Table 2.
Weather characteristics of special disasters in the Korea from 2003 to 2009
| Disaster type (period) | No. of areasa | Duration (d) | Rainfall (mm)b |
Wind speed (m/s)c |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly average | Disaster period | Yearly average | Disaster period | |||
| Typhoon (12−13 Sep 2003)d | 14 | 2 | 5.27 (12.08) | 56.45 (65.29) | 4.34 (1.12) | 10.67 (3.46) |
| Typhoon and heavy rain (9−29 Jul 2006) | 7 | 21 | 5.57 (11.91) | 28.04 (25.38) | 4.31 (1.19) | 3.96 (1.46) |
| Typhoon and heavy rain (13−16 Sep 2007) | 1 | 4 | 9.04 (20.25) | 89.08 (95.38) | 5.70 (1.67) | 8.73 (5.75) |
| Heavy rain (22−24 Oct 2006) | 1 | 3 | 7.97 (19.10) | 38.93 (47.78) | 4.37 (1.19) | 6.53 (2.99) |
| Heavy rain (4−15 Aug 2007) | 2 | 12 | 5.87 (10.25) | 19.40 (18.83) | 4.28 (1.21) | 4.25 (0.96) |
| Heavy rain (23−26 Jul 2008) | 1 | 4 | 4.92 (10.67) | 27.51 (38.74) | 4.10 (1.18) | 3.07 (0.38) |
| Heavy rain (11−16 Jul 2009) | 13 | 6 | 5.62 (12.08) | 46.55 (25.72) | 4.40 (1.12) | 5.55 (1.72) |
| All typhoons | — | — | 6.62 (14.75) | 57.86 (62.02) | 4.78 (1.33) | 7.78 (3.56) |
| All heavy rain | — | — | 6.09 (13.03) | 33.10 (32.77) | 4.29 (1.18) | 4.85 (1.51) |
a
Cities defined by the government as disaster area.
b
Mean (standard deviation) of daily average rainfall.
c
Mean (standard deviation) of daily maximum wind speed.
d
Day/month/year.