DOCSLIB.ORG

Diurnal and Spatial Variabilities of Monsoonal CG Lightning and Precipitation and Their Association with the Synoptic Weather Conditions Over South Korea

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Diurnal and Spatial Variabilities of Monsoonal CG Lightning and Precipitation and Their Association with the Synoptic Weather Conditions Over South Korea Theor Appl Climatol (2010) 102:43–60 DOI 10.1007/s00704-009-0235-5 ORIGINAL PAPER Diurnal and spatial variabilities of monsoonal CG lightning and precipitation and their association with the synoptic weather conditions over South Korea Yu-Kyung Hyun & S. K. Kar & Kyung-Ja Ha & J. H. Lee Received: 25 November 2008 /Accepted: 9 November 2009 /Published online: 20 December 2009 # The Author(s) 2009. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Abstract The spatial and temporal variations in cloud-to- summer, mainly due to the northward transportation of ground (CG) lightning and precipitation during the summer moisture to the Korean Peninsula. Conversely, the strong monsoon months in Korea have been analyzed in relation to afternoon peak for the southern region was confronted with the regional synoptic weather conditions. The lightning data early morning peaks in the midwestern region during 2001. used in this study were collected from a lightning detection The eastward transport of moisture has been analyzed and network installed by the Korean Meteorological Adminis- was considered to be dominant in 2001. The study of tration, while the precipitation data were collected from 386 several warm and cold type fronts in 2000 and 2001 Automatic Weather Stations spread over the entire Korean indicate that the warm type fronts in 2000 were associated Peninsula during 2000 to 2001. A distinctive morning peak with very little lightning, while the cold type fronts of precipitation is observed over the midwest region of appeared to be responsible for the occurrence of abundant Korea. Along the east coast, little precipitation and CG lightning in 2001, thereby, indicating that the warm and flash counts are found. Despite the strong afternoon peaks cold type fronts were representative of the local lightning of convective rainfall due to the high elevation over the distribution in the respective years. southern inland region, the south coast shows nocturnal or early morning peaks, which represents a common oceanic pattern of flash counts. In 2000, the nighttime peak for 1 Introduction lightning counts dominates over the southern area, while the afternoon peak was strong in the midland during the Convective activity is an important meteorological event. It has been found that the lightning activity associated to convective systems can be a useful indicator of their rain Y.-K. Hyun yield. The connection between lightning and rainfall has Climate Research Lab., National Institute of Meteorological Research, Korean Meteorological Administration, been documented by various researchers (Molinie et al. Seoul 156-720, South Korea 1999; MacGorman and Rust 1998; Uman 1987; Latham 1981; Shackford 1960; Marshall and Radhakant 1978; S. K. Kar Petersen et al. 1999; Carey and Rutledge 2000; Latham et Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, al. 2004; Zhou et al. 2002). The higher correlation between Chung-Li, Taiwan, Republic of China cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning and rainfall than that between total lightning and rainfall has been reported by * K.-J. Ha ( ) Cheze and Sauvageot (1997). The connection between Division of Earth Environmental System, Pusan National University, lightning and convective precipitation has been documented Busan 609-735, South Korea both for individual thunderstorms (Piepgrass and Krider e-mail: [email protected] 1982; Cheze and Sauvageot 1997; Soula and Chauzy 2001) and also for large spatial and long temporal domains J. H. Lee Weather Radar Division, Korean Meteorological Administration, (Sheridan et al. 1997; Petersen and Rutledge 1998). Seoul 156-720, South Korea Moreover, their spatial distribution would be a useful 44 Y.-K. Hyun et al. quantitative indicator of different rainfall regimes, as low-level convergence between the local land–sea breeze indicated by Zipser (1994) and Petersen and Rutledge and the predominant monsoon wind. (1998).AninvestigationconductedbyPetersenand The goal of this study is to investigate the variations in Rutledge (1998) examined the relationship between the the lightning and precipitation activity over the Korean precipitation and lightning on a large spatial and temporal Peninsula during two synoptically different years. The scale for several different parts of the globe using the seasonal, diurnal, and spatial variabilities in CG lightning total rain mass and CG flash density. Direct estimation of have been analyzed; the results were compared with rainfall from CG lightning observations has also been precipitation information. This study will be useful in explored by various researchers (Piepgrass and Krider understanding the role of lightning in the monsoon rain 1982;Buechleretal.1990; Chronis et al. 2004). Despite band over Korea, and this improved understanding could similar synoptic conditions, the actual lightning distribu- eventually result in enhanced proficiency for predicting tion varies day by day due to the random nature of the convective rainfall in similar situations. initiation of thunderstorms. However, many common features are found in the structure of lighting distribution. Moreover, orography and 2 Data and methodology local synoptic conditions have a great influence on the initiation of local lightning and production of precipitation. The lightning data used in this study were collected from a Rainfall, especially when influenced by terrain, is often lightning detection network installed by the Korean Meteoro- highly