• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.53 no.4
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• pp.1210-1217
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• 2021

The analysis of ⁴¹Ca in concrete generated from the nuclear facilities decommissioning is critical for ensuring the safe management of radioactive waste. An analytical method for the determination of ⁴¹Ca in concrete is described. ⁴¹Ca is a neutron-activated long radionuclide, and hence, for accurate analysis, it is necessary to completely extract Ca from the concrete sample where it exists as the predominant element. The decomposition methods employed were the acid leaching, microwave digestion, and alkali fusion. A comparison of the results indicated that the alkali fusion is the most suitable way for the separation of Ca from the concrete sample. Several processes of hydroxide and carbonate precipitation were employed to separate ⁴¹Ca from interferences. The method relies on the differences in the solubility of the generated products. The behavior of Ca and the interfering elements such as Fe, Ni, Co, Eu, Ba, and Sr is examined at each separation step. The purified ⁴¹Ca was measured by a liquid scintillation counter, and the quench curve and counting efficiency were determined by using a certified reference material of known ⁴¹Ca activity. The recoveries in this study ranged from 56 to 68%, and the minimum detectable activity was 50 mBq g^-1 with 0.5 g of concrete sample.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.204-204
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• 2020

환경부는 기존 대형 강우레이더 관측망에 대한 동해안 지역 관측공백 해소와 집중호우에 의한 재해예방을 목적으로 2기의 전파강수관측소를 삼척과 울진 통고산에 구축 운영하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 삼척 및 울진 전파강수관측소 관측 자료 품질 향상을 위한 다양한 품질 분석 기법을 소개하고 그 결과를 제시한다. 설치된 전파강수관측소의 시스템 특성 중 하나인 Short/Long 펄스 신호에 따른 자료의 연속/불연속성 및 피뢰침에 의한 자료 품질, 그리고 강수에 의한 신호감쇠에 따른 유효관측거리 등을 분석하였다. 이러한 분석을 기반으로 신호보정옵셋 및 피뢰침 위치 등을 조정하여 자료 품질을 향상하였다. 또한 삼척과 울진 전파강수관측소를 대상으로 분포형 비차등위상차 산정 기술을 적용하고 그 결과를 분석하였다. 비차등위상차는 시스템 편차나 우박 등의 영향에서 자유로워 특히 전파강수관측소와 같은 X 밴드 정량강우 추정에서 중요하다. 일반적으로 비차등위상차는 차등위상차에 대한 필터링 기법으로 산출하는데, 이 방법은 약한 강수에 대해 변동성이 크며 지형에코 등에 의해 영향을 크게 받는다는 단점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 일반적인 필터링 기법에 의한 비차등위상차와 분포형 기법을 적용한 비차등위상차에 대해 비교 분석을 하였다. 전파강수관측소 강우 자료를 이용한 분포형 비차등위상차 시험적용 결과 기존 비차등위상차에 비해 정성적으로 우위를 보임을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.203-203
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• 2020

동해안에 위치한 영동지역은 산지로 둘러싸여 있어 지형적인 여건으로 지상강우관측망의 밀도가 낮으며, 지상관측소의 관측한계를 보완하기 위해 사용되고 있는 기존 대형 레이더는 지형 차폐로 인해 영동지역에서는 정확한 강우정보를 관측하기 어렵다. 강우정보는 홍수예측을 위해 필수적인 정보이므로, 집중호우와 태풍으로 인한 홍수재해가 빈번히 발생하는 영동지역에서는 관측공백의 해소가 필요하다. 이를 위해 환경부에서는 동해안 지역에 2기의 전파강수관측소를 설치, 운영 중에 있다. 해당 관측소 자료는 30km 관측반경 범위 내에서 수 백 미터 이하의 격자 강우자료를 생산할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 본 연구에서는 전파강수관측소의 자료를 강우 및 홍수 재해정보 생산에 활용하고자 한다. 대상지역은 영동지역에 위치한 삼척오십천으로 해당 지역은 친수적으로 조성되어 강우로 인한 시민의 인명피해가 위험이 존재하는 곳이다. 본 연구에서는 새로 설치된 삼척 전파강수관측소로 관측된 자료를 이용하여 고해상도 격자 및 유역평균강우정보를 생산하고, 지역특성을 반영하여 강우정보 기반으로 하천홍수 위험을 판단할 수 있는 하천흐름계산도표를 개발하여 평가하고자 한다. 생산된 고해상도 격자 강우자료는 70m 격자 해상도를 갖으며, 분포형 비차등위상차를 이용하여 추정된 강우정보이다. 유역평균강우는 삼척오십천 유역과 삼척시 동단위 행정구역별로 산출된다. 또한 하천흐름계산도표는 삼척오십천 유역의 현장답사를 통해 시민의 접근성, 하천수위 급상승으로 인한 피해가능성을 고려하여 6개 지점을 선정하여 개발하고, 전파강수관측소 관측강우정보를 활용하여 홍수예측정보로의 적절성을 평가한다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.65-73
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• 2010

