겨울철 동해안 강수 현상에 대한 규명을 위하여 라디오존데를 활용한 특별관측을 2012년 1월 5일부터 2월 29일까지 실시하였고, 이 연구는 대기의 불안정을 나타내는 다양한 변수를 활용하여 강수 사례의 분석을 수행하였다. 그 결과, 강수가 발생할 때 지표면(1000 hPa)에서 중층(약 750 hPa)까지의 상당온위가 증가하는 것을 볼 수 있었고, 이러한 대기층(1000~750 hPa)은 불안정을 일으키기에 충분한 수준의 수증기를 함유하고 있었다. 대류가용잠재에너지의 시간적인 변화를 살펴본 결과 강수가 발생하였을 때 증가하는 것을 볼 수 있었고, 연직바람쉬어의 경우에서도 대류가용잠재에너지와 마찬가지로 강수 기간 동안 상승하여 일정수준 이상의 값을 유지하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 강수에 따른 대기 구조의 상세한 분석을 위하여 지상 원격 탐사 자료와 지상 관측 자료를 활용하여 분석을 수행하였다. 또한 가강수량과 바람벡터를 이용하여 가강수량플럭스를 계산하였다. 가강수량플럭스와 강수량은 북동풍 계열의 바람이 발생하였을 때 높은 관계성을 보였다. 그 결과 동해안영역에서 발생하는 강수 현상에서는 풍계와 같은 역학적인 작용의 이해가 중요한 것으로 판단되었다.

논에서 내한성 이탈리안 라이그라스의 조 중 만생 숙기별 Kospeed, Kowinmaster, Hwasan 101호 3품종을 파종시기별로 9월 30일부터 5일 간격으로 10월 20일까지 5처리 파종하여 이듬해 5월 17일에 수확하였고 단위면적당 입모수, 월동률 및 건물수량에 미치는 시험을 2003년부터 2005년까지 수원에서 수행하였다. 논에서 이탈리안 라이그라스 조생종(Kospeed)의 출수기는 5월 7일에서 5월 13일이며 파종일이 늦으면 출수일도

2006/2007년 한반도에 이상적인 온난 겨울을 가져온 원인을 규명하기 위해 동아시아 지역 대기 순환의 특징을 조사하였다. 2006/2007년 겨울철 동안 대기 상태는 시베리아 고기압 및 알류산 저기압의 약화, 한반도 부근으로 하층 남동류의 강화, 일본 남쪽으로 상층 제트의 약화로 특징지워질 수 있다. 이러한 패턴은 시베리아 지역(60-140E)으로 블로킹 흐름이 없을 때 나타나는 대기 상태와 상당히 밀접한 관련성이 있다. 아울러 엘니뇨 및 북극 진동 역시 이런 패턴을 만들어 내는 것으로 보인다. 따라서, 블로킹과 무관한 대기 상태, 엘니뇨 및 양의 북극 진동이 원인이 되어 1958/1959-2006/2007 기간 중 2006/2007 겨울철에 한반도에서 가장 기온이 높았던 것으로 판단된다.

Two cold-air outbreaks, one occurs in cold winter(1985-86) and the other in warm winter(1986-87) over Korea, are studied to represent maps of means, standard deviations maps and one-point correlation maps based on 1000mb and 500mb height fluctuations with different time scales during the cold-surge events. The filters are designed to isolate fluctuations with long time scales(periods longer than 70 days), intermediate time scales(10-70 day periods), short time scales(periods shorter than 10 days). The height fluctuations with long time scales are very similar to the climatological distributions of the wintertime geopotential height. In case of the intermediate time scales, the fluctuation fields reveal the long-wave patterns composed of 3-4 troughs and ridges around the midlatitude belt, in which trough along the East Asia coast and ridge over the Central Siberia and North Pacific are prominent and nearly stationary during the coldJsurge events. For short time scales, the dominent patterns consist of very short wave trains(wavelength 3000-4000㎞) which propagate sortheastward with a phase speed of 8-10 lat./days from the Barents Sea, through Northeast Siberia, toward Korea. The surface temperature fluctuations with small amplitude during the cold-surge events are coincident with this short wave trains passing through the Korean Peninsula.

Persistent Extreme Temperature Events (PETEs) are defined in two steps; first, to define extreme temperature events, the 80th and 20th percentiles of daily maximum and minimum temperature were chosen. Then individual PETE was defined as an event which lasted three or longer consecutive extreme temperature days. In this study, we examined characteristics and changes of PETEs in Republic of Korea (ROK) using 14 weather stations with a relatively long-term period of data, 1954-2016. In ROK, PETEs lasted four-five days on average and occurred two-three times a year. PETEs lasted longer in summer than in winter and in maximum temperature than in minimum temperature. PETEs which lasted greater than seven days account for a greater proportion in summer than in winter. However, intensities of PETEs were greater in winter because of a larger temperature fluctuation. In both summer and winter, durations and intensities of persistent extreme high temperature events increased while those of persistent extreme low temperature events decreased. Changes of PETEs were closely related with both global warming and diverse large-scale climate variabilities such as AO, NAO and Nino 3.4.

In this study, we analyzed the intraseasonal variability and change of winter temperature over South Korea using long-term observations. The lowest temperature in the wintertime, using daily mean, maximum, and minimum temperature data occurred on January 7th in the period of 2003~2012, while on January 22~25th in the past 30 years(1973~1982, 1983~1992, 1993~2002). Representative seven stations in South Korea also showed consistent result. The strengthening of Siberian High and weakening of Aleutian Low in recent 10 years are found to be closely related with the recent intraseasonal temperature change over South Korea. The baroclinic structure of upper-level low and lower-level high system near Korean peninsula provided good condition for vertical cold-air advection, which resulted in minimum temperature on late January in 1973~1982 and early January in 2003~2012 with strengthened low-level northerly flow.

Noodle texture parameters of Korean style wet and dry noodles and relationships between noodle quality and flour characteristics were evaluated for two years, 1997 and 1998, and at two locations, Suwon and Deokso, using Korean winter wheat cultivars and lines. No significant difference for chewiness was found between cultivars over locations. Noodles made from flours from 1997 showed significantly higher chewiness than those from 1998. Chewiness of cooked noodles showed positively significant correlations with protein content and SDS sedimentation volume and negatively significant correlations with starch peak viscosity and flour swelling volume. Korean winter wheat cultivars, except for Gobunmil, Keumkangmil Tapdongmil, Suwon 265 and Suwon 280, showed chewiness of cooked noodles similar to commercial flours used for noodle making in Korea and Japan.

Bread baking parameters and relationships between bread baking properties and flour characteristics were evaluated for two years, 1997 and 1998, and at two locations, Suwon and Deokso, with Korean winter wheat cultivars and lines. Among the bread baking parameters, lightness of crumb grain showed differences between years. No significant differences were found in dough mixing time, bread loaf volume, crumb grain score or firmness. Keumkangmil, Suwon 278 and Tapdongmil showed higher bread loaf volume, good structure of crumb grain and softer crumb firmness. However, compared to commercial flours for baking, cultivar means averaged over years and locations of nineteen Korean winter wheats showed poor bread baking quality because of low protein content and unsuitable protein quality. Protein content and flour swelling volume showed better relationships with the bread baking parameters than other flour characteristics. Friabilin-absence lines showed softer crumb firmness than those of friabilin-presence lines