• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.45 no.5
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• pp.477-486
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• 2012

High-resolution bathymetry and physico-chemical properties of manganese nodules were explored to identify the relationship between morphological features and nodule occurrences in the KR1, one of the Korean contract nodule fields located in the NE Pacific. The high-resolution seabed mapping showed that the southwestern sector of the KR1 (KR1-1) was relatively deeper than the northeastern sector (KR1-2) which is occupied by small-scale seamounts. In terms of nodule occurrence, manganese nodules in the KR1-1 were comparatively larger (2-4 cm) with rough surface (t-type) and discoidal shapes (D-type), while those in the KR1-2 were generally small (<2 cm) with smooth surface (s-type) and irregular shapes (I-type). In addition, the nodules in the KR1-1 had higher contents of Cu, Mn and Ni. Such connections of water depths to nodule appearances and metal contents are commonly observed in the Pacific nodule fields. On the other hand, the nodules in the KR1-2 tend to be controled by morphological features. The seamounts in the KR1-2 might continuously provide rock fragments as new nuclei of manganese nodules. As a result, the nodules could not grow over than 2 cm and showed the shapes of a newbie (i.e., smooth surface and irregular shapes). As a result, our observations indicate that occurrence features of manganese nodules could be subjected to water depths and seabed morphology simultaneously.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.1476-1481
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• 2009

최근 기상이변과 국지성 호우로 인한 홍수피해를 경감하기 위해 국가차원과 더불어 지역단위의 홍수방어대책이 많은 사업을 통해 제시되고 있다. 대표적인 예로 풍수해저감종합계획과 하천기본계획 등을 들 수 있는데 이러한 사업들은 실제 피해지역에 대한 원인과 대책을 제시함과 동시에 홍수 등의 피해가 예상되는 위험지역에 대해서도 그 원인과 대책을 제시해야한다. 따라서 피해발생이 예상되는 지역을 예측하고 그 원인을 찾는데 있어 최근 홍수범람해석에 대한 필요성이 점차적으로 증대되면서 다양한 해석모형과 프로그램들이 개발되었고 현재까지도 홍수범람분석에 관한 활발한 연구들이 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 홍수범람구역을 결정하기 위한 과정은 GIS Tool에 대한 이해도 부족, 원 자료의 부족, 지형 구축을 위한 자료생성의 어려움 등과 같은 다양한 문제점들을 내포하고 있다. 특히, 홍수범람구역의 결정을 위한 전산프로 그램의 기능향상은 점차 향상되는데 비해 지형구축 등과 같은 범람해석 프로세스 내에서 상당한 수작업이 요구되는 바 작업소요시간이 많이 요구되는 단점으로 인해 실무자들에게 널리 적용되는데 있어 걸림돌이 되고 있는 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 실무적 관점에서 홍수범람해석의 요구빈도가 높은 중소규모 자연하천을 대상으로 두가지 해석 기법을 통하여 홍수범람해석을 수행하여 해석 과정 및 결과 등을 비교하였다. 첫 번째 기법으로 홍수범람해석을 수행하는데 있어 실용성, 신속성 등이 고려된다고 판단되는 Civil 3D를 이용하여 수치지형도 및 측량자료와 같은 원 자료로부터 3D 지형을 구축하고 Civil 3D의 Extension 프로그램인 HEC-RAS Tool과 1차원 수리모형인 HEC-RAS를 전 후처리에 연계함으로서 각 대상유역별, 빈도별 홍수위에 따른 홍수범람구역과 수심 및 범람지역을 우선적으로 분석하였다. 두 번째 기법으로서 실무에서 주로 이용되고 있는 ArcGIS를 이용하여 3D 지형을 구축하고 Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC)와 Environmental Systems Research Institute(ESRI)의 협력개발로 개발된 HEC-GeoRAS와 HEC-RAS 모형을 전 후처리에 연계하여 홍수범람해석을 수행하였다. 이들 두 가지 기법을 통한 홍수범람해석의 과정과 결과에 대해 정량적, 정성적 비교를 수행하였으며, 두 기법간의 차이점 및 효율성을 제시하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 보다 실용적이면서도 정밀한 홍수범람구역의 결정, 홍수범람 예상도 등의 재해지도 작성, 치수경제성 분석 등에 있어 도움이 될 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.191-197
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• 2017

