• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.71-77
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• 2000

A multi-region model for solute transport through saturated soils has been developed to describe preferential flow. The model consists of numerous discrete pore groups, which are characterized by a discrete dispersion coefficient, flow velocity, and porosity . The hydraulic properties for each pore group are derived from a soil's hydraluic conductivity and soil water characteristic functions . Flow in pore group is described by the classical advection-disersion equation (ADE). An implict finite difference scheme was applied to the governing equation that results in a block-tridiagonal system of equations that is very efficient and allows the soil to be divided into any number of pore groups. The numerical technique is derived from methods used to solve coupled equations in fluid dynamics problems and can also be applied to the transport of interacting solutes. The results of the model are compared to the experimental data from published papers. This paper contributes on the characteristics of the method when applied to the parallel porosity model to describe preferential flow of solutes in soil.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.608-612
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 하수재이용에 따른 토양에서의 염분변화를 추정하기 위하여 SWAP(Soil-Water-Atmosphere-Plant) 모형을 선정하여 경기도 화성시 수원환경사업소 인근에 위치한 병점지구를 대상으로 모형의 적용성을 분석하였다. 실험에 사용한 관개용수는 1) 지하수(TR#1), 2) 하수처리장 방류수+여과+UV (TR#3)로 분류하여 실험에 사용하였다. 영농기간 동안 논으로 유입되는 총 유입수는 $1,724.2^{\sim}1,733.7$ mm 범위였으며, 이 중 약 64%가 강우에 의해 공급되었고, 나머지는 관개에 의하여 유입되었다. 유입관개수의 EC는 지하수 관개수인 TR#1이 다른 처리구에 비해 작았고, TR#3의 경우 $0.442{\sim}0.698$ dS/cm의 범위를 보였다. 모형의 보정과 검정을 위해서 대상지구에 FDR(Frequency Domain Reflection)을 설치하여 토양수분함유량과 염분농도를 토심에 따라 일단위로 모니터링 하였다. 토양함수량의 보정기간 중 토심별(50, 100, 140 cm) RMSE는 TR#1에서 $0.001^{\sim}0.002$ $cm^3cm^{-3}$, TR#3에서 $0.002^{\sim}0.006$ $cm^3cm^{-3}$으로 나타났으며, 검정기간 중 토심별 RMSE는 TR#1에서 $0.003^{\sim}0.064$ $cm^3cm^{-3}$, TR#3에서 0.001$cm^3cm^{-3}$로 나타났다. 토양염분의 보정기간 중 토심별 RMSE는 TR#1에서 $0.001^{\sim}0.023{\times}10^{-3}$ dS $m^{-1}$, TR#3에서 $0.028^{\sim}0.045{\times}10^{-3}$ dS$m^{-1}$로 나타났으며, 검정기간의 토심별 RMSE는 TR#1에서 $0.018^{\sim}0.037{\times}10^{-3}$ dS$m^{-1}$, TR#3에서 $0.004^{\sim}0.014{\times}10^{-3}$ dS$m^{-1}$로 적용성이 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.217-229
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• 2001

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the hydrologic changes and the effect of runoff characteristics of a large river basin due to construction of a dam. The changes of land use and vegetation are quantified from remote sensing film taken before and after dam construction. Evapotranspiration, runoff and soil moisture were calculated using water balance equation. It was found that the albedo of watershed upstream of the dam is decreasing due to the decreasing of vegetation and the increasing of water surface and forest, and the increasing of potential evpotranspiration and soil moisture led to increasing actual evpotranspiration and runoff ratio after dam construction.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.335-345
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• 2001

The objective of this research is to analyze the hydrological environment changes in Daechung Dam Basin due to the global warming. GCM simulation results are used to predict the possible changes in precipitation and temperature. The changes of potential evapotranspiration, soil moisture and runoff due to the changes of precipitation and temperature are analyzed using a conceptual water balance model. From the simulation results using the water balance model for lx$CO_2$ and 2x$CO_2$ situations, it has been found that the runoff would decrease in Winter, but increase in Summer and Fall due to the global warming. Therefore, it is predicted that the frequency of drought and flood occurrences in Daechung Dam Basin would be increased in 2x$CO_2$ condition.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.637-647
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• 1999

This study investigated the applicability of generalized TOPMODEL approach which introduces the power law of decreasing transimissivity with depth instead of the traditional exponential decreasing function. The 50m digital elevation model(DEM) of Dongkog subwatershed at Wichon Test Watershed was used to perform runoff simulation. Random number generation algorithm was integrated into the calibration process for the reliable of model performance. General power law version of TOPMODEL with exponent 2 and 3 showed higher simulation efficiency than other the approaches. This results from the fact that the power law models with exponent 2 and 3 can represent the soil characteristics of study area better than other models.

• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.33 no.7
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• pp.544-551
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• 2011

The objective of this study was to analyze VIRULO model, a probabilistic quantitative model, which had been developed by US Environmental Protection Agency. The model could assess the viral attenuation capacity of soil as hydrogeologic barrier using Monte Carlo simulation. The governing equations used in the model were composed of unsaturated flow equations and viral transport equations. Among the model parameters, those related to water flow for 11 soil types were from UNDODA data, and those related to 5 virus species were from the literatures. The model compared the attenuation factor with threshold of attenuation to determine the probability of failure and presented the exceedances and Monte Carlo runs as output. The analysis indicated that among 11 USDA soil types, the viral attenuation capacity of loamy sand and sand were far lower than those of clay and silt soils. Also, there were differences in the attenuation in soil among 5 viruses with poliovirus showing the highest attenuation. The viral attenuation capacity of soil decreased sharply with increasing soil water content and increased nonlinearly with increasing soil barrier length. This study indicates that VIRULO model could be considered as a useful screening tool for viral risk assessment in subsurface environment.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.5B
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• pp.471-477
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• 2010

In this study, the variability of the Horton index which is ratio of vaporization and wetting water is investigated using a conceptual soil water balance model. From the proposed model, the steady-state soil water probabilistic density function is derived through meteorological and watershed characteristics and then the sensitivity of Horton index to the precipitation occurrence rate and the mean of wet day precipitation is examined. As a result, the inter-annual variability of the Horton index is lower than that of precipitation and they showed the strong negative correlation. It is also shown that although precipitation is not varied, the Horton index can be varied due to the fluctuation of the precipitation occurrence rate and the mean of wet day precipitation. In addition, it is presented that there is a non-linear relationship which has a critical point switching proportional or inverse relationship between the Horton index and two main characteristics of precipitation process.

• The Journal of Natural Sciences
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.87-92
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• 1995

In the Vicinity of the Sindae-dong waste disposal site in Taejon, the average Cu, pb and Zn concentrations in soils are higher than those in other Korean soils but these are not high enough to cause any harmful effect to human and animal through the crop plants. Copper, Pb and Zn are not detected in the groundwater samples and F, Cl, $NO_2$, $NO_3$ and $SO_4$ concentrations in groundwater samples are lower than drinking water standards. However, the pH of groundwater sample in site D is 5.58 which is not suitable for the drinking water. With the electric resistivity method, the water-containg layers are found in contaminated soils and the resistivity values are considerably low because of the dispersion of plume by the leak of leachates. According to the results from the magnetic survey method, the anomalous values of the total geomagnetic fields and their gradients are found in the sampling site of low resistivity and high trace element concentrations.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.125-134
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• 2000

지반이 산업용 기름으로 오염될 때 지반의 강도변화 특성을 연구하기 위하여 모래와 실트질 모래 및 카오리나이트를 대상으로 함수비아 함유비를 변화시키며 다짐실험, 투수실험, 비배수상태에서 삼축압축실험을 실시하였다. 실험결과에 의하면 밀도가 같은 모래의 경우는 기름을 혼합하였을 경우가 물을 혼합하였을 경우에 비해 약 7%정도 전단 강도가 떨어지고 실트질 모래와 카오리나이트 경우는 기름을 혼합하였을 경우가 물을 혼합하였을 경우에 비해 점토입자와 기름의 화학적, 물리학적인 상호 작용으로 5~15%정도 강도가 증가하는 현상을 보였다. 일반적으로 산업용 기름 유출에 따라 토양오염 및 수질오염으로 동.식물에 큰 영향을 주고 있으나 토질역학적 거동은 초기 상태 및 모래에서는 전단 강도가 감소하였으나 점성토의 경우는 기름 유출 또는 유입에 따라 응집성, 부착성이 생겨 강도증가 현상을 가져와 큰 문제점이 없는 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.38 no.1
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• pp.59-71
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• 2005

Mountain watersheds are a lot of problems about soil erosion because of frequent wildfire occurrence. Runoff and soil erosion caused by the rain on a hillslope after wildfire are dependent on cover factor. And these has been a decrease by the cover factor recovery following time passage. The present paper defines the dynamic sensitivity of runoff and soil erosion that is the rate of runoff volume and soil erosion weight to rainfall energy and analyzes characteristics of the sensitivity for variation of cover factor, In according to the correlation analysis between other parameters and sensitivities, the sensitivity is the most dependent on the cover factor and the relation is exponential. The sensitivities after wildfire have suitable relation with treatment method for the mitigation of burnt forest and wildfire intensity. It was confirmed that the variation of soil erosion sensitivities come upon the range of stability in 5 years after wildfire.