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A Review on the Paleoclimate Change Inferred from Borehole Temperatures

시추공 온도자료를 이용한 고기후 연구에 대한 개관

  • Lee, Youngmin (Groundwater and Geothermal Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, The Research Institute of Basic Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyoung-Chan (Groundwater and Geothermal Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) ;
  • Song, Yoonho (Groundwater and Geothermal Resources Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources)
  • 이영민 (한국지질자원연구원 지하수지열연구부, 서울대학교 기초과학연구원) ;
  • 김형찬 (한국지질자원연구원 지하수지열연구부) ;
  • 송윤호 (한국지질자원연구원 지하수지열연구부)
  • Published : 2006.02.01
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Abstract

To properly interpret and define climatic warming trends of the last $100\~150$ years.; climatic changes over the past several centuries must be constrained. High resolution surface air temperatures (SATs) to reconstruct global temperature trends extend back only to the late of 19th century. Fortunately, on long time scale and over large areas, ground surface temperatures (GSTs) track SATs. GST changes penetrate into the subsurface and are recorded as transient temperature perturbation. Therefore, borehole temperatures can be used to recover climate change over the last millennium in an area; paleoclimate change inferred from borehole temperatures can be used to interpret global warming over the last century, little ice age, and medieval warm period.

19세기말부터 진행된 지구온난화를 규정하기 위해서는 기상관측목적의 지표대기온도(Surface air temperature; SAT) 측정이 시작된 19세기말 이전의 온도 자료가 필요하다. 다행히 과거의 지표온도(Ground surface temperature; GST)가 지중으로 전파되어 기록된 시추공 온도자료로 일반적으로 과거 약 1,000년 전까지의 기온변화에 대한 정보를 얻을 수 있다. 시추공 온도자료로부터 복원된 과거의 기온변화의 정보는 19세기말부터 시작된 지구온난화를 규정하고 또한 그 이전에 있었던 소빙하기(Little Ice Age)와 중세온난기(Medieval Warm Period) 같은 기후변화를 알아내는데 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.

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