• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2022년도 학술발표회
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• pp.334-334
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• 2022

Improvement of old-fashioned rain gauge systems for automatic, timely, continuous, and accurate precipitation observation is highly essential for weather/climate prediction and natural hazards early warning, since the occurrence frequency and intensity of heavy and extreme precipitation events (especially floods) are recently getting more increase and severe worldwide due to climate change. Although rain gauge accuracy of 0.1 mm is recommended by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the traditional rain gauges in both weighting and tipping bucket types are often unable to meet that demand due to several existing technical limitations together with higher production and maintenance costs. Therefore, we aim to introduce a newly developed and cost-effective hybrid rain gauge system at 0.1 mm accuracy that combines advantages of weighting and tipping bucket types for continuous, automatic, and accurate precipitation observation, where the errors from long-term load cells and external environmental sources (e.g., winds) can be removed via an automatic drainage system and artificial intelligence-based data quality control procedure. Our rain gauge system consists of an instrument unit for measuring precipitation, a communication unit for transmitting and receiving measured precipitation signals, and a database unit for storing, processing, and analyzing precipitation data. This newly developed rain gauge was designed according to the weather instrument criteria, where precipitation amounts filled into the tipping bucket are measured considering the receiver's diameter, the maximum measurement of precipitation, drainage time, and the conductivity marking. Moreover, it is also designed to transmit the measured precipitation data stored in the PCB through RS232, RS485, and TCP/IP, together with connecting to the data logger to enable data collection and analysis based on user needs. Preliminary results from a comparison with an existing 1.0-mm tipping bucket rain gauge indicated that our developed rain gauge has an excellent performance in continuous precipitation observation with higher measurement accuracy, more correct precipitation days observed (120 days), and a lower error of roughly 27 mm occurred during the measurement period.

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• 제22권2호
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• pp.279-285
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• 2012

The weighing precipitation gauge with auto-empting capability was developed in the R&D project organized by the Research Agency for Climate Science (RACS) and supported by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). This project was initiated in line with the KMA's plan executed since 2010 to introduce the weighing precipitation gauges partly into of their Automatic Weather Station (AWS) network in order to upgrade the quality of precipitation data. The innovative feature of this research is that the auto-empting in weighing precipitation gauge is realized by abrupt rotation of receiving container. The prototype was tested in compliance with the relevant standards of KMA. The results of performance test on rainfall measurement in laboratory verified that the accuracies for 20 mm and 100 mm reference rainfall amount were 0.1 mm and 0.4 mm, respectively in both conditions of auto-empting and no-empting. During the rotation of container for auto-empting, the data was extrapolated smoothly by applying the same precipitation intensity of the previous 10 sec. Consequently, it was found that the auto-empting precipitation gauge developed in this research is quite enough to be used for the operational purpose of accurate measurement with 0.1 mm resolution, regardless of the precipitation intensity.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.514-523
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• 2021

고창 표준기상관측소(Gochang Standard Weather Observatory, GSWO)에서 3년간(2014-2016년) 관측한 겨울철 강수량 자료를 사용하여 겨울철 관측환경에 따른 강수량 관측 특성을 분석하였다. 이를 위해, 설치환경이 다른 강수량계 4종인 NS(No Shield), SA(Single Alter), DFIR(Double Fence Intercomparison Reference), PG(Pit Gauge)를 사용하여, DFIR을 기준으로 누적 강수량 차이, 강수 유형별 특성, 풍속 변화에 따른 수집효율을 분석하였다. 강수 유형은 고창 종관기상관측장비(Automated Synoptic Observing System, ASOS)의 기온 관측 자료를 사용하여 강우, 혼합 강수, 강설로 분류하여 분석하였다. 겨울철 누적 강수량은 SA, NS, PG 순으로 DFIR과 유사하게 나타났으며, 통계 분석 결과에서는 SA가 DFIR과 가장 유사한 결과를 보였다. 결과적으로, 겨울철 강수량 관측에서는 SA가 기준 강수량계와 가장 유사하게 관측되었으며, PG는 겨울철 관측에 적합하지 않은 것으로 분석된다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2022년도 학술발표회
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• pp.143-143
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• 2022

Precipitation plays an essential role in water resources management and disaster prevention. Therefore, the understanding related to spatiotemporal characteristics of rainfall is necessary. Nowadays, highly accurate precipitation is mainly obtained from gauge observation systems. However, the density of gauge stations is a sparse and uneven distribution in mountainous areas. With the proliferation of technology, satellite-based precipitation sources are becoming increasingly common and can provide rainfall information in regions with complex topography. Nevertheless, satellite-based data is that it still remains uncertain. To overcome the above limitation, this study aims to take the strengthens of machine learning to generate a new reanalysis of precipitation data by fusion of multiple satellite precipitation products (SPPs) with gauge observation data. Several machine learning algorithms (i.e., Random Forest, Support Vector Regression, and Artificial Neural Network) have been adopted. To investigate the robustness of the new reanalysis product, observed data were collected to evaluate the accuracy of the products through Kling-Gupta efficiency (KGE), probability of detection (POD), false alarm rate (FAR), and critical success index (CSI). As a result, the new precipitation generated through the machine learning model showed higher accuracy than original satellite rainfall products, and its spatiotemporal variability was better reflected than others. Thus, reanalysis of satellite precipitation product based on machine learning can be useful source input data for hydrological simulations in ungauged river basins.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.2745-2752
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• 2013