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) is one of the most efficient technologies to obtain the topographic and bathymetric map of coastal zones, superior to other technologies, such as sound navigation and ranging (SONAR) and synthetic aperture radar (SAR). However, the measurement results using LiDAR are vulnerable to environmental factors. To achieve a correspondence between the acquired LiDAR data and reality, error sources must be considered, such as the water surface slope, water turbidity, and seafloor slope. Based on the knowledge of those factors' effects, error corrections can be applied. We concentrated on the effect of the seafloor slope on LiDAR waveforms while restricting other error sources. A simulation regarding in-water beam scattering was conducted, followed by an investigation of the correlation between the seafloor slope and peak timing of return waveforms. As a result, an equation was derived to correct the depth error caused by the seafloor slope.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.379-390
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• 2015

Multibeam backscatter strength is dependent not only on seafloor sediment facies but also on changed incidence angle due to the actual bottom slope. Therefore, the correction for actual bottom slope should be considered before the analysis of backscatter strength. This paper demonstrates the backscatter correction technique for the actual incidence angle and ensonified area. The target area is a part of the eastern Yellow Sea with water depths of 46~55 m. The area is located between the sand ridges and covered by large dunes with various bottom slopes. The dunes usually have the gentle slopes of about $1{\sim}3^{\circ}$, but show some steep slopes of $5{\sim}15^{\circ}$ on the crest. The backscatter strength values on the crest range from -34 to -23 dB, assuming that the bottom is flat. However, this study shows that the backscatter strength range was somewhat reduced (-32~-25 dB) after correction for actual bottom slope. In addition, the backscatter imagery was significantly improved; high and low backscatter strength values on the crest due to the actual bottom slope were normalized. The results demonstrate that the correction technique in this study is an effective tool for processing backscatter strength.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.20 no.9
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• pp.233-239
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• 2019

An unmanned underwater vehicle is a major weapon system that allows surveillance and reconnaissance missions in border areas or threatening areas where enemy submarines are present. Unmanned underwater vehicles can be used to explore underwater resources, predict disasters, and survey the topography of the ocean floor in the civilian fields, while in the defense fields, it can be used for anti-submarine reconnaissance and mine countermeasures. In this paper, we first investigate the main classification of unmanned underwater vehicles, and foreign R&D trends are analyzed based on the main classification criteria by weight, such as portable, light, heavy and large-scale unmanned underwater vehicles. Then we examine the trends in the development of domestic unmanned underwater vehicles. Finally, through the analysis of both domestic and foreign unmanned underwater vehicles, we present future development trends of unmanned underwater vehicles in order to set defense goals to counter the anticipated threats and diversified potential environment.

• Proceedings of the Korean Association of Geographic Inforamtion Studies Conference
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• 2010.06a
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• pp.105-109
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• 2010

전 세계적으로 육상자원의 고갈로 해양광물을 개발하고 이를 경제적으로 활용하려는 움직임이 점점 증가하고 있다. 이에 우리나라도 한반도 주변 해역의 해양광물자원을 확보하기 위한 탐사와 연구가 진행 중에 있다. 특히 우리나라는 삼면이 바다로 둘러싸인 지형학적 특정으로 주변국과의 자원경쟁이 불가피하여 전략적 체계적 탐사자료의 관리와 이를 활용하기 위한 방안이 필요하다. 하지만 탐사 분야가 다양하고 그에 따른 데이터가 상이하여 관리에 어려움이 있다. 현재 국내에서 해양자원에 대한 정밀탐사가 이루어지고 과학적인 정보제공이 요구됨에 따라 해양광물자원정보시스템이 구축 운영되고 있지만 몇 가지 제약점이 존재한다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이를 보완하기 위해 특히 시추 퇴적물 탐사 분야에 있어 GIS기반의 표출 가능한 대상항목을 분류하였고, 데이터베이스 구축을 위한 모델링을 진행하였다. 이는 위치기반의 분석결과 자료를 제시할 수 있도록 하였다 본 연구는 해저 퇴적층에 분야의 과학적 정보 제공을 위한 기반을 마련하였다는데 의의가 있다. 또한, 한반도 주변에 해양광물자원의 부존 가능 지역을 파악하는데 있어 과학적 정보를 지원하고 나아가 광물자원의 매장량 추정이나 경제성 평가를 위한 정보제공의 기반이 될 것으로 사료된다. 향후 연구에서는 시추퇴적물의 깊이에 따른 데이터베이스 관리 방안과 더불어 3차원 정보 제공에 대한 연구와 모델링 결과를 통해 실제 데이터에이스 구축이 진행되어야 할 것이다.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.477-483
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• 1987

