• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.489-508
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to clarify the spatio-temporal patterns of changes in seasonal extreme temperature events in the Republic of Korea based on daily maximum and minimum temperature data sets observed at 61 weather stations for the recent 40 year period (1973~2012). According to analysis of regional average data, in spring increases of warm days are most distinct, while in summer reductions of cool nights and increases of warm nights are most noticeable. The similar patterns to those in summer are observed in fall, while in winter reductions of cool days and nights are notable. Regardless of the magnitude of urbanization, changes in nighttime extreme temperature events prevail in transitional periods between seasons, while those in daytime extreme temperature events do so only in particular months. In contrast, cool days in spring and summer, warm days in summer and warm nights in winter do not show any statistically-significant changes at most of stations. The sensitivity of seasonal extreme temperature events to increases of seasonal average extreme temperature is greatest in the case of warm days ($+6.3days/^{\circ}C$) and cool nights ($-6.2days/^{\circ}C$) in spring, warm nights ($+10.4days/^{\circ}C$) and days ($+9.5days/^{\circ}C$) in summer, warm days ($+7.7days/^{\circ}C$) in fall, and cool nights ($-4.7/^{\circ}C$) in winter, respectively. These results indicate that changes in seasonal extreme temperature events and their sensitivity to changes in seasonal climate means under a warmer climate are occurring with seasonally and diurnally asymmetric magnitudes in Korea due to complex climate feedbacks.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.229-233
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• 2008

기상청은 작년 말 전국 60개 지점 기상관측 자료 분석결과로부터 2007년 평균기온($13.5^{\circ}C$)이 1998년($13.6^{\circ}C$)에 이어 두 번째로 높게 나타났으며, 2007년 전국 강수량(1498.5mm)은 평년보다 13.9% 증가한 것을 확인하였다. 그리고 한반도 기후변화의 특징으로 기상 사상의 극값이 증가하고 있음을 추가로 언급한 바 있다. 과거에는 발생하지 않았던 고강도의 강우, 기온 상승과 같은 극치 사상의 잦은 출현빈도가 원인이 되고 있다. 그러나 이들 현상들은 일정한 패턴과 규칙에 따라 발생하지 않아 판단기준이나 경향성을 객관화 또는 정량화하기에 무리가 따른다. 본 논문에서는 기후변화가 우리나라의 극한 사상 변동과 그 영향을 분석하기 위하여 SRES B2 온난화가스시나리오와 YONU CGCM 으로부터 모의된 강우 시계열 자료를 이용하여 미래의 극치 사상의 경향성을 계절에 따라 비교 분석하였다.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.28 no.1B
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• pp.41-53
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• 2008

Unprecedented weather phenomena are occurring because of climate change: extreme heavy rains, heat waves, and severe rain storms after the rainy season. Recently, the frequency of these abnormal phenomena has increased. However, regular pattern or cycles cannot be found. Analysis of annual data or annual average data, which has been established a research method of climate change, should be applied to find frequency and tendencies of extreme climate events. In this paper, extreme indicators of precipitation and temperature marked by objectivity and consistency were established to analyze data collected by 66 observatories throughout Korea operated by the Meteorological Administration. To assess the statistical significance of the data, linear regression and Kendall-Tau method were applied for statistical diagnosis. The indicators were analyzed to find tendencies. The analysis revealed that an increase of precipitation along with a decrease of the number of rainy days. A seasonal trend was also found: precipitation rate and the heavy rainfall threshold increased to a greater extent in the summer(June-August) than in the winter (September-November). In the meanwhile, a tendency of temperature increase was more prominent in the winter (December-February) than in the summer (June-August). In general, this phenomenon was more widespread in inland areas than in coastal areas. Furthermore, the number of winter frost days diminished throughout Korea. As was mentioned in the literature, the progression of climate change has influenced the increase of temperature in the winter.