• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.111-117
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• 2008

We estirmted the yearly and monthly variation in discharge from the Nakdong River Barrage. We studied the total monthly discharge, the mean daily discharge, and the maximum daily discharge based on the observational discharge data for the 11-year period 1996-2006. We also examined the correlation between the discharge and the meteorologiml factors that influence the river inflow. The results from this study are as follows. (1) The total monthly discharge for 11 years at the Nakdong River Barrage was $224,576.8{\times}10^6\;m^3$: The daily maximum was in 2003, with $56,292.3{\times}10^6\;m^3$. The largest daily mean release discharges occurred in August with $52,634.2{\times}10^6\;m^3$ (23.4% of the year), followed by July and September in that order with 23.1 and 17%, respectively. (2) The monthly pattern of discharge could be divided into the flood season for the period July-September (discharge =$1000{\times}10^6\;m^3$/day), the normal season from April to June and October (discharge=$300{\times}10^6\;m^3$/day), and the drought season from December to March (discharge < $300{\times}10^6\;m^3$/day). (3) Periods of high temperature, low evaporation loss, and short sunshine duration produced a much higher discharge in general. Conditions of low rainfall and high evaporation loss, as was the rose in 2003, tended to reduce the discharge, but high rainfall and low evaporation loss tended to increase the discharge as it did in 200l. (4) The dominant wind directions during periods of high discharge were NNE (15.5%), SW and SSW (13.1%), S(12.1%), and NE (10.8%) This results show that it run bring on accumulation of fresh water when northern winds are dominant, and it run flow out fresh water toward offslwre when southern winds are dominant.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.335-345
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• 2005

A study on changes on the distribution of vascular hydrophytes and the growth pattern of Schenoplectus triqueter (Scirpus triqueter) was undertaken at the Nakdong River estuary from 2002 to 2004. The change was due to physical alteration of the estuary for the past 25 years. These plant species are the major food sources for winter waterfowl. A total of 32 species of vascular hydrophytes from 17 families were found in the West Nakdong River (freshwater), the main channel of Nakdong River (freshwater) and the Nakdong River Estuary (brackish water). After the construction of the barrage on the estuary in 1987, the number of hydrophytes has remarkably increased to 17 species (5 species in 1985) in the main channel of the River. In particular, a community of Eurale ferox was found at the backwater wetland of the Daejeo side of the main channel. The introduced species of Eichhornia crassipes and Pistia stratiotes that were epidemic in 2001 at West Nakdong River was not found any more. The other species such as Nymphoides indica, Myriophyllum spicatum, Ruppia spp. were rediscovered. The large area (about 1,300ha) of Zostera spp. was the main sources of food for swans, but disappeared because of direct and indirect impacts of reclamation in the River estuary. Currently, there remains a small patch of Zostera spp. and about 250ha of S. triqueter. Schenoplectus triqueter grew mostly between April-September and tuber formed, between September-October. The growth of S. triqueter up to $60\sim80cm$ in length was observed in 5 sites out of the 7 sites in brackish area. Tubers of S. triqueter were eaten by waterfowls such as swans as winter food. In five sites, tubers took $44\sim57%$ of total biomass in October. Tubers were found in deep layers; $5\sim15cm$ (9%), $15\sim25cm$ (28%), $25\sim40cm$ (55%), below 40cm $(6\sim7%)$. The distribution of vascular hydrophytes has remarkably changed in the Nakdong River Estuary due to the reclamation of the area. In order to determine the extent of changes of the distribution of these plants and the carrying capacity of the area for waterfowl, an intensive research is urgently needed.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.309-317
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• 2009

This study analyzed a hydrodynamic behavior using the EFDC model (Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code) in the downstream of the Nakdong River in the case of a storm surge and a localized torrential rainfall caused by a major typhoon, and the sea level rise caused by global warming. The study area is selected Gaduk island with the lower boundary and Jindong with the upper boundary, to investigate the total river hydrodynamic behavior including the estuary. In order to verify this numerical model, the calculated results was compared with the observed stage at each gauging point in case of the storm rainfall in 2003 and 2006. From the results, it was shown that the numerical model(EFDC) has high accuracy and is useful in simulating more various cases.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.171-183
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• 2009

