• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
• /
• 2022.05a
• /
• pp.54-54
• /
• 2022

수변식생(riparian vegetation)은 하천 지형학적 프로세스에 영향을 미치는 요인 중 하나로, 최근 기후변화와 더불어 중요성이 커지고 있다. 내성천은 사질 곡류 하천으로, 2014년과 2015년 유량 감소에 의해 급격한 식생의 정착이 나타났다. 내성천 수변식생의 정착 및 활착은 수문-지형학적 프로세스에 영향을 미쳤고, 결과적으로 하도와 범람원의 형태를 변화시켰다. 이와 같은 변화를 예측하고 분석하는 것은 이수, 치수 및 방재 정책과 생태계 사이의 균형 및 조화를 추구하는 정책결정에 필수적이다. 그러나 식생을 고려하지 않은 기존의 수문-지형 모델링에서는 이와 같은 변화를 재현할 수 없다. 본 연구의 목적은 흐름, 식생, 지형의 상호작용이 하천 지형에 미치는 영향을 시각화 및 분석하고, 식생을 고려하지 않은 기존의 모델들의 결과와 비교하고자 한다. 본 초록은 이를 위해 수문-지형학 모델인 D-Flow-FM을 수변 식생 모델과 결합한 커플링 모델(Van Oorschot et al., 2016)을 활용하여 내성천에서 2013년부터 2019년까지의 발생한 지형학적 프로세스와 식생 사이의 상호작용을 재현한 예비결과이다. 식생 모델 결과는 내성천 현장조사 자료와 원격탐사 자료를 이용해 검보정하였다. 식생을 고려한 모델의 하천 형태는 식생을 고려하지 않은 모델의 결과에 비해 좁고 깊은 형태로 나타났으며, 지형학적 변동성이 적게 나타났다. 이는 유량 변화와 관련하여 생태-지형학적 프로세스로 인한 수변 식생 변동성이 강의 형태에 영향을 미쳤다는 것을 보여준다. 모의된 하천의 형태학적 특성이나 식생의 분포 특성은 항공사진과 비교했을 때 준수한 수준이다. 본 모델은 기후변화에 따른 식생의 변동성이 하천에 미치는 영향을 연구하는 데에 활용할 수 있으며, 수문-생태-지형학적 프로세스에 의한 하천의 변화를 예측하고 분석하는 데에 유용하게 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
• /
• v.6 no.2
• /
• pp.89-100
• /
• 2019

We've reviewed existing studies on the interactions among vegetation, hydrology, and geomorphology in the stream corridors, adding one more factor of vegetation in the traditional area of hydro-geomorphology. Understanding of the interactions among those three factors is important not only academically but also practically since it is related intimately to the restoration of river corridor as well as management itself. Studies of this area started from field investigations in the latter part of the 20th century and focused on the flume experiments and then computer modelling in the 1990s and 2000s. Now, it has turned again to the field investigations of specific phenomena of the vegetative-hydrologic-geomorphologic interactions in detailed micro scales. Relevant studies in Korea, however, seem to be uncommon and far behind the international status quo in spite that practically important issues related directly to this topic have been emerged. In this study, we propose, based on the extensive literature review and authors' own knowledge and experiences, a conceptual diagram expressing the interactions among vegetation, flow (water), sediment, and geomorphology. Existing relevant studies in Korea since the 1990s are classified according to the categorization in the proposed diagrams and then briefly reviewed. Finally, considering the practical issues of riparian vegetation that have emerged recently in Korea, we propose areas of investigation needed in near future such as, among others, long-term and systematic field investigations and monitoring at multiple river corridors having different attributes on vegetative-hydrologic-geomorphologic interactions, including vegetative dynamics for succession.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
• /
• 2016.05a
• /
• pp.109-109
• /
• 2016

