• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.208-219
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• 2020

This study aims to determine the applicability of satellite precipitation to the ungauged or inaccessible areas by comparing the accuracy of satellite precipitation. The accuracy assessment showed that the overall spatial distributions of ground-based rainfall and satellite precipitation were similar in all three events. For one-month precipitation with one-hour temporal resolution, the correlations between ground-based precipitation (ASOS) and satellite precipitation were analyzed to be between 0.42 and 0.46. In the evaluation during the period in which precipitation was concentrated, the correlation coefficients for one-hour temporal resolution data were analyzed as 0.55 to 0.66 for IMERG and 0.56 to 0.67 for GSMAP. According to the total rainfall analysis of each rainfall station for the three events, the correlation coefficients of IMERG and GSMaP were relatively better than CMORPH, and the bias of CMORPH data was relatively better than IMERG and GSMaP. However, all the three satellite precipitation were underestimated compared to the ground-based precipitation. In the future, a study will be carried out to estimate precipitation across the Korean Peninsula, including North Korea, reflecting the results from this study.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.263-274
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• 2013

In this study we evaluated the hydrological applicability of multi-satellite precipitation estimates. Three high-resolution global multi-satellite precipitation products, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA), the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP), and the Climate Precipitation Center (CPC) Morphing technique (CMORPH), were applied to the Coupled Routing and Excess Storage (CREST) model for the evaluation of their hydrological utility. The CREST model was calibrated from 2002 to 2005 and validated from 2006 to 2009 in the Chungju Dam watershed, including two years of warm-up periods (2002-2003 and 2006-2007). Areal-averaged precipitation time series of the multi-satellite data were compared with those of the ground records. The results indicate that the multi-satellite precipitation can reflect the seasonal variation of precipitation in the Chungju Dam watershed. However, TMPA overestimates the amount of annual and monthly precipitation while GSMaP and CMORPH underestimate the precipitation during the period from 2002 to 2009. These biases of multi-satellite precipitation products induce poor performances in hydrological simulation, although TMPA is better than both of GSMaP and CMORPH. Our results indicate that advanced rainfall algorithms may be required to improve its hydrological applicability in South Korea.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.107-118
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• 2014

The objective of this study is to suggest a method for estimating rainfall-runoff relationship using runoff analysis with satellite rainfall and global geographic data for the region due to lack of observed data. This study uses CMORPH and GSMaP_NRT as satellite rainfall data, and GTOPO30 and GLCC as global geographic data. IFAS is used for runoff modeling. In the evaluation of rainfall data, the correlation coefficients of CMORPH and GSMaP_NRT with observed data are 0.37 and 0.30 respectively. Calculated peak runoffs using IFAS show small relative errors with observed data in case of parameters are not calibrated with satellite rainfall data. Therefore, the methods suggested in this study could be applied to ungauged watershed. In the future, this study will analyze runoff for North Korea, a representative inaccessible region, using satellite rainfall and global geographic data.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.179-179
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• 2015

Citarum River is one of the important river in West Java, Indonesia. During the rainy season, flood happens almost every year in Upper Citarum Watershed, hence, it is necessary to establish the countermeasure in order to prevent and mitigate flood damages. Since the lack of hydrological data for the modelling is common problem in this area, it is difficult to prepare the countermeasures. Therefore, we used Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation (RRI) Model developed by Sayama et al. (2010) as the hydrological and inundation modelling for evaluating the inundation case happened in Upper Citarum Watershed, West Java, Indonesia and the satellite based information such as rainfall (GSMaP), landuse and so on instead of the limited hydrological data. In addition, 3 arc-second HydroSHEDS Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is used. To verify the model, the observed data of Nanjung water stage gauging station and the daily observation data are used. Simulated inundation areas are compared with the flood extent figure from Upper Citarum Basin Flood Management Project (UCBFM).

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.31-42
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• 2015

The objective of this study is to estimate the flood flow of inaccessible regions using satellite-derived rainfall and global geographic data. This study focuses on Dongsingun, an area located upstream of the Cheongcheon River in North Korea. The IFAS model was used to estimate flood flow. The model was calibrated in the Gap Stream watershed in South Korea and verified for the Byeongsung Stream watershed in the Nakdong River basin. Satellite-derived rainfalls for North Korea was revised using ground gauge data. Analysis results using CMORPH and GSMaP_NRT showed $4,886m^3/s$ and $5,718m^3/s$ respectively. In future studies, hydrological analysis in unmeasured and inaccessible regions will be carried out by applying more rainfall events.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.104-104
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• 2020

