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Effects of Air Pollution on Precipitation and Living Organisms in Seoul Area (서울 地域의 大氣汚染이 降水와 생물에 미치는 영향 1.地域別 降水의 酸性化에 관하여)

  • Chang, Nam-Kee;Lee, Yun-Sang;Shin, Eun-Yong
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.131-142
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    • 1990
  • From July 1, 1985 to June 30, pH values of precipitation in Seoul area were average 5.1 and acid rain which was lower than pH 5.5 showed a frequence of 70.7%. Seasonal changes appeared in pH values of annual precipitation in Seoul. The pH patterns of spring and autumn were generally less acid than that of summer and winter, and snowfall pH was lower than rainfall. The beginning rainfall in Seoul was neutral because of alkali dust in the atmosphere. As times went on, rainfall pH was gradually low and after 1 to 2 hours, showed a steady state. On the surface soil precipitation was neutralized by soil buffering capacity.

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Temporal and Spatial correlation of Meteorological Data in Sumjin River and Yongsan River Basins (섬진강 및 영산강 유역 기상자료의 시.공간적 상관성)

  • 김기성
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.41 no.6
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    • pp.44-53
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    • 1999
  • The statistical characteristics of the factors related to the daily rainfall prediction model are analyzed . Records of daily precipitation, mean air temperature, relative humidity , dew-point temperature and air pressure from 1973∼1998 at 8 meteorological sttions in south-western part of Korea were used. 1. Serial correlatino of daily precipitaiton was significant with the lag less than 1 day. But , that of other variables were large enough until 10 day lag. 2. Crosscorrelation of air temperature, relative humidity , dew-point temperature showed similar distribution wiht the basin contrours and the others were different. 3. There were significant correlation between the meteorological variables and precipitation preceded more than 2 days. 4. Daily preciption of each station were treated as a truncated continuous random variable and the annual periodic components, mean and standard deviation were estimated for each day. 5. All of the results could be considered to select the input variables of regression model or neural network model for the prediction of daily precipitation and to construct the stochastic model of daily precipitation.

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An Acidity Study of Precipitation Observed in Chongwon, Choongbook (충북 청원군 강수의 산성도 연구)

  • 정용승;김태군
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 1992
  • A study on acidity in precipitation was carried out during May 1990 - April 1991 at two sites in Chongwon, Choongbook. We observed variations of pH from 4.0 to 7.0. Annual mean value of pH was 5.21 in the area. In particular, strong acidity of rain fall, pH 4.0 were observed during winter to early spring. Neutral values were observed during June to July and were due to wet deposition of atmospheric pollutants by stationary fronts in the rainy season. Interestingly, acidity of snow observed in winter was neutral and it was weaker than the acidity of rain in winter by a value of 2.0. Discussion is made on meteorological and chemical analyses and seasonal variations of acidity of precipitation.

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Estimation of Actual Evapotranspiration and Storage Change for the Bokahcheon Upper-middle Watershed (복하천 중상류 유역의 실제증발산량과 저류변화량 산정)

  • Lee, Jeongwoo;Kim, Nam Won;Lee, Jeong Eun
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.47 no.7
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    • pp.615-628
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    • 2014
  • The objectives of this study are to estimate the annual and monthly actual evapotranspiration for the Bokhacheon upper-middle watershed using the data from 1996 to 2012 simulated by SWAT-K model, and to evaluate the effect of storage change on the actual evapotranspiration based on water balance estimates. The simulated results of the annual actual evapotranspiration showed the range from 401 mm to 494 mm and the annual mean of 436 mm, about 31% of the annual mean of precipitation. The average monthly estimates of the actual evapotranspiration showed the range of 10 mm/month in Dec to 84 mm/month in Jul. From the analyses of annual mean storage changes according to data length, it was found out that more than four to five years of data of precipitation and runoff are needed to estimate the watershed based actual evapotranspiration with ignorance of the storage change for this study area. Furthermore, annual and monthly relations between the storage change and the difference of precipitation and runoff were derived which can be effectively used for estimating actual evapotranspiration based on water balance analysis.

Geographic Distribution and Epidemiology of Lung Cancer During 2011 in Zhejiang Province of China

  • Lin, Xia-Lu;Chen, Yan;Gong, Wei-Wei;Wu, Zhao-Fan;Zou, Bao-Bo;Zhao, Jin-Shun;Gu, Hua;Jiang, Jian-Min
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.13
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    • pp.5299-5303
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    • 2014
  • Background: To explore etiology for providing scientific clues for the prevention of lung cancer. Materials and Methods: Data for lung cancer incidence and meteorological geographic factors from 25 counties in Zhejiang province of China during 2011 were studied. Stepwise multiple regression and correlation analysis were performed to analyze the geographic distribution and epidemiology of lung cancer. Results: 8,291 new cases (5,998 in males and 2,293 females) of lung cancer during 2011 in Zhejiang province were reported in the 25 studied counties. Reported and standardized incidence rates for lung cancer were 58.0 and 47.0 per 100,000 population, respectively. The incidence of lung cancer increased with age. Geographic distribution analysis shows that the standardized incidence rates of lung cancer in northeastern Zhejiang province were higher than in the southwestern part, such as in Nanhu, Fuyang, Wuxing and Yuyao counties, where the rates were more than 50 per 100,000 population. In the southwestern Zhejiang province, for instance, in Yueqing, Xianju and Jiande counties, the standardized incidence rates of lung cancer were lower than 37 per 100,000 population. Spearman correlation tests showed that forest coverage rate, air quality index (AQI), and annual precipitation level are associated with the incidence of lung cancer. Conclusions: Lung cancer in Zhejiang province shows obvious regional differences. High incidence appears associated with low forest coverage rate, poor air quality and low annual precipitation. Therefore, increasing the forest coverage rate and controlling air pollution may play an important role in lung cancer prevention.

