Traits of Agro-meteorological Disasters in 20th Century Korea
2003
Shim, K.M. | Lee, J.T. | Lee, Y.S. | Kim, G.Y. (National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technlolgy, RDA, Suwon, Republic of Korea)
Recently, both climate change and unusual meteorological disasters are becoming a more frequent and serious threat to agricultural production, Destruction of the stabilizing base of agricultural productivity in Korea is a concern. This study provides basic information for stabilizing agricultural production by clarifying and analyzing the features of agro-meteorological disasters which have occurred recently in Korea. The occurrence of meteorological disasters ha increased rapidly since the 1940s, A 19-fold increase in occurrence is noted over the past 60 years from 1941 to 2000. Meteorological disasters occurred mostly in August, then in July, and least often in October, In terms of regional occurrences, the frequency of meteorological disasters was the highest in Gangwon (751times) and in Jeonnam (703 times) provinces, and the lowest in Jeju (459 times) province for the 97 years from 1904 to 2000.
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