• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.75-89
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• 2012

This study attempted to analyze statistical characteristics of historical drought of Korea through trend, periodicity and drought spell analysis by using the drought indices. Standard Precipitation Index (SPI) and Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) were calculated using weather data of 59 weather stations under Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). As a result of analysis, SP13 and SP16 showed trend of drier spring, drier winter and wetter summer in all basin of Korea. However, SPI12 and PDSI showed different trends with shorter duration drought indices. In case of wavelet transform analysis for drought periodicities, in a band of 1~2 years or below 6 years showed significant spectrum. SP13 showed strongest power spectrum near the band of 1~2 year variance, and SPI12 and PDSI showed 6 years periodicities. The results from drought spell showed that Nakdong River Basin, Geum River Basin and Youngsan River Basin were appeared as severe drought vulnerable area of Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.123-123
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• 2011

가뭄은 다른 기상재해들과 달리 특정한 기후현상에 의해 발생하는 사건이 아닌 장기간의 강우 부족으로 인한 물 부족으로부터 기인하며, 가뭄의 특성상 가뭄의 시작과 끝을 명확히 구분하기 힘들며, 심도를 결정짓는 것 또한 어려움이 있다. 이러한 가뭄의 특성을 파악하기 위한 연구는 계속되고 있으며, SPI(Standardized Precipitation Index), PDSI(Palmer Drought Severity Index), SWSI(Surface Water Supply Index), EDI(Effective Drought Index), CMI(Crop Moisture Index)등과 같은 가뭄의 특성을 잘 반영한 가뭄지수의 개발 또한 끊임없이 이어지고 있다. 하지만 이러한 가뭄지수들은 기상학적, 기후학적, 농업적, 수문학적등과 같은 분류에 의해 가뭄의 표현이 상이한 결과를 보여주며, 동일한 방법으로 산정된 가뭄평가지수라 하더라도 지역적인 적합성 정도에서 또한 차이를 보인다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라의 실제 가뭄의 발생사례를 바탕으로 각종 가뭄지수들의 적합도와 가뭄의 변동특성을 파악하고자 한다. 우리나라의 가뭄특성을 확인하기 위하여 보고서 등 각종 문헌과 신문기사를 통해 1973년부터 2009년까지 실제 가뭄발생 기록을 정량화하고 행정구역단위의 우리나라 전역에 공간분포로 표현하였다. 69개 기상관측소의 강수 및 기온 자료를 통해 기상청과(SPI, PDSI, PN, 강수량십분위) 동일한 방법으로 가뭄지수를 산정 후 마찬가지로 행정구역단위의 우리나라 전역에 확장하였으며, 이렇게 생성된 각종 가뭄지수 및 기후변수의 공간분포와 실제 가뭄발생사례의 공간분포를 비교 분석함으로서 각 가뭄지수 및 기후변수의 적합성을 평가하였다. 각 가뭄지수 및 기후변수의 적합성을 평가하기 위하여 ROC space 상의 검정통계량을 이용하였다. 분석결과 PN(Percent of Normal)이 실제 가뭄의 현상을 가장 잘 표현했으며, 강수량, SPI 3, 강수량 십분위 등이 높은 상관성을 보였다. 또한 SPI12, PDSI, PN, 강수량십분위 등이 행정구역에 따른 산포정도가 비교적 낮게 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 우리나라 전 지역 가뭄의 시 공간적인 가뭄변동특성을 파악하고, 기존에 사용되고 있는 가뭄지수의 적합도 평가를 통해 우리나라 가뭄특성을 가장 잘 반영한 가뭄지수의 선정과 각종 기후특성을 잘 반영하는 좀 더 향상된 가뭄지수 개발에 도움을 줄 수 있으며, 가뭄의 시 공간적인 예측에 대해 적합한 가뭄지수 선택에 도움을 줄 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.35 no.4 s.129
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• pp.397-410
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• 2002

