• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.19-29
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• 2001

This study was carried out to examine the recovery of forest ecosystem at the burned areas of coniferous (Mt. Chosdae) and broad leaved forest (Samsinbong in Mt. Chiri) by investigating the changes of forest vegetation. The results obtained are summarized as follows; 1. In the Samsinbong, the total number of species appeared at the burned area were 5 species at tree layer, 11 species at sub-tree layer and 24 species at herb layer, and at the unburned area were 5 species at tree layer, 14 species at sub-tree layer, 18 species at shrub layer and 23 species at herb layer, respectively. In the Mt. Chosdae, the total number of species appeared at the burned area only showed to 83 species at herb layer, and at the unburned area were 7 species at tree layer, 13 species at sub-tree layer, 21 species at shrub layer and 46 species at herb layer, respectively. 2. In the soil chemical properties of the burned area of Samsinbong, pH was 5.8, and contents of Organic matter, Total nitrogen, Available $P_2O_5$, Exchangeable $K^+$, Exchange $Ca^{{+}{+}}$ and Exchange $Mg^{{+}{+}}$ were 7.42%, 0.73%, 28.5mg/kg, 1.3me/100g, 13.3me/100g and 2.2me/100g, respectively. But they showed a tendency to decrease by passing the time. In the soil chemical properties of the burned area of Mt. Chosdae, pH was 5.3, and contents of Organic matter, Total nitrogen, Available $P_2O_5$, Exchangeable $K^+$, Exchange $Ca^{{+}{+}}$ and Exchange $Mg^{{+}{+}}$ were 6.42%, 0.25%, 24.4mg/kg, 0.7me/100g, 3.7me/100g and 2.1me/100g, respectively, and they also showed a tendency to decrease by passing the time. 3. An the burned and unburned areas of Samsinbong, the total evolved amounts of soil respiration were $4,049.1mg/m^2/h$ and $9,950.0mg/m^2/h$, respectively. An the burned and unburned areas of Mt. Chosdae, the total evolved amounts of soil respiration were $4,392.4mg/m^2/h$ and $8,286.5mg/m^2/h$, respectively.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.100 no.3
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• pp.359-366
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• 2011

The objective of this study was to analyze the changes of crown fire hazard possibility from the effects of forest tending works (FTW) in Pinus densiflora stands in Korea. The study sites were located in Youngju (FTW) and Bonghwa (Control) areas. Ten representative sample trees were destructively felled at each areas to analyze the crown fuel characteristics. The results of this study showed that crown fuel moisture content in Youngju and Bonghwa areas were 103.6% and 104.4%, respectively. The needles and twigs with less than 1cm diameter accounted 50.3% of the total crown fuel load in Youngju area and 62.0% in Bonghwa area. On the other hand, it was observed in Youngju that the canopy bulk density was $0.11kg/m^3$ lower but have 1.3 m higher average canopy base height therefore having a possibility of lower crown fire hazard as compared to Bonghwa that had higher canopy bulk density and lower canopy base height.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.22 no.11
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• pp.1415-1419
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• 2013

This study was conducted to investigate the seasonal variation characteristics of phytoncide in trail of Ulsan Metropolitan. Air samples were collected from May to December 2011. They were collected using Tenax Ta tube and phytoncides were detected and quantified using a Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GC/MSD). This study are summarized as follows; The seasonal concentrations of phytoncide are Munsu Mt. 272.3 ${\mu}g/m^3$, Samho Mt. 192.4 ${\mu}g/m^3$, Shinbul Mt. 50.9 ${\mu}g/m^3$, Sibli Bamboo forest 22.4 ${\mu}g/m^3$ and Joongbu Fire Station 24.4 ${\mu}g/m^3$. In Munsu Mt., Samho Mt. and Shinbul Mt. major component ratio is ${\alpha}$-Pinene > ${\beta}$-Pinene+Myrcene >Limonene >Camphene > ${\gamma}$-Terpinene > ${\alpha}$-Terpinene. Bamboo forest and Joongbu fire station major component ratio is ${\alpha}$-Pinene >Limonene > ${\beta}$-Pinene+Myrcene >Camphene > ${\alpha}$-Terpinene. The variation of seasonal concentration is summer >spring >fall >winter. The phytoncide concentration of coniferous forest(Munsu Mt., Samho Mt.) is higher than broadleaf forest(Shinbul Mt.).