유역의 물수지는 기상인자, 지형, 토양, 식생 등 여러 가지 인자들에 의해 결정된다. 물수지 분포를 평가하기 위해 수문모형의 모의 시 필요한 수문요소 조건들을 정보화하게 되며, 동시에 토양수분의 특성, 강우 입력자료, 유역의 지형학적 특성들은 불확실성에 기인하는 요소로 작용한다. 이러한 수문모형 모의 시 불확실성을 제거하기 위해 모형 초기조건에 대한 다각적인 분석이 선행이 필요하다. 특히 토양수분은 대기와 지표 사이의 상호작용에 작용하는 중요한 수문기상학적 인자로 평가되고 있다. 토양수분 데이터 자료를 이용하여 강우-유출모형의 입력자료를 구축하여 실제 토양수분의 변동성을 파악하는 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으며, 유역기반의 유출현황을 산정하기 위해 매우 유용한 초기조건으로 그 역할이 기대된다. 현장에서 관측하는 토양수분 데이터는 넓은 유역의 토양수분을 대표하는 자료로 사용되기에는 한계점이 있으며, 위성기반 토양수분 데이터는 원격탐사를 통해 획득되기 때문에 토양수분의 시 공간적인 변동성 파악에 용의하며 경제성 또한 높다. 이에 따라, 본 연구에서는 유역의 수문순환 분석을 하고, 위성기반 토양수분의 적용 가능성을 평가하기 위해 Aqua위성에 탑재된 Advanced Mircowave Scanning Radiometer Earth Observing System(AMSR-E)와 Metop-A의 Advanced SCATterometer(ASCAT)의 토양수분 데이터를 이용하여 강우-유출모델의 초기조건을 산정하였다. 또한, 이에 대한 검증을 위해 기존 강우인자 초기조건 및 지점에서 관측된 토양수분 초기조건 등을 비교하여 통계분석을 실시하였다.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
• /
• v.7 no.1
• /
• pp.1-14
• /
• 2020

In fluvial and riparian ecosystems, biogeomorphological research has considered the complex, multi-way relationships between biological and hydro-geomorphological components over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. In this review, we discussed the scope and processes of fluvial biogeomorphology by explaining (1) the multi-lateral interactions between organisms and hydrogeomorphic conditions, (2) the relationships between biodiversity and habitat heterogeneity, and (3) the effects of disturbance on ecosystem patterns. Over time, an organism-landform complex along streams transitions in the sequences of geomorphic, pioneer, biogeomorphic, and ecological stages. Over space, water flow and sediment distributions interact with vegetation to modify channel topography. It is the habitat heterogeneity in streams that enhances riparian biodiversity. However, in the areas downstream of a dam, habitat types and conditions are substantially damaged and biodiversity should be reduced. In South Korea, riparian vegetation flourishes in general and, in particular, invasive species actively colonize in accordance with the changes in the fluvial conditions driven by local disturbances and global climate change. Therefore, the importance of understanding reciprocal relationships between living organisms and hydrogeomorphic conditions will ever increase in this era of rapid climate change and anthropogenic pressure. The fluvial biogeomorphic framework reviewed in this article will contribute to the ecological management and restoration of streams in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
• /
• v.9 no.4
• /
• pp.247-259
• /
• 2007

In this study, we examined the flux of carbon and water using an eco-hydrological model, Regional Hydro-Ecologic Simulation System (RHESSys). Our purposes were to develop a set of parameters optimized for a well-designed experimental watershed (Gwangneung Research Watershed, GN) and then, to test suitability of the parameters for predicting carbon and water fluxes of other watershed with different regimes of climate, topography, and vegetation structure (i.e Gangseonry Watershed in Mt. Jumbong, GS). Field datasets of stream flow, soil water content (SWC), and wood biomass product (WBP) were utilized for model parameterization and validation. After laborious parameterization processes, RHESSys was validated with the field observations from the GN watershed. The parameter set identified at the GN watershed was then applied to the GS watershed in Mt. Jumbong, which resulted in good agreement for SWC but poor predictability for WBP. Our study showed that RHESSys simulated reliable SWC at the GS by adjusting site-specific porosity only. In contrast, vegetation productivity would require more rigorous site-specific parameterization and hence, further study is necessary to identify primary field ecophysiological variables for enhancing model parameterization and application to multiple watersheds.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
• /
• v.53 no.10
• /
• pp.833-843
• /
• 2020

