• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.253-257
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• 2018

Climate models forecast more frequent and a longer period of drought events which may impact forest soil carbon dynamics, thereby altering the soil respiration (SR) rate. We examine the simulated drought effects on soil $CO_2$ effluxes from soil surface partitioning heterotrophic and autotrophic soil respiration sources. Three replicates of drought plots ($6{\times}6m$) were constructed with the same size of three control plots. We examined the relation between $CO_2$ and soil temperature and soil moisture, each being measured at a soil depth of 15 cm. We also compared which factor affected $CO_2$ efflux more under drought conditions. Total SR, autotrophic respiration (AR) and heterotrophic respiration (HR) were positively correlated with soil temperature (p < 0.05), and the relationships were stronger in roof plots than in control plots. Total SR, AR, and HR were negatively correlated only in roof plots, and the only HR showed a significant correlation (p < 0.05, r = -0.59). Soil respiration rates were more influenced by soil temperature than by soil moisture, and this relationship was more evident under drought conditions.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.323-329
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• 2012

The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is a widely used drought index to provide good estimations of the intensity, magnitude and spatial extent of droughts. The objective of this study was to analyze the spatial pattern of drought by SPI index. In this paper, the patterns of drought hazard in Iran are evaluated according to the data of 40 weather stations during 1967-2009. The influenced zone of each station was specified by the Thiessen method. It was attempted to make a new model of drought hazard using GIS. Three criteria for drought were studied and considered to define areas of vulnerability. Drought hazard criteria used in the present model included: maximum severity of drought in the period, trend of drought, and the maximum number of sequential arid years. Each of the vulnerability indicators were mapped and these as well as a final hazard map were classified into 5 hazard classes of drought: one, slight, moderate, severe and very severe. The final drought vulnerability map was prepared by overlaying three criteria maps in a GIS, and the final hazard classes were defined on the basis of hazard scores, which were determined according to the means of the main indicators. The final vulnerability map shows that severe hazard areas (43% of the country) which are observed in the west and eastern parts of country are much more widespread than areas under other hazard classes. Overall, approximately half of the country was determined to be under severe and very severe hazard classes for drought.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.621-629
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• 2013

Desertification monitoring as a main portion for understand desertification, have been conducted by many scientists. However, the stage of research remains still in the level of comparison of the past and current situation. In other words, monitoring need to focus on finding methods of how to take precautions against desertification. In this study, Vegetation Temperature Condition Index (VTCI), derived from Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and Land Surface Temperature (LST), was utilized to observe the distribution change of vegetation. The index can be used to monitor drought occurrences at a regional level for a special period of a year, and it can also be used to study the spatial distribution of drought within the region. Techniques of remote sensing and Geographic Information System (GIS) were combined to detect the distribution change of vegetation with VTCI. As a result, assuming that the moisture condition is the only main factor that affects desertification, we found that the distribution of vegetation in Bulgan, Mongolia could be predicted in a certain degree, using VTCI. Although desertification is a complicated process and many factors could affect the result. This study is helpful to provide a strategic guidance for combating desertification and allocating the use of the labor force.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제62권2호
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• pp.63-73
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• 2020

Drought is considered as a devastating hazard that causes serious agricultural, ecological and socio-economic impacts worldwide. Fundamentally, the drought can be defined as temporarily different levels of inadequate precipitation, soil moisture, and water supply relative to the long-term average conditions. From no unified definition of droughts, droughts have been divided into different severity level, i.e., moderate drought, severe drought, extreme drought and exceptional drought. The drought severity classification defined the ranges for each indicator for each dryness level. Because the ranges of the various indicators often don't coincide, the final drought category tends to be based on what the majority of the indicators show and on local observations. Evaporative Stress Index (ESI), a satellite-based drought index using the ratio of potential and actual evaporation, is being used as a index of the droughts occurring rapidly in a short period of time from studies showing a more sensitive and fast response to drought compared to Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), and Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI). However, ESI is difficult to provide an objective drought assessment because it does not have clear drought severity classification criteria. In this study, U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM), the standard for drought determination used in the United States, was applied to ESI, and the Percentile method was used to classify drought categories by severity. Regarding the actual 2017 drought event in South Korea, we compare the spatial distribution of drought area and understand the USDM-based ESI by comparing the results of Standardized Groundwater level Index (SGI) and drought impact information. These results demonstrated that the USDM-based ESI could be an effective tool to provide objective drought conditions to inform management decisions for drought policy.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2018년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.71-71
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• 2018

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 홍수, 가뭄, 물관리 등 수자원 분야 취약성을 규준(criteria) 및 지표(indicators)를 활용하여 평가하는 방법을 제시하였다. 제시된 방법을 통해 전국 및 지역 단위의 취약성 평가를 실시하였다. 또한, 평가 규모별 적정 유역 크기에 대한 방안도 아울러 제시하였다. 수자원 취약성 평가에 이용한 규준은 크게 평가 대상지의 민감도, 기후에의 노출, 기후변화에 대한 적응력으로 분류할 수 있으며, 각 규준을 지표로 계량화 및 표준화하여 취약성 평가에 반영한다. 기후변화에 대한 수자원 분야의 취약성은 일반적으로 시간이 갈수록 증가하는 것으로 평가되었다. 평가 대상지의 유역 규모는 국가 차원의 취약성 평가는 대유역을 기준으로 설정하는 것이 유의하며, 지역 차원의 평가는 소유역을 기준이 적절함을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.47-56
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• 2023