강우량을 측정하는데 있어서 전도형 및 중량형 강수량계가 전 세계적으로 오랫동안 사용되어 지고 있다. 그러나 종래의 강수량계는 관측오차와 자체 분해능의 한계로 인해 측정범위가 제한되는 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서 제안된 강수량계는 유량측정을 통해 강수량을 환산하는 원리를 최초로 적용하였으며, 개발된 모델을 국가공인교정기관(KOLAS)에서 표준교정시스템을 이용하여 실내실험을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 본 연구에서 개발된 강수량계는 실험조건에서 설정한 20~420 mm/H의 강우강도 구간에 걸쳐 ${\pm}2%$의 오차율을 나타냈고, 종래 대비 보다 정확하고 신뢰성 있는 측정이 가능함을 보였다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.525-540
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• 2015

Spatial distribution of precipitation has been estimated based on the local gauge correction (LGC) with a fixed inverse distance weighting (IDW), which is not optimized in taking effective radius into account depending on the radar error. We developed an algorithm, improved local gauge correction (ILGC) which eliminates outlier in radar rainrate errors and optimize distance power for IDW. ILGC was statistically examined the hourly cumulated precipitation from weather for the heavy rain events. Adjusted radar rainfall from ILGC is improved to 50% compared with unadjusted radar rainfall. The accuracy of ILGC is higher to 7% than that of LGC, which resulted from a positive effect of the optimal algorithm on the adjustment of quantitative precipitation estimation from weather radar.

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• 제28권3호
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• pp.273-289
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• 2018

This paper evaluates daily precipitation products from Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG), Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Multisatellite (TRMM) Precipitation Analysis (TMPA), and the Climate Prediction Center Morphing Method (CMORPH), validated against gauge observation over South Korea and gauge-based analysis data East Asia during one year from June 2014 to May 2015. It is found that the three products effectively capture the seasonal variation of mean precipitation with relatively good correlation from spring to fall. Among them, IMERG and TMPA show quite similar precipitation characteristics but overall underestimation is found from all precipitation products during winter compared with observation. IMERG shows reliably high performance in precipitation for all seasons, showing the most unbiased and accurate precipitation estimation. However, it is also noticed that IMERG reveals overestimated precipitation for heavier precipitation thresholds. This assessment work suggests the validity of the IMERG product for not only seasonal precipitation but also daily precipitation, which has the potential to be used as reference precipitation data.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.62-66
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 전파강수계의 운영제어 및 자료처리를 위한 통신 및 자료처리 전략을 개발하였다. 전파강수계는 24GHz 대역의 이중편파 관측을 통하여 반경 1km 이내의 강수장을 산출하고 최종적으로 관측지역내의 면적강수를 산출하고자 하는 소형 시스템이다. 소형 시스템의 특성상 시스템 내의 제한된 자원을 활용하되 정확한 강수측정을 위한 방안이 고려되어야 하고 무인운영 및 원격 관리를 목적으로 하기 때문에 네트워크의 사용도 최소화해야 할 필요가 발생한다. 이러한 제한 사항의 극복을 위하여 자료의 품질관리 측면에서는 비기상 에코의 제거를 위해서 퍼지 논리(Fuzzy logic)을 이용한 품질관리 기법을 적용하였고, 강수강도 산출을 위해서 다양한 강수강도 추정식을 활용한 강수장 가중합성 전략을 개발하였다. 또한 가변 통신데이터를 이용하여 전파강수계와 원격지 관리 컴퓨터간의 통신량을 최소화하는 전략을 개발하였다. 이러한 소프트웨어 자료처리 전략개발을 통해 원격지에 설치되어 운영될 전파강수계를 안정적으로 운영할 수 있는 통신 및 자료처리 시스템을 개발할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

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• 제29권3호
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• pp.269-282
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• 2019

While it is important to obtain the accurate information on snowfall data due to the increase in damage caused by the heavy snowfall in the winter season, it is not easy to observe the snowfall quantitatively. Recently, snow measurements using a weighing precipitation gauge have been carried out, but there is a problem that high snowfall intensity results in low accuracy. Also, the observed snowfall data are sensitive depending on wind speed, temperature, and humidity. In this study, a new process of quality control for snow water equivalent (SWE) data of the weighing precipitation gauge were proposed to cover the low accuracy of snow data and maximize the data utilization. Snowfall data (SWE) observed by Pluvio, Parsivel, snow-depth meter using laser or ultrasonic, and rainfall gauge in Cloud Physics Observation Site (CPOS) were compared and analyzed. Applying the QC algorithm including the use of number of hydrometeor particles as reference, the increased SWE per the unit time was determined and the data noise was removed and marked by flag. The SWE data converted by the number concentration of hydrometeor particles are tested as a method to restore the QC-removed data, and show good agreement with those of the weighing precipitation gauge, though requiring more case studies. The three events data for heavy snowfall disaster in Pyeongchang area was analyzed. The SWE data with improved quality was showed a good correlation with the eye-measured data ($R^2$ > 0.73).

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.115-130
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• 2014

우리나라에서 악기상으로 인한 재해 유발 가능성이 높아짐으로써, 방재 및 수자원 관리 대책이 필요하다. 국지성 강한 강우에 대한 방재를 위해서는 강우량을 정량적으로 관측 및 예측해야 한다. 본 연구에서는 레이더 강우추정 오차의 지구통계학적 유효반경을 LGC 방법에 적용하여 레이더 추정강우를 조정하는 기법을 개발하였다. 지구통계적 방법을 이용하여 레이더 강우의 실제오차에 대한 유효반경을 결정하였고, LGC 방법을 기반으로 여름철 집중호우 네 사례의 레이더 강우를 조정하였다. 여름철 집중호우 사례의 레이더 1시간 누적강우량과 총누적강우량의 오차는 조정 후 각각 약 40%와 60% 이상 개선효과를 보였다. 그러므로, 여름철 국지적으로 강한 강우 현상의 레이더강우를 예측하는데 있어서 본 연구에서 개발된 조정 알고리즘을 이용하는 것은 적절한 것으로 판단된다.