• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.31-44
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• 2017

The aim of this study is to evaluate the accuracy and variability of the oak pollen concentrations over the Seoul metropolitan region (SMR) simulated by the Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ)-based pollen dispersion model, which is the CMAQ-pollen model integrated with the improved oak pollen emission model(PEM-oak). The PEM-oak model developed is based on hourly emission flux parameterization that includes the effects of plant-specific release, meteorological adjustment, and diurnal variations of oak pollen concentrations. A 33 day-run for oak pollen simulation was conducted by the CMAQ-pollen model with a 3 km spatial resolution for the SMR during the 2014 spring pollen season. Modeled concentrations were evaluated against the hourly measurements at three Burkard sampling sites. Temporal variations of oak concentrations were largely well represented by the model, but the quantitative difference between simulations and measurements was found to be significant in some periods. The model results also showed that large variations in oak pollen concentrations existed in time and space and high concentrations in the SMR were closely associated with the regional transport under strong wind condition. This study showed the effective application of the CMAQ-pollen modeling system to simulate oak pollen concentration in the SMR. Our results could be helpful in providing information on allergenic pollen exposure. Further efforts are needed to further understand the oak pollen release characteristics such as interannual variation of the oak pollen productivity and its spatio-temporal flowering timing.

• 대기
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2019

For the allergy patient who needs to know the situation about the extent of pollen risk, the National Institute of Meteorological Sciences developed a pollen forecasting system based on the Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling (CMAQ). In the old system, pollen emission from the oak was estimated just based on the airborne concentration and meteorology factors, resulted in high uncertainty. For improving the quality of current pollen forecasting system, therefore the estimation of pollen emission is now corrected based on the observation of pollen emission at the oak forest to better reflect the real emission pattern. In this study, the performance of the previous (NIMS2014) and current (NIMS2016) model system was compared using observed oak pollen concentration. Daily pollen concentrations and emissions were simulated in pollen season 2016 and accuracy of onset and end of pollen season were evaluated. In the NIMS2014 model, pollen season was longer than actual pollen season; The simulated pollen season started 6 days earlier and finished 13.25 days later than the actual pollen season. The NIMS2016 model, however, the simulated pollen season started only 1.83 days later, and finished 0.25 days later than the actual pollen season, showing the improvement to predict the temporal range of pollen events. Also, the NIMS2016 model shows better performance for the prediction of pollen concentration, while there is a still large uncertainty to capture the maximum pollen concentration at the target site. Continuous efforts to correct these problems will be required in the future.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.165-169
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• 2014

도토리화분의 총 폴리페놀함량은 화분배지에 뽕나무버섯(Armillaria mellea) 배양한 발아액에서 가장 높았으며, 표고(Lentinula edodes) 발아액에서 가장 낮았다. 뽕나무버섯을 배양한 발아액 중에서 동결건조 화분의 발아액이 정제화분과 저온초미분쇄화분의 발아액보다 총 폴리페놀함량이 많았다. 또한 동결건조 화분의 뽕나무버섯 발아액은 물추출액보다 총 폴리페놀함량이 1.4배 높았다. 도토리화분의 DPPH radical 소거능은 뽕나무버섯 발아액에서 가장 높았으며, 표고 발아액에서 가장 낮았다. 동결건조 화분의 뽕나무버섯 발아액은 DPPH radical 소거능이 물추출보다 2~4배 높았다. 수집된 꿀벌화분은 알갱이 형태이며, 꿀벌의 분비물을 제거한 순수 화분은 분말형태로 크기는 0.1~0.003 mm 정도이다. 화분의 전자현미경 구조는 도토리화분은 단립이며 모양은 장구형(prolate)이고 극면상은 난형이다. 발아구는 3구형이며 비교적 짧고 곧은 주름이 있다. 표면은 과립상(verrucate) 또는 미립상(scabrate)으로 불규칙한 돌기가 있다. 저온초미분쇄한 화분은 세포벽이 파쇄 또는 절단되었으며, 동결건조한 화분에서는 세포벽이 파열되어 세포질이 나출되는 양상을 보였다. 표고를 접종한 도토리 화분의 세포 발아 형태는 공구(pore) 주변에 외피가 없는 다량의 발아세포가 형성되었으며, 뽕나무버섯을 접종한 화분배지에서의 세포 발아 형태는 화분에서 균사속과 유사한 발아관이 형성되고 그 끝에 발아세포가 형성되었다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.780-788
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• 2013

