• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.12
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• pp.1187-1198
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• 2014

Strong winds and heavy rainfall from tropical cyclones (TCs) that occur in the Northwestern Pacific cause significant human and material damage to the Korean peninsula and East Asia. Hence, it is important to establish early warning systems and conduct preparedness activities in advance of a TC. This study suggests a technique to extract the value of uniform TC-induced rainfall considering the TC track and TC size. To validate our technique, we compare it to existing TC rainfall techniques using the spatial domain. To determine the TC size required for extracting TC-induced rainfall, this research analyzed the mean of TC-induced rainfall by TC size (1973-2012). As a result of this analysis, the maximum amount of mean of TC-induced rainfall was found for a TC with a radius of 700 km. Other techniques have limitations which this new technique addresses; it can extract TC-induced rainfall in each administrative area and minimize systematic biases of other extraction methods. The result of this study can be utilized in the preparation of rainfall forecasts, designing hydraulic structures, and predicting landslide and debris flows using TC-induced rainfall and downpours.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.152-152
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• 2022

Only employing historical data limits the estimation of the full distribution of probable Tropical Cyclone (TC) risk due to the insufficiency of samples. Addressing this limitation, this study introduces a semi-physical TC rainfall model that produces spatially and temporally resolved TC rainfall data to improve TC risk assessments. The model combines a statistical-based track model based on the Markov renewal process to produce synthetic TC tracks, with a physics-based model that considers the interaction between TC and the atmospheric environment to estimate TC rainfall. The simulated data from the combined model are then fitted to a probability distribution function to compute the spatially heterogeneous risk brought by landfalling TCs. The methodology is employed in South Korea as a case study to be able to implement a country-scale-based vulnerability inspection from damaging TC impacts. Results show that the proposed model can produce TC tracks that do not only follow the spatial distribution of past TCs but also reveal new paths that could be utilized to consider events outside of what has been historically observed. The model is also found to be suitable for properly estimating the total rainfall induced by landfalling TCs across various points of interest within the study area. The simulated TC rainfall data enable us to reliably estimate extreme rainfall from higher return periods that are often overlooked when only the historical data is employed. In addition, the model can properly describe the distribution of rainfall extremes that show a heterogeneous pattern throughout the study area and that vary per return period. Overall, results show that the proposed approach can be a valuable tool in providing sufficient TC rainfall samples that could be an aid in improving TC risk assessment.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.451-461
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• 2015

This study aimed to estimate the future design rainfall through a non-stationary frequency analysis using the rainfall separation technique. First, we classified rainfall in the Korean Peninsula into local downpour and TC-induced rainfall through rainfall separation technique based on the path and size of a typhoon. Furthermore, we performed the analysis of regional rainfall characteristics and trends. In addition, we estimated the future design rainfall through a non-stationary frequency analysis using Gumbel distribution and carried out its quantitative comparison and evaluation. The results of the analysis suggest that the increase and decrease rate of rainfall in the Korean Peninsula were different and the increasing and decreasing tendencies were mutually contradictory at some points. In addition, a non-stationary frequency analysis was carried out by using the rainfall separation technique. The outcome of this analysis suggests that a relatively reasonable future design rainfall can be estimated. Comparing total rainfall with the future design rainfall, differences were found in the southern and eastern regions of the Korean peninsula. This means that climate change may have a different effect on the typhoon and local downpour. Thus, in the future, individual assessment of climate change impacts needs to be done through moisture separation. The results presented here are applicable in future hydraulic structures design, flood control measures related to climate change, and policy establishment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.154-154
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• 2015

태풍은 남서부태평양 해상에서 생성되어 한반도를 포함한 동아시아 지역에 강풍 및 폭우를 동반하여 상륙함에 따라 매년 수많은 인명 피해와 사회 경제학적 피해가 발생되고 있다. 또한 기후변화가 가속화됨에 따라 서북태평양지역의 기온상승 및 태풍 진로 해역의 열용량 증가로 인하여 태풍의 강도가 더욱 증가될 것으로 전망되고 있으며 한반도 역시 슈퍼 태풍에 대한 잠재적 위험에서 안전하지 않은 실정이다. 따라서 태풍에 대한 효율적인 치수 및 방재대책을 위해서는 객관적인 태풍자료 구축 뿐 아니라 한반도에 미치는 지역별, 계절별 태풍활동 및 태풍강우에 대한 정량적 분석을 실시하고자한다. 본 연구에서는 태풍강우 분리기법을 적용하여 한반도에 영향을 미치는 태풍강우 및 비태풍강우를 분리를 하였으며, 호우 특성에 따른 공간적 특성을 유형화하고 태풍정보를 고려한 비정상성 빈도해석을 수행하였다. 본 연구결과는 한반도에 영향을 주는 태풍에 대한 효율적인 치수 및 방재대책의 마련과 지역 내 사회기반시설 설계에 대한 기초 자료를 제공해 줄 것으로 기대된다.