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Waterbody Detection Using UNet-based Sentinel-1 SAR Image: For the Seom-jin River Basin (UNet기반 Sentinel-1 SAR영상을 이용한 수체탐지: 섬진강유역 대상으로)

  • Lee, Doi;Park, Soryeon;Seo, Dongju;Kim, Jinsoo
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.38 no.5_3
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    • pp.901-912
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    • 2022
  • The frequency of disasters is increasing due to global climate change, and unusual heavy rains and rainy seasons are occurring in Korea. Periodic monitoring and rapid detection are important because these weather conditions can lead to drought and flooding, causing secondary damage. Although research using optical images is continuously being conducted to determine the waterbody, there is a limitation in that it is difficult to detect due to the influence of clouds in order to detect floods that accompany heavy rain. Therefore, there is a need for research using synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that can be observed regardless of day or night in all weather. In this study, using Sentinel-1 SAR images that can be collected in near-real time as open data, the UNet model among deep learning algorithms that have recently been used in various fields was applied. In previous studies, waterbody detection studies using SAR images and deep learning algorithms are being conducted, but only a small number of studies have been conducted in Korea. In this study, to determine the applicability of deep learning of SAR images, UNet and the existing algorithm thresholding method were compared, and five indices and Sentinel-2 normalized difference water index (NDWI) were evaluated. As a result of evaluating the accuracy with intersect of union (IoU), it was confirmed that UNet has high accuracy with 0.894 for UNet and 0.699 for threshold method. Through this study, the applicability of deep learning-based SAR images was confirmed, and if high-resolution SAR images and deep learning algorithms are applied, it is expected that periodic and accurate waterbody change detection will be possible in Korea.

Implementation of Crops Monitoring System Using Wireless Sensor Networks (무선 센서 네트워크를 이용한 농작물 모니터링 시스템 구현)

  • Lee, Young-Chul;Jo, Seung-Eon;Oh, Chang-Heon
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.324-331
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    • 2008
  • In this paper, we developed the crops monitoring system using wireless sensor networks. It can acquire the information about the cultivation environments from a temperature, humidity, illumination and soil sensor then use the detailed information for very useful. The acquisition about the cultivation environment information with wireless sensor networks can be made up an environment that an administrator is able to confirm the information and wherever in a remote place instead of conventional way visiting the cultivate place by investing a lot of money and time. Therefore, it could be saving money, time and effort, and reduced the damages from the natural disasters such as a cold-weather damage and drought. In addition, we could be possible preventing from the damages of blight and harmful insects according to the temperature by an analysis. In agriculture field, this system could be supported for making a foundation of the advanced technology developing endless, and, in IT field, it is look forward to preparing the opportunity which creates a new requirement on the new technology.

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Damage of Steel Composite Hollow RC SFT under Fires (강합성 중공 RC 해중터널의 화재시 손상도 분석)

  • Seo, JiHye;Han, Taek Hee;Han, Sang Hun;Park, Woo-Sun;Won, Deok Hee
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.7
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    • pp.4626-4633
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    • 2014
  • The research is being conducted on a SFT (Submerged Floating Tunnel), because of increased exchange among nations and abnormal weather-disasters and new transportation infrastructure has attracted interest. However, studies in this are almost in the early stages around the world and various researches will be needed to promote the safety form the disaster. In this paper, heat transfer analysis was applied among the structural performance evaluation of a SFT if afire occurs in the tunnel. The analysis model of the SFT was performed as steel composite RC hollow. The impact of heat by fire under a range of fire scenarios was analyzed and prevention techniques were examined.

The Inundation Simulation for Inland by River Hydraulic Structures (하천 수리구조물에 의한 제내지 침수모의)

  • Choo, Tai-Ho;Yoon, Hyeon-Cheol;Noh, Hyun-Suk;Yun, Gwan-Seon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.2460-2468
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    • 2014
  • A local rain that is concentrated in specific area in a short time frequently occurs due to recent abnormal weather. To prevent potential flood disasters, therefore, it is necessary to be established to the flood control system. Checking the river design standard, however, hydrologic design frequency of water gate is only marked as over 20 years, so this fact shows that the standard is unclear. The inland inundation modeling considering the stage in a river and quantitative assessment are required to reduce flood damage. The simulation for internal inundation is very complex and is time-consuming due to considering hydraulic hydrology characteristics at the same time. Using the already established river master plan, consequently, this study proposed the simple and convenient method for assessment of the internal inundation simulation. Using the proposed method in the upper and middle regions of a river, influences for design frequency or water gate location were assessed by applying the nine probability precipitation with design frequency and by targeting the water gates which are installed in five inlands.

Strength Characteristics of Cemented Sand of Nak-dong River (낙동강유역 시멘트혼합토의 강도특성)

  • Kim, Youngsu;Jeong, Wooseob;Seok, Taeryong;Im, Ansik
    • Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.43-52
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    • 2006
  • There were huge damages of human beings and their properties in many areas of the basin of the Nak-Dong river by the unusual weather and the localized downpour recently. In this research against disasters, we want to know strength of the cemented sand that is mixed with cement and poor-graded sand, to estimate CSG(Cemented Sand and Gravel) method used coffer dam in Japan, which is the materials of riverbed in the basin of the Nak-Dong river for levee's construction. For that, we want to provide the fundamental data which need in the examination of adaptation of levee's material, design and analysis by investigating compressive strength by curing period and cement content, elastic modulus and stress by transformation from compaction test, CBR test, unconfined compression test and triaxial compression test as changing cement content from 2% to 8% at two sites in the basin of the Nak-Dong river.

