• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.57-69
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• 2007

This study focused on coastal water quality response to land-based and sediment pollution loads and estimation of the carrying capacity in Masan Bay using an ecological model with the data in summer of 2002. A residual current was simulated to have a slightly complicated pattern with ranging from 0.1 to 1.5 cm/s. In Masan Bay, pollutant materials cannot flow from the inner to the outer bay easily because of residual currents flow southward at surface and northward at the bottom. The simulation results of COD distribution showed high concentrations over 3 mg/L in the inner part of Masan Bay related pollutant discharge. For improvement seawater quality grade I in Masan Bay, it is necessary to reduce the organic and inorganic loads from point sources by more than 80%. For improvement seawater quality grade II, it is necessary to reduce the organic and inorganic loads from point sources by more than 50% and ameliorate severe polluted sediment. The carrying capacity for COD is 2.32 ton/day and 7.16 ton/day for each grade.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.1317-1321
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• 2007

대표적인 하천수질모형으로는 정상상태 모형인 QUAL2E와 비정상상태 모형인 CE-QUAL-RIV1이 있다. 정상 및 비정상상태 수질모형의 용도는 QUAL2E가 월별 및 순별 장기수질예측에 매우 활용도가 높다고 하면 CE-QUAL-RIV1는 갑작스런 수질사고와 같은 단기수질모의 즉, 댐방류 플러싱효과를 분석하는 효과에 매우 최적화된 모형이라 할 수 있다. 대부분의 하천 수질 예측모델이 비정상상태 흐름이 아닌 정상상태 흐름만을 고려하여 개발되었기 때문에 댐이나 수문에 의해 차단된 조절하천에서 부정류 흐름상태를 고려한 수질예측 모델이 필요하다. 본 연구의 대상 유역인 서낙동강은 상류에는 대저수문, 하류에는 녹산수문이 위치하고 있으며, 이와 같은 수문들에 의하여 하천의 유량이 조절되는 호소형 하천으로 자연적인 하천흐름이 원활하지 않은 정체수역이다. 따라서 장기간 오염물질이 퇴적되고 있으며, 이로 말미암아 수질오염이 매우 심한 곳이기도 하다. 서낙동강은 대저수문 유입량과 녹산수문 방류량에 따른 하천수질의 영향이 크며, 개발욕구가 강한 경상남도 김해시와 부산광역시 강서구가 위치한 수계로서 현재 발생부하량 뿐만 아니라 장래에 예상되는 발생부하량도 매우 큰 하천이다. 이와 같은 문제를 해결하기 위한 가장 근원적인 방안은 적절한 수문운영을 통하여 수역 내의 유속을 적절히 조절하고, 이를 통하여 수질개선 효과를 확보하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 정체수역인 서낙동강의 대저수문 유입량과 녹산수문 방류량을 수문운영에 따라 하천유량을 통하여 실측하고, 이로 인한 수질 변화를 체계적으로 조사함으로써 다수의 수문운영 조건에 따른 비정상상태에서의 서낙동강 본류의 수질을 실측하여, 수질이 좋은 낙동강 본류 원수의 유입에 따른 수질개선 효과와 녹산수문 방류에 의한 플러싱 효과를 정량적으로 평가해보고자 하였다. 본 연구에서 실측된 수문 유입량 및 방류량 증가에 따른 하천수질변화 결과를 비정상 하천수질모형을 통해 검증하고, 이를 활용하여 서낙동강의 수질 개선을 위한 적절한 유량 및 운영방안을 구축할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.25-39
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• 2012

This study was aimed to assess the effects of additional installation of two different types of weirs, one is a curtain-type weir and another is a submerged-type weir, on the control of algal growth in Daechung Reservoir. A two-dimensional(2D) coupled hydrodynamic and eutrophication model that can accommodate vertical movement of the curtain weir following the water surface variations was verified using field data obtained in two distinctive hydrological years; dry(2008) and wet(2010). The model adequately simulated the temporal and spatial variations of water temperature, nutrients and algal(Chl-a) concentrations during the periods. The effectiveness of curtain weir on the control of algal bloom was evaluated by applying the model to 2001(dry year) and 2010 assuming 6 different scenarios according to installation locations. The curtain weirs that already installed at 3, 5, 7 sites(scenario C-2) showed significant effect on the control of algal growth in the reservoir; the reduction rates of algal concentration were placed in the range of 7.5~31.5% and 9.1~44.9% for 2001 and 2010, respectively. However the simulation results revealed that additional installation of curtain weirs(scenario C-3~C-6) in the bay area (choosori) have marginal effect. The effectiveness of submerged weir was evaluated against 2010 assuming 7 different scenarios according to installation locations, but all scenarios(S-1~S-7) showed neglectable or negative effect on the control of algal growth.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.204-216
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• 2021

