• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.103-113
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• 2015

Korean pines(Pinus koraiensis) are one of the major plantation species in the Republic of Korea and their natural habitats range from Japan and China to Siberia. The seed of Korean pines, pine nuts, are well know for good food reserves. Due to the global changes which drive the Korean peninsula into the semi-tropical climate, current plantations and natural habitats of Korean pines are faced with the change in the environmental conditions to some extent. To anticipate suitable sites for Korean pines in the future, the location of Korean pines were extracted from the 'Map of suitable trees on a site' that provides the map of suitable trees on a site considering tree species for timber and special uses, and then MaxEnt modelling was used for generating a prediction map on the basis of statistical analysis. As a result, the order of predicted suitable sites were Kangwon-do, Kyungsangbuk-do and Chungcheongbuk-do provinces and sites with high elevation within those provinces were considered most suitable in common. The prediction map of suitable sites for Korean pines presented that suitable sites in the future decreased by 72.2% by 2050's and almost disappeared with a decrease of 92.1% by 2070's on a nationwide scale. In relation to the major production regions of pine nuts in South Korea - Gapyung gun and Yangpyung gun, Kyunggi province and Hongcheon gun, Kangwon province, suitable sites within their areas were predicted to increase by 2050's but become extinct in South Korea by 2070's. To establish a long-term countermeasures against the improvement on forest productivity quality in terms of managing national food security, the result from this study can be considered as a firm basis of predicting plantation suitability. Also, it can be used to predict the changes in supply of forest products and thereby market values in accordance with climate change scenarios.

• 한국태양에너지학회 논문집
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.13-24
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• 2017

Finding promising wind farm sites in islands of Korea is performed in this study. Total ten islands that have been measuring wind speed and direction using automatic weather stations for at least ten years were subjects of this study. Conditions for finding suitable wind farm sites including wind resource and various exclusion factors were applied and two islands that were found not to be suitable for wind farms were excluded. Micositing of a single wind turbine for the remaining eight islands was performed to estimate the annual energy production and the capacity factor.. Based on the simulation results, the wind farm sites selected within the eight islands were found to be suitable for wind power. The capacity factors were varied between 22.3% and 33.0% for a 100 kW wind turbine having a hub height of 30 m.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.76-80
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• 2015

Background: Identifying suitable site for growing mountain-cultivated ginseng is a concern for ginseng producers. This study was conducted to evaluate the soil properties of cultivation sites for mountain-cultivated ginseng in Hamyang-gun, which is one of the most well-known areas for mountain-cultivated ginseng in Korea. Methods: The sampling plots from 30 sites were randomly selected on or near the center of the ginseng growing sites in July and August 2009. Soil samples for the soil properties analysis were collected from the top 20 cm at five randomly selected points. Results: Mountain-cultivated ginseng was grown in soils that varied greatly in soil properties on coniferous, mixed, and deciduous broad-leaved stand sites of elevations between > 200mand < 1,000 m. The soil bulk density was higher in Pinus densiflora than in Larix leptolepis stand sites and higher in the < 700-m sites than in > 700-m sites. Soil pH was unaffected by the type of stand sites (pH 4.35-4.55), whereas the high-elevation sites of > 700mwere strongly acidified, with pH 4.19. The organic carbon and total nitrogen content were lower in the P. densiflora stand sites than in the deciduous broad-leaved stand sites. Available phosphorus was low in all of the stand sites. The exchangeable cationwas generally higher in the mixed and low-elevation sites than in the P. densiflora and high-elevation sites, respectively. Conclusion: These results indicate that mountain-cultivated ginseng in Korea is able to grow in very acidic, nutrient-depleted forest soils.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.95-104
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• 2011

