• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.401-408
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• 2022

As research on a controlled environment system based on crop growth environment sensing for sustainable production of horticultural crops and its industrial use has been important, research on how to properly utilize soil moisture sensors for outdoor cultivation is being actively conducted. This experiment was conducted to suggest the proper method of utilizing the TEROS 12, an FDR (frequency domain reflectometry) sensor, which is frequently used in industry and research fields, for each orchard soil in three regions in Korea. We collected soils from each orchard where fruit trees were grown, investigated the soil characteristics and soil water retention curve, and compared TEROS 12 sensor calibration equations to correlate the sensor output to the corresponding soil volumetric water content through linear and cubic regressions for each soil sample. The estimated value from the calibration equation provided by the manufacturer was also compared. The soil collected from all three orchards showed different soil characteristics and volumetric water content values by each soil water retention level across the soil samples. In addition, the cubic calibration equation for TEROS 12 sensor showed the highest coefficient of determination higher than 0.95, and the lowest RMSE for all soil samples. When estimating volumetric water contents from TEROS 12 sensor output using the calibration equation provided by the manufacturer, their calculated volumetric water contents were lower than the actual volumetric water contents, with the difference up to 0.09-0.17 m³·m^-3 depending on the soil samples, indicating an appropriate calibration for each soil should be preceded before FDR sensor utilization. Also, there was a difference in the range of soil volumetric water content corresponding to the soil water retention levels across the soil samples, suggesting that the soil water retention information should be required to properly interpret the volumetric water content value of the soil. Moreover, soil with a high content of sand had a relatively narrow range of volumetric water contents for irrigation, thus reducing the accuracy of an FDR sensor measurement. In conclusion, analyzing soil water retention characteristics of the target soil and the soil-specific calibration would be necessary to properly quantify the soil water status and determine their adequate irrigation point using an FDR sensor.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.5_1
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• pp.599-608
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• 2023

The increasing interest in soil moisture data using satellite data for applications of hydrology, meteorology, and agriculture has led to the development of methods for generating soil moisture maps of variable resolution. This study demonstrated the capability of generating soil moisture maps using Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 data provided by Google Earth Engine (GEE). The soil moisture map was derived using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image and optical image. SAR data provided by the Sentinel-1 analysis ready data in GEE was applied with normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) based on Sentinel-2 and Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)-based Land Cover map. This study produced a soil moisture map in the research area of Victoria, Australia and compared it with field measurements obtained from a previous study. As for the validation of the applied method's result accuracy, the comparative experimental results showed a meaningful range of consistency as 4-10%p between the values obtained using the algorithm applied in this study and the field-based ones, and they also showed very high consistency with satellite-based soil moisture data as 0.5-2%p. Therefore, public open data provided by GEE and the algorithm applied in this study can be used for high-resolution soil moisture mapping to represent regional land surface characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.126-137
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• 2021

Recently, the number of damages on social infrastructure has increased due to natural disasters and the frequency of earthquake events that are higher than magnitude 3 has increased in South Korea. Liquefaction was found near the epicenter of a 5.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred in Pohang, South Korea, in 2017. To explore increases in soil moisture index due to soil liquefaction, changes in the remote exploration index by the land cover before and post-earthquake occurrence were analyzed using liquefaction feasibility index and multi-cyclical Landsat-8 satellite images. We found that the soil moisture index(SMI) in the liquefaction region immediately after the earthquake event increased significantly using the Normal Vegetation Index(NDVI) and Surface Temperature(LST).

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.6_1
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• pp.1185-1193
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• 2023

The increasing interest in soil moisture data from satellite imagery for applications in hydrology, meteorology, and agriculture has led to the development of methods to produce variable-resolution soil moisture maps. Research on accurate soil moisture estimation using satellite imagery is essential for remote sensing applications. The purpose of this study is to generate a soil moisture estimation map for a test area using KOMPSAT-3/3A and KOMPSAT-5 SAR imagery and to quantitatively compare the results with soil moisture data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission provided by NASA, with a focus on accuracy validation. In addition, the Korean Environmental Geographic Information Service (EGIS) land cover map was used to determine soil moisture, especially in agricultural and forested regions. The selected test area for this study is the western part of Jeju, South Korea, where input data were available for the soil moisture estimation algorithm based on the Water Cloud Model (WCM). Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery from KOMPSAT-5 HV and Sentinel-1 VV were used for soil moisture estimation, while vegetation indices were calculated from the surface reflectance of KOMPSAT-3 imagery. Comparison of the derived soil moisture results with SMAP (L-3) and SMAP (L-4) data by differencing showed a mean difference of 4.13±3.60 p% and 14.24±2.10 p%, respectively, indicating a level of agreement. This research suggests the potential for producing highly accurate and precise soil moisture maps using future South Korean satellite imagery and publicly available data sources, as demonstrated in this study.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.5B
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• pp.437-444
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• 2010

