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KMID : 1024520010100060437
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Journal of the Environmental Sciences
2001 Volume.10 No. 6 p.437 ~ p.444
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Synoptic Weather Patterns and Variation of Ozone Concentrations Association with High Ozone Days at Five Major Cities in Korea
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Kim Yu-Ra
Yoon Ill-Hee
Kim Hee-Jong
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Abstract
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The characteristic features of surface ozone concentration and the forecasting procedure of high ozone days have been studied. The ozone concentration was continuously measured during 3 years (1997~1999) at air quality monitoring stations in five major cities in Korea. The diurnal variation of surface ozone concentration on high ozone days is characterized by low ozone concentration at night. The ozone concentration Increases continuously after sunrise, In reach a peak at 1500~1600 LST. Thereafter it decreases steadily to a low concentration at sunset. The diurnal and annual maximum of the surface ozone concentration at Seoul were observed in May and June, respectively. The favorable synoptic condition for the high ozone day is divided into 4 different synoptic weather patterns: a high-pressure system from the Sea of Okhotsk, the Pacific subtropical high extending westward, a moving high-pressure system covering the Korean peninsula. and a synoptic system In front of a typhoon. Most of high ozone days occur under the high pressure system in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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surface ozone concentration, high ozone day, synoptic weather patterns
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