• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.64 no.6
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• pp.1-12
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• 2022

Estuary reservoirs were artificial reservoir with seawalls built at the exit points of rivers. Although many water resources can be saved, it is difficult to manage due to the large influx of pollutants. To manage this, it is necessary to analyze watersheds and reservoirs through accurate modeling. Therefore, in this study, we linked the Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN (HSPF), Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code (EFDC), and Water quality Analysis Simulation Program (WASP) models to simulate the hydrology and water quality of the watershed and the water level and quality of estuary lakes. As a result of applying the linked model in stream, R² 0.7 or more was satisfied for the watershed runoff except for one point. In addition, the water quality satisfies all within 15% of PBIAS. In reservoir, R² 0.72 was satisfied for water level and the water quality was within 15% of T-N and T-P. Through the modeling system, We applied upstream pollutant management scenarios to analyze changes in water quality in estuary reservoirs. Three pollution source management were applied as scenarios, the improvement of effluent water quality from the sewage treatment plant and the livestock waste treatment plant was effective in improving the quality of the reservoir water, while the artificial wetland had little effect. Water quality improvement was confirmed as a measure against upstream pollutants, but it was insufficient to achieve agricultural water quality, so additional reservoir management is required.

• Membrane Journal
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.401-410
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• 2022

Demand for lithium hydroxide (LiOH) is annually increasing due to its efficiency and safety for the environment in comparison to its current alternatives. Lithium can be found in different salty and brine lakes which later synthesized to produce LiOH for various applications. Different methods are used to separate and recover lithium ions, the most common of which is electrodialysis (ED). ED is a membrane-based separation technique which works on potential difference of its layers as a driving force to push ions from one side to another. The ion exchange membrane (IEM) in ED makes the process efficient because of the perm selectivity of different ions vary depending on their hydrodynamic volume. In this review, the different alteration strategies of both ED and IEM, to enhance the recovery of lithium ions are discussed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.34-34
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• 2023

The Chah-Nimeh reservoirs, which are a sort of natural lakes located in the border of Iran and Afghanistan, are the main drinking and agricultural water resources of Sistan arid region. Considering the occurrence of intense seasonal wind, locally known as levar wind, this study aims to explore the possibility to provide a TSM (Total Suspended Matter) monitoring model of Chah-Nimeh reservoirs using multi-temporal satellite images and in-situ wind speed data. The results show that a strong correlation between TSM concentration and wind speed are present. The developed empirical model indicated high performance in retrieving spatiotemporal distribution of the TSM concentration with R²=0.98 and RMSE=0.92g/m³. Following this observation, we also consider a machine learning-based model to predicts the average TSM using only wind speed. We connect our in-situ wind speed data to the TSM data generated from the inversion of multi-temporal satellite imagery to train a neural network based mode l(Wind2TSM-Net). Examining Wind2TSM-Net model indicates this model can retrieve the TSM accurately utilizing only wind speed (R²=0.88 and RMSE=1.97g/m³). Moreover, this results of this study show tha the TSM concentration can be estimated using only in situ wind speed data independent of the satellite images. Specifically, such model can supply a temporally persistent means of monitoring TSM that is not limited by the temporal resolution of imagery or the cloud cover problem in the optical remote sensing.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.425-440
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• 2023

Monitoring water surface has become one of the most prominent areas of research in addressing environmental challenges.Accurate and automated detection of watersurface in remote sensing imagesis crucial for disaster prevention, urban planning, and water resource management, particularly for a country where water plays a vital role in human life. However, achieving precise detection poses challenges. Previous studies have explored different approaches,such as analyzing water indexes, like normalized difference water index (NDWI) derived from satellite imagery's visible or infrared bands and using k-means clustering analysis to identify land cover patterns and segment regions based on similar attributes. Nonetheless, challenges persist, notably distinguishing between waterspectralsignatures and cloud shadow or terrain shadow. In thisstudy, our objective is to enhance the precision of water surface detection by constructing a comprehensive water database (DB) using existing digital and land cover maps. This database serves as an initial assumption for automated water index analysis. We utilized 1:5,000 and 1:25,000 digital maps of Korea to extract water surface, specifically rivers, lakes, and reservoirs. Additionally, the 1:50,000 and 1:5,000 land cover maps of Korea aided in the extraction process. Our research demonstrates the effectiveness of utilizing a water DB product as our first approach for efficient water surface extraction from satellite images, complemented by our second and third approachesinvolving NDWI analysis and k-means analysis. The image segmentation and binary mask methods were employed for image analysis during the water extraction process. To evaluate the accuracy of our approach, we conducted two assessments using reference and ground truth data that we made during this research. Visual interpretation involved comparing our results with the global surface water (GSW) mask 60 m resolution, revealing significant improvements in quality and resolution. Additionally, accuracy assessment measures, including an overall accuracy of 90% and kappa values exceeding 0.8, further support the efficacy of our methodology. In conclusion, thisstudy'sresults demonstrate enhanced extraction quality and resolution. Through comprehensive assessment, our approach proves effective in achieving high accuracy in delineating watersurfaces from satellite images.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.14-35
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• 2023

