• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.61-70
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• 2010

The increase of impervious cover (IC) in a watershed is known as an important factor causing alteration of water cycle, deterioration of water quality and biological communities of urban streams. The study objective was to assess the impact of IC changes on the surface runoff characteristics of Kap Stream basin located in Geum river basin (Korea) using the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM). SWMM was calibrated and verified using the flow data observed at outlet of the watershed with 8 days interval in 2007 and 2008. According to the analysis of Landsat satellite imagery data every 5 years from 1975 to 2000, the IC of the watershed has linearly increased from 4.9% to 10.5% during last 25 years. The validated model was applied to simulate the runoff flow rates from the watershed with different IC rates every five years using the climate forcing data of 2007 and 2008. The simulation results indicated that the increase of IC area in the watershed has resulted in the increase of peak runoff and reduction of travel time during flood events. The flood flow ($Q_{95}$) and normal flow ($Q_{180}$) rates of Kap Stream increased with the IC rate. However, the low flow ($Q_{275}$) and drought flow ($Q_{355}$) rates showed no significant difference. Thus the subsurface flow simulation algorithm of the model needs to be revisited for better assessment of the impact of impervious cover on the long-term runoff process.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.580-599
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• 2013

After the unification of Three Kingdoms, Silla Dynasty had been on the prosperity with continuous population growth during approximately 120 years. However, Unified Silla Dynasty experienced 11 times of famine and bad year by frequent droughts during 50 years since the late 8th century, and these caused to political, economic and social changes. It is evident that Silla Dynasty slowly declined by the droughts and famines, although ancient records described as still on glory days. Since then, national power of Unified Silla Dynasty was abruptly weakened by migration of residents, and 9 times of rebellion or revolt occurred during 50 years in the late 9th century. As a result, political and social agitations reached the maximum. These led to the collapse of the Unified Silla Dynasty, and King Gyeongsoon handed over the dynasty to King Wanggeon, a founder of Goryeo Dynasty. These resulted from the 500-year-cycle droughts and human activities that seriously devastated the vegetations by using trees as an energy source for hundreds of thousands people during several centuries. The devastation of vegetation destroyed farm lands and led to large changes in river and groundwater systems, and eventually, increased damages by droughts.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.159-168
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• 2019

Understanding the interaction between climate and the water cycle is critical especially in a drought sensitive region such as California. This study explored hydrologic changes in central and southern California in relation to the glacial-interglacial climate cycles over the last 30 thousand years. To do this, we reconstructed paleovegetation using plant wax carbon isotopic compositions (${\delta}^{13}C$) preserved in marine sediment cores retrieved from the central California continental shelf (ODP Site 1018) and Santa Barbara Basin (ODP Site 893A). The results were then compared to the existing sea surface temperature (SST) and pollen records from the same cores to understand terrestrial hydrology in relation to oceanographic processes. The Last Glacial was generally dry both in central and southern California, indicated by grassland expansion, confirming the previously suggested notion that the westerly storm track that supplies the majority of the precipitation in California may not have moved southward during the glacial period. Southern California was drier than central California during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). This drying trend may have been associated with the weakening of the California Current and northerly winds leading to the early increase in SST in southern California and decline in both offshore and coastal upwelling. The climate was wetter during the Holocene in both regions compared to the glacial period and forest coverage increased accordingly. We attribute this wetter condition to the precipitation contribution increase from the tropics. Overall, we found a clear synchronicity between the terrestrial and marine environment which showed that the terrestrial vegetation composition in California is greatly affected by not only the global climate states but also regional oceanographic and atmospheric conditions that regulate the timing and amount of precipitation over California.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.669-677
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• 2018

Torrential rain and drought are repeated due to the increase in the unpredictable fluctuating of rainfall patterns. It is time for stabilize water resource management in terms of disaster prevention. Distributed control from sources is needed to minimize damages caused by torrential rains and droughts. Rain barrel can be used to reduce the runoff as they collect and store rainwater. In response to this situation, Seoul Metropolitan Government and other local governments implemented a project to support the installation of rain barrel and provided 90% of the cost of installing it in private areas. However, with limited budget, it is difficult to distribute rainwater to the city which is mostly covered by private areas. In this study, Samho-dong, Ulsan, where pilot projects of water cycle leading city are underway, analyzed the effects of reducing the runoff with respect to the amount of rainwater that can be used, and analyzed the economics of recoverable investment cost when installed. From the analysis, it was established that it is possible to show sufficient efficiency with a small capacity without the need to install large rain barrel effectively in the private sector, and to support the installation cost of less than 70 percent of the rainwater can be recovered.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.303-305
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• 2022

