• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제10권S_4호
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• pp.197-206
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• 2001

The long-range transport mechanisms of Asian dust were analyzed based on the synoptic weather system and numerical simulation by using NCEP/NCAR reanalysis and TOMS data during the periods of 1996-2001. We classified the whole weather types of eastern Asia during spring and created the representative weather types during the yellow sand events using cluster analysis and weather charts for the last 6 years(1996~2001). These long-range transport mechanisms were related to various pressure patterns including high and low, trough and ridge, and upper-level fronts. Case studies of the yellow sand events have performed by the simulation of MM5 with meteorological elements such as the horizontal wind of u and v component, potential temperature, potential vorticity, and vertical circulation during the episodic days(2~8 March 2001). In addition, the origin of the long-range transport was examined with the estimation of backward trajectory using HYSPLIT4 Model. In this paper, we concluded that three weather types at 1000 hPa, 850 hPa, 500 hPa, and 300 hPa levels were classified respectively. The dominant features were the extending continental outflow from China to Korea at 1000 hPa and 850 hPa levels, the deep trough passage and cold advection at 500 hPa and 300 hPa levels during the yellow sand events. And also, we confirmed the existence of pola $r_tropical jets in the upper-level, the behavior of potential vorticity over Korea, the estimation of potential vorticity through vertical cross section, and the transport of yellow sand through backward trajectories.es.

• 분석과학
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.310-318
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• 2011

제주도 고산지역에서 $PM_{10}$과 $PM_{2.5}$ 미세먼지 시료를 채취하여 주요 성분의 화학 조성, 오염 정도, 배출원 특성 등을 조사하였다. 연구기간의 $PM_{10}$과 $PM_{2.5}$ 미세먼지의 질량농도는 각각 $37.6{\pm}20.1{\mu}g/m^3$, $22.9{\pm}14.3{\mu}g/m^3$로 $PM_{2.5}$ 질량농도는 $PM_{10}$의 약 61%를 차지하였다. $PM_{2.5}/PM_{10}$ 농도비를 조사해 본 결과, 인위적 기원의 nss-$SO_4^{2-}$, $NO_3$, $NH_4^+$은 주로 미세입자에, 그리고 nss-$Ca^{2+}$과 $Na^+$, $Cl^-$, $Mg^{2+}$ 성분들은 대부분 조대입자에 많이 분포하였다. 또 미세먼지 조성은 대체적으로 인위적 오염원의 영향이 가장 크고, 다음으로 토양 또는 해양의 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 역궤적 분석법으로 미세먼지 성분들의 유입경로를 조사해 본 결과, nss-$SO_4^{2-}$, $NO_3^-$, $NH_4^+$, nss-$Ca^{2+}$, Pb 성분들은 대체적으로 기류가 중국대륙과 한반도로부터 유입되었을 때 농도가 높게 나타났다. 반면에 북태평양이나 동해를 통해 유입되었을 때는 상대적으로 낮은 경향을 보였다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.21-35
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• 2009

The Asian dust storms which originated in the deserts of Mongolia and China transported particles to Korea and led to a high concentration of atmospheric particulate matters (PM) of more than $1000{\mu}g/m^3$ throughout the country in the spring, of 2007. Public concern, in Korea, about the possible adverse effects of these dust events has increased, as these dust storms can contain various air pollutants emitted from heavily industrialized eastern China. The objectives of this study were to understand the concentration characteristics of PM as a function of particle size between the Asian dust storm episodes and non-Asian dust period and to consider the mass size distribution of PM in the Asian dust storms and their water soluble ion species on the potential, possible effects on deposition levels in the three regions (nasopharyngeal, tracheobronchial, and alveolar) of the human respiratory system. The size distribution of PM mass concentration during the Asian dust storms showed a peak in the coarse particle region due to the long-range transport of soil particles from the deserts of Mongolia and China, which was identified by HYSPLIT-4 model for backward trajectory analysis of air arriving in the sampling site of Iksan. During the non-Asian dust period, there were two different types in PM size distribution: bimodal distribution when low concentrations of $PM_{2.5}$ were observed, while unimodal distribution having a peak in fine particle region when high concentrations of $PM_{2.5}$ were showed. This unimodal distribution with high concentrations of fine particulate and secondary air pollutants such as ${SO_4}^{2-}$, ${NO_3}^-$, ${NH_4}^+$ was found to be due to the long-range transport of air pollutants from industrialized eastern China. During the Asian dust storms, the mean concentrations of PM that can be deposited in the nasopharyngeal, tracheobronchial, and alveolar region were $128.8{\mu}g/m^3$, $216.5{\mu}g/m^3$, and $89.6{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. During the non-Asian dust period, the mean concentrations of PM that can be deposited in the nasopharyngeal, tracheobronchial, and alveolar region were $8.4{\mu}g/m^3$, $9.5{\mu}g/m^3$ and $38.5{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.327-337
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• 2012

