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A Modeling Study on the Transport of Acid Pollutant by Regional Acid Deposition Model -Spacial Pattern and Variation of Air Pollutants on Eastern Asia and Central Part of Korea- (산성우모델에 의한 산성강하물의 수송에 관한 연구 - 동아시아 및 우리나라 중부지방의 대기오염물질 시공간분포 -)

  • Lee, Chong Bum;Cho, Chang Rae;Byun, Dae Won
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 1999
  • The acid deposition and photochemical modeling study was performed on the Eastern Asia using Regional Acid Deposition Model(RADM). The results of this study show that horizontal distribution of $SO_2$, concentration and dry deposition flux was higher in Beking, Shanghai and central part of Korea. However distribution pattern of sulfate and $O_3$ concentration calculated by RADM were not similar to emission pattern. In daytime, $SO_2$, sulfate and $O_3$ were mixed to whole PBL but in nighttime because of inversion layer these pollutants were suppressed to lower level.

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WRF Modeling Approach for Improvement of Air Quality Modeling in the Seoul Metropolitan Region: Seasonal Sensitivity Analysis of the WRF Physics Options (수도권 대기질 모델링 정확도 향상을 위한 WRF모델링: 계절별 물리옵션 민감도 연구)

  • Jeong, Ju-Hee;Oh, Inbo;Kang, Yoon-Hee;Bang, Jin-Hee;An, Hyeyeon;Seok, Hyeon-Bae;Kim, Yoo-Keun;Hong, Jihyung;Kim, Jiyoung
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.67-83
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    • 2016
  • In order to improve the prediction of the regional air quality modeling in the Seoul metropolitan area, a sensitivity analysis using two PBL and microphysics (MP) options of the WRF model was performed during four seasons. The results from four sets of the simulation experiments (EXPs) showed that meteorological variables (especially wind field) were highly sensitive to the choice of PBL options (YSU or MYJ) and no significant differences were found depending on MP options (WDM6 or Morrison) regardless of specific time periods, i.e. day and night, during four seasons. Consequently, the EXPs being composed of YSU PBL option were identified to produce better results for meteorological elements (especially wind field) regardless of seasons. On the other hand, the accuracy of all simulations for summer and winter was somewhat lower than those for spring and autumn and the effect according to physics options was highly volatile by geographical characteristics of the observation site.

Reviewing the Applications of Three Countries' Ground Water Flow Modeling Regulatory Guidelines to Nuclear Facilities in Korea

  • Lee, Chung-Mo;Hamm, Se-Yeong;Hyun, Seung Gyu;Cheong, Jae-Yeol;Wei, Ming Liang
    • Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.1-9
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    • 2017
  • The numerical analysis of groundwater flow is indispensable for predicting problems associated with water resource development, civil works, environmental hazards, and nuclear power plant construction. Korea lacks public regulatory procedures and guidelines for groundwater flow modeling, especially in nuclear facility sites, which makes adequate evaluation difficult. Feasible step-by-step guidelines are also unavailable. Consequently, reports on groundwater flow modeling have low-grade quality and often present controversial opinions. Additionally, without public guidelines, maintaining consistency in reviewing reports and enforcing laws is more challenging. In this study, the guidelines for groundwater flow modeling were reviewed for three countries - the United States (Documenting Groundwater Modeling at Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Substances), Canada (Guidelines for Groundwater Modelling to Assess Impacts of Proposed Natural Resource Development Activities), and Australia (Australian Groundwater Modelling Guidelines), with the aim of developing groundwater flow modeling regulatory guidelines that can be applied to nuclear facilities in Korea, in accordance with the Groundwater Act, Environmental Impact Assessment Act, and the Nuclear Safety Act.

Review of Features and Applications of Watershed-scale Modeling, and Improvement Strategies of it in South-Korea (유역 모델 특성 및 국내 적용 현황과 발전 방향에 대한 검토)

  • Park, Youn Shik;Ryu, Jichul;Kim, Jonggun;Kum, Donghyuk;Lim, Kyoung Jae
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.36 no.6
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    • pp.592-610
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    • 2020
  • In South Korea, the concept of water environment was expanded to include aquatic ecosystems with the Integrated Water Management implementation. Watershed-scale modeling is typically performed for hydrologic component analysis, however, there is a need to expand to include ecosystem variability such that the modeling corresponds to the social and political issues around the water environment. For this to be viable, the modeling must account for several distinct features in South Korean watersheds. The modeling must provide reasonable estimations for peak flow rate and apply to paddy areas as they represent 11% of land use area and greatly influence groundwater levels during irrigation. These facts indicate that the modeling time intervals should be sub-daily and the hydrologic model must have sufficient power to process surface flow, subsurface flow, and baseflow. Thus, the features required for watershed-scale modeling are suggested in this study by way of review of frequently used hydrologic models including: Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender(APEX), Catchment hydrologic cycle analysis tool(CAT), Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN(HSPF), Spatio-Temporal River-basin Ecohydrology Analysis Model(STREAM), and Soil and Water Assessment Tool(SWAT).

