• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.475-489
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• 2010

In order to verify the enhancement of ozone and carbon monoxide (CO) during springtime in East Asia, we investigated weather conditions and data from remote sensors, air quality models, and air quality monitors. These include the geopotential height archived from the final (FNL) meteorological field, the potential vorticity and the wind velocity simulated by the Meteorological Mesoscale Model 5 (MM5), the back trajectory estimated by the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model, the total column amount of ozone and the aerosol index retrieved from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS), the total column density of CO retrieved from the Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT), and the concentration of ozone and CO simulated by the Model for Ozone and Related Chemical Tracers (MOZART). In particular, the total column density of CO, which mightoriginate from the combustion of fossil fuels and the burning of biomass in China, increased in East Asia during spring 2000. In addition, the enhancement of total column amounts of ozone and CO appeared to be associated with both the upper cut-off low near 500 hPa and the frontogenesis of a surface cyclone during a weak Asian dust event. At the same time, high concentrations of ozone and CO on the Earth's surface were shown at the Seoul air quality monitoring site, located at the surface frontogenesis in Korea. It was clear that the ozone was invaded by the downward stretched vortex anomalies, which included the ozone-rich airflow, during movement and development of the cut-off low, and then there was the catalytic photochemical reaction of ozone precursors on the Earth's surface during the day. In addition, air pollutants such as CO and aerosol were tracked along both the cyclone vortex and the strong westerly as shown at the back trajectory in Seoul and Busan, respectively. Consequently, the maxima of ozone and CO between the two areas showed up differently because of the time lag between those gases, including their catalytic photochemical reactions together with the invasion from the upper troposphere, as well as the path of their transport from China during the weak Asian dust event.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.201-208
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• 2011

Recently, a real-time, pocket-sized aethalometer (microAeth$^{(R)}$ model AE51) has been developed by Magee Scientific Inc. for measuring the concentration of black carbon in the atmosphere. In this study, two aethalometers, models AE-16 and AE-51, which measure the optical absorption of carbon particles at infrared 880 nm, were operated at time interval of 5-min between January 9 and February 10, 2010 at an urban site of Gwangju, to compare the accuracy of black carbon (BC) concentrations reported from the AE-51 model and to investigate reasonable sampling time of filter media in the AE-51. The air samples in the AE-51 and AE-16 models are collected on T60 (Teflon coated glass fiber) filter media (filter spot area: 0.07 $cm^2$) and quartz fiber roll-tape filter (filter spot area: 1.67 $cm^2$), respectively. Real-time measurement results indicate that when the filters were clean, the AE-51 BC was greater than or similar to the AE-16 BC data. However as the filter spots become darker, the AE-16 BC concentrations were higher than the AE-51 BC data and the difference in the BC concentrations from two AE models becomes gradually increased. Relative error in the AE-51 and AE-16 BC concentrations showed significance difference depending on used time of the filter in the AE-51 model, weather pattern, levels of air pollution, etc, ranging from 11.5% (used time of the filter in AE-51: 1,595 min) to 52.5% (used time of the filter in AE-51: 2,085 min). When considering the used time of one filter ticket in the AE-51 model and difference (or relative error %) between AE-16 and AE-51 BC concentrations, it is recommended that the standard sampling time per one filter ticket within the AE-51 model be less than approximately 24 hr (1,440 min) under the normal weather conditions except for severe haze and mist events.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.586-599
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• 2014