episodic in time and space. Therefore, because of the logical Administration (KMA; open circle in Fig. 1). The complex topography of the Korean Peninsula, a study of network consisted of eight IMProved Accuracy from the rainfall and lightning activity is needed. The relation- Combined Technology Enhanced Sensitivity and Perfor- ships of lightning and precipitation to certain orographic mance (IMPACT ESP) sensors. The detection efficiency and features (Watson et al. 1994; Finke and Hauf 1996)ortoa position accuracy was obtained by combining time of arrival synoptic pattern (Reap 1994) have been used in this study. and magnetic direction finding technology in the IMPACT Thunderstorms are quite frequent in the Korean Penin- ESP sensor, with the time motivated by GPS. For the sula and have been considered relevant by meteorologists accurate detection of lightning events, three IMPACT sensors for characterizing the meteorology of Korea (Lim and Lee are needed. The flash detection efficiency was greater than 2005; Kar and Ha 2003). In the middle latitudes, the rainfall 90%, with ground strike location accuracy better than 1 km variability during the day is more complex due to the over South Korea as shown in Fig. 1. The lightning detection interaction of regional and synoptic circulations with local efficiency of this type of network has been summarized by flows and convergence zones. These circulations are Cummins et al. (1998). To determine the total (both negative determined by regular and predictable forcing by solar and positive) monthly number of CG lightning flash counts, heating and topographic effects, such as orographic clouds a temporal scale of one month and a spatial scale of 0.05 and sea breeze, of which the Korean Peninsula is an latitude×0.05 longitude were used. example. Nonetheless, the number of studies related to the Korean Peninsula is limited. These studies have not shed any light on the time–space variability of lightning with the regional synoptic weather conditions. For total precipita- tion, Ramage (1952) suggested that most coastal stations around the Yellow Sea had a distinctive morning peak in precipitation based on observed precipitation in East Asia, including China, Korea, and Japan. Stations in the interior land region of East Asia have shown either two peaks of comparable magnitude or no well-defined variation. To explain the early morning peak, the author suggested that warm air advection, which is favorable for the monsoon circulation, plays a crucial role over that region. Ramage (1952) also commented on the intensified diurnal variation in precipitation, which was influenced by land–sea breezes, topography, and nocturnal radiation from cloud tops. Lim and Kwon (1998) have also shown two peaks in the early Fig. 1 Observation stations, lightning detection efficiency (percent), morning and late afternoon for the Korean Peninsula. Oki and system accuracy (kilometer). The thick black and gray lines and Musiake (1994) reported morning peaks in Japan with indicate the system accuracy and detection efficiency, respectively Diurnal and spatial variabilities of monsoonal CG lightning and precipitation and their association 45 Precipitation data were obtained from 386 Automatic for 2000 and the lower two for 2001. The precipitation Weather Stations (AWS) spread over the entire Korean varied from 0 to about 70 mm per day and the number of Peninsula (closed circles in Fig. 1). For simplicity, the CG flashes from 0 to more than 1.0 count per 0.05 precipitation was assumed to be uniformly distributed latitude×0.05 longitude per day. In 2000, the monsoon within 0.25 latitude×0.25 longitude block. Blocks not precipitation started to increase in late June and continued including a station are marked by shaded rectangles in through the end of August. In late August, the precipitation Fig. 1, where the precipitation has been interpolated. Our significantly increased. For 6 days in August, from the 23rd selection of a small spatial scale helped to maintain the to the 28th, heavy rainfall was observed
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games Pyeongchang 2018 English
    English The Olympic&Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 Welcome to Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 PyeongChang 2018! days February PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will take place in 17 / 9~25 PyeongChang, Gangneung and Jeongseon for 27 days in Korea. Come and watch the disciplines medal events new records, new miracles, and new horizons unfolding in PyeongChang. 15 102 95 countries 2 ,900athletes Soohorang The name ‘Soohorang’ is a combinati- on of several meanings in the Korean language. ‘Sooho’ is the Korean word for ‘protection’, meaning that it protects the athletes, spectators and all participants of the Olympic Games. ‘Rang’ comes from the middle letter of ‘ho-rang-i’, which means ‘tiger’, and also from the last letter of ‘Jeongseon Arirang’, a traditional folk music of Gangwon Province, where the host city is located. Paralympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 10 days/ 9~18 March 6 disciplines 80 medal events 45 countries 670 athletes Bandabi The bear is symbolic of strong will and courage. The Asiatic Black Bear is also the symbolic animal of Gangwon Province. In the name ‘Bandabi’, ‘banda’ comes from ‘bandal’ meaning ‘half-moon’, indicating the white crescent on the chest of the Asiatic Black Bear, and ‘bi’ has the meaning of celebrating the Games. VISION PyeongChang 2018 will begin the world’s greatest celebration of winter sports from 9 February 2018 in PyeongChang, Gangneung, New Horizons and Jeongseon. People from all corners of the PyeongChang 2018 will open the new horizons for Asia’s winter sports world will gather in harmony. PyeongChang will and leave a sustainable legacy in PyeongChang and Korea.
