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.

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.

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.

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.