• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.441-455
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• 1999

Meteorological characteristics of three high-ozone episodes in the Greater Seoul Area, selected on the basis of morning-average wind direction and speed for the 1990~1997 period, were investigated. Three high-ozone episodes thus selected were seven days of July 3~9, 1992, nine days of July 21~29, 1994, and three days of August 22~24, 1994. Along with surface meteorological data from the Seoul Weather Station, surface and 850-hPa wind fields over the Northest Asia around the Korean Peninsula were used for the analysis. In the July 1992 episode, westerly winds were most frequent as a result of the influence of a high-pressure system in the west behind the trough. In contrast, in the July 1994 episode, easterly winds were most frequent due to the effect of a typhoon moving north from the south of Japan. Despite different prevailing wind directions in the two episodes, the peak ozone concentration of each episode always occurred when a sea-land breeze developed in association with weak synoptic forcing. The August 1994 episode, selected as being representative of calm conditions, was another typical example in which peak ozone concentration rose to 322 ppb under the well-developed sea-land breeze. All three high-ozone episodes were terminated by precipitation, and subsequent rises in ozone concentrations were also suppressed by a series of precipitation afterwards. In particular, two heavy rainfalls were the main reason why the August 1994 episode, with the highest and second-highest ozone concentrations during the 1990~1997 period, lasted for only a few days.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제15권E호
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• pp.55-64
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• 1999

The CIT(California Institute of Technology) three-dimensional Eulerian photochemical model was applied to the Greater Seoul Area, Korea for July 24, 1994, a day of the 9-day ozone episode to understand the characteristics of photochemical air pollution problems in the area. The modeling domain was 60km$\times$60km with the girl size of 2km$\times$2km. As the base case emissions, air pollutant emission data of the National Institute of Environmental Research, Korea for the year of 1991 were used with modifications based on EKMA(Empirical Kinetic Modeling Approach) resutls. Comparisons between predicted and observed concentrations showed that the model predicted the peak concentration over the domain reasonably. It was found that the location of the peak ozone concentration was mainly decided by metorological conditions. But the model could not resolve the spatial variations of concentration station by station, which was mainly caused by localized variations in emission and meteorology.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2001

The high-ozone episode in the Greater Seoul Area for the period of July 27 to August 1 1997 was modeled by the CIT(California Institute of Technology) three-dimensional photochemical model. Emission data were prepared by scaling the NIER(1994) data through and optimization method using VOC measurements in August 1997 and EKMA(Empirical Kinetic Modeling Approach). Two sets of meteorological data were prepared by the diagnostic routine. a part of the CIT model : one only utilized observations from the surface weather stations and the other also utilized observations from the automatic weather stations that were more densely distributed than those from the surface weather stations. The results showed that utilizing observations from the automatic weather stations could represent fine variations in the sind field such as those caused by topography. A better wind field gave better peak ozones and a more reasonable spatial distribution of ozone concentrations. Nevertheless, there were still many differences between predictions and observations particularly for primary pollutant such as NOx and CO. This was probably due to the inaccuracy of emission data that could not resolve both temporal and spatial variations.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.573-591
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• 2010

이 연구에서는 지난 100년(1908~2007) 동안 서울에서 발생한 열파의 변화추세와 극심한 열파 발생 시 도심내 열환경과 사망자의 시공간적 패턴을 분석하고자 한다. 최근의 온난화 경향에도 불구하고 여름철 강수량증가에 의해 서울시의 열파 발생빈도 및 강도에는 뚜렷한 변화경향이 관찰되지 않는다. 전례 없이 강한 열파가 발생한 1994년 7월의 자동기상관측 및 Landsat TM 위성 영상 추출 열분포 자료들은 도심내 형성되는 고온의 열환경에 의해 노인 질병 사망자 수가 더욱 증가하였음을 잘 보여준다. 이 연구는 차후 도심 정비시 열환경 분포를 고려해야 하는 생리기후학적 근거를 제시하고 있다.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.752-758
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• 1994

From July 1983 to December 1992, 145 patients with mitral valvular disease underwent open heart surgery at Chonbuk National University Hospital. Of these patients, 89 patients[61.4%] required mitral valve replacement. 56 patients [38.6 %] had mitral valve repair. There were 32 women and 24 men and the mean age was 34.3 years[range 6 years to 62 years].There were 23 cases of pure mitral stenosis, 19 cases of mitral regurgitation and 14 cases of mixedmitral valvular disease. The mean duration of symptom was 4.53 years and mean mitral valvularorifice diameter[in cases of pure stenosis and mixed mitral valvular lesion] was 0.96 cm. According to the NYHA classification, the distribution of patients preoperatively was as follows; class IIa, 15 patients; class lib, 17 patients; class III, 22 patients; class IV, 2 patients. Four patients[7%] had an embolic history preoperatively. 24 patients[ 43 %] were in atrial fibrillation. In cases of pure mitral stenosis, the technique used included open mitral commissurotomy[21atients], open mitral commissurotomy with mitral annuloplasty[2 patients]. In mixed mitral valvular disease, open mitral commissurotomy[ll patients] and open mitral commissurotomy with mitral annuloplasty[l patient] were performed. In cases of mitral regurgitation, mitral annuloplasty[5 patients], mitral valvuloplasty[6 patients], mitral annuloplasty with valvuloplasty [3 patients] and ring annuloplasty [5 patients] were performed.There was one perioperative death related to acute renal failure and sepsis. One late death was occurred related to heart failure after 10 months postoperatively. One patient required reoperation due to restenosis and no embolic episode was occured. After operation, 34 patients were in NYHA functional class I, 20 patients were in class IIa.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.283-290
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• 2005

