• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.87 no.3
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• pp.358-365
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• 1998

To offer the basic information for sustainable production of forest resources and conservation of the global environment, change in potential natural vegetation (PNV) associated with climate change due to doubling atmospheric carbon dioxide ($2{\times}CO_2$) was estimated with the global natural vegetation mapping system based an K${\ddot{o}}$ppen scheme. The system interpolates climate data spherically to each grid cell, determines the vegetation types onto the grid cell, and produces potential vegetation map and area on the globe and continents. The climate data consist of the current, ($1{\times}CO_2$) climate prior to AD 1958 observed at some 2,000 stations and the doubling ($2{\times}CO_2$) climate estimated from Meteorological Research Institute of Japan. The vegetation zone under the $2{\times}CO_2$ climate scenario expanded mainly toward the poles due to the rise in temperature. The changed PNV area on the globe amounts to 1/3 (4.91 billion (G) ha) of the total land area (15.04 Gha). Kappa statistic for judging agreement between the patterns of vegetation distribution under $1{\times}CO_2$ climate and $2{\times}CO_2$ climates shows good agreement (0.63) for the globe as a whole. The most stable areas are desert and ice. The potential forest area (PFA) was estimated at 6.82 Gha of the land area in $2{\times}CO_2$ climate scenario. In terms of continental changes in PFA, North America and Asis are increased under the $2{\times}CO_2$ climate. However, the potential forest arms of the other continents are decreased by the climate. Europe has no change in the PFA. Especially, the expansion of desert area in Oceania would be accelerated by the $2{\times}CO_2$ climate.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.535-545
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• 2011

This study was carried out to suggest the baseline data necessary for vegetation restoration by naturalness assessment of riverine wetland within stream corridor. We selected stream reach both of near nature and urbanized by Nonsan stream and Hongchun river as experimental site. Composition of vegetation community and land use pattern between two sites indicated considerable difference, which imply for many different watershed property and process disturbed each other at river ecosystem. Naturalness of the sampled reaches showed that near nature is in better condition for riverine wetland than urbanized of all two sites. However, the prevalence index of Hongchun river within its natural state was lower than that of Nonsan stream, because the index included some vegetation communities occurred at upland fringe and bank slope. In conclusion assessment system using prevalence index would be considered an effective method for evaluating of natural states of riverine wetland.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2005.05b
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• pp.1259-1263
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 낙동강 유역의 황강과 감천의 하토특성을 조사하여 보았다. 황강은 15년 전에 상류에 합천댐이 건설되어 하류하천에 많은 변동을 가져왔으나, 감천은 상류에 감천댐을 개발할 예정이므로 두 하천의 하천 특성을 비교하여 향후 하천계획 및 관리를 하는 데 중요한 정보를 공하는데 있다. 황강과 감천은 중규모 영역구분을 수행하여 본 결과 모래로 구성된 망상하천이며, 또한 하상토 및 소류력을 분석하여 본 결과 부유사가 지배적인 하천으로 판단되었다. 이는 그동안 우리나라 하천 계획 및 관리를 하는 데 간과된 것이다. 감천에서는 현재 홍수터 및 사주에 식생이 크게 번성하지 못하고 있다. 하천에서의 식생의 관리는 치수관리 측면과 생태학적 측면에 균형을 맞추어 관리를 하는 것이 매우 중요하며, 향후 이에 대한 체계적인 연구가 필요하다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.266-273
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• 2016

Two-dimensional hydraulic experiments were performed to assess the impact of artificial seaweed on wave energy attenuation, and coastal erosion prevention. In this experimental study, erosion geometry and wave reflection coefficients were determined for normal and stormy incident waves, with and without artificial seaweed. The coastline of beaches without artificial vegetation was observed to retreat, and the longshore bar height increased in normal and stormy conditions. Through the introduction of artificial seaweed (of widths 0.8 m, and 1.6 m), the coastline was found to advance in the offshore direction due to material deposition. From these results, it is shown that artificial seaweed alters the cross-section of beaches, such that it is possible to prevent coastline erosion.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.509-514
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• 2010

