• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
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• v.33 no.10
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• pp.5-14
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• 2017

The hazard maps for predicting collapse on natural slopes consist of a combination of topographic, hydrological, and geological factors. Topographic factors are extracted from DEM, including aspect, slope, curvature, and topographic index. Hydrological factors, such as soil drainage, stream-power index, and wetness index are most important factors for slope instability. However, most of the urban areas are located on the plains and it is difficult to apply the hazard map using the topography and hydrological factors. In order to evaluate the risk of subsidence of flat and low slope areas, soil depth and groundwater level data were collected and used as a factor for interpretation. In addition, the reliability of the hazard map was compared with the disaster history of the study area (Gangnam-gu and Yeouido district). In the disaster map of the disaster prevention agency, the urban area was mostly classified as the stable area and did not reflect the collapse history. Soil depth, drainage conditions and groundwater level obtained from boreholes were added as input data of hazard map, and disaster vulnerability increased at the location where the actual subsidence points. In the study area where damage occurred, the moderate and low grades of the vulnerability of previous hazard map were 12% and 88%, respectively. While, the improved map showed 2% high grade, moderate grade 29%, low grade 66% and very low grade 2%. These results were similar to actual damage.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Soil and Groundwater Environment Conference
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• 2004.09a
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• pp.138-141
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• 2004

The environmental tracers tritium/helium-3 (3H/3He) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) were investigated in ground water from Jeju Island, Korea, a basaltic volcanic island. The apparent 3H/3He and CFC-12 ages were in relatively good agreement in samples with low concentrations of terrigenic He. Ground water mixing was evaluated by comparing 3H and CFC-12 concentrations with mixing models, which distinguished old water with negligible 3H and CFC-12, young water with piston flow, and binary mixtures of the two end members. The ground water CFC-12 age is much older in water from wells completed in confined zones of the hydro-volcanic Seoguipo formation in coastal areas than in water from the basaltic aquifer. Comparison of major element concentrations in ground water with the CFC-12 age shows that nitrate contamination processes contribute more solutes in young water than are derived from water-rock interactions in non-contaminated old water. Chemical evolution of ground water resulting from silicate weathering in basaltic rocks reaches the zeolite-smectite phase boundary. The calcite saturation state of ground water increased with the CFC-12 apparent (piston flow) age. In agricultural areas, the temporal trend of nitrate concentration in ground water was consistent with the known history of chemical fertilizer use on Jeju Island, but the response of nitrate concentration in ground water to nitrogen inputs follows an approximate 10-year delay. Based on mass balance calculations, it was estimated that about 40% of the nitrogen applied by fertilizers reached the water table and contaminated ground water resources when the fertilizer use was at the highest level.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.545-554
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• 2007

Landslides is mainly induced by a heavy rainfall, earthquake ground motion, and some other factors like soil mechanics, morphological-geological factors etc. Since the starting point of the failure seemed to be originated at a construction site in the study, it is meaningful to find out the relationship between the landslide and the construction. For this study, the slope failure factor was examined carefully to see that the original natural slope had vulnerability and that the complex ground had unstability changed by construction. A field survey was conducted on the original ground surface and filled-up ground. A laboratory test was also conducted to determine the geomechanical properties of soil samples. 2D and 3D limit equilibrium analysis with changing groundwater level were conducted at the failure depth using a seismic refraction survey. The result shows that the factor of safety is similar stability under all condition, but unstable under saturated condition.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.66-73
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• 2017

Empirical erosion models like Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) models have been widely used to make spatially distributed soil erosion vulnerability maps. Even if the models detect vulnerable sites relatively well utilizing big data related to climate, geography, geology, land use, etc within study domains, they do not adequately describe the physical process of soil erosion on the ground surface caused by rainfall or overland flow. In other words, such models are still powerful tools to distinguish the erosion-prone areas at large scale, but physics-based models are necessary to better analyze soil erosion and deposition as well as the eroded particle transport. In this study a physics-based soil erosion modeling system was developed to produce both runoff and sediment yield time series at watershed scale and reflect them in the erosion and deposition maps. The developed modeling system consists of 3 sub-systems: rainfall pre-processor, geography pre-processor, and main modeling processor. For modeling system validation, we applied the system for various erosion cases, in particular, rainfall-runoff-sediment yield simulation and estimation of probable maximum sediment (PMS) correlated with probable maximum rainfall (PMP). The system provided acceptable performances of both applications.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.48 no.1
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• pp.103-117
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• 2021