PH Characteristics of Precipitation in Seoul Area (서울 지역에 내린 우수 pH 특성)

  • Lee, Min-Hee;Eiji, Hirai;Motoichi, Miyazaki;Tetsuri, Chahji;Hao, Quan
    • Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 1994
  • Rainwater was collected in Seoul area from January 1991 to December 1993 (over 3years) and by the analysis of the chemical components contained in rainwater, investigated the components that effect on rainwater pH Through the above studies the following conclusions were obtained. 1) Method for Averaging pH Volume weighted method is considered to be acceptable providing that precipitation is measured at the same time when the samples are taken, without precipitation data a simple averaging method should be the next choice. 2) Annual average rainwater pH was 4.98 in 1991, 4.80 in 1992, 4.67 in 1993, measurement range was 3.6-8.1. 3) In the relationship between rainwater pH and rainfall amounts rainwater pH for light rain(<15mm rainfall) was existent in the wide range(pH 4-7), but for heavy rain was corresponded to the annual average values. 4) Annual frequency of pH was Birrndat the frequency($\gamma $) between the density of the [$H^{+}$] and pH in the rainwater(over 3years ), $NO_{3}^{-}$ was excellent and the obtained results was 0.62 in 1992. Also In the correlation coefficient($\gamma $) according to the pH range $SO_{4}^{2-}, NO_{3}^{-}$, were 0.85 ,0.68 at 3.6 $Cl^-$ was 0.99(1993). At 4.1$NO_{3}^{-}(\gamma=0.48)$ in 1992, SO_4^{2-}($\gamma$=0.54), $NO_{3}^{-}(\gamma$=0.72), $Cl^- (\gamma$=0.49) in 1993. 6) pH values gradually increased with increase in $Ca^{2+}/SO_{4}^{2-}$.

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Site Prioritization for Artificial Recharge in Korea using GIS Mapping (지리정보시스템을 이용한 우리나라 인공함양 개발 유망지역 분석)

  • Seo, Jeong-A;Kim, Yong-Cheol;Kim, Jin-Sam;Kim, Yong-Je
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.66-78
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    • 2011
  • It is getting difficult to manage water resources in South Korea because more than half of annual precipitation is concentrated in the summer season and its intensity is increasing due to global warming and climate change. Artificial recharge schemes such as well recharge of surface water and roof-top rainwater harvesting can be a useful method to manage water resources in Korea. In this study, potential artificial recharge site is evaluated using geographic information system with hydrogeological and social factors. The hydrogeological factors include annual precipitation, geological classification based on geological map, specific capacity and depth to water level of national groundwater monitoring wells. These factors were selected to evaluate potential artificial recharge site because annual precipitation is closely related to source water availability for artificial recharge, geological features and specific capacity are related to injection capacity and depth to water is related to storage capacity of the subsurface medium. In addition to those hydrogeological factors, social aspect was taken into consideration by selecting the areas that is not serviced by national water works and have been suffered from drought. These factors are graded into five rates and integrated together in the GIS system resulting in spatial distribution of artificial recharge potential. Cheongsong, Yeongdeok in Gyeongsangbuk-do and Hadong in Gyeongsangnam-do, and Suncheon in Jeollanam-do were proven as favorable areas for applying artificial recharge schemes. Although the potential map for artificial recharge in South Korea developed in this study need to be improved by using other scientific factors such as evaporation and topographical features, and other social factors such as water-curtain cultivation area, hot spring resorts and industrial area where groundwater level is severely lowered, it can be used in a rough site-selection, preliminary and/or feasibility study for artificial recharge.

Classification of Agro-climatic zones in Northeast District of China (중국 동북지역의 농업기후지대 구분)

  • Jung, Myung-Pyo;Hur, Jina;Park, Hye-Jin;Shim, Kyo-Moon;Ahn, Joong-Bae
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2015
  • This study was conducted to classify agro-climatic zones in Northeast district of China. For agro-climatic zoning, monthly mean temperature and precipitation data from Global Modeling and Assimilation Office (GMAO) of National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, USA) between 1979 and 2010 (http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/) were collected. Altitude and vegetation fraction of East Asia from Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) were also used to classify them. The criteria of agro-climatic classification were altitude (200 m, between 200-800 m, 800 m), vegetation fraction (60%), annual mean temperature ($0^{\circ}C$), temperature in the hottest month ($22^{\circ}C$), and annual precipitation (700 mm). In Northeast district of China, mean annual temperature, annual precipitation, and solar radiation were $3.4^{\circ}C$, 613.2 mm, and $4,414.2MJ/m^2$ between 2009 and 2013, respectively. Twenty-two agro-climatic zones identified in Northeast district of China by metrics classification method, from which the map of agro-climatic zones for Northeast district of China was derived. The results could be useful as information for estimating agro-meteorological characteristics and predicting crop development and crop yield of Northeast district of China as well as those of North Korea.