It is important to understand the factors influencing the temporal and spatial variability of water quality in order to establish an effective customized management strategy for contaminated aquatic ecosystems. In this study, the spatial diversity of the 5-year (2015 - 2019) average total phosphorus (TP) concentration observed in 40 Total Maximum Daily Loads unit-basins in the Nakdong River watershed was analyzed using 50 predictive variables of watershed characteristics, climate characteristics, land use characteristics, and soil characteristics. Cross-correlation analysis, a two-stage exhaustive search approach, and Bayesian inference were applied to identify predictors that best matched the time-averaged TP. The predictors that were finally identified included watershed altitude, precipitation in fall, precipitation in winter, residential area, public facilities area, paddy field, soil available phosphate, soil magnesium, soil available silicic acid, and soil potassium. Among them, it was found that the most influential factors for the spatial difference of TP were watershed altitude in watershed characteristics, public facilities area in land use characteristics, and soil available silicic acid in soil characteristics. This means that artificial factors have a great influence on the spatial variability of TP. It is expected that the proposed statistical modeling approach can be applied to the identification of major factors affecting the spatial variability of the temporal average state of various water quality parameters.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.29 no.6
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• pp.403-413
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• 2020

A mathematical model comprised with eight simultaneous quasi-linear partial differential equations was suggested to provide optimal chlorination strategy. Upstream weighted finite element method was employed to construct multidimensional numerical code. The code was verified against measured concentrations in three type of reactors. Boundary conditions and reaction rate were calibrated for the sixteen cases of experimental results to regenerate the measured values. Eight reaction rate coefficients were estimated from the modeling result. The reaction rate coefficients were expressed in terms of pH and temperature. Automatic optimal algorithm was invented to estimate the reaction rate coefficients by minimizing the sum of squares of the numerical errors and combined with the model. In order to minimize the concentration of chlorine and pollutants at the final usage sites, a real-time predictive control system is imperative which can predict the water quality variables from the chlorine disinfection process at the water purification plant to the customer by means of a model and operate the disinfection process according to the influent water quality. This model can be used to build such a system in water treatment plants.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.36 no.6
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• pp.1047-1058
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• 2003

Seasonal occurrence of high ammonia nitrogen(NH3-N) concentrations has hampered chemical treatment processes of a water plant that intakes water at Buyeo site of Geum river. Thus it is often needed to quantify the effect of Daecheong Dam ouflow on the mitigation of $NH_3$-N contamination. In this study, multiple regression models were developed for forecasting daily $NH_3$-N concentrations using 8 years of water quality and dam outflow data, and verified with another 2 years of data set. During model development, the coefficients of determination($R^2$) and model efficiency($E_{m}$) were greater than 0.95. The verification results were also satisfactory although those statistical indices were slightly reduced to 0.84∼0.94 and 0.77∼0.93, respectively. The validated model was applied to assess the effect of different amounts of dam outflow on the reduction of $NH_3$-N concentrations in 2002. The NH3-N concentrations dropped by 0.332∼0.583 mg/L on average during January∼March as outflow increases from 5 to 50cms, and was most significant on February. The results of this research show that the multiple regression approach has potential for efficient cause and effect analysis between dam outflow and downstream water quality.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.21 no.2 s.75
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• pp.42-49
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• 2007