Soil moisture has been recognized as the essential parameter when understanding the complicated relationship between land surface and atmosphere in water and energy recycling system. It has been generally known that it is related with the temperature, wind, evaporation dependent on soil properties, transpiration due to vegetations and other constituents. There is, however, little research concerned about the relationship between soil moisture and these constitutes, thus it is needed to investigate it in detail. We estimated the soil moisture and then compared with field data using the hydrometerological data such as atmospheric temperature, specific humidity, and wind obtained from the Flux tower in Selmacheon, Korea. In the winter season, subterranean temperature showed highly positive correlation with soil moisture while it was negatively correlated from the spring to the fall. Estimation of seasonal soil moisture was compared with field measurements with the correlation of determination, R=0.82, 0.81, 0.82, and 0.96 for spring, summer, fall, and winter, respectively. Comprehensive relationship from this study can supply useful information about the downscaling of soil moisture with relatively large spatial resolutions, and will help to deepen the understanding of the water and energy recycling on the earth's surface.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.167-167
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• 2018

토양수분은 토양에 포함된 평균 수분량을 나타내며 수문 순환 관점에서 매우 중요한 수문변량 중 하나이다. 본 연구에서는 대표적인 기계학습 방법인 Support Vector Machine (SVM)을 이용한 토양 함수 예측 기법을 개발하고자 하며, 예측인자로서 원격 탐측 기반의 토양함수자료, 강수량, 온도 등을 활용하고자 한다. SVM은 Kernel 함수를 이용하여 복잡한 비선형 관계를 선형 가정을 통해서 해석하는 기계학습 방법으로서 전역모델(global model)로서 다양한 수문기상분야에 적용이 이루어지고 있다. SVM의 장점은 일정 부분의 오차를 허용함으로서 모형의 일반화 측면에서 기존 인공신경망(artificial neural network, ANN)에 비해 우수한 성능을 나타내며, 특히 예측모형으로서 적용성이 매우 크다. 본 연구에서는 과거 토양 함수 자료와 강수, 온도, 위성 관측 기반 정보 등을 이용하여 모형을 적합시키고 이를 미계측 유역으로 확장하는데 연구의 목적이 있으며, 본 연구를 통해 제안된 모형은 용담댐 시험유역을 대상으로 적용되며 기존 ANN 모형 및 다중회귀분석 결과와 비교를 통해 모형의 적합성을 평가하고자한다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.481-492
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• 2002

The severity and spatial Patterns of spring drought on the croplands arc investigated using satellite imagery(Landsat ETM+). It is necessary to analyze the area droughty conditions in order to decrease the damage and make the efficient policies. In this context, the information about soil moisture levels, which were fatal factors to the crop growth, was acquired from wetness calculated from Tasseled cap transformation. We confirmed that the wetness values have a strong correlation with NDVI and the principal components. The result showed that the intensity of vegetation covering the surface could be understood as the index of the impacts of drought on croplands and these relationships were effective to classify dry areas in satellite imagery.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.30 no.5
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• pp.587-596
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• 2014

Soil moisture is one of the most important interests in hydrological response and the interaction between the land surface and atmosphere. Estimation of Antecedent Wetness Conditions (AWC) which is soil moisture condition prior to a rainfall in the basin should be considered for rainfall-runoff prediction. In this study, Soil Wetness Index (SWI), Antecedent Precipitation Index ($API_5$), remotely sensed Soil Moisture ($SM_{rs}$), and 5 days ground Soil Moisture ($SM_{g5}$) were selected to estimate the AWC at four study area in the Korean Peninsula. The remotely sensed soil moisture data were taken from the AMSR-E soil moisture archive. The maximum potential retention ($S_{obs}$) was obtained from direct runoff and rainfall using Soil Conservation Service-Curve Number (SCS-CN) method by rainfall data of 2011 for each study area. Results showed the great correlations between the maximum potential retention and SWI with a mean correlation coefficient which is equal to -0.73. The results of time length representing the time scale of soil moisture showed a gap from region to region. It was due to the differences of soil types and the characteristics of study area. Since the remotely sensed soil moisture has been proved as reasonable hydrological variables to predict a wetness in the basin, it should be continuously monitored.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.360-360
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• 2022

