• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.377-387
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• 1996

This study was carried out to monitor the visibility including measurement and analysis of the various parameters such as particle size distribution, chemical composition, and meteorotical conditions to understand the characteristics and causes of this phenomenon. According to the analysis of intensive sampling, $SO_4^{2-}, NO-3^-, Cl^-, NH_4^+$ ion concentration increased together with the mass concentration around 1 $\mu$m in the case of low visibility. $(NH_4)_2SO_4, NH_4NO_3$, and $NH_4Cl$ were thought to be the major components of fine particles. The statistical analysis showed that the scattering effect of particle was 81.2%, the absorption effect was 14.9%. Therefore, these effects were the major factors to reduce the visibility. In conclusion, the visibility was reduced by the fine particle of sulfate (18.6%), nitrate (14.2%), organic carbon (10.8%), element carbon (25.8%), and residual (24.8%) during this study.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.37-44
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• 1993

The earth station antenna operating on a GEO communication satellite is influenced by sun interference in the period of the spring or the autumn eqinox. Such phenomena are also undertaken by ray-bending phenomena in atmosphere. Therefore the prediction time of sun interference does not theoretically match actual interference time. In this paper, the actual sun interference time has been analyzed in consideration of ray-bending phenomenon, the size of main reflector of earth station antenna and elevation angle between an earth station antenna and a satellite. Ray-bending phenomenon in atmosphere is proved to be disregarded if the Mugungwha satellite is luanched in 1995. The analysis results are compared with actual measurement values of sun interference time at local earth stations and the two data are in accord well.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.141-156
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• 2005

The importance of atmospheric conditions for the assessment of an air pollution situation has been demonstrated by their influence on the various compartments of an air pollution system, comprising all stages from emission to effects. Especially, air pollutants dispersion phenomenon are very sensitive according to wind data. But the discussions of how to apply representative meteorological data in air pollution dispersion model are not frequent in Korean environmental assessment processes. In this study, we investigated the difference of air pollutants dispersion phenomenon using U.S EPA ISCLT3 model according to applying the different meteorological data observed at two points for Seongseo industrial complex of Daegu. Two points are the spot site of Seongseo industrial complex and Daegu meteorological observatory. The winds speed of the spot site were smaller than those of Daegu meteorological observatory. In the winter season, the differences came to about $64\%$ for the period$(I\;February\;2001\~31\;January\;2002)$. Wind directions were also fairly different at two points. The air pollutants dispersion phenomenon estimated from our numerical experiments were also fairly different owing to the meteorological conditions at two points.

• Journal of the Korean earth science society
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.449-455
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• 2003

Climatic elements were investigated in order to understand the atmospheric environment around the Pohang area and for use as basic information in prediction. In this analysis, we could find that the annual mean temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation are 14.39$^{\circ}C$, 63.3%, and 1.178mm, respectively. The prevailing wind direction was southwestern, and the mean wind speed is 2.7m/s. The amount of cloud was abundant during the summer because of the Jang-ma phenomenon and convective clouds induced by terrain effect. The annual mean duration of sunshine represented about 2,221 hours.

• Atmosphere
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.187-201
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• 2006

During summer (JJA) of 2004, a record-high temperature in Korea appeared at Miryang ($38.5^{\circ}C$ on July 30). Moreover, Miryang showed the most frequent occurrence (25 days in JJA) of the daily highest temperature among observational sites in Korea. Based on meteorological analysis, it is found that this phenomenon is caused by neither the global warming effect nor the urban climate effect. It is caused by the mesoscale and synoptic and/or global scale atmospheric circulations, as evidenced by several factors described below. Firstly, the hottest areas have normally occurred not at a point but over an area, particularly along an axis connecting Sancheong and Daegu. But in 2004, this axis has moved southward and locates over Namhae-Miryang due to northerlies that were induced by the heating effect related to the low snow-cover on the Tibet Plateau. Secondly, although the maximum temperature was the highest among observational sites in Korea, the daily mean temperature and the number of nights with air temperature over $25^{\circ}C$ were not the highest at Miryang. Thirdly, the downdraft induced by the second circulation of typhoon and abnormal development of the North-Pacific High were found to have exerted an important role.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.661-667
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• 1999

