본 연구에서는 HadGEM2-AO 자료를 처방한 RegCM4를 이용하여 CORDEX 동아시아 영역에 대한 27년(1979-2005)간의 장기적분을 수행하였고, 기온과 강수에 대한 모의성능을 분석하였다. RegCM4는 전반적으로 기온의 공간분포, 계절 및 경년변동을 현실성 있게 잘 모의한 반면, 강수의 경우 시 공간 분포를 적절히 모의하지 못하였다. 특히, RegCM4는 동아시아 여름몬순에 의한 강수대를 위도 30˚N 이하에서 정체하게 모의하면서 여름철 남한의 강수를 매우 과소하게 모의하였다. HadGEM2-AO를 적용한 RegCM4는 기온모의에서는 재분석자료를 처방한 경우와 유사한 모의성능을 보이지만, 강수모의에서는 현저히 낮은 모의성능을 보였다. 이는 여름철 남서풍을 상대적으로 저위도에 치우치게 모의하는 HadGEM2-AO의 특성이 RegCM4에 영향을 주어 동아시아 여름몬순 강수대의 발달-쇠퇴과정을 RegCM4가 적절히 모의하지 못하면서 나타난 결과로 판단된다.

본 연구에서는 CORDEX 동아시아 영역에서 경계조건(ERA-Interim, NCEP/DOE2) 및 적운모수화방안(Grell, Emanuel)이 2010년 7월에 공개된 지역기후모델(RegCM4)의 모의성능에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위해 1989년에 대해 총 4개의 민감도 실험(EG, EE, NG, NE)을 수행하였다. 남한에서의 기온, 강수에 대한 RegCM4의 모의성능을 분석하기 위해 기상청의 기온, 강수자료를 이용하였다. RegCM4는 경계조건 및 적운모수화방안에 관계없이 기온의 공간분포, 계절변동을 잘 모의한 반면, 모든 실험에서 강수의 시 공간 분포를 적절히 모의하지 못하였다. 특히, EG, NG, NE 실험은 여름 강수를 관측보다 현저히 적게 모의하는 등 강수의 계절변동을 전혀 모의하지 못하고 있다. 하지만 EE 실험에서는 여름 강수를 포함하여 계절변동을 상대적으로 잘 모의하였다. 동아시아 여름 몬순 및 강수강도별 강수량, 강수빈도 모의에서도 EE 실험이 우수한 모의성능을 보였다. RegCM4는 경계조건에 관계없이 기온, 강수 모두 여름보다는 겨울에, Grell 보다는 Emanuel 방안을 적용할 때 높은 모의성능을 보였다. 또한 전체적으로 모의성능은 경계조건보다는 적운모수화방안에 더 큰 영향을 받는다.

We projected the temperature changes in the mid-21st century with Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 4.5 and RCP8.5 using the temperature data simulated by four regional climate models (RCMs: WRF, CCLM, MM5, RegCM4) in Korea. The simulation area and spatial resolution of RCMs were the CORDEXEA (COordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment-East Asia) area and 25 km, respectively. We defined the temperature change as the difference (ratio) between the average annual temperature (IAV: Interannual Variation) over the projected 25 years (2026-2050) and that over the present 25 years (1981-2005). The fact that the average annual temperature bias of the four RCMs is within ±2.5°C suggests that the RCM simulation level is reasonable in Korea. Across all RCMs, scenarios, and geographic locations, we observed increased temperatures (IAV) in the mid-21st century. In RCP4.5 and RCP8.5, 1.27°C and 1.57°C will be increased by 2050, respectively. The ensemble suggests that the temperature increase is higher in winter (RCP4.5: 1.36°C, RCP8.5: 1.75°C) than summer (RCP4.5: 1.25°C, RCP8.5: 1.49°C). Central Korea exhibited a higher temperature increase than southern Korea. A slightly larger IAV is expected in the southeastern region than in the Midwest of Korea. IAV is also expected to increase significantly in RCP4.5 (summer) than in RCP8.5 (winter).

