• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.56-56
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• 2017

홍수와 달리 가뭄은 장기적인 강수량 부족에 의해 발생하는 자연해로, 불확실성이 큰 장기(계절) 기상예보를 토대로 대비하기는 어려운 것이 현실이다. 가뭄에 대비하기 위해 가뭄의 진행상황을 관찰할 수 있는 다양한 가뭄지수가 활용되고 있다. 가뭄은 기상학적 가뭄, 농업적 가뭄, 수문학적 가뭄, 사회경제학적 가뭄으로 분류되고, 이를 정량적으로 평가하고 가뭄의 진행상황을 파악하기 위해 강수량, 유출량, 저수지의 저수량, 지하수, 토양수분 등 다양한 인자들이 사용된다. 일반적으로 널리 사용되고 있는 가뭄지수는 평균에 대한 부족한 정도를 지수화해서 나타낸다. 하지만 우리가 가용할 수 없는 많은 양의 강수량 및 유출량(또는 저수지 유입량)이 가뭄지수를 산정하는 기간 동안 지속적으로 영향을 주게 된다. 이는 짧은 기간 동안 매우 많은 강수 후 가뭄이 지속 되었을 경우, 이를 정상의 상태로 나타낼 수 있다는 것을 의미한다. 이와 같은 가뭄지수를 통해 가뭄에 대처하기 위한 기준을 수립하기에는 한계가 있음을 나타낸다. 우리나라의 경우 취수량의 대부분을 댐과 하천수에 의존한다. 하천수량이 댐의 방류량에 의한 의존도가 높은 현실에서 우리가 체감하는 가뭄은 댐의 용수확보와 공급에 가장 큰 영향을 받는다고 할 수 있다. 댐은 용량의 제한이 있으며, 계획된 용수공급량과 저수량 부족 시 용수공급을 조절하는 기준이 있다. 따라서 과거 관측된 유입량과 용수공급 계획량, 용수공급 조정 기준을 통해 저수지 운영을 모의하게 되면, 용수공급을 감축하는 시점을 확인 할 수 있다. 이를 활용하여 적절한 유입량의 상한계를 설정할 수 있으며, 이는 가뭄에 대비하는 댐 운영에 활용할 수 있는 가뭄지수로 활용할 수 있다. 이는 댐의 용수 공급과 직접적으로 연관되어 있으므로, 체감할 수 있는 가뭄전달 도구로 활용이 가능하다. 이와 같이 제시된 유입량 가뭄지수를 기존의 대표적인 가뭄지수와 비교하여 활용성을 평가하였다. 우리가 사용할 수 있는 물이 부족한 현상을 '물부족'으로 표현하고, 강수량의 부족을 '가뭄'으로 표현해야 한다는 주장이 있다. 하지만 강수량 부족에 기인한 물부족을 가뭄으로 표현하고 이를 정량적으로 나타내는 것이 가뭄에 대처해야하는 용수 관리자에게 유용할 뿐만 아니라, 일반 국민들에게 체감할 수 있는 가뭄정보를 제공하는데 도움이 될 것이다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.194-194
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• 2019

유역의 물안정성은 공공의 건강, 식량안전과 생태계 보호과 밀접한 연관이 있기에 그에 대한 관심사가 커지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 청색물발자국와 녹색물발자국 개념을 도입하여 물부족과 취약성을 지표로 한 한강의 물안정성을 평가하였다. SWAT모형을 적용하여 청색물 흐름, 녹색물 흐름, 녹색물 저류량을 계산하였다. 청색물은 유역의 물생성량와 지하수 저류량의 합으로 계산되고 녹색물은 실제 증발산량과 토양 수분 함유량의 합으로 계산되는데, 이러한 수문성분들은 SWAT 모형의 결과에서 얻을 수 있다. SWAT 모형은 SUFI-2 최적화 알고리즘을 이용하여 1990-2013년의 관측데이터에 대하여 보정 및 검증을 하였다. 계산결과 청색물의 시간적 분포는 강우패턴의 영향을 받고, 실제 증발산량인 월 녹색물의 흐름은 뚜렷한 계절 패턴을 보여주는 것으로 나타났다. 유역의 물안정성은 생활, 농업과 산업활동 등 인간활동의 물수요와 필요한 환경유지유량을 고려하여 산정하였다. 본 연구에서는 한강유역의 물부족과 취약성에 대한 시간적 변동성을 보여줌으로써 물자원 상황에 대한 이해도를 향상시키고 물 스트레스 기간을 제시하여 물자원의 계획과 관리를 개선 하고자 한다.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.110-115
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• 2003

