Impact of urbanization on recent temperature and precipitation trends in the Korean peninsula
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Title
- Impact of urbanization on recent temperature and precipitation trends in the Korean peninsula
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Author(s)
- Kug, Jong-Seong; Ahn, Min-Seop
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Alternative Author(s)
- 국종성
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Publication Year
- 2013-02
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Abstract
- Urbanization has a significant impact on climate in urban areas. In this study, we investigate urbanization impacts on temperature and precipitation trends in Korean peninsula based on statistical relationship between these trends and local population growth. We found that there is a significant positive correlation between temperature rise and local population growth, indicating that urbanization has a significant contribution to temperature increase in city climate. As for temperature, the population growth in Korean cities is positively correlated with precipitation trend. The positive correlation is higher during summer time when small-scale convective activity is dominant. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the correlation is significantly increased when stations in rural areas and small cities are excluded. Such nonlinear relation between precipitation and urbanization is also discussed.
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ISSN
- 1976-7633
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/3270
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DOI
- 10.1007/s13143-013-0016-z
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Bibliographic Citation
- ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES, v.49, no.2, pp.151 - 159, 2013
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Publisher
- KOREAN METEOROLOGICAL SOC
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Subject
- URBAN HEAT-ISLAND; SOUTH-KOREA; AEROSOLS; CLIMATE; ATLANTA; CLOUDS; RAIN; THUNDERSTORMS; ENHANCEMENT; CONVECTION
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Keywords
- Urbanization; global warming; temperature trend; precipitation trend; population
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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