Freshwater and brackish blue-green algae were collected at 43 freshwater and brackish sites (including lakes, ponds, swamps, streams, and rivers and estuaries) throughout South Korea from March 2017 to October 2018, and were identified using light microscopy. A total 223 taxa in freshwater and 230 taxa in brackish waters in 2017 and 274 taxa in fresh and brackish waters in 2018 were identified and among them, 20 taxa were unreported taxa of blue-green algae in Korea; The new recorded taxa were Aphanocapsa marina, Calothrix fusca f. durabilis, Calothrix littoralis, Calothrix parva, Chamaesiphon minimus, Chroococcidiopsis cubana, Chroococcidiopsis fissurarum, Coelosphaerium aerugineum, Dolichospermum mendotae, Eucapsis alpine, Gomphosphaeria cordiformis, Gomphosphaeria natans, Merismopedia danubiana, Lynbya aestuarii var. gaditana, Tolypothrix tenuis, Pseudocapsa maritima, Pseudocapsa sphaerica, Pseudophormidium tenue, Trichodesmus sp. and Woronichinia elorantae.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.176-186
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• 2023

Urban Heat Island (UHI) is caused by an energy imbalance in urban areas, where building design and land cover contribute to its amplification. To mitigate UHI, increasing green space is one of the well known and the most effective approach. This study aims aimed to identify specific components of green spaces that lower temperatures and demonstrate the cooling effects based on their size and composition. Forests within green spaces have had a greater impact on temperature reduction due to shading and blocking solar radiation. Although lakes also contributed to temperature reduction, the effect to cooling intensity was not significant. The cooling distance does not depended on green space size or composition. The study emphasizes that initial temperature has a strongerinfluence on cooling intensity than green space size, highlighting the importance of vegetation type within green spaces to achieve a cooling effect. These findings provide valuable insights for urban planning and the design of green spaces to mitigate the effects of the urban heat island.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.6D
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• pp.909-916
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• 2006

This study investigates tourists' sightseeing excursion behaviors and their information usage patterns at Fuji five lakes Area. This paper aims to empirically analyze the relationship between a sightseeing excursion behavior and use of tourist information applying a cluster analysis and a quantitative regression model. The main results are summarized as follows: (1) Tourists' information need is high about 90% of all tourists get information, 80% get the information before travel, 70% on the journey, 60% at the same time. (2) The patterns of information usage are categorized into 3 groups by the timing when tourists try to get the information.(3) There exists a difference among the time-spatial characteristics of excursion's behaviors such as the time after arriving time at sightseeing area, the time till go to home, duration time, and the total travel time between spots, the number of spots, and the size of excursion scale. (4) The quantitative regression model shows that information usage which constrained by time and space significantly determines both the number of the sightseeing spots and the duration time.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.30 no.4D
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• pp.339-349
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• 2010

The objective of this paper is to develop a structural equations model system for the purpose of tourists' excursion behaviour analysis with their information usage. A tourist' excursion behavior defined as activities in the sightseeing region between arriving and leaving time includes indexes with respect to activity' time use and the number of spots. Additionally, such indexes can be modeled as endogenous variables in the structural equation model system on the assumption that they are influenced by the degree of familarity on the sightseeing region, the degree of information usage, and individual attributes. The case study application involves excursion behaviour data such as one-day excursion activity and information usage diary that are observed in the Fuji Five Lakes, Japan. Since the models presented in the paper are available to statistically analyze the covariance among the endogenous variables, they have the advantage of effectiveness analysis on information usage in the excursion area, compared to the prior approaches such as discrete choice models.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.479-479
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• 2022

