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A Study of Quantitative Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Estimation by Comparing the Snow Measurement Data (적설 관측자료 비교를 통한 정량적 SWE 산출에 관한 연구)

  • Ro, Yonghun;Chang, Ki-Ho;Cha, Joo-Wan;Chung, Gunhui;Choi, Jiwon;Ha, Jong-Chul
    • Atmosphere
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.269-282
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    • 2019
  • While it is important to obtain the accurate information on snowfall data due to the increase in damage caused by the heavy snowfall in the winter season, it is not easy to observe the snowfall quantitatively. Recently, snow measurements using a weighing precipitation gauge have been carried out, but there is a problem that high snowfall intensity results in low accuracy. Also, the observed snowfall data are sensitive depending on wind speed, temperature, and humidity. In this study, a new process of quality control for snow water equivalent (SWE) data of the weighing precipitation gauge were proposed to cover the low accuracy of snow data and maximize the data utilization. Snowfall data (SWE) observed by Pluvio, Parsivel, snow-depth meter using laser or ultrasonic, and rainfall gauge in Cloud Physics Observation Site (CPOS) were compared and analyzed. Applying the QC algorithm including the use of number of hydrometeor particles as reference, the increased SWE per the unit time was determined and the data noise was removed and marked by flag. The SWE data converted by the number concentration of hydrometeor particles are tested as a method to restore the QC-removed data, and show good agreement with those of the weighing precipitation gauge, though requiring more case studies. The three events data for heavy snowfall disaster in Pyeongchang area was analyzed. The SWE data with improved quality was showed a good correlation with the eye-measured data ($R^2$ > 0.73).

It's effects for engine emission of water/oil emulsified fuel (Water/Oil 에멀젼 연료가 배출가스에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Moon-Chan;Lee, Chang-Suk
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.159-166
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    • 2008
  • In this study, the characteristics of emulsified fuel and engine emissions were studied. Emulsified fuel which composed of water and diesel was manufactured by using homogenizer and ultrasonic generator. Engine emissions were studied whit engine dinamometer. In emulsified fuel, density and viscosity were increased with increasing water contents, but viscosity was decreased over 60% of water in emulsion fuel. The emulsion type of W/O changed to that of O/W over 60% of water in emulsion fuel. In the results of engine dinamometer test, NOx concentration and smoke density were reduced with increasing water contents in emulsified fuel but reciprocal in the case of THC, CO. Temperature and power were reduced with increasing water contents in emulsion fuel. In conclusion, it seemed that using emulsified fuel for diesel engine was effective for reducing NOx concentration and smoke density.

THE ASSESSMENT OF NOISE IN THE PEDIATRIC DENTAL CLINICS (소아치과 진료실에서 발생하는 소음 평가)

  • Kwon, Bo-Min;Lee, Ji-Hyun;Kim, Shin;Jeong, Tae-Sung
    • Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.267-272
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    • 2012
  • Dental professionals are exposed to various occupational risks, among which the problem of hearing damage has been newly revealed. There have been some researches reporting that noise occurring in a dental office exceeds the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) Standards. Especially, the pediatric dentists are repeatedly exposed to an additional noise source called the crying sound of children in addition to all kinds of noises from dental instruments. Accordingly, this study intended to investigate the noise environment likely to affect pediatric dentists and to examine the possibility of resultant hearing damages. The level of noise was measured respectively, when various dental instruments (ultrasonic scaler, high-speed handpiece, low-speed handpiece) are operated, when children are crying, and when both occasions take place simultaneously (from the distance of 30 cm) with a portable noise meter. And the daily duration of pediatric dentists exposed to the noise environment was surveyed. The results were compared with the standard value of noise threshold of NIOSH, OSHA, and that of hearing damage of CRA News letter respectively. Considering the intensity and exposure time, the noise environment of pediatric dentists exceeds the allowable noise threshold values. Even only one exposure to crying child was likely to lead to permanent hearing damage. Comparatively, pediatric dentists have a higher risk for occupational hearing damages, and some active measures are thought highly desirable to minimize it.