The iufluence of abandonment of agricultural fields on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics is rarely addressed due to lack of appropriately paired sites. In this study, we identified three sites that have native forest and abandoned rice and crop fields at Mt. Kumdan near Seoul. Currently the vegetation of indigenous forest and the abandoned rice field is deciduous hardwood forest, while that of the abandoned crop field is deciduous shrub. We measured soil $CO_2$ evolution and inorganic N availability for the three sites from 25 July 2002 through 24 January 2003. Soil $CO_2$ evolution tracked seasonal soil temperature. Mean soil $CO_2$ evolution (g $CO_2$/$m^2$/hr) for the study period was 0.42 for the rice field to forest, 0.50 for the crop field to shrub, and 0.41 for the indigenous forest, respectively. Soil $CO_2$ evolution and soil temperature were not different among the sites; however, soil water content was significantly different. Soil water content had a very weak influence on soil $CO_2$ evolution. Inorganic resin N availability differed among the three sites and seemed to be related to soil moisture.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.109 no.4
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• pp.429-437
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• 2020

In this study we quantified the long-term change in discharge against precipitation in a forested watershed and investigated how the growth of forest trees influences these changes. We found a proportional relationship between precipitation and discharge for each year, and discharge decreased gradually with time. Precipitation and discharge were highest in July and August, and the changes in precipitation, discharge, and runoff rate did not always coincide, given that high runoff rate was shown in August and September. The monthly coefficient of variation (CV) for discharge was larger than that for precipitation, and the deviation between precipitation and discharge increased gradually. From 2011 to 2017, the gradient of the trend line for the change of total discharge and direct runoff against precipitation decreased, whereas the gradient of the base flow increased in this same time period. A possible explanation is that the water holding capacity of soil deposits increased as the forest soil of the Palgong Mountain watershed developed and the increase of base flow rose with groundwater level together with that of outflow quantity. The coefficient of flood recession was lower in the period 2011 to 2017 than in 2003 to 2010; thus, the reduction of discharge was mitigated and remained steady as time progressed. We conclude from these results that the discharge of surface runoff decreased as tree growth and base flow increased; however, the water yield function of the forest increased gradually.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.159-165
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• 2023

This study measured the ecological niche overlap between two deciduous oak species(Quercus acutissmia and Q. dentata) according to the change in growth responses after treating with the moisture and nutrient contents of the soil at four gradients, and interpreted the degree of competition between the two oak species by ordination method. In the moisture environment gradient, the ecological niche overlap of the two species was high in the photosynthesis-related leaf organs and low in plant architecture such as shoot length. In addition, in case of competition between two oaks, Q. dentata was remarkably dominant in soil moisture gradient, but Q. acutissimia slightly was slightly advantageous over Q. dentata in the soil nutrient gradient. These results show that even in a similar taxonomical group growing in a similar habitat, the response to the organ system of the plant varies depending on the type of environment factor, resulting in different competitive differences among plants.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.71-78
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• 2000

Preferential flow has recently been the subject of increasing interest because these phenomena contribute to solute transport in soils. Commonly, preferential flow paths are associated with macropores or highly structured soils. We presented an analysis of the measured breakthrough curves (BTCs) of $Cl^-$ and $Cu^{2+}$ ions to test the occurrence of preferential flow in soils using miscible displacement technique under steady flow conditions. We also analyzed soil water retention curves and from this curves induced cumulative pore size distribution of undisturbed soils, which sampled from Ap1, B1, and C horizons of Songjeong series soils (the fine loamy, mesic family of Typic Hapludults). In this study, miscible displacement experiment on C horizon was excluded, because it is structureless sandy loam with saturated hydraulic conductivity of $5.2cmhr^{-1}$. The saturated hydraulic conductivity of Ap1 horizon was $2.0cmhr^{-1}$, which was about 7 times higher than that of B1 horizon ($0.27cm hr^{-1}$). Cumulative pore size distribution predicted that Ap1 horizon had more macropores (pore diameter larger than $49{\mu}m$, equivalent to -6 kpa of soil matric potential) than B1 horizon. The hydrodynamic dispersion coefficient from chloride BTCs was estimated as $1.3cm^2hr^{-1}$ for B1 and $34cm^2hr^{-1}$ for Ap1 horizon. However the retardation factors of B1 and Ap1 horizon were significantly different, i.e. 1 and 0.6, respectively, which means that there was distinct partition between mobile water and immobile phase in Ap1 horizon. The copper retardation effect of Ap1 horizon was less than that of B1 horizon, even though cation exchange capacity of Ap1 horizon was higher than that of B1 horizon. Thus, breakthrough curves of $Cl^-$ and $Cu^{2+}$ obviously showed the probability that preferential flow would occur in Ap1 horizon.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.25-29
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• 2018

The effect of soil grinding on total As and Pb concentrations determined by aqua regia method was examined. Among six field-collected, air-dried soil samples tested, soils A, B, C, and E were directly sieved through a $150-{\mu}m$ sieve without grinding and showed 2.18 to 3.03 times higher total As concentrations and 2.62 to 3.45 times higher total Pb concentrations than those of the soil samples prepared to allow all soil particles to pass through the $150-{\mu}m$ sieve by grinding. The reason can be ascribed to the fact that those soils contain fine particles (i.e., < $150{\mu}m$ in diameter) only 4.6 to 6.8% of the total soil weights. On the other hand, for D and F soils, fine particles smaller than $150{\mu}m$ accounted for 57 and 46%, respectively, so that the effect of grinding on As and Pb concentrations were relatively low (As: 1.15 and 1.23 times, Pb: 1.36 and 1.49 times, respectively). The result demonstrates that grinding prior to $150-{\mu}m$ sieving is necessary to ensure the homogeneity of soil samples and hence to obtain more accurate heavy metal concentrations in soils. This is especially true for soil samples with less fine soil particles and/or microaggregates (i.e., below $150{\mu}m$).

