• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.257-276
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• 2011

This study aimed to analyze the changes of extreme temperature indices in order to investigate impacts of urbanization on changes of extreme temperature. It was analyzed 16 indices related to extreme temperature indices to 60 weather stations in South Korea. Extreme temperature indices-related summer mostly increased, and its related to winter decreased. Percentile-based indices were clearly increased more than fixed-based indices as a tropical night. Decreasing trend of extreme temperature indices related to winter had more clear than increasing trend of extreme temperature indices related to summer. It was similar to trend that urban temperature was more clearly increased in winter than summer. Decreasing trend of indices-related daily minimum temperature had more clear than increasing trend of indices-related daily maximum temperature. Also, it was similar to increasing trend of minimum temperature had more clear than maximum temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.32-44
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• 2014

This study aimed to analyze the characteristic of the distribution of minimum temperature during January in the central region of South Korea and to investigate causes for the occurrence of extreme minimum temperature in Cheorwon. January temperature distribution data which were collected from 25 weather stations in central area from 1991 to 2010 were investigated, and the difference of temperature between Cheorwon and the other stations in central region, such as Chuncheon, Hongcheon, Bonghwa, Daegwallyoung, Wonju and Jecheon were analyzed by the type of atmospheric pressure system. Daily mean temperature and mean of daily minimum temperature appear to be low at Cheorwon and at the sites in high altitudes, but the frequency of extreme cold wave such as below $-15^{\circ}C$ is also noticeable in Cheorwon. When the Siberian High has expanded and migratory anticyclone has moved onto the north of the Korean Peninsula, the temperature at Cheorwon is relatively low. Furthermore it shows a lesser difference between Cheorwon and the compared stations when the migratory anticyclone affected the area, even at basin like Bonghwa, Jecheon more lower than Cheorwon.

• 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.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.43 no.5
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• pp.681-700
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• 2008

In this study, the spatial and temporal patterns of changes in means and extreme events of temperature and precipitation across the Republic of Korea over the last 35 years (1973-2007) are examined. Over the study period, meteorological winter (December-February) mean minimum (maximum) temperature has increased by $+0.54^{\circ}C$/decade ($+0.6^{\circ}C$/decade), while there have been no significant changes in meteorological summer (June-August) mean temperatures. According to analyses of upper or lower $10^{th}$ percentile-based extreme temperature indices, the annual frequency of cool nights (days) has decreased by -9.2 days/decade (-3.3 days/decade), while the annual frequency of warm nights (days) has increased by +4.9 days/decade (+6.8 days/decade). In contrast, the increase rates of summer warm nights (+8.0 days/$^{\circ}C$) and days (+6.6 days/$^{\circ}C$) relative to changes in summer means minimum and maximum temperatures means are greater than the decreasing rates of winter nights (-5.2 days/$^{\circ}C$) and days (-4.3 days/$^{\circ}C$) relative to changes in winter temperatures. These results demonstrate that seasonal and diurnal asymmetric changes in extreme temperature events have occurred. Moreover, annual total precipitation has increased by 85.5 mm/decade particularly in July and August, which led to the shift of a bimodal behavior of summer precipitation into a multi-modal structure. These changes have resulted from the intensification of heavy rainfall events above 40mm in recent decades, and spatially the statistically-significant increases in these heavy rainfall events are observed around the Taebaek mountain region.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.134-134
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• 2020