본 연구는 최상위 포식자로 멸종위기종인 황새의 서식처 복원지역에 필요한 소택지 조성을 위해 선행연구의 적지선정모형과 습지평가기준을 근거해 소택지 적지선정 평가항목을 설정하고 이를 적용하여 적지선정을 수행하였다. 연구대상지는 황새공원이 포함되는 예산군 대리의 입구로부터 수치표고모델(DEM)을 이용한 유역분석을 실시하여 $5,884,800m^2$의 범위를 설정하였다. 수체, 토양, 경사, 토지이용, 인간간섭, 야생동물통로, 수자원종류 등 평가항목별로 GIS 프로그램을 이용하여 주제도를 작성하였다. 작성된 7항목의 주제도를 중첩하여 평가결과가 높게 나타난 지점을 중심으로 복원적지를 선정하였다. 도면중첩을 실시한 결과 21점 만점에 19~20점 지역은 면적이 작아 조성적지를 18점 이상의 지점으로 확대하여 총 8개 조성적지를 선정하였다. 선정된 대상지는 대부분 점토질로 이루어져 표토를 활용 할 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 지표수와 연결성 또한 높게 평가되어 용수 공급의 문제는 없을 것으로 판단하였다. 양호한 토지이용과 완만한 경사를 보여 조성이 용이할 것으로 판단되며, 주위 생태계와의 연결성 또한 양호하여 야생동물의 이동이 용이 할 것으로 사료된다. 습지의 이용 가능한 수원을 파악하고 개선방안을 도출하고자 수질분석을 실시한 결과 살목지 및 보강지로 유입되어 흘러가는 수체의 수질환경이 대체로 양호하지만, 지하수 용출 후 체류된 수체의 수질이 좋지 않아 향후 습지의 수문이 정체되지 않도록 인근 지표수의 연결이 필요할 것으로 사료된다. 본 연구의 한계로는 연구대상지의 물리환경을 중심으로 분석한 결과를 가지고 소택지의 조성 적지를 선정한 것으로, 향후 생물환경의 조사를 추가하여 생물다양성의 증진효과를 규명할 필요가 있다고 판단된다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.189-203
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• 2023

This study analyzed potential breeding sites for black-faced spoonbills on 70 non-breeding, uninhabited islands in Incheon, Korea, in order to suggest potential breeding sites for black-faced spoonbills, whose breeding population has recently been increasing. By comparing the environmental characteristics of breeding and non-breeding areas identified through a literature search, we developed a discriminant to identify potential breeding areas for black-faced spoonbills. Among a total of eight environmental variables(Island area, distance from land, distance to mudflat, distance to rice field, distance to sea route, depth of water, mudflat area, rice field area), the variables that influenced the selection of breeding sites for black-faced spoonbills were average water depth, tidal flat area, and paddy field area. As a result of discriminant analysis of breeding islands using these variables, the accuracy was found to be quite high at 80%. As a result of applying the developed discriminant to non-breeding islands located in the Incheon region, a total of 9 islands(Yongrando, Goseokdo, Beolyeom, Joreumseom, Goeriseom, Hambakdo, Moido, Bigajido, Ahyeom) were identified as potential breeding grounds for spoonbills. The research results can be used as basic data for future management of black-faced spoonbill breeding sites and selection of alternative habitats.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.953-966
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• 2023

As the importance of renewable energy diffusion spreads, promotion of sustainable renewable energy projects such as agrivoltaics is expected to accelerate. Furthermore, to promote agrivoltaics projects, it must be considered the legislation related to agrivoltaics and Chungnam Province's local policy. This research focuses on the selection of the most suitable sites for agrivoltaics installations in Chungnam Province in South Korea. Therefore, the process of this research was as follows. First, the legislation related to agrivoltaics and local policy in Chungnam Province were identified. Second, it employs an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to consider important criteria and their weights for site selection. Third, based on the weights calculated AHP, geographic information system (GIS) was performed to select most suitable location selection of agrivoltaics installations in Chungnam Province. The analysis identified approximately 60 promising most suitable location for agrivoltaics installations in Chungnam Province, primarily in the northern part of Chungnam Province. These areas are expected to meet electricity demands in nearby regions since these are relatively adjacent to Gyeonggi Province. According to the results of research, policy suggestions related to agrivoltaics were presented separately into the agricultural sector and the electricity power sector. The study's results serve as a valuable resource for future national-level candidate site selection for agrivoltaics projects.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.75-88
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• 2014

