• Spatial Information Research
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.509-518
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• 2003

Impervious surface affects urban climate, flood, and water pollution. With a higher paved rate, expanded heat containing capacity of buildings and roads raises atmospheric temperature, and increased quantity of the outflowed water brings flood during a heavy downpour. Moreover, increased non-point source pollutant load is accountable for water pollution. In this regard, it is definitely important to research and keep monitoring the current situation of paved surface, which influences urban ecosystem, disaster and pollution. In fact, collecting information on urban paved surface, which requires the time and expense, is very difficult due to its complicate structure. In order to solve the problem, this study suggested a method to utilize satellite image data for efficient survey on the current condition of paved surface. It analyzed the paved surface condition of Anyang-si by using IKONOS image and discussed the usefulness and limitation of this method.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.401-410
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• 2017

This study analyzed the changes in the concentrations of organic matters in constructed treatment wetlands, coming from discharge water from a sewage treatment plant and non-point pollutant sources during rainfall events. At the beginning of a rainfall event, a massive amount of particulate organic matter flowed in, and was removed from the sedimentation basin (S1, S2); dissolved organic matter was removed after passing through stepwise treatment processes in the wetland. During dry period in the wetland, the removal efficiency rate for COD and TOC was -21 and -7%, respectively; during the rainfall event, the removal efficiency rate for COD and TOC were 47 and 43%, respectively. The highly-concentrated organic matters that flowd in at the beginning of the rainfall event was stabilized by various structures in the wetland before water discharge. Cyanobacteria blooms annually at the confluence of the So-ok stream and Daecheong Lake. Therefore, it is expected that the wetland will contribute significantly to reducing cyanobacteria and improving water quality in the area.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.464-464
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• 2011

새만금지구 간척사업은 지난 1990년대 초반 이래로 국책사업으로 수행되어 왔다. 그러나, 하류에 조성될 새만금호의 수질에 대한 일반의 우려가 높아 배수갑문을 개방하여 해수 유통을 허용하고 있고, 원래 목적인 담수호 조성이 지체되고 있다. 농업비점오염부하가 담수호의 주요 오염원의 하나로 인식되고 있고, 담수호 수질 개선을 위해서는 농업비점 저감대책이 강구되어야 한다. 본 연구의 목적은 저염도 새만금 간척지 밭을 대상으로 비종에 따른 비점오염 배출부하량을 모니터링하고 이를 정량적 평가를 하는 데 있다. 계화방조제 전면의 간석지에 간척농지 시험포장을 조성하였다. 비종으로 축분퇴비와 화학비료를 적용하고, 무시비 대조구와 비교하여 동계 청보리, 하계에 콩과 수수 작물 재배 시험을 수행하였다. 시험포장의 수문, 수질, 토양, 지하수 모니터링을 통하여 간척지 밭으로부터 오염물질 배출기작을 규명하고 비점부하를 정량적으로 산정하였다. 본 연구 결과는 염도가 높은 간척농지에서 밭작물 재배에 따른 비점부하 배출기작에 대한 이해를 증진하고, 나아가 농업비점오염 저감을 위한 영농개선 기법 개발에 중요한 기초자료를 제공할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.521-532
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• 2001

The propagation patterns of nitrogen during rainfall events are unsteady and heterogeneous due to the characteristics of generation and transport mechanisms. A simulation of non point source pollution was performed using GRASS-AGNPS to examine efficient management methods for diffusive pollution. Digital Elevation Model(DEM) was prepared to estimate the impact of topography on the transport pattern of diffusive pollutant Hanjaechon watershed on the Kyungbook province was selected as a study ares. Water quality samples were collected and analyzed for the calibration of the model. A heuristic approach was employed to improve the model performance. The model could successfully produce spatial distributions of nitrogen. The constructed map-layers may help to decision makers to determine the best management practices.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.2008-2012
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• 2007

통계청 등의 기관에 구축되어있는 기본적인 비점오염원 자료들은 행정구역별로 나뉘어져 있지만 실제수계에 도달하는 부하량 산정을 위해서는 유역별로 구분을 다시 해야만 하는 번거로움이 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 반복되는 비점오염원 자료의 전처리 과정의 번거로움을 피하기 위하여 지리정보체계(Geographical Infomation System; GIS)와 VBA(Visual Basic for Application)를 이용하여 통계자료의 전처리 과정을 한 번에 처리할 수 있는 시스템을 구축하였다. 본 시스템은 선택한 유역도와 행정구역도를 중첩하여 유역 내 최소행정구역의 점유율을 반영한 통계자료를 사용자 친화적으로 재분류하는 시스템이다. 본 시스템의 적용성 확인을 위하여 새만금유역 내 주상천유역을 대상으로 연구를 실시하였으며, 새만금유역에 포함되는 전라북도 최소행정구역의 토지이용 통계자료만을 기본 데이터로 활용하였다. 본 연구에서 구축된 시스템은 오염부하량 산정에 있어 요구되는 기본적인 데이터를 얻는 것에 있어서 기존의 장시간에 걸친 단순 반복작업을 대신하는 효율적인 시스템이며, ArcGIS에 대한 이해가 부족한 사용자의 경우에도 간단한 시스템조작만으로도 필요한 데이터를 구축할 수 있어 사용자에게 편리함을 제공한다. 향후 본 시스템을 이용하여 비점오염부하량 산정시스템을 개발할 수 있고, 기상자료 등과 같은 수문모형으로의 적용도 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.89-97
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• 2007

