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Spatio-temporal Fluctuations of Size-structured Phytoplankton over an Annual Cycle in the Youngsan Lake

  • Song, Eun-Sook;Shin, Yong-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.530-540
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    • 2008
  • The temporal and spatial variations of size-structured phytoplankton dynamics in Youngsan Lake were investigated to explore potential mechanims controlling the dynamics in the Youngsan Lake. Field data were collected monthly from February to October, 2003 at 6 stations along the axis of Youngsan Lake. In this study, phytoplankton (chlorophyll $\alpha$) were categorized into three size classes: micro-size ($>20{\mu}m$), nano-size ($2{\sim}20{\mu}m$) and pico-size ($<20{\mu}m$). Water temperature, light attenuation coefficients, PAR (photosynthetically active radiation) and suspended solids were measured to analyze relationship between physical-chemical properties and size structure of phytoplankton. Phytoplankton blooms developed during March, July and October in the upper region of the main stem whereas small-scaled spring bloom was observed in the lower region. The scales of phytoplankton blooms were higher in the upper regions than the lower region and blooms were predominated by micro-size class in upper region but predominated by nano-size class in lower region. Growth of size-structured phytoplankton appeared to be controlled by rather light availability than temperature-dependant metabolisms in the system. Phytoplankton growth may be also supported by ambient nutrients available in the water column from analyses of chlorophyll $\alpha$ vs. nutrient concentrations including nitrite+nitrate and orthophosphate. Growth of nano-sized phytoplankton alone appeared to be supported by orthophosphate as well as nitrite+nitrate indicating that response of phytoplankton to nutrient inputs may be size-dependent.

Location Generalization of Moving Objects for the Extraction of Significant Patterns (의미 패턴 추출을 위한 이동 객체의 위치 일반화)

  • Lee, Yon-Sik;Ko, Hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.451-458
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    • 2011
  • In order to provide the optimal location based services such as the optimal moving path search or the scheduling pattern prediction, the extraction of significant moving pattern which is considered the temporal and spatial properties of the location-based historical data of the moving objects is essential. In this paper, for the extraction of significant moving pattern we propose the location generalization method which translates the location attributes of moving object into the spatial scope information based on $R^*$-tree for more efficient patterning the continuous changes of the location of moving objects and for indexing to the 2-dimensional spatial scope. The proposed method generates the moving sequences which is satisfied the constraints of the time interval between the spatial scopes using the generalized spatial data, and extracts the significant moving patterns using them. And it can be an efficient method for the temporal pattern mining or the analysis of moving transition of the moving objects to provide the optimal location based services.

Change of Sunspot Groups Observed from 2002 to 2011 at ButterStar Observatory

  • Oh, Sung-Jin;Chang, Heon-Young
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.245-251
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    • 2012
  • Since the development of surface magnetic features should reflect the evolution of the solar magnetic field in the deep interior of the Sun, it is crucial to study properties of sunspots and sunspot groups to understand the physical processes working below the solar surface. Here, using the data set of sunspot groups observed at the ButterStar observatory for 3,364 days from 2002 October 16 to 2011 December 31, we investigate temporal change of sunspot groups depending on their Z$\ddot{u}$rich classification type. Our main findings are as follows: (1) There are more sunspot groups in the southern hemisphere in solar cycle 23, while more sunspot groups appear in the northern hemisphere in solar cycle 24. We also note that in the declining phase of solar cycle 23 the decreasing tendency is apparently steeper in the solar northern hemisphere than in the solar southern hemisphere. (2) Some of sunspot group types make a secondary peak in the distribution between the solar maximum and the solar minimum. More importantly, in this particular data set, sunspot groups which have appeared in the solar southern hemisphere make a secondary peak 1 year after a secondary peak occurs in the solar northern hemisphere. (3) The temporal variations of small and large sunspot group numbers are disparate. That is, the number of large sunspot group declines earlier and faster and that the number of small sunspot group begins to rise earlier and faster. (4) The total number of observed sunspot is found to behave more likewise as the small sunspot group does. Hence, according to our findings, behaviors and evolution of small magnetic flux tubes and large magnetic flux tubes seem to be different over solar cycles. Finally, we conclude by briefly pointing out its implication on the space weather forecast.

