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• 제19권4호
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• pp.345-370
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• 2009

Numerical experiments using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model were done to identify the role of the mountain ranges in the northern part of the Peninsula (referred as "the northern mountain complex"), in the occurrence of two heavy snowfall events over the Yeongdong region on 7-8 December 2002 and 20-21 January 2008. To this end, control simulations with the topography of the northern mountain complex and other simulations without the topography of the mountain complex were performed. It was revealed that the amount of snowfall over the Yeongdong region from the control simulation much more exceeded that of the simulation without the topography of the mountain complex. This increase of the snowfall amount over the Yeongdong region can be explained as follows: As the upstream flow approached the northern mountain complex, it deflected around the northern mountain complex due to the blocking effect of the mountains with a low Froude number less than ~0.16. This lead to the strengthening of northeasterly over the East Sea and over the Yeongdong region. The strong northeasterly is accompanied with much more snowfall over the Yeongdong region by intensifying air-mass modification over the sea and the orographic effect of the Taeback mountains. Thus, it was concluded that the topography of the northern mountain complex is one of the main factors in determining the distribution and amount of precipitation in the Yeongdong region when there is an expansion of the Siberian High toward the East Sea.

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• 제25권1호
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• pp.51-66
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• 2015

This study was conducted to perform various sensitivity experiments using WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model in order to determine the effects of terrains of the Korean Peninsula and the land-sea thermal contrast on the formation and development of the convergent cloud band for the cases of 1 February 2012. The sensitivity experiments consist of the following five ones: CNTL experiment (control experiment), and TMBT experiment, BDMT experiment and ALL experiment that set the terrain altitude of Taeback Mountains and Northern mountain complex as zero, respectively, and the altitude of the above-mentioned two mountains as zero, and LANDSEA experiment that set to change the Korean Peninsula into sea in order to find out the land-sea thermal contrast effect. These experiment results showed that a cold air current stemming from the Siberian high pressure met the group of northern mountains with high topography altitude and was separated into two air currents. These two separated air currents met each other again on the Middle and Northern East Sea, downstream of the group of northern mountains and converged finally, creating the convergent cloud band. And these experiments suggested that the convergent cloud band located on the Middle and Northern East Sea, and the cloud band lying on the southern East sea to the coastal waters of the Japanese Island facing the East Sea, were generated and developed by different dynamical mechanisms. Also it was found that the topography of Taeback Mountains created a warm air advection region due to temperature rise by adiabatic compression near the coastal waters of Yeongdong Region, downstream of the mountains. In conclusion, these experiment results clearly showed that the most essential factor having an effect on the generation and development of the convergent cloud band was the topography effect of the northern mountain complex, and that the land-sea thermal contrast effect was insignificant.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.283-300
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• 2006

본고는 남북경제협력 사업인 개성공단 개발사업으로 남 북한 모두에게 장소의 의미가 커진 북한 개성시의 자연경관특성을 지명을 통해 살펴본 것이다. 본 연구는 북한의 문헌분석, 탈북자와 개성공단 북한 근로자를 대상으로 한 심층면담, 그리고 두 차례의 개성 현지답사를 통해 진행되었으며, 주요한 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 지명에 나타난 개성지역 산지의 특성은 산지의 구성비율이 높고 산의 형태가 둥근 모양과 삿갓 모양이 많으며, 산과 하천으로 둘러싸인 곳은 잦은 안개발생과 하천침식에 의한 돌이 많은 것이 특징이다. 둘째, 지명에 나타난 개성의 하천은 모래의 양이 많고 유황이 불안정하며 일부 개풍군 및 판문군 일대의 하천은 조석의 영향을 받는 것이 특징이다. 넷째, 지명에 투영된 동 식물은 그 서식환경이 개성지역의 자연환경과 유사한 것이 특징이다. 넷째, 토양, 벼랑, 벌, 바위와 관련된 기타지명에서 토양 특히 붉은 토양과 관련된 지명은 개성의 북부 산지지역에 분포하고, 벼랑과 관련된 지명은 벼랑 발달의 원인이 되는 하천 연안에 분포하는 것이 특징이다. 그리고 평야를 의미하는 벌 관련 지명은 사천강의 지류인 서암천 연안에 분포하고, 바위 관련 지명은 산과 하천 그리고 마을이 혼재되어 있는 곳에 분포하는 것이 특징이다. 결론적으로 북한개성지역은 남북경제협력 사업이자 평화구축 프로젝트인 개성공단 개발사업과 개성관광사업으로 남 북한 모두에게 지역 자체가 차지하는 비중이 매우 크다. 하지만 개성지역이 북한 땅이기 때문에 자료접근이 어렵고 기초연구가 거의 이루어지지 않은 실정이다. 따라서 개성지명에 관한 본 연구는 지역정보를 담고 있기 때문에 향후 개성지역을 관리하고 운영하는데 기초자료를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 사려된다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.46-56
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• 2011