낙동강 상류에 있는 하회마을은 영남지방 600년 전통의 농경마을로서 귀중한 전통문화유산이다. 이 마을의 역사적, 문화적, 경관적 가치 중 하나는 마을 앞을 흐르는 낙동강과 강 양안에 형성된 백사장 사주이다. 그러나 1970년대 중반과 1990년대 초 상류에 두 댐의 건설로 하류 유황과 유사 이송 양상이 변화하여 과거 수백 년 동안 '완벽한' 백사장을 유지해온 두 사주에 식생이 점차 이입, 활착하여 하회마을의 역사적, 문화적 경관 가치에 부정적 영향을 주기 시작하였다. 낙동강 본류에 안동댐이 준공된 1976년 이후에는 댐 건설 전과 비교하여 큰 변화는 없었으나 반변천에 임하댐이 준공된 1992년 이후 점차적으로 두 사주에 식생이 이입, 활착하기 시작하여 현재 상당한 범위까지 식생이 번무하였다. 이 같은 사주 상 식생 이입과 활착의 원인과 과정을 기초적으로 조사, 분석하기 위해 우선 과거 자료가 있는 항공사진과 지상 사진을 수집하여 연도별 식생 활착 상황을 조사하였다. 다음 하회마을 상하류 약 11.5 km 구간을 대상으로 과거 홍수자료를 가지고 두댐 건설 전후 기간으로 나누어 2차원 흐름 모의를 하여 무차원 하상소류력 분포를 분석하였다. 분석 결과는 기존 항공, 지상 사진과 비교 검토하였다. 그 결과 임하댐 건설 이후 두 사주의 홍수시 무차원 하상소류력이 하상입자가 움직이기 시작하는 0.06 이하가 되는 부분이 확대되어 식생 이입, 활착에 유리한 조건을 형성하게 된 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2017.10a
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• pp.110-110
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• 2017

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.444-447
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• 2004

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.99-106
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• 2004

We developed the estimation model for the vegetation developmental processes on the severely burned slope areas after forest fire in the east coastal region, Korea. And we calculated the vegetation indices as a useful parameter for the development of land management technique in the burned area and suggested the changes of the vegetation indices after forest fire. In order to estimate the woody standing biomass in the burned area, allometric equations of the 17 woody species regenerated by sprouter were investigated. According to the our results, twenty year after forest fire need for the development to the normal forest formed by 4 stratum structure, tree, sub-tree, shrub and herb layer. The height of top vegetation layer, basal area and standing biomass of woody species show a tendency to increase linearly, and the ground vegetation coverage and litter layer show a tendency to increase logarithmically after forest fire. Among vegetation indices, Ive and Ivcd show a tendency to increase logarithmically, and Hcl and Hcdl show a tendency to increase linearly after forest fire. The spatial variation of the most vegetation factors was observed in the developmental stages less than the first 5 years which were estimated secondary disaster by soil erosion after forest fire. Among vegetation indices, Ivc and Ivcd were the good indices for the representation of the spatial heterogeneity in the earlier developmental stages, and Hcl and Hcdl were the useful indices for the long-term estimation of the vegetation development after forest fire.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.516-531
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• 2015

In this study, a software module to predict the effectiveness of vegetation buffer strip (VBS) has been developed for using with Chemicals, Agricultural Management and Erosion Losses (CAMEL), a distributed watershed model. Most basic functions for the VBS module are same as CAMEL except functions newly developed to implement sedimentation enhancement by vegetation and level spreaders. For verification of the VBS module, sensitivity analyses for length, roughness, soil and vegetation type of VBS were carried out using a test grid cell. The surface discharge of sediment are highly sensitive to the roughness coefficient of VBS. The removal efficiencies of VBS for the surface discharges of sediment and TP are generally high regardless of environment changes. The surface discharges of TOC and TN are highly sensitive to the length and soil of VBS. The removal efficiencies of VBS for the surface discharges of TOC and TN are generally lower than those of sediment and TP. The newly developed VBS module reasonably simulates the removal efficiencies of surface discharges that vary according to the environment changes. It is expected that this VBS module can be used for evaluating the effectiveness of VBS-based best management practices to be applied to reduce pollution discharges from various non-point sources.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.90-96
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• 2020

Recently, a method that applies laser scanning (LS) that acquires vegetation information such as the vegetation habitat area and the size of vegetation in a point cloud format has been proposed. When LS is used to investigate the physical shape of vegetation, it has the advantage of more accurate and rapid information acquisition. However, to examine uncertainties that may arise during measurement or post-processing, the process of adjusting the data by the actual data is necessary. Therefore, in this study, the physical structure of stems, branches, and leaves of woody vegetation in an artificially formed river channel was manually investigated. The obtained results then compared with the information acquired using the three-dimensional terrestrial laser scanning (3D TLS) method, which repeatedly scanned the target vegetation in various directions to obtain relevant information with improved precision. The analysis demonstrated a negligible difference between the measurements for the diameters of vegetation and the length of stems; however, in the case of branch length measurement, a relatively more significant difference was observed. It is because the implementation of point cloud information limits the precise differentiation between branches and leaves in the canopy area.