• Advances in nano research
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.11-26
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• 2024

In this study, free vibration analysis of FG porous spherical cap reinforced by graphene platelets resting on Winkler-type elastic foundation has been surveyed for the first time. Three different types of porosity patterns are considered for the spherical cap whose two types of porosity patterns in the metal matrix are symmetric and the other one is uniform. Besides, five GPL patterns are assumed for dispersing of GPLs in the metal matrix. Tsai-Halpin and extended rule of the mixture are used to determine the Young modulus and mass density of the shell, respectively. Employing 3D FEM elasticity in conjunction with Hamilton's Principle, the governing motion equations of the structure are obtained and solved. The impact of various parameters including porosity coefficient, various porosity distributions in conjunction with different GPL patterns, the weight fraction of graphene Nano fillers, polar angles and stiffness coefficient of elastic foundation on natural frequencies of FG porous spherical cap reinforced by GPLs have been reported for the first time.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.101.2-101.2
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• 2011

We have developed solar and space weather monitoring system for space weather users since 2007 as a project named 'Construction of Korea Space Weather Prediction Center'. In this presentation we will introduce space weather monitoring system for Geostationary Satellites and Polar Routes. These were developed for satisfying demands of space weather user groups. 'Space Weather Monitoring System for Geostationary Satellites' displays integrated space weather information on geostationary orbit such as magnetopause location, nowcast and forecast of space weather, cosmic ray count rate, number of meteors and x-ray solar flux. This system is developed for space weather customers who are managing satellite systems or using satellite information. In addition, this system provides space weather warning by SMS in which short message is delivered to users' cell phones when space weather parameters reach a critical value. 'Space Weather Monitoring System for Polar Routes' was developed for the commercial airline companies operating polar routes. This provides D-region and polar cap absorption map, aurora and radiation particle distribution, nowcast and forecast of space weather, proton flux, Kp index and so on.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.203-215
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• 2021

The auroral observation has been started at Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Antarctica by using a visible All-sky camera (v-ASC) in 2018 to routinely monitor the aurora in association with the simultaneous observations of the ionosphere, thermosphere and magnetosphere at the station. In this article, the auroral observations are introduced with the analysis procedure to recognize the aurora from the v-ASC image data and to compute the auroral occurrences and the initial results on their spatial and temporal distributions are presented. The auroral occurrences are mostly confined to the northern horizon in the evening sector and extend to the zenith from the northwest to cover almost the entire sky disk over JBS at around 08 MLT (magnetic local time; 03 LT) and then retract to the northeast in the morning sector. At near the magnetic local noon, the occurrences are horizontally distributed in the northern sky disk, which shows the auroral occurrences in the cusp region. The results of the auroral occurrences indicate that JBS is located most of the time in the polar cap near the poleward boundary of the auroral oval in the nightside and approaches closer to the oval in the morning sector. At around 08 MLT (03 LT), JBS is located within the auroral oval and then moves away from it, finally being located in the cusp region at the magnetic local noon, which indicates that the location of JBS turns out to be ideal to investigate the variabilities of the poleward boundary of the auroral oval from long-term observations of the auroral occurrences. The future plan for the ground auroral observations near JBS is presented.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.305-311
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• 2016

The spatial size and variation of Arctic sea ice play an important role in Earth's climate system. These are affected by conditions in the polar atmosphere and Arctic sea temperatures. The Arctic sea ice concentration is calculated from brightness temperature data derived from the Defense Meteorological Satellite program (DMSP) F13 Special Sensor Microwave/Imagers (SSMI) and the DMSP F17 Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) sensors. Many previous studies point to significant reductions in sea ice and their causes. We investigated the variability of Arctic sea ice using the daily sea ice concentration data from passive microwave observations to identify the sea ice melting regions near the Arctic polar ice cap. We discovered the abnormal melting of the Arctic sea ice near the North Pole during the summer and the winter. This phenomenon is hard to explain only surface air temperature or solar heating as suggested by recent studies. We propose a hypothesis explaining this phenomenon. The heat from the deep sea in Arctic Ocean ridges and/or the hydrothermal vents might be contributing to the melting of Arctic sea ice. This hypothesis could be verified by the observation of warm water column structure below the melting or thinning arctic sea ice through the project such as Coriolis dataset for reanalysis (CORA).

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.143-156
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• 2020

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) installed an ionospheric sounding radar system called Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar (VIPIR) at Jang Bogo Station (JBS) in 2015 in order to routinely monitor the state of the ionosphere in the auroral oval and polar cap regions. Since 2017, after two-year test operation, it has been continuously operated to produce various ionospheric parameters. In this article, we will introduce the characteristics of the JBS-VIPIR observations and possible applications of the data for the study on the polar ionosphere. The JBS-VIPIR utilizes a log periodic transmit antenna that transmits 0.5-25 MHz radio waves, and a receiving array of 8 dipole antennas. It is operated in the Dynasonde B-mode pulse scheme and utilizes the 3-D inversion program, called NeXtYZ, for the data acquisition and processing, instead of the conventional 1-D inversion procedure as used in the most of digisonde observations. The JBS-VIPIR outputs include the height profiles of the electron density, ionospheric tilts, and ion drifts with a 2-minute temporal resolution in the bottomside ionosphere. With these observations, possible research applications will be briefly described in combination with other observations for the aurora, the neutral atmosphere and the magnetosphere simultaneously conducted at JBS.