Tropical cyclones (TCs) over the western North Pacific (WNP) mainly occur during June-October, and result in significant casualties and damages to property in East Asian countries (e.g., Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and China, etc.). Although the total number of TCs that occurred over WNP was similar to normal years, the numer of TCs that affected Korea in August and September 2019 was 3 times higher than with the same number of TCs in July. Therefore, this study examined why more TCs migrated into Korea in 2019 through analyzing four environmental conditions: steering flow, geopotential height at 500 hPa, vertical wind shear (VWS), and sea surface temperature (SST). Results showed that the tracks of TCs were significantly associated with steering flows from July to September. Furthermore, weaker VWS and warmer SST were distributed near the tracks of TCs during August and September, whereas strong VWS and lower SST were dominant in July. The environmental conditions in August and September were favorable for maintaining and developing TCs, explaining why more typhoons have affected Korea during August and September in 2019.

This study analyzed future projections on daily mean values and extremes for temperature and daily precipitation over Seoul metropolitan city using bias-corrected high-resolution multi-regional climate models. The factors of uncertainty for the future projection of climate variables were defined. In the time series analysis of future projections for regional climate models, the average daily temperature and the number of days of the hot day-hot night were predicted to have a stable trend in the RCP2.6 scenario, and showed a tendency to increase continuously in the RCP8.5 scenario. The daily mean precipitation and RX1day (annual daily maximum precipitation) had large annual variabilities in the models. In the estimation of the fraction of total variance, the daily mean temperature was dominated by the internal variability in the early 21st century and the most contributing to the scenario uncertainty in the late 21st century. The daily mean precipitation showed a remarkable contribution from the internal variability over the entire period. The number of days of the hot day-hot night showed a similar contribution pattern to that of the daily mean temperature. For the RX1day, the internal variability dominated over the entire period, and the scenario uncertainty had little contribution. This study will help establish more scientific climate change adaptation policies by providing the uncertainty information for future climate change projection.

The long-term variability of summer heavy rainfall in the Seoul metropolitan area was investigated in this study for the period of 1970-2018. The study period was divided into two phases; first phase from 1970 to 1994 and the second phase was 1995 to 2018. Long-term variability of summer heavy rainfall was examined using the change-point analysis method. Annual mean heavy rainfall amounts showed increasing trends in Seoul and Incheon during summer monsoon season (June to August). Results revealed that the changes in frequency and amount of heavy rainfall were observed larger in the months of July and August as compare to June during the second phase. The upper-level trough was prominently developed at the west of the Seoul metropolitan area and the core region of the upper-level jet was shifted to the east of the area during second phase. The western North Pacific subtropical high was expanded westward and moisture flux flowed along the southwesterly wind, resultant increasing moisture supply. The temperature and humidity tended to increase recently at the lower and mid-levels.

In this study, uncertainty ranges for bias-corrected temperature and precipitation in seven metro-cities were estimated using nine GCM-RCM Matrix, and climate changes were predicted based on the corrected temperature and precipitation. During the present climate (1981-2005), both uncertainties for annual temperature and precipitation and differences in regional uncertainties were reduced by bias correction methods. Model’s systematic errors such as cold bias of surface air temperature and underestimated precipitation during the second-Changma period were improved by a bias correction method. Uncertainties of annual variations for bias corrected temperature and precipitation were also decrease. Furthermore, not only mean values but also extreme values were improved by bias correction methods. During the future climate (2021-2050), differences in temperature and precipitation between two RCP scenarios (RCP4.5/8.5) were not quite large. Temperature had an obvious increasing tendency, while future precipitation did not change significantly compared to present one in terms of mean values. Uncertainties for future biascorrected temperature and precipitation were also reduced. In mid-21st centuries, models prospected that mean temperature increased thus lower extremes associated with cold wave decreased and upper extremes associated with heat wave increased. Models also predicted that variations of future precipitation increased thus the frequency and intensity of extreme precipitation increased.

