On the study of the characteristics and life cycle of mesoscale convective band in type of airmass that occurred in the Honam area from June to September for only 4 years in the period of 2009~2012, 10 examples based on the amount of rainfall with AWS 24 hours/60 minutes rainfalls, Mt. Osung radar 1.5 km CAPPI/X-SECT images and KLAPS data for convective band with heavy rainfall event were selected. There were analyzed and classified by using the convective band with heavy rainfall occurred along the convergence line of sea wind in the form of individual multi-cellular cell and moving direction of convective band appeared in a variety of patterns; toward southwestern (2 cases), northeastern (4 cases), congesting (2 cases), and changing its moving direction (2 cases). The case study dated of the 17th Aug. 2012 was chosen and implemented by sequentially different evolution of its shape along the convergence line of sea wind cell and moving direction of convective band as equivalent potential temperatures at the lower layer have increased to the upper layer 500 hPa, that the individual cells were developed vertically and horizontally through their merger, but owing to divergence caused by weakened rainfall and descending air current, the growth of new cell was inhibited resulting in dissipation of convective cells.

An attempt is made to analyse characteristic features of heavy rainfalls which occur at the metropolitan area of the Korean peninsular the on- and off- Changma season. For this, two representative heavy rainfall episodes are selected; one is the on-Changma season wherein a torrential rain episode happened at Goyang city on 12 July 2006, and the other is the off-Changma season, a heavy rainfall event in Seoul on 21 September 2006. Both recorded considerable amounts of precipitation, over 250mm in a half-day, which greatly exceeded the amount expected by numerical prediction models at those times, and caused great damage to property and life in the affected area. Similarities in the characteristics of both episodes were shown by; the location of upper-level jet streak and divergence fields of the upper wind over heavy rainfall areas, significantly high equivalent potential temperatures in the low atmospheric layer due to the entrainment of hot and humid air by the low-level jet, and the existence of very dry air and cold air pool in the middle layer of the atmosphere at the peak time of the rainfall events. Among them, differences in dynamic features of the low-level jet and the position of rainfall area along the low-level jet are remarkable.

The formation and development conditions of the cloud streets over the yellow sea by the Cold Surge of Siberian Anticyclone Expansion which produce the heavy snowfall events over the southwestern coast, Honam District of the Korean peninsula, has been investigated through analyses of the three dimensional snow cloud structures by using the CAPPI, RHI, VAD and VVP data of X-band Radar at Muan Weather Observatory and S-band Radar at Jindo Weather Station. The data to be used are obtained from January 04, 2003, when heavy snow storm hits on Gwangju and Honam District. The PPI Radar images show that the cloud bands distribute in perpendicular to the expansion direction of the high pressure and that the radius of cloud cells is about 5∼8km with 20∼30dBz and distance between each cell is about 10km. And but the vertical Radar images show that the cloud street is a small scale convective type cloud within height of about 3km where a stable layer exists. From the VVP images, the time period of the high pressure expansion, the moving direction and development stages of the system are delineated. Finally, the vertical distribution of wind direction is fairly constants, while the wind speed sheer increases with altitude to 3km.

The heavy snowfall event over the eastern part of Seoul, Korea on Mar. 04, 2008 has been abruptly occurred after the frontal system with the heavy snowfall event had been past over the Korean peninsula on Mar. 03, 2008. Therefore, this heavy snowfall event couldn't be predicted well by any means of theoretical knowledges and models. After the cold front passed by, the cold air mass was flown over the peninsula immediately and became clear expectedly except the eastern part and southwestern part of peninsula with some large amount of snowfall. Even though the wide and intense massive cold anticyclone was expanded and enhanced by the lowest tropospheric baroclinicity over the Yellow Sea, but the intrusion and eastward movement of cold air to Seoul was too slow than normally predicted. Using the data of numerical model, satellite and radar images, three dimensional analysis products(KLAPS : Korea Local Analysis and Prediction System) of the environmental conditions of this event such as temperature, equivalent potential temperature, wind, vertical circulation, divergence, moisture flux divergence and relative vorticity could be analyzed precisely. Through the analysis of this event, the formation and westward advection of lower cyclonic circulation with continuously horizontal movement of air into the eastern part of Seoul by the analyses of KLAPS fields have been affected by occurring the heavy snowfall event. As the predictability of abrupt snowfall event was very hard and dependent on not only the synoptic atmospheric circulation but also for mesoscale atmospheric circulation, the forecaster can be predicted well this event which may be occurred and developed within the very short time period using sequential satellite images and KLAPS products.

The feasibility of the automation of upper-air sounding is examined by using recent 3-year(2002~2004) observation data from Autosonde at Haenam, Korea. The Autosonde has been successfully operated since 2002 in order to produce an intensive observation data at high-impact weather events for research purpose. It is found from the analysis of recent 3 years' operation data of the system that the system could be capable of making a stable observation when strong wind greater than 20 m/s was recorded under the influence of typhoons Rusa in 2002 and Maemi in 2003. It might be concluded that there is some possibility in automating upper-air sounding for operational purpose through the reduction of operator's payment and operating cost for upper-air sounding.

최근 정확한 대기오염 및 황사이동예보를 위하여, 대기역학모형과 확산모형의 결합을 통한 수치실험이 실시되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 3차원 대기역학모형( RAMS)과, 확산모형(PDAS)에 사용되는 기상장의 시간분해능이 대기확산장에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 그리고 여러 가지 시간분해능의 기상자료를 확산모형에 적용하여 황사입자의 분포 특성과 차이를 수치실험을 통하여 비교분석하였다. 수치실험 결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻을 수 있었다. 1) RAMS에 의한 바람장 예측결과, 지면과 상층의 바람장이 동조될 수도 있고, 그렇지 않을 수도 있다. 상하층의 바람장이 동조되지 않을 경우 황사의 예측은 황사의 상승고도예측과 밀접하게 관련된다. 2) 황사의 연직분포에서 초기에는 상층의 황사가 먼저 이동을 하게 되며, 시간이 지남에 따라 하층의 황사도 이동을 시작한다. 본 연구에서는 최고 고도 3.9km 까지 도달한다. 3) 수치실험에서 초기(24시)의 경우, 시간해상도에 따른 확산의 차이는 크지 않다. 그러나 시간이 경과함에 따라 입자확산분포의 차이가 크게 나타난다. 4) 3시간 이하의 높은 시간해상도의 경우, 입자분포의 차이가 크지 않다. 그러나 6시간보다 간격이 큰 자료를 이용할 경우, 황사입자분포의 양적측면에서 큰 차이를 나타내며, 밀도 분포의 차이에 일정한 경향성을 가진다 5) 입력 바람장의 시간분해능이 작은 경우 즉 입력시간 간격이 큰 경우, 황사입자는 지역의 주풍성분(동아시아의 경우 편서풍)을 따라 분포한다. 그러나 시간분해능이 큰 경우, 중규모적인 기상현상을 잘 재현되며, 여기에 의하여 주풍의 직각성분인 남북성분의 효과가 크게 나타난다. 이상의 결과에서 확산모형의 입력자료로 사용되어지는 바람장은 보고자하는 기상현상을 잘 표현할 수 있는 시간분해능 내의 자료를 이용하여야하며, 이를 무시할 경우 입자의 농도예측에 많은 오차를 발생시킬 수 있다. 그러므로 확산예보에 앞서 시간분해능에 관한 검증이 필요하다고 판단된다.