Estimating dimensions of attractors are the most basic tools to analyze properties of chaotical dynamic systems. In this paper, we estimate correlation dimensions of meteorological variables, such as wind speed (v) and temperature (T) observed in Kimhae International Airport when the land-sea breeze circulation is appeared and find low non-integer values that reflect the deterministic chaos characterizing the dynamics. We compare the results with the correlation dimensions of 2-dimensional model that is calculated by finite element method. Though the correlation dimensions of the calculated wind speed ( v) are less than those of the observed wind speed ( v), we can suggest that the land-sea breeze circulation has not a unique mechanism. The land-sea breeze phenomenon is a complicated dynamics, which is constructed with various scale motions of atmosphere. In further research, we hope to find more accurate dynamics of land-sea breeze through wide observations and using of more sophisticated prediction models.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.341-363
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• 2016

Haze or fog is a common natural phenomenon. In foggy weather, the captured pictures are difficult to be applied to computer vision system, such as road traffic detection, target tracking, etc. Therefore, the image dehazing technique has become a hotspot in the field of image processing. This paper presents an overview of the existing achievements on the image dehazing technique. The intent of this paper is not to review all the relevant works that have appeared in the literature, but rather to focus on two main works, that is, image dehazing scheme based on atmospheric veil and image dehazing scheme based on dark channel prior. After the overview and a comparative study, we propose an improved image dehazing method, which is based on two image dehazing schemes mentioned above. Our image dehazing method can obtain the fog-free images by proposing a more desirable atmospheric veil and estimating atmospheric light more accurately. In addition, we adjust the transmission of the sky regions and conduct tone mapping for the obtained images. Compared with other state of the art algorithms, experiment results show that images recovered by our algorithm are clearer and more natural, especially at distant scene and places where scene depth jumps abruptly.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.273-273
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• 2000

우리나라 대기환경기준은 이미 선진국 수준으로 강화되었거나 강화될 계획으로 있어 이에 따른 대기오염 방지시설의 설치 또는 보완이 요구되고 있다. 특히, 배기가스 중 황산화물 배출농도 강화로 황산화물 저감을 위한 배연탈황설비 설치ㆍ가동중에 있으나 황산 Mist가 주요원인으로 추정되는 Plume Opacity가 발생되어 대기 중에서 색깔을 띄게됨에 따라 오염물질 배출농도는 법적 규제기준 이내로 배출되더라도 인간의 심리적 불안감을 유발할 수 있어, 그 발생원인을 규명함과 동시에 현장여건에 적합한 최적의 황산 Mist 저감방법을 연구하고자 하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.427-428
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• 2003

일반적으로 도시/국지규모의 기상조건은 오존의 광화학 생성과 고농도현상을 이해하는데 중요한 인자이다. 특히 연안 대도시의 경우, 대기오염물질의 축적과 수송에 큰 영향을 미치는 해륙풍 순환과정이 오존의 시ㆍ공간적 분포 특성을 결정짓는 중요한 역할을 한다. 해륙풍의 반전에 따른 오전의 약한 풍속은 오후 오존농도 상승에 기여하게 되며, 해풍유입은 오존 및 전구물질의 단거리 수송을 유발하여 풍하측 오존축적에 관여한다(Cheng, 2002; Liu et al, 2002). 아울러 해륙풍에 의한 오염물질의 재순환 과정 역시, 연안지역 오존오염 현상에 영향을 주게 된다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.380-381
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• 2002

한반도를 위시한 동북아 지역은 급속한 산업 및 경제적 활동 증가로 세계의 주요 오염지역으로 대두되고 있다. 대기오염물질의 이동확산은 어느 특정지역에서 광범위하게 확산되기 때문에 이에 따른 오염과 피해 사이에 시간과 공간적인 차이가 존재하고 있으며 인과관계도 불명확한 상황이다. 매년 봄 한반도를 위시한 동북아지역에 중국, 만주 등지를 기원으로 하는 황사가 빈번하게 발생되고 있고 황사와 함께 이동되는 대기오염물질들 역시 강한 서풍기류에 의해 북태평양까지 이동할 만큼 장거리 이동현상도 발생되고 있다. (중략)