Prospects of future extreme precipitation in South-North Korea shared river basin according to RCP climate change scenarios

Woongsun Yeom; Dong-Hyeok Park; Minsung Kown; Jaehyun Ahn

doi:10.3741/JKWRA.2019.52.9.647

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Prospects of future extreme precipitation in South-North Korea shared river basin according to RCP climate change scenarios RCP 기후변화 시나리오를 활용한 남북공유하천유역 미래 극한강수량 변화 전망

30 September 2019. pp. 647-655

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Abstract

Although problems such as river management and flood control have occurred continuously in the Imjin and Bukhan river basin, which are shared by South and North Korea, efforts to manage the basin have not been carried out consistently due to limited cooperation. As the magnitude and frequency of hydrologic phenomena are changing due to global climate change, it is necessary to prepare countermeasures for the rainfall variation in the shared river basin area. Therefore, this study was aimed to project future changes in extreme precipitation in South-North Korea shared river basin by applying 13 Global Climate Models (GCM). Results showed that the probability rainfall compared to the reference period (1981-2005) of the shared river basin increased in the future periods of 2011-2040, 2041-2070 and 2071-2100 under the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP)4.5 and RCP8.5 scenarios. In addition, the rainfall frequency over the 20-year return period was increased in all periods except for the future periods of 2041-2070 and 2071-2100 under the RCP4.5 scenario. The extreme precipitation in the shared river basin has increased both in magnitude and frequency, and it is expected that the region will have a significant impact from climate change.

Keywords

Climate change

South-North Korea shared river basin

Extreme precipitation

Return period

남한과 북한이 군사분계선을 경계로 공동으로 점유하고 있는 남북공유하천유역은 과거부터 하천관리, 홍수조절 등 다양한 문제가 지속적으로 발생해 왔다. 그러나 협력과 조정에 한계가 있어 유역 관리에 대한 지속적인 연구와 협력이 진행되지 못하였다. 기후변화로 인해 수문현상의 규모와 빈도가 변화하고 있어 공유하천유역의 강수변동성에 관한 대비책 마련이 필요하지만, 이에 대한 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 13개 전지구 기후 모델의 RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway, 이하 RCP)4.5와 RCP8.5 시나리오를 공유하천유역 인접 11개 관측소에 적용하여 극한강수량 변동성을 규모와 빈도의 측면에서 분석하였다. 분석 결과 공유하천유역의 참조기간(1981-2005) 대비 확률강우량은 RCP4.5 시나리오와 RCP8.5 시나리오 모두 전 기간에서 증가하였다. 또한 재현기간 20년 규모의 강우 빈도는 RCP4.5 시나리오의 중반기(2041-2070)와 후반기(2071-2100)를 제외하고 전 기간에서 증가하여 극한강수의 출현빈도가 점차 빨라지고 있음을 확인할 수 있었다. 결과적으로 공유하천유역 내 극한강수량은 그 규모와 빈도가 모두 증가하여 기후변화로 인한 상당한 영향이 있을 것으로 전망되며, 이에 대한 대비가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

키워드

기후변화

남북공유하천

극한강수량

재현기간

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Publisher :KOREA WATER RESOURECES ASSOCIATION
Publisher(Ko) :한국수자원학회
Journal Title :Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
Journal Title(Ko) :한국수자원학회 논문집
Volume : 52
No :9
Pages :647-655
Received Date : 2019-08-21
Revised Date : 2019-09-11
Accepted Date : 2019-09-11
DOI :https://doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2019.52.9.647

Journal of Korea Water Resources Association ISSN:2799-8746(Print) 2799-8754(Online) 한국수자원학회 논문집

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