전산유동 수치모형을 이용하여 다양한 대기안정도 상태하에서 부산광역시내 승학산과 구덕산의 초고해상도 풍력자원을 평가하였다. 연구에 사용된 수치모형은 중규모와 미규모 기상현상의 재현에 널리 사용되는 전산유동 수치모형인 A2C이다. 대기안정도가 강할 때, 위치에너지의 크기가 상대적으로 강해지기 때문에 산을 넘어가는 경향이 나타난다. 반면 대기안정도가 약해지면서 산악후면의 후류 발생이 증대되며, 난류에너지가 증가한다. 그리고 연평균 풍력밀도, 난류운동에너지, 연직 바람전단력 분석을 통하여 구덕산 정상의 남쪽 부근이 다른 구역보다 가용 풍력자원이 풍부함을 확인하였다.

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• 제29권3호
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• pp.325-342
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• 2019

Precipitation and no-precipitation events under the influence of the Siberian high pressure system in Yeondong region, were analysed and classified as four types [obvious precipitation event (OP) type, obvious no-precipitation event (ON) type, ambiguous precipitation event (AP) type and ambiguous no-precipitation event (AN) type], according to the easiness in determining whether to have precipitation or not in Yeongdong region, to help in improving the forecast skill. Concerning the synoptic pressure pattern, for OP type, the ridge of Siberian high extends from Lake Baikal toward Northeast China, and there is a northerly wind upstream of the northern mountain complex (located near the Korean-Chinese border). On the other hand, for ON type, the ridge of Siberian high extends southeastward from Lake Baikal, and there is a westerly wind upstream of the northern mountain complex. The pressure pattern of AP type was similar to the OP type and that of AN type was also similar to ON type. Thus it was difficult to differentiate AP type and OP type and AN type and ON type based on the synoptic pressure pattern only. The four types were determined by U (wind speed normal to the Taebaek mountains) and Froude number (FN). That is, for OP type, average FN and U at Yeongdong coast are ~2.0 and ${\sim}6m\;s^{-1}$, and those at Yeongseo region are 0.0 and $0.1m\;s^{-1}$, respectively. On the contrary, for ON type, average FN and U at Yeongdong coast are 0.0 and $0.2m\;s^{-1}$, and those at Yeongseo region are ~1.0 and ${\sim}4m\;s^{-1}$, respectively. For AP type, average FN and U at Yeongdong coast are ~1.0 and ${\sim}4m\;s^{-1}$, and those at Yeongseo region are 0.0 and $0.2m\;s^{-1}$, whereas for AN type, average FN and U at Yeongdong coast are 0.1 and $0.6m\;s^{-1}$ and those at Yeongseo region are ~1.0 and ${\sim}3m\;s^{-1}$, respectively. Based on the result, a schematic diagram for each type was suggested.

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• 제26권4호
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• pp.577-598
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• 2016

Observational and numerical studies have been carried out to understand the cause and development processes of the heavy rainfall over the middle Korean Peninsula during 0300 LST-1500 LST 29 June 2011 (LST = UTC + 0900). The heavy rainfall event occurred as the synoptic-scale ridge extended from Western Pacific Subtropical High (WPSH) was maintained over East Asia. Observational analysis indicates that the heavy rainfall is mainly due to scattered convective systems, formed over the Yellow Sea, traveling northeastward across the middle peninsula without further organization into larger systems during 0300 LST-0800 LST, and mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over the Yellow Sea, transformed into a squall line, traveling eastward during 0800 LST-1500 LST. Organization of convective systems into MCSs can be found over the area of mesoscale trough and convergence zone in the northern end of the low-level jet (LLJ) after 0600 LST. Both observational and numerical investigations indicate that a strong LLJ extended from the East China Sea to the Yellow Sea plays an essential role for the occurrence of heavy rainfall. The strong LLJ develops in between the WPSH and a pressure trough over eastern China. Numerical experiments indicate that the land-sea contrast of solar heating of surface and latent heating due to convective developments are the major factors for the development of the pressure trough in eastern China. Numerical study has also revealed that the mountainous terrain including the mountain complex in the northern Korean Peninsula contributes to the increase of rainfall amount in the middle part of the peninsula.