It has been known that shallow-water regions, such as tidal flats, sea grass and sea weed beds have water purification capability, and they also serve as nursery grounds for many fishes. On the other hand, tidal flat areas are economically attractive sites for reclamation, to be used for developing industries. When developing shallow-water areas, we have to propose a plan to mitigate the environmental impact associated with such a development plan. However, it is difficult to estimate the affects on the ecosystem and water purification, and the literature related to this matter is insufficient. In order to evaluate the ability of coastal tidal flat and to predict the future changes, it is necessary to develop a reliable prediction technique and construction of data by using a field investigation. In this study, we carried out a numerical model test for the tidal flat ecosystem, using the pelagic system and the benthic system, simultaneously, in order to show a change in the tidal flat ecosystem. The flow of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon has been identified as a primary consideration of marine ecosystem components, and the capability of water purification and the change of the tidal flat were predicted using this flow. In order to make a more reliable prediction, a field investigation to determine tide, current and creatures of the object coastal area has been done. The purification capability of this shallow-water region is estimated from the model results. According to the results of experiments, the tidal flat has a capability of water purification (Sink) of 11mgN/m2/day, but the other area has a load (Source) of 20mgN/m2/day. As a result, we could confirm that the tidal flat of an object coastal area plays an important role in water purification.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.983-992
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• 2009

The purpose of the present study is to analyze pollutant runoff characteristics from non-point sources in Joman River basin. The present study contains analyzed results of rainfall and SS, BOD, COD, TN, TP runoff from Joman River basin. This study contains a sensitivity analysis of parameters that affect the simulation results of rainfall and pollutants runoff. Result of the sensitivity analysis shows that proportion of watershed and impervious areas is the most sensitive to peak discharge and total flowrate for rainfall runoff and that WASHPO is the most sensitive parameter for pollutants runoff. For parameter estimation and verification, flowrate and water quality is measured at the Kangdong Bridge in Haeban stream. A single rainfall event is use to perform parameter estimation and verification. Results of the present study show that total pollutant loads of Joman River basin is 11,600 ton of SS, 452 ton of BOD, 1,084 ton of COD, 515 ton of TN, and 49 ton of TP, respectively. In addition, it is found that contribution ratio of non point source and total source is 89% of SS, 63% of BOD, 61% of COD, 21% of TN, and 32% of TP, respectively.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.37 no.11
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• pp.889-896
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• 2004

The fractal advection-diffusion equation (ADE) is a generalization of the classical AdE in which the second-order derivative is replaced with a fractal order derivative. While the fractal ADE have been analyzed with a stochastic process In the Fourier and Laplace space so far, in this study a fractal ADE for describing solute transport in rivers is derived with a finite difference scheme in the real space. This derivation with a finite difference scheme gives the hint how the fractal derivative order and fractal diffusion coefficient can be estimated physically In contrast to the classical ADE, the fractal ADE is expected to be able to provide solutions that resemble the highly skewed and heavy-tailed time-concentration distribution curves of contaminant plumes observed in rivers.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.489-489
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• 2022

도시의 가로수들이 열악한 부지 조건과 적절하지 않은 가로수 관리로 인해 죽는 현상이 몇몇 도시에서 발생하고 있다. 열악한 부지 조건과 적절하지 않은 가로수 관리에는 생물학적·기상학적으로 많은 요소들이 있고, 그 밖에 도시 설계로 인한 요인들로 다양하다. 그중 연구지역인 춘천시에서는 가로수가 죽는 원인 중 토양수분이 가장 큰 원인일 것이라고 판단하였다. 토양수분 분포의 시간적 공간적 특성들은 증발, 침투, 지하수 함량, 토양 침식, 식생 분포 등을 지배하는 중요한 요소이며, 토양수분 연구는 물순환과정의 특성을 이해하는데 있어서 필수적인 과정이다. 하지만 토양수분 분석은 중요성에 비해 활발한 연구가 이루어지지 않고 있으며, 특히 가로수 토양수분에 대해서는 연구가 없는 실정이다. 따라서 가로수 토양수분 모니터링을 실시하였고, 장기적인 가로수 관리를 위해 모델링을 하였다. 모델링 기초자료 확보를 위한 토양수분 모니터링은 춘천시의 가로수 중 세 군데를 선정해 각각 10, 20, 30 cm에 센서를 설치하였다. 이를 통해 약 1년간의 토양수분 함량 데이터를 수집하였고, 모니터링 지점의 토양을 샘플링 후 분석하여 물리, 화학, 생물성 데이터를 수집하였다. 모델링은 RZWQM(Root Zone Water Quality Model)을 이용하여 시나리오를 구성하였다. 모델링 결과를 활용해 가로수 및 도시 표토 기능을 위협하는 요인을 분석하였다.