    [Show full text]
  • The Mission to North Korea Ben Torrey
    The Mission to North Korea Ben Torrey The article that follows this one is unusual for the depth of insight and direct experience with which its author writes on the religious psychology of North Korea. Ben Torrey has put readers of the INTERNATIONAL BULLETIN OF MISSIONARY RESEARCH in his debt both by editing George Kap-Hun Kim’s translation of Hyun-Sik Kim’s article and by supplying an introduction that situates Kim’s life and work within the wider context of mission to North Korea. Torrey himself grew up in South Korea, where he joined with his parents in pioneering Jesus Abbey, a community of prayer high in the Taebaek Mountains of Kangwon Do. Following graduation from college in the United States, he directed a community service organization for over two years and then, with his wife, Liz, spent a year in Korea at Jesus Abbey. Upon returning to the United States for the second time, the Torreys settled in Connecticut, where Ben served as a self-support- ing pastor with the Evangelical Apostolic Church of North America while working in the fields of computer systems development and knowledge management. Seeing the need for the church and South Korean society to prepare properly for the inevitable opening of North Korea, Torrey, in conjunction with Jesus Abbey, began the Fourth River Project in 2003. He was also given responsibility to direct Jesus Abbey’s Three Seas Training Center. The Torreys returned to Korea in October 2005 in order to pursue this work full time.—Editor he Democratic People’s Republic of Korea—North owned private businesses operating with permission of the TKorea—presents us with a great missiological challenge.
    [Show full text]
  • Military Transformation on the Korean Peninsula: Technology Versus Geography
    THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL Military Transformation on the Korean Peninsula: Technology Versus Geography Being a Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy At the University of Hull By Soon Ho Lee BA, Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea, 2004 MA, The University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, 2005 MRes, King’s College London, United Kingdom, 2006 1 Acknowledgement I am the most grateful to my Supervisor Dr. David Lonsdale for his valuable academic advice and support during the long PhD journey. To reach this stage, I have had invaluable support from my family back in Korea and my dear wife Jin Heon. I would also like to thank my family for being so patient while I was researching. During this journey, I have obtained a precious jewel in my daughter, Da Hyeon. I will pray for you all my life. I would like to give special thanks to my late grandfather who gave me the greatest love, and taught me the importance of family. 2 Thesis Summary This thesis provides an explanation of one RMA issue: the effectiveness of contemporary military technology against tough geography, based upon case studies in the Korean peninsula. The originality of the thesis is that it will provide a sound insight for potential foes’ approach to the dominant US military power (superior technology and sustenance of war). The North Korean defence strategy – using their edge in geography and skill – tried to protect themselves from the dominant US power, but it may be impossible to deter or defeat them with technological superiority alone.
