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Measures for Early Demonstration of Fine Dust Reduction Technology - Focus on the Sidewalk Pavement -

  • Lee, Young-Woo
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.26 no.8
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    • pp.181-185
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    • 2021
  • Road fine dust is not simply a problem of air pollution, but is threatening the health and life of the public, including pedestrians using sidewalks. There are various policy proposals related to road fine dust reduction, but the actual effect cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, in order to ensure the safe and pleasant passage of the people, the pavement pavement (sidewalk pavement) for fine dust management on the road should be designed by considering the location, use, function, etc., and appropriate paving materials and construction methods should be selected and designed or sidewalk facilities should be prepared. Therefore, this study examines the concept and legal basis of sidewalk pavement, reviews the status of sidewalk pavement-related technologies that purify air pollution, and utilizes sidewalk pavement materials under the revised sidewalk pavement guidelines for reducing fine dust, 「Act on Promotion of Purchasing of Green Products」 We intend to establish a legal basis for early application of sidewalk pavement technology by proposing measures and amendments to local government sidewalk pavement management rules.

The Influence of Asian Dust to Korea by Industrialization of China (중국의 공업화에 따른 황사가 한반도에 미치는 영향)

  • 김주항
    • Journal of the Korean Professional Engineers Association
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    • v.33 no.5
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    • pp.16-22
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    • 2000
  • The rapid industrializing of China has helped the development of the industrial economy since 1980. However, the problem is some environmental pollution, such as SO$_2$, TSP, HOx, Dioxin etc, generated by the industrial facilities located in Northeastern China is moving to the Korean Peninsula through the cold air stream during the Asian dust season, This kind of air pollution worsens the environmental pollution of the Korean Peninsula year by year. Therefore, NGO suggests to China that the minimization of the environmental problems linked to both Korea and China has to be discussed. In fact, I would like to suggest that the activity of EMS(ISO14000) should help the environmentally sound '||'&'||' sustainnable development of both countries,

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Study on Optimal Location of Air Pollution Monitoring Networks in Urban Area Using GIS : Focused on the case of Seoul City (GIS를 이용한 도심지 대기오염 측정망 최적위치 선정에 대한 연구 : 서울특별시를 대상으로)

  • Kim, Ayoung;Kwon, Changhee
    • Journal of the Society of Disaster Information
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.358-365
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    • 2016
  • Micro dust is closely related to real life. Especially, the micro dust forecasting system is being implemented from February 2014. Reliability of data through air pollution monitoring network is important. The Ministry of Environment operates 506 air pollution monitoring networks (11 types) to analyze national air quality and establish air policies. However, there is not enough system to confirm and check the site suitability of the measurement site. Therefore, this study analyzes urban space using GIS. Assess the appropriateness and equity of air pollution measurement facilities. The final goal is to reflect the results of the analysis into the Seoul Metropolitan Air Pollution Monitoring Network Installation Plan.

Comparison Study of Numerical Simulations Associated with Emission Conditions during Asian Dust Events

  • Kim, Yoo-Keun;Song, Sang-Keun;Jeong, Ju-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.518-519
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    • 2003
  • Many studies of Asian dust have been undertaken to investigate dust sources, their transport and deposition mechanisms, their optical and chemical properties, and their physical characteristics. These studies have used meteorological parameters, optical thickness, and mineral compositions derived from satellite images, lidar, sunphotometer, and other ground-based instruments in East Asia (Chun et al., 2001; Murayama et al., 2001). (omitted)

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Factors Controlling the Deposition of Airborne Metals on Plant Leaves in a Subtropical Industrial Environment