본 논문의 목적은 기후변화가 한반도에서의 극한기후에 미치는 영향을 전망하고자한다. 먼저, 기상청에서 제공하고 있는 SDQDM 편의보정을 거친 CCAW의 국가 표준기후변화 시나리오 13종을 이용하였으며, 참조기간을 기준으로 기후변화 시나리오의 모의 능력을 검토하였다. 이어 미래의 극한기후변화를 전망하기위해 WMO의 ETCCDI 지수를 이용하여 미래 극한기후를 전망하였다. 또한 Mann Kendall tau를 이용하여 한반도의 강수와 기온관련 극한지수 변화를 전망하였다. 분석 결과를 기온관련 지수에서 Current 기간일 때 WSDI지수가 공간적 변동성이 54%로 예상되며, TXx지수가 지역간의 공간적 변동성이 121%로 가장 클 것이라 예상된다. 강우관련 지수를 살펴보면 Current기간 일 때 r95p지수의 지역별 공간변동성이 59%로, RCP 4.5시나리오일 때 PRCP 지수의 공간변동성이 42%로, CDD지수의 공간변동성이 최대 59%로 분석되었다. 공간분포를 확인해본 결과 기온과 강수관련 지수 모두 한반도 중부지역에서 큰 상승 경향을 보였고, 미래기간의 경우 북한의 서해안, 남한의 남해안 지역에서 가장 큰 증가경향을 보였다. 즉 일습윤지속일수를 의미하는 CWD지수는 경상도, 전라도 지역에서 증가 경향을 나타냈으며, 충청도와 북한전역에서 감소경향을 나타났다. 또한 일교차를 의미하는 DTR지수는 한반도 전역에서 증가하는 것으로 전망되었다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.39 no.5 s.104
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• pp.711-721
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• 2004

The aim of this study is to clarify whether frequency and/or severity of extreme climate events have changed significantly in Korea during recent years. Using the best available daily data, spatial and temporal aspects of ten climate change indicators are investigated on an annual and seasonal basis for the periods of 1954-1999. A systematic increase in the $90^{th}$ percentile of daily minimum temperatures at most of the analyzed areas has been observed. This increase is accompanied by a similar reduction in the number of frost days and a significant lengthening of the thermal growing season. Although the intra-annual extreme temperature range is based on only two observations, it provides a very robust and significant measure of declining extreme temperature variability. The five precipitation-related indicators show no distinct changing patterns for spatial and temporal distribution except for the regional series of maximum consecutive dry days. Interestingly, the regional series of consecutive dry days have increased significantly while the daily rainfall intensity index and the fraction of annual total precipitation due to events exceeding the $95^{th}$ percentile for 1901-1990 normals have insignificantly increased.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.47 no.3
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• pp.459-470
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• 2012

This study attempts to estimate the economic effects of extreme climate events on agriculture with the case of Gangwon-do, drawing upon the Ricardian approach based upon the panel data on extreme climate events, soil and geography, farmland prices, and economic and social variables for the 11 municipal units of Gangwon-do during the period of 1993-2010. Our empirical analysis shows that the heavy rainfall-related extreme climate variable negatively affects the prices of rice paddy and dry farm field. The summer-related extreme temperature variables have negative economic impacts on the land values of both farmlands, while the winter-related ones positively affect them except for the extreme cold wave variable.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.1155-1168
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• 2016

This paper considers a probability density estimation problem of climate values. In particular, we focus on estimating probability densities of summer extreme temperature over South Korea. It is known that the probability density of climate values at one location is similar to those at near by locations and one doesn't follow well known parametric distributions. To accommodate these properties, we use a mixture of conditional autoregressive species sampling model, which is a nonparametric Bayesian model with a spatial dependency. We apply the model to a dataset consisting of summer maximum temperature and minimum temperature over South Korea. The dataset is obtained from University of East Anglia.

• Proceedings of the KGS Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.79-82
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• 2003

인류의 활동으로 인해 전구적으로 일어나고 있는 기후 변화를 탐지하고 원인을 규명하는 것은 중요한 기후 연구 주제이다. 2001년에 발간된 IPCC 보고서는 기후에 대한 인류의 영향으로 19세기 후반 이후 지구의 평균기온이 약 0.7$^{\circ}C$ 상승했다고 결론지었다. 그러나 이러한 경향은 시공간적으로 일정하지 않을 뿐만 아니라, 평균 변화가 극한 사상의 변화를 반드시 이끌어 내는 것은 아니다. 하지만, 평균 변화는 사회나 생태계 전반에 걸쳐서 영향을 미치게 될 기후 행태를 변화시킨다. (중략)

• 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.