• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.44 no.8
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• pp.619-628
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• 2011

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the existing method of calculating rainfall-runoff erosivity using monthly precipitation, such as Fournier's index, modified Fournier's index, IAS (Institute of Agricultural Sciences) index, etc., and to present more reasonable regression model based on monthly rainfall data in Korea. This study introduced a new simplified method of calculating rainfall-runoff erosivity based on monthly precipitation, called by modified IAS index. It was expanded form IAS index which is the simple calculation method by summing up the rainfall amount of two months with maximum amount. Monthly precipitation and annual rainfall-runoff erosivity at 21 weather stations for over 25 years were used to analyze correlation relationship and regression model. The result shows that modified IAS index is the more reasonable parameter for estimating rainfall-runoff erosivity of the middle-western and south-western regions in Korea.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.1004-1009
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• 2011

Soil erosion in North Korea has been continued to accelerate by deterioration of topographical conditions. However, few studies have been conducted to predict the amount of soil loss in North Korea due to limited data so far. Rainfall erosivity is an important factor to predict the amount of long-term annual soil loss by USLE (universal soil loss equation). The purpose of this study is to investigate rainfall erosivity, which presented the potential risk of soil erosion by water, in North Korea. Annual rainfall erosivities for 27 stations in North Korea for 1983~2010 were calculated using regression models based on modified Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS) index in this study. The result showed that annual average rainfall erosivity in North Korea ranged from 2,249 to 7,526 and averaged value was $4,947MJmm\;ha^{-1}\;hr^{-1}\;yr^{-1}$, which corresponded to about 70% of annual average rainfall erosivity in South Korea. The finding was that the potential risk of soil erosion in North Korea has been accelerated by the increase of rainfall erosivity since the late 1990s.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.1324-1328
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• 2008

RUSLE(Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation) is one of empirical models for estimating the soil loss effectively, when there is no measured data from the study areas. It has been researching into application and estimation of the RUSLE parameters in Korea. As one of the RUSLE parameters, the rainfall-runoff erosivity factor R, is closely connected hydrologic characteristics of the study areas. It requires a continuous record of rainfall measurement at a minute time step for each storm to calculate an accurate R factor by the RUSLE methodology and it takes a lot of time to analyze it. For the more simplified and reasonable estimation of the rainfall erosivity, this study researched for correlation between the rainfall erosivity and mean annual precipitation used 122 data from the existing studies in Korea. Considering hydrologic homogeneity, new regression equations are presented and compared with other annual erosive empirical index for the test of application. As the results, the study presents the isoerodent map at 59 sites in Korea, using annual rainfall data by the Korea Meteorological Administration from 1978 to 2007.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.112-117
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• 2012

The Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation (RUSLE) is a revision of the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). However, changes for each factor of the USLE have been made in RUSLE which can be used to compute soil loss on areas only where significant overland flow occurs. RUSLE which requires standardized methods to satisfy new data requirements estimates soil movement at a particular site by utilizing the same factorial approach employed by the USLE. The rainfall erosivity in the RUSLE expressed through the R-factor to quantify the effect of raindrop impact and to reflect the amount and rate of runoff likely is associated with the rain. Calculating the R-factor value in the RUSLE equation to predict the related soil loss may be possible to analyse the variability of rainfall erosivity with long time-series of concerned rainfall data. However, daily time step models cannot return proper estimates when run on other specific rainfall patters such as storm and daily cumulative precipitation. Therefore, it is desirable that cross-checking is carried out amongst different time-aggregations typical rainfall event may cause error in estimating the potential soil loss in definite conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.430-430
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• 2022

20년 이상의 분단위 강우자료가 없는 지역에서는 연강수량, 월강수량, 일강수량 등을 이용하여 강우가식성지표를 추정하는 연구가 이루어지고 있다. 이중에서 월강수량을 이용한 연평균 강우가식성지표 추정방법은 Fouriner Index, Modified Index, IAS index, Modified IAS index 등 학계에서 다양한 모델이 제시된 바 있다. 국내에서는 1971 ~ 1999년 기간의 기상청 관측지점에 대한 평가가 일부 이루어진 바 있으나, 월강수량을 이용한 추정모델에 대한 후속 연구는 이루어지지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 1981 ~ 2020년 기간의 기상청 강우자료를 이용하여 월강수량 기반 강우가식성지표 추정모델의 적용성을 평가하기 위한 것으로, 선행 연구에서 기산정된 지점별 연평균 강우가식성지표 값을 바탕으로, 월강수량 기반의 기존 추정모델로 산정한 값을 비교 분석하였다. 이를 바탕으로 실무에서 활용할 수 있도록 월강수량을 이용하여 연평균 강우가식성지표를 추정할 수 있는 경험식을 업데이트 하여 제안하였다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-18
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• 1995

Despite the widespread use of GIS over the past ten years, it has been limited application for regional modeling of pollutant loadings such as sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus(non-point source pollution), The goals of this study were to: select important processes and parameters of watersheds that contribute to non-point source pollution degradation, develop a ranking model to use the environmental geologic data and verify the model by comparing results with existing water quality data(Chung-ju Lake) for specific watersheds, The GIS database consisted of topography, geology, soils, precipitation, rainfall erosivity, land use, and watershed boundaries. The index(NPSP) for assessing non-point source pollution was comprised in the following three seperate components: soil loss index(SLI) assesses the potential soil erosion and sedim-ent delivery from field to stream; run-off potential ratio(R.P.R) predicts the potential production of surface runoff; chloropgyll-a index ranks the potential manure(animal or human) production within a watershed. The GIS model was a valuable tool to assess the impact of environmental pollation in watersheds.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.511-511
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• 2012

강우침식인자는 강우사상(rainfall event)으로 인한 토양침식량을 산정하는 지표(index)로서 일정기간 토양침식의 정도를 산정할 수 있는 범용토양유식공식(Universal Soil Loss Equation)을 구성하고 있는 인자 중 가장 값의 변동성이 크고 동일한 조건에서 토양유실량 산정에 큰 영향을 미치는 인자다. 강우침식인자의 산정은 유량탐사 센서나 강우게이지 자료(pluviograph)로부터 12.7mm이상, 최소 15분간 6.35mm이상의 호우사상을 추출하여 해당하는 호우사상에 대한 강우에너지식에 30분 최대강우강도를 곱한 값의 연평균값을 계산한 것이다(Wischmeier and Smith, 1978). 본 연구에서는 범용토양유실공식(USLE)의 강우침식인 자(R)를 산정하고 지리정보시스템(GIS)을 활용하여 공간적 분포를 나타낼 수 있는 만경강 유역 상류부에 위치한 봉동 수위관측소 유역의 토양침식도를 연도별로 도시하였으며, 2001~2010년까지의 10개년 강우량을 바탕으로 토양침삭량을 산정하였다. 그 결과는 강우량이 많을수록 침식인자가 크게 산정되는 일반적인 결과를 기대 할 수 있지만, 2001~2010년까지 10개년 강우침식인자를 분석한 결과 강우량이 많다하여 침식인자의 변화 값이 크게 반응하는 값보다 강우강도에 의해 침식인자가 크게 반응하는 결과를 보였다. 따라서 강우침식인자는 강우량보다는 강우강도에 좌우됨을 알 수 있었다.