This study aims to analyze the sedimentary environment change in mid-channel bar of the lower Geum river basin after the construction of the estuary barrage using multi-temporal satellite data and GIS. The sedimentary environment changes were observed in mid-channel bar areas. The mid-channel bar F was found to have been newly formed for 10 years(1996-2006), whereas the mid-channel bar B located between mid-channel bar A and C has disappeared by erosion during the same periods. When examined by section, the areas of the mid-channel bar in the upper stream section from the Yipo's reference point generally increased due to the prevailing sedimentary environments, and those of the downstream section decreased where corrosive environments are dominant. In ternms of the centroid movement, the mid-channel bars grew up toward the downstream by switching erosion and accumulation, as sedimentation was prevailing in the downstream area of mid-channel bars and corrosion was dominant in the upper stream. Through grain size analysis, the study areas are divided into three sections according to the average grain size. In Section I, the mid-channel bars were formed as a result of sedimentary process of tides in the past. In Section II, the mid-channel bars were formed partly through the sedimentary process of rivers although the sedimentary process of tides is prevailing. In Section III, the mid-channel bars were formed mainly through the sedimentary process of rivers, even if it showed the sedimentary process of tides in the past.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.291-301
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• 2013

Sediment from the upstream channel has been deposited near the Nakdong River Estuary Barrage (NREB) due to the mild slope and decreased velocity. The annual mechanical dredging to ensure the flood capacity has been performed to remove the deposited sediment. However, the dredging method is not considered as an effective countermeasure due to high cost and long time to operate. Therefore, many methods for sedimentation reduction have been proposed for NREB. Especially, the channel contraction method to mitigate sedimentation problem by changing the channel geometry from 2 km to 3 km upstream of NREB has been recently suggested as an effective countermeasure. However, there is the possibility that the channel contraction method induces flood level increase compared to original condition. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate quantitatively the flood level changes in the upstream and downstream section due to the channel contraction method for NREB. In this study, water level changes by 10% channel contraction of whole width has been evaluated using the HEC-RAS model and simulated with and without channel contraction for various flood discharge. As a result, water level in the section where the channel was contracted was decreased by 0.02 m and flood level at the upstream of channel contracted was increased up to 0.015 m for the 500-year flood.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.38 no.spc
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• pp.44-53
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• 2005

The Nakdong River, which lies in a monsoon climate zone with warm rainy summers and cold dry winters, is a typical ecosystem showing the attributes of a regulated river. In 2003, the total annual rainfall (1,805 mm) was higher than the average of the past nine years from 1994 to 2002 (1,250 mm). In September a powerful typhoon, Maemi, caused a big impact on the limnology of the river for over two months. Among the limnological variables, turbidity in 2003 (37.4 ${\pm}$ 94.1 NTU, n = 54) was higher than the annual average for ten years (18.5 ${\pm}$ 2.3 NTU, n = 486) in the lower part of the river (Mulgum: RK 28). Furthermore, physical disturbance (e.g. stream bank erosion within channel) in the upstream of the Imha Dam (RK ca. 350; river distance in kilometer from the estuary barrage) in the upper part of the river was a source of high turbidity, and impacted on the limnological dynamics along a 350 km section of the middle to lower part of the river. After the typhoon, high turbidity persisted more than two months in the late autumn from September to November in 2003. Flow regulation and the extended duration of turbid water are superimposed on the template of existing main channel hydroecology, which may cause spatial changes in the population dynamics of plankton in the river.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2018.11a
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• pp.32-33
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• 2018

낙동강 하구의 지형변화를 포함한 제 해양환경은 낙동강 하굿둑이 건설된 1987년 7월 이후로 분기된다. 즉, 낙동강 하굿둑이 건설되기 전에는 낙동강의 작은 하상구배로 담수와 해수가 혼합되는 구역이 현재의 하굿둑 보다 상류에 위치하였으나 하굿둑 건설 이후에는 하굿둑 수문 조작에 따라 방류되는 유출수에 의해 유동 양상이 변화되기에, 낙동강 하굿둑의 방류량을 파악하는 것은 매우 중요하다 하겠다. 이에 본 연구에서는 낙동강 하굿둑 제원, 방류패턴, 하굿둑 주변 강수량, 하굿둑 방류량을 분석하였다. 또한, 낙동강 하굿둑 방류량에 의한 유사량 분석을 수행하여, 낙동강 하류역의 지형변동의 기초자료를 제공하였다. 연구결과, 낙동강 하굿둑 방류량은 최근 13년 동안의 연평균방류량은 $19,274.56{\times}106m^3$이고 일평균 방류량은 $52.81{\times}106m^3$이고 초당평균 방류량은 $611.19m^3$으로 산정되었다. 낙동강 하굿둑 건설 이후 퇴사량과 준설량을 근거하여 계산된 연간 평균 총유사량은 $3,184,405m^3/yr$이고, 낙동강 하굿둑의 경우 연평균 부유사량이 $3,153,995m^3/yr$, 소류사량이 $30,410m^3/yr$이며 소유사량이 부유사량의 약 1.0%로 나타났다.