To observe and analyze the characteristics of cloud and precipitation properties, the Cloud physics Observation System (CPOS) has been operated from December 2003 at Daegwallyeong ($37.4^{\circ}N$, $128.4^{\circ}E$, 842 m) in the Taebaek Mountains. The major instruments of CPOS are follows: Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe (FSSP), Optical Particle Counter (OPC), Visibility Sensor (VS), PARSIVEL disdrometer, Microwave Radiometer (MWR), and Micro Rain Radar (MRR). The former four instruments (FSSP, OPC, visibility sensor, and PARSIVEL) are for the observation and analysis of characteristics of the ground cloud (fog) and precipitation, and the others are for the vertical cloud characteristics (http://weamod.metri.re.kr) in real time. For verification of CPOS products, the comparison between the instrumental products has been conducted: the qualitative size distributions of FSSP and OPC during the hygroscopic seeding experiments, the precipitable water vapors of MWR and radiosonde, and the rainfall rates of the PARSIVEL(or MRR) and rain gauge. Most of comparisons show a good agreement with the correlation coefficient more than 0.7. These reliable CPOS products will be useful for the cloud-related studies such as the cloud-aerosol indirect effect or cloud seeding. The visibility value is derived from the droplet size distribution of FSSP. The derived FSSP visibility shows the constant overestimation by 1.7 to 1.9 times compared with the values of two visibility sensors (SVS (Sentry Visibility Sensor) and PWD22 (Present Weather Detect 22)). We believe this bias is come from the limitation of the droplet size range ($2{\sim}47\;{\mu}m$) measured by FSSP. Further studies are needed after introducing new instruments with other ranges.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.519-533
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• 2018

The sensible heat flux (SHF)and latent heat flux (LHF) over Korean Peninsula ocean during recent 4 years were calculated using Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE) 3.5 bulk algorithm and satellite-based atmospheric-ocean variables. Among the four input variables (10-m wind speed; U, sea surface temperature; $T_s$, air temperature; $T_a$, and air humidity; $Q_a$) required for heat flux calculation, Ta and $Q_a$, which are not observed directly by satellites, were estimated from empirical relations developed using satellite-based columnar atmospheric water vapor (W) and $T_s$. The estimated satellite-based $T_a$ and $Q_a$ show high correlation coefficients above 0.96 with the buoy observations. The temporal and spatial variability of monthly ocean heat fluxes were analyzed for the Korean Peninsula ocean. The SHF showed low values of $20W/m^2$ over the entire areas from March to August. Particularly, in July, SHF from the atmosphere to the ocean, which is less than $0W/m^2$, has been shown in some areas. The SHF gradually increased from September and reached the maximum value in December. Similarly, The LHF showed low values of $40W/m^2$ from April to July, but it increased rapidly from autumn and was highest in December. The analysis of monthly characteristics of the meteorological variables affecting the heat fluxes revealed that the variation in differences of temperature and humidity between air and sea modulate the SHF and LHF, respectively. In addition, as the sensitivity of SHF and LHF to U increase in winter, it contributed to the highest values of ocean heat fluxes in this season.

• Analytical Science and Technology
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• v.31 no.6
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• pp.247-258
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• 2018

The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the degree of air pollution can be evaluated via examination of local plants. Selected sites included two parks in an industrial area, as well as two parks in an urban area. Selected plant samples comprised one-year-old pine shoot leaves. Leaves growing over 2 m from the ground were collected from over 10 pine trees. Leaf surface was analyzed for deposition of 14 trace elements and 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including particle size and mass, surface imaging, precipitation-mediated particle removal rate, and concentration. Particle size ranged from 0.4 to $200{\mu}m$, and the volume percentage of particles ${\leq}10$ was 20 %. Deposited particle mass ranged from 0.450-0.825 mg, and precipitation-mediated removal rate ranged from 10.0-27.6 %. Trace element concentration, as measured by ICP/MS after microwave acid digestion, was 18.8-26.3 mg/kg As, 0.08-0.13 mg/kg Be, 0.06-0.08 mg/kg Cd, 4.91-17.8 mg/kg Cr, 5.26-405 mg/kg Cu, 1,930-2,670 mg/kg Fe, 3.03-28.1 mg/kg Pb, 26.9-42.8 mg/kg Mn, 2.66-10.4 mg/kg Ni, 4,560-8,730 mg/kg Al, 2,500-6,120 mg/kg Ba, 5.27-17.8 mg/kg Rb, 40.9-95.3 mg/kg Sr, and 4,030-8,260 mg/kg Zn. Concentration of PAHs, as analyzed by GC/MS/MS after liquid-liquid extraction and purification of deposited particles, ranged from 1.17 to 12.378 mg/kg for ${\Sigma}PAH_{16}$ and from 1.17 to 12.378 mg/kg for ${\Sigma}PAH_7$.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.1-16
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• 2007

The use of information on natural resources is indispensable to most agricultural activities to avoid disasters, to improve input efficiency, and to increase lam income. Most information is prepared and managed at a spatial scale called the "Hydrologic Unit" (HU), which means watershed or small river basin, because virtually every environmental problem can be handled best within a single HU. South Korea consists of 840 such watersheds and, while other watershed-specific information is routinely managed by government organizations, there are none responsible for agricultural weather and climate. A joint research team of Kyung Hee University and the Agriculture, forestry and Fisheries Information Service has begun a 4-year project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and forestry to establish a watershed-specific agricultural weather information service based on "high definition" digital climate maps (HD-DCMs) utilizing the state of the art geospatial climatological technology. For example, a daily minimum temperature model simulating the thermodynamic nature of cold air with the aid of raster GIS and microwave temperature profiling will quantify effects of cold air drainage on local temperature. By using these techniques and 30-year (1971-2000) synoptic observations, gridded climate data including temperature, solar irradiance, and precipitation will be prepared for each watershed at a 30m spacing. Together with the climatological normals, there will be 3-hourly near-real time meterological mapping using the Korea Meteorological Administration's digital forecasting products which are prepared at a 5 km by 5 km resolution. Resulting HD-DCM database and operational technology will be transferred to local governments, and they will be responsible for routine operations and applications in their region. This paper describes the project in detail and demonstrates some of the interim results.