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Factors controlling typhoons and storm rain on the Korean Peninsula during the Little Ice Age

Journal of Paleolimnology volume 55, pages 35–48 (2016)Cite this article

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Documenting multi-decadal typhoon and storm-rain variability is useful to prevent future typhoon and flood disasters. We present the history of typhoon and storm-rain activity in East Asia inferred from multi-proxy analyses of Lagoon Hwajin-po sediments along the eastern coast of Korea. Anthropogenic effects were enhanced in Lagoon Hwajin-po since ca. AD 1900, by increasing farming in the catchment. To avoid these human-induced effects, we reconstructed the history of typhoon and storm-rain activity only for the interval AD 1400–1900. The record indicates that typhoon frequency throughout the Korean Peninsula varied in response to the state of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Typhoon variability was likely modulated further by the state of the East Asia summer monsoon (EASM) pattern, associated with variation in the magnitude of solar irradiance. During periods of minimum solar activity, such as the early Maunder Minimum (AD 1650–1675), typhoons struck the east China coast and Korean Peninsula more frequently because of a strengthened EASM.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the research grant from the Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (PJT200538). We thank Dr. Thomas Cronin for his comments on an earlier draft and assistance with English. We are grateful to the constructive reviews provided by reviewers and the editor in charge.

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  1. Geological Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, 305-350, Korea

    Kota Katsuki & Dong-Yoon Yang

  2. Research Center for Coastal Lagoon Environment, Shimane University, Matsue, 690-8504, Japan

    Koji Seto

  3. School of Biological Sciences, Swire Institute of Marine Science, and Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    Moriaki Yasuhara

  4. Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, Korea

    Hiroyuki Takata & Boo-Keun Khim

  5. Department of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan

    Masashi Otsuka & Kaoru Kashima

  6. AIG Collaborative Research Institute for International Study on Eruptive History and Informatics, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan

    Toshimichi Nakanishi

  7. Geologic Environmental Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, 305-350, Korea

    Yoonyeol Yoon

  8. Marine Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources, Daejeon, 305-350, Korea

    In-Kwon Um

  9. School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

    Richard C. W. Cheung

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Katsuki, K., Yang, DY., Seto, K. et al. Factors controlling typhoons and storm rain on the Korean Peninsula during the Little Ice Age. J Paleolimnol 55, 35–48 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-015-9861-3

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Keywords

  • Historical typhoon
  • East Asia
  • El Niño/Southern Oscillation
  • Sediment core
  • Lagoon Hwajin-po
  • Little Ice Age