• 대기
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.377-387
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• 2013

Projections of changes in the low latitude atmospheric circulation under global warming are investigated using the results of the CMIP5 ensemble mean. For this purpose, 30-yr periods for the present day (1971~2000) and the end of the $21^{st}$ century (2071~2100) according to the RCP emission scenarios are compared. The wintertime subtropical jet is projected to strengthen on the upper side of the jet due to increase in meridional temperature gradient induced by warming in the tropical upper-troposphere and cooling in the stratosphere except for the RCP2.6. It is also found that a strengthening of the upper side of the wintertime subtropical jet in the RCP2.6 due to tropical upper-tropospheric warmings. Model-based projection shows a weakening of the mean intensity of the Hadley cell, an upward shift of cell, and poleward shift of the Hadley circulation for the winter cell in both hemispheres. A weakening of the Walker circulation, which is one of the most robust atmospheric responses to global warming, is also projected. These results are consistent with findings in the previous studies based on CMIP3 data sets. A weakening of the Walker circulation is accompanied with decrease (increase) in precipitation over the Indo-Pacific warm pool region (the equatorial central and east Pacific). In addition, model simulation shows a decrease in precipitation over subtropical regions where the descending branch of the winter Hadley cell in both hemispheres is strengthened.

• 대기
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.185-196
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• 2011

The performance assessment in radiosonde observation on the special observation program (ProbeX-2009) is performed and the characteristics of precipitation using Auto Weather System (AWS) and radiosonde data in 2009 at the Ulleungdo are investigated. The launching time, observation time, and maximum altitude of radiosonde are satisfied with the regulation from Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) but the duration of observational time of radiosonde is much shorter than that of the ProbeX-2007 because the altitude of launching site is higher than others in 2007. From the analysis of trajectories of radiosonde, most radiosondes at the Ulleungdo tend to move into the east because the westerly prevail at the middle latitude. However, when the Okhotsk high is expanded to the Korean peninsula and the north-westerly winds strengthen over the East Sea as the subtropical high is retreated, radiosonde tends to move into the south-west and south-east, respectively. Maximum distance appears at the end of observation level before May but the level of maximum distance is changed into 100 hPa after June because the prevailing wind direction is reversed from westerly to easterly at the stratosphere during summer time. The condition of precipitation was more correlated with the dynamic instability except Changma season. Precipitation in 2009 at the Ulleungdo occurred under the marine climate so that total precipitation amounts and precipitation intensity were increased and intensified during nighttime. The local environment favorable for the precipitation during nighttime was while the wind speed at the surface and the inflow from the shoreline were strengthened. Precipitation events also affected by synoptic condition but the localized effect induced by topography was more strengthened at the northern part of Ulleungdo.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.141-144
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• 2012

A mobile Rayleigh Doppler wind LIDAR at an eye-safe wavelength of 355 nm incorporating double-edge technique with triple-channel Fabry-Perot etalon is developed for wind measurement from 5 to 40km. The structure of this LIDAR system is described. An intercomparsion experiment with rawinsonde is made, showing good agreement with expected measurement accuracy. A continuous observation of stratosphere wind field for several days with temporal resolution of 15 min and spatial resolution of 200 m from 5 to 40 km is presented, demonstrating the stability and robustness of the LIDAR. A stratospheric quasi-zero wind layer can be found at around 20 km with a direction change from east to west evident in the continuous observation.

• 대기
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.203-214
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• 2016

This study explores the 6-month lead prediction skill of stratospheric temperature and circulations in the Global Seasonal forecasting model version 5 (GloSea5) hindcast experiment over the period of 1996~2009. Both the tropical and extratropical circulations are considered by analyzing the Quasi-Biennial Oscillation (QBO) and Northern Hemisphere Polar Vortex (NHPV). Their prediction skills are quantitatively evaluated by computing the Anomaly Correlation Coefficient (ACC) and Mean Squared Skill Score (MSSS), and compared with those of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Arctic Oscillation (AO). Stratospheric temperature is generally better predicted than tropospheric temperature. Such improved prediction skill, however, rapidly disappears in a month, and a reliable prediction skill is observed only in the tropics, indicating a higher prediction skill in the tropics than in the extratropics. Consistent with this finding, QBO is well predicted more than 6 months in advance. Its prediction skill is significant in all seasons although a relatively low prediction skill appears in the spring when QBO phase transition often takes place. This seasonality is qualitatively similar to the spring barrier of ENSO prediction skill. In contrast, NHPV exhibits no prediction skill beyond one month as in AO prediction skill. In terms of MSSS, both QBO and NHPV are better predicted than their counterparts in the troposphere, i.e., ENSO and AO, indicating that the GloSea5 has a higher prediction skill in the stratosphere than in the troposphere.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제11권5호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2017

고고도 장기체공 항공기는 기상조건이 크게 변하지 않는 성층권 내에서 장기간 임무를 수행하며, 비교적 저속으로 순항할 수 있는 추진기관을 선택하여야 한다. 다단 터보차저 시스템과 왕복동 엔진으로 구성된 추진기관은 고도와 상관없이 동일한 추력을 내는 고효율 추진기관으로 알려져 있으며, 이러한 특성으로 인해 여러 고고도 항공기의 추진기관으로 활용되었다. 본 논문에서는 주로 국외에서 개발된 다단 터보차저 시스템이 장착된 왕복동 엔진을 추진기관으로 사용한 항공기 현황을 소개하고, 해당 추진기관 중 가장 중요한 역할을 담당하는 다단 터보차저 시스템에 대한 국내외 연구개발 동향을 살펴보도록 한다.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.393-404
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• 2014

