• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.39-48
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• 2014

In coastal region, estuaries have complex environments where dissolved and particulate matters are mixed with marine water and substances. Suspended sediment (SS) dynamics in coastal water, in particular, plays a major role in erosion/deposition processes, biomass primary production and the transport of nutrients, micropollutants, heavy metals, etc. Temporal variation in suspended sediment concentration (SSC) can be used to explain erosion/sedimentation patterns within coastal zones. Remotely sensed data can be an efficient tool for mapping SS in coastal waters. In this study, we analyzed the variation in SSC in coastal water using the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) and Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) in Gyeonggi-bay. Daily variations in GOCI-derived SSC showed low values during ebb time. Current velocity and water level at 9 and 10 am is 37.6, 28.65 $cm{\cdot}s^{-1}$ and -1.23, -0.61 m respectively. Water level has increased to 1.18 m at flood time. In other words, strong current velocity and increased water level affected high SSC value before flood time but SSC decreased after flood time. Also, we compared seasonal SSC with the river discharge from the Han River and the Imjin River. In summer season, river discharge showed high amount, when SSC had high value near the inland. At this time SSC in open sea had low value. In contrast, river discharge amount from inland showed low value in winter season and, consequently, SSC in the open sea had high value because of northwest monsoon.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.179-192
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• 1993

Three-dimensional cohesive sediment transport model, COSETM-3, is develpoed using a finite difference method. The model results are compared with the physical experimental results for the relative concentration with time at the mid-depth of the recirculating flume and are found to be in good agreement. This model is applied to Suyoung Bay in Pusan of Korea to verify the field applicability of the model and to investigate on the SS (suspended solids) diffusion phenomena at the bay. Behaviors of discharging SS from Suyoung River at normal river flow and flood river flow are predicted. The numerical results appear to be reasonable and qualitative agreement with field data. The influence of settling velocity on the concentration distribution of SS is also investigated. In case of not considering settling velocity, SS concentration at surface layer is higher than that at lower layer, but in case of considering settling velocity, SS concentration at lower layer is higher than that at surface layer. The fluctuation of SS concentration at surface layer is large due to the strong mixing, but the fluctuation of the concentration at lower layer is small due to the weak mixing. SS diffusion patterns at flood river flow are similar to those at normal river flow, while the concentration at that flow is so much higher than that at this flow. SS concentration increases with time until the peak discharge occurs, but the concentration decreases with time with decreasing river flow after the peak discharge.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.28-28
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• 2021

자동유량측정시설은 효율적으로 실시간의 유량을 측정하기 위한 수문조사시설로 전국의 주요 국가하천을 대상으로 약 62개소에서 H-ADCP를 활용하여 지속적인 유량측정을 수행하고 있다. 최근 해외에서는 국내 자동유량측정시설에 활용중인 횡방향 초음파도플러유속계(H-ADCP)의 초음파산란도를 활용하여 부유사농도를 측정하는 연구가 수행되고 있다. H-ADCP를 활용한 부유사농도 측정 기술을 자동유량관측소에 적용할 경우 실시간의 유량측정과 함께 부유사농도 자료를 획득할 수 있기 때문에 지속적인 부유사농도를 측정할 수 있는 장점이 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 H-ADCP를 이용한 부유사농도 측정 기술의 개발을 목적으로 기존 자동유량장치가 설치된 지점 중 과거 유사량 측정을 수행한 5개 지점에 대해 H-ADCP를 이용한 부유사농도 측정 기술의 적용성을 검토하였다. 5개의 지점은 각각 낙동강 수계 구미시(구미대교), 함안군(계내리) 2개 지점과 영산강 수계 광주광역시(극락교), 나주시(남평교), 나주시(나주대교) 3개 지점으로 과거에 수행된 실측 부유사농도 자료와 H-ADCP 원시자료를 활용하여 분석을 수행하였다. 5개 지점에 대해 H-ADCP로부터 측정된 초음파산란도의 보정을 수행하였고, 보정된 초음파산란도와 실측 부유사 농도와의 상관관계를 분석한 결과, 결정계수는 약 0.8이상으로 높은 상관관계를 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 초음파산란도를 활용하여 지속적인 부유사농도를 추정한 결과와 실측부유사농도와 의 정확도를 비교한 결과 80%이상의 정확도를 보여 H-ADCP의 초음파산란도를 활용하여 부유사 농도를 측정하는데 사용이 가능할 것으로 판단되었다.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.30-36
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• 2017