In Korea, due to the geographical and hydrological characteristics of the country, the water cycle has a large variation throughout the year. Therefore, in order to quickly identify and prepare for hydrological phenomena such as floods and droughts, the need for scientific water management incorporating the latest ICT technologies is growing. Accordingly, K-water operates a real-time Hydrological Data Acquisition and Processing System (HDAPS) that can check the situation of the site more intuitionally by linking the hydrological data collected in real time through satellite, GIS, and CCTV. and prepared for flood and drought. In this paper, we will introduce K-water's real-time hydrological information system and consider its application to protect people's lives and property.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.37-37
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• 2020

일반적으로 생활용수 및 공업용수의 경우 대부분 주수원으로 댐 및 저수지 등을 통해 용수공급이 이루어지며, 일부 지역에서는 하천에서 직접 취수가 이루어지고 있다. 그러나 하천을 수원으로 사용하고 있는 대부분의 지점에서는 계측이 이루어지고 있지 않아 정확한 양을 파악하기 어려운 실정이다. 이러한 현상이 지속 될 경우, 하천 관리를 위한 정확한 가용수량 파악을 통한 수자원 계획 수립 및 수문학적 가뭄정보 생산시 어려움이 수반된다. 수문학적 가뭄 정보를 보다 정확하게 제공하기 위해서는 유역 내 물순환체계 구축, 수문기상 빅데이터 활용, 정확한 유역유출모델링 등 다양한 요소들이 통합적으로 연계되는 것이 무엇보다도 중요하다. 더불어 유역 내 전반적인 물수급 체계를 조사 및 분석하고, 이를 기반으로 모델을 구축하는 것이 선결되어야 할 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 점에서 본 연구에서는 실적기반 가뭄 모니터링을 위한 시공간적으로 상세화 된 물순환 모형을 개발하는데 목적이 있으며, 이를 통해 준실시간으로 하천을 중심으로 가뭄 모니터링이 필요한 지점에 유량을 제공할 수 있는 체계를 개발하고자 한다. 즉, 가뭄에 대해 선제적으로 대응하기 위해서 모니터링 현황, 분석 및 전망 그리고 가뭄 발생지역을 보다 신뢰성 있게 판단하기 위한 가뭄정보 기술정보 제공이 가능한 모형이라 할 수 있다. 이를 통해 궁극적으로 댐, 저수지, 하천 등 다양한 수원을 가지는 유역 내 가용수자원량을 보다 정확하게 판단하여, 다양한 수자원 계획 수립시 기초자료로 활용 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.124-124
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• 2022

가뭄시 유역 수문량은 하천수/지하수 취·배수, 하·폐수방류량, 용수재이용 등 복잡한 물이용체계에 따른 영향이 크지만 기존 가뭄시 수문량 평가는 이러한 복잡한 물이용체계를 고려하지 않아 정도 높은 예측에 어려움이 있다. 따라서 가뭄시 유력 내 상세물이용체계 및 수문환경특성 인자들의 상호작용 규명을 통한 정도 높은 수문량 평가 기술의 개발이 시급하다. 대하천 주변 광역상수도 공급지역은 가뭄 발생시에도 안정적으로 물이용이 가능하나, 중소하천을 수원으로 하는 하천의 상류지역은 가뭄시 물공급 안정성이 취약하다. 따라서 중소하천을 대상으로 가뭄시 물 공급시설의 효율적 운영, 물부족 위험도 평가, 가용수자원의 최적이용 등 종합적인 대책 마련을 위해서는 신뢰성 높은 수문량(하천유출량 및 수자원가용량) 예측이 필요하다. 가뭄에 따른 중소하천유역의 수문학적 유출거동을 평가하기 위한 해석 모형으로는 국내의 복잡한 유역 수문환경특성을 평가하기 위해 개발된CAT (Catchment hydrologic cycle Assessment Tool)(김현준 등, 2012)을 이용하였다. CAT은 기후변화나 토지이용변화에 따른 유역의 수문환경특성 변동성을 정량적으로 평가하기 위해 개발된 모형이다. CAT은 인위적인 물이용체계 즉, 광역급수, 용수재이용, 지하수 취수, 하천수 취·배수 등을 분석하기 위한 툴을 제공하므로 가뭄시 상세물이용체계에 따른 시·공간적 수문환경특성 분석 및 수문량 평가를 위한 최적의 모형으로 선정하였다. 본 연구에서는 중소하천유역의 수문량 예측기술 실용화 기반을 마련하기 위하여 낙동강, 금강, 영산/섬진강 중권역을 대상으로 정밀 시공간 수문량을 평가하였다. 각 권역별 보정지점을 기준으로 관측유량 자료와 모의자료의 1:1비교를 통해 수문량 예측정확도를 산정하였으며, 모형효율(Nash Sutcliffe Efficiency, NSE) 및 결정계수(Coefficient of Determination, R²)의 권역별 평균은 NSE 72%, R2 79%로 나타났으며, 대부분의 지점에서 70% 이상을 나타내어 환경부 및 지자체의 가뭄시 물관리 정책을 지원하기 위한 실용화 기반을 마련하였다.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.73-81
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• 2014

