• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.111-123
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• 2009

The purpose of this study is to investigate the time-elapse change of oil-polluted Taean coastal area with by Herbei Spirit oil spill incident. From Mandae of Iwonmeyon to Padori beach of Sowonmeyon, field monitering was conducted at eleven surveying points surveying. The specific conclusions from this study are as follows. The residual oil was not founded at ten surveying points, but the crude oil remained under the ground at the Groompo beach one year passed since the oil spill. Because the efforts of volunteers over millionaires and inhabitants for cleaning and reciprocating actions of waves, the oil-polluted coastal area by Herbei Spirit oil spill incident. It is guessed that a part of stranded oil spilled from the incident was degraded by physical, chemical, and biological weathering and the residue was dispersed in tidal and subtidal zone with oil-minerals aggregates(OMA).

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.61 no.5
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• pp.89-99
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• 2019

In this study, we estimated the spatially-distributed soil moisture at the high resolution ($10m{\times}10m$) using the satellite-based Sentinel-1A/B SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) sensor images. The Sentinel-1A/B raw data were pre-processed using the SNAP (Sentinel Application Platform) tool provided from ESA (European Space Agency), and then the pre-processed data were converted to the backscatter coefficients. The regression equations were derived based on the relationships between the TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry)-based soil moisture measurements and the converted backscatter coefficients. The TDR measurements from the 51 RDA (Rural Development Administration) monitoring sites were used to derive the regression equations. Then, the soil moisture values were estimated using the derived regression equations with the input data of Sentinel-1A/B based backscatter coefficients. Overall, the soil moisture estimates showed the linear trends compared to the TDR measurements with the high Pearson's correlations (more than 0.7). The Sentinel-1A/B based soil moisture values matched well with the TDR measurements with various land surface conditions (bare soil, crop, forest, and urban), especially for bare soil (R: 0.885~0.910 and RMSE: 3.162~4.609). However, the Mandae-ri (forest) and Taean-eup (urban) sites showed the negative correlations with the TDR measurements. These uncertainties might be due to limitations of soil surface penetration depths of SAR sensors and complicated land surface conditions (artificial constructions near the TDR site) at urban regions. These results may infer that qualities of Sentinel-1A/B based soil moisture products are dependent on land surface conditions. Although uncertainties exist, the Sentinel-1A/B based high-resolution soil moisture products could be useful in various areas (hydrology, agriculture, drought, flood, wild fire, etc.).

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.64 no.4
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

A vegetative filter strip (VFS) is one of the best management practices (BMPs) to reduce pollutant loads. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of VFS in dense upland field areas. The study areas are agricultural fields in the Maedae (MD), Gaa (GA), and Jaun (JU) watersheds, where severe sediment yields have occurred and the Korean government has designated them as non-point management regions. The agricultural fields were divided into three or four clusters for each watershed based on their slope, slope length, and area (e.g., MD1, MD2). To assess the sediment trapping (STE) and pesticide reduction efficiency (PRE) of VFS, the Vegetative Filter Strip Modeling System (VFSMOD) was applied with three different scenarios (SC) (SC1: VFS with rye vegetation; SC2: VFS with rye vegetation and a gentle slope in VFS range; and SC3: VFS with grass mixture). For SC1, there were relatively short slope lengths and small areas in the MD1 and GA3 clusters, and they showed higher pollutant reduction (STE>50%, PRE>25%). For SC2 and SC3, all clusters in GA and some clusters (MD1 and MD3) in MD show higher pollutant reduction (>25%), while the uplands in JU still show a lower pollutant (<25%). With correlation analysis between geographic characteristics and VFS effectiveness slope and slope length showed relative higher correlations with the pollutant efficiency than a area. The results of this study implied that slope and slope length should be considered to find suitable upland conditions for VFS installations.

• Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.93-102
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• 2007

The runoff characteristics of organic matter in turbid water were investigated in eleven tributary streams of the Han River system, Korea. The flow-weighted event mean concentrations of organic matter ranged from 1.5 to 3.2 mg $L^{-1}$ of DOM and 2.2 of 29.1 mg $L^{-1}$ of POM, respectively. The SUVA value which reflects the proportion of humic substance in organic matters was higher during the rainfall season, meaning that the runoff of refractory form increase in this period. Stable carbon isotope ratios of both POM and DOM were different among streams, which reflect the sources of organic matter. DOM isotope ratios were less depleted of $^{13}C$ than that of POM by approximately 1 to $2%_{\circ}$ ${\delta}^{13}C$ of the several turbid streams (the Mandae Stream, the Jawoon Stream, and the Daegi stream) were heavier than those of clear streams. ${\delta}^{13}C$ values in the turbid upstream tributaries were similar to those of downstream reaches (such as the Soyang River, the Sum River, and the Seo River). From the ${\delta}^{13}C$ analysis of POM it could be calculated that $C_4$ pathway contributed approximately 15.9 to 23.6% of organic matter in several turbid upstream sites, and over 20% in the three sites of large downstream reaches. On the contrary it contributed only 9.1 to 12.8% in clear streams of forest watersheds. In the Soyang River, $C_4$ pathway organic matter contributed 8.8% of the DOM pool.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.384-384
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• 2011

전 세계적으로 유역단위 수문해석 모형으로 많이 사용되는 SWAT모형은 유역 내 수문 모의시, DEM을 기반으로 유역 평균경사도를 이용하여 경사도-경사장 관계식 산정 경사장을 유역 내모든 수문학적 반응단위(HRU:Hydrologic Response Unit)에 동일하게 적용하는 문제점이 있다. 특히 SWAT모형은 미국지형 기반으로 개발되었기 때문에 유역 평균 경사도가 25% 미만일 경우 유역 평균 경사장 인자가 매우 작은 값으로 산정되어 모두 동일하게 적용된다. 이는 SWAT모형의 수문 및 지하수 함양량 산정 시 우리나라 유역 특성이 제대로 반영되지 않는 채 모의가 이루어질 수 있는 문제를 초래할 수 있다. 따라서 이러한 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 강원 발전연구원에서 전수 조사한 실측 경사장 자료가 있는 강원도 양구군 해안면 만대천 유역을 연구 대상지역으로 선정하였고 지하수 함양량을 시공간적으로 분석 할 수 있게 개발 된 SWAT HRU Mapping module에 실측 경사장 자료를 이용하여 2009년 실측 경사장(274m) 적용과 임의의 경사장(5m) 적용에 따른 유출량 및 지하수 함양량을 비교 분석 하였다. 임의의 경사장을 5m로 선정한 이유는 SWAT모형에서 소유역의 경사도가 25%이상일 경우 소유역의 경사장을 모두 0.05m로 산정하여 모두 동일하게 적용하기 때문에 실측 경사장(평균 274m)과 대조군으로 비교하기 위하여 임의의 경사장을 5m로 선정하였다. 2009년 해안면 만대천 유역의 총 강우량은 1341mm이며 실측경사장 및 임의 경사장 적용에 따른 유출특성별 유출량을 비교해보면 직접유출 결과는 두 가지 경사장 모두 큰 차이를 나타내지 않았지만 평균 경사장이 증가 할수록 중간유출은 줄어들고 기저유출이 급격하게 증가하는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 2009년 만대천 유역의 월별지하수 함양량은 실측경사장과 임의의 경사장 적용에 따라 각각 591mm/yr(함양율 44%) 와 293mm/yr(함양율 22%) 로 나타났으며, 중간유출이 줄고 기저유출이 증가 할수록 지하수함양량 역시 증가 하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 SWAT모형에서 기저유출을 정확히 해석하고 지하수함양량을 제대로 산정하기 위해서는 실측 경사장에 적용에 따른 모형의 검 보정이 반드시 이루어져야 한다고 판단된다.