• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2006

A Geographic Information System (GIS) was developed to estimate basin-wide soil losses using the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). It was applied to estimate the annual average soil losses from the Saemangeum watershed. The USLE factors for each subarea of uniform land use and treatments were estimated from the GIS routines from digital topographic maps, land cover and detailed soil maps. A routine was developed to estimate the averaged cropping management factors (C) of USLE for multi-cropping farmlands, based on cropping system records from the district offices. The resulting C factors ranged from 0.28 to 0.35 for multi-cropping areas. The estimated annual average soil loss was approximately 2.9 million tonnes. Typical soil losses from different land uses were 0.8 t/ha at paddies, 33.7 t/ha at uplands and 1.1 t/ha from forested mountains. It was also found that 6.0% of the arable land of the watershed possessed high risks of soil losses, and conservation measures were needed to reduce soil losses.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.305-314
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• 2017

This study aimed to predict changes in forest area using a probability density function, in order to promote effective forest management in the area north of the civilian control line (known as the Minbuk area) in Korea. Time series analysis (2010 and 2016) of forest area using land cover maps and accessibility expressed by distance covariates (distance from buildings, roads, and civilian control line) was applied to a probability density function. In order to estimate the probability density function, mean and variance were calculated using three methods: area weight (AW), area rate weight (ARW), and sample area change rate weight (SRW). Forest area increases in regions with lower accessibility (i.e., greater distance) from buildings and roads, but no relationship with accessibility from the civilian control line was found. Estimation of forest area change using different distance covariates shows that SRW using distance from buildings provides the most accurate estimation, with around 0.98-fold difference from actual forest area change, and performs well in a Chi-Square test. Furthermore, estimation of forest area until 2028 using SRW and distance from buildings most closely replicates patterns of actual forest area changes, suggesting that estimation of future change could be possible using this method. The method allows investigation of the current status of land cover in the Minbuk area, as well as predictions of future changes in forest area that could be utilized in forest management planning and policymaking in the northern area.

• 농촌계획
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.19-29
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• 2022

This study aimed to estimate the impervious area rate by rural water districts in 2009 and 2021 and analyze the changes. From the EGIS(Environmental Geographic Information Service) land cover maps, the impervious areas were defined as residential, commercial, industrial, culture·sports·recreational, traffic, public facilities, and greenhouses of land cover classes. For 496 rural water districts excluding the border area with North Korea, the nationwide impervious area rate increased from 5.96% in 2009 to 7.50% in 2021. The average of the top 50 rural water districts increased from 23.4% in 2009 to 27.1% in 2021. E ven for the bottom 50 rural water districts, the average impervious area rate rose from 1.12% in 2009 to 1.40% in 2021. Rural water districts with a high impervious area rate are mainly distributed in metro cities and industrial areas. The contraries are primarily found in Gangwon, Gyeongsang, and Jeolla regions covered with forests and farmlands. Notably, the impervious area rate changed more in the neighboring rural water districts than in large cities, and the rate kept increasing slightly even in rural areas with a low impervious area rate. The findings of this study will help prepare a reasonable alternative for managing the impermeable surface of rural areas for safe and sound rural water cycle.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.34-44
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• 2017

Background: Monitoring terrestrial vegetation cover condition is important to evaluate its current condition and to identify potential vulnerabilities. Due to simplicity and low cost, point intercept method has been widely used in evaluating grassland surface and quantifying cover conditions. Field-based digital photography method is gaining popularity for the purpose of cover estimate, as it can reduce field time and enable additional analysis in the future. However, the caveats and uncertainty among field-based vegetation cover estimation methods is not well known, especially across a wide range of cover conditions. We compared cover estimates from point intercept and digital photography methods with varying sampling intensities (25, 49, and 100 points within an image), across 61 transects in typical steppe, forest steppe, and desert steppe in central Mongolia. We classified three photosynthetic groups of cover important to grassland ecosystem functioning: photosynthetic vegetation, non-photosynthetic vegetation, and bare soil. We also acquired normalized difference vegetation index from satellite image comparison with the field-based cover. Results: Photosynthetic vegetation estimates by point intercept method were correlated with normalized difference vegetation index, with improvement when non-photosynthetic vegetation was combined. For digital photography method, photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic vegetation estimates showed no correlation with normalized difference vegetation index, but combining of both showed moderate and significant correlation, which slightly increased with greater sampling intensity. Conclusions: Results imply that varying greenness is playing an important role in classification accuracy confusion. We suggest adopting measures to reduce observer bias and better distinguishing greenness levels in combination with multispectral indices to improve estimates on dry matter.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.97-104
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• 2007

