Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean Peninsula
In assessing the impact of climate change, the use of a multimodel ensemble (MME) is required to quantify uncertainties between scenarios and produce downscaled outlines for the simulation of climate under the influence of different factors including topography. This study of climate change scenario...
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| description | In assessing the impact of climate change, the use of a multimodel ensemble (MME) is required to quantify uncertainties between scenarios and produce downscaled outlines for the simulation of climate under the influence of different factors including topography. This study of climate change scenarios from 13 global climate models (GCMs) assesses the impacts of future climate change. Unlike South Korea, North Korea lacks studies using climate change scenarios of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) and only recently did the country start the projection of extreme precipitation episodes. As such, one of the main purposes of this study is to predict changes in the average climatic conditions of North Korea in the future. The result of comparing downscaled climate change scenarios with observation data for a reference period indicates the high applicability of the MME. Furthermore, this study classifies climatic zones by applying the Köppen–Geiger climatic zones classification to the MME, which is validated for future precipitation and temperature. The result suggests that the continental climate that covers the inland area for the reference climate is expected to shift into the temperate climate. Moreover, the coefficient of variation (CV) in the temperature ensemble is particularly low for the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, and, accordingly, a high possibility of the shifting climatic zone of the coast is predicted. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-92e95dd02ad0468cb686595e913ea0b42025-02-03T06:10:53ZengWileyAdvances in Meteorology1687-93091687-93172019-01-01201910.1155/2019/54180415418041Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean PeninsulaSe Jin Jeung0Jang Hyun Sung1Byung Sik Kim2Kangwon National University, Department of Urban Environment & Disaster Management Engineering, School of Disaster Prevention, 346 Joongang-ro, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do 25913, Republic of KoreaMinistry of Environment, Han River Flood Control Office, Seocho-gu 06501, Seoul, Republic of KoreaKangwon National University, Department of Urban Environment & Disaster Management Engineering, School of Disaster Prevention, 346 Joongang-ro, Samcheok-si, Gangwon-do 25913, Republic of KoreaIn assessing the impact of climate change, the use of a multimodel ensemble (MME) is required to quantify uncertainties between scenarios and produce downscaled outlines for the simulation of climate under the influence of different factors including topography. This study of climate change scenarios from 13 global climate models (GCMs) assesses the impacts of future climate change. Unlike South Korea, North Korea lacks studies using climate change scenarios of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) and only recently did the country start the projection of extreme precipitation episodes. As such, one of the main purposes of this study is to predict changes in the average climatic conditions of North Korea in the future. The result of comparing downscaled climate change scenarios with observation data for a reference period indicates the high applicability of the MME. Furthermore, this study classifies climatic zones by applying the Köppen–Geiger climatic zones classification to the MME, which is validated for future precipitation and temperature. The result suggests that the continental climate that covers the inland area for the reference climate is expected to shift into the temperate climate. Moreover, the coefficient of variation (CV) in the temperature ensemble is particularly low for the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula, and, accordingly, a high possibility of the shifting climatic zone of the coast is predicted.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/5418041 |
| spellingShingle | Se Jin Jeung Jang Hyun Sung Byung Sik Kim Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean Peninsula Advances in Meteorology |
| title | Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean Peninsula |
| title_full | Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean Peninsula |
| title_fullStr | Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean Peninsula |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean Peninsula |
| title_short | Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change on Climatic Zones over the Korean Peninsula |
| title_sort | assessment of the impacts of climate change on climatic zones over the korean peninsula |
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