강수량은 수문 순환의 결정적인 연결 고리이며 공간적, 시간적 변화는 매우 크며, 또한 전 세계적인 범위의 강수량 자료는 지구상의 수문 순환에 대한 이해와 날씨 및 기후 예측을 위해 필요하다. 그리고 지역적 강수량에 대한 지식은 사회 복지에 필수적이다. 지상에 있는 강우관소에서 관측된 강우는 본질적으로 강우의 공간적 불균일성을 반영하기 어려우며, 관측 주기가 하루 이상으로 긴 경우에는 홍수와 연계한 생태-수문학 연구에 적용하는데 한계가 있다. 또한, 지상계측 방법은 해양, 극지방 및 산악지역의 강수량을 관찰하는데 어려움이 있다. 이에 반하여 원격탐사 기술은 지구 강수를 관찰하는데 많은 도움을 주는 기술로 인식되고 있다. 위성자료를 이용한 강우 추정은 지상 강우관측소 및 기상레이더와 비교하여 광역적 공간범위를 대상으로 하며, 지속적이고 균일한 강우를 생산한다는 장점을 갖고 있다(Hong et al. 2016). 위성강우 자료는 일반적으로 전 세계 강수량에 대한 지식과 글로벌 수문순환에 대한 연구를 촉진하고 있으며, 특히, 동아시아, 동남아시아, 아프리카 등지에는 수문학적 미계측 지역이 많기 때문에 위성강우 자료를 이용한 강수량 평가에 대한 연구가 다수 진행되고 있다(Hoscilo et al., 2015; Dembélé et al., 2016; Dandridge et al., 2019; Kim et al., 2019; Yuan et al., 2019). 본 연구는 위성으로부터 유도된 강수자료 중 NASA의 IMERG, NOAA의 CMORPH, 그리고 일본 JAXA의 GSMaP의 위성강우자료와 국내의 ASOS 시간강우자료의 비교를 통해 위성강우의 정확도를 평가하는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. 분석 결과 총강우에 대한 편이는 그림 1에서 보는바와 같이 CMORPH가 가장 작고 가장 최근에 제공되기 시작한 IMERG 강수자료가 가장 큰 것으로 분석되었다. 지상계측강우와의 상관계수는 1시간 및 3시간의 시간해상도에서 2019년 18호 태풍 미탁(Mitak)의 경우 IMERG 및 GSMaP 각각 0.63 및 0.60와 0.73 및 0.70으로 분석되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.194-194
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• 2022

정확한 강우-유출 해석은 하천 홍수예경보, 댐 유입량 산정 및 방류량 결정 등 수자원 관리 및 계획수립에 있어 중요하며 밀도높은 관측망(raingauge network)으로 부터 수집된 강우 자료는 강우-유출 해석의 가장 중요한 기초 자료로 활용된다. 본 연구 대상 지역인 메콩강 유역은 국가공유하천(6개국: 중국, 라오스, 태국, 미얀마, 베트남, 캄보디아)은 기초 자료 수집이 어렵고, 구축된 자료의 양적, 질적 품질이 국가별로 상이하여 수문해석 결과의 불확실성을 높일 우려가 있다. 최근 원격탐사 기술의 발달로 격자형 글로벌 강수자료의 획득이 용이해졌으며, 이를 활용한 다양한 연구들이 수행된 바 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 준 분포모형인 SWAT (Soil & Water Assessment Tool) 모형을 활용하여 격자형 위성 강수 자료(TRMM, GSMaP, PERSIANN-CDR)와 격자형 지점 강수 자료(APHRODITE, GPCC)의 메콩강 유역 강우-유출 모의에 대한 성능을 평가하였다. 유출량 산정을 위한 관측소로는 Luang Prabang, Pakse, Stung Treng, Prek Kdam 관측소를 선정하였으며 지점강수량 정보가 비교적 충분한 2000-2007년을 대상으로 매개변수 보정(2000-2003) 및 유출모의 검증(2004-2007)을 수행하였다. 격자형 강우를 이용한 유출분석 결과, APHRODITE, GPCC 및 TRMM이 다른 격자형 강수 자료(GSMaP, PERSIANN-CDR)보다 우수한 성능을 보였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.188-188
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• 2017

Rainfall is an important input to hydrological models. The accuracy of hydrological studies for water resources and floods management depend primarily on the estimation of rainfall. Thailand is among the countries that have regularly affected by floods. Flood forecasting and warning are necessary to prevent or mitigate loss and damage. Merging near real time satellite-based precipitation estimation with relatively high spatial and temporal resolutions to ground gauged precipitation data could contribute to reducing uncertainty and increasing efficiency for flood forecasting application. This study tested the applicability of satellite-based rainfall for water resources management and flood forecasting. The objectives of the study are to assess uncertainty associated with satellite-based rainfall estimation, to perform bias correction for satellite-based rainfall products, and to evaluate the performance of the bias-corrected rainfall data for the prediction of flood events. This study was conducted using a case study of Thai catchments including the Chao Phraya, northeastern (Chi and Mun catchments), and the eastern catchments for the period of 2006-2015. Data used in the study included daily rainfall from ground gauges, telegauges, and near real time satellite-based rainfall products from TRMM, GSMaP and PERSIANN CCS. Uncertainty in satellite-based precipitation estimation was assessed using a set of indicators describing the capability to detect rainfall event and efficiency to capture rainfall pattern and amount. The results suggested that TRMM, GSMaP and PERSIANN CCS are potentially able to improve flood forecast especially after the process of bias correction. Recommendations for further study include extending the scope of the study from regional to national level, testing the model at finer spatial and temporal resolutions and assessing other bias correction methods.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.428-428
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• 2023