Air pollution inventories are aggregated around south-eastern part of the Korean Peninsular including Busan, Ulsan, and Changwon cities. Because densely populated cities are concentrated in this region, air pollutants emitted from one of these cities tend to be impacted on the air quality of other cities. In order to clarify the seasonal movement pattern of emitted particles, several numerical simulations using WRF/FLEXPART were carried out. Four cases were selected for each season. The Weather Research and Forecasting model (WRF) reproduced atmospheric flow fields with nested grids. The seasonal pattern of air mass of study area was determined by backward and forward trajectories. As a result, the air parcel moves from northwest to southeast due to northwesterly winds in spring and winter. Also air parcel transports from south to north in summer, and moves from west to east. Because the air mass moves differently in each season, these characteristics should be considered when performing air quality analysis.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.157-167
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• 2010

언센티드 칼만 필터 기반의 역방향 필터를 유도하고 시뮬레이션 테스트를 통하여 확장 칼만 필터, 언센티드 칼만 필터, 그리고 확장 칼만 스무더로부터의 위치결과와 비교 분석하였다. 시뮬레이션은 GPS의 수신환경이 극단적으로 좋지 않을 경우를 고려하여 $40m{\times}40m $ 의 공간에서 4개의 곡선 그리고 5개의 직선구간으로 이루어진 궤적에서 시작점과 끝점만을 기지점으로 가정하여 수행하였다. 실험 결과 스무더는 순방향 필터에 비하여 최대 위치 오차값이 약 8~9m 정도 크게 감소하는 결과를 보여주었다. 스무더의 경우 위치오차를 직선구간과 곡선구간으로 나누어 분석하였는데, 언센티드 칼만 스무더가 확장 칼만 스무더에 비하여 직선 구간에서는 최대 10cm, 곡선 구간에서는 최대 23cm 향상된 결과를 나타내었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.487-498
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• 2006

Total 438 precipitation samples were collected in Jeju City between 1997 and 2005, and their major ionic components were analyzed. The comparison tests using ion balance, electric conductivity and acid fraction were performed. It was found their correlation coefficients were in the range of 0.977$\sim$0.994, indicating the good quality of collected dam. The volume-weighted mean pH and electric conductivity were 4.8 and 23.0 $\mu$S/cm, respectively. with the ionic strength of 0.23$\pm$0.20 mM. The marine ($Na^+$, $Mg^{2+}$, and $CI^-$), anthropogenic (nss$SO_4{2-}$, $NO_3^-$, and $NH_4^+$) and soil (nss-$Ca^{2+}$) species have contributed to the ionic components of precipitation samples with 43$\sim$74%, 16$\sim$37% and $\sim$5%, respectively. The seasonal variations of $NO_3^-$ and nss-$SO_4^{2-}$ showed a distinct seasonality with higher concentrations in winter than summer, indicating an increase of fossil fuel consumption and a possibility of long-range transport of those pollutants from continental area along the dominant winter westerly. The levels of nss-$Ca^{2+}$ also were appeared the highest in winter and increased comparatively in spring season. possibly due to the soil influences including the Asian Dust. The acidification contribution of nss-$SO_4^{2-}$ and $NO_3^-$ showed 88$\sim$96%, and the free acidity was in the range of 6.0$\sim$40.1%. Interestingly, the backward trajectories for the case of upper 10% nss-$SO_4^{2-}$ and $NO_3^-$ levels have passed through the China continent before their arrival to Jeju. The precipitation of pH below 4.5 has been occurred frequently when the trajectory's path lied over the China continents. On the other hand, the air masses from the North Pacific area were characterized by lower 10% of nss-$SO_4^{2-}$- and $NO_3^-$ concentration, which demonstrated that air mass from the North Pacific was the cleanest among air masses moved to Jeju.