The Quercus variabilis and Quercus dentata, which are said to be relatively drought tolerant among the important genus Quercus that represent deciduous broad-leaved forests in Korea. These two species are widely distributed worldwide in Korea, Japan and China (northern, central, western and eastern subtropical regions). This study compared the ecological niche breadth and overlap according to growth response in 4 soil moisture gradients for the two species and tried to reveal degree of competition and ecological niche characteristics. The ecological niche breadth was 0.977±0.020 for Q. variabilis and 0.979±0.014 for Q. dentata, the latter being slightly wider. And they were similar in 5 traits (stem length, leaf lamina length, leaf width length, stem weight, leaf petiole weight), Q. variabilis was more dominant in 4 traits (leaves number, stem diameter, leaf area, leaf petiole length), and Q. dentata was more dominant in 7 traits (root length, shoot length, plant weight, root weight, shoot weight, leaf weight, leaf petiole weight). The ecological niche overlap for soil moisture between the two species overlapped most in plant structure-related traits and least in photosynthetic organ-related traits such as petiole length. As a result of principal component analysis, degree of competition between the two species for soil moisture was more severe when the soil moisture condition was low than high. Among the measured traits that affect the two-dimensional distribution, 8 traits (Leaves number, Shoot length, Stem length, Plant weight, Root weight, Shoot weight, Stem weight, Leaves weight) were correlated with the factor 1, and 2 traits (Leaf width length, Leaf petiole weight) were correlated with the factor 2 (r>0.5). These results show that the ecological response of the two species to soil moisture is not a few traits involved, but several traits are involved simultaneously.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.432-447
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• 2016

기후변화로 인한 홍수와 가뭄 발생빈도의 증가는 전 세계적인 문제이다. 특히, 가뭄은 환경, 생태, 사회, 경제적인 측면에 영향을 미치는 심각한 재해로 인식되고 있다. 따라서 이에 대한 연구와 대책 마련이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 한강유역의 기상학적 가뭄지수를 산정하여 기후변화가 가뭄에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 기후변화에 관한 정부 간 협의체(Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC)에서 제공하는 대표농도경로 시나리오(Representative Concentration Pathways, RCPs)를 사용하여 기후변화에 따른 한강유역의 기상학적 가뭄 발생 횟수 변화를 일반적인 가뭄과 극심한 가뭄으로 구분하여 분석을 수행하였다. 1973 - 2010년을 현재 분석기간으로 선정하였으며, 시나리오 자료를 사용하여 미래기간(Target I : 2011 - 2039, Target II: 2040 - 2069, Target III : 2070 - 2099)을 구분하였다. -1.0과 -1.5보다 작은 표준강수지수의 발생횟수를 SPI 3, 6, 12 별로 각각 분석 하였다. 분석결과를 살펴보면, 한강유역의 강우의 경향성은 현재보다 증가할 것으로 예측되었고, 가뭄의 발생횟수는 미래로 갈수록 감소할 것으로 예측되었다. 그러나 장기가뭄으로 갈수록 가뭄발생횟수는 증가하는 것으로 분석되었고, 극심한 가뭄보다는 보통 가뭄의 발생횟수 역시 더욱 크게 산정되었으며, 한강유역의 미래가뭄분석의 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제33권6_1호
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• pp.993-1001
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• 2017

가뭄은 전 지구차원의 다방면에 걸쳐 피해를 주는 자연 재해이다. 21세기 들어 최근까지 다양한 위성관측 기기를 활용하여 다양한 가뭄의 유형을 모니터링 할 수 있게 되었는데, SMAP위성의 토양수분, GRACE 위성의 생태계 물 저장량, Terra & Aqua의 생태계 생산량과 증발산량 그리고 위성 강우 관측 등이 그 예이다. 이들 위성 자료의 분석을 통해 지역적 수자원 현황 및 가뭄과 이로 인한 (수)생태계 영향, 농업 등의 산업, 그리고 인간사회의 영향을 시공간적으로 파악할 수 있다. 가시광선부터 마이크로파까지 채널 (밴드)마다 관측할 수 있는 기상 및 환경 변수가 다르기 때문에 다양한 센서로부터 획득할 수 있는 원격탐사자료는 한반도 전역을 대상으로 가뭄에 대한 수자원 변화와 연관된 피해를 시공간적으로 파악하는 데에 상호 보완적이며 효과적인 수단이다. 따라서 이러한 위성자료들을 통해 국가 재난 대응 차원의 활용방안을 제안하고자 한다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.30-39
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• 2024

The conservation of the endangered Korean fir, Abies koreana, is of critical ecological importance. In our previous study, a yeast-like fungus identified as Aureobasidium pullulans AK10, was isolated and shown to enhance drought tolerance in A. koreana seedlings. In this study, the effectiveness of Au. pullulans AK10 treatment in enhancing drought tolerance in A. koreana was confirmed. Furthermore, using transcriptome analysis, we compared A. koreana seedlings treated with Au. pullulans AK10 to untreated controls under drought conditions to elucidate the molecular responses involved in increased drought tolerance. Our findings revealed a predominance of downregulated genes in the treated seedlings, suggesting a strategic reallocation of resources to enhance stress defense. Further exploration of enriched Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathways and protein-protein interaction networks revealed significant alterations in functional systems known to fortify drought tolerance, including the terpenoid backbone biosynthesis, calcium signaling pathway, pyruvate metabolism, brassinosteroid biosynthesis, and, crucially, flavonoid biosynthesis, renowned for enhancing plant drought resistance. These findings deepen our comprehension of how AK10 biostimulation enhances the resilience of A. koreana to drought stress, marking a substantial advancement in the effort to conserve this endangered tree species through environmentally sustainable treatment.