• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.41 no.5
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• pp.475-484
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• 2008

In this study, we analyzed national mining investment security and country risk, and suggested a new index for exploration and development investment for mining projects in abroad by an analysis of relationship between these grades and mineral resource development investment. For this, potential risks for mining in mineral-rich countries are assessed, and the risk of the exploration and development investment for mining projects is relatively evaluated by OECD country risk. It is noted that countries of the lower ranks in OECD are consistently good agreement with the high grade in Behre Dolbear Group Inc. for favorable mineral exploitation, whereas the higher ranks have shown diverse and high risks for the mining investigation and development. Consequently, it is necessary that assessment of the relationship between mineral resource index and country risk for mining projects to be investigated and developed in future should be applied before business decision of mineral investigation projects in abroad.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• v.59 no.5
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• pp.473-479
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• 2021

A nationwide survey of chigger mites causing scrub typhus and an investigation of epidemiologic factors for chigger mites was conducted at 16 localities in 8 provinces in Korea during autumn 2009, 2012, and 2013. A total of 233 Apodemus agrarius were captured, and all were infested with chigger mites. The chigger index was highest in Chungcheongbuk-do in 2009 (358.3) and 2012 (290.1) and Chungcheongnam-do in 2013 (294.4). The predominant chigger mite species was Leptotrombidium pallidum in the northern and central parts and L. scutellare in the southern and western parts, Korea. L. pallidum was not found in Jellanam-do and Gyeongsangnam-do and the distribution of L. scutellare had been expanded in the northern parts of Korea. The chigger index of L. pallidum was positively correlated with temperature and negatively correlated with humidity. The incidence of scrub typhus is dependent on L. scutellare index. These findings could be helpful to monitor the distribution of chigger mites and to develop a preventive measures for scrub typhus in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.38 no.5_3
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• pp.887-899
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• 2022

Drought caused by meteorological factors negatively affects vegetation in terrestrial ecosystems. In this study, the state in which meteorological drought affects vegetation was defined as the ecological drought of vegetation, and the ecological drought condition index of vegetation (EDCI-veg) was proposed to quantitatively monitor the degree of impact. EDCI-veg is derived from a copula-based bi-variate joint probability model between vegetation and meteorological drought information, and can be expressed numerically how affected the current vegetation condition was by the drought when the drought occurred. Comparing past meteorological drought events with their corresponding vegetation condition, the proposed index was examined, and it was confirmed that EDCI-veg could properly monitor the ecological drought of vegetation. In addition, it was possible to spatially identify ecological drought conditions by creating a high-resolution drought map using remote sensing data.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.1-9
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• 2008

The objective of the study is 10 know the relation of landslide occurrence with using TPI (Topographic Position Index) in the Pyungchang County. Total 659 landslide scars were detected from aerial photographs. To analyze TPI, 100m SN (Small-Neighborhood) TPI map, 500m LN (Large-Neighborhood) TPI map, and slope map were generated from the DEM (Digital Elevation Model) data which are made from 1 : 5,000 digital topographic map. 10 classes clustered by regular condition after overlapping each TPI maps and slope map. Through this process, we could make landform classification map. Because it is only to classify landform, 7 classes were finally regrouped by the slope angle information of landslide occurrence detected from aerial photography analysis. The accuracy of reclassified map is about 46%.

• Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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• 2008.03a
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• pp.1446-1453
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• 2008

This paper presents the mapping of liquefaction for the Incheon Song-do reclamation area using both the liquefaction potential index(LPI) and the equivalent liquefaction factor of safety(FE). As a result, the mapping of liquefaction based on LPI and FE shows similar distribution pattern. Therefore, the mapping of liquefaction presented in this study will be a convenient index for use when the mapping of liquefaction for the Incheon Song-do reclamation area is drawn up. It will make selection of area that needs specific estimation and areas with adaptation of liquefaction counteraction construction methods for the future reclaimed land with the economical soil investigation.

