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Assessment of Climate Variability over East Asia-Korea for 2015/16 Winter

2015/16 겨울 동아시아-한반도 기후 특성 분석

  • Jeong, Jee-Hoon (Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Park, Tae-Won (Department of Earth Science Education, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Choi, Ja-Hyun (Department of Oceanography, Chonnam National University) ;
  • Son, Seok-Woo (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Song, Kanghyun (School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kug, Jong-Seong (School of Environmental Science and Engineering, POSTECH) ;
  • Kim, Baek-Min (Korea Polar Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Hyun-kyung (Korea Meteorological Administration) ;
  • Yim, So-Young (Korea Meteorological Administration)
  • Received : 2016.05.17
  • Accepted : 2016.06.11
  • Published : 2016.06.30
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Abstract

This paper is to assess the state of climate over East Asia and Korea during 2015/16 winter. There was a distinct intraseasonal climate variation during the period: the record-breaking warmth in December 2015 vs. strong cold surge outbreaks in January 2016. It is suggested that the anomalous warming in December 2015 was contributed by an intensification of Kuroshio anticyclone associated with 2015/16 El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ and polar vortex intensification. In January 2016, a strong cold surge outbroke over East Asia bringing severe cold more than two weeks. The cold surge was a blocking-type one which followed extremely negative AO developed from early January. It was suggested that the intensification of cold surge might be contributed indirectly by a strong Arctic warming and MJO activity during the period.

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