are estimated from radar echo at 500 m (SC) and 1,500 m (DG). The values of "a" differ in their stations such as SC and DG are 30~116 and 6~39, respectively. But "b" is 0.4~1.7 irrespective of stations. Moreover, the value of "a" increased with surface air temperature. Therefore, quantitative precipitation estimation in heavy snowfall events by radar echo using fixed "a" and "b" is difficult because these values changed according to those precipitation characteristics.

• 대기
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.247-257
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• 2006

The Yeong-dong heavy snowfall forecast supporting system has been developed during the last several years. In order to construct the conceptual model, we have examined the characteristics of heavy snowfalls in the Yeong-dong region classified into three precipitation patterns. This system is divided into two parts: forecast and observation. The main purpose of the forecast part is to produce value-added data and to display the geography based features reprocessing the numerical model results associated with a heavy snowfall. The forecast part consists of four submenus: synoptic fields, regional fields, precipitation and snowfall, and verification. Each offers guidance tips and data related with the prediction of heavy snowfalls, which helps weather forecasters understand better their meteorological conditions. The observation portion shows data of wind profiler and snow monitoring for application to nowcasting. The heavy snowfall forecast supporting system was applied and tested to the heavy snowfall event on 28 February 2006. In the beginning stage, this event showed the characteristics of warm precipitation pattern in the wind and surface pressure fields. However, we expected later on the weak warm precipitation pattern because the center of low pressure passing through the Straits of Korea was becoming weak. It was appeared that Gangwon Short Range Prediction System simulated a small amount of precipitation in the Yeong-dong region and this result generally agrees with the observations.

• 대기
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.31-46
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• 2020

The aircraft observation campaign was performed to investigate thermodynamic conditions of snowfall cloud over the East Sea of Korean peninsula from 2 February to 16 March 2018. During this period, four snowfall events occurred in the Yeongdong region and three cases were analyzed using dropsonde data. Snowfall cases were associated with the passage of southern low-pressure (maritime warm air mass) and expansion of northern high-pressure (continental polar air mass). Case 1 and Case 2a were related to low-pressure systems, and Case 2b and Case 3 were connected with high-pressure systems, respectively. And their thermodynamic properties and horizontal distribution of snowfall cloud were differed according to the influence of the synoptic condition. In Case 1 and Case 2a, atmospheric layers between sea surface and 350 hPa contained moisture more than 15 mm of TPW with multiple inversion layers detected by dropsonde data, while the vertical atmosphere of Case 2b and Case 3 were dry as TPW 5 mm or less with a single inversion inversion layer around 750~850 hPa. However, the vertical distributions of equivalent potential temperature (θ_e) were similar as moist-adiabatically neutral condition regardless of the case. But, their values below 900 hPa were about 10 K higher in Case 1 and Case 2a (285~290 K) than in Case 2b and Case 3 (275~280 K). The difference in these values is related to the characteristics of the incoming air mass and the location of the snowfall cloud.

• 대기
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.19-33
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• 2016

Water vapor in the atmosphere is an important element that generates various meteorological phenomena and modifies a hydrological cycle. In general, the Yeongdong region has a lot of snow compared to the other regions in winter due to the complex topography and an adjacent East Sea. However, the phase change from water vapor to ice cloud and further snowfall has little been examined in detail. Therefore, in this study, we investigated phase change of liquid water in terms of a quantitative budget as well as time lag of water vapor conversion to snowfall in the ESSAY (Experiment on Snow Storms At Yeongdong) campaign that had been carried out from 2012 to 2015. First, we classified 3 distinctive synoptic patterns such as Low Crossing, Low Passing, and Stagnation. In general, the amount of water vapor of Low Crossing is highest, and Low Passing, Stagnation in order. The snowfall intensity of Stagnation is highest, whereas that of Low Crossing is the lowest, when a sharp increase in water vapor and accordingly a following increase in precipitation are shown with the remarkable time lag. Interestingly, the conversion rate of water vapor to snowfall seems to be higher (about 10%) in case of the Stagnation type in comparison with the other types at Bukgangneung, which appears to be attributable to significant cooling caused by cold surge in the lower atmosphere. Although the snowfall is generally preceded by an increase in water vapor, its amount converted into the snowfall is also controlled by the atmosphere condition such as temperature, super-saturation, etc. These results would be a fundamental resource for an improvement of snowfall forecast in the Yeongdong region and the successful experiment of weather modification in the near future.

• 통합자연과학논문집
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.214-218
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• 2014

The main objective of this study is to analyse the influence factors of snowfall enhancement by glaciogenic seeding in a mountainous area. Twenty-five seeding experiments have been conducted during the period of February to April 2010. To use two rates seeding experiments (SR1: $1.04g\;min^{-1}$, SR2: $2.08g\;min^{-1}$) have been tested to get an appropriate ratio for snowfall enhancement at Daegwallyeong area. The conditions of seeding are able as followings: surface temperature <$0^{\circ}C$, wind speed <5 m/s, wind direction between 0 and $130^{\circ}$. The experiment results indicated that in the case of SR1 was more effective than SR2. The number of small ice particles below 1.0 mm was increased during seeding period measured by PARSIVEL disdrometer near generator. Most of snowfall enhancement by seeding was observed the inflow of the easterly wind blew in toward Gangwon regions from the East Sea and the supersaturated supercooled liquid water due to orographic effect.