A/R CDM(Afforestation/Reforestation Clean Development Mechanism) in Kyoto Mechanism means, either afforestation in the area used for other purposes more than 50 years or reforestation in the area used for other purposes on December 31st in 1989. South Korea has few sites due to the successful forestation in the past, but North Korea has not reforested the deforested lands since the mid-1970's. So these areas need to apply A/R CDM Project for restoration. The purposes of this study are to make a time series analysis in deforested areas and to estimate a feasibility of A/R CDM. To find the site satisfying A/R CDM business definition, land cover classification was applied using satellite images of the mid-1970's with good forestation, late 1980's including A/R CDM base year, and recent 2000's, and the chronological change was analyzed to categorize the possible sites. The North Korean topographical map of 1977 was used to verify land cover classification degree of 1970's, the land cover classification results made by the Ministry of Environment in 2000 were compared to verify the accuracy of 1980's results, and the land cover classification results in 2000's were verified by 2 site visits. The results of this study can be summarized as follows. The eligible A/R CDM sites are 605,156ha on the basis of the forestation change analysis in North Korea. Since the mid-1970's, 30.8% of the decreased forestation area of 1,966,306ha was classified into A/R CDM eligible sites. While other countries have the limited eligible sites, which has not been used for forestation since 1989 or which is being scattered, North Korea has large scale sites. Deforested sites are mainly around road and residential area, consequently give better accessibility for forestation than other countries. In conclusion, it is found that North Korea can provide efficient site for applying A/R COM Project to forestation restoring deforested land because of easy accessibility and existence of many possible sites due to artificial deforestation. Also, it is meaningful that the study suggests the application possibility of A/R COM Project to restore deforested land in North Korea and the related basic information through the chronological classification of the mid-1970's with good forestation, the late-1980's including A/R COM base year, and recent 2000's. It is expected that the study contributes to revitalization of A/R CDM Project and related research on North Korea forestation.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2007년도 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.1943-1947
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• 2007

The objective of this research was to find a direct and indirect method to estimate land surface temperature (LST) efficiently, using Landsat images and in-situ measurement. Agricultural fields including paddy fields have long been known to have multi-functions beneficial to the environment and ecology of the urban surrounding areas. Among these functions, the ambient temperature cooling (ATC) effect are widely acknowledged. However, quantitative and regional assessment of such effect has not had many investigations. Thermal remote sensing has been used over urban areas to assess ATC effect, to perform land cover classifications and as input for models of urban surface atmosphere exchange. Here, we review the use of thermal remote sensing in the study of paddy fields and urban climates, focusing primarily on the ATC effect. Landsat satellite images were used to determine the surface temperatures of different land cover types of a $441km^2$ study area in Cheongju, Korea. The results show that the ATC are a function of paddy area percentage in Landsat pixels. Pixels with higher paddy area percentage have more significant cooling effect.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2007년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2007
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• pp.310-313
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• 2007

In this study, a new technique for atmospheric transmittance estimated from ALOS PRISM data is developed. It is based on satellite's observing radiances of different view angles and assumes that the cause of difference in radiances is the different view angles. The ALOS PRISM has three independent optical systems for viewing forward and backward and producing a stereoscopic image along the satellite's track. This stereo pair data can be used to estimate the transmittance according to the radiative transfer theory. This derived transmittance will be validated by the AERONET data and compared with the MODTRAN4 simulation results. Results show that the higher the land cover albedo, the better the derived transmittance compared to the AERONET data. Besides, this technique also shows the transmittance retrieval will be underestimated for the low land cover albedo.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2002

