• 센서학회지
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.281-286
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• 2015

The importance of air quality monitoring is rapidly increasing. Even though state-of-the-art air quality monitoring technologies such as mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, and optical measurement enable high-fidelity measurement of air pollutants, they cannot be widely used for portable or personalized platforms because of their high cost and complexity. Recently, personalized and localized environmental monitoring, rather than global and averaged environmental monitoring, has drawn greater attention with the advancement of mobile telecommunication technologies. Here, micro- and nano-technologies enable highly integrated and ultra-compact sensors to meet the needs of personalized environmental monitoring. In this paper, several examples of MEMS-based gas sensors for compact and personalized air quality monitoring are explained. Additionally, the principles and usage of functional nanomaterials are discussed for highly sensitive and selective gas sensors.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회지:지하수토양환경
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.186-195
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• 2021

In Korea, groundwater quality is monitored through National Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network (NGQMN) administered by Ministry of Environment. For a given contaminant, compliance to groundwater quality standards is assessed on a annual basis by monitoring the number of incidents that concentration exceeds the regulatory limit. However, this approach provides only a fractional information about groundwater quality degradation, and more crucial information such as location and severity of the contamination cannot be obtained. For better groundwater quality management on a watershed, a more spatially informative and intuitive method is required. This study presents two statistical methods to convert point-wise monitoring data into information on groundwater quality status of a watershed by using a proposed grading scale. The proposed grading system is based on readily available reference standards that classify the water quality into 4 grades. The methods were evaluated with NO₃^-, Cl^-, and total coliform data in Geum River basin. The analyses revealed that groundwater in most watersheds of Geum River basin is good for domestic or/and drinking with no treatment. But, there was notable quality degradation in Bunam seawall and So-oak downstream standard watersheds contaminated by NO₃^- and Cl^-, respectively.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2004

Water quality is monitored at 1,837 points which are streams and sources for water supply in Karea. The monitoring carry out the measurement of 16 parameters of pH, BOD, SS, DO and so on with once a month, and of other parameters such like heavy metal with once a quarter. But most of the monitoring is carried out uncontinuously, so it is very difficult to understand exactly the changes of water quality compared with continuous monitoring. Therefore, real time monitoring system was equipped with basic parameters such as pH, temperature, DO, turbidity and electric conductivity at 25 major sources of water supply after installation of Noryangjin and Dukdo in 1974. But the systems have some problems which cannot be considered the sampling sites to represent for water quality of stream of lake, and can be caused a change of water quality by long distance from analyzer to intake pipe. Therefore, it has carefully to evaluate selection of sample sites for real time monitoring system. Also, problems on the area has been to identify which parameters are best suited to monitoring stream of lake water and the differences, of analyzing results compared with manual analyzing. This paper presents some approaches to handle such problems, namely selection of sampling site and measurable parameters, to connect with bio-monitoring system solving a Limitation of measurable parameters, The bio-monitoring system of an early alarm that is desirable to perceive a toxic material inflow into stream can be applied to continuos water quality monitoring system effectively. Also, this paper presents to build a on line system transmitting immediately from a mobile analyzer house or container to main monitoring center the results of analyzer by a telemeter.

• 한국방재학회 논문집
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.115-123
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• 2009

수량과 수질에 관한 정보는 수자원 관리뿐만 아니라 수공구조물의 계획, 설계 및 운영에 필수적인 자료로 활용된다. 우리나라에서 수량과 수질에 대한 정보는 목적에 따라 여러 기관에 의해 관측되고 있어 많은 문제점이 발생하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기술적 측면과 법, 제도 측면에서 수량과 수질 연계방안에 대하여 다음과 같은 다양한 대안을 제시하였다. 먼저 국가수문관측계획 및 국가물정보관리계획, 부처간 관측 표준과 정보인증 과정에 대한 협의, 관련 법령(하천법과 수질관련법)의 개정이 필요하다. 또한 현재 설치되어 있는 수량 수질관측소를 유지하고 신규관측소나 교체해야 할 관측소에 대해서는 통합관측을 수행하며, 자료의 관리 및 유통에 대한 단일 기구를 설립해야 한다. 그리고 관측기준을 명확히 확립해야 하며, 통합관리안을 만족시키기 위해 각 부처별로 산재된 정보를 중앙집중식으로 자료 관리를 수행해야 한다. 마지막으로 각 부처별 자료의 신뢰도 및 자료품질에 대한 검증이 우선적으로 수행되어야 한다. 다양한 이해관계 때문에 단기간 내에 수량과 수질 연계관측에 관한 문제들을 해결한다는 것은 어려운 일이나 본 연구에서 도출된 법, 제도, 기술적 제안사항들은 중, 장기적으로 수량과 수질 관측의 효율적인 연계방안에 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2003년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.94-96
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• 2003

