• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.79-91
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• 2011

In order to study interactions between climate change and air quality, a modeling system including the downscaling scheme has been developed in the integrated manner. This research focuses on the development of a downscaling method to utilize CCSM3 outputs as the initial and boundary conditions for the regional climate model, MM5. Horizontal/vertical interpolation was performed to convert from the latitude/longitude and hybrid-vertical coordinate for the CCSM3 model to the Lambert-Conformal Arakawa-B and sigma-vertical coordinate for the MM5 model. A variable diagnosis was made to link between different variables and their units of CCSM and MM5. To evaluate the dynamic downscaling performance of this study, spatial distributions were compared between outputs of CCSM/MM5 and NRA/MM5 and statistic analysis was conducted. Temperature and precipitation patterns of CCSM/MM5 in summer and winter showed a similar pattern with those of observation data in East Asia and the Korean Peninsula. In addition, statistical analysis presented that the agreement index (AI) is more than 0.9 and correlation coefficient about 0.9. Those results indicate that the dynamic downscaling system built in this study can be used for the research of interaction between climate change and air quality.

• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.39-50
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• 2012

KMA(Korea Meteorological Administration) projected that annual mean temperatures of South Korea will rise $3.8^{\circ}C$ and the annual total precipitation will increase by 17 percent by 2100. Rainfall is concentrated during the summer in South Korea. Thus the risk of landslide by heavy rain is expected to increase. After the landslide of Mt. Umyeon occurred in July 2011, disaster of forest sector is highlighted. Therefore vulnerability assessment of landslide is urgent. However, vulnerability assessment based on local governments was not done yet. In this study, we assess vulnerability of landslide by heavy rain for local governments. We used several scenarios to consider uncertainty of climate change. Through this study, local governments can use the results to establish adaptation plans. Also, the results could be used to decrease vulnerability of landslide.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.237-246
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• 2002

This study classified wintertime bioclimatic zones of South Korea based on daytime and nighttime distribution of wind chill index calculated from climate data during the coldest month for latest 30 years (1971- 2000). The results show that the winter daytime and nighttime wind chill index were influenced by climatic factors such as elevation, land-sea breeze, topology, and sea currents etc. as well as climatic components such as temperature, wind speed, and sunshine, so that South Korea was divided into five bioclimatic zones; Cool day- cold night zone, Keen day- Cold night zone, Keen day-Very Cold night zone, Cold day and night zone, and Cold day-Extremely Cold night zone. Especially, coasts and island areas, except for south coast of Korea, shows Keen bioclimatic response during daytime and Very Cold bioclimatic response during nighttime. This indicates that coasts and island areas, except for south coast of Korea are affected by moonson and land-sea breeze. In addition, highly elevated Daegwallyeong shows Cold bioclimatic response during daytime and Extremely Cold during nighttime due to the influence of adiabatic temperature lapse rate and monsoon. This study offers basic data necessary to make decisions concerning insulation such as clothing and architect etc. by classifying winter bioclimatic zones of South Korea based on various daytime and nighttime distribution of wind chill.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.141-150
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• 2002

