• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.454-462
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• 2014

This study was carried out to determine the effect of tree height on light transmission, spray penetration, tree growth performance, fruit quality attributes, and labor productivity in the slender-spindle system of 'Hongro'/M.9 apple trees. With increasing tree height, the light penetration into the internal parts of the canopy decreased, especially in the lower canopy. Leaf area index (LAI) increased with increasing tree height, thereby leading to a reduction in the extent of spray penetration into the interior of the canopy. With increasing tree height, shoot growth was more vigorous but produced slender shoots in the upper canopy compared to the lower canopy. Although the soluble solid content and coloration of fruit decreased, there was no difference in fruit firmness and acidity. In addition, the number of final fruit set increased, although the production of large fruit (> 305 g) decreased. The increase in tree height also significantly increased the labor required for practices such as thinning of flowers and fruits, pruning, and harvesting. Nevertheless, this problem of increased in labor input in taller trees would was eased by use of a mechanical lift. Utilizing a lift for thinning the flowers of trees 4.5 m in height saved 14.6 min per tree, compared to the use of ladder. Therefore, it is highly considerable that in order to enhance light transmission and fruit coloration, light conditions should be improved in the internal tree canopy of slender-spindle systems.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.607-618
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• 2015

This study was conducted to suggest hydraulic modification for improving evenness of inlet flow distribution into side stream type low-pressure MF (microfiltration) module using CFD (computational fluid dynamics) simulation and PIV (particle image velocimetry) techniques. From the results of CFD simulation for various typed inlet structure, it was investigated that installing internal orifice baffle in inlet the distribution channel could improve the evenness of inlet flow distribution over about 40%. Also, from the results of PIV measurements which were carried out for verifying the CFD simulation, it was observed that the momentum of the water body coming from the opposite side of the inlet was relatively larger. This momentum would generate strong shear force in the near of inlet side wall. On the other hands, occurrence of dead zone and eddy flow was confirmed in the opposite side.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.107-116
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• 2016

Airborne or spaceborne remote sensing can increase the efficiency of seabed material surveys compared with field surveying using a vessel. For the same seabed material, the optical remote sensing image shows variation in the reflectance depending on the water depth, which is due to the absorption and scattering by the water column. This study suggests a correction procedure to use the hyperspectral image for seabed material analysis. The study is conducted in the coastal area from Sacheonjin Port to Gyungpo Beach in Gangwon-do. The hyperspectral image is acquired using the CASI-1500 sensor. The diffuse attenuation coefficient is estimated for each band through regression models between the water reflectance and depth. Then, the coefficient is applied to each band of the image. As a result, the completely corrected image can be interpreted for a deeper area, although the interpretable area is very shallow without water column correction. Additionally, the water column corrected image shows decreased variation of reflectance with various water depths.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.278-288
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• 2012

The zooplankton community of Lake Paldang, Korea, was investigated on a weekly basis from 2004 to 2006. The seasonal succession of zooplankton community structure was influenced by hydrological factors such as rainfall pattern and efflux in Lake Paldang. According to the monsoon climate, spring, fall and winter had reduced precipitation, so that zooplankton dynamics of the lake showed a typical succession pattern. In spring, small sized and faster growing rotifera rapidly increased, and copepods and cladocera noticeably increased thereafter. Rotifera dominated the zooplankton community, occupying more than 90% of total zooplankton abundance. Among rotifera, Keratella cochlearis was extremely dominant in spring. Copepoda were mainly present as Copepodid and Nauplius. Among cladoceran species, Bosmina longirostris was dominant. In summer, during the rainy season, zooplankton were flushed out by an associated dam. After the rainy season, rotifera increased rapidly when the water column of the lake was stable. During the fall, zooplankton abundance gradually reduced in accordance with decreasing water temperature. However, the occupation rate of copepod (Copepodid, Nauplius) increased relatively. Zooplankton dynamics were influenced by meteorological changes and hydraulic-hydrological factors, because Lake Paldang is a completely closed ecosystem.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.50 no.11
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• pp.715-723
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• 2017

Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) in the water environment assemble fine, colloidal particles, such as clays, microorganisms and biomass, in large flocs, which are eventually subject to sedimentation and deposition and determine water/sediment quality and quantity. This study hence aimed to investigate the way that water and colloidal chemistry affects EPS-mediated flocculation of colloidal particles, using a jar-test experiment. Especially, ionic strength, divalent cation and humic substances concentrations were selected as experimental variables in the jar-test experiments, to elucidate their effects on EPS-mediated flocculation. A higher ionic strength increased flocculation capability, reducing electrostatic repulsion between EPS-attached colloidal particles and enhancing particle aggregation. 0.1 M NaCl ionic strength had higher flocculation capability, with 3 times larger floc size and 2.5 times lower suspended solid concentration, than 0.001 M NaCl. Divalent cations, such as $Ca^{2+}$, built divalent cationic bridges between colloidal particles and EPS (i.e., $colloid-Ca^{2+}-EPS$ or $EPS-Ca^{2+}-EPS$) and hence made colloidal particles to build into large, settelable flocs. A small $Ca^{2+}$ concentration enhanced flocculation capability, reducing suspended solid concentration 20 times lower than the initial dosed concentration. However, humic substances, adsorbed on colloidal particles, reduced flocculation, because they blocked EPS adsorption on colloidal particles and increased negative charges and electrostatic repulsion of colloidal particles. Suspended solid concentration in the tests with humic substances remained as high as the initial dosed concentration, indicating stabilization rather than flocculation. Findings about EPS-mediated flocculation in this research will be used for better understanding the fate and transport of colloidal particles in the water environment and for developing the best management practices for water/sediment quality.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.57 no.3
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• pp.181-193
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• 2024

The increasing atmospheric imbalance caused by climate change leads to an elevation in precipitation, resulting in a heightened frequency of flooding. Consequently, there is a growing need for technology to detect and monitor these occurrences, especially as the frequency of flooding events rises. To minimize flood damage, continuous monitoring is essential, and flood areas can be detected by the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery, which is not affected by climate conditions. The observed data undergoes a preprocessing step, utilizing a median filter to reduce noise. Classification techniques were employed to classify water bodies and non-water bodies, with the aim of evaluating the effectiveness of each method in flood detection. In this study, the Otsu method and Support Vector Machine (SVM) technique were utilized for the classification of water bodies and non-water bodies. The overall performance of the models was assessed using a Confusion Matrix. The suitability of flood detection was evaluated by comparing the Otsu method, an optimal threshold-based classifier, with SVM, a machine learning technique that minimizes misclassifications through training. The Otsu method demonstrated suitability in delineating boundaries between water and non-water bodies but exhibited a higher rate of misclassifications due to the influence of mixed substances. Conversely, the use of SVM resulted in a lower false positive rate and proved less sensitive to mixed substances. Consequently, SVM exhibited higher accuracy under conditions excluding flooding. While the Otsu method showed slightly higher accuracy in flood conditions compared to SVM, the difference in accuracy was less than 5% (Otsu: 0.93, SVM: 0.90). However, in pre-flooding and post-flooding conditions, the accuracy difference was more than 15%, indicating that SVM is more suitable for water body and flood detection (Otsu: 0.77, SVM: 0.92). Based on the findings of this study, it is anticipated that more accurate detection of water bodies and floods could contribute to minimizing flood-related damages and losses.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.469-473
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• 2009

저수지에서 잠재적 대규모 조류발생을 감소시키기 위하여 인공적 성층파괴 장치가 2006년 용담댐에 설치되었다. 본 연구는 저수지에서 여름철 발생하는 성층파괴에 대한 대류순환식 폭기장치의 효과를 검토하기 위해 수행되었다. 성층파괴 장치의 성능을 분석하기 위하여 반경 25m, 높이 45m의 실린더 용기에 34.6만개의 격자로 구성된 CFD모형을 적용하였다. 적용결과, 사면체 격자는 온도와 유속에서 실측자료와 밀접하게 일치하였다. 이와 같은 결과는 난류확산항이 제거되었을때 보다 태양광 열전도를 고려한 경우가 보다 좋은 결과를 보였다. 결과적으로 성층파괴 장치의 지속적인 운영은 인공적 외부력을 통하여 성층화된 수체를 혼합시키는데 유용할 것으로 나타났으나 현재 설치되어 있는 장비로는 크기나 숫자에서 충분하지 못해 원래 목적을 달성하기에는 부족한 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Health Society Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.138-142
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• 2005

