• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.7
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• pp.1-13
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to examine the main features of South Korea's New Northern Policy and to make some suggestions for cooperation with neighboring countries' initiatives. The New Northern Policy encompasses the whole of Eurasia, but the starting development area would be the border region of the Korean Peninsula. In this viewpoint, this study examines the Belt and Road Initiative of China, the New Eastern Policy of Russia and the Steppe Road Initiative of Mongolia, and presents the characteristics, problems and some implementation strategies of the New Northern Policy. Apart from the future possibilities of the regional cooperations that include North Korea, it would be necessary for South Korea to secure and expand the possible opportunities for "Korea-China-Mongolia-Russia" cooperation. In order to create a close cooperative environment with North Korea in the future, it would also be necessary to build a maritime route, with port development around major border regions on the Korean Peninsula, including Russia, and to develop the port-railway intermodal transportation system with neighboring countries. South Korea need to actively cooperate with neighboring countries to develop the new Eurasia logistics routes would be more favorable to the Korean Peninsula in preparation for the time when the North Korean nuclear issue will be resolved.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.553-564
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• 2018

Water use efficiency (WUE) is the amount of carbon uptake per unit of water use, which is a key measure of the functions of terrestrial ecosystems, as it is related to both the hydrologic and carbon cycles. Furthermore, it can vary with many factors, such as climate conditions and land cover characteristics, in different regions. In this study, we aim to understand the spatial and temporal variations in WUE on the Korean Peninsula as well as the associated response to drought. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)-derived gross primary productivity (GPP) and evapotranspiration (ET) datasets and climate data were used to derive a drought index. Based on the monthly WUE, we found that WUE decreased during the monsoon summer in all regions and for all vegetation types. Furthermore, the annual WUE was negatively correlated with the drought index, with increasing correlation coefficients from the northern region to the southern region of the Korean Peninsula.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.351-363
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• 2012

Although the Korean peninsula has been considered as a largely aseismic region compared with the surrounding high seismic areas such as North China and Japan, there are more than thirty Quaternary faults reported so far, which are mostly centered in the southeastern peninsula. Structural studies of active faults exposed in Yangnam-myeon of Gyeongju, SE Korea are largely interpreted to post date the late Quaternary, suggesting that the NE-trending reverse faults may result from the active stress regime in the peninsula. The prevailing present-day E-W $S_{Hmax}$ orientations in the peninsula are consistent with the nature of plate forcing stemming from the convergence between the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. It is clear that the Quaternary faults have been reactivated, although resolving more elaborate time intervals responsible for a future rupture remains a significant challenge. This study contributes to better assess many of potential seismic hazards in the study area, in particular, in terms of seismic stability for foundation of nuclear power plant.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.38 no.3 s.172
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• pp.299-304
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• 2005

Geoid undulation and gravity anomaly were calculated from GRACE satellite data on the eastern Asia including Korean peninsula. Geoid undulation varies from -60m in the China to 60m toward the Pacific Ocean across the Korean Peninsula. Calculated gravity anomalies are in the range of -60 and 60 mgal except the subduction zone showing -100 mgal. High positive values are observed at Mt. Baekdu, Kaema highland and Taebaek mountains, and low values at Ulleung, Japan and Yamato basins in the East sea. We removed regional components below the spherical harmonic degree of 10 from gravity anomaly to get the residual anomaly for crust components. Residual gravity anomaly shows high anomalies at the northern mountainous area and Kyungsang basin in the Korean Peninsula. And low anomalies appears at the western Korea bay basin, Kunsan basin, Cheju basin, and Ulleung basin in the marine. Anomalies separated by the spherical harmonic degree as well as the residual anomalies are useful for the study of large crustal structure about geologic scale and depth distribution and for the survey of natural resources.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.98-112
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• 2000

Discrimination between natural earthquakes and man-made explosions is very essential but critical matter in Seismology. In the CTBT Monitoring business, this is very crucial issue and sometimes could occur the international conflict. In this study, we analyzed seismic and infrasound data from Chulwon Seismo-Acoustic Array and would like to introduce routine data processing procedures at the Korea Institute of Geology, Mining and Materials(KIGAM) to discriminate the earthquakes and artificial explosions. We found analyzing acoustic data together with seismic data is very effective way to identify and discriminate man made explosion from natural earthquake. Recent earthquakes in and around the Korean Peninsula are concentrated in a narrow zone with N60-70$^{\circ}$W in southern Korea, and Pyungan and Hwanghae Province in northern Korea. The mechanism of 14 larger earthquakes in and around the Korean Peninsula since 1936 show predominant strike-slip faulting together with minor thrust component. This indicates horizontal compression is dominant in and around the Korean Peninsula.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.31-55
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• 2009

