• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.40 no.6 s.111
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• pp.730-747
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• 2005

This study examines relationships between climatic factors and spatial-temporal patterns and recent changes of tropical night phenomenon(TN) occurring through nighttime stages in South Korea. Frequencies of daily TN at different times of night are extracted from long term(1973-2004) 6 hourly nighttime(9PM and 3AM) temperature and daily minimum temperature data at 61 weather stations. Temporally, the occurrences of TN are more pronounced in the evening(9PM) and during the Changma Break period(late July - early August). Spatially, the TNs in the evening frequently occur in the urbanized inland cities at low latitudes due to urban heat islands, whereas the TNs in the middle of night(3AM) or at dawn frequently appeared along the coastal areas within 30km from ocean due to the thermal inertia of ocean. By contrast, the evening(dawn) TN is not seen in the highlands whose elevation is greater than 800m(300m) along the Taebaek and Sobaek mountain ridges due to temperature lapse rates with height Correlation and multivariate regression analyses reveal that the impacts of human or physical climatic factors, such as latitude, elevation, proximity to ocean, and population density, are diverse on the frequencies of TN according to nighttime stages. Recent temporal changes of the late Changma period and intensified urbanization during the 1990s have increased the occurances of TN in urban areas. Therefore, strategies to mitigate the increasing urban TN should be prepared in the near future.

• 건강소식
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• v.27 no.8 s.297
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• pp.14-15
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• 2003

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.344-353
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• 2019

Heat waves are a global phenomenon that exacerbate the risks associated with heat exposure and cause fatal human injury. The subject of this study was tropical night, one of the forms of heat waves. In this study, we investigated how the trend of tropical night in Korea is changing. From 1973 to 2018, we analyzed the temporal changes of the six tropical nights using daily minimum air temperature at 60 ASOS stations in Korea Meteorological Administration. From these analyzes, 10 sites were selected as attention sites for tropical nights: Incheon, Gangneung, Cheongju, Jeonju, Gwangju, Jangheung, Yeosu, Geoje, Gumi, Yeongdeok. The severe sites for tropical nights were identified as 14 sites including Hongcheon, Yangpyeong, Suwon, Wonju, Boryeong, Daejeon, Buan, Jeongeup, Mokpo, Geochang, Miryang, Pohang, Jeju, and Seogwipo. At the severe sites identified, special tropical night measures will need to be established.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2006.04a
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• pp.267-268
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• 2006

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2009.03a
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• pp.26-30
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• 2009

본 연구는 고해상도 위성영상을 이용하여 열대해역에서의 생태환경 분포도를 작성함으로써 생태 환경의 변화를 효과적으로 모니터링 할 수 있도록 하는 데에 목적이 있다. 지구온난화 현상에 따라 산호 면적이 감소하고 있다. 이처럼 산호는 환경 변화가 민감하게 반응을 하기 때문에 열대해역에서 산호를 모니터링 하는 것은 주변 생태환경 변화 전체에 대한 관리 역할을 하기 때문에 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 열대해역의 환경을 효과적으로 모니터링 하기위하여 고해상도 위성영상인 IKONOS와 Kompsat-2 영상을 이용하여 생태환경 분포도를 작성하여보았다. 연구지역은 한남태평양연구센터가 위치한 마이크로네시아 연방국의 Weno 섬 북동쪽 연안이고, 이 지역에서 2007년과 2008년 2번의 현장관측을 실시하여 총 121개 정점에서 광관측 및 환경 자료를 얻었다. 기존의 감독분류와 무감독분류 방법, 그리고 객체지향 영상분류 방법 등을 이용하여 분포도를 작성하였고, 현장관측 자료를 이용하여 검증하였다. 고해상도 영상이기 때문에 기존 방법에서 나타나는 오분류 현상이 객차지향 영상분류 방법을 사용할 경우 적어지는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.220-235
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• 2020

Heat wave generation in cities is basically affected by global warming, but it is further exacerbated by the impact of artificial heat emission and heat accumulation in the city. In particular, the effects of urban heat waves directly affect the occurrence of tropical nights. Basically, however, the choice of countermeasures against tropical nights is very limited compared to the daytime heat wave response. The purpose of this study was to analyze the characteristics of cold air flow at night as a countermeasure against tropical nights in Daegu Metropolitan City and to suggest its spatial applicability. As a research method, the spatial characteristics (flow velocity, flow rate, flow direction and range) of cold air flow in Daegu were quantitatively analyzed using KLAM_21, a cold air flow analysis program. As a result of the analysis, it was found that cold air generation and flow in the surrounding mountains of Daegu Metropolitan City was very active, but the inflow was limited to the urban area, which has tropical nights. However, it has been shown that the flow of cold air flowing from the surrounding mountains is very active in some urban areas, so it has spatial conditions that are very effective in countering tropical nights. If these spatial conditions are used for the urban planning, it will be very useful to develop countermeasures for tropical nights.