Since 1995, MOCT(Ministry of Construction and Transportation) and KOWACO(Korea Water Resources Corporation) have established the National Groundwater Monitoring Network in South Korea and also MOE(Ministry of Environment) has operated Groundwater Quality Monitoring network. Until 2001, 202 monitoring stations by MOCT and 780 monitoring wells by MOE have been constructed, measured groundwater level and analyzed water samples. Groundwater quality analysis has been conducted two times a year during last 6 years for all monitoring wells. The quality data has about 15 components including pH, COD, Count of Coliform group, and etc.. Trend analysis has been peformed for 6 components(Coliform, pH, COD, NO$_3$-N, Cl and EC) of water quality which are analyzed more than 7 times for total monitoring wells. Two test methods have been used ; Sen's test and Mann-Kendall test. These trend tests have been done at the 0.05 significance level. By the result of Sen's test, Count of Coliform group has either upward or downward trends at 4.3 percent of the monitoring points. pH does at 5.6 percent, COD does at 8.6 percent, Nitrate-Nitrogen does at 13.2 percent, Chloride does at 13.4 percent, and. EC does at 11.6 percent of the monitoring points. The exact causes of the groundwater quality trends are difficult to specify. Notable downward trends in nitrate at many monitoring points may be the result of reduction on some contamination sources. Potential causes include diminished agricultural areas, improvements in sewage treatment and a decrease in atmospheric deposition. Increase in chloride at many monitoring points may be the result of increased non-point source pollution such as road salting and runoff from sprawling paved developments and suburbs.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.838-845
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• 2006

Characterization of sediment in the riverbed is of importance for effective water quality management, yet have not been monitored sufficiently. This paper reports monitoring results of nutrient concentrations of sediments. Surface waters and sediments were sampled four times during rainy season at five monitoring points. Organics of overlying water were increased after high flow condition followed by decreasing tendencies. Soluble phosphorus fraction among total phosphorus was increased after high flow condition while total phosphorus was in decreasing tendencies. Monitoring result suggested that more extended monitoring scheme for flow rate, scouring velocity, and suspended material is required for analyzing relationship between water quality and sediment.

• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.298-304
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• 2021

This study aimed to determine the applicability of drones and air quality sensors in environmental monitoring of air pollutant emissions by developing and testing two new methods. The first method used orthoimagery for precise monitoring of pollutant-emitting facilities. The second method used atmospheric sensors for monitoring air pollutants in emissions. Results showed that ground sample distance could be established within 5 cm during the creation of orthoimagery for monitoring emissions, which allowed for detailed examination of facilities with naked eyes. For air quality monitoring, drones were flown on a fixed course and measured the air quality in point units, thus enabling mapping of air quality through spatial analysis. Sensors that could measure various substances were used during this process. Data on particulate matter were compared with data from the National Air Pollution Measurement Network to determine its future potential to leverage. However, technical development and applications for environmental monitoring of pollution-emitting facilities are still in their early stages. They could be limited by meteorological conditions and sensitivity of the sensor technology. This research is expected to provide guidelines for environmental monitoring of pollutant-emitting facilities using drones.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.847-855
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• 2020

This study presented problems and improvements in the quality control of an air monitoring network, using Gyeongnam as an example. 1) The effective utilization rate of the air monitoring was 95%, which showed good management, but the maximum of 2% was indicated by zero or detection limit among measurement data. 2) In the equivalence evaluation of PM_2.5, the slope and intercept satisfy the evaluation criteria; however, 1% of the PM_2.5/PM₁₀ ratios were outliers. 3) All air monitoring stations meet the quality control standards; however, the management status is added to the quality inspection, management system is unified and the related budget is expanded, and systematic commission management is required.

• 복식
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• 제65권8호
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• pp.22-34
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• 2015

This study was intended to investigate the influences of consumer's self-monitoring, pioneer brand awareness, types of endorsers on quality perception of "me-too" brands with a focus on outdoor brands. The design of this research was comprised of 2 types of self-monitoring(high vs. low), 2 types of pioneer brand awareness(high vs. low), 2 types of endorsers(professional expert vs. typical consumer). The study was carried out by using samples from residents of Seoul and Gyeonggi area. The number of subjects used in the final analysis totaled 243, with age of the consumers ranging grom 20's to 50's. The results of this study were as follows. Self-monitoring, pioneer brand awareness and types of endorsers had shown a statistically significant correlation effect on the quality perception of me-too brands. Especially, in the high-level self-monitoring group, the effect of pioneer brand awareness on quality perception of me-too brand was significant when typical consumer model was given. The result presents that using a professional expert model in the market rather than a typical consumer model can offset the quality perception of pioneer brand with low awareness.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.453-460
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• 2005

우리나라에서는 1970년대 후반 이후 여러 기관의 상이한 필요성과 측정목적에 따라 별도의 측정망에서 수질측정이 이루어져 왔으며, 이러한 수질측정망의 분산된 운영으로 인한 일관된 측정 원칙의 결여는 수질자료의 관리에 많은 어려움을 야기하고 있다. 이는 과거 수질측정망의 확대 과정에서 과학적인 측정지점 선정 원칙이 결여된 채 수질 악화로 인한 관리의 필요성 증대에 따라 관리자의 경험과 주관적 판단에 의해 이루어졌기 때문이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 장단기 수질변화 경향의 파악, 수질환경기준 위반사항 조사, 수질변화를 야기하는 외부 영향 파악, 용수이용 지원, 특정시기의 수질변화 규명 등 전통적인 측정망 운영 목적과 함께 오염총량관리제 시행에 따른 배수구역별 오염부하량을 산정, 과학적인 수질정책 수립을 위한 수질모델 적용 지원, 물관리정보화 지원 등 새로운 물관리 환경 변화에 따른 운영 목적에 대하여 이를 만족시킬 수 있는 수질자료 생산을 위한 수질측정망의 측정 지점 선정방법을 개발하고, 이를 한강수계에 적용하여 수질측정망의 개선 확충 방안을 제시하고자 하였다.