• Water for future
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.111-122
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• 1983

The water demand has been rapidly increased by the growth of population, industrialization, unbanization, water pollution and so on. This study carried out the seasonal pre-reserved planning for the five zones, comparing the water demand with the available water resources up to the goal year, 2001. The results of this study are as follows; 1) It is principle that the monthly water demand is supplied by the surface and ground water as the increasing tendency of it, and the deficit of water is supplemented by the water supplying capacity of dam. And water demand should be completely reserved before supplying the deficit of water. 2) The monthly and seasonal maximum deficit of water demand take place in June and summer. 3) The periods when the deficit of water demand exceeds the water supplying capacity of dam are 1984-1990, 1994-2001 in zone III. 4) To reserve the deficit of water demand in zone III, we would like to pre-construct Masan-Keumbo estuary barrage from 2001 to 1991 in Seomjin river basin, the deficit of water demand is supplied by the diversion of water from Yeongsan river basin with the developments of the ground water and small reservoirs until 1986.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.723-735
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• 2014

Sediment discharge by long-term runoff in the Nakdong River watershed should be predicted for the maintenance and management of the Nakdong River newly changed by the four major river restoration project. The data establishment by the analysis of runoff and sediment discharge using the long-term watershed model is necessary to predict possible problems by incoming sediments and to prepare countermeasures for the maintenance and management. Therefore, sediment discharges by long-term runoff in the main points of the Nakdong River were calculated using SWAT(soil and water assessment tool) model and the relations and features between rainfall, runoff, and sediment discharge were analyzed in this study. As a result of sediment discharge calculation in the main points of the Nakdong River and tributaries, the sediment discharge at the outlet of the Naesung Stream was greater than the Jindong Station in the Lower Nakdong River from 1999 to 2008 except the years with low precipitation. The sediment discharge at the Nakdong River Estuary Barrage (NREB) was corresponding to 20% of the Jindong Station which is located about 80 km upstream from NREB.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.157-161
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• 2011

낙동강하구둑 접근수로에는 상류로부터 유입되는 유사가 유속감소로 인해 하구둑 근처에서 퇴적되는 문제가 발생하고 있다. 퇴적되는 유사를 저감시키기 위한 방법으로 하구둑 건설이후 매년 일정한 통수능 확보를 위해 준설이 수행되어 왔다. 그러나 준설 방법은 많은 비용과 시간이 소모된다는 점에서 효율적이지 못하며, 이를 대체 할 수 있는 적절한 퇴사저감방안 연구가 지금까지 선행연구들을 통해 제안되고 있는 실정이다. 특히 하폭이 급격히 확대되어 유속 감소를 유발하고 유사 퇴적을 야기 시키는 하구둑 상류 2km에서 3km 지점의 하폭을 국부적으로 축소함으로써 효과적으로 퇴사를 저감시킬 수 있을 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 하폭축소로 인하여 홍수발생시 상류의 홍수위가 기존 조건에서 보다 상승할 수 있는 위험성이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 하폭축소 방법으로 인해 발생할 수 있는 상류의 홍수위 상승 위험성을 1차원 수치모형인 HEC-RAS 모형을 이용하여 하폭축소 전 후의 수면곡선을 분석하고자 한다. 연구대상 영역은 낙동강하구둑 상류 12km 구포대교 지점까지이며 하폭축소 구간은 낙동강하구둑 상류 2km에서 3km로 하도 우안 구간의 하폭을 10% 축소하였다. 입력 자료는 낙동강유역 종합치수계획에 명시된 빈도별 유량 및 낙동강하구둑 수위 조건을 적용하였다. 모의결과 30년, 50년, 80년, 200년 빈도별 유량과 수위를 적용한 경우 최대 수위상승이 0.02m이하인 것으로 나타났으며, 500년 빈도의 경우 0.03m의 최대 수위상승 값을 확인할 수 있었다.