• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.131-135
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• 2007

우리나라 밭토양은 70% 이상이 경사지에 위치하고 있기 때문에 침식에 의한 토양유실이 매우 심각한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 토성 간 강우량 및 강우강도에 따른 토양유실량과 유출수량을 비교함으로써 토성 및 강우형태에 따른 물흐름 양상을 파악하고, RUSLE (Revised universal soil loss equation)에서 수관피복인자(Canopy cover subfactor)를 산출하여 토양유실을 방지하는데 이용하고자 하였다. 시험은 2005년 5월부터 10월까지 고추, 배추, 감자, 콩이 식재되고 15%의 경사도를 가진 라이시미터에서 실시되었고 강 우량과 강우강도, 토양 유실량과 유출수량, 강우량과 토성에 따라 유출량과의 관계를 보았다. 강우량에 따른 유출수량은 모두 강우량이 증가함에 따라 증가하는 정의 관계를 보였으나 토성에 따라 강우량이 증가함에 따른 유출수의 상대적인 증가비율은 다소 다른 경향을 나타내었다. 고추가 식재된 상태에서 토성별 강우량 단위 증가에 따른 유출수의 증가비율은 양토에서 0.44로 가장 높았고 식양토, 사양토는 0.41 mm, 0.13 mm 이었다. 유출발생 최소강우량도 사양토가 23.53 mm로 가장 높았으며 양토는 10.35 mm, 식양토는 5.46 mm 순으로 나타내었다. 고추의 수관피복인자는 사양토에서 0.425, 양토는 0.459, 식양토는 0.478를 나타내었다. 본 연구 결과 산출된 토성별 강우량에 따른 유출수량과 수관피복인자는 토양 유실량을 평가하여 저감 대책을 마련하는데 도움이 되리라 판단된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume I
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• pp.102-105
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• 2006

Forest canopy density is an essentially important for maintaining the diversify flora and fauna in the tropic. But, the natural and human disturbances have an influence over the inconsistency of forest canopy density. So, forest canopy density (FCD) has been threatened in the tropic since a decade. The objective of this study was to examine the dynamics change of the forest canopy density in tropical forest Chitwan, Nepal combine with field survey and remote sensing data. The field survey data of 2001 such as canopy cover percentage, dbh so on and some human disturbances were used. Similarly, Landsat TM 1988 and ETM+ 2001 have also used to predict the dynamic changes of the FCD over the period. Moreover, nonparametric Kruskal- Wallis test has performed for the validation of the results. Data analysis revealed that very few factors i.e. the number of trees, path, and fire had realized statistically significance at P=<0.05. Therefore we concluded that detail analysis could be needed incorporate with additional socioeconomic, climatic, biophysical and institutional factors for the better understanding of the forest canopy dynamic in particular location.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.327-338
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• 2000

The forest conditions of North Korea has been a great concern since it was known to be closely related to many environmental problems of the disastrous flooding, soil erosion, and food shortage. To assess the long-term changes of forest area as well as the canopy conditions, several sources of multitemporal satellite data were applied to the study area near Kaesung. KOMPSAT-1 EOC data were overlaid with 1981 topographic map showing the boundaries of forest to assess the deforestation area. Delineation of the cleared forest was performed by both visual interpretation and unsupervised classification. For analyzing the change of forest canopy condition, multiple scenes of Landsat and SPOT data were selected. After preprocessing of the multitemporal satellite data, such as image registration and normalization, the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) was derived as a representation of forest canopy conditions. Although the panchromatic EOC data had radiometric limitation to classify diverse cover types, they can be effectively used t detect and delineate the deforested area. The results showed that a large portion of forest land has been cleared for the urban and agricultural uses during the last twenty years. It was also found that the canopy condition of remaining forests has not been improved for the last twenty years. It was also found that the canopy condition of remaining forests has not been improved for the last twenty years. Possible causes of the deforestation and the temporal pattern of canopy conditions are discussed.