This study attempted to determine important meteorological parameters related to airborne pollen concentrations in urban areas. Hourly pollen measurement data were prepared from a regular sampling with a volumetric Burkard spore trap at a site in the Ulsan city, during the spring season (March~May) of 2011. Results showed that the daily mean and maximum concentrations for total pollen counts during the spring season were statistically significantly correlated with both air temperature and wind speed; daily mean pollen concentration was the most highly related to daily maximum temperature (r=0.567, p<0.001). It was also identified that pollen concentration has a stronger relationship with wind speed at the rural site than at the urban one, which confirms that strong wind conditions over the pollen sources area can be favorable for pollen dispersal, resulting in increases in airborne pollen concentrations downwind. From the results of an oak-pollen episode analysis, it was found that there was a significant relationship between hourly variation of oak pollen concentrations and dynamic meteorological factors, such as wind and mixing height (representing the boundary layer depth); especially, a strong southwestern wind and elevated mixing height was associated with high nocturnal concentrations of oak pollen. This study suggests that temperature, wind, and mixing height can be important considerations in explaining the pollen concentration variations. Additional examination of complex interactions of multiple meteorological parameters affecting pollen behavior should be carried out in order to better understand and predict the temporal and spatial pollen distribution in urban areas.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.833-837
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• 2005

송화분, 참나무화분 및 백합화분에 대한 항산화 효능을 DPPH radical 소거능 및 동물조직의 지질산화 억제효능을 이용하여 평가하였다. 각 화분을 ethanol, 50% ethanol 및 물을 이용하여 추출물을 조제한 후 이들에 대한 DPPH radical 소거능을 분석한 결과 50% 소거능을 나타내는 $EC_{50}$ 값은, 송화분의 경우 50% ethanol 추출물(40.0mg/mL)이 가장 낮게 나타났으며 물 추출물(46.8mg/mL), 100% ethanol 추출물(131.2mg/mL) 순 이었다. 참나무화분에서는 50% ethanol 추출물(3.2mg/mL), 100%, ethanol 추출물(4.5mg/mL), 물 추출물(8.3mg/mL) 순이었고 백합화분에서는 100% ethanol 추출물의 $EC_{50}$값이 14.0mg/mL로, 50% ethanol 추출물(24.0mg/mL) 및 물 추출물(18.8mg/mL)에 비해 가장 낮았다. 3 종의 화분에서는 참나무 화분의 DPPH radical 소거능이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 한편 $ascorbate-Fe^{3+}-EDTA$에 의해 유도되는 뇌조직에서의 지질산화도는 송화분, 참나무화분, 백합화분 추출물에 의해 모두 농도 의존적으로 억제되었으며 신장에서의 지질산화도 억제되었다. 그리고 이 중에서 송화분보다는 참나무와 백합화분의 효능이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 화분 추출물에 대한 총 polyphenol의 함량을 분석한 결과 참나무화분$(32.5{\pm}2.9{\mu}g/mg\;pollen)$이 백합화분$(25.9{\pm}1.4{\mu}g/mg\;pollen)$이나 송화분$(9.3{\pm}0.7{\mu}g/mg\;pollen)$보다 높게 나타났다.

• 대기
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.221-233
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• 2015

Pollen is closely related to health issues such as allergenic rhinitis and asthma as well as intensifying atopic syndrome. Information on current and future spatio-temporal distribution of allergenic pollen is needed to address such issues. In this study, the Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling (CMAQ) was utilized as a base modeling system to forecast pollen dispersal from oak trees. Pollen emission is one of the most important parts in the dispersal modeling system. Areal emission factor was determined from gridded areal fraction of oak trees, which was produced by the analysis of the tree type maps (1:5000) obtained from the Korea Forest Service. Daily total pollen production was estimated by a robust multiple regression model of weather conditions and pollen concentration. Hourly emission factor was determined from wind speed and friction velocity. Hourly pollen emission was then calculated by multiplying areal emission factor, daily total pollen production, and hourly emission factor. Forecast data from the KMA UM LDAPS (Korea Meteorological Administration Unified Model Local Data Assimilation and Prediction System) was utilized as input. For the verification of the model, daily observed pollen concentration from 12 sites in Korea during the pollen season of 2014. Although the model showed a tendency of over-estimation in terms of the seasonal and daily mean concentrations, overall concentration was similar to the observation. Comparison at the hourly output showed distinctive delay of the peak hours by the model at the 'Pocheon' site. It was speculated that the constant release of hourly number of pollen in the modeling framework caused the delay.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.735-749
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• 2020