    [Show full text]
  • Population Genetic Structure of Wild Boar and Dispersal Performance Based on Kinship Analysis in the Northern Region of South Korea
    Population Genetic Structure of Wild Boar And Dispersal Performance Based On Kinship Analysis In The Northern Region of South Korea Seung Woo Han ( [email protected] ) Seoul National University College of Veterinary Medicine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7148-4087 Han Chan Park Yeongnam Daehakgyo: Yeungnam University Jee Hyun Kim Seoul National University College of Veterinary Medicine Jae Hwa Suh NIBR: National Institute of Biological Resources Hang Lee Seoul National University College of Veterinary Medicine Mi Sook Min Seoul National University College of Veterinary Medicine Research Article Keywords: Wild boar, Microsatellites, Population Genetics, Dispersal, Kinship Analysis, Conservation Genetics Posted Date: May 7th, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-368091/v1 License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Page 1/16 Abstract Wild boar (Sus scrofa) is one of the most challenging mammalian species to manage in the wild because of its high reproductive rate, population density, and lack of predators in much of its range. A recent outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) and the transmission into domestic pigs in commercial farms empower the necessity of establishing management strategies of the wild boar population in the northern region of South Korea. A population genetic study, including the dispersal distance estimation of wild boars, is required to prepare ne-scale population management strategies in the region. In this study, both population structure analysis and dispersal distance estimation based on kinship were conducted using 13 microsatellite markers. The results revealed a high level of genetic diversity compared to a previous study.
    [Show full text]
  • Manuscript with Substantial Contributions from All Co–Authors
    Impact of wind pattern and complex topography on snow microphysics during ICE-POP 2018 Kwonil Kim1, Wonbae Bang1, Eun-Chul Chang2, Francisco J. Tapiador3, Chia-Lun Tsai1, Eunsil Jung4, and Gyuwon Lee1 1Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Atmospheric REmote sensing (CARE), Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea 2Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Kongju National University, Gongju, Republic of Korea 3Earth and Space Sciences Research Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain 4Department of Advanced Science and Technology Convergence, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Republic of Korea Correspondence: Gyuwon Lee ([email protected]) Abstract. Snowfall in north-eastern part of South Korea is the result of complex snowfall mechanisms due to a highly- contrasting terrain combined with nearby warm waters and three synoptic pressure patterns. All these factors together create unique combinations, whose disentangling can provide new insights into the microphysics of snow in the planet. This study focuses on the impact of wind flow and topography on the microphysics drawing of twenty snowfall events during the ICE-POP 5 2018 (International Collaborative Experiment for Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter games) field campaign in the Gangwon region. The vertical structure of precipitation and size distribution characteristics are investigated with collo- cated MRR (Micro Rain Radar) and PARSIVEL (PARticle SIze VELocity) disdrometers installed across the mountain range. The results indicate that wind shear and embedded turbulence were the cause of the riming process dominating the mountain- ous region. As the strength of these processes weaken from the mountainous region to the coastal region, riming became less 10 significant and gave way to aggregation.
    [Show full text]
  • A GHQ Raiders
    I n T h eG at H Q R e ai r ders: Wonsan to Chang-to by Eugene G. Piasecki s Dr. Charles H. Briscoe explained 29 September 1950. Syngman Rhee and a in “Born of Desperation: Early General MacArthur at the ceremony to Special Operations in the Korean return the capitol of South Korea to Seoul. War,” the situation on the Korean General Headquarters Peninsula for the U.S., UN, and the Raiders SSI Republic of Korea (ROK) in mid- 1950 was anything but promising. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander, Allied Powers (SCAP) and Commander in Chief, Far East Command (FECOM), realized he had to stop the advancing North Korean X Corps SSI People’s Army (NKPA) to save what remained of American and ROK forces. In response, MacArthur with two benefits. It kept he directed the creation of a special commando/raider X Corps and the GHQ Raiders separate from EUSA in unit (GHQ Raiders) to conduct harassing and deception theater and reoriented the Raiders from an amphibious to operations behind the lines, and force the enemy to divert an anti-guerrilla force which could be employed as part valuable resources to reduce these threats.1 Having of the X Corps effort to destroy North Korean defenses proven themselves at Kunsan, the Raiders entered the around P’yongyang.4 second phase of their employment with Major General To prepare, X Corps became the GHQ reserve and (MG) Edward M. “Ned” Almond’s X Corps from October the Raiders were designated as the X Corps reserve.5 On 1950 until 15 January 1951.