A Study on the accuracy of speed measuring system by the Doppler effect -The error of speed single beam Doppler log over the ground by various trim- (Doppler 효과(效果)에 의한 속도계측장치(速力計測裝置)의 정도(精度)에 관(關)한 연구(硏究) -Single beam Doppler log의 트림 변화에 따른 대지속력(對地速力) 오차(誤差)-)

  • Kim, Koang-Hong
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.179-187
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    • 1997
  • Doppler log and current meter are based on the measurment of the doppler effect. Ship's speed over the ground measured by means of doppler log effect of underwater ultrasonic intends to get infulence by the difference of sound velocity, the ship's course, the sea bottom inclination, the trim and tranducer installation etc. This paper investigated on the error of speed over the ground by change of the trim comparing the real speed obtained by the mile post with the speed of single beam type doppler log on the trainning ship Kyeongyangho. The results are as follows ; 1. Indicating speed of doppler log is very much greatly influenced on variation of trim, but the real speed is less affected variation by trim. 2. The range of variation and error of speed over ground are smallest when ship's trim is 2.15m trim by the stern.

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Corrosion Loss of the Shell Plates of the General Cargo Vessels and the Lumber Carriers According to the Age (일반화물선과 원목운반선의 선각외판 부식도의 선령별 변화)

  • 박중희
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.13-18
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    • 1981
  • Corrosion loss of the shell plates of the steel vessels are measured and analyzed on the thirty cargo vessels and fifteen lumber carriers of which nationality belong to Korea. Thickness of the shell plates were determined at the every observed points set along the fore and aft line and perpendicular to it, by use of the ultrasonic thickness meter. Difference of the thickness between the original and the determined shell plates are given as the corrosion loss at the present age. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. On the cargo vessels, (1) The total mean of the corrosion loss is greatest at the light waterline, in every age class of the vessels. (2) The total mean of the corrosion loss on the fore and aft line shows little difference, even though it is slightly greater at the fore part, in every age class of the vessels. (3) Corrosion loss along the perpendicular line grows greater in the order of freeboard, load waterline, upper bilge line and light waterline, within the 16 of the age of the observed vessels. Its order varies to freeboard, upper bilge line, load waterline and light waterline in the age of 35. Corrosion loss at the light waterline and load waterline, in the age of 35, shows 3 times of it at the freeboard, and it at the upper bildge line shows twice of it at the freeboard. The fact significates the corrosion grows rapidly around the waterline. 2. On the lumber carriers, (1) The total mean of the corrosion loss is greatest at the upper bilge line, in the every age class of the vessels. (2) Total mean of the corrosion loss on the fore and aft line shows little difference, even though it is slightly greater at the fore part, in every age class of the vessels. (3) Corrosion loss along the perpendicular line is least at the freeboard and greatest at the upper bilge line, and its value at the upper bilge line shows twice of it at the freeboard. 3. The total mean of the corrosion loss of the lumber carriers shows almost twice of the cargo vessels.

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Application of Automatic Stormwater Monitoring System and SWMM Model for Estimation of Urban Pollutant Loading During Storm Events (빗물 자동모니터링장치와 SWMM 모델을 이용한 강우시 도시지역 오염부하량 예측에 관한 연구)