Regional climate simulations for the CORDEX East Asia domain were conducted between 1981 and 2100 using five models to project future climate change based on RCP2.6, 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5 scenarios. By using the ensemble mean of five model results, future changes in climate zones and four extreme temperature events of South Korea were investigated according to Köppen-Trewartha’s classification criteria. The four temporal periods of historical (1981-2005), early future (2021-2040), middle future (2041-2070), and late future (2071-2100) were defined to examine future changes. The analysis domain was divided into 230 administrative districts of South Korea. In historical (1981-2005) period, the subtropical zones are only dominant in the southern coastal regions and Jeju island, while those tend to expand in the future periods. Depending on the RCP scenarios, the more radiative forcing results in the larger subtropical zone over South Korea in the future. The expansion of the subtropical zone in metropolitan areas is more evident than that in rural areas. In addition, the enlargement of the subtropical zone in coastal regions is more prominent than that of in inland regions. Particularly, the subtropical climate zone for the late future period of RCP8.5 scenario is significantly dominant in most South Korea. All scenarios show that cold related extreme temperature events are expected to decrease and hot related extreme temperature events to increase in late future. This study can be utilized by administrative districts for the strategic plan of responses to future climate change.

The APHRODITE (Asian Precipitation - Highly-Resolved Observational Data Integration Towards Evaluation of water resources) data has been widely used for the evaluation of the numerical model due to its higher spatial and temporal resolutions. However, some studies have indicated that it significantly underestimates the extreme precipitation values for several regions such as South Asia compared with station-based observation. In this study, therefore, the 25 year (1981-2005) APHRODITE precipitation data over South Korea during June to September was improved using Automated Synoptic Observing System (ASOS) data from Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). After the spatial resolution and temporal interval of the ASOS data were changed to be same as those in the APHRODITE data, the GEV (Generalized Extreme Value) distribution for each data was calculated. After then, the GEV distribution of the APHRODITE data was corrected through the quantile mapping method with ASOS data. The corrected APHRODITE data was similar to the annual mean precipitation of the ASOS data. In particular, the corrected annual mean precipitation over South Korea reasonably increased by ~10% and the extreme value of precipitation have significantly improved compared to those from the original APHRODITE data.

In this study, global climate change scenario by Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model version 2-Atmosphere and Ocean (HadGEM2-AO) is dynamically downscaled using four regional climate models (RCMs). All RCMs with 12.5-km and 50-km resolution are integrated for continuous 27 years (1979-2005). In general, RCMs with higher horizontal resolution more reasonably capture the spatial distribution of precipitation over South Korea compared to those with lower resolution. In particular, heavy precipitation regions related to complex mountain ranges are well simulated due to detailed topography in RCMs with higher resolution. Difference between RCMs with dissimilar resolutions is relatively robust in summer compared to other seasons. This could be associated with that higher resolution and detailed topography lead to more realistic simulation of heavy summer precipitation related to mesoscale phenomena.

This study investigated the future change in surface wind over the Korean Peninsula using a high-resolution climate change scenario projected by a regional climate model (RCM). In the evaluation of historical runs (1981-2010), the RCM reasonably reproduced a 30-year annual mean surface wind and it also represented climatological seasonal wind pattern properly. To examine the future change in surface wind, the results from RCP8.5 run for 30 years (2071-2100) were compared with those from historical run. Despite of slight differences among seasons, southerly differences were overall dominant. This indicated that southerly prevailing wind for summer was intensified in the future climate, while northerly prevailing wind for other seasons was reduced. The changes in the seasonal mean surface wind were significantly associated with those in the surface pressure distribution surrounding the Korean Peninsula. In the future climate, the monthly mean wind speed was reduced compared in the present climate. However, the magnitude and annual variability of the annual maximum wind speed tended to increase in the future climate.