The severe effects of climate change, such as global warming and the El Niño phenomenon, have become more prevalent. In recent years, natural disasters such as drought, heavy rain, and typhoons have taken place, resulting in noticeable damage. Korea is affected by droughts that cause damage to rice fields and crops. Societal interest in droughts is growing, and measures are urgently needed to address their impacts. As the demand for high-quality agricultural products expands, farmers have become more interested in water management, and the demand for field irrigation is increasing. Therefore, we investigated water demand in the irrigation of drought-vulnerable crops. Specifically, we determined the water requirements for crops including cabbage, red pepper, apple, and bean in four regions by calculating the consumptive water use (evapotranspiration), effective rainfall, and irrigation capacity. The total consumptive water use (crop evapotranspiration) estimates for Dangjin-si (cabbage), Yesan-gun (apple), Cheongyang-gun (pepper) in Chungnam, and Goesan-gun (bean) in Chungbuk were 33.5, 206.4, 86.1, and 204.5 mm, respectively. The volumes of groundwater available in the four regions were determined to be the following: Dangjin-si, 4,968,000 m³; Yesan-gun, 4,300,000 m³; Cheongyang-gun, 1,114,000 m³, and Goesan-gun, 3,794,000 m³. The annual amounts available for the representative crops, compared to the amount of evapotranspiration, were 313.9% in Dangjin-si, 29.5% in Yesan-gun, 56.1% in Cheongyang-gun, and 20.1% in Goesan-gun.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.129-129
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• 2018

최근 가뭄, 강우사상의 변화 등의 자연적 요인과 함께 불투수면적의 증가, 지하수 이용의 증가, 지하구조물 공사 등과 같은 인위적 요인에 의한 지하수위 하강이 문제가 되고 있다. 지하수위의 하강은 지하수자원 부족과 같은 1차적 피해뿐만 아니라 지반침하, 생태계 교란, 농작물 피해, 지하수 오염과 같은 2차 피해를 야기할 수 있다. 지하수자원에 문제가 생긴 경우 단기간에 회복되기가 힘들고 투자할 수 있는 자원이 한정된 현 상황에서 지하수자원 관리 방안을 유역에 대해서 일괄적으로 적용하기에 어려움이 있다. 이를 위해 영산강 본류가 흐르는 행정구역을 대상으로 정량적인 분석을 통하여 지하수자원 관리에 취약한 지역을 선정하고 지하수자원 관리 방안을 적용하는 것이 효율적인 방법이 될 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 영산강 본류가 흐르는 7개 시 군을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였고 취약성 지수를 산정하여 지하수자원 관리 취약성 분석을 실시하였다. 7개 시 군의 자료를 수집하고 Re-scale 기법을 적용하여 표준화 하였고, 취약성 지수를 산정하기 위하여 엔트로피 방법을 통해 산정된 가중치를 적용하였다. 최종 취약성 지수를 지도에 나타내 가시화 하고 지하수자원 관리에 취약한 지역에 대하여 지하수자원 관리 방안 및 시설물 개선 등의 계획을 세운다면 지하수자원 관리 부족에 따른 피해에 효과적인 대응이 가능할 것으로 예상된다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Water and Wastewater
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.517-526
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• 2018

Climate adaptation strategies for water utilities including 16 water treatment plants(WTPs) in Jeju were investigated. Drought, heat wave, and heavy rain were among the most significant climate factors affecting water utilities in Jeju. Heat wave increases water temperature, which in turn increases the concentration of algae, color, and odor materials. Some adaption strategies for the heat wave can be strengthening water monitoring and introducing advanced water treatments. Heavy rain increases raw water turbidity in surface water. The 7 WTPs that take raw water from streams or springs had a maximum turbidity of less than 50 NTU under heavy rain. However, due to concerns of turbidity spike in treated water, some WTPs discontinued intaking raw water when raw water turbidity increased more than 2 NTU. They instead received treated water from other WTPs which took groundwater for water supply. This happens because of the low skills of employees. Thus, there needs to be an increase in operator competency and upgrade of water facilities for the adaption of heavy rain. To improve adaption for the drought, there should be an increase in the capacity of intake facilities of surface water as well as a decrease in water loss. In addition, water consumption per person should be decreased.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.222-222
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• 2019