• 천문학회보
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• 제46권1호
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• pp.58.4-59
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• 2021

This presentation introduces Korea's SNIPE (Small scale magNespheric and Ionospheric Plasma Experiment) mission, formation flying CubeSat constellation. Observing particles and waves on a single satellite suffers from inherent space-time ambiguity. To observe spatial and temporal variations of the micro-scale plasma structures on the topside ionosphere, four 6U CubeSats (~ 10 kg) will be launched into a polar orbit of the altitude of ~500 km in 2021. The distances of each satellite will be controlled from 10 km to more than 100 km by formation flying algorithm. The SNIPE mission is equipped with identical scientific instruments, solid-state telescope, magnetometer, and Langmuir probe. All the payloads have a high temporal resolution (sampling rates of about 10 Hz). Iridium modules provide an opportunity to upload changes in operational modes when geomagnetic storms occur. SNIPE's observations of the dimensions, occurrence rates, amplitudes, and spatiotemporal evolution of polar cap patches, field-aligned currents (FAC), radiation belt microbursts, and equatorial and mid-latitude plasma blobs and bubbles will determine their significance to the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere interaction and quantify their impact on space weather.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.237-247
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• 2002

We report all sky camera and Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) observations of mesospheric gravity waves and a 12-hour wave at Resolute $(75^{\circ}N)$ and a joint observation of 10-hour wave with Eureka $(80^{\circ}N)$. All sky camera observations showed a low occurrence of mesosphere gravity waves during equinoxes, which is similar to the mid-latitude region. A slightly higher occurrence near solstice appears to indicate that gravity waves are not filtered out by the neutral wind in the winter. The FPI observation of a 12-hour wave showed amplitude variations from day to day. The phase of the wave is mostly stable and consistent with the GSWM prediction in the winter. The phase shifts with season as predicted by the GSWM. Four events of the 12-hour wave were found in spring with amplitudes larger than the GSW predictions. The FPls at Resolute and Eureka also observed a wave with period close to 10 hours. The 10-hour wave maybe the result of the non-linear interaction between the semi-diurnal tide and the quasi-two day wave. Further studies are under way. Overall, the combined Resolute and Eureka observation have revealed some new fractures about the mesospheric gravity wave, tidal wave, and other oscillations.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제1권
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• pp.67-83
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• 1983

