• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.1 no.2
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• pp.109-120
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• 2010

Heat wave is a disaster, which increases morbidity and mortality in temperate regions. Climate model results indicate that both intensity and frequency of heat wave in the future will be increased. This study shows the result about relationship between excess mortality and offensive airmass in 7 metropolitan cities, and an operational Heat-Health Warning System (HHWS) in Korea. Using meteorological observations, the Spatial Synoptic Classification (SSC) has been used to classify each summer day from 1982 to 2007 into specific airmass categories for each city. Through the comparative study analysis of the daily airmass type and the corresponding daily mortality rate, Dry Tropical (DT), and Moist Tropical plus (MT+) were identified as the most offensive airmasses with the highest rates of mortality. Therefore, using the multiple linear regression, forecast algorithm was produced to predict the number of the excess deaths that will occur with each occurrence of the DT and MT+ days. Moreover, each excess death forecast algorithm was implemented for the system warning criteria based on the regional acclimatization differences. HHWS will give warnings to the city's residents under offensive weather situations which can lead to deterioration in public health, under the climate change.

• KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.113-118
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• 2022

Global warming has also increased the number of casualties caused by heat-related diseases caused by heat waves along with an increase in global temperature. The vulnerable groups from heat wave damage are outdoor workers and the elderly in particular, and it is necessary to respond the increasing heat wave damage. We propose a real-time control platform in order to reduce casualties of the vulnerable group from heatwaves, this research collects and analyzes user's vital signs data from wearable devices that generates alarms out of the suspected victims who are expected to be affected by heat-related illness and to respond quickly.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2009.02b
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• pp.67.1-67.1
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.40-44
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• 2007

지난 14년 동안 발생한 자연재해에 의한 사망자수를 살펴본 결과 기존의 자연재해 중 호우${\cdot}$태풍, 호우, 태풍 순으로 높은 사망자수를 기록하였다. 이와 비교하여 폭염으로 인한 사망자수를 선행연구에서 폭염으로 인한 피해가 크다고 알려진 서울을 대상으로 하여 국외기준과 국내기준을 적용하여 살펴본 결과 서울의 기존의 자연재해와 비교하여 높은 사망자 수를 나타내고 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.68-84
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• 2020

This study analyzed the relationship between spatial characteristics and heat waves in the distribution area of the elderly population in Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do. For analysis, the Statistics Census data, the Ministry of Environment land cover, Landsat 8 surface temperature, and the Meteorological Agency's heat wave days data were used. The spatial characteristics of the distribution of the elderly population was classified into 5 types through K-mean cluster analysis considering the land use types. The characteristics of the elderly population by spatial type were higher in the urbanized type(cluster-3), but the proportion of the elderly population was higher in the agricultural and forest area types(cluster-1, cluster-2). In the characteristics of the surface temperature and the heat wave days, the surface temperature was the highest in the urban area, but heat wave days were the highest in the rural area. As a result of analyzing the heat wave characteristics according to the spatial type of the distribution area of elderly population, cluster-2 with the largest area in agricultural areas was highest at 15.95 days, and cluster-3 with a large area in urbanized types was the lowest at 9.41 days and 9.18 days. In other words, the elderly population living in rural areas is more exposed to heat waves than the elderly population living in urban areas, and the damage is expected to increase. The results of this study could be used as basic data to prepare various policy measures for effective management and prevention of vulnerable areas in summer.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.263-272
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• 2022

As a result of climate change, the heatwave and urban heat island phenomena have become more common, and the frequency of heatwaves is expected to increase by two to six times by the year 2050. In particular, the heat sensation index felt by workers at construction sites during a heatwave is very high, and the sensation index becomes even higher if the urban heat island phenomenon is considered. The construction site environment and the situations of construction workers vulnerable to heat are not improving, and it is now imperative to respond effectively to reduce such damage. In this study, satellite imagery, land surface temperatures (LST), and long short-term memory (LSTM) were applied to analyze areas above 33 ℃, with the most vulnerable areas with increased synergistic damage from heat waves and the urban heat island phenomena then predicted. It is expected that the prediction results will ensure the safety of construction workers and will serve as the basis for a construction site early-warning system.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2020.11a
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• pp.781-783
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• 2020

여름철만 되면 폭염 취약계층의 피해 소식이 꾸준히 발생하고 있다. 본 연구는 폭염 취약계층을 예측하기 위한 방법으로 통신사와 공공데이터에서 유동인구데이터, 전기사용량, 온도데이터, 건물 면적, 병원 접근성 등을 활용하여 분석하였다. 디지털 트윈 기법을 활용해 분석결과 높은 온도대비 면적당 전기사용량이 적으며 동시에 유동인구가 많고 병원 접근성이 떨어질수록 폭염 취약계층일 확률이 높을 것으로 예측하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.45-48
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• 2007

한반도에 발생한 폭염을 전반적으로 잘 나타내고 있는지에 대하여 제안된 한국형 폭염특보기준과 현재 기상청에서 사용하고 있는 열지수(Heat Index, HI)를 비교${\cdot}$검토한 결과, 같은 조건인 Case 1 기준과 Case 3 기준을 비교한 결과, Case 1 기준이 Case 3 기준에 비해서 거의 절반 수준의 초과 발생 빈도 범위를 나타내고 있음을 알 수 있다. 발생지점의 위치에는 거의 차이를 보이고 있진 않지만 발생빈도수에서는 두 배 가량의 큰 차이를 보이고 있으므로, 추후 14년 동안의 지점별 초과사망자의 빈도수와 그에 따른 연구가 더 필요하다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Disaster Information Conference
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• 2016.11a
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• pp.362-363
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 Landsat 위성영상이 가진 열적외 밴드를 이용하여 서울시의 '16년 지표면 온도 변화를 분석하였다. '16년 7월과 8월에 발생한 폭염에 의해 온열질환 환자 2,095명과 사망자 17명을 발생시켰다. 위성영상을 이용하여 동일시기의 한반도 전체 지역 파악에는 한계가 있지만 특정 지역의 변화 추이를 분석하는 것은 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 공간해상도 30m급인 Landsat 위성영상을 이용하여 서울시의 '16년 대비 '94년과 '14년의 지표면 온도 변화를 분석하였다. 분석 결과, '94년에 비해 $1.1^{\circ}C$가 낮고, '14년에 비해 $3.9^{\circ}C$ 높음으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.54 no.9
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• pp.693-704
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the relationship between heat wave and river water quality. The daily maximum air temperature (Tmax) of 91 meteorological stations of the Korea Meteorological Administration and 13 river water quality factors (DO, BOD, COD, TOC, TN, DTN, NH4-N, NO2-N, NO3-N, TP, DTP, PO4-P, Chl-a) of Ministry of Environment were analyzed. The correlation analysis was performed on Tmax and water quality factors, and the determination coefficients (R²) of DO, Chl-a, and TN with Tmax showed high values of 0.782, 0.609, and 0.691 respectively. To analyze the spatial impact between heat waves and water quality factors, the heat wave intensity (HWI) and heat wave duration (HWD) were calculated using the Tmax. The hotspot and spatial statistical analyses were applied for spatial impact evaluation. As a result of hotspot analysis, the heat wave index (HWD, HWI) showed high spatial pattern in the downstream of Nakdong River basin, and Chl-a and TN showed the same pattern. In case of spatial statistical analysis for water quality due to heat wave, the most obvious spatial variability was DO.