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Steel Corrosion Map of Vietnam

  • Cole, Ivan;Corrigan, Penny;Nguyen, Viet Hue
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • 제11권4호
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    • pp.103-107
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    • 2012
  • In the framework of an International cooperation program in Australia-Asia, the atmospheric corrosion of metals in five nations located in this tropical zone: Australia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia was investigated. In this program, mild steel, zinc and copper were tested on a set of sites, representative for different climatic conditions: severe marine, marine, industrial, urban and rural, simultaneously with the collection of climatic parameters and pollutants. Based on the data obtained in the Program and referring to the bank of data collected in the Vietnam National Projects, modeling was used to construct a corrosion map of steel for Vietnam. The correlation of the data derived from the map compared with those from National Projects is very high, in most cases, differing by less than 2-3%.

Fire and Rangeland's Management in India

  • Paulsamy, S.;Manian, S.;Kil, Bong-Seop
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.55-61
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    • 2005
  • Fire, usually a detrimental factor makes changes in commonly structure and functions when it is practiced properly. In countries like Australia, South Africa, Japan and Texas in USA etc., fire is used as a tool to manage the natural ecosystems in productive condition on the basis of ecological approach. However, in developing countries like India there is effective measure to use and control fire in rangelands. This review provides knowledge on changes in sociological characters of plants, biomass profile, cycling of materials and strategy to use fire for the shaping of communities in different rangelands located in India and other countries. Further, the informations furnished in this article will be more useful for the forest managers, planners of rangelands and administrators in countries like India and tropical countries with similar bioclimatic conditions to prepare appropriate management plans where the fire is an integral factor.

Differentially expressed genes of Acanthamoeba castellanii during encystation

  • Moon, Eun-Kyung;Chung, Dong-Il;Hong, Yeon-Chul;Kong, Hyun-Hee
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • 제45권4호
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    • pp.283-285
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    • 2007
  • To examine the expressed gene profile during encystation of Acanthamoeba castellanii Castellani, we used differentially expressed gene (DGE) screening by RT-PCR with 20 sets of random primers. From this analysis, we found that approximately 16 genes showed up regulation during encystation. We chose 6 genes, which had relatively higher expression levels, for further investigation. Based on homology search in database, DEG2 showed 55% of similarity with xylose isomerase, DEG9 showed 37% of similarity with Na P-type ATPase, and DEG14 showed 77% of similarity with subtilisin-like serine proteinase. DEG3 and DEG26 were identified as hypothetical proteins and DEG25 exhibited no significant similarity to any known protein. Encystation of Acanthamoeba has been suggested to be a process to resist adverse environmental or nutritional conditions. Further characterization studies of these genes may provide us with more information on the encystation mechanism of Acanthamoeba.

Review of downslope windstorms in Japan

  • Kusaka, Hiroyuki;Fudeyasu, Hironori
    • Wind and Structures
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    • 제24권6호
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    • pp.637-656
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    • 2017
  • In Japan, at least 28 local winds are known by name, most of them associated with downslope windstorms and gap winds. To review these windstorms, we categorize them based largely on the atmospheric conditions and formation mechanisms, and then focus on representative examples. These representative cases include the "Yamaji­kaze", a typical downslope windstorm, the "Hirodo-­kaze", a downslope windstorm induced by a nearby typhoon (intense tropical cyclone), and the "Karak-kaze", a downslope wind with a clear diurnal variation. Other downslope winds such as the "Inami-kaze" and the gap wind "Kiyokawa­dashi" are also described. Among these winds, the "Yamaji-kaze", "Hirodo-kaze", and "Kiyokawa-dashi" are considered the three most notorious due to their destructive power. After describing and comparing these winds, we discuss remaining issues to be considered in future studies.

Integrating extreme weather systems induced from typhoons and monsoon in nonstationary frequency analysis

  • Lee, Taesam;So, Chanyoung
    • 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국수자원학회 2016년도 학술발표회
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    • pp.15-15
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    • 2016
  • In South Korea, annual maximum precipitation often occurs in association with mature typhoons in the western Pacific and from summer monsoon rains. In addition, certain years have no significant typhoon activity. Therefore, the characteristics of frequency distributions differ between extreme typhoons and monsoon events. Those extremes are also influenced from climate conditions in a different way. Application of nonstationary frequency analysis to the AMP data combined with typhoon and monsoon events might not always be reasonable. Therefore, we propose a novel approach of nonstationary frequency analysis to integrate extreme events of AMP induced from two main sources such as typhoons and monsoon in the current study. In this way, we were able to model the nonstationarity of extreme events from tropical storms and monsoon separately.

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한파로 인한 초기 동해를 입은 콘크리트의 염해 저항성 평가 (Evaluation of Chloride Penetration Resistance of Frost Concrete according to the water-cement ratio, during the Cold Wave)

  • 박동천;이준해
    • 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국건축시공학회 2020년도 가을 학술논문 발표대회
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    • pp.165-166
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    • 2020
  • The climate on the Korean Peninsula has been warmed recently, abnormal weather conditions such as heat waves, cold waves, and tropical nights have been detected frequently. Precisely, the number of days with cold waves in the winter has increased, and rapid changes of temperature in the morning and afternoon have occurred frequently in the 2000s. Due to the previous phenomenons, this research is focused on evaluating the concrete's Chloride Penetration Resistance and Durability, and the difference of the resistance according to the W/C.