1980년(年) 한국(韓國)에서 발견(發見)된 Microsporidia S 80은 포자(胞子)의 길이가 $2.9{\pm}0.28{\mu}$ 폭(幅)이 $1.7{\pm}0.29{\mu}$으로 난원형(卵圓形)인데 그 크기가 형태(形態)로 보아 누에에 기생(寄生)하는 Microsporidia로서 지금까지 한국(韓國)이나 일본(日本)에서 알려진 것 들과는 다른 것이다. 과산화수소(過酸化水素) 원액(原液)으로 처리(處理)하였을때에 추출(抽出)된 극사(極絲)의 길이는 평균(平均) $26{\mu}$이었고 극사(極絲)의 선단(先端)에서 둥근 모양의 sporoplasm이 돌출(突出)되어 있는 것이 관찰(觀察)되었다. 한편 포자(胞子)는 Giemsa, Safranin-O, Gram 등(等)의 염색(染色)에서 부분적(部分的)으로 염색(染色)되는 특징(特徵)이 나타났으며, 전자현미경(電子顯微鏡)으로 관찰(觀察)한 포자(胞子)의 미세구조(微細構造)는 제일 바깥 부분(部分)이 전자밀도(電子密度)가 높고 요철(凹凸)이 있는 얇은 exospore로 둘러싸여 있고 그 안쪽에는 투명(透明)하고 두꺼운 endospore가 있는데 endospor는 포자(胞子)의 정단부(頂端部)가 다른 부위(部位)보다 상당히 얇은데 이곳으로 극사(極絲)가 추출(抽出)되는 것으로 생각된다. endospore와 cytoplasm과의 경계부(境界部)에는 세포질(細胞質)을 싸고 있는 한층(層)의 한계막(限界膜)인 inner limitting layer가 있다. 세포질(細胞質)의 전단부(前端部)에는 polar cap이 있고 그 밑에는 lamellar 구조(構造)의 발달(發達)된 polaroplast가 있으며 polaroplast의 후부(後部)는 vesiculate part로 되어 있는 것으로 보인다. polar filament는 anchoring disc인 polar cap에서 곧게 뻗어 나아가다가 포자(胞子)의 내벽(內壁)을 따라 돌면서 용수철 처럼 말려 있는데 polar filament의 coiled part 중앙(中央)에 2중막(重膜)에 싸여진 전자밀도(電子密度)가 높은 후형질(厚形質)로된 2핵(核)이 인접(隣接)하여 있으며 포자(胞子)의 부단부(部端部)에는 posterior vacuole이 있을 것이다. 이러한 포자(胞子)의 크기와 형태(形態) 및 미세구조(微細構造)로 보아 Microsporidia인 것을 확인(確認)할 수 있으며 분류학(分類學) 상(上)의 위치(位置)는 Microsporea 강(綱), Microsporidia 일(日)에 소속(所屬)시킬 수 있고 아목(亞目) 및 속(屬)을 규명(糾明)하기 위(爲)해서는 그 생활사(生活史)가 밝혀져야 한다. Mcrosporidia S80을 2령(齡) 기잠(起蠶)에 경구접종(經口接種)한 경우(境遇)의 LD50은 $7.1{\times}10^7/ml$로서 $1.2{\times}10^7/ml$인 Nosema bombycis와 비교(比較)할때 병원성(病原性)이 낮은 것으로 나타났으나 그 발생지역(發生地域)이 경기도(京畿道)를 중심(中心)으로 인접지역(隣接地域)인 강원(江原), 충북(忠北) 충남(忠南) 및 전남(全南)에서도 발생(發生)되고 있는 점(點)과 4령기(齡期) 접종시(接種時) 전견중(全繭重)과 견층중(繭層重)에 나쁜 영향(影響)을 미칠뿐 아니라 화아비율(化蛾比率)이 낮고, 감염(感染)된 모아(母蛾)는 물론 감염(感染)된 웅아(雄蛾)와 교미(交尾)한 모아(母蛾)에서도 산란불능아(産卵不能蛾)가 발생(發生)하거나 산란수(産卵數)가 건전구(健全區)에 비(比)하여 떨어지는 동시(同時)에 부수정란(不受精卵) 비율(比率)도 높은 것으로 볼 때 사견양잠(絲繭養蠶)은 물론 종견양잠(種繭養蠶)에 있어서도 피해(被害)를 입고 있을 것으로 본다. 감염모아(感染母蛾) 21마리에서 얻은 차대잠(次代蠶)의 검사결과(檢査結果) 경란전달(徑卵傳達)은 되지 않는 것으로 나타났으나 혹시 경란전달(徑卵傳達)이 된다고 해도 그 빈도(頻度)는 매우 낮을 것이며 1/21 미만(未滿)일 것으로 생각된다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.77-84
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• 2020

We performed high-resolution three-dimensional global magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations to study the interaction between the Earth's magnetosphere and a prolonged steady southward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) (Bz = -2nT) and slow solar wind. The simulation results show that dayside magnetic reconnection continuously occurs at the subsolar region where the magnetosheath magnetic field is antiparallel to the geomagnetic field. The plasmoid developed on closed plasma sheet field lines. We found that the vortex was generated at the magnetic equator such as (X, Y) = (7.6, 8.9) R_E due to the viscous-like interaction, which was strengthened by dayside reconnection. The magnetic field and plasma properties clearly showed quasiperiodic variations with a period of 8-10 min across the vortex. Additionally, double twin parallel vorticity in the polar region was clearly seen. The peak value of the cross-polar cap potential fluctuated between 17 and 20 kV during the tail reconnection.

• Current Applied Physics
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1507-1512
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• 2018

The development of an organic-based aqueous redox flow battery (RFB) using quinone as an electroactive material has attracted great attention recently. This is because this battery is inexpensive, produces high energy density, and is environment friendly in stationary electrical energy storage applications. Herein, we investigate the redox potentials and solubilities of indole-5,6-quinone and indole-4,7-quinone derivatives in terms of the substituent effects of functional groups using theoretical calculations. Our results indicate that full-site substituted derivatives of indolequinone are more useful as active materials compared to single-site substituted derivatives. In particular, our calculations reveal that the substitution of $-PO_3H_2$ and $-SO_3H$ functional groups with multiple polar bonds is very effective in increasing the activity of the aqueous RFB. As a strategy to overcome the limitation that the aqueous solubility is intrinsically low because they are organic molecules, we suggest the substitution of functional groups with multiple polar bonds to the backbones of active organic materials. Among 180 indolequinone derivatives, 17 candidates that meet the redox potential standards ($${\leq_-}0.2V$$ or $${\geq_-}0.9V$$) and eight candidates with solubility exceeding 2 mol/L are identified. Three indolequinone derivatives that satisfy both conditions are finally presented as promising electroactive candidates for an aqueous RFB.