Quantitative estimation of the energy ux during an explosive chromospheric evaporation in a white light are kernel observed by Hinode, IRIS, SDO, and RHESSI

  • Lee, Kyoung-Sun;Imada, Shinsuke;Watanabe, Kyoko;Bamba, Yumi;Brooks, David H.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.67.3-68
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    • 2016
  • An X1.6 flare occurred in AR 12192 on 2014 October 22 around 14:06 UT and was observed by Hinode, IRIS, SDO and RHESSI. We analyze a bright kernel which produces a white light flare (WLF) with continuum enhancement and a hard X-ray (HXR) peak. Taking advantage of the spectroscopic observations of IRIS and EIS, we measure the temporal variation of the plasma properties in the bright kernel in the chromosphere and corona. We found that explosive evaporation was observed when the WLF occurred, even though the intensity enhancement in hotter lines is quite weak. The temporal correlation of the WLF, HXR peak, and evaporation flows indicates that the WLF was produced by accelerated electrons. To understand the white light emission processes, we calculated the deposited energy flux from the non-thermal electrons observed by RHESSI and compared it to the dissipated energy estimated from the chromospheric lines (Mg II triplet) observed by IRIS. The deposited energy flux from the non-thermal electrons is about $3.1{\times}10^{10}erg\;cm^{-2}s^{-1}$ when we assume a cut-off energy of 20 keV. The estimated energy flux from the temperature changes in the chromosphere measured from the Mg II subordinate line is about $4.6-6.7{\times}10^9erg\;cm^{-2}s^{-1}$, 15 - 22 % of the deposited energy. By comparison of these estimated energy fluxes we conclude that the continuum enhancement was directly produced by the non-thermal electrons.

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Occurrence of Vanadium in Groundwater of Jeju Island, Korea (제주도 지하수 내 바나듐의 산출 특성)

  • Hyun, Ik-Hyun;Yun, Seong-Taek;Kim, Ho-Rim;Kam, Sang-Kyu
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.25 no.11
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    • pp.1563-1573
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    • 2016
  • The aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of vanadium in Jeju Island groundwater, focusing on the spatio-temporal patterns and geochemical controlling factors of vanadium. For this, we collected two sets of groundwater data: 1) concentrations of major constituents of 2,595 groundwater samples between 2008 and 2014 and 2) 258 groundwater samples between December 2006 and June 2008. The concentrations of groundwater vanadium were in the range of $0.2{\sim}71.0{\mu}g/L$ (average, $12.0{\mu}g/L$) and showed local enrichments without temporal/seasonal variation. This indicated that vanadium distribution was controlled by 1) the geochemical/mineralogical composition and dissolution processes of original materials (i.e., volcanic rock) and 2) the flow and chemical properties of groundwater. Vanadium concentration was significantly positively correlated with that of major ions ($Cl^-$, $Na^+$, and $K^+$) and trace metals (As, Cr, and Al), and with pH, but was negatively correlated with $NO_3-N$ concentration. The high concentrations of vanadium (>$15{\mu}g/L$) occurred in typically alkaline groundwater with high pH (${\geq}8.0$), indicating that a higher degree of water-rock interaction resulted in vanadium enrichment. Thus, higher concentrations of vanadium occurred in groundwater of $Na-Ca-HCO_3$, $Na-Mg-HCO_3$ and $Na-HCO_3$ types and were remarkably lower in groundwater of $Na-Ca-NO_3$(Cl) type that represented the influences from anthropogenic pollution.

Characterization of the Surface Contribution to Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Measurements

  • Chowdhury, Salina A.;Lim, Man-Ho
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.583-589
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    • 2011
  • Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) is a sophisticated and an accurate analytical technique used to study the diffusion of molecules in a solution at the single-molecule level. FCS is strongly affected by many factors such as the stability of the excitation power, photochemical processes, mismatch between the refractive indices, and variations in the cover glass thickness. We have studied FCS near the surface of a cover glass by using rhodamine 123 as a fluorescent probe and have observed that the surface has a strong influence on the measurements. The temporal autocorrelation of FCS decays with two characteristic times when the confocal detection volume is positioned near the surface of the cover glass. As the position of the detection volume is moved away from the surface, the FCS autocorrelation becomes one-component decaying; the characteristic time of the decay is the same as the faster-decaying component in the FCS autocorrelation near the surface. This observation suggests that the faster component can be attributed to the free diffusion of the probe molecules in the solution, while the slow component has its origin from the interaction between the probe molecules and the surface. We have characterized the surface contribution to the FCS measurements near the surface by changing the position of the detection volume relative to the surface. The influence of the surface on the diffusion of the probe molecules was monitored by changing the chemical properties of the surface. The surface contribution to the temporal autocorrelation of the FCS strongly depends on the chemical nature of the surface. The hydrophobicity of the surface is a major factor determining the surface influence on the free diffusion of the probe molecules near the surface.