Objectives : The aim of this paper was to examine the relationship between the summertime (June to August) heat index, which quantifies the bioclimatic apparent temperature in sultry weather, and the daily disease-related mortality in Seoul for the period from 1991 to 2000. Methods : The daily maximum (or minimum) summertime heat indices, which show synergetic apparent temperatures, were calculated from the six hourly temperatures and real time humidity data for Seoul from 1991 to 2000. The disease-related daily mortality was extracted with respect to types of disease, age and sex, etc. and compared with the time series of the daily heat indices. Results : The summertime mortality in 1994 exceeded the normal by 626 persons. Specifically, blood circulation-related and cancer-related mortalities increased in 1994 by 29.7% (224 persons) and 15.4% (107 persons), respectively, compared with those in 1993. Elderly persons, those above 65 years, were shown to be highly susceptible to strong heat waves, whereas the other age and sex-based groups showed no significant difference in mortality. In particular, a heat wave episode on the 22nd of July 2004 ($>45^{\circ}C$ daily heat index) resulted in double the normal number of mortalities after a lag time of 3 days. Specifically, blood circulation-related mortalities, such as cerebral infraction, were predominant causes. Overall, a critical mortality threshold was reached when the heat index exceeded approximately $37^{\circ}C$, which corresponds to human body temperature. A linear regression model based on the heat indices above $37^{\circ}C$, with a 3 day lag time, accounted for 63% of the abnormally increased mortality (${\geq}+2$ standard deviations). Conclusions : This study revealed that elderly persons, those over 65 years old, are more vulnerable to mortality due to abnormal heat waves in Seoul, Korea. When the daily maximum heat index exceeds approximately $37^{\circ}C$, blood circulation-related mortality significantly increases. A linear regression model, with respect to lag-time, showed that the heat index based on a human model is a more dependable indicator for the prediction of hot weather-related mortality than the ambient air temperature.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제51권6호
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• pp.610-615
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• 2008

목 적 : 소아 특발성 혈소판 감소 자반병은 대부분 바이러스 감염 후 수주 후에 발병하나 약 7%에서는 홍역, 풍진, B형 간염, 독감, 수두, DTP등의 예방 접종과 관련되어 발생함이 보고 되었다. 본 연구는 예방접종과 관련된 혈소판 감소 자반병의 빈도와 임상적 특성을 알아보고 예방접종과 관련이 없는 혈소판 감소 자반병과의 차이점을 분석하고자 하였다. 방 법 : 1994년 1월부터 2007년 7월까지 원광대학교 병원 소아과에 혈소판 감소 자반병으로 입원한 환아 105명을 대상으로 의무기록지를 이용하여 후향적으로 조사하였다. 예방접종과 관련된 혈소판 감소 자반병은 예방 접종 후 1개월 이내 발병으로 정의하였으며 예방접종관련 군과 없는 군으로 분류하여 여러 임상적 특성에 대해비교 분석하였다. 결 과 : 혈소판 감소 자반병은 총 105례였으며 이중 13례(12.4 %)가 예방접종과 관련되었고 DTP에 의한 경우가 8례로 가장 많았으며 HBV가 2례, 인플루엔자, MMR, 일본뇌염이 각각 1례였다. 예방접종과 관련된 군에서 다음 예방접종 시 혈소판 감소 자반병이 재발한 예는 없었다. 예방 접종 군에서 관련이 없는 군에 비해 진단 시 연령이 의미 있게 낮았으며 빈혈이 더 많이 동반되었으며 합병증과 관련이 있는 혈소판 $20{\times}10^9/L$ 미만의 위험기간이 짧았다. 또한 예방 접종 군에서 구강내 출혈, 혈변, 혈뇨와 비출혈과 같은 심한 증상이 적고 1개월 내 관해가 높았으나 통계학적 차이는 없었다. 결 론 : 예방접종과 관련된 혈소판 감소 자반병이 관련이 없는 경우에 비해 증상이 경미하고 양성의 경과를 보였으며 다음 예방 접종은 주의하여 정상적인 스케줄에 따라 시행하며 예방접종 후 혈소판 검사를 반드시 시행할 필요는 없을 것으로 사료된다.