  • Seo, Dongil;Fang, Tiehu
    • Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.373-381
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    • 2012
  • An automatic flow and water quality monitoring system was applied to estimate pollutant loads to an urban stream during storm events in DTV (Daeduk Techno Valley), Daejeon, Korea. The monitoring system consists of rainfall gage, ultrasonic water level meter, water quality sensors for DO, temperature, pH, conductivity, turbidity and automatic water sampler for further laboratory analysis. All data are transmitted through on-line system and the monitoring system is designed to be controlled manually in the field and remotely from laboratory computer. Flow rates were verified with field measurements during storm events and showed good agreements. Automatic sampler was used to collect real time samples and analyzed for BOD, COD, TN, TP, SS and other pollutant concentrations in the laboratory. SWMM (Storm Water Management Model) urban watershed model was applied and calibrated using the observed flow and water quality data for the study area. While flow modeling results showed good agreement for all events, water quality modeling results showed variable levels of agreement. These results indicate that current options in the SWMM model to predict pollutant build up and wash-off effects are not sufficient to satisfy modeling of all the rainfall events under study and thus need further modification. This study showed the automatic monitoring system can be used to provide data to assist further refinement of modeling accuracy. This automatic stormwater monitoring and modeling system can be used to develop basin scale water quality management strategies of urban streams in storm events.

Long-Period Wave Oscillations in Sokcho Harbor and Cheongcho Lagoon (1. Field Measurements and Data Analyses) (속초항과 청초호의 부진동 특성 (1. 현장관측과 자료 분석))

  • 정원무;박우선;김규한;채장원;김지희
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.51-64
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    • 2002
  • To investigate long-period wave responses in Sokcho Harbor and Cheongcho lagoon, field measurements were made for long-and short-period waves and current velocities using a Directional Waverider, a ultrasonic-type wave gauge, four pressure-type wave gauges, and a current meter. From the data analysis, it was found that the Helmholtz resonant periods of Sokcho Harbor and Cheongcho lagoon are about 13.6 and 54.5 minutes, respectively, and the dominant period of wave induced current in the passage between Sokcho Harbor and Cheongcho lagoon is about 55.2 minutes which depends on Helmholtz resonant condition of the Cheongcho lagoon. It was also found that the energy level of the far-infra-gravity waves during storm conditions is very high compared with that during calm sea conditions. To investigate relationships between far-infra-gravity waves and short-period waves at offshore station, regression analyses were carried out especially for 1) heights, 2) periods, 3) direction and height, 4) height and period between short-and far-infra-gravity waves, respectively. The results showed that the long-period wave height is highly correlated with the short-period wave height. However, no special trend was found for the other relations. In the future far-infra-gravity wave heights on return period around Sokcho Harbor region can be suggested by using extreme value analyses of long term measured data.

An Study on flow Discharge Calculation using Surface Velocity (비접촉식 유속계의 표면유속을 이용한 유량산정방법에 관한 연구)

