• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.209-218
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• 2013

북미 지역에 위치한 소노란 사막은 많은 위성 광학 센서의 대리 검보정에 이용되어왔다. 소노란 사막은 대리 검보정에 적합한 조건들, 즉 높은 반사율, 적은 식생, 비교적 넓은 면적, 적은 강우량 등을 가지고 있지만, 고도가 낮고 바다에 근접해 있어 대기의 수증기량에 계절적 변화가 크다는 단점이 있다. 대기 상층의 반사율(Top-Of-Atmosphere reflectance, TOA reflectance)만을 이용하여 센서의 감퇴(sensor degradation)를 추정하는 대리 검보정 방법의 경우, 이러한 대기 가변성은 대리 검보정의 정밀도를 떨어뜨리는 결과를 가져온다. 이 논문에서는 12년간에 걸쳐 수집된 Landsat 5 영상을 이용해 소노란 사막 지역 내에서 복사도의 가변성이 가장 작은 위치를 찾아내고, TOA 반사율 가변성의 또 다른 원인인 양방향 반사분포함수(Bidirectional reflectance distribution function, BRDF)를 규명하여 그에 대한 보정을 시도하였다. 실험의 결과, 소노란 사막의 중서부가 가시광선과 근적외선 밴드에 대해 고루 낮은 가변성을 가지는 지역임이 밝혀졌고, BRDF 모델을 통하여 태양-타겟-센서 간의 위치변화로 말미암은 가변성을 고려한 결과, 가시광선 밴드들의 경우 그 BRDF 효과가 상당히 감소하였지만, 근적외선 밴드들의 경우 대기 가변성으로 인해 BRDF 효과가 많이 제거되지 못하였음을 관찰하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.79-86
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• 2004

An extensive study of the vegetation characteristics of the Hamersley Ranges, a mountainous desert area of north-west Australia, facilitated the comparison of plant species diversity measures with mountainous deserts of other parts of the world. Alpha diversity was defined as the number of species co-existing at local scales and was found to average 18 species per 0.1 ha for the Hamersley Ranges. This was found to be similar to seven other mountainous deserts in North and South America, and southern Africa. Variation in alpha diversity between these deserts was found to considerably lower than within deserts, suggesting that local processes control species richness at local scales. Beta diversity, defined here as turnover in species composition at various spatial scales, can be measured in many ways. For the Hamersley Ranges, Wilson's β ranged from 1.2 to 1.6 for five sites along a topographic gradient, whereas Whittaker's β between different plant communities was found to average 0.93. Comparable data was not found for other desert areas, but comparisons to non-desert areas suggest beta diversity within landscapes is relatively high and is likely to reflect the considerable landform heterogeneity of the Hamersley Ranges. 55∼70% of species were shared between different landscapes of the Hamersley Ranges; comparisons to other regions suggest beta diversity at this scale is relatively low. Gamma diversity, the number of species over large spatial extents, was successfully compared using regression analysis of the log-log species - area relationship. This revealed that the northern Sonoran desert has significantly less species than the Nama (inland) Karoo and Hamersley Ranges over medium spatial extents, but species numbers were similar at a regional scale. Several constraints to the valid comparison of species diversity were identified, including lack of standardisation of sampling techniques, the wide range of measures employed, general lack of published data, and the influence of the various components of spatial scale on most diversity measures. Recommendations on how to improve future comparative work are provided.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.69-85
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• 2019

Humans have been important driver to reconfigure the terrestrial surface of the Earth by altering its morphology and processes. The effect of human activities on the physical landscape, however, shows substantially uneven geographical patterns. Most of anthrogemorphoogical studies regarding human-induced denudation have focused on areas with a long history of human modifications such as humid landscapes, so the hypothesis is naturally a great human impact on landscapes. The effect of human activities on dryland Earth surfaces are far less commonly studied, although erosion is one of major concerns in arid and semi-arid region regarding land and water quality degradation. The urban metropolis of Phoenix, Arizona, USA provides an opportunity to explore the impact of the Anthropocene. The Phoenix metropolitan area rests on classic desert landforms, such as extensive pediments, alluvial fans and sand sheets. Human activities including cattle crazing, wildfire resulting from introduced grass species by human, and recent urbanization processes have impacted these classic desert landforms and altered geomorphic processes. The purpose of this paper, therefore, rests in examining Anthropocene in the geomorphology of the north-central Sonoran Desert. The objectives of this paper are: i) to understand the impact of the Anthropocene on the geomorphological processes and forms through field observations; ii) to quantify the magnitude of human impacts on landscape using a published two-decade long record of erosion dataset and natural background erosion dataset in submitted manuscript at the sprawling edge of the Phoenix metropolitan region; iii) to examine how geomorphic outcome can affect the sustainability of cities through the estimation of sediment yield under the condition of urban sprawl.