• 분석과학
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.7-13
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• 2012

제주도 고산지역에서 라돈($^{222}Rn$)을 실시간 모니터링하여 대기 중의 배경농도 수준을 확인하였다. 고산지역의 라돈 농도는 평균 2831 $mBq/m^3$ (0.077 pCi/L)로 우리나라 실내 평균농도보다는 19.5배 낮은 배경농도 수준을 나타내었다. 계절별로는 봄, 여름, 가을, 겨울에 각각 2657, 2071, 3249, 3384 $mBq/m^3$ 농도를 보여 겨울에 높고 여름에 낮은 것으로 조사되었다. 월별로는 10월에 가장 높고 7월에 가장 낮은 농도를 나타내었다. 일간 농도는 오전 7시에 하루 중 가장 높은 농도를 보였고, 오후 2~3시경에 가장 낮은 농도를 나타내는 것으로 확인되었다. 역궤적 분석 결과, 라돈 농도는 기류의 유입경로에 따라 차이를 보였고, 아시아대륙으로부터 제주도로 이동했을 때 농도가 높고 북태평양으로부터 기류가 유입될 때 훨씬 더 낮은 농도를 나타내었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.79-90
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• 1996

Total suspended particles were measured at Kosan, Cheju Island, Korea during the period of March 11 .sim. April 19, 1994. Concentrations of non-sea salt(nss) ions were higher than those measured at clean marine areas in Japan and other background marine areas in the world. Especially, nss sulfate concentration is compatable to thoes measured at Seoul. It is suggested that most nss sulfate concentration is originated from anthropogenic sources. Nss sulfate concentration shows strong correlation with ammonium and nss potassium concentrations while shows no a pparent correlation with nitrate and nss calcium concentrations. Nss calcium concentrations shows strong correlation with nss potassium and mss magnesium concentrations. It is deduced that nss potassium has two origins, one anthropogenic, the other crustal. Backward trajectory analysis results show the trajectories of air parcel during the measurement period were mostly originated from China. It is shown that cases of high nss sulfate with high nss calcium can occur when an air parcel originated from arid and semi-arid regions of morthwestern China or Mongolia passes through northeastern China.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.329-339
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• 1993

Due to the global-convection currents, transboundary transport of air pollutants is widely observed in many regions of the world. This study was carried out to investigate the pattern of long-range transport of air pollutants in North East Asia, especially the impact of air pollutants originated in China and Japan on the air quality in Korea. From the meteorological data at the 850 mb surface from May 1986 through April 1987 at 54 obsevation stations in the North East Asia region, the backward and forward trajectories were calculated using interpolation method. And the contributions of pollution sources in neighbor countries to the air quality in Korea were analyzed. It was concluded that air pollution in China had a great influence on the air quality in Korea throughout the year : it could be transported to Korea just within 2 or 3 days most of the time. The trajectory analysis showed that pollution sources in Beijing. Liaoning Province, and Shandong Province, the most heavily industrialized areas in China., were the most influential for the air quality in Korea except for summer season. Durnig summer season, the air pollution in Shanhai and Japan could have moer influence on Korea. Such transboundary transport of air pollutants necessitate international cowork and cooperation in the region of North East Asia.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.91-99
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• 1996

Ozone, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides were measured at Kosan, Cheju Island, Korea during the period of March 11 .sim. April 19, 1994. During the measurement period, the average SO$_{2}$ and NOx concentrations were about 0.97 ppb and 3.5 ppb, respectively. Average NO concentration was below the detection limit and thus the effect of NO during the period was negligible. The concentrations of SO$_{2}$ and Nox were lower than those at other urban area in Korea but higher than other remote areas in the world. Average $O_{3}$ concentration for the period was about 55 ppb, slightly higher than or comparable to those at remote marine areas in the world. Detailed analyses of trend of gaseous species concentrations show that the effects of local NO emission sources for NOx concentration were significant during the period, while those of local SO$_{2}$ emission sources were not high. Backward trajectory analysis results show that when SO$_{2}$ or $O_{3}$ concentration was higher than the average concentrations, the air parcels were transported from China.