Ecohydraulics is a newly born discipline in the early 1990s by the interdisciplinary approach combined with aquatic ecology in one discipline and geomorphology, hydrology, and fluid hydrodynamics in another. Major areas of ecohydraulics can be delineated as habitat hydraulics (including environmental flow), vegetation hydraulics, eco-corridor hydraulics, eutrophication hydraulics, and ecological restoration hydraulics. Reviews of relevant international journals and literature reveal that ecohydraulics has remained in the limited areas of fish response, hydraulic modeling, and physical habitat response. It has not reached a truly interdisciplinary stage. Literature reviews in Korea reveal that only 3% of the total number of the papers listed in the Journal of KWRA during the last 24 years is related to ecohydraulics. It is about 20% of the total listed in the Journal of Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure. Most of those related to ecohydraulics in Korea concern vegetation hydraulics, habitat hydraulics, and ecological restoration hydraulics. In contrast, dynamic flow modeling areas, including turbulence, fauna motion simulation, and eutrophication hydraulics, are not found. Areas of further research in ecohydraulics in Korea may be specified as follows: 1) environmental flows adapted to the traits of the rivers in Korea, 2) development of the dynamic floodplain vegetation models (DFVM) to assess the changes from the white river to green river, 3) development of the eutrophication hydraulic model to predict the freshwater algal blooms, and 4) development of the models to evaluate the physical, chemical, and biological impacts of the stream restoration, decommissioning and removal of old weirs or small dams.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
• /
• v.31 no.1B
• /
• pp.29-36
• /
• 2011

Evapotranspiration (ET) from the various surfaces needs to be understood because it is a crucial hydrological factor to grasp interaction between the land surface and the atmosphere. A traditional way of estimating it, which is calculating it empirically using lysimeter and pan evaporation observations, has a limitation that the measurements represent only point values. However, these measurements cannot describe ET because it is easily affected by outer circumstances. Thus, remote sensing technology was applied to estimate spatial distribution of ET. In this study, we estimated major components of energy balance method (i.e. net radiation flux, soil heat flux, sensible heat flux, and latent heat flux) and ET as a map using Mapping Evapo-Transpiration with Internalized Calibration (METRIC) satellite-based image processing model. This model was run using Landsat imagery of Gyeongan watershed in Korea on Feb 1, 2003 and Sep 13, 2006. Basic statistical analyses were also conducted. The estimated mean daily ETs had respectively 22% and 11% of errors with pan evaporation data acquired from the Suwon Weather Station. This result represented similar distribution compared with previous studies and confirmed that the METRIC algorithm had high reliability in the watershed. In addition, ET distribution of each land use type was separately examined. As a result, it was identified that vegetation density had dominant impacts on distribution of ET. Seasonally, ET in a growing season represented significantly higher than in a dormant season due to more active transpiration. The ET maps will be useful to analyze how ET behaves along with the circumstantial conditions; land cover classification, vegetation density, elevation, topography.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
• /
• v.8 no.2
• /
• pp.79-87
• /
• 2021

Because active interactions occur among vegetation, hydrology, and geomorphology in riparian systems, any changes in one of these factors can significantly affect the other two. In this study, we evaluated these interactions at four sites (two in Gajeong and two in Hahan) along the Seomjin-gang River that was substantially devastated by an extreme flood in 2020. We examined the relationship between the riparian vegetation and the hydraulic characteristics of the flood using remote sensing, hydraulic modeling, and field surveys combined. The evaluation results showed that the floods caused a record-breaking rise of up to 43.1 m above sea level at the Yeseong-bridge stage gauge station (zero elevation 27.4 m) located between the Gajeong and Hahan sites, with the shear stress being four times higher in Hahan than in Gajeong. Additionally, the water level during the flood was estimated to be a maximum of 1 m higher depending on the location in the presence of riparian plants. Furthermore, both sites underwent extensive biological damage due to the flood, with 78-80% loss in vegetation, with preferential damage observed in large willow species, compared to Quercus acutissima. The above findings imply that all plant species exhibit different vulnerabilities towards extreme floods and do not induce similar behavior towards events causing a disturbance. In conclusion, we developed strategies for effectively managing riparian trees by minimizing flood hazards that could inevitably cause damage.