In order to quantitatively identify historical drought conditions and to evaluate their variability, drought indices commonly used. The calculation method for the drought index based on the principal hydrological factors, such as precipitation and reservoir storage, can estimate the duration and intensity of a drought. In this study the Palmer-type formula for drought index is derived for the Nakdong River basin by analyzing the monthly rainfall and meteorological data at 21 stations. The Palmer Drought Severity Index(PDSI) is used for dry land sectors to evaluate the meteorological anomaly in terms of an index which permits time and space comparisons of drought severity. The Surface Water Supply Index(SWSI) is devised for the use in conjunction with the Palmer index to provide an objective indicator of water supply conditions in Nakdong River basin. The SWSI was designed to quantify surface water supply capability of a watershed which depends on river and reservoir water The Standardized Precipitation Index(SPI) is evaluated for various time periods of 1 to 12 months in Nakdong River basin. For the purpose of comparison between drought indices correlation coefficient was calculated between indices and appropriate SPI time period was selected as 10 months for Nakdong River basin. A comparative study is made to evaluate the relative severity of the significant droughts occurred in Nakdong River basin since 1976. It turned out that $'94{\sim}'97$ drought was the worst drought in it's severity. It is found that drought indices are very useful tools in quantitatively evaluating the severity of a drought over a river basin.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.649-660
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• 2014

Spatial and temporal patterns of precipitation and temperature occur with regard to aspect and elevation of Mt. Halla in Jeju Island. Therefore, there is a need to predict regional drought associate with them to mitigate of impacts of drought. In this study, regional drought is predicted based on Palmer drought severity index (PDSI) and standardized precipitation index (SPI) using future (2015~2044) climate change scenario RCP (representative concentration pathways) 4.5 classified as 24 regions according to aspect and elevation. The results show that number and duration of drought will be decrease in Jeju Island. However, severity of severe drought will be increase in western and northern aspect with under 200 meters above mean sea level. These findings provide primary information for developing the proactive strategies to mitigate impacts of drought by future climate change in Jeju Island.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.6B
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• pp.541-549
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• 2010

While the number of rainy days is decreasing, the mean annual precipitation is increasing due to abnormal climate changes caused by the global warming in Korea. Owing to the biased-concentration of rainfall during specific short terms, not only flood but also drought becomes more and more serious. From the literature, it is easily found that previous studies about flood have been intensively conducted. However, previous studies about drought have been performed rarely. This study conducted the comparison between two representative drought indexes calculated from soil moisture and precipitation. Study area was Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do in Korea. Soil Moisture Index(SMI) was calculated from soil moisture data while the Standardized Precipitation Index(SPI) and the Palmer Drought Severity Index(PDSI) were calculated from meteorological data. All monthly data utilized in this study were observed at the KoFlux Tower. After the comparative analysis, three indexes showed similar tendency. Therefore, it is thought that the drought index using soil moisture measured at the KoFlux Tower is reasonable, which is because the soil moisture is immediately affected by all the meteorological factors.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.150-150
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• 2019

The development of prolong and severe drought can directly impact on the environment, agriculture, economics and society of country. A lot of efforts have been made across worldwide in the planning, monitoring and mitigation of drought. Currently, different drought indices such as the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) are developed and most commonly used to monitor drought characteristics quantitatively. However, it will be very meaningful and essential to develop a more effective technique for assessment and monitoring of onset and end of drought. Therefore, in this study, the hidden Markov Bayesian classifier (MBC) was employed for the assessment of onset and end of meteorological drought classes. The results showed that the probabilities of different classes based on the MBC were quite suitable and can be employed to estimate onset and end of each class for meteorological droughts. The classification results of MBC were compared with SPI and with past studies which proved that the MBC was able to account accuracy in determining the accurate drought classes. For more performance evaluation of classification results confusion matrix was used to find accuracy and precision in predicting the classes and their results are also appropriate. The overall results indicate that the MBC was effective in predicating the onset and end of drought events and can utilized for monitoring and management of short-term drought risk.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.61 no.1
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• pp.31-44
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• 2019

The main objective of this research is to develop a hydroclimate drought index (HCDI) using the gridded climate data inputs in a Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) modeling platform. Typical drought indices, including, Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), and Self-calibrated Palmer Drought Severity Index (SC-PDSI) in South Korea are also used and compared. Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) method is applied to create the gridded climate data from 56 ground weather stations using topographic information between weather stations and the respective grid cell ($12km{\times}12km$). R statistical software packages are used to visualize HCDI in Google Earth. Skill score (SS) are computed to evaluate the drought predictability based on water information derived from the observed reservoir storage and the ground weather stations. The study indicates that the proposed HCDI with the gridded climate data input is promising in the sense that it can help us to predict potential drought extents and to mitigate its impacts in a changing climate. The longer term drought prediction (e.g., 9 and 12 month) capability, in particular, shows higher SS so that it can be used for climate-driven future droughts.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.459-459
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• 2022

