• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.45-59
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• 2009

This research presents the effect of Asian dust on the derived sea surface temperature (SST) from measurements of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument flown onboard NOAA polar orbiting satellites. To analyze the effect, A VHRR infrared brightness temperature (TB) is estimated from simulated radiance calculated from radiative transfer model on various atmospheric conditions. Vertical profiles of temperature, pressure, and humidity from radiosonde observation are used to build up the East Asian atmospheric conditions in spring. Aerosol optical thickness (AOT) and size distribution are derived from skyradiation measurements to be used as inputs to the radiative transfer model. The simulation results show that single channel TB at window region is depressed under the Asian dust condition. The magnitude of depression is about 2K at nadir under moderate aerosol loading, but the magnitude reaches up to 4K at slant path. The dual channel difference (DCD) in spilt window region is also reduced under the Asian dust condition, but the reduction of DCD is much smaller than that shown in single channel TB simulation. Owing to the depression of TB, SST has cold bias. In addition, the effect of AOT on SST is amplified at large satellite zenith angle (SZA), resulting in high variance in derived SSTs. The SST depression due to the presence of Asian dust can be expressed as a linear function of AOT and SZA. On the basis of this relationship, the effect of Asian dust on the SST retrieval from the conventional daytime multi-channel SST algorithm can be derived as a function of AOT and SZA.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.201-207
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• 2002

Radiative transfer model was used to detect the yellow sand using KOMPSAT-1/0SMI data. With OSMI and SeaWiFS data, spectrum analysis for spatial and channel were carried out to investigate the characteristics of sensor for the detection of yellow sand. It was compared and analyzed the optical depth of OSMI and SeaWiFS data. Spectral characteristics of x-axis is similar in 765 and 865nm according to spectral analysis for OSMI and SeaWiFS data. It is considered that band 7 and 8(765 and 865nm) of OSMI is suitable for detecting the yellow sand. Compared the yellow sand images by OSMI and MODIS, the data of OSMI are applicable to monitor the yellow sand phenomena. The optical depth of yellow sand event was about 0.8 with 1.0 maximum.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.241-249
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• 2014

The continuous observations for atmospheric aerosol were carried out during 3 years (2009-2011) by using a multi-wavelength Raman lidar at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea ($35.11^{\circ}N$, $126.54^{\circ}E$). The particle depolarization ratios were retrieved from the observations in order to distinguish the Asian dust layer. The vertical information of Asian dust layers were used as input parameter for the Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model for analysis of its backward trajectories. The source regions and transport pathways of the Asian dust layer were identified. The most frequent source region of Asian dust in Korea was Gobi desert during observation period in this study. The statistical analysis on the particle depolarization ratio of Asian dust was conducted according to their transport route in order to retrieve the variation of optical properties of Asian dust during long-range transport. The transport routes were classified into the Asian dust which was transported to observation site directly from the source regions, and the Asian dust which was passed over pollution regions of China. The particle depolarization ratios of Asian dust which were transported via industrial regions of China was ranged 0.07-0.1, whereas, the particle depolarization ratio of Asian dust which was transported directly from the source regions to observation site were comparably higher and ranged 0.11-0.15. It is considered that the pure Asian dust particle from source regions were mixed with pollution particles, which is likely to spherical particle, during transportation so that the values of particle depolarization of Asian dust mixed with pollution was decreased.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.48 no.2
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• pp.134-140
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• 2012

Asian dust storms originating in the arid desert of China and Mongolia usually occur from late winter through spring, and more than one million tons of dust per year is transported to the Korean Peninsula by the prevalent westerly winds. We supposed that these dust particles could include bioaerosols and act as carriers of microorganisms. In order to clarify the dynamics of microorganisms moving with these particles, the concentration and composition of microorganisms associated with settled particles were compared between samples collected during Asian dust events and those under non-dust periods. From February to April 2008, settled dust particles were collected at one location in Ulsan using rainfall meter of 200 mm diameter. During this period, there was one Asian dust event in Ulsan. The bacterial concentrations were higher in samples collected during Asian dust event than those under non-dust period, whereas fungal concentrations were rather similar regardless of the Asian dust event. We analyzed 16S rRNA gene sequences of 45 bacterial isolates obtained from the settled particle samples. These isolates belonged to either genus Bacillus or genus Streptococcus and were tentatively identified as B. amyloliquefaciens, B. aryabhattai, B. atrophaeus, B. licheniformis, B. megaterium, B. methylotrophicus, B. pumilus, B. sonorensis, B. subtlis, B. vallismortis, S. epidermidis, and S. succinus. In cases of fungal isolates, genera such as Mucor, Alternaria, Cladosporium, and Aspergillus were tentatively identified from samples collected at both Asian dust and non-Asian dust periods. It appears that endospore-forming bacteria such as Bacillus sp. rather than fungal spores are more likely to be associated with Asian dust particles.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.276-293
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• 2011