SS(Suspended Solid) concentration by soil erosion into river at normal and flood season should be measured. However, to present the variation of SS due to various development project such as EIA(Environmental Impact Assessment), River Master Plan, and so on, it is necessary to estimate not measure SS, but there are not exist how to estimate SS. In the present study, therefore, we propose the hydrologic method of estimating SS concentration using the results of particular frequency flood discharge and sediment discharge by RUSLE method. SS consists of silty and clay soil and colloid particle etc. However, in the present study, silty and clay soils of sediment discharge except send set up SS standards. The flow discharge to estimate SS concentration are 1~2 years for normal season, 30~100 years for flood season. Meanwhile, analysis software for probable rainfall uses Fard2006, probable rainfalls under 2-year frequency are estimated using rainfall data and frequency factor of Gumbel distribution. The results of estimating SS concentration using runoff volume by sediment and flow discharges of silty and cray soils as above method show that reliable level of SS concentration is considered in predevelopment of natural condition and under development of barren condition. Especially, SS concentration takes notice that the value of sediment discharge makes a huge difference according to channel slope, it was confirmed that the value obtained by dividing the SS concentration by the channel slope is relatively constant even though the topographical factors are different. Therefore, if the present study will be proceeded for various watersheds, it will be developed as estimation method of SS concentration.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.180-190
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• 2014

It has been customary to exclude top 10-20% of velocity profiles in the Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurement due to side lobe effects at the boundary. To better understand the mixing in the Yeongsan estuary, the freshwater advection speed (FAS) was recovered from highly contaminated ADCP data near the surface. The velocity profiles were measured by using ADCP at two stations in the Yeongsan estuary during August 2011: one was located in front of the Yeongsan estuarine dam and the other was deployed near Goha Island. The FAS was recovered from the ADCP data set by applying rigorous post-processing methods and compared with the sediment advection speed (SAS). The SAS was determined by the peak time difference of suspended sediment concentration between two stations in the channel, divided by the distance of two stations. The FAS and the SAS showed very similar value when the freshwater discharge was greater than $2.0{\times}10^7$ ton and the SAS was a bit greater when the freshwater discharge was smaller. Since the FAS was on average about 0.8 m/s greater than the velocity at 0.8 of water depth from the bottom, the net discharge, estimated with recovered FAS and integrated over water depth and tidal cycle, was directed seaward during the high discharge contrary to the onshore direction of the net discharge estimated with 0.8 of water depth from the bottom. Moreover, the velocity shear and Richardson number changed when the FAS was used. Thus, the importance of the true FAS is appreciated in the investigation of the surface layer stability. If currents, temperature and salinity were observed for longer time in the future, it could be possible to more accurately understand the formation and decay of stratification as well as the suspended sediment transport processes.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.178-188
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• 2024

The dynamics of suspended sediment (SS) in forested catchments vary depending upon human or natural disturbances, including land use change, forestry activity, forest fires, and landslides. Understanding the dynamics of SS originating from the potential sources within a forested catchment is crucial for establishing an effective water quality management strategy. Therefore, to suggest a systematic method for interpreting SS dynamics, we evaluated the performance and applicability of ten methods for calculating the hysteresis index based on observed hydrological data and two calculation models (Lawler's method and Lloyd's method) with five sampling intervals (50th, 25th, 10th, 5th, and 1st percentiles). Our results showed that Lloyd's method, which used a sampling interval at the 1st percentile, had the largest number of analyzable runoff events and exhibited the best performance. The results of this study can contribute to quantifying the hysteresis in the relationship between discharge and SS and provide useful information for interpreting SS dynamics.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.36 no.2
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• pp.87-101
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• 2014