During the last two decades, indoor air quality and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been of concern in Korean society due to their nature of potential health impacts. In order to investigate the pollution levels of VOCss in indoor environments, establishment of a solid test method for monitoring the airborne VOCss is essential. In Korea, a method based on adsorbent sampling and GC analysis coupled with thermal desorption was proclaimed as the Korea Standard Method for Indoor Air Quality Test. This study was carried out to examine some inherent problems of the VOCs measurement method. The VOCs method does not describe in detail preparing the standard samples. The standard samples may be prepared by impregnation of either liquid standard solutions or a mixture of standard gases. In this study, we investigated the optimal temperature condition for transferring the liquid standards onto a standard adsorbent tube. As a result, keeping the impregnation temperature at $250^{\circ}C$ will be recommended in regard of the boiling points of multiple target analytes and the thermal stability of the adsorbent. We also demonstrated some problems associated with handling of a syringe used for transferring the standard solutions onto the adsorbent tubes, and a best way to get rid of the syringe problems was suggested. Finally, a number of field works were conducted to evaluate the performance of adsorbent sampling methods. Comparison of different adsorbent tubes, i.e. tube packed with single sorbent (Tenax) and double sorbents (Tenax with Carbotrap), revealed that 30 to 40% differences between the two groups, implying that sampling efficiency is depending on the volatility and the strength of adsorbents. However, duplicate precisions for VOCs sampling with a same type of adsorbent and at same flow rates appeared to be satisfactory to be all within 20%, which is a quality control guideline. Distributed volume precisions were also found to be within a guideline value, 25%, although the precision was in general inferior to the duplicate precision. The Korea indoor VOCs test method should be more refined and improved in many aspects, particularly procedure and instrumentation for preparing the standard samples and specification of quality control assessment.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2006

Aircraft measurements have been executed for the purpose of monitoring the long range transported air pollution and estimation of air pollutant in/out-flux over the Yellow sea. Total 74 missions of measurements have been done since 1997, mainly in spring and fall. The main study domain was over $124^{\circ}$E $/sim$ $124^{\circ}$E, $35^{\circ}$N $/sim$ $37^{\circ}$N below 3,000m. In long-term trends, mixing ratios of $SO_{2}$N were around 2 ppbv expect in summer ( < 1 ppbv). NOx exhibited 24 ppbv and have no clear annual trends over the Yellow Sea. The concentrations of 03 were 51, 58, 41 ppbv in spring, summer and fall-winter, respectively. Backward trajectory was performed for three days to investigate the source regions of the air mass. Six regions were divided around Korea peninsular centering at $36^{\circ}$N, $126^{\circ}$E. I, II, III, IV and V regions represents in sequence northeast China and Siberia, Sandong peninsula and Balhae gulf, Sanghi and southern China, the south Pacific included Jeju island and the East sea included Japan. L region correspond to the airmass from Korea peninsula. Influx of $SO_{2}$N was approximately five times higher than outflux in yearly flux variation and showed a decreasing long-term trend since 1998. NOx outflux was average 0.095 ton/km/hr and three times higher than $SO_{2}$ outflux. In/out flux of 03 showed even distribution in yearly basis except 2002 (influx 5.45 ton/km/hr). The transported amounts from I, II, III regions were much higher than those from other region. In seasonal flux variation, influx levels of gas phases were the lowest in summer and the levels gradually increased from fall toward spring. As a result, transport of pollutants begins from fall and prevails in winter and spring.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제36권3호
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• pp.461-474
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• 2020

한국은 세계 최초로 정지궤도 환경위성탑재체 Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer(GEMS)를 발사하여, 동북아시아 지역 대기오염물질을 실시간으로 감시할 계획 중이다. 위성을 이용한 대기오염물질 관측은 불량조건문제(ill-posed problem)에서 역문제의 해를 찾는 과정이기 때문에, 위성 관측 값은 오차를 포함하고 있다. 따라서 GEMS 산출물이 신뢰성을 갖기 위해서는 지상관측 또는 다른 위성과의 상호 비교 검증 연구가 반드시 요구된다. 본 연구는 향후 GEMS의 오존 관측자료의 검증에 사용될 위성인 OMI, OMPS 그리고 서울과 부산에 설치된 지상 관측기기인 Pandora에서 측정된 total column ozone (TCO)를 상호 비교분석 함으로써 자료의 평가를 실시하였다. 이 연구에서는 위성이 전지구적으로 일관된 정확도의 오존 자료를 제공한다는 특성을 이용하여 지상 관측자료의 정확도를 평가하였다. 그 결과 서울 Pandora #29의 자료에서 심각한 기기오차를 발견하여, 위성자료를 이용한 지상자료의 역검증이 가능함을 보였다. 다음으로 지상 Pandora를 이용한 OMPS의 자료 비교 검증에서 OMPS TCO는 Pandora TCO 값에 대해 상관관계 0.97과 ~1.8 DU의 RMSE 그리고 4%의 양의 편차(bias)를 가졌으며, 이 편차는 SZA과 Cross track position, TCO 그리고 계절 변화에 대한 의존성을 갖지 않음을 보였다. 또한 Pandora TCO은 구름 필터링이 제대로 수행되어 있지 않기 때문에, Pandora 자료를 위성자료 검증에 활용하기 위해서는 각 위성 센서의 관측 공간 해상도에 따른 적절한 경계 조건이 사용되어야 함을 보였다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.369-377
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• 1998