DGM은 상온에서 휘발성을 가지는 수은의 독특한 화학적 성질 때문에 쉽게 대기로 방출될 수 있고, 대기 중으로의 DGM 방출은 수체 내 수은의 유일한 제거 기작일 뿐만 아니라, 고정상으로 존재하던 수은이 다시 이동상의 수은으로 변화하는 중요한 과정이다. 본 연구는 2005년 8월과 10월에 주암호를 대상으로 실시간 자동분석 장치(Tekran 2537A)를 이용하여 DGM 농도변화를 관찰하였다. 전반적인 주암호(n=23)의 여름철 평균 BGM 농도는 110 ${\pm}$ 21 pg $L^{-1}$으로 기존에 발표된 국외 호수에서의 DGM 농도보다 약 3배정도 높았다. 강우에 따른(강우량 : 0.4 mm) DGM 농도 변화는 비가오기 전 89 pg $L^{-1}$ 에서 비온 뒤 89 pg $L^{-1}$ 으로 약 9%가 증가했다. 그러나 가을철 평균 DGM 농도(n=21)는 20 ${\pm}$ 0.4pg $L^{-1}$ 로 여름철보다 약 5.5배 감소했고, 비가 내리는 날씨에서의 DGM 농도는 13.7 pg $L^{-1}$ 로 맑은 날 같은 시간에 비해(32 pg $L^{-1}$) 약 58% 감소했다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.640-644
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• 2010

하천, 호소 등에서 공사 시 준설작업으로 인해 고탁수가 발생되며 이러한 탁수의 이송 확산은 수환경에 변화를 초래한다. 탁수는 준설작업 시 커터헤드(cutter head)가 해저면에 닿는 순간부터 작동을 멈출 때까지 계속하여 발생하며, 이러한 과정들이 반복되면서 많은 양의 부유토사가 발생하게 되고 고탁수현상이 일어난다. 이렇게 발생한 탁수는 수체흐름에 따라 이송 및 확산된다. 탁수발생은 수중의 빛 투과를 감소시켜 일차 생산자인 부유성 및 부착조류의 생육을 저해하고, 이들의 생산성 감소와 군집구성의 변화는 수서생태계의 먹이사슬을 통해 이들을 먹이로 하는 저서무척추동물과 어류의 현존량 감소와 종 구성에 영향을 미치고, 고농도의 현탁 입자는 어류 아가미에 염증을 유발하거나 점막의 파괴와 감염을 유발하여 치사시킬 수도 있다. 또한 과도한 부유 입자는 하류로 침강되어 하천 바닥에 서식하는 부착조류, 무척추 동물 및 곤충의 생육에 피해를 주고, 이것은 어류의 먹이에 영향을 미쳐 어류 개체수를 감소시키거나 산란된 물고기 알을 매몰시키거나 질식시키는 등 여러 가지 방법으로 수서생물상에 영향을 미치게 된다.(낙동강수계관리위원회, 2005) 따라서 준설작업에 있어 탁수의 이송 확산범위를 사전에 예측하고 국내 실정과 환경여건에 알맞게 적용되고, 실용화될 수 있는 수치모델링에 대한 기반핵심 기술개발이 필요하다. 현재 낙동강에서 진행되고 있는 준설현장에서 발생하는 부유탁수의 이송 확산과정을 이차원 흐름해석모형인 RAM2 모형과 오염물 이송 확산해석모형인 RAM4 모형을 이용하여 수치해석을 하고 분석함으로써 수치해석에 의한 부유탁수의 이송 확산모의 결과가 환경영향 범위를 예측하는 데에 적용될 수 있는지를 알아보고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.36 no.3 s.104
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• pp.304-310
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• 2003

This study was conducted to estimate the internal dissolved organic carbon (DOC) loading from sediment in eutrophic shallow Lake Kasumigaura. Contents of water and organic carbon were about 80% and 6.3% with depth in the sediment, respectively. The highest DOC concentration in porewater (104 mg C/l) was observed in September suggesting that the porewater could play an important role as an internal loading of DOC. Results of DOC release experiments showed that the labile-DOC (L-DOC) release was not detected in the oxic condition, while refractory-DOC(R-DOC) release was detected. The L-DOC and R-DOC release rates in the anoxic codition ranged from 14.5${\sim}$ 48.6, 14.4 ${\sim}$27.3 mgC $m^{-2}$ $d^{-2}$, respectively. The current study showed that L-DOC released in the oxic condition was rapidly utilized by aerobic bacteria, in contrast, L-DOC and R-DOC released in anoxic codition were slowly utilized by anaerobic bacteria. These results suggested that L-DOC and R-DOC were closely related to sediment release and most of the R-DOC released could be an important source of DOC in eutrophic lakes during summer. Therefore, R-DOC pool should be added as one of the important energy source for microbial-based aquatic food webs in eutrophic lakes.