• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.289-297
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• 2001

From March 1998 to February 1999, we observed visibility and weather change in Dae Chung Bong and Kwon Keum Sung three times a day; at 10 Am, 1 PM and 4 PM. During research period (357 days for Kwon Keum Sung, 351 days for Dae Chung Bong), clear days were 185 days(52%) in Kwon Keum Sung and 149 days (43%) in Dae Chung Bong. Months that had many clear days in a year were December and January in both area. The rate of clear day to cloudy day in Sokcho downtown and Dae Chung Bong was 5 to 5, 4 to 6, respectively. The number of cloudy day in a year in Dae Chung Bong was 34days more than in Sokcho downtown. The visual distance in Kwon Keum Sung was 12.2km on the clear day, and 3.3km on the cloudy day. The yearly average was 7.9km. And we can see 8.9km farther on the clear day. The visual distance in Dae Chung Bong was 13.3km on the clear day, and 3.1km on the cloudy day. The yearly average was 8.1km. The visibility of clear day was 10.2km longer than that of cloudy day. The percentage to observe East Sea clearly was about 70% between December and January in both areas, and showed the highest visibility during research period. We observed Mt. Keumkang from 3 to 6 times in a month except rainy season. The yearly average visibility was 2%. If you go Mt. Serok except April, when there was yellow duet cloud from China, and rainy season (between the last of June and early of September), you can appreciate the most beautiful Mt. Sorak with Mt. Keumkang.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.563-574
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• 2007

There seems to be a consensus among most people that visibility impairment is the most obvious indicator of air pollution. While considerable evidence on the association between air pollution and health outcomes including death and disease have been established, based on industrial complex areas or huge urban cities, time-series, case-crossover and cohort studies, scarce literature exists on the direct evidence for the association between visibility and adverse health outcomes. Our study is assessed the effect of air pollution measured by visibility impairment on respiratory mortality over a period of six years. Relative risks in respiratory deaths were estimated by a Poisson regression model of daily deaths between $1999{\sim}2004$. Daily counts of respiratory deaths as dependent variable was modelled with daily 24-hr mean visibility measurements (kilometers) as independent variable by means of Poisson regression. This model is controlled for confounding factors such as day of weeks, weather variables, seasonal variables and $PM_{10}$. The results in this study is observed the statistically significant association between an inverse health effect and visibility during the study period for respiratory mortality (percentage change in the relative risk for all aged -0.57%, 95% Cl, $-1.01%{\sim}-0.12%$; for $0{\sim}15$ aged -7.12%, 95% Cl, $-13.29%{\sim}-0.51%$; for 65+ aged -0.43%, 95% Cl, $-0.93%{\sim}-0.06%$ per 1 km increased in visibility). The effect size was much reduced during warm season. Visibility impairment resulting from air pollution is strongly associated with respiratory mortality, especially for children may be spent at outdoor. Our result provides a quick and useful indicator for eliciting the contribution of air pollution to the excess risk of respiratory mortality in Seoul, Korea.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.291-298
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• 1995

An intensive field study was carried out during Aug. 1993 in Seoul to study the characteristics of summertime visibility and diurnal trend of ionic composition of ambient particles. A transmissometer, nephelometer with heated and unheated inlets, PM3 fine particle sampler, and cascade impactor were used to measure optical and particle properties of ambient air. During this study period, a weak smog episode has occurred. Light scattering by particles is the most dominant factor on total light extinction. The effect of light absorption by particles in Seoul is much higher than other major cities in U.S.A. throughout the summer and fall with relatively constant values. The effect of water on $b_{sp}$ was small during the period. The particle size distribution shows a typical bimodal one. Sulfate, ammonium, chloride, and nitrate are the major chemical species in fine fraction aerosols, about 30% of toral mass concentration. Concentraion of sulfate is higher during the daytime while those of nitrate and chloride are higher during the nighttime. Ammonium concentration is constant through the daytime.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.278-287
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• 1993

In order to calssify smog type durnig the summer season in Seoul, air Quality and meterorological data were analyzed by multivariate analysis. Among 15 variables relating to visibility, 10 variables were selected by multiple regression analysis for clustering of smog types; total suspended particle, sulfur dioxide, ozone, ntrogen dioxide, total hydrocarbon, south-north wind component, ralative humidity, precipitable water, mixing height and air temperature. Somg types were grouped into three clusters using cubic clustering criterion and the mumbers of days in each cluster were contained 74, 28 and 16 days. Each cluster was seperated clearly by sulfur dioxide, precipitable water and air teperature. The first cluster was representative of high ozone concentration and prevailing meterological conditions for ozone formation. Therefore, visibility in the first cluster was considered to be affected by photochemical smog. The third cluster showed characteristics of sulphurous smog type due to the higher concentration of primary pollutant, based on the dry condition than that in another cluster. On the other hand, the characteristic of the second cluster was not relatively clear, but considered to be in an intermediate characteristic between photochemical smog and sulphurous smog type.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.80-81
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• 2000

인위적인 에어로졸의 배출은 현대 산업발전과 급속한 도시화로 인해 가중되었으며, 인체 위해성이 높을 뿐만 아니라, 도시지역의 시정감쇄에도 크게 기여한다. 우리 나라에서 시정(visibility)에 대한 연구가 시작된 것은 지난 1980년 후반이었으며, 최근에 이르러 광학적인 연구가 함께 병행됨으로써 보다 과학적이며 체계적인 연구 성과를 얻고 있다. 시정감쇄 현상은 대기오염을 가시적으로 확인할 수 있는 지표중 하나로서 대기질의 광화학적 및 기상학적 변화에 따라 크게 영향을 받는다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.233-234
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• 2002

시정(visibility)변화에 대한 색채학적 분석은 일정한 색채의 정보를 지닌 하늘을 대상으로 에어고졸에 의한 연무의 색성분과의 차이를 이용하여 색좌표계에서의 두 지점간의 거리를 계산하는 방법으로 이루어진다 배경대기 조건에서의 하늘은 가시광선의 파장보다 1/10배 이하의 입경을 지닌 가스상 물질들의 Rayleigh 산란에 의해 지배된다. 따라서 산란효과가 6배 이상 큰 파란색이 하늘의 색으로 발현된다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.137-138
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• 2002

입자상 물질은 자연적 또는 인위적인 오염원에 의해 직접 대기로 배출되거나 가스상 물질의 전환 과정을 통해 생성된다. 서울을 비롯한 우리나라 시정(visibility)은 맡은 부분이 가스상 물질의 전환을 통해 생성된 미세 입자에 영향을 받고 있기 때문에 미세 입자의 생성(formation)과 성장(growth) 변화를 연구하는 것은 시정(visibility)의 원인을 밝히는 중요한 과정이라고 할 수 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.412-413
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.436-437
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.526-527
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• 2008