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Recent Trends of Meteorological Research in North Korea (2007-2016) - Focusing on Journal of Weather and Hydrology -

최근 10년(2007~2016년) 북한의 기상기후 연구 동향 - 기상과 수문지를 중심으로 -

  • Lee, Seung-Wook (Research Planning and Management Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences) ;
  • Lee, Dae-Geun (Research Planning and Management Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences) ;
  • Lim, Byunghwan (Research Planning and Management Division, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences)
  • 이승욱 (국립기상과학원 연구기획운영과) ;
  • 이대근 (국립기상과학원 연구기획운영과) ;
  • 임병환 (국립기상과학원 연구기획운영과)
  • Received : 2017.08.31
  • Accepted : 2017.11.05
  • Published : 2017.12.31
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Abstract

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.

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