Climate changes and regional climate modeling for the seas around Korea

Abstract

Regional climate model (RCM) is a vital tool for understanding changes in regional climate that is a good starting point for many socio-economic impact and adaptation considerations to climate changes. Despite their limitations including systematic errors in forcing fields given by global climate models, RCMs provide the most promising means of providing information on regional climate changes mainly through much higher resolution.In this talk, we will overview ocean climate changes in the North Pacific Ocean focusing on the seas around Korea. Then we will present biases and improvements in the ocean simulated from global climate models including CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) models. Finally regional climate modeling efforts for the seas around Korea will be discussed, focusing on added values and uncertainties of RCMs.stematic errors in forcing fields given by global climate models, RCMs provide the most promising means of providing information on regional climate changes mainly through much higher resolution.In this talk, we will overview ocean climate changes in the North Pacific Ocean focusing on the seas around Korea. Then we will present biases and improvements in the ocean simulated from global climate models including CMIP5 (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5) models. Finally regional climate modeling efforts for the seas around Korea will be discussed, focusing on added values and uncertainties of RCMs.