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.408-412
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• 2010

내화수림대 조성을 위하여 난대수종 중 내화성 수종을 선발하고자 콘칼로미터를 이용하여 5수종(감탕나무, 구실잣밤나무, 동백나무, 붉가시나무, 후박나무)을 대상으로 수피, 가지, 생엽 등 부위별 연소특성을 분석하였다. 난대수종의 평균 열방출율(HRR)은 감탕나무($167.66kW/m^2$)>구실잣밤나무($142.80kW/m^2$)>동백나무($116.78kW/m^2$)>후박나무($95.48kW/m^2$)>붉가시나무($79.80kW/m^2$) 순으로 나타났다. 따라서, 붉가시나무가 산불 발생시 다른 수종에 비해서 화재강도가 낮은 것으로 사료된다. 수종별 부위(생엽, 가지, 수피)의 착화특성을 분석한 결과, 생엽에서 최초자연발화온도는 동백나무, 감탕나무($697^{\circ}C$)>후박나무($672^{\circ}C$)>구실잣밤나무($663^{\circ}C$)>붉가시나무($658^{\circ}C$) 순으로 나타났으며, 가지에서는 구실잣나무($671^{\circ}C$)>후박나무($669^{\circ}C$)>감탕나무($661^{\circ}C$)>붉가시나무($657^{\circ}C$)>동백나무($591^{\circ}C$) 순으로 나타났으며, 수피에서 동백나무($839^{\circ}C$)>후박나무($804^{\circ}C$)>동백나무($784^{\circ}C$)>붉가시나무($780^{\circ}C$)>감탕나무($749^{\circ}C$) 순으로 나타났다. 수종별 부위에 있어서 최초자연발화온도가 다른 것은 수종에 따라 조직과 세포간극 형태에 따라 수분함량의 차이가 착화특성을 다르게 나타내는 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.52-67
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• 2011

The research investigates the identification of necessary geographic information needed by forest fire suppression helicopter pilots, and the ways to acquire the required information from public institutions. Firefighting helicopter pilots demand 7 physical geographic and 13 human geographic data. Applying the geographical information acquired from Korean public institutions, the following 15 characteristics (3 physical geographic, 12 human geographic) can be found: altitude and highlands, river, high population and urban areas, roads, national park and state boundaries, fuel re-supply facilities, freshwater areas, cultural assets, (LPG)gas charging stations, gas stations, ammunition storage areas, ground power cables, and steel towers. Within the database of physical geography, there is a need for improvement on bird habitat details. Also, the availability of visibility, wind directions, and wind velocity data is limited and therefore requires refining. The location of refueling areas can be obtained by applying information received from institutions to the GIS spatial analysis.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.85-90
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• 2005

