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Geoelectrical structure of Jeju Island deduced from 2D inversion of AMT and MT data

  • Choi, Ji-Hyang;Kim, Hee-Joon;Nam, Myung-Jin;Lee, Tae-Jong;Lee, Seong-Kon;Song, Yoon-Ho;Suh, Jung-Hee
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.257-260
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    • 2007
  • Two-dimensional (2D) interpretation of MT and AMT data observed in 2004 in Jeju Island is made using two inversion schemes developed by Uchida (1993) and Lee et al. (2002). These interpretations show that the subsurface of Jeju consists of roughly three layers. Reconstructed images along lines E and W reveal that the conductive layer beneath the topmost resistive layer of lava plateau can be a sediment layer. The geoelectrical structure along line E is more complex than that along line W, especially near Mt. Halla. The Uchida’s (1993) scheme gives reasonable images, but much more time-consuming than that of Lee et al. (2002).

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Classification of Environmental Industry and Technology Competitiveness Evaluation (환경산업기술 분류체계 및 기술 경쟁력 평가)

  • Han, Daegun;Bae, Young Hye;Kim, Tae-Yong;Jung, Jaewon;Lee, Choongke;Kim, Hung Soo
    • Journal of Wetlands Research
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.245-256
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the technological competitiveness of the environmental industry with developed countries in order to establish an international market expansion strategy of the Korean environmental industry and technology. In order to evaluate the competitiveness of the environmental industry and technology, core technologies were classified by the environmental industry sectors based on the classification system of the domestic and international environmental industry and technology. After developing the evaluation index data, the Delphi analysis, journal and patent analysis, as well as the export and import analysis were carried out and the standardization analysis was performed on the index data. Moreover, the weights of each evaluation index were calculated using the AHP(Analytic Hierarchy Process) method and the evaluation results of competitiveness of the environmental industry and technology in Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France were derived. As a result of the evaluation, the United States was rated with the highest technological competitiveness in all the environmental industry sectors, while Korea got the lowest technological competitiveness rating compared to the 4 developed countries. In particular, Korea got the lowest level of technological competitiveness in the sector of multi-media environmental management and development for a sustainable social system. Therefore, in order for the Korean environmental industry and technology to enter the global advanced market, it is necessary to strengthen the competitiveness through the development of the fourth environmental industry based on IoT(Internet of Things), cloud, big data, mobile, and AI(Artificial Intelligence), which are currently the country's domestic strengths.

Development of a Drone Platform by KIGAM for Geological Surveys and Mineral Resource Exploration (지질조사 및 광물자원탐사를 위한 KIGAM 드론 플랫폼 구축)

  • Bang, Eun Seok;Son, Jeong-Sul;Kang, Woong;Yi, Huiuk;Kim, Changryol;Lee, Chang Won;Kim, Bona;Hwang, Seho;No, Sang-Gun;Son, Young-Sun;Cho, Seong-Jun
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.141-148
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    • 2020
  • A drone platform built by Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) is introduced. The platform consists of various drone systems developed at KIGAM for photogrammetry, remote exploration, physical exploration, field operation methods, a vehicle-based drone control center, as well as a drone data platform for data storage, sharing, analysis, and visualization of the acquired data. The performance of the drone platform is verified using results obtained with the various systems, which are tested individually and in various combined applications. Finally, the possibility of using the KIGAM drone platform for geological surveys and mineral resource exploration is discussed.

Characterization of an Isolate of Cucumber mosaic virus Isolated from Chinese aster (Callistephus chinensis) (과꽃에서 분리한 Cucumber mosaic virus의 성질)

  • Oh, Sun-Mi;Kim, Sung-Ryul;Hong, Jin-Sung;Ryu, Ki-Hyun;Lee, Gung-Pyo;Choi, Jang-Kyung
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.229-232
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    • 2008
  • An isolate of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), designated as Cas-CMV, was isolated from Chinese aster (Callistephus chinensis) showing severe mosaic symptom, and its properties was compared to the well-characterized Fny-CMV (subgroup IA) and As-CMV (subgroup IB) by host reaction in several indicator plants, dsRNA analysis, RT-PCR analysis, and restriction enzyme profile of the PCR products. Cas-CMV differed markedly in their host reaction to Fny-CMV or As-CMV in Cucurbita pepo cv. Black beauty. In the zucchini squash, all strains induced chlorotic spot on inoculated leaves and mosaic symptoms on upper leaves. However, symptoms induced by Cas-CMV were developed lethal necrosis on the young plants 15 to 20 days after inoculation. In experiments of dsRNA analysis and RT-PCR analysis, properties of Cas-CMV was come within subgroup I CMV. Moreover, restriction enzyme analysis using HindIII of the RT-PCR products showed that Cas-CMV belong to a member of CMV subgroup IA.