• 대기
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.483-498
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• 2017

Sky view factor can quantify the influence of complex obstructions. This study aims to evaluate the best available SVF method that represents an urban thermal condition with land cover in complex city of Korea and also to quantify a correlation between SVF and mean air temperature; the results are as follows. First, three SVF methods comparison result shows that urban thermal study should consider forest canopy induced effects because the forest canopy test (on/off) on SVF reveals significant difference range (0.8, between maximum value and minimum value) in comparison with the range (0.1~0.3) of SVFs (Fisheye, SOLWEIG and 3DPC) difference. The significance is bigger as a forest cover proportion become larger. Second, R-square between SVF methods and urban local mean air temperature seems more reliable at night than a day. And as the value of SVF increased, it showed a positive slope in summer day and a negative slope in winter night. In the SVF calculation method, Fisheye SVF, which is the observed value, is close to the 3DPC SVF, but the grid-based SWG SVF is higher in correlation with the temperature. However, both urban climate monitoring and model/analysis study need more development because of the different between SVF and mean air temperature correlation results in the summer night period, which imply other major factors such as cooling air by the forest canopy, warming air by anthropogenic heat emitted from fuel oil combustion and so forth.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.328-330
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• 2003

The land cover of burned area has changed dramatically since Daxinganling forest fire in Northeastern China during May 6 ? June 4, 1987. This research focused on determining the burn severity and assessment of forest recovery. Burned severity was classified into three levels from June 1987 Landsat TM data acquired just after the fire. A regression model was established between the forest canopy closure from 1999 forest stand map and the NDVI values from June 2000 Landsat ETM+ data. The map of canopy closure was got according to the regression model. And vegetation cover was classified into four types according to forest closure density. The change matrix was built using the classified map of burn severity and vegetation recovery. Then the change conversions of every forest type were analyzed. Results from this research indicate: forest recovery status is well in most of burned scars; and vegetation change detection can be accomplished using postclassification comparison method.

• ALGAE
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.83-90
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• 2008

Eelgrass beds are very productive and provide nursery functions for a variety of fish and shellfish species. Management for the conservation of eelgrass beds along the Korean coasts is critical, and requires comprehensive strategies such as vegetation mapping. We suggest a mapping method to spatial distribution and quantify of eelgrass beds using a digital echosounder. Echosounding data were collected from the northeast part of Kwangyang Bay, on the south of Korea, in March, 2007. A transducer was attached to a boat equipped with a DGPS. The boat completed a transect survey scanning whole eelgrass beds of 11.7 km2 with a speed of 1.5-2 m s-1 (3-4 knot). The acoustic reflectivity of eelgrass allowed for detection and explicit measurements of canopy cover and height. The results showed that eelgrass bed was distributed in depth from 1.19 to 3.6 m (below MSL) and total dry weight biomass of 4.1 ton with a vegetation area of 4.05 km2. This technique was found to be an effective way to undertake the patch size and biomass of eelgrass over large areas as nondestructive sampling.

• 천문학회보
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.65.2-65.2
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• 2013

A presence of a penumbra is one of the main properties of a mature sunspot, and its formation mechanism has been elusive due to a lack of observations that fully cover the formation process. Utilizing the New Solar Telescope at the Big Bear Solar Observatory, we observed the formation of a partial penumbra for about 7 hours simultaneously at the photospheric (TiO; $7057{\AA}$) and the chromospheric ($H{\alpha}$, $-1{\AA}$) spectral lines with high spatial and temporal resolution. From this uninterrupted, long observational sequence, we found that flux emergence under the stable chromospheric canopy fields resulted in penumbra formation, while emerging flux under the expanding chromospheric fields appeared as transient elongated granules. Based on these findings, we suggest a possible scenario for penumbra formation in which a penumbra forms when the emerging flux is constrained from continuing to emerge, but rather is trapped at the photospheric level by the overlying chromospheric canopy fields.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2009