물수지의 불균형으로 발생되는 가뭄은 장기간에 걸쳐 넓은 규모로 발생되는 자연재해로서, 농업 및 산업에 직접 피해와 다양한 상품에 대한 공급 부족으로 인한 가격 상승 등의 간접 피해를 야기하는 재해이다. 이러한 가뭄을 정량적으로 평가하기 위하여 기상 요인(강수, 기온), 농업 요인(식생), 수문 요인(증발산, 토양수분) 등과 같은 설명 변수를 기초로 하는 많은 가뭄지수들이 개발되어 왔다. 대표적인 가뭄지수에는 Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI), Soil Water Deficit Index (SWDI), Vegetation condition index (VCI), Temperature Condition Index (TCI), Vegetation Health Index (VHI), Scaled Drought Condition Index (SDCI), Integrated Crop Drought Index (ICDI) 등이 있다. 본 연구는 최근 개발된 통합작물가뭄지수(ICDI)를 통해 미국 옥수수의 약 90%를 생산하는 농업지역인 미국 콘벨트의 가뭄 특성을 분석하고자 한다. ICDI는 기상 요인(강우량 및 지표면 온도), 수문학적 요인(잠재 증발산 및 토양수분), 식생 요인(강화식생지수(Enhanced Vegetation Index, EVI))의 조합을 통해 지표면의 건조·습윤 상태 및 식생의 건강 상태를 설명하는 가뭄지수이다. 2004년부터 2019년까지 주요 콘벨트 지역인 일리노이, 인디애나, 아이오와를 대상으로 가뭄분석을 실시하였으며, 옥수수 수확량 아노말리와의 상관성을 분석하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1514-1518
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• 2009

가뭄은 일반적으로 물 수요에 비하여 공급이 부족하여 나타나는 현상을 말한다. 공급 가능한 물의 부족은 강수량의 부족으로부터 시작되며, 강수량의 부족은 토양 수분의 부족과 하천의 유량 감소로 이어져 농작물의 피해와 우리 사회가 필요로 하는 생 공용수의 부족을 초래한다. 2009년 현재 우리나라는 작년 가을부터 시작된 강수량의 부족으로 인해 강원도 내륙지방과 전라남도, 경상남도 등 남부지방을 중심으로 가뭄이 발생하고 있고 이는 당분간 지속될 것으로 예상되어 물 부족에 의한 피해의 우려를 낳고 있다. 우리나라는 기상 특성상 여름철 장마기간 및 태풍으로 인해 발생한 많은 양의 강수를 이용하여 나머지 기간 동안 필요한 용수를 확보하는 체계를 이루고 있으나 2008년에는 여름철 강수의 부족으로 인해 2008년 말부터 지금까지 제한급수 등 가뭄 피해가 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기상청 주요 지점에 대해 2008년부터 2009년 초반까지의 강수량 관측자료를 이용하여 강수현황을 검토하였으며, Palmer 가뭄지수(Palmer Drought Severity Index, PDSI), 표준강수지수 (Standardized Precipitation Index, SPI), 물공급능력지수(Water Supply Capacity Index, WSCI) 등의 가뭄지수를 이용하여 현재 가뭄의 정도 및 공간적인 분포 현황을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.39 no.3 s.164
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• pp.199-214
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• 2006

The efficient management strategies of reservoirs in periods of drought event are an essential element for drought planning. A Water Supply Capacity Index (WSCI) has been developed for the evaluation and effective monitoring of the supply capacity of a reservoir during a drought event. The WSCI is a measure of the duration that a reservoir can supply a required demand under the worst drought condition. The WSCI is not only a useful standard to refer to when making decisions on reservoir operations in a period of drought, but it can be also applied for setting the drought trigger in water demand sites supplied from the reservoir. The correlation between the standardized WSCI and existing drought indices such as PDSI, SPI and SWSI has been analyzed to the applicability of WSCI.