  • Roh, Youngsin;Lee, Sin Jae;Kim, Dae Young
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2020.06a
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    • pp.230-230
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    • 2020
  • 하천 유량측정을 위한 표면유속계는 비접촉식 방식이기 때문에 현장에서의 측정이 간편하고, 비교적 안전하기 때문에 홍수시 유량측정에 널리 이용되고 있다. 비접촉식 유속계가 가지고 있는 이러한 장점으로 전자파표면유속계의 활용이 점차 증가하고 있으며, 영상유속계와 같은 비접촉 측정방식의 활용방안 마련에 대한 연구개발 등이 꾸준히 진행되어 왔다. 최근에는 고정식으로 상시 운영이 가능한 표면유속계 등이 출시되어 소규모 하천이나 수로에서의 상시 유량측정에 활용되고 있다. 다만, 이러한 비접촉식 유속계는 표면의 유속을 측정하기 때문에 유량산정을 위해서는 평균유속으로의 환산이 필요하지만, 현재까지는 평균유속 환산계수를 사용하여 표면유속을 평균유속으로 환산하는 방법이 유일하게 활용되고 있다. 하지만, 실제 하천에서는 단면 및 하도형태, 하상조건, 수리특성 및 유속분포 등의 다양한 조건에 따라 환산계수가 결정되기 때문에 이를 단순히 일률적으로 적용하는 것은 곤란하며, 이로 인해 과거 오랫동안 표면유속을 평균유속으로 환산하기 위한 다양한 연구가 진행되었지만, 실제 다양한 조건의 하천에 적용할 수 있는 표준화된 방법은 아직까지 제시되지 못하고 있다. 현재까지, 고정식으로 설치된 유속계로부터 측정된 유속을 평균유속으로 환산하는 방법으로는 국내외적으로 지표유속법(Index Velocity Method)과 유속분포법(Velocity Profile Method)이 대표적이며, H-ADCP (Horizontal-Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profiler) 또는 UVM(Ultrasonic Velocity Meter) 등과 같은 초음파유속계를 활용한 자동유량측정시설의 유량산정방법으로 활용되고 있다. 이러한 방법들은 고정된 유속계의 측정유속을 지표유속(Vi)으로 하여 다양한 범위의 실측된 평균유속과의 관계를 개발하여 활용하거나, 지표유속을 매개로 개수로 단면의 이론적인 유속분포를 추정하여 평균유속을 산정한다. 이러한 지표유속을 활용하는 방법들에서 공통적으로 중요한 것은 하천단면의 최대유속(Vmax)이 가장 좋은 지표유속이라는 것이다. 따라서 국제기준에서는 지표유속을 측정하는 유속계의 가장 바람직한 위치로 유심부(core flow)를 권장하고 있다. 하지만, 접촉식 유속계의 경우 유심부 설치가 매우 어렵고 많은 비용이 들기 때문에, 비접촉식 유속계를 활용하여 하천단면의 최대유속을 측정할 수 있다면, 가장 효율적인 고정식 측정방법이 될 수 있을 것이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 비접촉식 표면유속계의 고정식 유량측정 활용성 및 적용성을 검토할 목적으로 표면유속에 대한 유량산정방법을 검토하였다. 이를 위해 24GHz의 주파수를 갖는 레이다표면유속계인 Sensoflow를 낙동강 수계 길안천에 위치한 안동시(대사3교)에 고정설치하여 표면유속을 지표유속으로 수집하였다. 다양한 유량규모에서 측정한 실측 표면유속과 수집된 표면유속을 지표유속으로 활용하여 지표유속관계를 개발하였으며, 산정된 유량을 기존 수위-유량관계곡선식의 환산유량과 비교하여 표면유속의 지표유속 활용성을 검토하였다.

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A Study on The Velocity Distribution in Closed Conduit by Using The Entropy Concept (엔트로피 개념을 이용한 관수로내의 유속분포에 관한 연구)

  • Choo, Tai Ho;Ok, Chi Youl;Kim, Jin Won;Maeng, Seung Jin
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.29 no.4B
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    • pp.357-363
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    • 2009
  • When yields the mean velocity of the closed conduit which is used generally, it is available to use Darcy Weisbach Friction Loss Head equation. But, it is inconvenient very because Friction Loss coefficient f is the function of Reynolds Number and Relative roughness (${\varepsilon}$/d). So, it is demanded more convenient equation to estimate. In order to prove the reliability and an accuracy of Chiu's velocity equation from the research which sees hereupon, proved agreement very well about measured velocity measurement data by using Laser velocimeter which is a non-insertion velocity measuring equipment from the closed conduit (Laser Doppler Velocimeter: LDV) and an insertion velocity measuring equipment and the Pitot tube which is a supersonic flow meter (Transit-Time Flowmeters). By proving theoretical linear-relation between maximum velocity and mean velocity in laboratory flume without increase and decrease of discharge, the equilibrium state of velocity in the closed conduit which reachs to equilibrium state corresponding to entropy parameter M value has a trend maintaining consistently this state. If entropy M value which is representing one section is determinated, mean velocity can be gotten only by measuring the velocity in the point appearing the maximum velocity. So, it has been proved to estimate simply discharge and it indicates that this method can be a theoretical way, which is the most important in the future, when designing, managing and operating the closed conduit.