기후변화 연구에 관한 한국기상학회 60년사

Abstract

This paper aims to examine from various perspectives how domestic research studiesand projects related to climate change have been conducted to mark the 60th anniversary of theKorean Meteorological Society (KMS). The 『50-year History of the Korean MeteorologicalSociety』, published more than a decade ago, has never dealt with the history of development ofindividual fields of meteorology such as climate change. Therefore, it is of significance to look atthe history of research activities and studies achieved by KMS members in the area of climatechange over the past 60 years. The research on climate change in KMS is classified by era from thebeginning to the latest and the contents are examined by major research projects at that time. Duringthe past 60 years, climatological research in KMS has been mainly focused on general climate, synopticclimate, and applied climate (urban climate) until the 2000s. However, since the 1990s, climatechange has become an important area for climate research. The 2000s are the beginning era ofclimate change research, since the major projects and researches for climate change has begun in theperiod. The 2010s can be a time when climate change prediction and monitoring are expanded andrefined to meet the rapidly increasing demands for climate information from a wide range of areas. We concluded that the development of the research capabilities of the society over the past 60 years,in particular in the past two decades, in the field of climate change research is remarkable.