The computational fluid dynamic is used to explore new aspects of the hill flow. This analysis focuses on flow dependency and the comparison of results from measurements and simulations to show an optimization turbulent model and the possibility of replacing measurements with simulations. The first half of the paper investigates a suitable turbulence model for determining a suitable site for a wind turbine. Results of the standard k-${\varepsilon}$ model are compared precisely with the measurements taken in front of the hilltop, The Reynolds Stress Model showed exact results after 1.0 times of hill steepness but the standard k-${\varepsilon}$ model and standard k-${\omega}$ model showed greater underestimation. In addition, velocity flow over Pha Taem hill topography and the reference geometry shape were compared to find a suitable site for a turbine in case the actual hill structure was associated with the trapezoid geometric shape. Further study of geometry shaped hills and suitable sites for wind turbines will be reported elsewhere.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2001년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.191-193
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• 2001

This paper presents the result of groundwater analysis in Changwon area and the characteristics of the groundwater properties. Changwon city conducted groundwater analysis at 551 sites in 1996 and 1997. The water quality is suitable as groundwater use at 466 sites (84.6 %) and exceeds maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) at 85 sites (15.4 %). Major contaminants are total bacteria, coliform and nitrate-N. DNAPLs, e.g. TCE and PCE are detected in the areas of industrial complex and residence. The detection of TCE and PCE is due to organic solvents from manufacturing companies. They are also derived from laundries, Photographer's studios, septic tanks, etc. In addition, fifty groundwater samples were analyzed. Iron, manganese, zinc, copper, lead, aluminum and fluorine are detected in nearly all the groundwater samples. The groundwaters shown on the Piper diagram mostly belong to Ca-HCO$_3$ type.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2011

This study investigates Youl Chon Industrial Complex 1 by dividing into three regions : the drainage site, the area inside the complex, and the seaside. Then each region was subdivided into three areas resulting in a total of nine areas for soil sampling and analysis. After analyzing the physical and chemical properties of the soil, all nine area's pH and EC readings indicated that the soil condition is not suitable for vegetation growth (according to the previous study, the pH level was 5.8 and EC was 2.0dS/m). Therefore, for Youl Chon Industrial Complex 1 to become green, the neutralization and reduction of pH and EC level is needed; first, vegetation through dredging soil, and second, introduction of halophytes is suggested. This study finds out that vertical changes in physical and chemical properties of soils in reclaimed sites are very variable and the result depends on surrounding environments, so it suggested the basic data for building vegetation or reclaimed sites. However, the additional study aiming at various reclaimed sites is required as this study was conducted only to limited areas, and this study has left monitoring analysis as the follow-up task to check the relations between a plant community and soils.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.381-395
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 강원도 지역 스마트 수소 에너지 발전소의 위치 적합성 분석을 GIS 기반 다중기준 의사결정 분석(MCDA)을 활용하여 수행하였다. 적합지 분석을 위하여, 수소 활용 잠재력과 기후 조건, 환경 및 지형 조건, 자연 재해 발생 가능성 등의 사회지리학적 조건과 더불어 관련 공간데이터 레이어를 활용하여 수소 에너지 발전소의 잠재적 위치에 대한 적합성 평가를 수행하였다. 이후 공간 데이터 레이어를 기반으로 위치의 적합성에 따라 순위를 매기고 AHP 결과에 따라 우선순위를 선정하였다. 연구 결과, 강원도 지역 전체면적의 약 4.26%인 712.14 km²가 스마트 수소 에너지 발전소 건설에 적합한 지역으로 파악되었으며, 철원군, 춘천시, 원주시, 양구군, 강릉시, 횡성군 및 동해안 연안 지역의 일부 지역은 태양 및 풍력 에너지 이용에 적합한 지역으로 확인되었다. 본 연구 결과를 활용하여 의사 결정자 및 이해관계자들이 스마트 수소 에너지 발전소의 위치 선정에 관해 적합한 결정을 내릴 수 있는 가이드라인으로 활용될 수 있다고 판단된다.