정량적인 토지피복도의 확보는 유역에 분포하는 비점오염원의 규명에 있어서 매우 중요한 과제로 인식되고 있다. 본 연구는 위성영상을 이용한 토지피복분류 과정에 있어서, 훈련지역의 취득방법 및 규모가 분류정확도에 미치는 영향을 JERS-1 OPS 위성영상을 기반으로 평가하였다. 전체 연구대상지역 중에서 0.3%, 0.5%, 1.0%를 훈련지역으로 추출함에 있어서 두 가지 기법을 제안하였다. 첫번째 기법은 해당지역에 대한 사전 지식을 갖춘 연구자가 훈련지역을 추출하였으며, 두번째 기법은 기하학적 보정을 행한 항공사진과 수치지도를 이용하여 훈련지역을 추출하였다. 영상의 토지피복 분류는 최대우도분류법을 이용하였다. 연구결과 사용자에 의한 훈련지역 취득기법보다 항공사진과 수치지도를 이용하여 훈련지역을 추출하여 최대우도분류법을 적용할 경우 전체정확도가 최대 18% 정도 향상하였다. 우리나라와 같이 복잡하고 다양한 토지이용을 가진 지형에서 JERS-1 영상을 이용하여 95%의 신뢰도를 얻기 위해서는 적어도 훈련지역을 전체지역의 약 1% 이상 추출하여야 만족할 만한 토지피복분류를 수행할 수 있었다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.225-234
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• 2013

The relationship between debris flow and topographical factors is essential for the reliable estimation of soil loss. The objective of this paper is to estimate stability index and soil loss for assessing landsliding risk caused by debris flow. SIMAP and RUSLE are used to estimate stability index and soil loss, respectively. The landsliding risk area estimated by using SIMAP is found to be different from the large land area estimated by RUSLE. It is found that the spatial distribution of soil cover significantly influences landsliding risk area. Results also indicate that stability index and soil loss, estimated by soil cover factor, improve the assessment of landsliding risk.

• 한국지리정보학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.81-99
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• 2015

가속되는 지구온난화로 인해 한반도 주변의 탄소순환에 대한 명확한 이해의 필요성이 제기되고 있다. 산림은 이산화탄소의 주요 흡수원으로 지상 탄소량의 대부분을 저장하고 있어 이에 대한 추정이 필요하다. 우리나라에서는 국가산림자원조사의 표본점에서 측정되는 헥타르당 임목축적량을 활용하여 산림 탄소저장량을 추정한다. 하지만 탄소저장량은 요약된 수치 형태로 발표하고 있어 탄소저장량의 공간적 분포를 파악하는 것이 어렵다. 본 연구에서는 토지피복변화가 빠르고 국가산림자원조사 표본점 배치가 부족한 도시지역을 대상으로 UNFCCC의 Approach 3와 Tier 3를 충족하는 격자 기반 산림탄소저장량을 추정하였다. 토지피복변화 및 산림탄소저장량은 1991, 1992, 2010, 2011년에 취득된 Landsat 5 TM 영상과 고해상도 항공사진, 제 3차 및 제 5, 6차 국가산림자원조사 자료를 이용하여 추정하였다. 토지피복변화는 기계학습을 이용하여 변화된 토지피복과 변화되지 않은 토지피복 항목을 한 번에 분류하여 추정하였으며, 산림탄소저장량은 반사도, 밴드비율, 식생지수, 지형변수를 입력변수로 하여 기계학습을 통해 추정하였다. 연구 결과, 산림이 그대로 산림으로 유지되는 지역의 경우 33.23tonC/ha의 흡수를 하였으며 비산림이 산림으로 변한 지역의 경우 이보다 큰 36.83tonC/ha의 흡수가 진행된 것으로 추정되었다. 산림이 비산림으로 바뀐 경우에는 -7.35tonC/ha로, 배출이 일어난 것으로 추정되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 토지피복변화에 따른 산림탄소저장량 변화를 정량적으로 이해할 수 있었으며, 향후 효율적인 산림관리에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.