To examine various aspects of Hg exchange processes, we measured Hg$^{\circ}$concentration gradients over soil surfaces in a residential area of Seoul during Sept. 1997. From these measurements, we found that Hg$^{\circ}$concentrations in lower(20 cm) and upper(200 cm) levels varied in the range of 3.15~14.38 (5.30$\pm$1.88: N=236) and 2.07~15.10ng/m$^3$(4.06$\pm$1.69: N=236), respectively. When our data were divided into emission and dry deposition, emission of Hg$^{\circ}$was overwhelmingly dominant (up to 98% in frequency) over dry deposition. The concentration gradients for emission and deposition events were 1.29$\pm$0.86(N=231) and -1.0$\pm$1.27ng/m$^3$(N=5), respectively. The observation of excessively high concentrations in both levels and development of strong gradients suggest that our study site be greatly affected by certain pollution sources of mercury. In face, those data were quite comparable to that had previously been observed from highly contaminated soil environs of Tennessee, USA. To provide some insights into the processes governing the Hg$^{\circ}$exchange processes, we have conducted correlation analyses between Hg$^{\circ}$data and other concurrently determined meteorological plus chemical data. In general, Hg$^{\circ}$concentrations of both levels exhibited similarly the existence of strong correlations with parameters like windspeed, temperature, and relative humidity. Although its concentration gradient data showed similarly strong correlations with meteorological parameters, they showed somewhat unique patterns in that their correlations with Hg$^{\circ}$concentration were noticeably stronger for the lower level than the upper level. To provide rough estimates of Hg$^{\circ}$fluxes in this study, we computed its flux using our gradient data and the predicted K values from previous studies. According to this approach, Hg$^{\circ}$emissions were generally in the range of 103$\pm$80(N=231), while its depositions, being scarcely found, were on the similar magnitude of -92$\pm$128ng/m$^2$/hr(N=5). The findings of excessive emission of Hg$^{\circ}$in residential area of Korea suggests that contamination of mercury be a significant process and hence be dealt more seriously.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.191-204
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• 2017