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.39 no.2
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• pp.59-65
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• 2017

In this study, A dust inhibitor for $PM_{10}$ was prepared by using molecular structure, molecular weight, viscosity, hydrophilicity, swelling and wetting / moisturizing properties of natural polysaccharide which is widely used as food and cosmetic materials. Various dust control effects were confirmed and superior results were obtained than simple water spraying and synthetic PVA as a control. In addition, the comparison of water evaporation, pot test of cabbage seed germination, effects on fish and aquatic plants, and effects on herb plant growth were studied and the safety of soil and water quality was studied. The availability of the dust inhibitor was confirmed.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.134-141
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• 2005

Cultivation of winter cover crops and its soil utilization for summer main crops in slope upland is very important at the respects of diminution of soil erosion and non-point pollution source. The effects of cover crop, hairy vetch as no-tillage or conventional tillage on prevention of soil erosion and reduction of chemical nitrogen fertilization were investigated in the slope upland with whiter clover living mulch (partial tillage) in Suwon for three years and with rye (conventional tillage) in Hongcheon for two years, respectively. In Suwon, amounts of soil lost by rainfall runoff decreased as much as 90% by hairy vetch-no tillage (HV-NT), white clover-partial tillage (WF-PT) together with the decrease of rainfall runoff compared to winter fallow with conventional tillage (WF-CT). In addition, amounts of weed also decreased as much as 80-90% by HV-NT and WF-PT. Corn yield decreased much at the plot of WF-PT mainly due to competition for soil water and nutrients between clover and corn at the early corn growth stage. On the contrary, corn yield increased by HV-NT compared to WF-CT regardless of weed control. In Hongcheon, amounts of soil eroded during winter season before corn seeding were reduced as much as 95% by cultivation of hairy vetch and rye compared to winter fallow. Amount of soil eroded during waxy corn growing season was reduced as much as 98% by HV-NT compared to WF-CT. Also, soil incorporation of hairy vetch and rye as green manure with conventional tillage at corn seeding time could reduce soil erosion as much as 70% compared to no soil cover with conventional tillage. Ear yields of waxy corn were increased 10% higher at hairy vetch green manure (HV-CT) without nitrogen fertilizer, 20% higher at HV-NT with standard nitrogen fertilizer, respectively than WF-CT. But ear yields of waxy corn were decreased by rye green manure (R-CT) and HV-NT at the condition of no nitrogen fertilizer. It was concluded that hairy vetch was better as winter cover crop to reduce both soil erosion and chemical nitrogen fertilizer simultaneously in slope upland than other cover crops.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.46 no.4
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• pp.561-569
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• 2013

This study examines locational environment factors that may affect the vegetation structure in the forests of Naejang National Park. To that end, we selected LAI (Leaf Area Index), diameter at breast height, and tree height as structural variables as well as altitude above sea level, gradient, slope direction, soil moisture, topographic location, and amount of solar radiation as locational environment factors, using the method of canonical correlation analysis in order to find out correlation between them. As to the simple correlation between the locational environment factors and structural variables, the correlation coefficient was relatively low (0.6). The values of LAI, measured along the ridge with higher altitudes, decreased as the soil moisture and solar radiation increased. However, LAI increased as the gradient increased and the slope direction faced the north (farther from the east). In respect of the diameter at breast height, the diameter decreased as the altitude and gradient increased. But the diameter increased as the moisture and solar radiation increased. The tree height decreased as the moisture increased and the site was closer to the ridge. These various correlations show a variety of locational environment factors in the national park, implying that the structural variables are affected by complex locational environment factors. This study conducted a canonical correlation analysis on locational environment factors which may affect the vegetation structure, and the result showed that LAI increased and tree height & diameter at breast height decreased as the solar radiation & moisture decreased and altitude increased. Although more factors that may affect vegetation structure (e.g. climate) should be taken into account, this study is significant in that the vegetation structure, which can adapt to more unfavorable conditions in terms of solar radiation, moisture, and higher altitudes, could be inferred in a statistical way. The results of this study, especially the locational environment factors based on DEM, can be used for assessing diversity of vegetation structure in a forest and for monitoring the structure in a national park on a regular basis so as to establish more effective maintenance plans of a park.