최근 극심한 기후변화로 인하여 재해기상 현상의 발생 빈도와 강도가 증가하고 있다. 우리나라의 자연재해 피해는 대부분 극한 강수 현상과 연관되어 있기 때문에 미래 재해 피해를 줄이기 위해서는 기후변화로 인한 극한 강수 현상의 변화를 정확히 예측해야 한다. 이를 위하여 본 연구에서는 지역기후모델을 이용하여 생산한 한반도 상세 기후변화 시나리오의 미래 극한 강수 지수 변화를 분석하였다. 5개의 지역기후모델로 생산한 현재 25년 실험값과 RCP8.5 기후변화 시나리오 기반의 미래 25년 실험값을 비교해 STARDEX 극한 강수 지수의 변화를 산출하였다. 지역기후모델이 모의한 격자 강수값을 230개 시군구 단위로 2중 선형 내삽한 후, 각 단위의 STARDEX 극한 강수 지수를 계산하였다. 그 결과 기상청 HadGEM3-RA 모델을 제외한 4개의 지역기후모델이 남한지역의 미래 극한 강수가 현재보다 증가한다고 예측하였는데, 특히 한반도 남부 지역에서 증가폭이 크게 나타났다. 또한 중부 지방의 가뭄지속기간이 현재보다 더욱 길어질 것으로 모의되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 산출된 미래 극한 강수 지수의 변화가 남부 지방의 집중 호우와 중부 지방의 가뭄과 같은 풍수해 대책 수립에 중요한 기초 자료로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

본 연구에서는 신뢰할 만한 기후변화정보를 생산하기 위하여 CORDEX 권고사항을 바탕으로 5개의 지역기후모델을 이용하여 동아시아 지역의 상세 기후변화 시나리오를 생산하였고, 관측과의 비교를 통하여 모델 성능을 평가하였다. 이후 현재(1981~2005년)와 미래(2025~2049년) 기후전망 자료의 비교를 통하여 강수와 지상온도에 대한 기후변화 전망을 수행하였다.동아시아 강수와 온도에 대한 개별 모델의 모의성능을 검증하기 위하여 Historical 실험 결과를 관측자료와 비교하였다. 모든 모델이 남중국해를 포함한 아열대 태평양의 강수를 과다 모의하고, 벵골만 부근에서 강수를 과소 모의하였다. 동아시아 몬순 강수대는 모든 모델에서 비교적 현실적으로 모의되어 중위도 지역의 강수 오차는 작게 나타났다. 그리고 모든 모델이 0.7 이상의 공간상관관계를 보이며 동아시아 지역의 강수 공간 분포를 현실적으로 모의하였다. 지상온도의 경우 모델 모두 관측자료에 비하여 동아시아 대륙에서 한랭편차를 갖는 공통된 문제점이 나타났지만, 높은 공간상관관계를 보이며 비교적 현실적인 동아시아 온도를 모의하였다. 이러한 결과는 지역기후모델을 이용하여 산출된 미래 기후변화시나리오가 신뢰할 만하다는 것을 의미하기도 한다.미래 기후변화에서 강수의 경우 모델 모두 전반적으로 열대지역에서 강수가 증가하고, 아열대 북서태평양 부근에서 강수가 감소하는 패턴을 보였다. 5개 모델 결과를 단순 평균 앙상블한 결과, 중위도 부근에서 대류성 강수는 증가하는 반면 비대류성 강수는 감소하였다. 대류성 강수의 증가는 지구 온난화에 의한 대기불안정도의 증가, 비대류성 강수의 감소는 제트기류의 약화뿐만 아니라 북서태평양 고기압의 확장과 관련이 있을 수 있다. 지상온도의 경우에 모든 모델에서 전반적인 온도 상승이 나타나고 고위도에서 상승이 뚜렷한 패턴을 보였다. 이들 모델의 앙상블 평균 결과 해양에 비해 대륙에서 온도가 크게 증가되었는데, 지구온난화에 의해 비열이 작은 대륙에서 장파 복사량이 크게 증가하여 온도 증가율이 더 크게 나타나는 것으로 추정된다. 그리고 대륙에서 최저온도가 최고온도보다 상대적으로 뚜렷하게 증가하였다.기존의 단일 지역기후모델 대신 다중 지역기후모델을 이용함으로써 동아시아 강수와 온도 전망의 불확실성이 감소되어 신뢰할 만한 기후변화전망 자료 생산이 가능해졌다. 이를 기반으로 동아시아 몬순, 태풍, 가뭄, 열파 등의 극한 기후에 대한 전망을 산출할 계획이다. 더 나아가 이렇게 신뢰도가 확보된 기후변화전망자료는 농업, 수산업 등 다양한 분야에 기초자료로 활용될 것이다.