섬진강 주요호수 4개 호수에 대하여 20년간의 수질자료를 수집하여 한국형 부영양화지수(TSIko)를 산정하고 부영양화정도와 경향성을 분석하였다. 호수별 20년간 평균 수질농도 분석 결과, 4개 호수 중 BOD, COD, T-P, Chl-a, TOC의 5개 항목에서 보성호가 가장 높은 농도를 보이고, T-N도 두 번째로 높은 농도를 나타냈으며, 월별·계절별 분석 결과, 전체 수질항목의 수질은 대체적으로 여름(6-8월)에 가장 높았으나, 동복호의 Chl-a 항목의 경우 봄(3-5월)과 가을(9-11월)에 가장 높았다. 호소별 수질자료를 통한 경향분석 결과, 옥정호(섬진강호)는 BOD, TOC, 주암호는 COD, TOC, 보성호는 COD, TOC, Chl-a, 동복호는 TOC 항목이 증가하는 경향을 보이며, 주로 유기물 항목들이 증가하는 경향을 나타내었고, 각 호소의 수질항목별 상관관계 분석 결과, 보성호의 COD와 TOC 항목 사이의 상관계수가 0.85로 높은 상관관계를 나타냈고, 그 외에는 보통 또는 약한 상관관계 또는 상관관계가 거의 없는 것으로 나타났다. 최근 20년간의 연도별, 월별, 계절별 수질자료를 바탕으로 섬진강 내 주요호수 4개 호수의TSIko 평가 결과, 대부분의 호수가 중영양 상태를 나타내었고, 보성호의 경우, 2001년, 2004년, 2005년, 2015년~2020년에 각각 부영양화지수가 51.31, 56.94, 54.59, 52.77, 51.08, 57.95, 58.10, 50.82, 50.77로 부영양 상태로 평가되었다. 특히 보성호의 경우, TSIko 결과를 기반으로 한 경향분석 결과, 경향성이 없거나 감소하는 다른 호수들과는 달리 증가하는 경향성을 보이고, 항목별 경향성 분석 결과 COD, TOC, Chl-a이 증가하는 경향으로 나타났으며, 유기물인 COD와 TOC 항목의 경우 높은 상관관계를 보이고 있으므로, 추후 섬진강 유역의 물 수요 문제 해소에 대한 중요한 수자원에 대한 모니터링 및 부영양화 해소와 수질개선방안에 대한 연구가 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.174-174
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• 2022

수질지수는 여러 수질 데이터 값을 수학적으로 결합하고 다 변수 특성을 줄여 수치 및 등급으로 나타낸 지표이다. 수질지수를 통해 수질을 평가하고 서로 다른 위치와 시간의 수역을 종합적으로 비교할 수 있으며 수자원관리에 있어 정책입안자, 의사결정자, 국민이 수질에 대해 일반적이고 쉽게 이해할 수 있다. 현재 환경부에서는 국내수질자동측정망 최근 12시간 데이터 값을 근거로 실시간수질지수 RTWQI(Real-Time Water Quality)값을 제공한다. 국내 호소에 설치된 수질 자동측정망은 총 8개소이며 매 시간 공통 항목인 수온, pH, DO, 전기전도도, TOC 5개, 선택항목인 탁도, Chl-a, TN, TP, 중금속, 생물감시항목 등 27개를 측정한다. RTWQI는 캐나다에서 2001년에 개발된 CCME WQI(Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment Water Quality Index) 산출식을 기초하였으며 F1(기준치를 위반하는 수질항목의 개수/ 총 수질항목 개수), F2(기준치를 위반한 샘플들의 총 횟수/총 샘플횟수) F3(기준치를 위반한 정도) 3가지의 요소로 계산된다. 그러나RTWQI 산출식의 기초인 CCME WQI는 개발 이후 여러 문제점들은 개선되었으나 F1이 다른 F2, F3 보다 CCME WQI 점수의 기여도가 2배 이상 높은 문제점은 개선하지 못하였다. 본 연구에서는 수질자동측정망이 설치된 2012년 7월부터 2021년 12월 동안 매 시간 별 수질 데이터를 이용하였다. 또한 CCME WQI 문제점을 개선한 MWQI(Modification of Canadian water qaulity index)를 기초하여 실시간 수질지수를 재 산정하였다. 추가적으로 Pearson 상관관계 분석 및 추가 통계분석을 통해 환경부에서 제공하는 기존의 RTWQI, 개선된 실시간수질지수, 한국형 호소수질평가지수 LQI(Lake Water Quality Index)를 비교 및 평가하였다. 이러한 연구를 통해 정확성 높은 수질지수를 찾고 수자원 관리 정책 수립에 적극 활용 될 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.