Abstract
This study aimed to provide a historical mega drought information of Korea using the long-term precipitation for longer than 300 years that were observed by the Korean Meteorological Administration (KMA) during 1908–2015, and paleo-climate data by the Korea’s ancient rain gauge (Chuk-Woo-Kee) during 1777–1907 and future climate change scenario from 2017 to 2099. The statistical analysis results showed that annual average precipitation were considerably different between records by the Chuk-Woo-Kee and records by the KMA. Precipitation data by the Chuk-Woo-Kee has seriously decreasing trends but KMA observed data show significant increasing trends because of climate change effect. Through the analysis of drought using paleoclimatic data observed by Chuk-Woo-Kee, mega drought on the Korean Peninsula lasting for 20 years at the end of the 19th century could be confirmed. It can also be concluded that extreme drought, which began in 2014, may be the beginning of another; the mega drought on the Korean peninsula based on the drought periodicity analysis.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Jun, J.G., Moon, B.K.: Restorations and analyses of rainfall amount observed by Chukwookee. J. Korean Meteorol. Soc. 33(4), 691–707 (1997)
Lee, J.H., Kwon, H.H., Jang, H.W., Kim, T.W.: Future changes in drought characteristics under extreme climate change over South Korea. Adv. Meteorol. 2016, 19 (2016)
Lee, J.H., Seo, J.W., Kim, C.J.: Analysis on trends, periodicities and frequencies of Korean drought using drought indices. J. Korea Water Res. Assoc. 45(1), 75–89 (2012)
Acknowledgements
This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education (NRF-2017R1D1A1A02018546).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Lee, JH., Sur, C., Park, SY. (2019). Use of Paleoclimate Rainfall Data to Detect Mega Drought Signals. In: Zhang, Z., Khélifi, N., Mezghani, A., Heggy, E. (eds) Patterns and Mechanisms of Climate, Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Changes from Low-Latitude Regions. CAJG 2018. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01599-2_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01599-2_7
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-01598-5
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-01599-2
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)