Temporal Adjustment of Channel Geometry and Spatial Changes in Riverbed Materials along the Downstream Channels of Large Dams in the Geum River basin (금강유역 대형댐 하류 하도지형 경년변화 및 하상재료 종적변이 연구)

  • Ock, Giyoung;Choi, Mikyoung;Park, Hyung-Geun
    • Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.287-294
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    • 2019
  • This study investigated longitudinal changes in riverbed materials properties and temporal alteration of river channel geomorphology in the Geum River basin, where two multipurpose dams(Yongdam Dam and Daecheong Dam) were built in upstream area. We carried out grain size distribution analyses and measured soil organic matter contents of riverbed materials taken at the upper and lower sites of the two large dams. We also estimated the channel width, bar area and vegetation encroachment using the oldest map and aerial photographs taken before and after the construction of the dams. The results can contribute to increasing understandings of dam induced habitat alteration in river ecosystem.

An Adaptive Cache Replacement Policy for Web Proxy Servers (웹 프락시 서버를 위한 적응형 캐시 교체 정책)

  • Choi, Seung-Lak;Kim, Mi-Young;Park, Chang-Sup;Cho, Dae-Hyun;Lee, Yoon-Joon
    • Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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    • v.29 no.6
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    • pp.346-353
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    • 2002
  • The explosive increase of World Wide Web usage has incurred significant amount of network traffic and server load. To overcome these problems, web proxy caching replicates frequently requested documents in the web proxy closer to the users. Cache utilization depends on the replacement policy which tries to store frequently requested documents in near future. Temporal locality and Zipf frequency distribution, which are commonly observed in web proxy workloads, are considered as the important properties to predict the popularity of documents. In this paper, we propose a novel cache replacement policy, called Adaptive LFU (ALFU), which incorporates 1) Zipf frequency distribution by utilizing LFU and 2) temporal locality adaptively by measuring the amount of the popularity reduction of documents as time passed efficiently. We evaluate the performance of ALFU by comparing it to other policies via trace-driven simulation. Experimental results show that ALFU outperforms other policies.

A Study on the Preparation Method of Fruit Cropping Distribution Map using Satellite Images and GIS (위성영상과 GIS를 이용한 과수재배 분포도 작성 기법에 관한 연구)

  • Jo, Myung-Hee;Bu, Ki-Dong;Lee, Jung-Hyoup;Lee, Kwang-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.73-86
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    • 2000
  • This study focused on extracting an efficient method in the fruit cropping distribution mapping with various classification methods using multi-temporal satellite images and Geographic Information Systems(GIS). For this study, multi-temporal Landsat TM images, in observation data and existing fruit cropping area statistics were used to compare and analyze the properties of fruit cropping and seasonal distribution per classification method. As a result, this study concludes that Maximum Likelihood Method with earlier autumn satellite image was most efficient for the fruit cropping mapping using Landsat TM image. In addition, it was clarified that cropping area per administrative boundary was prepared and distribution pattern was identified efficiently using GIS spatial analysis.

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Distribution of Heavy Metals in Soils of Shihwa Tidal Freshwater Marshes

  • Yun, Seok-In;Choi, Woo-Jung;Choi, Young-Dae;Lee, Seung-Heon;Yoo, Sun-Ho;Lee, Eun-Ju-;Ro, Hee-Myong
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 2003
  • Shihwa tidal freshwater marsh was constructed recently to treat pollutants entering Shihwa lake. In this study, we examined the spatial and temporal patterns of heavy metal accumulation in soils of Shihwa marsh and sought correlations between several soil variables (pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter, and acid ammonium oxalate-extractable Fe and Al contents) and the heavy metal concentration of soils. Surface soil samples (0∼20 cm) were collected in June 2000, November 2000, and July 2001, and were analyzed for heavy metals (Zn, Cd, Pb, Cu, Cr, As, and Hg) and soil chemical properties. The neutral pH and water-saturated conditions of Shihwa marsh appeared to favor immobilization of heavy metal through adsorption onto soils. The concentrations of heavy metal (especially Zn, Cu, and Cr) in soils of Shihwa marsh increased along the sampling occasions, suggesting that soils of Shihwa marsh serve as a sink of heavy metal. Among the sub-marshes, metal concentrations were highest in Banweol high marshes and lowest in Samhwa marshes. The temporal and spatial variations in the heavy metal concentrations of soils were correlated positively with organic matter and oxalate extractable Fe and Al contents, but negatively with electrical conductivity. These results suggest that organic matter and hydrous oxide of Fe/Al may playa key role in removing heavy metals in soils of Shihwa marsh, and that heavy metal removing capacity would increase with desalinization. However, the removal patterns of heavy metal by reeds warrant further studies to evaluate the total removal capacity of heavy metals by Shihwa marsh.