In this study a modeling system consisting of Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF), Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE), the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model, and the CMAQ-Model of Aerosol Dynamics, Reaction, Ionization, and Dissolution (MADRID) model has been applied to estimate enhancements of $PM_{10}$ during Asian dust events in Korea. In particular, 5 experimental formulas were applied to the WRF-SMOKE-CMAQ (MADRID) model to estimate Asian dust emissions from source locations for major Asian dust events in China and Mongolia: the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) model, the Goddard Global Ozone Chemistry Aerosol Radiation and Transport (GOCART) model, and the Dust Entrainment and Deposition (DEAD) model, as well as formulas by Park and In (2003), and Wang et al. (2000). According to the weather map, backward trajectory and satellite image analyses, Asian dust is generated by a strong downwind associated with the upper trough from a stagnation wave due to development of the upper jet stream, and transport of Asian dust to Korea shows up behind a surface front related to the cut-off low (known as comma type cloud) in satellite images. In the WRF-SMOKE-CMAQ modeling to estimate the PM10 concentration, Wang et al.'s experimental formula was depicted well in the temporal and spatial distribution of Asian dusts, and the GOCART model was low in mean bias errors and root mean square errors. Also, in the vertical profile analysis of Asian dusts using Wang et al's experimental formula, strong Asian dust with a concentration of more than $800\;{\mu}g/m^3$ for the period of March 31 to April 1, 2007 was transported under the boundary layer (about 1 km high), and weak Asian dust with a concentration of less than $400\;{\mu}g/m^3$ for the period of 16-17 March 2009 was transported above the boundary layer (about 1-3 km high). Furthermore, the difference between the CMAQ model and the CMAQ-MADRID model for the period of March 31 to April 1, 2007, in terms of PM10 concentration, was seen to be large in the East Asia area: the CMAQ-MADRID model showed the concentration to be about $25\;{\mu}g/m^3$ higher than the CMAQ model. In addition, the $PM_{10}$ concentration removed by the cloud liquid phase mechanism within the CMAQ-MADRID model was shown in the maximum $15\;{\mu}g/m^3$ in the Eastern Asia area.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.199-201
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• 2002

입자상 물질은 폐렴으로 인한 사망률을 증가시키며, 호흡기 및 심혈관계 질환과 관련된 외래환자 수를 증가시키고, 천식 증상을 악화시키며, 폐 기능 저하 둥을 유발한다고 알려져 있다(U.S.EPA, 2001). 황사는 발원지의 기상 및 토양상태에 따라 다르지만 한반도와 일본에서 관측된 황사의 크기는 1-10$\mu\textrm{m}$ 정도이며 중금속 성분 등 오염물질이 포함되어 있어, 시정악화, 농작물 및 활엽수의 생육장애, 인체 호흡기관으로 깊숙이 침투하여 폐 질환 유발 및 안 질환 등을 유발시켜 대기환경을 오염시킬 뿐만 아니라 인체에도 매우 유해하다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.309-310
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• 1999

Loess (黃土)는 지구의 10 ％를 차지하고 있으며, 황사 (黃砂)폭풍으로 장거리이동이 가능하여 동아시아까지 이동할 수 있다 (Zhang De'er, 1982). 황사현상은 최근 동북아시아에서 급속한 산업발달과 인구증가, 그리고 생활수준의 향상에 따라 많은 양의 오염물질이 대기로 방출되고 있다. 특히 중국이 이 지역에서 배출되는 대기오염물질의 대부분을 배출하고 있다 (국립환경 연구원, 1998).(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.317-318
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• 2002

중국 대륙의 사막지역을 기원으로 하고있는 황사는 주로 봄철에 우리나라를 비롯해 일본 은 물론 멀리 동태평양지역(Merrill 1989)에까지 이동한다고 알려져 있다. 최근, 황사연구는 라이다(Kwon et al 1997, Sakai et at 2000), 샘플링(Zhang and Iwasaka 2001), 모델링(Denterner 1996) 위성데이터 등을 이용한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이러한 것은 황사입자의 Radiation Effect, 대류권에서의 화학적 역할등이 재평가되고 있다는 사실에 기인한다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.43-44
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• 2002

중국 서북건조 사막지역에서 봄철에 기온이 올라가면서 강한 한랭전선을 동반한 저기압이 발달할 때 그 전선 후면에 미세한 모래먼지가 바람에 휘감겨 올라가 황사가 발생한다. 발원지에서 생성된 황사는 약 30%가 발원지에서 재 침적되고, 20%는 주변지역으로 수송되며, 50%는 편서풍을 타고 1,500-2,000km이상의 거리를 이동하여 우리나라, 일본 및 하와이에까지 침적되는 것으로 알려져 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.350-351
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• 2002

대기 중 부유 입자상물질(에어로졸)은 지구 대기 환경과 기후, 그리고 인체 건강에 영향을 미치는 까닭에, 에어로졸을 효과적으로 분석하는 방법을 개발하는 연구는 매우 중요하다. 특히 한국과 일본에서는 매년 봄 중국에서 발원하여 동북부 아시아로 이동하는 황사(Asian Dust) 현상이 매우 중요한 관심 대상이다. 이것은 황사 입자가 중국의 공업단지인 중국 북동부를 거쳐오면서, 황산염이나 질산염, 해염 입자와 반응하여 한국이나 일본, 태평양으로 이동시킬 수 있다는 점에서 중요하게 여겨진다. (중략)