Salsola collina, also known as Russian thistle, is widely distributed in and around waste facilities, roadsides, and drought and semi-drought areas, and is used as a traditional folk remedy in Chinese medicine for the treatment of hypertension. In this study, we have evaluated the anti-oxidative and anti-cancer activities of the ethanol extract of S. collina Pall. (EESC), and the molecular mechanisms of its anti-cancer effects on human colon carcinoma HT29 cells. EESC exhibited anti-oxidative activity through DPPH radical scavenging capacity and showed cytotoxic activity in a dose-dependent manner in HT29 cells. After EESC treatment, HT29 cells altered their morphology, becoming smaller and irregular in shape. EESC also induced cell accumulation in the G2/M phase in a dose-dependent manner, accompanied by a decrease of cell population in the G1 phase. The G2/M arrest by EESC was associated with the increased expression of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor p21 and Wee1 kinase, which phosphorylates, or inactivates, Cdc2. EESC treatment induced the phosphorylation of Cdc2 and Cdc25C, and inhibited cyclin A and Cdc25C protein expression. In addition, S arrest was induced by the highest concentration of EESC treatment, associated with a decrease of cyclin A and Cdk2 expression. These findings suggest that EESC may possess remarkable anti-oxidative activity and exert an anti-cancer effect in HT29 cells by cell cycle regulation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.76-90
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• 2000

The estimation of material cycle of pollutants is necessary for the environment management in coastal zone. Model for material budgets are useful tools to understand the phenomena of natural system and to provide an insight into the complex processes including physical, chemical and biological processes occuring in natural system. Budgets of fresh water, salt and nutrients were estimated in order to clarify the characteristics of seasonal material cycle in Keum river estuary. Inflow volumes of freshwater into system was approximately 1.014×10/sup 8/～12.565×10/sup 8/m³/month and discharge in Keum river has occupied 99.7% of total freshwater. Seasonal variations of freshwater volume in the system were found to be very high in the range of about 4 ～ 14 times due to rainfall in summer season. Existing water mass of freshwater in system calculated by salt budget was approximately 0.339×10/sup 8/～0.652×10/sup 8/m³. Mean residence time of freshwater was calculated to be about 1.6～10.0day, and exchange time was calculated to be about 2.2～11.9day. Mean residence time was short as 1.6day in summer due to precipitation, and long as 10.1day in winter due to a drought. Inflow masses of DIP and DIN were approximately 5.57～32.68ton/month and 234.93～2,373.39ton/month, respectively. Seasonal inflow mass of DIP was larger than the outflow mass except for summer season. Thus, we postulate that accumulation of DIP in the system will happen. Residence times of DIP and DIN were calculated to be 1.1～6.4day and 1.8～10.9day, respectively. The ratio of water residence time versus DIP, DIN residence time was calculated to be 0.39～2.31 times and 0.83～1.13 times, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.68-77
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• 2013

Change in the Global Climate causes flood, drought, heavy snow, and rainfall patterns in the Korean Peninsula. A variety of alternatives related to climate change are considered. The foreign researchers are interested in Low Impact Development(LID); the utilization of water resources and eco friendly development, over 10 years ago. The research and development of related technology has been advanced to apply LID techniques in order to develop several projects in the country. However, sharing of technology or system that can be used easily in the private sector is insufficient. The performance of the elements of LID Technology has not been fully agreed. LID elements of this technology are easy to apply to Apartment complex. The elements are classified technology. The infiltration of elements performs the functions of apartment complex landscaping space technology applied to the target. The water cycle simulation(SWMM 5.0) and technology the implementation of the effectiveness is also verified. For this purpose, three different places in apartment complex to target by SWMM5.0 U.S. EPA conducted utilizing simulated rainfall and applying LID techniques before and after the simulated water cycle (infiltration, surface evaporation, and surface runoff) were conducted. The importance of green space in the LID techniques of quantitative and qualitative storm water control as well as the role of Apartment Housing is to promote Amenity. Remember that the physical limitations of apartment complex and smooth water circulation system for the application of LID integrated management techniques should be applied. To this end, landscapes, architecture, civil engineering, environmental experts for technical consilience between the Low Impact Development efforts are required.