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been applied to not only military missions like surveillance and reconnaissance but also commercial missions like meteorological observation, aerial photograph, communication relay, internet network build and disaster observation. Fuel cells make UAVs eco-friendly by using hydrogen. Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) show low operation temperature, high efficiency, low noise and high energy density and those characterisitcs are well fitted with UAVs. Thus Fuel cell based UAVs have been actively developed in the world. Recently, fuel cell UAVs have started to develope for high altitude UAVs because target altitude of UAVs is expanded upto stratosphere altitude. Long endurance of UAVs is essential to improve effects of the missions. Improvement of UAV endurance time could be fulfilled by developing a hydrogen fuel storage system with high energy density and reducing the weight of UAVs. In this paper, research trend and analysis of fuel cell UAVs are introduced in terms of their altitude and endurance time and then the prospect of fuel cell UAVs are shown.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.545-554
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• 2017

Among various applications of the High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), this paper has a focus on the Global Positioning System (GPS) utilizing pseudolite and its improved performance, particularly during the multi-purpose missions. In a multi-purpose mission, the HALE UAV follows a specified flight trajectory for both navigation applications and missions. Some of the representative HALE missions are remote exploration, surveillance, reconnaissance, and communication relay. During these operations, the HALE UAV can also be an additional positioning signal source as it broadcast signals using pseudolite. The pseudolite signal can improve the availability, accuracy, and reliability of the GPS particularly in areas with poor signal reception, such as shadowed regions between tall buildings. The improvement in performance of navigation is validated through simulations of multi-purpose missions of the solar-powered HALE UAV in an urban canyon. The simulation includes UAV trajectory generation at stratosphere and uses actual geographical building data. The results indicate that the pseudolite-equipped HALE UAV has the potential to enhance the performance of the satellite navigation system in navigationally degraded regions even during multi-purpose operations.

• 정보처리학회논문지C
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• 제17C권2호
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• pp.181-189
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• 2010

HAP(High Altitude Platform)은 지표면 17~22km위에 있는 성층권 영역에서 운행하는 정지 궤도 공중 플랫폼으로 공중에서의 MBS(Mobile Base Station)로서의 역할이 가능하다. HAP 기반 네트워크는 인공위성 시스템과 지상통신 시스템의 장점들을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 HAP 기반망의 구성 및 그 유지를 위한 HAP MBS의 배치에 대해 연구한다. 이 연구를 위해 지상 이동 노드들을 클러스터링하기 위한 클러스터링 알고리즘이 사용되는데, 본 논문에서는 EM(Expectation Maximization) 클러스터링 알고리즘을 사용한다. 본 논문의 목표는 이동 통신 단말기들 간의 거리와, 각 단말기들의 이동속도를 고려하여 단말기들이 효율적으로 클러스터링 되어 HAP의 배치가 효율적일 수 있도록 EM 알고리즘을 적용 및 개선하고, 이 EM 알고리즘을 이용한 HAP MBS 배치기법을 인구밀도에 기반을 둔 RWP(Random Waypoint) 노드 모빌리티를 이용하여 그 성능을 평가한다.

• 항공우주시스템공학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2018

무인기는 관측, 통신중계, 정보 수집 등 여러 분야에서 다양한 목적으로 활용되고 있다. 최근 개발되는 무인기는 장시간 체공을 하면서 현재 수준보다 정밀하고 다량의 정보 수집이 가능하도록 고사양의 성능이 요구되고 있다. 현재, 국내에서는 인공위성의 일부 기능 대체를 목적으로 성층권에서 장기간 비행하기 위한 고고도 장기체공무인기가 개발되고 있다. 본 연구는 고고도 장기체공 무인기용으로 개발 중인 기체구조에 대한 구조 건전성 평가의 일환으로 동체 및 미익 체결부에 대한 안전여유 계산을 통하여 구조 건전성을 평가하였다. 그 결과로, 개발 중인 무인 비행체의 기체 구조 체결부에 대한 설계 타당성을 확인하였다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.195-202
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• 2018

A Scanning Rayleigh Doppler lidar for wind profiling based on a non-polarized beam splitter cube optically contacted FPI is developed for wind measurement from high troposphere to low stratosphere in 5-35 km. Non-polarized beam splitter cube optically contacted to the FPI are used for a stable optical receiver. Zero Doppler shift correction is used to correct for laser or FPI frequency jitter and drift and the timing sequence is designed. Stability of the receiver for Doppler shift discrimination is validated by measuring the transmissions of FPI in different days and analyzed the response functions. The maximal relative wind deviation due to the stability of the optical receiver is about 4.1% and the standard deviation of wind velocity is 1.6% due to the stability. Wind measurement comparison experiments were carried out in Jiuquan ($39.741^{\circ}N$, $98.495^{\circ}E$), Gansu province of China in 2015, showing good agreement with radiosonde result data. Continuous wind field observation was performed from October 16th to November 12th and semi-continuous wind field of 19 nights are presented.