This study was conducted to reveal the effects of local climatic conditions on the yearly cone production in progeny test stand of Korean white pine. For this, yearly cone production by locality of progeny test stands was first measured and analyzed. The effects of climatic conditions on the cone production was analyzed by the estimation of yearly local climates based on both a topoclimatological method and a spatial statistical technique. From yearly climatic estimates, 19 climatic indices affecting cone production were computed for each of the progeny test stand. The yearly cone productions were then correlated with and regressed to the climatic indices to examine effects of local climatic conditions on the reproductive growth. According to correlation analysis, it was found that some typical climatic indices by locality were significantly correlated with the cone production. Also, the optimal regression equations which can estimate cone production by local climatic conditions were provided for applying to each of the progeny test stand of Korean white pine.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.108 no.1
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• pp.10-20
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to identify the long-term area changes in the subalpine coniferous forests in Korea in order to understand the changes in the subalpine forest ecosystems vulnerable to climate change. We analyzed 20 years of time-series Landsat satellite images (mid 1990s, mid 2010s) for change detection of coniferous forests and compared with the long term changes of climate information to identify their relationship in the study area. As a result, the area of coniferous forests in the study region decreased by 25% over 20 years. The regions with largest changes are Seoraksan, Baegunsan-Hambaeksan-Jangsan, Jirisan, and Hallasan. The region with the largest decrease in area was Baegunsan (reduced area: 542 ha), and the region with large decrease in area and the largest rate of decrease was Hallasan (rate of decrease: 33.3%). As the Jeju region has the most rapid temperature rise, it is projected that Hallasan is the most vulnerable forest ecosystem affected by climate change. The result of this study shows that from a long-term perspective the overall coniferous forests in the subalpine region are declining, but the trend varies in each region. This national and long-term information on the change of coniferous forests in the subalpine region can be utilized as baseline data for the detailed survey of endangered subalpine coniferous trees in the future.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.1871-1885
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• 2013

In this study, spatio-temporal distribution of future drought in South Korea was predicted by using the meteorological data generated from GCMs on which a variety of climate changing scenarios are applied. Drought phenomena was quantitatively analyzed using SPI(Standardized Precipitation Index). In addition, potential drought hazard maps for different drought duration and return period were made for the South Koreaby drought frequency analysis after deriving SDF(Severity-Duration-Frequency) curves using the 54 weather stations throughout the country. From the potential drought hazard maps, drought is expected to be severer in Nakdong River basin and Seomjin River basin under A2 scenario. It was also predicted that drought would be severe in the Han River basin by RCP8.5 scenario. In the future, potential drought hazard area would be expanded until the Eastern part of Nakdong River basin as compared with that of past under A2 scenario condition. Research results indicated that future drought would be extensively occurred all areas of South Korea not limiting in the southern part of country.

• The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.53-65
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• 1999

It is only possible by Physical based Water Balance Models such as $BROOK_{TOP}$ developed by me to estimate regional water balances caused by changes of regional ecosystem, which result in climate change, change of vegetation due to climate change, artificial landuse change, etc. This study estimates regional water balances of mid-north agricultural and forest regions in Germany using $BROOK_{TOP}$-Water Balance Model with climate change scenarios developed by PIK in Germany and GCM Scenarios developed by Praha University in Czech. Developing Water Resource Change Estimation System such as this study for global warming with considering climate, surface and underground conditions provides the basis of system development for surface-, groundwater-, cultivation-, ecosystem-, natural emergency-management, landuse and regional planing.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.293-293
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• 2023

2022년 발간된 IPCC (The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) 6차 평가보고서(AR6)에서는 미래 사회경제변화를 기준으로 기후변화에 대한 미래의 완화와 적응 노력에 따라 5개의 시나리오로 구분된 SSP (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, 공통사회경제경로)를 제시하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 제주도 지역을 대상으로 SSP 시나리오에 따른 미래 수문학적 변화를 분석하였다. 제주도 지역의 독특한 기후 및 지질학적 특성, 간헐적 하천유출 특성 등을 모의할 수 있는 유역모델링(SWAT)을 기반으로, 미래 기후변화 시나리오에 따른 수문 변화를 분석하였다. 기후모형에 따른 미래 전망의 불확실성을 최소화하기 위해 SSP 시나리오 4종(SSP1-2.6, SSP2-4.5, SSP3-7.0, SSP5-8.5)에 대해 18개의 Global Climate Models (GCMs) 자료를 분석에 사용하였다. 또한 지역별 공간적 특성을 충분히 반영하기 위해 하천구간과 고도 특성을 고려하여 총 299개 소유역으로 구분하여 모델링을 수행하였다. 각 GCM 및 SSP 시나리오별 산출된 유역모델링 모의자료를 기반으로 과거 historical 기간(1981~2010년)과 미래기간(2011~2100년)으로 구분하여 강수량, 유출량, 증발산량, 함양량 등에 대한 시공간적 변화를 분석하였다. 대체로 모든 GCM 및 모든 SSP 시나리오에서 미래기간으로 갈수록 강수량은 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 북부지역(제주시)보다는 남부지역(서귀포시)의 증가량이 많으며, SSP5-8.5 시나리오에서 상대적으로 변동폭이 큰 것으로 분석되었다. 기준증발산량 또한 기온의 증가에 따라 미래로 갈수록 기준증발산량이 증가하는 것으로 전망되었으며, SSP5-8.5 시나리오에서 가장 크게 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 기준증발산량의 절대값은 북부지역에서 더 크게 나타나며, SSP5-8.5에서 가장 큰 것으로 전망되었다. 과거기간 대비 변화율은 SSP5-8.5에서 가장 크게 증가하며, 최소 10% 이상 증가할 것으로 전망되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.400-400
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• 2019

