• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.29 no.6B
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• pp.551-560
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• 2009

This paper describes a newly developed pollutant transport model named ARPTM which was designed to simulate the transport and characteristics of pollutant materials after an accidental spill in upstream of river system up to a given position in the downstream. In particular, the ARPTM incorporated ADCP data to compute longitudinal dispersion coefficient and advection velocity which are necessary to apply one-dimensional advection-dispersion equation. ARPTM was built on top of the geographic information system platforms to take advantage of the technology's capabilities to track geo-referenced processes and visualize the simulated results in conjunction with associated geographic layers such as digital maps. The ARPTM computes travel distance, time, and concentration of the pollutant cloud in the given flow path from the river network, after quickly finding path between the spill of the pollutant material and any concerned points in the downstream. ARPTM is closely connected with a recently developed GIS-based Arc River database that stores inputs and outputs of ARPTM. ARPTM thereby assembles measurements, modeling, and cyberinfrastructure components to create a useful cyber-tool for determining and visualizing the dynamics of the clouds of pollutants while dispersing in space and time. ARPTM is expected to be potentially used for building warning system for the transport of pollutant materials in a large basin.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.136-150
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• 2022

In this study, a comparative review was conducted on how to use RGB images to obtain river topographic information, which is one of the most essential data for eco-friendly river management and flood level analysis. In terms of the topographic information of river zone, to obtain the topographic information of flow section is one of the difficult topic, therefore, this study focused on estimating the river topographic information of flow section through RGB images. For this study, the river topography surveying was directly conducted using ADCP and RTK-GPS, and at the same time, and orthomosiac image were created using high-resolution images obtained by drone photography. And then, the existing developed regression equations were applied to the result of channel topography surveying by ADCP and the band values of the RGB images, and the channel bathymetry in the study area was estimated using the regression equation that showed the best predictability. In addition, CCHE2D flow modeling was simulated to perform comparative verification of the topographical informations. The modeling result with the image-based topographical information provided better water depth and current velocity simulation results, when it compared to the directly measured topographical information for which measurement of the sub-section was not performed. It is concluded that river topographic information could be obtained from RGB images, and if additional research was conducted, it could be used as a method of obtaining efficient river topographic information for river management.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.12 no.4 s.27
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• pp.301-306
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• 2006

In order to estimate the characteristics of water movements around artificial upwelling structure, current measurements were carried out along lines E-W and S-N on May 4th(neap tide} and May 30th(spring tide), 2006. In the study area, southeastward flow was dominant during the field observations, and the pattern of water movement in the upper layer above 30m depth was different from that in the lower layer below 30m depth Vertical flow(w-component} around the artificial structure area and western area was shown to be upward flow, but downward flow occurred in the southern, northern and eastern parts at the neap tide. At the spring tide, the ebb current along E-W line showed upwelling flow in the eastern part and western area and showed upwelling flow near the artificial structure area and downwelling flow far away that one. At the spring tide, upward flow was dominant along S-N line during the flood current Volume transport by upward flow was higher than that by downward flow. Volume transport by upward flow during ebb of neap tide was greater than during flood current of neap tide, but was reverse at the spring tide.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.40 no.12
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• pp.957-968
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• 2007

It is essential to obtain accurate and highly reliable streamflow data for quantitative management for water resources. Thereafter such real-time streamflow gauging methods as ultrasonic flowmeter and index-velocity are introduced recently. Since these methods calculate flowrate through entire cross-section by measuring partial velocities of it, rational and theoretical basis are necessary for accurate estimation of discharge. The purpose of the present study lies in analysis on the applicability of Chiu#s(1987, 1988) two dimensional velocity distribution equations by applying them to natural rivers and by comparing simulated velocity distributions with observed ones obtained with ADCP. Maximum and mean velocities are calculated from observed data to estimate entropy parameter M. Such isovel shape parameters as h and $\beta_i$ are estimated by object function based on least squares criterion. In case optimized parameters are applied, Chiu#s velocity distributions fairly well simulate observed ones. By using 14 simulated data sets which have relatively high correlation coefficients, properties of parameters are analyzed and h, $\beta_i$ are estimated for velocity-unknown river sections. When estimated parameters are adopted for verification, simulated velocity distributions well reproduce real ones. Finally, calculated discharges display rough agreement with measured data. The results of the present study mean that if parameters related are properly estimated, Chiu#s velocity distribution is likely to reproduce the real one of natural rivers.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2021.06a
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• pp.3-3
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• 2021