    [Show full text]
  • Article Size Velocity) Disdrometers Zone Is a Likely Reason for the Dominant Riming Process in Installed Across the Mountain Range
    Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 11955–11978, 2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-11955-2021 © Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Impact of wind pattern and complex topography on snow microphysics during International Collaborative Experiment for PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter games (ICE-POP 2018) Kwonil Kim1, Wonbae Bang1, Eun-Chul Chang2, Francisco J. Tapiador3, Chia-Lun Tsai1, Eunsil Jung4, and Gyuwon Lee1 1Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences, Center for Atmospheric REmote sensing (CARE), Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea 2Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Kongju National University, Gongju, Republic of Korea 3Earth and Space Sciences Research Group, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain 4Department of Advanced Science and Technology Convergence, Kyungpook National University, Sangju, Republic of Korea Correspondence: Gyuwon Lee ([email protected]) Received: 13 February 2021 – Discussion started: 12 March 2021 Revised: 23 June 2021 – Accepted: 6 July 2021 – Published: 10 August 2021 Abstract. Snowfall in the northeastern part of South Ko- ward side, resulting in significant aggregation in the coastal rea is the result of complex snowfall mechanisms due to a region, with riming featuring as a primary growth mechanism highly contrasting terrain combined with nearby warm wa- in both mountainous and coastal regions. The cold-low pat- ters and three synoptic pressure patterns. All these factors to- tern is characterized by a higher snowfall rate and vertically gether create unique combinations, whose disentangling can deep systems in the mountainous region, with the precipi- provide new insights into the microphysics of snow on the tation system becoming shallower in the coastal region and planet.
    [Show full text]
  • Evidence of an Ancient Connectivity and Biogeodispersal of a Bitterling
    www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Evidence of an ancient connectivity and biogeodispersal of a bitterling species, Rhodeus notatus, across the Korean Peninsula Hari Won1, Hyung-Bae Jeon 1,2 & Ho Young Suk1* The modern-day distribution of freshwater fshes throughout multiple rivers is likely the result of past migration during times when currently separate drainages were once connected. Here, we used mitochondrial and microsatellite analyses for 248 individuals of Rhodeus notatus collected from seven diferent rivers to obtain better understand historical gene fow of freshwater fsh on the Korean Peninsula. Based on our phylogenetic analyses, this Korean species originated through the paleo-Yellow River from China and frst colonized near the west coast. These genetic data also provided evidence of estuary coalescences among the rivers fowing to the west and southwest coast on well-developed continental shelf. In addition, the pattern of population structure revealed the biogeodispersal route from the west coast to the south coast. It could be inferred that massive migration was not involved in the formation of southern populations, since the signature of historical genetic drift was clearly observed. Our study is the frst genetic attempt to confrm hypotheses describing the migration of freshwater species towards the end of East Asia, which have previously been developed using only geological reasoning. Primary freshwater fsh species living in separate river systems are not able to come into contact naturally. Even within a single river system, populations can be isolated by landscape structures1–3. Te high degree of interpop- ulation genetic diferentiation normally found in freshwater fsh species has ofen been attributed to the frag- mented nature of freshwater environments4–7.
    [Show full text]
  • Mountains and Mountaineering in South Korea Kimjeong-Tai
    Mountains and mountaineering in South Korea KimJeong-tai Outline Korea is geomorphologically characterized by abundant hills and mountains, which occupy nearly 70% of its territory. Low hills, mostly located in the Sand W, give way gradually to increasingly higher mountains toward the E and the N, the highest terrain rising in the NE area. On the whole, the Wand S slopes of the Korean peninsula are gentle with various f1atlands, low hills and basins developed along several large rivers, while the E slope is quite steep with no significant rivers and plains because mountains are everywhere close to the E coast. The Wand S coasts are repeatedly indented and there are innumerable islands, while the E coastline is generally srraight with few islands. The Korean mountains rise in ranges in 2 major directions which form the skeleton of the peninsula. The most remarkable range is the Taebaek Mountains, which run in a N-S (or peninsular) direction along the E coast. It constitutes the drainage divide between the Wand the E slopes. Mt Seorak (1708m) and Mt Taebaek (I546m) are located along this dividing ridge. The former in particular is renowned for its beauty with various spectacular landforms carved out of granite masses: a series of rocky pinnacles rising into the sky, deep and narrow canyons bordered by nearly vertical granite walls, various well-developed joint systems shown in the valleys in terms of boulders, larger blocks of rock, numerous waterfalls, cascades and rapids along clean srreams and so on. The peninsula is a rather stable land mass in spite of its proximity to the Japanese archipelago so that Korea has neither active volcanoes nor significant earthquakes nowadays.