Groundwater Resources of Gum-Ho River Basin (금호강유역(琴湖江流域) 지하수대(地下水帶)에 관한 연구(硏究))

  • Han, Jeong Sang
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.99-108
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    • 1978
  • The Gum-Ho river basin is one of the densely populated area having more than 35% of the total population and it was also well irrigated since earlier days in the Nackdong river basin. Most of the easily developed source of surface water are fully utilized, and at this moment the basin is at the stage that no more :surface water can be made available under the present rapid development of economic condition. Since surface water supplies from the basin have become more difficult to obtain, the ground water resources must be thoroughly investigated and utilized greatly hereafter. In economic ground of the basin what part could ground water play? In what quantities and, for what uses could it be put? The answer to these questions can be relatively simple;the ground water resources in the basin can be put at almost any desired use and almost anywhere in the basin The area of the basin is at about $2088km^2$ in the middle part of Nackdong river basin and it is located along the Seoul-Pusan express highway. The mean annual rainfall is about 974.7mm, most of which falls from June to September during the monsoon. Accumulated is appeared approximately after every 8 year's accumlated dry period with the duration of 5 years. The water bearing formation in the basin include unconsolidated alluvial deposits in Age of Quaternary, saprolite derived from weathered crystalline rocks, Gyongsang sedimentary formations of the period from late Jurassic to Cretaceouse, and igneouse rocks ranging of the Age from Mesozoic to Cenozoic. The most productive ground water reservoir in the basin is calcareous shale and sandstones of Gyongsang system, which occupies about 66% of the total area. The results of aquifer test on Gyongsang sedimentary formation show that average pumping capacity of a well drilled into the formation with drilling diameter and average depth of $8{\frac{1}{2}}$ inch and 136m is $738m^3/day$ and also average specific capacity of those well is estimated $77.8m^3/D/M$. Total amount of the ground water reserved in the basin is approximately estimated at 37 billion metric tons, being equivalent 18 years total precipitations, among which 7 billion metric tons of portable ground water can be easily utilized in depth of 200 meters.

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Analyses for Current Research Status for the Coffee By-product and for Status of Coffee Wastes in Seoul (커피부산물의 최근 연구 동향 및 서울시의 커피찌꺼기 현황 분석)

  • Nam, Gnu;Kim, Min-suk;Ahn, Ji Whan
    • Journal of Energy Engineering
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.14-22
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    • 2017
  • Coffee consumption has been increased all around world as well as in South Korea. Coffee by-products occurred from the coffee consumption also have been rapidly increased, but the technology and methods to handle the by-product have not been much developed, resulting the severe environmental problems in soil and water. In order to solve this environmental problem, using the coffee by-product, eco-friendly and cheap methods for the recycling have been actively discussed and suggested. In this article, we discussed the types and characters of the coffee by-product and investigated the trend about the methods for utilizing the coffee by-product. In addition, we figured out the current status of coffee waste in Seoul, South Korea and discussed plans that Seoul government is working on to handle the coffee waste.

Analyzing Spatio-Temporal Variation of Groundwater Recharge in Jeju Island by using a Convolution Method (컨벌루션 기법을 이용한 제주도 지하수 함양량의 시공간적 변화 분석)

  • Shin, Kyung-Hee;Koo, Min-Ho;Chung, Il-Moon;Kim, Nam-Won;Kim, Gi-Pyo
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.625-635
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    • 2014
  • Temporal variation of groundwater levels in Jeju Island reveals time-delaying and dispersive process of recharge, mainly caused by the hydrogeological feature that thickness of the unsaturated zone is highly variable. Most groundwater flow models have limitations on delineating temporal variation of recharge, although it is a major component of the groundwater flow system. A new mathematical model was developed to generate time series of recharge from precipitation data. The model uses a convolution technique to simulate the time-delaying and dispersive process of recharge. The vertical velocity and the dispersivity are two parameters determining the time series of recharge for a given thickness of the unsaturated zone. The model determines two parameters by correlating the generated recharge time series with measured groundwater levels. The model was applied to observation wells of Jeju Island, and revealed distinctive variations of recharge depending on location of wells. The suggested model demonstrated capability of the convolution method in dealing with recharge undergoing the time-delaying and dispersive process. Therefore, it can be used in many groundwater flow models for generating a time series of recharge.