We constructed the tidal chart of $M_2$ tide in the East Sea (Japan Sea) by an objective method. The sea level elevations at coastal stations are specified as Dirichlet boundary conditions, and the tidal constants inside of the East Sea basin are determined by the solution of the complex partial differential equation for the sea surface elevation. We studied the influences of the bottom topography and the tidal friction on the distribution of tidal chart inside of the basin. Using the results of basin-wide tidal model, we constructed a detailed tidal chart of the Ma tide off east of Korea.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2004.08a
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• pp.104-117
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• 2004

Dmitri Donskoi, which went down during the Russo-Japanese War occurred 100 years ago, was found by using geophysical exploration techniques at the 400 m water depth of submarine valley off Jeodong of Ulleung Island. In the submarine area with the rugged seabed topography and volcanic seamounts, in particular, the reliable seabed images were acquired by using the mid-to-shallow Multibeam exploration technique The strength of corrosion (causticity) of the sunken Donskoi, measured by the electrochemical method, decreased to 2/5 compared with the original strength.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.38 no.6_1
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• pp.1527-1539
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• 2022

As coastal erosion of the east coast is accelerating, the need for scientific and quantitative coastal erosion monitoring technology for a wide area increases. The traditional method for observing changes in the coast was precision monitoring based on field surveys, but it can only be applied to a small area. The airborne bathymetric Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) system is a technology that enables economical surveying of coastal and seabed topography in a wide area. In particular, it has the advantage of constructing topographical data for the intertidal zone, which is a major area of interest for coastal erosion monitoring. In this study, time series analysis of coastal seabed topography acquired in Aug, 2021 and Mar. 2022 on the littoral cell GW36 in Gangwon was performed using the Seahawk Airborne Bathymetric LiDAR (ABL) system. We quantitatively monitored the topographical changes by measuring the baseline length, shoreline and Digital Terrain Model (DTM) changes. Through this, the effectiveness of the ABL surveying technique was confirmed in coastal erosion monitoring.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.77-88
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• 2007

Following a successful bathymetric mapping demonstration in a previous study, the potential of airborne EM for seafloor characterisation has been investigated. The sediment thickness inferred from 1D inversion of helicopter-borne time-domain electromagnetic (TEM) data has been compared with estimates based on marine seismic studies. Generally, the two estimates of sediment thickness, and hence depth to resistive bedrock, were in reasonable agreement when the seawater was ${\sim}20\;m$ deep and the sediment was less than ${\sim}40\;m$ thick. Inversion of noisy synthetic data showed that recovered models closely resemble the true models, even when the starting model is dissimilar to the true model, in keeping with the uniqueness theorem for EM soundings. The standard deviations associated with shallow seawater depths inferred from noisy synthetic data are about ${\pm}5\;%$ of depth, comparable with the errors of approximately ${\pm}1\;m$ arising during inversion of real data. The corresponding uncertainty in depth-to-bedrock estimates, based on synthetic data inversion, is of order of ${\pm}10\;%$. The mean inverted depths of both seawater and sediment inferred from noisy synthetic data are accurate to ${\sim}1\;m$, illustrating the improvement in accuracy resulting from stacking. It is concluded that a carefully calibrated airborne TEM system has potential for surveying sediment thickness and bedrock topography, and for characterising seafloor resistivity in shallow coastal waters.