Numerical Modeling of 1g Shaking Table Model Pile Tests for Evaluating Dynamic Soil-Pile Interaction (지반-말뚝 동적 상호 작용 평가를 위한 1g 진동대 실험의 수치 모델링)

  • Oh, Man-Kyo;Kim, Seong-Hwan;Han, Jin-Tae;Kim, Myoung-Mo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Geotechical Society Conference
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    • 2010.09a
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    • pp.173-183
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    • 2010
  • Numerical analysis using a three dimensional finite element program(ABAQUS) is a powerful method which can evaluate the soil-pile-structure interaction under the dynamic loading and reduce the computation time significantly, but has not be widely used because modeling a soil-pile system and setting the parameter for the entire model are difficult and a three dimensional finite element program is not user friendly. However, a three dimensional finite element program is expected to be widely used because of advance in research of modeling technique and development of the modeling and visualization. In this study, ABAQUS is used to simulate the 1g shaking table model pile test, and the numerical results are compared with the 1g shaking table test results. The application about the soil stiffness and boundary condition change is estimated and then parametric study for various input acceleration amplitudes, various input frequencies, and various surcharge is carried out.

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Saltwater Intrusion Modeling in the Aquifer Bounded by Manila Bay and Parañaque River, Philippines

  • Insigne, Maria Sharlene L.;Kim, Gyeong-Seok
    • Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.117-121
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    • 2010
  • The continual extraction and indiscriminante use of groundwater for residential sectors could cause a decrease in the groundwater level in Para$\tilde{n}$aque river and Las Para$\tilde{n}$aque City; and allows saltwater to penetrate into the aquifer due to the proximity of Manila Bay. This study models the present condition and extent of saltwater intrusion in the aquifer bounded by Para$\tilde{n}$aque river River and Manila Bay. The model is simulated using a 3D finite element modeling software (FEMWATER) that is capable of modeling the groundwater flow condition in the aquifer. Moreover, the model can also be used to predict the future condition of the aquifer for better groundwater management. This study aims to raise public awareness of the extent of the problem and the possible side effects incurred. The model will serve as a basis for further studies on remediation techniques and saltwater intrusion control in the coastal aquifer of Para$\tilde{n}$aque river City.

INFLUNCE OF THE TOPOGRAPHIC INTERPOLATION METHODS ON HIGH-RESOLUTION WIND FIELD SIMULATION WITH SRTM ELEVATION DATA OVER THE COASTAL AREA

  • Kim, Yoo-Keun;Lo, So-Young;Jeong, Ju-Hee
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.297-300
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    • 2008
  • High-resolution mesoscale meteorological modeling requires more accurate and higher resolution digital elevation model (DEM) data. Shuttle Radar Topographic Mission (SRTM) has created 90 m DEM for entire globe and that is freely available for meteorological modeling and environmental applications. In this research, the effects of the topographic interpolation methods on high-resolution wind field simulation in the coastal regions were quantitatively analyzed using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model with SRTM data. Sensitivity experiments with three different interpolation schemes (four-point bilinear, sixteen-point overlapping parabolic and nearest neighbor interpolation methods) were preformed using SRTM. In WRF modeling with sixteen-point overlapping parabolic interpolation, the coastal line and some small islands show more clearly than other cases. The maximum height of inland is around 140 meters higher, while the minimum of sea height is about 80 meter lower. As it concerns the results of each scheme it seems that the sixteen-point overlapping parabolic scheme indicates the well agreement with observed surface wind data. Consequently, topographic changes due to interpolation methods can lead to the significant influence on mesoscale wind field simulation of WRF modeling.

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Influence of turbulence modeling on CFD simulation results of tornado-structure interaction

  • Honerkamp, Ryan;Li, Zhi;Isaac, Kakkattukuzhy M.;Yan, Guirong
    • Wind and Structures
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.131-146
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    • 2022
  • Tornadic wind flow is inherently turbulent. A turbulent wind flow is characterized by fluctuation of the velocity in the flow field with time, and it is a dynamic process that consists of eddy formation, eddy transportation, and eddy dissipation due to viscosity. Properly modeling turbulence significantly increases the accuracy of numerical simulations. The lack of a clear and detailed comparison between turbulence models used in tornadic wind flows and their effects on tornado induced pressure demonstrates a significant research gap. To bridge this research gap, in this study, two representative turbulence modeling approaches are applied in simulating real-world tornadoes to investigate how the selection of turbulence models affects the simulated tornadic wind flow and the induced pressure on structural surface. To be specific, LES with Smagorinsky-Lilly Subgrid and k-ω are chosen to simulate the 3D full-scale tornado and the tornado-structure interaction with a building present in the computational domain. To investigate the influence of turbulence modeling, comparisons are made of velocity field and pressure field of the simulated wind field and of the pressure distribution on building surface between the cases with different turbulence modeling.