Changes of biochemical and genetic diversity of microbial communities in the soil damaged by a forest fire were analyzed. Soil samples were collected from Gangnung area where a forest fire was broken out in 2000. Two soil samples were from the burnt area, one from the naturally restoring soil (NS) and the other from the artificially restoring soil (AS). A normal, unaffected soil sample (US) was also included as a control. For the biochemical diversity, each sample was directly applied to the BIOLOG system, and the cluster analysis through a statistic process (SPSS) were performed. Genetic diversity was analyzed through DGGE using 16S-rDNA amplified from soil DNA. Among the samples tested, top soils of US and NS, and sub soil of NS revealed more than 70% of the similarity value in biochemical diversity. In case of genetic diversity, however, the similarity value was found to be in the range of 53% to 68% in all samples. This result indicates that the biochemical diversity is not always correlated with the genetic diversity in the analysis of microbial communities.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.47-64
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to present the basic data for the management of National Park by surveying and analysing the change of vegetation of forest fire damaged area in Sogeumgang District, Gyeongju National Park. The covergae ratio, a number of species and dominant species changed overall in forest fire damaged area. The final result of the change is as follows. In case of coverage ratio in the shrub layer, Site 1 was 30%, 40% in Site 2, 50% in Site 3, 60% in Site 4 and 30% in Site 5. In the herb layer, Site 1 was 90%, 80% in Site 2, 90% in Site 3, 60% in Site 4 and 20% in Site 5. In case of the number of species in the shrub layer, Site 1 was 11 species, 8 species in Site 2, 6 species in Site 3, 10 species in Site 4, 7 species in Site 5, and in the herb layer, Site 1 was 22 species, 25 species in Site 2, 12 species in Site 3 and Site 4 each and 11 species in Site 5. In the dominant species, the shrub layer was Lespedeza maritima(Site 1, 2), Quercus serrata(Site 3), Quercus serrata and Lespedeza bicolor(Site 4) and Styrax japonicus(Site 5), the herb layer was Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens(Site 1, 3), Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum and Carex humilis var. nana(Site 2), Quercus serrata(Site 4) and Carex humilis var. nana andS tyrax japonicus(Site 5). The number of vascular plants was summarized as 91 taxa including 35 families, 69 genera, 78 species, 2 subspecies, 10 varieties and 1 form.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• v.32 no.5
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• pp.1-11
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• 2004

This study explored how simultaneous treatment of monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and boric acid for Pinus densiflora and Populus euramericana influenced the properties such as fire resistance, preservation against Trametes versicolor and Tyromyces palustris, and compressive strength of the treated woods. For specific gravity and compressive strength, the treated woods were higher than the non-treated ones. For the analytical features observed by SEM, the cell walls of the non-treated woods were extremely destructed by T. palustris and T. versicolor while the treated ones relatively remained intact. Especially, P euramericana was more readily exposed to the attack of the rot fungi than P. densiflora.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.26 no.10
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• pp.27-38
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• 2010

In every summer season, most of the slope failures and debris flows occurr due to seasonal rain, typhoon, and localized extreme rainfall in Gangwon Province where 83% of the area is of mountain region. To investigate the slope-hazard triggering rainfall characteristics in Gangwon Province, slope hazard data, precipitation records, and forest fire data were collected and the DATABASE was constructed. Analysis results based on the DATABASE showed that many slope hazards occurred when there was little rainfall and the preceding rainfall had more effect on the slope hazard than the rainfall intensity at the day of hazard. It also showed that the burned area by forest fire was highly susceptible to slope hazard with low rainfall intensity, and the slope hazard in burned area showed highest frequency, especially, under the rainfall below 2-year return period.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.117-129
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• 2022

In this study, we investigated the characteristics of the meteorological and environmental conditions for a cloud seeding experiment over the Korean peninsula and estimated the available days for the same. The conditions of available days appropriate for a cloud seeding experiment were classified according to four purposes: water resources, drought relief, forest fire prevention, and air quality improvement. The average number of available days for a cloud seeding experiment were 91.27 (water resources), 45.93-51.11 (drought relief), 40.28-46.00 (forest fire prevention), and 42.19-44.60 days/year (air quality improvement). If six experiments were carried out per available day for a cloud seeding experiment, the number of times cloud seeding experiments could be conducted per year in a continuously operating system were estimated as 547.62 (water resources), 275.58-306.66 (drought relief), 241.68-276.00 (forest fire prevention), and 253.14-267.60 times/year (air quality improvement). From this result, it was possible to determine the appropriate meteorological and environmental conditions and statistically estimate the available days for a cloud seeding experiment. The data on the available days for a cloud seeding experiment might be useful for preparing and performing such an experiment.