토양수분과 유출 간 관계를 정량화하는 것은 수문 기작 및 유출 발생 과정의 이해를 위한 중요한 정보를 제공한다. 특히, 유출과정의 특성화는 수문 사상에 따른 불포화대 내 토양수 및 토사 손실 제어와 산사태 및 비점오염원 발생 예측을 위해 필수적이다. 유출과정과 관련된 비선형성과 복잡성을 확인하기 위해 토양수분과 유출 사이의 이력 거동이 조사되었다. 특히, 수문 과정 내 이력 현상 구체화를 위해 정성적인 시각적 분류 및 정량적 평가를 위한 이력 지수들이 개발되었다. 정성적인 시각적 분류는 시간에 따라 시계 및 반시계방향으로 다중 루프 형상을 나누는 방식으로 진행되었고, 정량적 평가의 경우 이력 고리(Hysteretic loop) 내 상승 고리(Rising limb)와 하강 고리(Falling limb)의 차이를 기준으로 한 지수로 이력 현상을 특성화하였다. 이전에 제안된 방법론들은 연구자의 판단이 들어가기 때문에 보편적이지 않고 이력 현상을 개발된 지수에 맞춤에 따라 자료 손실이 나타나는 한계가 존재한다. 자료의 손실 없이 불포화대 내 발생 가능한 대표 이력 현상을 자동으로 추출하기 위해 적합한 비지도 학습기반 기계학습 방법론의 제안이 필요하다. 우리 연구에서는 국내 산지 사면에서 강우 사상 동안 다중 깊이(10, 30, 60cm)로 56개의 토양수분 측정지점에서 확보된 토양수분 시계열 자료와 산지 사면 내 위어를 통해 확보된 유출 시계열 자료를 사용하였다. 먼저, 기존에 분류 방법을 기반으로 계절 및 공간특성에 따라 지배적으로 발생하는 토양수분-유출 간 이력 현상을 특성화하였다. 다음으로, 토양수분-유출 간 이력 패턴을 자료 손실 없이 형상화하여 자동으로 데이터베이스화하는 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 마지막으로, 비지도 학습방법을 이용하여 데이터베이스화된 실제 발현 이력 현상 내 확률분포를 최대한 가깝게 추정하는 은닉층을 반복적인 재구성 학습을 통해 구현함으로써 대표 이력 현상 패턴을 추출하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.24-24
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• 2017

홍수와 가뭄 등 수문기상재해 분석 및 사전 예측하기 위해서는 강수뿐만 아니라 토양수분, 증발산, 유량, 등과 같이 지표?하의 수문기상정보를 고려하는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)에서 개발된 고해상도 수문기상정보 모의가 가능한 WRF-Hydro를 활용하여 남강댐 유역에서 발생되는 돌발홍수 예측 적용성 평가를 수행하였다. 모델의 시공간 해상도는 1 hr, 150 m 이며, 기상 관측자료(Automatic Weather System, Automated Synoptic Observing System)를 사용하여 매개변수 민감도 실험을 실시하여 최적 모델 설정을 제시하였다. 고려된 매개변수는 격자 침투량을 결정하는 변수, 초기 저류 깊이, 표면 저항계수, 조도계수와 초기 토양수분 정보이며, 검증에 사용된 정보는 국가수자원관리종합정보시스템에서 1시간 단위로 제공되는 유입량 정보를 사용하였다. 그 결과 유출량은 격자 침투량을 결정하는 변수와 조도계수에 따라 민감하게 반응하였으며, 초기 토양수분량의 변화에 따라 시간에 따른 유출량의 변화가 강수에 민감하게 반응하는 것을 확인 할 수 있었다. 보정된 매개변수를 적용하여 돌발홍수 신고 지점의 유출량 변화를 살펴본 결과 강수의 발생과 동시에 매우 빠르게 유출량이 발생한 것을 볼 수 있었다.