우리나라의 대기환경 정책은 주로 연료 전환과 배출허용기준 강화를 통한 대기오염물질 배출 저감 정책을 활용하였다. 이 정책은 1차 대기오염물질을 효과적으로 저감하였다. 그러나 초미세먼지는 발생원에서 배출되기도 하지만 대기에서 생성되는 비율이 높아, 대기화학반응의 주요 생성기작을 이해하지 못하면 효과적인 저감 정책을 수립하기 힘들다. 미국이나 유럽은 일찍부터 자국의 환경을 반영한 대기에서 생성되는 초미세먼지의 유기성분 생성 수율 및 자국 내 전구물질의 물질별 기여도를 파악하여, 저감 대책 수립에 활용하고 있다. 또한 집중관측소(super-site) 연구를 통하여 얻어진 관측 자료를 활용하여, 수용모델 등을 활용하여 주요 오염원을 파악하고, 오염원별 저감 정책을 수립하고 있다. 이런 과학적인 이해에 바탕을 둔 정책 수립 및 시행으로 미국은 악명이 높았던 로스엔젤레스 지역의 스모그도 많이 개선시켰다. 최근에는 (1) 국지적인 화학반응에 의한 유해 유기 에어로졸 성분 분석 및 위해성 평가와, (2) 아시아로부터 장거리이동된 초미세먼지와 오존의 생성, 이동 기작 규명에 중점을 두어 연구하고 있다. 유럽도 국지적인 유해성분(주로 유기 에어로졸)과 전유럽 지역의 초미세먼지와 오존 이동 및 영향에 대한 연구에 중점을 두고 과학적인 이해를 증진하는 연구를 수행하고 있다. 중국은 스모그 현상을 줄이기 위한 지역별 대기오염 특성 규명 및 배출원 저감에 중점적으로 연구를 진행하고 있으며, 정책적 면에서 우리나라의 2000년대 초와 비슷한 정책과 연구를 수행하고 있다. 외국 사례에서 보듯이 초미세먼지 문제를 해결하려면 (1) 초미세먼지의 생성과 사람에 대한 영향에 대한 과학적 이해 연구를 수행하여 불확실도를 줄이고, (2) 이를 바탕으로 초미세먼지와 그 전구물질을 효율적으로 저감하는 정책을 수립하고 효과적으로 시행하는 체계를 구축하여야 할 것이다. 우리는 초미세먼지 문제에서 생성기작, 위해성 평가, 모델링 분야에서 과학적 이해가 부족하여 신뢰성 있는 초미세먼지 저감 정책 수립에 어려움을 갖고 있다. 위해성 평가 같은 분야는 우리나라 결과가 아직 많지 않아 외국 결과를 주로 활용하고 있다. 이런 경우, 오차와 함께 외국 결과를 우리나라에 적용 가능한지, 적용이 가능하더라도 외국 결과를 시용할 때의 얼마나 우리 사례에 맞는지 등의 불확실성도 발생한다. 또 우리는 아직 서울이나 우리나라에서 초미세먼지가 생성되는 대기에서의 화학반응에서 주요 반응물이나 반응 경로가 선진국에서 연구한 결과와 일치하는지 다르다면 어떻게 다른지 잘 이해하지 못하고 있다. 이러한 과학적 이해에 바탕을 둔 모델도 현재 우리가 사용하는 모델들은 미국의 대기를 잘 예측하도록 개발된 모델들이어서 우리나라 사례를 얼마나 잘 모사하는지 잘 모르고 있다. 또한 국민의 불안을 해소하기 위해서는 초미세먼지의 발생부터 사람에게 미치는 영향까지를 과학적으로 이해하고 이를 저감하는 것을 대기환경 관리의 목표로 설정하는 것이 필수적이다. 이를 수행하기 위해서는 보다 효과적인 대기관리 및 소통 체계 구축이 필요하다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.818-829
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• 2013

The collection of rainwater samples was made at Jeju area during 2009~2010, and the major ionic species were analyzed. In the comparison of ion balance, conductivity, and acid fraction for the validation of analytical data, the correlation coefficients showed a good linear relationship within the range of 0.966~0.990. The volume-weighted mean pH and electric conductivity were 4.9 and $17.8{\mu}S/cm$, respectively, at the Jeju area. The volume-weighted mean concentrations of ionic species in rainwater were in the order of $Cl^-$ > $Na^+$ > $nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$ > $NH_4{^+}$ > $NO_3{^-}$ > $Mg^{2+}$ > $H^+$ > $nss-Ca^{2+}$ > $HCOO^-$ > $K^+$ > $PO_4{^{3-}}$ > $CH_3COO^-$ > $NO_2{^-}$ > $F^-$ > $HCO_3{^-}$ > $CH_3SO_3{^-}$. The ionic strength of rainwater was $0.26{\pm}0.21$ mM during the study period. The composition ratios of ionic species were such as 50.1% for the marine sources ($Na^+$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Cl^-$), 30.9% for the anthropogenic sources ($NH_4{^+}$, $nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$, $NO_3{^-}$), and 4.7% for the soil source ($nss-Ca^{2+}$), and 3.1% for organic acids ($HCOO^-$, $CH_3COO^-$). From the seasonal comparison, the concentrations of $NO_3{^-}$, $nss-Ca^{2+}$, and $nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$ increased in winter and spring seasons, indicating a reasonable possibility of long range transport from Asia continent. Especially, the acidifying contributions by major inorganic acids ($nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$ and $NO_3{^-}$) and organic acids ($HCOO^-$ and $CH_3COO^-$) were 87.6% and 12.4%, respectively. In comparison by sectional inflow pathway of air mass during the rainy sampling days, the concentrations of $nss-SO_4{^{2-}}$ and $NO_3{^-}$ were relatively high when the air mass was moved from the China continent into Jeju area.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.485-493
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• 2011