글로벌 위성 기반의 강수량 관측에 대한 역사는 1979년에 Arkin의 의해 제안된 IR(Infra-Red) 방법에 의해 위성으로부터 강우자료를 유도하는 개념이 도입된 이후 1987년 해양에서의 비교적 정확한 강수량 추정이 가능한 다중 채널의 마이크로파(MW) 복사계를 이용한 방법에서 1997년TRMM(Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission)위성의 PR(Precpipitation Radar)의 레이더를 이용하는 방법, 그리고 2014년 GPM(Global Precipitation Measurement Mission) 핵심 위성(GPM Core Observatory)에 탑재된 Dual PR에 의한 방법으로 위성강수의 정확도를 매우 높여가고 있다(Kim et al. 2013). 한국과 아세안의 경제협력이 증가하면서 국내 ODA 정책에서 아세안은 가장 우선적인 대상이 되었다. 정부는 2011-2015년 기간에 라오스 등 26개 국가를 중점협력국에 포함시켰고, 2021~2025년간 적용될 제3기 중점협력국에 라오스를 포함하고 있다. 본 연구는 위성영상으로부터 유도된 위성강수 자료를 이용하여 라오스의 남능강 유역에 대한홍수량을 추정하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 분석자료인 위성강수 자료는 GSMaP 위성강수 자료를 이용하였다. 이 자료는 1시간의 시간해상도와 0.1°의 공간해상도를 갖는다. 라오스 남능강 유역 9개 지점의 2019년 8월~9월까지의 총강수량 비교 결과 9개 지점의 1일 관측강우의 경우 유역내 평균 약 699.2mm였고, 위성강수는 425.4mm로 위성강수가 과소추정되는 결과를 보이고 있으나 두 자료간의 결정계수(r²)는 약 0.79의 정확도를 보이는 것으로 분석되었다. 위성강수를 이용한 홍수량 분석 결과 같은 시기에서 남능강 유역 출구점의 첨두유출량은 약 5,786m³/s로 분석되었다. 분석도구는 한국건설기술연구원에서 개발하여 운영중인 GRM 강우-유출 모형을 이용하였다. 향후 위성강수와 지점강수의 조합에 의한 다운스케일링 기법에 대한 연구를 수행하여 계측자료가 부족한 지역에서의 홍수량을 분석하는 연구를 진행할 계획이다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.56 no.2
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• pp.75-89
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• 2023

As the Mekong River basin is a nationally shared river, it is difficult to collect precipitation data, and the quantitative and qualitative quality of the data sets differs from country to country, which may increase the uncertainty of hydrological analysis results. Recently, with the development of remote sensing technology, it has become easier to obtain grid-based precipitation products(GPPs), and various hydrological analysis studies have been conducted in unmeasured or large watersheds using GPPs. In this study, rainfall-runoff simulation in the Mekong River basin was conducted using the SWAT model, which is a quasi-distribution model with three satellite GPPs (TRMM, GSMaP, PERSIANN-CDR) and two GPPs (APHRODITE, GPCC). Four water level stations, Luang Prabang, Pakse, Stung Treng, and Kratie, which are major outlets of the main Mekong River, were selected, and the parameters of the SWAT model were calibrated using APHRODITE as an observation value for the period from 2001 to 2011 and runoff simulations were verified for the period form 2012 to 2013. In addition, using the ConvAE, a convolutional neural network model, spatio-temporal correction of original satellite precipitation products was performed, and rainfall-runoff performances were compared before and after correction of satellite precipitation products. The original satellite precipitation products and GPCC showed a quantitatively under- or over-estimated or spatially very different pattern compared to APHPRODITE, whereas, in the case of satellite precipitation prodcuts corrected using ConvAE, spatial correlation was dramatically improved. In the case of runoff simulation, the runoff simulation results using the satellite precipitation products corrected by ConvAE for all the outlets have significantly improved accuracy than the runoff results using original satellite precipitation products. Therefore, the bias correction technique using the ConvAE technique presented in this study can be applied in various hydrological analysis for large watersheds where rain guage network is not dense.