Future Domestic Water Demand, Surface Water Availability and Vulnerability Across Rapidly Growing Asian Megacities

  • Panda, Manas Ranjan;Kim, Yeonjoo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2021.06a
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    • pp.144-144
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    • 2021
  • The rapid urbanization in many Asian countries has taken millions of people from the rural countryside to concentrated megacities, which eventually putting pressure on the existing water resources. The over-growing population and increasing living standard of people in the urban region of developed as well as developing countries such as Korea, China, Japan and India have witnessed a drastic change in terms of domestic water demand for the past few decades. In this study, we used the concept of potential surface water availability in the form of surface runoff for future vulnerability assessment. We focused on 42 megacities having population more than 5 million as per the United Nations (UN) census data 2020. The study shows that 30 out of 42 cities having more than 180L/p/d demand for domestic use based on various references. We have predicted the domestic water demand for all the cities on the basis of current per capita demand up to 2035 using UN projected population data. We found that the projected water demand in megacities such as Seoul, Busan, Shanghai, Ghuanzou are increasing because of high population as well as GDP growth rate. On the contrary, megacities of Japan considered in our stud shows less water demand in future due to decreasing trend of population. As per the past records provided by the local municipalities/authorities, we projected different scenarios based on the future supply for various megacities such as Chennai, Delhi, Karachi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Wuhan, etc. We found that the supply to demand ratio of these cities would be below 75% for future period and if such trend continues then the inhabitants will face serious water stress conditions. Outcomes of this study would help the local policy makers to adopt sustainable initiatives on urban water governance to avoid the severe water stress conditions in the vulnerable megacities.

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MEASUREMENT OF OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY FOR NONROAD DIESEL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

  • HUAI T.;SHAH S. D.;DURBIN T. D.;NORBECK J. M.
    • International Journal of Automotive Technology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.333-340
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    • 2005
  • In order to better quantify the contribution from nonroad sources to emission inventories, it is important to understand not only the emissions rates of these engines but also activity patterns that can be used to accurately portray their in-use operation. To date, however, very little information is available on the actual activity patterns of nonroad equipment. In this study, a total of 18 pieces of nonroad equipment were instrumented with collected data including intake manifold air pressure (MAP), exhaust temperature and, on a subset of vehicles, engine rpm and throttle position. The equipment included backhoes, compactors, dozers, motor graders, loaders and scrappers used in applications such as landfilling, street maintenance and general roadwork. The activity patterns varied considerably depending on the type of equipment and the application. Daily equipment operating time ranged from less than 30 minutes to more than 8 hours, with landfill equipment having the highest daily use. The number of engine starts per day ranged from 3-11 lover the fleet with an average of 5 starts per day. The average percent idle time for the fleet was approximately $25\%$ with a range from 11 to $65\%$ for individual pieces of equipment. Duty cycles based on exhaust temperature/throttle position profiles were also developed for two graders and one dozer.

Minimizing Energy Consumption in Scheduling of Dependent Tasks using Genetic Algorithm in Computational Grid

  • Kaiwartya, Omprakash;Prakash, Shiv;Abdullah, Abdul Hanan;Hassan, Ahmed Nazar
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.9 no.8
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    • pp.2821-2839
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    • 2015
  • Energy consumption by large computing systems has become an important research theme not only because the sources of energy are depleting fast but also due to the environmental concern. Computational grid is a huge distributed computing platform for the applications that require high end computing resources and consume enormous energy to facilitate execution of jobs. The organizations which are offering services for high end computation, are more cautious about energy consumption and taking utmost steps for saving energy. Therefore, this paper proposes a scheduling technique for Minimizing Energy consumption using Adapted Genetic Algorithm (MiE-AGA) for dependent tasks in Computational Grid (CG). In MiE-AGA, fitness function formulation for energy consumption has been mathematically formulated. An adapted genetic algorithm has been developed for minimizing energy consumption with appropriate modifications in each components of original genetic algorithm such as representation of chromosome, crossover, mutation and inversion operations. Pseudo code for MiE-AGA and its components has been developed with appropriate examples. MiE-AGA is simulated using Java based programs integrated with GridSim. Analysis of simulation results in terms of energy consumption, makespan and average utilization of resources clearly reveals that MiE-AGA effectively optimizes energy, makespan and average utilization of resources in CG. Comparative analysis of the optimization performance between MiE-AGA and the state-of-the-arts algorithms: EAMM, HEFT, Min-Min and Max-Min shows the effectiveness of the model.