하천의 식생은 생태서식처 제공, 강턱이나 하안 경사의 안정, 영양염류나 오염물 차단에 의한 수질 개선 등의 다양한 생태서비스를 제공하는 반면, 과도하고 편중된 식생 분포로 인해 흐름저항이 증가하고 이로 인한 홍수위 상승과 홍수피해 위험이 가중될 수 있다. 기후변화 영향과 토지이용 변화에 따른 수리수문 특성 변화와 유역으로부터 영양염류의 유입은 하천내 식생이 과도하게 퍼지는 직접적인 원인이 될 수 있다. 과도한 식생분포로 인한 흐름저항과 홍수위 상승을 평가하기 위해 식생하도의 흐름저항과 관련된 매개변수의 다양성과 복잡성에 따른 해석상의 한계에도 불구하고 이에 대한 이론적 해석과 수학모형의 개발, 실험실 수로와 하천현장조사, 수치모형을 이용한 예측 등의 다양한 연구가 수행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 소규모 실험실 수로에서 단순화된 식생 구조와 배열이 적용되는 한계성과 상류에서 유입되는 유량과 유속 등의 수리조건을 통제할 수 없는 현장실험의 한계성을 보완하고자 목본류 형태의 식생패치를 실규모 하천실험 수로에 조성하여 통제된 수리조건에서의 식생하도의 구간 흐름저항을 추정하기 위한 계측 실험을 수행하였다. 실규모 실험에서는 피에조미터 형식의 정밀 압력식 센서를 이용하여 수위와 수면경사를 계측하였으며, 실험구간의 접근 수로에서 ADCP(Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)를 이용하여 유입 유량에 대한 정보를 수집하였다. 전체 수로 길이 약 600 m, 하폭 11 m, 깊이 2 m 규모의 실규모 하도 일부 80 m 완경사 구간에 식생패치를 설치하고 구간 수면경사를 실측함으로써 식생하도의 흐름저항을 직접 산정하였다. 이러한 실규모 식생하도의 실험을 통해 식생패치의 밀도, 횡적 차단면적, 구간 차단부피, 목본 식생의 물리적 특성, 식생패치의 배열 등의 다양한 식생분포 조건에 따른 수리조건별 흐름저항 값의 변화를 분석할 수 있다. 식생하도에 대한 정확한 흐름저항 추정과 홍수위 변화에 대한 해석은 하천 식생의 생태서비스와 홍수방어의 하천 치수효과의 최적 솔루션을 제시하기 위한 하도관리의 다양한 방안을 제시하는데 필수적인 정보로 활용될 수 있다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.55 no.5
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• pp.383-392
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• 2022

The restoration of the Nakdong River estuary is one of the most important projects of the Ministry of Environment, Republic of Korea. A real-scale experiment of gate operation was executed from 2019 to 2020, and a pilot operation was performed in 2021. The gate of Nakdong River Estuary Barrier (NEB) is supposed to be continuously opened based on the experiment results. Many critical decisions should be made immediately during the experiment based on the real-time measured data and numerical analysis considering the seawater inflows. The decision-making sequence was made systematically with the accurate estimation of seawater inflow. The estimation of seawater inflow is the main research objective and the equations of seawater inflow were developed, reflecting the structural characteristics of NEB. The inflow equations were developed in two forms, overflow and underflow. ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) was used to measure seawater inflow, check the accuracy of the developed equations, and derive the flow coefficient. The comparison error of the developed equations was about 3% compared to the measured data.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.195-204
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• 2009

In order to estimate sea surface current fields in the East Sea, we examined characteristics of mean dynamic topography (MDT) fields (or mean surface current field, MSC) generated from three different methods. This preliminary investigation evaluates the accuracy of surface currents estimated from satellite-derived sea level anomaly (SLA) data and three MDT fields in the East Sea. AVISO (Archiving, Validation and Interpretation of Satellite Oceanographic data) provides a MDT field derived from satellite observation and numerical models with $0.25^{\circ}$ horizontal resolution. Steric height field relative to 500 dbar from temperature and salinity profiles in the East Sea supplies another MDT field. Trajectory data of surface drifters (ARGOS) in the East Sea for 14 years provide another MSC field. Absolute dynamic topography (ADT) field is calculated by adding SLA to each MDT. Application of geostrophic equation to three different ADT fields yields three surface geostrophic current fields. Comparisons were made between the estimated surface currents from the three different methods and in-situ current measurements from a ship-mounted ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) in the southwestern East Sea in 2005. For offshore areas more than 50 km away from the land, the correlation coefficients (R) between the estimated versus the measured currents range from 0.58 to 0.73, with 17.1 to $21.7\;cm\;s^{-1}$ root mean square deviation (RMSD). For coastal ocean within 50 km from the land, however, R ranges from 0.06 to 0.46 and RMSD ranges from 15.5 to $28.0\;cm\;s^{-1}$. Results from this study reveal that a new approach in producing MDT and SLA is required to improve the accuracy of surface current estimations for the shallow costal zones of the East Sea.