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Spatio-Temporal Trends in Temperature, Acidification and Dissolved Oxygen in Lower Mekong Basin for 1985-2005

  • Ratanavong, Nilapha (Regional Resource Center in Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Environment Programs) ;
  • Lim, Sam-Sung (School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems, The University of New South Wales) ;
  • Lee, Hyung-Seok (Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanzhong University)
  • Received : 2011.07.22
  • Accepted : 2011.10.01
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

Understanding of water sediment trends is an important part of water quality monitoring. Water quality variables change over time and space, and cannot be modeled or explained clearly by either temporal or spatial analysis alone. This research analysed the trends of temperature, pH levels and dissolved oxygen levels based on the sediment records and spatial data obtained in Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) during 1985-2005. Our aim is to evaluate spatio-temporal trends and graphical analyses using an Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) interpolation method. The main results from this research can be summarized as follows. The maximum temperature and pH have been stable during the study period and the maximum dissolved oxygen has been increasing gradually until 2002. The minimum pH and dissolved oxygen have been changing in an unsteady trend during the period. A spatial analysis shows that the water temperature in this region has been increasing over time. The pH trend shows that it is decreasing during 1993-2005. Dissolved oxygen concentration has been increasing from 1989 onwards and stays in that track.

침전물 변화의 이해는 수질모니터링에 있어서 중요한 요소이다. 수질 변수는 시공간에 의해 변하므로 시간분석이나 공간분석 한 가지만으로는 모형화하거나 명확히 설명하기 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 1985년부터 2005년까지 메콩강 하류 유역에서 수집된 침전물 기록과 공간 자료를 근거로 온도, 페하 수준 및 용존산소 수준을 파악하고, 역거리가중법을 이용하여 시공간 경향과 시각 분석을 평가하고자 한다. 그 결과, 온도와 페하의 최대값은 이 기간 동안 큰 변화없이 나타났고 최대 용존산소는 2002년까지 점점 증가하여왔다. 최소 페하와 용존산소는 이 기간 동안 불안정한 경향으로 변화하였다. 역거리가중법 보간을 이용한 경향 분석에서는 연구 지역의 전반적인 수온이 계속 증가했다는 것을 보여주었고, 페하는 1993년부터 2005년 동안 감소하는 경향을 나타냈다. 용존산소농도는 1989년 이후 증가하였고 2002년부터는 많이 확산되지 않았다.

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