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북서태평양 태풍 진로의 계절예측시스템 자동화 구축 및 조기 예측성의 검증 (Development of the Atomated Prediction System for Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity over the Western North Pacific and its Evaluation for Early Predictability)

  • 진천실;허창회;박두선;최우석;김다솔;이종호;장기호;강기룡
    • 대기
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    • 제24권1호
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    • pp.123-130
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    • 2014
  • 계절예측시스템의 배경 지식이 부족한 사용자가 시스템을 효율적으로 구동하고 조절할 수 있도록 자동화에 최적화된 시스템을 기상청 국가태풍센터에 구축하였다. 기존 예측시스템에서 사용자의 주관이 포함되어 자동화 구축에 제약을 주는 군집분류와 예측인자 선정 과정은 미리 수행되고, 그 출력자료는 입력자료로서 제공된다. 시스템을 이해하고 운용하는데 도움을 주기 위해 기상청 규격에 따라 디렉토리 구조를 재구성하고, 해당 디렉토리에 포함되어 있는 입력자료와 소스코드를 이용해 산출되는 출력자료를 정리하였다. 또한 기존 예측시스템에서 고정되어 있거나 수동으로 설정해야 하는 구동조건을 효과적으로 조절하기 위해 네임리스트를 이용한 사용자인터페이스를 추가하여 자동화 시스템을 최적화하였다. 이러한 자동화 시스템에 의해 기술적으로 가능해진 조기예측의 성능을 검증한 결과, 예측시점을 5월에서 1월까지 앞당겨도 모든 진로유형에서 높은 예측성능이 유지되었다. 이처럼, 조기예측이 가능해진 태풍진로 계절예측시스템은 국가태풍센터의 현업예보뿐만 아니라 태풍계절예측 분야의 연구자에게도 매우 유익할 것으로 기대되고, 본 기술노트는 효율적인 예측시스템 운영을 위한 기술적 지침서로 활용될 것이다.

관계습도(關係濕度)와 목재(木材)의 평형함수량(平衡含水量)과의 관계(關係)에 대(對)한 연구(硏究) (The Equilibrium Moisture Content - Relative Humidity Relationship of Tropical Woods)

  • 심종섭
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • 제10권3호
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    • pp.4-12
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    • 1982
  • 1. 이 실험은 미국 Dept. of Navy의 위촉(委囑)을 받아 School of Forestry, Yale University에서 실시중인 열대산(熱帶産) 재목(材木)이 물리적(物理的) 기계적(機械的) 성질(性質) 연구계획(硏究計劃)의 일부(一部)로써 동대학(同大學) 목재공예연구실(木材工藝硏究室)에서 실시(實施)하였다. 2. 이 실험은 연구소에 장치(裝置)된 적은 실험설비를 이용(利用)하여 일정(一定)한 관계습도(關係濕度)(21%, 53%, 61% 그리고 83%등(等))를 조절하면서 各 관계습도(關係濕度) 밑에서 각(各) 시험편을 가질 수 있는 평형합수량(平衝含水量) equilibrium moisture content와 hysteresis loop 즉 relative humidity moisture content curve을 결정(決定)하기 위하여 실시하였다. 3. 이 실험을 통(通)하여 목적(目的)한 바 열대재(즉(卽) Ocotea, Tabebuia 그리고 Hymenaea)의 관계 습도에 따라 equilibrium moisture content와 이때에 일어나는 hysteresis loop를 알게 되었으며 각(各) 수종의 관계습도에 따른 equilibrium moisture content는 Table 4과 같으며 hysteresis loop 관계(關係)는 Fig. 2.3.4와 같다. 4. 이 실험을 통(通)하여서도 과거(過去) 모는 실험결과에서 보는 것과 같이 각(各) 수종에 따라 같은 관계습도에서 가질 수 있는 equilibrium moisture content에 상당(相當)한 차이(差異)를 볼 수 있었으며 그 차이(差異)는 관계습도가 높을수록 큰 경향(傾向)을 띠우고 따라서 hysteresis loop의 shape 에도 각기(各其) 그 고유(固有)한 특징(特徵)을 볼 수 있다. 5. 대기중(大氣中)에 있는 큰 재목(材木)이 가질 수 있는 평형함수량(乎衝含水量)(E M C) 은 Table 6와 같으며 이것 역시(亦是) 적은 시험편(試驗片)으로 시험(試驗)하여 얻은 결과(結果)와 같이 나무 종류(種類)에 따라 차이(差異)가 있고 그 차이(差異)는 관계습도(關係濕度)가 높으면 높을수록 크다는 것을 알게 되었다. 6. 재목(材木)의 생산지(生産地)가 다르면 즉 남방(南方) 열대지역(熱帶地方)에서 생산(生産)하는 것과 온대지방(溫帶地方)에서 생산(生産)되는 나무사이에는 나무 종류(種類)가 달라서 직접(直接) 비교(比較)는 안되나 나무 종류별(種類別)로 보면 역시(亦是) 이와같은 목재(木材)의 물리적(物理的) 성질(性質)에 확실(確實)히 차이(差異)가 있었다는 것을 알게 되었다.(참조(參照) Table 5) 7. 이 실험결과를 발표(發表)함에 있어 친(親)히 충고(忠告) 지도(指導)하여 주신 Wangaard와 Dickinson 양(兩) 교수님과 재과(材科) 주선(周旋)에 수고(受苦)를 아끼지 않고 전심(全心) 도와 주신 Mr. R. C. Claneh 씨(氏)등에게 충심(衷心)으로 감사(感謝)의 뜻을 표(表)하는 바이다.