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Inundating Disaster Assessment in Coastal Areas Using Urban Flood Model (도시홍수모델을 이용한 해안지역의 침수재해평가)

  • Yoo Hwan-Hee;Kim Weon-Seok;Kim Seong-Sam
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.299-309
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    • 2006
  • In recent years, a large natural disasters have occurred due to worldwide abnormal weather and the amount of damage has been increased more resulting from high density population and a large-sized buildings of the urbanized area. In this study. we estimate the flooded area according to rainfall probability intensify and sea level in Woreong dong, Masan occurred flood damages by typhoon Maemi using SWMM, a dynamic rainfall-runoff simulation model in urban area, and then analyze the damage of flood expected area through connecting with GIS database. In result, we can predict accurately expected area of inundation according to the rainfall intensity and sea level rise through dividing the study area into sub-area and estimating a flooded area and height using SWMM. We provide also the shelter information available for urban planning and flood risk estimation by landuse in expected flood area. Further research for hazard management system construction linked with web or wireless communication technology expects to increase its application.

A study on the application of high resolution K5 SAR images (다목적 위성 5호 고해상도 SAR 영상의 활용 방안 연구)

  • Yu, Sujin;Song, Kyoungmin;Lee, Wookyung
    • Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.6-12
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    • 2017
  • Recently, the demand for SAR imaging is growing to monitor natural disasters or military sites to foresee topographic changes, where optical sensing is not easily available. High-resolution SAR images are useful in exploring topography and monitoring artificial land objects in all weather conditions. In this paper,high resolution SAR images acquired from KOMPSAT-5 are exploited for the applications of change detection and classification. In order to detect change areas, amplitude change detection (ACD) and coherence change detection (CCD) algorithms are employed and their performances are compared in practical applications. For enhanced performance, the potential of small scaled change detection is explored by combining multi-temporary SAR images. The k-means and SVM methods are applied for land classifications and their performances are compared by applying to the real spaceborne SAR images.

Comparison of Flooding Area Estimation using GIS and Hydraulic Model (GIS와 수리모형을 이용한 홍수지역예측 비교)

  • Kim, Seok-Gyu;Song, In-Ho;Kim, Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.9 no.3
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    • pp.183-192
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    • 2006
  • In recent years, the damage caused by flood has been gradually increased. The cause of the flood is unusual weather condition as well as topographical and geographical condition of our country. Flood area analyzing vulnerable flood areas on large regions without previous flood records were developed using GIS and hydraulic model, flood depth by return periods and topographical data such as DEM. The study area is the Munsan river basin. The results using GIS comparing the results using hydraulic model. The results in this study can be used to delineate the potential flooding areas in large regions and the damage from disasters can be reduced by making provisions with the obtained results.

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A Study on the Meteorological Disaster of Fisheries and Ocean Institution in Jeju Island (제주도 수산해양시설의 기상재해에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Young-Wha;Kim, Jun-Teck;Ko, Hee-Jong
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.137-149
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    • 2006
  • The typhoon, heavy rain, blizzard, storm and heavy snowfall had the main caused of natural disasters occurred in Korea from 1993 to 2002. Among them, typhoon has responsible for biggest disaster, recording about 47.4% of total economic damage. Typhoons concentrated mostly in the months from June to October. The average occurrence number in those months ranged from 3.9 to 5.5 based on 30 years of record(1971-2000). However, the numbers increased from 4.0 to 6.2 during the most recent 10 years(1991-2000). Jeju province, among others in Korea, was most frequently affected by typhoon which occurred 23 times during the period of 1991-2000. Typhoons which occurred from July to early August have passed mostly through the west of Jeju, whereas, those of late August to September have passed through the center and eastern sea area of Jeju. The typhoons 'Ramasun' and 'Rusa' caused severe damage in Jeju area in September 2003 and the surge heights were +39cm and +77cm, respectively. The main cause of the damage was surge height which was highly associated with the tidal phase at the time of typhoon passage. The damage caused by typhoon on the aquaculture, fishing boat and harbor cosatline wall around Jeju Island which was amounted to be 417 billion won(\) during the recent 3 years(2002-2004)

A Study on Long Range Image Monitoring and Tracking System Using Laser Range-Gate Method in Inclement Weather Conditions (악천후 상황에서 Laser Range-Gate 방식을 이용한 원거리 영상 감시 및 추적 시스템에 대한 연구)

  • Oh, Sung-Kwun;Yoo, Sung-Hoon;Ku, Kyong-Wan;Kim, Su-Chan
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.62 no.2
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    • pp.257-263
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    • 2013
  • In case of image observation equipments, CCTV for short distance visual field is usually installed and operated mostly as the means of crime-prevention. However, the extensive demand for monitoring problems in case of the increase in intelligent crimes and disasters has led to the necessity of the development of long-distance observation equipments embedded with Night View functions. In case of the Night View equipments, the relevant market is set up to be focused mostly on Thermal Observation Device(hereinafter, TOD), but some shortcomings such as the limitation of image visibility and excessive maintenance cost, etc. have actually caused the necessity of new long distance Night View equipment. Moreover there might follow lots of difficulties in long-distance visualization in the event that irregular reflection is generated by minute particles in the atmosphere such as fog, smog, and dust, etc. These factors are motivate the work presented in this study. Our study is aimed at the realization of Pulsed Laser Illuminator and newly proposed Range-Gated image acquisition technology. And also the implementation of Tracker for continuous trace of the objects of interest from the obtained sequence images.