• Proceedings of The Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.1-18
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• 2002

우리나라는 매년 3∼4개의 태풍의 영향을 받고 있다. 금년에는 현재까지 4개의 태풍(제5호 라마순, 제8호 나크리, 제9호 펑셴, 제15호 루사)의 영향을 받았다. 특히, 태풍 역사이래 최대의 재산 및 인명 피해를 유발한 제15호 태풍은 8월 23일 09시경 북태평양의 괌 동북동쪽 약 1,800km 부근 해상(16.5N, 161.0E)에서 열대저압부(Tropical Depression, TD)가 '약'한 '소형' 열대폭풍(Tropical Storm, TS)으로 조직화되면서 제15호 태풍 '루사(RUSA)'로 명명되었으며, 그 뜻은 '삼바사슴'을 의미하고 말레이시아에서 제출한 태풍 이름이다.(중략)

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.583-595
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• 2012

The potential for tropical cyclogenesis in a given oceanic and atmospheric environments can be represented by genesis potential index (GPI). Using the 18 Coupled Model Inter Comparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) models, the annual cycle of GPI and interannual variability of GPI are analyzed in this study. In comparison, the annual cycle of GPI calculated from reanalysis data is revisited. In particular, GPI differences between CMIP5 models and reanalysis data are compared, and the possible reasons for the GPI differences are discussed. ENSO (El Nino and Southern Oscillation) has a tropical phenomenon, which affects tropical cyclone genesis and its passages. Some dynamical interpretations of tropical cyclogenesis are suggested by using the fact that GPI is a function of four large-scale parameters. The GPI anomalies in El Nino or La Nina years are discussed and the most contributable factors are identified in this study. In addition, possible dynamics of tropical cyclogenesis in the Northern Hemisphere Pacific region are discussed using the large-scale factors.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.51-69
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• 1993

Precipitable Water(PW) are retrieved over the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean from TOVS infrared and microwave channel brightness temperature and OLR observations by means of stepwise linear regression. The retrieved TOVS PW fields generated by PW$_{sfc}$(71.1 % of the variance and 0.62 g cm$^{-2}$ standard error over the surface) and PW$_{700500}$(71.7 % and 0.17 g cm$^{-2}$ over the 700 - 500 hPa layer) revealed more evolving synoptic signals over the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean. The PW$_{sfc}$ dose not show significantly the TP feature because of the representation of the lower PW for high-level clouds not associated with deep convection. There exists some elusion to trace the TP on the PW$_{sfc}$ field if any supplementary information does not provide. But ECMWF analysis has a general tendency of drying the subtropics and moistening the ITCZ (InterTropical Convergence Zone) and SPCZ(South Pacific Convergence Zone). However, although ECMWF analysis is fairly successful in capturing mean patterms, it is unsuccessful in following active synoptic signal like a tropical plume. Similarly, SMMR-PW does not represent the TP well which consists of the highand middle-level clouds, but PW$_{sfc}$ shows underestimated moistness of TP and does not depict significant signal of TP. In the PW field derived from microwave observations, the TP can not be recognized well. Furthermore, the signature of PW$_{sfc}$ was different from OLR for the TP, which implies the presence of high- and middle-layer thin clouds, but in a closer agreement for deep and active convection areas which contain thick middle- and lower-layer clouds; though OLR represented the cloudiness in the tropics well. In synoptically active regions, it differed from OLR analysis, primarily bacause of actual differences in water vapor and cloud features. The signature of PW$_{sfc}$ was different from OLR for the TP.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.67-76
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• 2011

도시화로 인해 도심지와 도시외곽간의 기온차가 더욱 심해지는 열섬현상은 폭염과 더불어 도시민의 쾌적한 삶을 저해하는 요소로 작용하여 이를 저감하기 위한 노력이 시행되고 있다. 도시 기온은 도시의 지형적 특성, 도시 수체의 규모와 위치 등에 의해 영향을 받고 있는 것으로 알려져 있어 도시외곽에 산림이 존재하는 도시에서는 이들 지역과 도심지와의 기온차이를 측정하여 바람길을 이용한 기후응용도시계획에 활용할 필요가 있다. 허나, 아직 국내에서는 이들 기온 차에 대한 특성을 조사한 연구가 많지 않다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 서울시 강남 지역을 대상으로 도심지 상업업무중심지구 두 곳(GNS, SLS)과 도시외곽 산기슭 마을 두 곳(YGD, GPT) 간의 기온 차를 2008년 4월 14일부터 2009년 4월 13일까지 1년간 관측한 자료를 대상으로 일 변동, 계절별 변동을 비교, 분석하였다. 분석결과 관측 기간 동안 YGD는 연평균기온이 GNS보다 $2.8^{\circ}C$ 낮았으며 열대야는 GNS, SLS가 16일인데 비해 GPT는 2일, YGD는 하루도 관측되지 않아 도시외곽의 산림이 도시기온 저감효과가 있음을 확인하였다.