  • Gajbhiye, Triratnesh;Pandey, Sudhir Kumar;Kim, Ki-Hyun
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.162-167
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    • 2016
  • This study was conducted in an industrial city (Bilaspur) representative of subtropical area in central India. In order to assess the metal deposition on plant, concentrations of six target metals (i.e., Fe, Mn, Pb, Cu, Cd, and Cr) in both plant leaf and dust (deposited on its surface) samples were measured from six different sites. Metal concentrations in dust samples were found on the order of Fe>Mn> Cr>Pb>Cu>Cd. In contrast, the concentration of metals in plant leaves were seen on the order of Fe>Mn>Cr>Cd>Cu>Pb. As such, Cd showed significantly high concentration in leaves relative to their corresponding dust samples. A high accumulation potential for Fe and Cd was seen from Butea monosperma, while Mn and Pb were accumulated noticeably in Pongamia pinnata and Butea monosperma. Likewise, Cr and Cu were enriched in Calotropis procera, Alstonia scholaris, and Butea monosperma. The overall results of our study suggest that the foliar uptake pattern should vary considerably by an interactive role between plant and metal types.

The Study of PM10, PM2.5 Mass Extinction Efficiency Characteristics Using LIDAR Data (라이다 데이터를 이용한 PM10, PM2.5 질량소산효율 특성 연구)

  • Kim, TaeGyeong;Joo, Sohee;Kim, Gahyeong;Noh, Youngmin
    • Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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    • v.37 no.6_2
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    • pp.1793-1801
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    • 2021
  • From 2015 to June 2020, the backscattering coefficients of 532 and 1064 nm measured using LIDAR and the depolarization ratio at 532 nm were used to separate the backscattering coefficient at 532 nm as three types as PM10, PM2.5-10, PM2.5 according to particle size. The mass extinction efficiency (MEE) of three types was calculated using the mass concentration measured on the ground. The overall mean values of the calculated MEE were 5.1 ± 2.5, 1.7 ± 3.7, and 9.3 ± 6.3 m2/g in PM10, PM2.5-10, and PM2.5, respectively. When the mass concentration of PM10 and PM2.5 was low, higher than average MEE was calculated, and it was confirmed that the MEE decreased as the mass concentration increased. When the MEE was calculated for each type according to the mixing degree of Asian dust, PM2.5-10 was twice at pollution aerosol as high as 2.1 ± 2.8 m2/g, compare to pollution-dominated mixture, dust-dominated mixture, and pure dust of 1.1 ± 1.8, 1.4 ± 3.3, 1.1 ± 1.5 m2/g, respectively. However, PM2.5 MEE showed similar values irrespective of type: 9.4 ± 6.5, 9.0 ± 5.8, 10.3 ± 7.5, and 9.1 ± 9.0 m2/g. The MEE of PM10 was 5.6 ± 2.9, 4.4 ± 2.0, 3.6 ± 2.9, and 2.8 ± 2.4 m2/g in pollution aerosol (PA), pollution-dominated mixture (PDM), dust-dominated mixture (DDM), and pure dust (PD), respectively, and increased as the dust ratio value decreased. Even if the same type according to the same mass concentration or Asian dust mixture was shown, as the PM2.5/PM10 ratio decreased, the MEE of PM2.5-10 decreased and the MEE of PM2.5 showed a tendency to increase.

Contamination Characteristics of Heavy Metals in Indoor, Outdoor and Playground of Schools in the Gochang-Gun, Chonbuk Province of South Korea (전북 고창지역 학교 실내외 환경의 중금속 오염 특성)

  • Kim, Yong-Hwan;Chung, Duk-Ho;Cho, Kyu-Seong
    • Journal of the Korean earth science society
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 2006
  • Dust samples were collected from 10 middle and high schools in the Gochang-Gun, Korea. Heavy metal concentrations were determined for the dry-deposited dusts from indoor and outdoor of classroom and playground of each sampling site. Concentrations of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in indoor's dusts were highly concentrated. Also concentrations of Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in outdoor's dusts were highly concentrated. Concentrations of Cd, Cu and Zn in the dusts were much higher than the world average contents in soil and environmental orientation value. These levels are similar to those of the dust samples at middle schools and high schools located in Jeonju-city, Korea. Compared with concentrations of heavy metals in soils and dusts in Korea, the environment of indoor and outdoor of classroom is highly concentrated except for Cu, Zn. The concentrations of playground is less than that of residential dust and main road dust and playground in Jeonju-city. Playground dusts in 1 school exhibited the enhanced heavy metal pollution with a pollution index (Kloke, 1979) greater than 1.0, but indoor and outdoor dusts in 7 schools exhibited the enhanced heavy metal pollution with a pollution index (by Kloke) yester than 1.0.