국내에서는 향후 기후변화 등으로 인해 수자원 분야에 있어 많은 변화가 일어날 것이라 예측하고 있으며 특히 미래 물 공급에 많은 어려움이 예상됨에 따라 안정적인 물 공급을 위해서는 기후변화 적응 전략 수립이 필요한 실정이다. 현재 많은 수자원시설물이 건설되어 운영 중에 있음에도 불구하고 가뭄 등으로 인해 물 공급의 어려움을 겪는 지역이 발생하기도 하였다. 따라서 현재 물 공급 시스템의 공급능력 및 취약성에 대해 기후변화를 고려하여 평가할 필요가 있으며 분석결과를 활용하여 향후 안정적인 물 공급을 위한 대안을 마련하여야 한다. 최근 들어 기후변화가 국내 수자원에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위해 많은 노력을 기울이고는 있으나 물 공급 관련 연구는 초기 단계에 머물고 있다. 이는 미래에 대한 예측의 불확실성이 크기 때문에 정량적인 결과를 도출하기가 어렵다. 따라서 미래에 발생할 수 있는 문제를 사전에 감지하고 이를 해소하기 위한 대책을 마련하기 위해서는 미래에 발생가능한 다양한 상황에 대한 분석을 수행할 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 미래 기후변화, 사회 경제조건 변화 등에 대해 현재의 기술로 예측할 수 있는 다양한 상황을 미래 시나리오 경로로 구성하고 각 경로별 물 수급 전망을 수행함으로써 미래 물 공급에 대한 기후변화 취약성을 평가하고자 하였다. 구성된 미래 시나리오 경로별 물 수급 전망분석 결과를 통해 4대 권역(한강, 낙동강, 금강, 섬진강 및 영산강)에 대한 물 공급 취약지역을 선정하였으며 미래 발생할 수 있는 물 부족 발생가능량을 분석하여 제시하였다. 분석을 통해 선정된 물 공급 취약지역에 대해서는 안정적인 물 공급을 위한 대책 마련이 절실할 것으로 판단되며 연구결과는 지역 수자원계획 수립에 다양한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Urban Environment
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.409-417
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• 2018

This study elicited the necessity of considering regional climate change on Low Impact Development (LID) application by evaluating its effect on LID efficiency. The relationship between climate change factors and LID efficiency was evaluated with Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) showing the increase of annual precipitation and representative evapotranspiration. Simply lowering lawn surface (LID3), a practical option to increase retention and infiltration effect, demonstrated hydrological improvement above two conventional options, bioretention with green roof (LID1) and bioretention only (LID2). High runoff reductions of applied options at RCP 4.5, supposing taking efforts for mitigating green house gases, revealed that climate change countermeasures were preferable to LID efficiencies. The increase of precipitation had more influence in hydrological change than that of reference evapotranspiration.