• Journal of Animal Environmental Science
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.183-191
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• 1998

This study was carried out to elucidate the correlation between Germination Index(G.I.) and CO2 emission for evaluation of the maturity of compost products. 13 compost samples was used for this experiment. The G.I. test was carried out on the basis of T-N 200ppm. As a result of this research, we found that CO2 emission method was good simple indicator for evaluation of maturity of compost materials, in spite of G.I. The obtain results are summarized as follows ; 1. The correlation value between the G.I. and the CO2 emission was R2 = 0.776. 2. The correlation value between EC(Electric Conductivity) and G.I. was R2 =0.7. 3. The equation calculated from G.I. and CO2 emission was G.I. = -16.7(InCO2) - 6.87. 4. From these results, we found the possibility of estimation for the value of G.I.(T-N 200ppm) from CO2 emission volume under specific condition.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.265-269
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• 2005

This study was carried out to provide the basic data for an identifying system for Iris species distributed in Korean market from complete analysing of genetic relationship between three native Iris species and one cultivar bred from the native Iris plant. RAPD analysis of genetic relationship among 4 Irises was possible. According to the RAPD analysis, they were divided into two groups. Among 4 Irises used in this study, Iris laevigata 'Veriegata', Iris laevigata and Iris setosa were classified into the same group since they had many similarities even though the habitat of Iris laevigata in Korean peninsular is restricted mainly in the south and Iris setosa is naturally inhabited in the northern part of Kangwondo. The value for the dissimilarity index of Iris laevigata and Iris laevigata 'Veriegata' was 6.757. The value for the dissimilarity index of Iris laevigata and Iris dichotoma was 95.000, so that they were genetically the farthest among them since the genetic relationship between two species are separated far if the value of the dissimilarity index is close to 100.

• Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.88-93
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• 2018

In-situ water quality sampling is used for accurate water quality assessment. However, in-situ water quality sampling offers limited samples and requires much time and intensive labors. Remote sensing approach has recently applied for water quality assessment. It has shown the advantage of offering a synoptic view but also more efficient and economical. In this study, we utilized Landsat Imagery to estimate the water quality of the Tamsui River basin, considered as one of the most important rivers located in the north of Taiwan. In order to monitor water quality of Tamsui River basin, a linear regression relation between the value of spectral radiance and four water quality parameters are investigated with 38 water sampling stations. Through the regression model, we could estimate river pollution index (RPI) from the predicted value of four water quality parameters. By using RPI, we can examine the pollution level of Tamsui River. The accuracy of RPI conversion of this study ranged from 32.2% to 68.2%.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.193-197
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• 2003

슬러지로부터 발생하게 되는 인체에 유해하고 독성이 강한 악취물질들은, 대다수 슬러지내의 단백질, 탄수화물등의 물질들이 미생물의 호기성 및 혐기성 분해과정을 통해서 생성되는 유ㆍ무기 물질들을 포함하게 된다. 슬러지로부터 발생하는 주된 악취물질로서 hydrogen sulfide, methanethiol, dimethyl sulfide, dimethyldisulfide,dimethyltrisulfide등이 발견되어졌는데 이 다섯 종의 악취물질들은 모두가 황을 포함하는 물질들이다. 본 논문에서는 인체에 유해한 슬러지 악취의 강도 및 세기를 결정하고 비교하는 데 이용되어 질 수 있는 odor index(ODI)라는 방식이 제시되어졌다. 세가지 종류의 슬러지, 즉 hypochlorite 용액으로 처리한 슬러지와 향수 물질로 처리한 슬러지 및 아무런 처리를 하지 않은 슬러지 세 종류를 대상으로 30일이 넘는 기간동안 인체에 유해한 악취물질들에 대한 누적 odor index(ODI)값을 생성하여 비교하였다. 아무런 처리를 하지 않은 슬러지에서 가장 높은 odor index(ODI)값들이 나타났으며, 이것은 슬러지 처리에 있어서 심각한 단기 및 장기적인 유해 악취발생 문제가 야기될 수 있음을 나타낸다. 이에 대하여 hypochlorite용액으로 처리한 슬러지로부터는 인체에 유해한 악취 발생을 처리 즉시부터 30일이 넘는 기간동안 측정한계치 이하 단계로 낮출 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.665-673
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• 2010

The role of remote sensing in phenological studies is increasingly regarded as a key in understanding large area seasonal phenomena. This paper describes the application of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) time series data for vegetation classification using seasonal variation patterns. The vegetation seasonal variation phase of Seoul and provinces in Korea was inferred using 8 day composite MODIS NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) dataset of 2006. The seasonal vegetation classification approach is performed with reclassification of 4 categories as urban, crop land, broad-leaf and needle-leaf forest area. The BISE (Best Index Slope Extraction) filtering algorithm was applied for a smoothing processing of MODIS NDVI time series data and fuzzy classification method was used for vegetation classification. The overall accuracy of classification was 77.5% and the kappa coefficient was 0.61%, thus suggesting overall high classification accuracy.