Recently, more attention has been paid to the geomorphological changes in the Nakdong River Estuary, because those changes are caused by artificial activities including weirs, reclamation and construction. In order to analyze quantitatively the recent geomorphological variability in the Nakdong River Estuary, we surveyed the depth and elevation of submarine topography near Jinwoodo and Sinjado from March 2007 to February 2012. A statistical method (based on Digital Shoreline Analysis System) and an Empirical Orthogonal Functions method were used to evaluate the morphological changes. According to the statistical variables (DCE, NDC, EPR, LRR), the highest amount and rate of accumulation were recorded around the Gadeokdo whereas the greatest amount of erosion appeared around the coast off the eastern part of Sinjado. In particular, a dynamic variation of morphology was clearly observed in the vicinity of the sub-tidal channel located between Jinwoodo and Sinjado, which seems to be attributable to channel migration. As a result of the EOF method, the first mode (48.7%) is most closely related to the pattern of morphological variability that might be associated with the westerly movement of sediment by longshore current. The spatial variability of the second mode (16.6%) was high in the shoreface of Sinjado, showing a 4-year periodicity of temporal variability. The strong correlation (coefficient 0.73) between the time coefficient and suspended sediment discharge from Nakdong River emphasizes the role of sediment discharge to deposition in this area. The spatial variability of the third mode (11.3%) was distributed mainly around the coast off the eastern part of Sinjado, which is related to the movement of the coastline of Sinjado. Based on the last 5 year's data, our results suggest that the study area is characterized on the whole by a depositional pattern, but the extent of sedimentation is different locally.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.191-200
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• 2015

This study was carried out to investigate coefficient and exponent of runoff energy in MUSLE for small forest watershed, Hwachoen watershed in Gangwon-do. For 15 rainfall events, runoff volume, peak discharge and sediment yield were measured and these data were used to calculate coefficient and exponent of runoff energy. The results of this study showed that $LS{\bullet}K{\bullet}C{\bullet}P$ factors of MUSLE were affected by slope steepness. The coefficient and exponent of runoff energy were validated with coefficient of efficiency of 0.92 and these values were suggested to 0.002 and 0.81 respectively. The comparison of the coefficients and exponents between Hwacheon and other forest watersheds showed that these values would reflect the effect of forest management within watershed.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.59-62
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• 2015

하천에서 유사이동 분석이 중요한 이유는, 지속가능한 하천관리의 관점에서 하도, 구조물, 생물 서식처와 수질에 이르기까지 하천 내 유사이동이 미치는 영향이 광범위하기 때문이다. 특히, 유사가 어느 지점에서 유실되며 어느 지점에 쌓이는지와 같은 이슈는 하천 지속가능한 관리를 위한 핵심이라 해도 과언이 아니다. 상대적으로 크기가 작은 부유사 입자의 이동은 일상적인 하천의 흐름에서도 대부분 관찰되기 때문에, 그 이동패턴을 파악하는 것이 하천의 효율적 관리에 밑바탕이 된다. 기존연구들에서 주로 연구되었던 부유사 농도 또는 플럭스 산정은 유사에 의한 영향을 파악하기 위한 좋은 지표임은 분명하지만, 유사 입자가 움직이기 시작하는 지점이나 침전하는 지점 등 공간적 분석을 위해서는 입자의 움직임에 초점을 맞춘 분석이 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 부유사 입자를 추적하는 모의 방법을 이용하여, 개수로에서 부유사 입자를 방류하는 형태가 바뀌었을 때, 입자의 공간적 분포가 어떤 식으로 영향을 받는지에 대하여 분석하였다. 모의결과와 실험결과를 비교하여 연구의 접근방법이 부유사 이동의 공간적 분석을 위한 타당한 방법을 검증하였으며, 나아가 실험으로 측정하기 어려운 부유사 이동 패턴을 제시하였다. 입자의 방류 위치나 방류 간격 등 부유사 입자의 분산에 영향을 미치는 요인들 또한 함께 분석하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.507-522
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• 2015

In this study, some of the model verification results of STREAM (Spatio-Temporal River-basin Ecohydrology Analysis Model), a newly-developed hybrid watershed model, are presented for the runoff processes of nonpoint source pollution. For verification study of STREAM, the model was applied to a test watershed and a sensitivity analysis was also carried out for selected parameters. STREAM was applied to the Mankyung River Watershed to review the applicability of the model in the course of model calibration and validation against the stream flow discharge, suspended sediment discharge and some water quality items (TOC, TN, TP) measured at the watershed outlet. The model setup, simulation and data I/O modules worked as designed and both of the calibration and validation results showed good agreement between the simulated and the measured data sets: NSE over 0.7 and $R^2$ greater than 0.8. The simulation results also include the spatial distribution of runoff processes and watershed mass balance at the watershed scale. Additionally, the irrigation process of the model was examined in detail at reservoirs and paddy fields.