• KCID journal
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.225-235
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• 2007

The shape of streamflow hydrograph during the early period of spring is very much controlled by the area and depth of snow cover especially in mountainous area. When we simulate the streamfolw of a watershed snowmelt, we need some information for snow cover extent and depth distribution as parameters and input data in the hydrological models. The purpose of this study is to suggest an extraction method of snow cover area and snow depth distribution using Terra MODIS image. Snow cover extent for South Korea was extracted for the period of December 2000 and April 2006. For the snow cover area, the snow depth was interpolated using the snow depth data from 69 meteorological observation stations. With these data, it is necessary to run a hydrological model considering the snow-related data and compare the simulated streamflow with the observed data and check the applicability for the snowmelt simulation.

• Journal of Korea Association of Health Promotion
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.34-37
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• 2003

The NGO program of "intestinal parasite Control among primary Schoolchildren of Lao PDR", supported by KOICA and implemented by KAHP, has started in 1999 and will be executed until 2004. Under cooperation of the LAo Ministry of Health, WHO, Korean Embassy and KOCIA, for the last 4 years, KHIP has conducted parasitological survey throughout the country, supply of medical equipment and anti-helminthics and treatment of positive people. The results of the survey is as below : A total of 29,846 stool specimens were collected from primary schoolchildren from May 2000 to June 2002 and examined once with the cellphone thick smear. By species, the rate for Ascaris lumbricoides was 34.9%, hookworm 19.1%, Trichuris trihiura 25.8%, Opisthorchis iverrini 10.9%, Taenia spp. 0.6% and Hymenolepis spp. 0.1%. The northern mountainous regions showed a higher prevalence of soil-transmitted helminths. The regions along the Mekong River such as Khammuane, Saravane or Svannakhet Province showed a higher prevalence of fish-borne parasites.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.80-85
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• 2011

산지하천의 만곡부에서는 홍수시 원심력이 작용하여 하천 횡단방향으로 수면경사가 발생되기 때문에 만곡 외측에서는 수위가 상승하고 내측에서는 수위가 내려가는 편수위 현상이 일어난다. 산지하천 만곡수충부의 수위 상승 특성을 파악하기 위해 만곡수충부 하류부의 수위가 그 편수위에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 하였다. 이에 강원지역 하천 만곡부의 형태학적인 특성을 바탕으로 산지하천 만곡부 조건을 설정한 수리모형 실험장치를 이용하여 하류부 수위를 6단계로 조절하고 각 단계별로 횡단수위 분포를 측정하는 과정으로 이루어졌다. 실험결과 만곡부의 최대 편수위는 하류부 수위조건이 고수위 보다 저수위에서 크게 나타났으며 이는 만곡수충부 하류에 보와 같은 수위조절구조물에 의하여 만곡부 내의 수위가 상승될 경우 편수위가 감쇠될 수 있는 가능성이 있다는 것을 나타낸다.

• Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.22-26
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• 2009

As Korea's water resources are dominated by intense summer rainfall and steep mountainous territory, it is inevitable for most of the rainfall in Korea to flow into sea immediately and directly. It cannot help having severe conditions which droughts and floods occur repeatedly due to the seasonal and geological conditions in Korea. Those kinds of disasters will be expected more frequently and seriously in the future because of the unexpected climate changes in the world. Therefore, Korean government will plan to develop small and medium-size dams environmentally friendly, multi-regional water supply system continuously and alternative water resources such as river bank filtrations, rainwater storages and underground dams, in order to prevent floods as well as to secure stable water supply.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.178-182
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• 2007

In this study, we evaluated current raingauge network of Soyanggang dam region applying spatial-correlation analysis and Entropy theory to recommend an optimized raingauge network. In the process of analysis, correlation distance of raingauge stations is estimated and evaluated via spatial-correlation method and entropy method. From this correlation distances, respective influencing radii of each dataset and each methods is assessed. The result of correlation and entropy analysis has estimated correlation distance of 25.546km and influence radius of 7.206km, deducing a decrease of network density from $224.53km^2$ to $122.47km^2$ which satisfy the recommended minimum densities of $250km^2$ in mountainous regions(WMO, 1994) and an increase of basin coverage from 59.3% to 86.8%. As for the elevation analysis the relative evaluation ratio increased from 0.59(current) to 0.92(optimized) resulting an obvious improvement.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.1764-1769
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• 2010