In Korea, PM (Particulate Matter) emissions caused by coal-fired power plants are measured by a system, so called Clean Air Policy Support System (CAPSS), which uses foreign emission factors. However, the system fails to reflect the characteristics of domestic power plants. In this regard, this study aims to develop local, accurate domestic emission factors. The study measured the amount of TSP (Total Suspended Particulates), PM10 and PM2.5 by collecting samples from the latter parts of pollution control devices which were installed at 3 bituminous-fired power plants and 3 anthracite-fired power plants. The results showed that the average concentrations of TSP, PM10 and PM2.5 measured at bituminous-fired power plants were 4.63 mg/$Sm^3$, 2.96 mg/$Sm^3$ and 3.07 mg/$Sm^3$ respectively, much higher than those from anthracite-fired power plants (2.96 mg/$Sm^3$, 2.47 mg/$Sm^3$ and 1.37 mg/$Sm^3$, respectively). In addition, bituminous-fired power plants showed higher ratios of PM10/TSP and PM2.5/TSP with 0.66 and 0.92, respectively, compared to 0.82 and 0.46, the ratios of PM10/TSP and PM2.5/TSP measured in anthracite-fired power plants. Emission factors based-on concentration measurements were also higher for bituminous-fired power plants, and PM with smaller particles tended to have bigger difference in emission factors between the two fuels. This study calculated the amount of PM emissions by using the estimated emission factors. When it comes to the PM emissions, it was less than that of CAPSS while similar to that of CleanSYS in its amount. It is expected that the emission factors developed by this study will be used in Korea replacing foreign emission factors currently used in Korea by ensuring the objectivity and reliability as domestic emission factors.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.237-246
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• 2015

We conducted intensive observations of ozone, CO, $NO_x$ (=NO and $NO_2$), $NO_y$ (total odd nitrogen species including particulate nitrate) and total nitrate (the sum of gaseous $HNO_3$ and particulate nitrate) at Cape Hedo, Okinawa, Japan, from 19 March to 3 April, 2009, to investigate ozone production during long-range transport from the Asian continent. Ozone production efficiency (OPE) was used to evaluate photochemical ozone production. OPE is defined as the number of molecules of ozone produced photochemically during the lifetime of a $NO_x$ molecule. OPE is calculated by the ratio of the concentration increase of ozone to that of $NO_z$ ($=NO_y-NO_x$). Average OPE during observation was estimated to be $12.6{\pm}0.5$, but concentrations of ozone increased nonlinearly with those of $NO_z$. This non-linearity suggests that OPE depends on air mass origin and $NO_z$ concentrations. There were very different values of OPE for the same air mass origin, so that only the air mass origin alone does not control OPE. OPE was low when $NO_z$ concentration was high. We examined the correlation between $NO_z$ and $CO/NO_y$ ratios, which we used instead of the ratio of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHCs) to $NO_x$. The $CO/NO_y$ ratios decreased with increasing $NO_z$ concentrations. These results indicate that competition reactions of OH with NMHCs and $NO_2$ are the rate determining steps of photochemical ozone production during long-range transport from the Asian continent to Cape Hedo, for high concentrations of nitrogen oxides.