최근 기후변화로 인한 강우사상의 변화로 가뭄 발생 횟수와 기간이 늘어나는 추세이다. 2013~2018년 전국적으로 장기적인 가뭄이 발생함에 따라 상수도 미 급수 지역에 대한 추가 용수 공급방안을 적용하여 지역 주민의 물 이용 문제를 해결한 바 있다. 장기적으로 물 이용에 대한 갈등이 심화될 것으로 예상되는 가운데 지하수자원의 취약성에 대한 연구가 지속적으로 진행되고 있다. 기존의 연구에서는 주로 지역적인 특성을 반영할 수 있는 매개변수를 설정하고 매개변수 별가중치를 산정하여 공간적인 지하수자원 이용 취약성 평가를 실시하였다. 공간적인 취약성 평가결과는 지하수자원 이용 시기 결정 및 대체 수자원 이용 정책 결정 등 구체적인 대안을 마련하는 근거로서 한계가 있기 때문에 최근 지하수자원 이용에 대한 시간적인 취약성 평가 방법을 개발하는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구는 보다 구체적인 지하수자원 이용 시기를 결정하기 위하여 금강 유역을 대상으로 분기 별 지하수자원 이용 취약 시기 평가 방법을 개발하였다. 분기 별 지하수자원 이용 취약 시기평가 방법을 개발하기 위하여 우선 연구지역의 지하수위, 하천수위, 강수량 자료를 수집하였다. 수문 관측자료 간의 관계 분석을 통해 물 순환 측면에서의 물리적인 의미를 규명하기 위하여 강수량 자료에 한계침투량 개념을 적용한 강우이동평균 방법을 적용하였고, 하천수위 자료에 대하여 이동평균 방법을 적용하였다. 분기 단위의 지하수자원 이용 취약 시기를 평가함으로써 금강 유역의 지하수자원 이용 취약 시기를 결정하였다. 본 연구는 기존의 공간적인 취약성 평가 방법과 함께 지하수자원 이용 취약성에 대한 시공간적 분석 결과를 제공함으로써 보다 구체적인 지역 별분기 단위 지하수자원 이용 취약 시기를 결정하고, 지역 맞춤형 지하수자원 이용 및 개발 정책에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.37 no.6_1
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• pp.1625-1630
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• 2021

In Bangkok, Thailand, there is an increasing concern for ground subsidence with the rapid urbanization. Given the presence of flood vulnerability due to the flat low-lying topography and proximity to the river delta, it is particularly significant to monitor deformation that can potentially augment flood hazards. In this paper, we have applied persistent scatterer interferometric synthetic aperture radar (PSInSAR) technique to investigate subsidence in Bangkok with the use of Sentinel-1 acquisitions spanning from June 2018 to October 2021. The vertical displacement velocity obtained from both ascending and descending orbits revealed regional-scale subsidence at rates up to 30 mm/yr. In addition, ongoing subsidence was observed in the suburb areas with the localized vertical subsidence exceeding 80 mm. The areas are primarily industrial and agricultural sectors, thus, the ground subsidence detected is probably caused by groundwater withdrawal. However, further work is needed to diagnose the trends of aquifer resources.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.138-138
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• 2017

가뭄, 집중호우와 같은 자연적인 요인과 불투수면적의 증가, 각종 용수로서의 지하수 이용 증가, 지하구조물 공사 등과 같은 인위적인 요인에 의한 지하수위 하강이 이슈화 되고 있다. 지하수 위의 하강은 지하수 고갈 같은 1차적 피해뿐만 아니라 생태계 교란, 농작물 피해, 지반 침하, 싱크홀 등의 2차 피해를 야기한다. 이에 따라 지하수위 시계열 자료를 이용하여 지하수위 관리 취약성에 대한 분석을 실시하였다. 연구지역으로 낙동강 중류에 위치한 상주, 대구, 밀양 지역으로 선택하였다. 자료 수집으로 국가지하수정보센터(www.gims.go.kr)에서 제공하는 국가지하수관측망 관측정 중 자료길이가 11개년 이상인 상주, 대구, 밀양의 지하수위 관측소의 일단위 지하수위 자료와 지하수이용량 자료를 수집하였다. 관측소 인근의 하천수위 자료는 국가수자원관리종합정보시스템(www.wamis.go.kr)에서 수집하였으며, 관측소 인근의 강수자료는 기상청(www.kma.go.kr)에서 해당 지역 관측소의 일단위 강수 자료를 수집하였다. 연구지역의 지하수 함양 자료는 국가통계포털(www.kosis.kr)에서 수집하였다. 수집한 일 단위 수문 자료를 이용하여 각 관측소의 연평균, 갈수기, 풍수기에 대해서 연구지역의 지하수위 관리 취약성 분석을 실시했고, 자료 분석 시 충적층 지하수위 자료는 인근 수계에 따른 변동이 크기 때문에 암반층 지하수위 자료에 대해서 분석을 실시하였다. 분석한 결과는 표준화 과정을 거쳐 지수로 산정하였고, 산정된 지수를 통해 연구지역 내 지하수위 관리 취약성 분석을 실시하였다. 본 연구를 전국단위 국가지하수관측망으로 적용하게 되면 지하수 개발 및 관리 정책 수립에 있어 큰 도움이 될 것으로 생각된다.