본 연구에서는 산지하천 만곡수충부의 특성을 파악하기 위한 기초연구로서 홍수사상 발생 시 산지하천 만곡수충부 외측의 수위 상승효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 만곡수충부 모형을 제작하기 위하여 강원지역 지방하천에서 만곡수충부의 형태학적인 특성조사를 통한 대표 산지하천 만곡수충부 조건을 설정하였다. 수리모형실험을 위해 왜곡도 1.6의 고정상 만곡수충부 개수로 모형을 제작하여 유량에 따른 수충부의 수위상승을 조사하였다. 유량 $700m^3/s$에서 최대 3.150m의 편수위 상승이 발생하였고 유량에 따라 약간의 상이한 결과가 발생하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.382-386
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• 2012

최근 산지하천 유역에서 발생하는 홍수와 이를 동반한 토석류에 의해 많은 인적, 물적 피해가 빈번히 발생하고 있다. 이러한 피해를 최소화하기 위해서는 유역의 정확한 홍수유출량 해석이 동반되어야 하지만 산치하천 유역은 유출특성 분석에 기본이 되는 수위관측소의 수가 적고, 관측소가 존재하더라도 결측치가 많거나 자료보유 연한이 짧아 자료의 활용성이 떨어진다. 따라서 선행 연구에서는 미비한 자료만으로도 회귀분석이 가능하며 높은 신뢰도를 갖는 Fuzzy 회귀분석 기법을 도입하여 수위자료 없이도 산지하천 유역의 유역면적과 하도경사를 바탕으로 홍수유출량을 평가할 수 있는 기술을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서는 여기에 빈도별 강우량을 새롭게 추가하여 홍수량 산정식을 개선 및 보완하였다. 새롭게 도출된 홍수량 산정식의 정확도는 기존 대상유역 내 특정지점 설계홍수량을 기준으로 기존 개발된 홍수량 산정식과 비교하여 검토하였고 비교적 높은 정확도를 나타냈다. 이를 바탕으로 일반 사용자도 손쉽게 홍수량을 산정할 수 있도록 MATLAB을 이용하여 홍수량 산정 프로그램을 개발하였다.

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.43-52
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• 2019

Place names or toponyms including Gosan, Busan and Buraesan can be very important and interesting storytelling subjects in terms of geomorphology and folklore studies also. Several studies done by folklorists, those sixty five mountain-moving stories with similar names can be grouped into several categories through formation processes and origin, transport media and imposition of tax. Geomorphological studies can focus on transport media. They can be classified into six different categories; 1) flood from upstream through river, 2) voluntary walk of mountains, 3) by wind, 4) upwelling from underground, 5) involvement of mythical beings such as Mago Granny or Dokkaebi (kind of goblin), or 6) migration by ocean current.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.36 no.4
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• pp.235-243
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• 2013

In Korea, where the plain land is greatly deficient as a mountainous nation, most of riparian zones were transformed into agricultural fields and urban areas. Excessive use of the land, which is close to river, makes the rivers enduring severe pollution stresses. Disappearance of riparian buffer, which plays a function of filter in the riverside, appears as a main factor aggravating water pollution of rivers. In this respect, it is imperative to restore the lost riparian vegetation. This study found out restoration models of riparian vegetation from the Bongseonsa stream, which has remnant riparian vegetation patches as a conservation reserve. Feasible reference information applicable for restoration of riparian vegetation was shown in the species level in the order of herb, shrub, and tree and sub-tree zones as far away from the waterway. Those information could contribute to restoring integrate and healthy rivers and streams beyond simple landscaping differently from the other restoration projects when they will be applied to the restoration project to be carried out in the future. In addition, the spatial range of river and stream, background that riparian zone disappeared in Korea, and application plan of the obtained reference information were discussed.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.30 no.3
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• pp.283-291
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• 2014

To study the distribution characteristics of diatom communities in relation to the gradient of water quality and land-use, water samples and epilithic diatoms were collected from 90 sites including mainstream and tributaries, in the Geum River System (GRS) during no rainfall, May 2011. Of 239 taxa identified, Achnanthes convergens and Cymbella minuta were dominated over all the sites. Cluster analysis on the GRS divided into three groups. Group 1 (G1) is the mountainous upstream, a relatively good water quality, and mainly consisted of saproxenous species. Group 2 (G2) is the urban sites, polluted (high in electric conductivity, total phosphate and soluble reactive phosphorus), and saproxenous and common species. Group 3 (G3) is the agriculture sites, and polluted (turbidity, total nitrogen, nitrate), and saprophilous species. There were some discrepancies between abiotic and biotic variables in GRS; biologically similar between G1 and G2, but abiotically similar between G2 and G3. These differences may attribute to not only physiological characteristics of diatom cells, but complicate relationships between microhabitat and water quality. Thus, an urgent development of generalized or standardized methods to diminish the differences between epilithic diatom community and environments is advent.