Aerosol Observation with Raman LIDAR in Beijing, China

  • Xie, Chen-Bo;Zhou, Jun;Sugimoto, Nobuo;Wang, Zi-Fa
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.215-220
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    • 2010
  • Aerosol observation with Raman LIDAR in NIES (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan) LIDAR network was conducted from 17 April to 12 June 2008 over Beijing, China. The aerosol optical properties derived from Raman LIDAR were compared with the retrieved data from sun photometer and sky radiometer observations in the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET). The comparison provided the complete knowledge of aerosol optical and physical properties in Beijing, especially in pollution and Asian dust events. The averaged aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 675 nm was 0.81 and the Angstrom exponent between 440 nm and 675 nm was 0.99 during experiment. The LIDAR derived AOD at 532 nm in the planetary boundary layer (PBL) was 0.48, which implied that half of the total AOD was contributed by the aerosol in PBL. The corresponding averaged LIDAR ratio and total depolarization ratio (TDR) were 48.5sr and 8.1%. The negative correlation between LIDAR ratio and TDR indicated the LIDAR ratio decreased with aerosol size because of the high TDR associated with nonspherical and large aerosols. The typical volume size distribution of the aerosol clearly demonstrated that the coarse mode radius located near 3 ${\mu}m$ in dust case, a bi-mode with fine particle centered at 0.2 ${\mu}m$ and coarse particle at 2 ${\mu}m$ was the characteristic size distribution in the pollution and clean cases. The different size distributions of aerosol resulted in its different optical properties. The retrieved LIDAR ratio and TDR were 41.1sr and 19.5% for a dust event, 53.8sr and 6.6% for a pollution event as well as 57.3sr and 7.2% for a clean event. In conjunction with the observed surface wind field near the LIDAR site, most of the pollution aerosols were produced locally or transported from the southeast of Beijing, whereas the dust aerosols associated with the clean air mass were transported by the northwesterly or southwesterly winds.

Temporal distribution, influencing factors and pollution sources of urban ambient air quality in Nanchong, China

  • Zhou, Hong;Li, Youping;Liu, Huifang;Fan, Zhongyu;Xia, Jie;Chen, Shanli;Zheng, Yuxiang;Chen, Xiaocui
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.260-267
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    • 2015
  • The $PM_{10}$, $SO_2$ and $NO_2$ mass concentrations were obtained over five years from monitoring stations across Nanchong, a southwest city in China. Changes in urban air quality over time, as well as the factors influencing that change, were evaluated based on air pollutant concentrations, the Air Pollution Index (API), and the Comprehensive Pollution Index (P). The results showed that the total annual mean $PM_{10}$, $SO_2$ and $NO_2$ concentrations over the five years studied were $61.1{\pm}1.1$, $45.0{\pm}3.9$ and $34.9{\pm}4.9{\mu}g{\cdot}m^{-3}$, respectively. The annual mean concentrations displayed a generally decreasing trend; lower than the annual mean second-level air quality limit. Meanwhile, the annual mean API values were in a small range of 52-53, the air quality levels were grade II, and P values were 1.06-1.21 less than the slight level ($P{\leq}1.31$). Total monthly mean $PM_{10}$, $SO_2$, $NO_2$ concentrations, and API and P values were consistently higher in winter and spring than during autumn and summer. The results of a correlation analysis showed that temperature and pressure were the major meteorological factors influencing pollution levels. Pollution sources included industrial coal and straw burning, automobiles exhaust and road dust, fireworks, and dust storms.