Simple regression models for pollutants load estimation of paddy developed by the Ministry of Environment in 1995 were tested with the data (T-N, T-P, $COD_{Mn}$, and SS) collected from Yeongsan and Seomjin river watersheds, and improvement measures were suggested. Overall, the simulated values showed a great difference from the measured values except for T-P according to the statistical analyses (RMSE, root mean square error; RMAE, root mean absolute error; RB, relative bias; EI, efficiency index). Such difference was assumed due to the fact that the models use only hydrologic factors (quantity factor) associated with precipitation and run-off as input parameters, but do not consider other factors which are likely to affect pollutant concentration (quality factor) including days after fertilization. In addition, in terms of accessibility of the models, some parameters in the models such as run-off depth and run-off amount which can not be obtained from the weather database but should be collected by on-site measurements need to be replaced with other variables.

• Water Engineering Research
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.19-30
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• 2003

TMDL development and implementation have great potential fur use in efforts to improve water quality management, but the TMDL approach still has several difficulties to overcome in terms of cost, time requirements, and suitable methodologies. A well-defined prioritization approach for identifying watersheds of concern among several tar-get locations that would benefit from TMDL development and implementation, based on a simple screening approach, could be a major step in solving some of these difficulties. Therefore, a web-based decision support system (DSS) was developed to help identify areas within watersheds that might be priority areas for TMDL development. The DSS includes a graphical user interface based on the HTML protocol, hydrological models, databases, and geographic information system (GIS) capabilities. The DSS has a hydrological model that can estimate non-point source pollution loading based on over 30 years of daily direct runoff using the curve number method and pollutant event mean concentration data. The DSS provides comprehensive output analysis tools using charts and tables, and also provides probability analysis and best management practice cost estimation. In conclusion, the DSS is a simple, affordable tool for the preliminary study of TMDL development via the Internet, and the DSS web site can also be used as an information web server for education related to TMDL.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.34-44
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• 2006

Simulation models allow researchers to model large hydrological catchment for comprehensive management of the water resources and explication of the diffuse pollution processes, such as land-use changes by development plan of the region. Recently, there have been reported many researches that examine water body quality using Geographic Information System (GIS) and dynamic watershed models such as AGNPS, HSPF, SWAT that necessitate handling large amounts of data. The aim of this study is to develop a watershed based water quality estimation system for the impact assessment on stream water quality. KBASIN-HSPF, proposed in this study, provides easy data compiling for HSPF by facilitating the setup and simulation process. It also assists the spatial interpretation of point and non-point pollutant information and thiessen rainfall creation and pre and post processing for large environmental data An integration methodology of GIS and water quality model for the preprocessing geo-morphologic data was designed by coupling the data model KBASIN-HSPF interface comprises four modules: registration and modification of basic environmental information, watershed delineation generator, watershed geo-morphologic index calculator and model input file processor. KBASIN-HSPF was applied to simulate the water quality impact by variation of subbasin pollution discharge structure.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.291-307
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• 2001

In today's environmental engineering practice, many technologies such as GIS have been adopted to analyze chemical and biological process in water bodies and pollutants movements on the land surface. However, the linkage between spatially represented land surface pollutants and the in-stream processes has been relatively weak. This lack of continuity needs to develop a method in order to link the spatially-based pollutant source characterization with the water quality modeling. The objective of this thesis was to develop a two-way(forward and backward) link between ArcView GIS software and the USEPA water quality model, WASP5. This thesis includes a literature review, the determination of the point source and non-point source loadings from WASP5 modeling, and the linkage of a GIS with WASP5 model. The GIS and model linkage includes pre-processing of the input data within a GIS to provide necessary information for running a model in the forms of external input files. The model results has been post-processed and stored in the GIS database to be reviewed in a user defined form such as a chart, or a table. The interface developed from this study would provide efficient environment to support the easier decision making form water quality management.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.67-76
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• 2009

The contribution of pollutant loadings from non-point source (NPS) to the four major rivers in Korea exceeded 22~37 % of the total loadings in 2004 and is expected to reach 60 % in 2020. Most of NPS loadings are coming from urban areas, especially from paved areas. Because of high imperviousness rate, many types of NPS pollutant are accumulating on the surface during dry periods. The accumulated pollutants are wash-off during a storm and highly degrading the water quality of receiving water bodies. For this reason, the Korean Ministry of Environment (MOE) developed the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program to protect the water quality by managing the point source and NPS loadings. NPS has high uncertainties during a storm because of the characteristics of rainfall and watershed areas. The rainfall characteristics can affect on event mean concentrations (EMCs), mass loadings, flow rate, etc. Therefore, this research was performed to determine EMCs for rainfall ranges from transportation landuses such as road and parking lot. Two sites were monitored over 45 storm events during the 2006/06 through 2008/10 storm seasons. Mean TSS EMCs decrease as rainfall ranges increase and highest at less than 10mm rainfall. The results of this study can be used to determine the efficient scale of BMP facility considering specific rainfall range.