Pinus thunbergii plantations in Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea, are of low ecological quality, with arrested succession and a high proportion of ruderal species. To improve the quality of the habitat, we created canopy gaps ($\sim42\;m^2$) and monitored changes in abiotic (light availability, canopy openness) and biotic (survival and growth of seedlings and understory communities) variables in 2007 and 2008 in plots that had received one of five types of treatment: cutting of canopy trees and removal of the understory (CU), cutting of canopy trees only (C), girdling of canopy trees and removal of the understory (GU), girdling of canopy trees (G) or control. Each treatment was applied to three replicate plots. Abiotic variables did not significantly differ among treatments. Survival rates of target species were slightly lower in the CU, G and control conditions. Based on logistic regression analysis, the only significant growth factor affecting survival was height growth. Positive effects of seedling height and leaf area growth on survival were also detected, but did not reach statistical significance. In treatment G, gradual improvement of overstory conditions and mitigation of competition by limitation of disturbance to the understory community were likely to have promoted seedling growth. There were no significant effects of gap treatments on changes in species abundance (cover and richness) and composition of understory between the study years. This result implies that the small gaps created in our study may be below the threshold size to affect understory growth. However, the results of this study are based on a short-term investigation of only two years. Long-term research is strongly recommended to clarify the effects of gap treatment on plant communities in afforested areas.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2017

Background: Though the biomass of floral vegetation in understory plant communities in a forested ecosystem only accounts for less than 1% of the total biomass of a forest, they contain most of the floral resources of a forest. The diversity of understory honey plants determines visitation rate of pollinators such as honey bee (Apis mellifera) as they provide rich food resources. Since the flower visitation and foraging activity of pollinators lead to the provision of pollination service, it also means the enhancement of plant-pollinator relationship. Therefore, an appropriate management scheme for understory vegetation is essential in order to conserve pollinator population that is decreasing due to habitat destruction and disease infection. This research examined the diversity of understory honey plant and studied how it is related to environmental variables such as (1) canopy density, (2) horizontal heterogeneity of canopy surface height, (3) slope gradient, and (4) distance from roads. Vegetation survey data of 39 plots of mixed forests in Chuncheon, Korea, were used, and possible management practices for understory vegetation were suggested. Results: This study found that 113 species among 141 species of honey plant of the forests were classified as understory vegetation. Also, the understory honey plant diversity is significantly positively correlated with distance from the nearest road and horizontal heterogeneity of canopy surface height and negatively correlated with canopy density. Conclusions: The diversity of understory honey plant vegetation is correlated to vegetation structure and human impact. In order to enhance the diversity of understory honey plant, management of density and height of canopy is necessary. This study suggests that improved diversity of canopy cover through thinning of overstory vegetation can increase the diversity of understory honey plant species.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.256-265
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• 1995

사과원 잡초군락이 해충 및 천적발생에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 제초제를 살포하여 잡초를 제거한 구(제초구)와 수관하부까지 잡초를 키우면서 인력으로예초한 구(예초구)에서 수상의 해충 및 천적과 잡초상의 곤충류를 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 응애류와 진딧물의 발생은 처리간에 유의성있는 차이는 없었으나, 응애류의 경우는 예초구에서 발생이 적은 경향이었다. 사과굴나방의 경우 예초구에서 1993년에는 피해엽률이 10% 정도 낮았고, 1994년은 4% 정도 낮은 발생을 보였다. 응애류와 진딧물의 천적류 발생은 쳬초구에서 높은 경향이었으나 큰 차이는 없었으며 사과굴나방의 기생청 천적류는 예초구에서 1993년에는 6~10%, 1994년에는 20~25% 높은 발생을 보였다. 사과원 잡초상에서 포충망을 이용 곤충류를 채집 조사한 결과, 사과해충은 발견되지 않았으며, 사과해충 천적류로서 좀벌류, 고치벌류, 애꽃노리재, 무당벌류, 풀잠자리류 등이 발견되었다. 사과생육기간중 잡초상 및 수상에서 군충군집변화는 상이하였다. 수상에서의 곤충군집형성에 약제살포가 큰 영향을 주었으나, 잡초상에서는 약제살포에 상대적으로 안정된 군집이 유지되었다. 결론적으로 사과원 잡초는 수상의 사과해충 및 천적발생에 영향을 주고 있었으며, 사과굴나방 기생벌같은 기주특이적인 천적들은 수상이동에 의하여 밀도억제작용을 하였고, 잡초상에 먹이가 풍부하거나 또는 광식성인 천적들은 잡초상 곤충군집에 연관되어 수상의 해충밀도에 큰 영향을 주지 못했다.