    [Show full text]
  • A Case Study on Local Cultural Sensibility and Healing Tourism in Korea
    A Case Study on Local Cultural Sensibility and Healing Tourism in Korea Young Suk Kwon Cultural Heritage Preservation Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea Keywords: Local cultural sensibility, healing tourism, cultural heritage. Abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop tourism resources that can create promising economic benefits for the future society and provide basic data for creative regional development by looking at examples of successful development of the tourism industry that fits the Korean local cultural sensibility image. For this purpose, it explores the meaning of local cultural sensibility, classifies the local cultural resources into the material, human, and sociocultural resources, and focuses on countries that show global success stories about the value of cultural resources that each resource has. In addition, the study investigates the healing tourism policies each local government has implemented for the local cultural sensibility differentiated by region focusing on Busan, Gangwon-do, and Jeju-do of Korea. As a result, Busan has implemented a global marine culture tourism industry policy as an international city based on ocean sensibility. In Gangwon-do, the local cultural characteristics formed by the mountain cultural sensibility developed abundant natural resources in the high mountain area and food resources in the clean area, providing various local cultural resources to tourists. Finally, the healing tourism industry in the Jeju Island, the pearl of Korea, has promoted an attractive global tourism industry associating with various trails formed around Mount Halla along with the harmonization of the marine resources surrounding the entire island and the unique indigenous local culture of Jeju.
    [Show full text]
  • Model-Based Prediction of Potential Distribution of the Invasive Insect Pest, Spotted Lanternfly Lycorma Delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), by Using CLIMEX
    Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity xxx (2017) 1e7 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/japb Original article Model-based prediction of potential distribution of the invasive insect pest, spotted lanternfly Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), by using CLIMEX y y Jae-Min Jung a, , Sunghoon Jung b, , Dae-hyeon Byeon a, Wang-Hee Lee a,* a Department of Biosystems Machinery Engineering, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea b Department of Applied Biology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, South Korea article info abstract Article history: Lycorma delicatula is one of the major invasive pests of Korea. Careful monitoring is required to protect Received 11 April 2017 domestic agriculture as this pest causes severe damage to agricultural crops, such as wilting and sooty Received in revised form mold. This study was designed to confirm the potential distribution of L. delicatula using the modeling 29 June 2017 software CLIMEX and to suggest fundamental data for preventing agricultural damage by L. delicatula. Accepted 7 July 2017 Our results show that Korean weather seems to be adequate for L. delicatula habitation, indicating that Available online xxx approximately 60% of areas examined have a very high possibility of potential distribution. Particularly, we showed that Gyeongsang-do and Jeonla-do, which have not yet been invaded by L. delicatula, were Keywords: CLIMEX software very suitable locations for its growth. Therefore, although it is necessary to set up feasible strategies for invasive pest preventing further L. delicatula invasions, subsequent studies are needed for assessing other invasive Lycorma delicatula species considering the impact of future climate change.
    [Show full text]
  • Heteroceran Fauna of Mt. Okdolbong, Gyeongbuk, Korea (Lepidoptera)
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Vol. 6, No. 2 329-337, 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.7229/jkn.2013.6.2.329 Heteroceran Fauna of Mt. Okdolbong, Gyeongbuk, Korea (Lepidoptera) Seung-Jin Roh, Sat-Byul Shin, Young-Min Shin, Jun-Hwoung Jeon and Bong-Kyu Byun* Department of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Hannam University, 461-6 Jeonmin-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-811, Korea Abstract: This study aims to obtain the basic data for studies on changes in insect fauna and insect resources around Mt. Okdolbong in Bongwha, Gyeongbuk, where a national arboretum is planned to be constructed, through investigating the insect fauna and obtaining its evidence samples. In particular, this region is very important for studies on biodiversity and its preservation, and requires fundamental data for related studies such as investigations of vulnerable species and changes in their distribution associated with climatic changes. A total of 263 species including 1,689 individuals of moths was collected in this study. The most dominant species was Endotricha loivaceali with 222 individuals, and was followed by Hydrillodes morose with 97 individuals and Craneophora ficki with 86 individuals. Keywords: forest insects, insect fauna, dominant species, specimen Introduction on insect resources in the regions, except a recent study on nearby Mt. Okdolbong (Roh et al., 2012). We investigated The survey regions in this study is located in Bongwha, the insect fauna in the regions where a national arboretum Gyeongbuk. The northern boundary of Bongwha is the is to be constructed, and collected insects to obtain the basic starting point where Sobaek Mountains branches from data for studies on changes in insect fauna and insect Taebaek Mountains that include high mountains such as resources in the regions.
    [Show full text]