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate airborne pollen counts, inhalant allergen sensitization rate, and allergic disease prevalence among elementary school children in Ulsan, South Korea during 2012-2018. Methods: Burkard samplers for pollen were installed on rooftops in suburban and urban areas in Ulsan. A 24-hour sampling of airborne allergens was conducted six days/week from January 1, 2013 to November 31, 2018. Skin prick tests were done with a total of 4,246 primary school students residing in urban and suburban areas in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018. This study examined sensitization to 20 major inhalant allergens. Results: The highest monthly counts of airborne pollen were observed in April and September each year. Among the pollen identified over the six years, pine showed the highest pollen counts (44.3%), followed by oak (22.3%), alder (6.3%) and Japanese hops (4.3%). Tree pollen predominated from March to June, and weed pollen predominated from August to October. Higher sensitization rates for inhalant allergens were observed in Dermatophagoides farinae (42.4%), Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (43.6%), cat fur (12.1%), birch (9.9%), oak (9.6%), and alder (8.7%). The inhalant allergen sensitization rate was highest in the group with comorbidity (asthma and/or rhinitis and atopic dermatitis), and respiratory allergic disease (asthma and/or rhinitis) was higher than that of atopic dermatitis. Conclusion: Both the counts of tree pollen in the air and the sensitization rate for tree pollen were high in Ulsan. The temporal change in respiratory allergic diseases was similar to that for the sensitization rate of tree pollen, such as oak. In the future, it is considered that additional continuous research on various inhalant allergens and pollen should be conducted.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.37-53
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• 1982

Pollen analysis from lake districts, Youngnangho, Wolhamji and Bangeojin, revealed vegetational patterns in Korea. The pollen stratigraphy was divided into five zones, zone L, I, II, IIIa and IIIb for the past 15,000 years. During zone L (earlier than 10,500 yr BP), late-glacial period, Youngnangho was vegetated with a coniferous forest dominated by spruce, larch, haploxylon pine and fir with considerable amount of herbs. Zone I(10,500~7500 yr BP) was predominantly herbaceous vegetationj with significant amount of oak and diploxylon pine. It suggests that the overall environment became milder and drier than late-glacial period. Zone II(7,500~4,000 yr BP), hypsithermal period, showed significant warming condition, indicated by high pollen concentrations of oak, diploxylon pine and hornbeam, and by more diverse flora of deciduous broad-leaved trees than before. Herbs were not an important part of vegetation. Zone III$^a$(4,000~1,500 yr BP) had pine and oak as main elements. Birch increased slightly while hornbeam decreased in this time. It indicates cooling condition. Zone III$^b$(1,5000-present) which can be called pine period showed obvious human interference. Following forest clearance, agriculture was intensified. The beginning of logging and agriculture was discernible by a sudden decline of arboreal species and by considerable amount of rice, buckwheat, sorrel and plantain. Numerous charcoal fragments were observed in zone I and zone III$^b$.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제46권4호
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• pp.414-425
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• 2011

광주광역시 화전 유적지의 습지 퇴적물에 화분분석, 수침목재 동정, 그리고 기초적인 퇴적물 분석 등을 수행하여 얻은 결과를 토대로 이 지역의 홀로신 중기 고식생 및 고기후를 유추해 보았다. 약 8200 ~ 6800년 전에는 홀로신 기후최적기에 비해 기후가 다소 건조하여, 참나무 개체수는 상대적으로 적었고 다양한 수목들이 함께 서식했다. 약 6800 ~ 5900 년 전은 홀로신 기후최적기로 온난 습윤한 기후가 강화되면서 참나무속에 유리한 환경이 조성되었으며 저습지의 면적이 감소하였다. 6100 년 전 경에는 한반도 남동부에서 홀로신 기후최적기의 지속으로 극상림에 가까운 삼림이 형성되었다. 약 5900 ~ 4700 년 전에는 기후가 냉량건조해지면서 극상림인 참나무숲의 면적뿐 아니라 전체 삼림 면적이 감소하였다. 이 시기 말미에는 기후의 일시적인 호전으로 오리나무숲이 팽창하였다. 마지막으로 약 4700 ~ 3300 년 전에는 오리나무의 세력이 감소하고 참나무가 우점했으며 상대적으로 건조한 기후가 지속되면서 삼림의 밀도는 낮았다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 1992

Pollen analysis to clear vegetational history of korea was carried out on the deposite taken from the pit of the miruksa site, south-western korea(36o00'18'N, 127o1'12'E, 10m in alt.). This area has been known as the cool temperate zone(southern zone) according to yim and kira(1975). But, now we can not found the original vegetation because the area has been disturbed severely and almost area changed to cultivated land.the area is one of the most developd area in early agricultural stage of korea. By the pollen diagram, three local pollen zones are distinguished in this site, bottom to surface, as following. is-Ⅰ :pinus-quercus zone (140∼120 cm, sample 1 and 2) is-Ⅱ :ulmus+zelkova zone(120∼84 cm, sample 3∼6) is-Ⅲ :pinus zone(84∼0 cm, sample 7 ∼13) is-Ⅰ is characterized by high values in frequences of pinus, the temperate conifer and quercus the cool temperate oak, and is-Ⅱ zone by the decrease of quercus and increase of ulmus and increase of ulman+zelkova as ravine forest elements, isⅢ zone is characterized by pinus, especially, based on data of sample no.9.