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Flow cytometer를 이용한 열대 동태평양의 독립영양 극미소 플랑크톤 연구 (A Flow Cytometric Study of Autotrophic Picoplankton in the Tropical Eastern Pacific)

  • 노재훈;유신재;이미진;손승규;김웅서
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • 제26권2호
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    • pp.273-286
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    • 2004
  • The effects of environmental forcing on autotrophic picoplankton distributional patterns were investigated for convergence ($5^{\circ}N$), divergence ($9^{\circ}N-10^{\circ}30'N$) and oligotrophic ($17^{\circ}N$) sites in the tropical eastern Pacific during 2001 and 2003 KODOS (Korea Deep Ocean Study) cruises. The distributions of picoplankton populations - Prochlorococcus, Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes algae - were determined by flow cytometric analyses. Latitudinal variations in abundance maxima, vertical profiles, integrated abundance (0-150 m), and estimated carbon biomass were contrasted for each site according to three hydrological conditions. Prochlorococcus showed consistently high abundance in the surface mixed layers of all sites at $1\;{\times}\;10^5{\sim}3\;{\times}\;10^5\;cells\;ml^{-1}$ and showed declining abundance below these layers. However, these decreasing rates were not particularly sharp showing considerably high abundance at $1\;{\times}\;10^4\;cells\;ml^{-1}$ or higher even at 100 m depth. Vertical profiles of Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes were generally parallel to each other in all sites. A clear abundance maximum was observed at divergence site at or slightly above the pycnocline depth. Higher abundance was observed at the surface mixed layer for convergence site but a sharp decrease was observed below the pycnocline. However, there was no significant abundance fluctuation with depth at more oligotrophic site ($17^{\circ}N$). Integrated cell abundance of Prochlorococcus was high in the oligotrophic site at $2.17\;{\times}\;10^{13}\;m^{-2}$, and low in the convergence site at $0.88\;{\times}\;10^{13}\;m^{-2}$. However, opposite pattern was observed for Synechococcus and picoeukaryotes where relatively high integrated cell abundance was shown in the convergence site. Estimated carbon biomass of Prochlorococcus contributed 30.4-80.3% of total autotrophic picoplankton carbon showing the highest contribution in the oligotrophic site and the lowest contribution in the convergence site. Synechococcus contribution of total autotrophic picoplantkon carbon biomass was lower than 5.8% for most of sites except the convergence site where Synechococcus contributed 23.2% of picoplankton carbon biomass. Carbon biomass of picoeukaryotes was 18.8-46.4% showing the highest carbon biomass at the convergence site. Overall, Prochlorococcus showed higher cell abundance and carbon biomass and exhibited different reaction to hydrological conditions when compare with the other two major autotrophic picoplankton groups.

미국 남부지방 도시호우의 종관적 분석 (Synoptic Analysis of Heavy Rainstorms over Urban Areas in the Southern United States)

  • Youngeun Choi
    • 대한지리학회지
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.395-409
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    • 1998
  • 미국남부지방의 5개 도시를 연구지역으로 도시의 영향에 의한 강수특성변화를 파악하고 종관기상유형에 따른 특성을 규명하기 위하여 2 인치(50.08 mm) 이상의 일강수량을 가지는 강수일을 선택하여 3가지 강수유형(기단성 강수, 전선성 강수, 열대저기업성 강수)으로 구분하여 분석하였다. Houston, Dallas, 그리고 San Antonio에서는 기단성 강수가 발생할 때, 도시직역과 풍하측에 호우로 인한 강수량과 강수빈도의 증가가 나타나고 있으나 New Orleans와 Memphis에서는 종관적 분석을 통해서 볼 때 현저한 증가현상을 보이지 않는다. 경향면 분석겨로가는 전선성 강수와 열대저기업성강수 발생시 기단성 강수로 인한 호우보다 강한 경향성을 가지는 것을 보여주고, 호우로 인한 통강수량은 강수일수빈도보다 강한 경향성을 가진다. 잔차도 분석결과는 기단성 호우 발생시 도시지역과 풍하지역에 양의 잔차가 나타나는 것을 보여준다. 미국 남부의 5개도시에서 강수특성변화에 미치는 도시화의 영향에 대한 연구는 도시기후는 종관적으로 유사한 조건하일지라도 도시의 규모, 공간구조, 수체의 유무, 산업구조 등 다양한 특성에 따라 상이하게 반응함을 알 수 있었다.

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