This research aims 1) to characterize the spatial distribution of low relief landforms (plains) via analyses of a Digital Elevation Model (DEM), 2) to classify plains according to morphological and genetic similarity, and 3) to develop a model to explain forming processes of plains in the Korean peninsula. Plains can easily be separated from high relief mountaneous areas by analyzing the DEM. The overall morphological and locational characteristics of plains can be categorized into lava plains, fluvial-marine plains, erosional plains, intermontane basins, and higher ground plains. It is concluded that the characteristic of each plain type is decided by base-level changes caused by tectonic uplift and sea-level changes, and topological relationship of different rock types. Different plain types do not exist independently, but connected with each others along stream networks. The model developed is able to combine the morphological characteristics of plains with the channel network to conceptualize characteristics and development pathways of plains in the Korean Peninsula.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.1121-1130
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• 2009

In order to investigate the offshore wind resources, the measured data from the QuikSCAT satellite was analyzed from Jan 2000 to Dec 2008. QuikSCAT satellite is a specialized device for a microwave scatterometer that measures near-surface wind speed and direction under all weather and cloud conditions. Wind speed measured at 10 m above from the sea surface was extrapolated to the hub height by using the power law model. It has been found that the high wind energy prevailing in the south sea and the east sea of the Korean peninsula. From the limitation of seawater depth for piling the tower and archipelagic environment around the south sea, the west and the south-west sea are favorable to construct the large scale offshore wind farm, but it needs efficient blade considering relatively low wind speed. Wind map and monthly variation of wind speed and wind rose using wind energy density were investigated at the specified positions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2019.07a
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• pp.315-316
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• 2019

전투복, 군용 천막 등에 사용되는 위장무늬는 군 작전 수행 시 주변 환경의 색상, 패턴을 모사하여 개인병사 및 무기체계의 위장 기능을 극대화하고, 이를 통해 아군의 생명과 시설피해를 최소화하기 위한 목적으로 사용된다. 특히 최근 들어 군의 작전환경과 임무가 복잡하고 다양해짐에 따라, 작전환경에 대한 데이터의 취득 및 정량적 분석을 통해 전장 환경에 최적화된 위장무늬 패턴 및 색상 추출에 대한 연구의 필요성이 증대되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 한반도 자연환경 영상에 대한 자기 조직화 지도(SOM, Self-organizing Map) 기반의 한반도 자연환경 대표 색상 군집화 연구 방법에 대해 서술한다. 이를 위해 한반도 내 위도를 고려한 장소에서 시간별, 계절별 자연환경 영상 수집을 진행하며, 수집된 영상 내 다수의 화소의 군집화를 위해 2차원 SOM을 활용한다. 영상 내 각 화소의 색상 값에 대한 SOM의 학습 시, RGB공간상의 색차/색상 인지 왜곡을 피하기 위하여 CIEDE2000 색차 식을 통해 군집화를 진행한다. 실험결과에서는 온라인상으로 수집한 여름 및 가을철 대표 색상 군집화 결과와, 현재까지 수집된 계절별 자연환경 사진 내 6억 7648개 화소에 대한 대표 색상 군집화 결과를 보여준다.

• Bulletin of Korea Environmental Preservation Association
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• s.401
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• pp.16-19
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• 2012

지구온난화 등 기상이변에 따른 태풍과 집중강우 현상은 시민의 생명과 재산을 위협하고 도시 및 지자체의 기능 마비를 유발할 수 있다는 사실은 최근 한반도에서 발생한 '볼라벤'과 '덴빈' 등 2개의 태풍 피해에서 잘 반영해 주고 있다. 수계 및 주변 환경의 변화와 도시화는 피할 수 없는 상관관계로 강우유출수의 발생 및 관리방안에 대해 지난 수십 년간의 과학적, 법적인 도전을 가져왔고, 최근 들어 그 중요성은 기후변화에 대한 경각심과 함께 더욱더 심각하게 대두되고 있다.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.207-207
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• 2018

본 연구는 난중일기의 기록 중 이순신 장군이 명량해전 이후 한반도 서남해안을 항해하면서 조선수군의 새로운 본영을 물색하고, 명량해전 이후의 조선수군의 전략을 구상하던 장소로서 전시 임시 전략지휘소로서 의미가 큰 안편도(발음도)의 현재의 지명으로 추정되는 섬들 중 팔금도를 대상으로 항해 과학적 관점에서 조명하고 분석한 내용이다. 분석 결과 이순신 장군과 그의 참모들이 올라가 주변을 조망한 위치로 추정되는 섬 중의 하나인 팔금도의 채일봉과 금당산에서 관측한 방향이 난중일기에 기록된 내용과 일치하지 않은 부분이 많음을 확인하였다.