• Korean Journal of Pharmacognosy
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.99-118
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• 1971

The flora of Mt. Du Ryun were investigated by the authors from November 3, 1955 to July 21, 1970. 1) Mt. Du Ryun is located at Heanam-Gun, Junla-Nam Do, Korea (between longitude $126^{\circ}\;35'\;E$ and $126^{\circ}40'{\;}E$, and between $34^{\circ}25'$ N.L. and $34^{\circ}30'$ N.L. on the latitude.). Average temperature is $14.1^{\circ}C$, and precipitation per annum 1,488.7mm. 2) On the whole, the observed floral region consisted of 5 formas, 56 varieties, 770 species, 440 genera, 159 families, in 86 orders. 3) The medicinal plants in the area include 321 species, 242 genera and 120 families. 4) The region includes 2 formas, 7 varieties, 30 species in 24 families of evergreen trees. It was pointed out that this area is a typical warm zone in the Korean flora.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.677-683
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• 1990

Melt-textured growth of the YBa2Cu3O7-x phase from a supercooled melt created locally aligned, barshaped grains of the orthorhombic 1-2-3 phase. Based on all the observed phenomena, the gross mechanism of the melt-textrued growth of YBa2Cu3O7-x on the (100) plane of MgO was delineated by three basic patterns of reactions. These are : (ⅰ) formation of the aligned 1-2-3 phase and the Y-rich 2-1-1 phase at the bulk region away from the (100) plane of MgO ; (ⅱ) formation of the Cu-richprecipitates at the interfacial region by the selective interface-induced precipitation of the liquid phase ; (ⅲ) condensation reaction of the entrapped Cu-rich vapor with Mg atoms during the initial stage of rapid cooling from 130$0^{\circ}C$ to 98$0^{\circ}C$.

• Atmosphere
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.345-370
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• 2009

Numerical experiments using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model were done to identify the role of the mountain ranges in the northern part of the Peninsula (referred as "the northern mountain complex"), in the occurrence of two heavy snowfall events over the Yeongdong region on 7-8 December 2002 and 20-21 January 2008. To this end, control simulations with the topography of the northern mountain complex and other simulations without the topography of the mountain complex were performed. It was revealed that the amount of snowfall over the Yeongdong region from the control simulation much more exceeded that of the simulation without the topography of the mountain complex. This increase of the snowfall amount over the Yeongdong region can be explained as follows: As the upstream flow approached the northern mountain complex, it deflected around the northern mountain complex due to the blocking effect of the mountains with a low Froude number less than ~0.16. This lead to the strengthening of northeasterly over the East Sea and over the Yeongdong region. The strong northeasterly is accompanied with much more snowfall over the Yeongdong region by intensifying air-mass modification over the sea and the orographic effect of the Taeback mountains. Thus, it was concluded that the topography of the northern mountain complex is one of the main factors in determining the distribution and amount of precipitation in the Yeongdong region when there is an expansion of the Siberian High toward the East Sea.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics T
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• v.35T no.2
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• pp.66-71
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• 1998

A compact ESP of two-stage type is widely used with positive corona discharge in working environment where the production of ozone is extreamly prohibited. Since there are few scientific reports on a compact ESP, we have investigated the fundamental characteristics of a two-stage ESP. A model two-stage ESP is made with simple structure in order to simplify theoretical analysis and the relative position of the ionizer and collector section can be changed. The experimental investigation revealed many interesting facts.: The electric field in the collector electrodes affects the corona discharge of the ionizer. The concentration of particles after collector remarkably varied in the region between the high voltage and grounded electrodes. The collection efficiency right behind the high voltage electrode is much greater than that behind the grounded one. The total collection efficiency, calculated by integrating the particle concentration in whole measuring region, is greater when the high voltage electrode of the collector is located behind the discharge electrode of ionizer. Thus, the relative position of the ionizer and collector electrodes affects the precipitation characteristics.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.34-40
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• 2015

It is reported that the intensity of rainfall will likely increase, on average, over the world on 2000. For water resources security, many studies for flow paths from rainfall or snowmelt to subsurface have been conducted. In Korea, few isotopic studies for characterizations of flow path have been undertaken. For a better understanding of how water derived from atmosphere moves to subsurface and from subsurface to stream, an analysis of precipitation and stream water using oxygen-18 and deuterium isotopes in a small watershed, Dorim-cheon, Seoul, was conducted with high resolution data. Variations of oxygen-18 in precipitation greater than 10‰ (δ¹⁸O_max = −1.21‰, δ¹⁸O_min = −11.23) were observed. Isotopic compositions of old water (groundwater) assumed as the stream water collected in advance were −8.98‰ and −61.85‰ for oxygen and hydrogen, respectively. Using a two-component mixing model, hydrograph separation of the stream water in Dorim-cheon was conducted based on weighted mean value of δ¹⁸O. As a result, except of instant dominance of rainfall, contribution of old water was dominant during the study period. On average, 71.3% of the old water and 28.7% of rainfall contributed to the stream water. The results show that even in the small watershed, which is covered with thin soil layer in granite mountain region, the stream water is considerably influenced by old water inflow rather than rainfall.

• Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.129-143
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to evaluate flooding vulnerability considering spatial characteristics focused on Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do. Assessment Factors are water cycle area ratio, surface runoff, and precipitation. And construction of assessment factors and vulnerability was analyzed by GIS program. Water cycle ratio and surface runoff were vulnerable in urban area. Precipitation was often distributed in agriculture of the northern region. Results of flooding vulnerability were low in agriculture and forest of the northern region. In contrast, urban area was high because there has covered impervious land cover. Analytical results of flooding vulnerability density using hotspot spatial cluster analysis were high in urban area. And these areas were situated in down stream so flooding were generated. Therefore, flooding vulnerability assessment of this study can help for selecting construction sites of pervious land cover and rainwater management facilities in urban and environmental planning.

• Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.189-203
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• 2002

호우는 우리나라에 매년 약 60여명의 인명과 6,000억원에 달하는 재산 손실을 가져오는 가장 파괴적인 자연 재해이다. 그러므로, 강수 행태의 변화, 특히 호우 빈도와 규모의 변화를 이해하는 것은 악기상과 관련된 재해를 최소화하는데 필요한 환경영향평가에 필수적이다. 최근 기후변화의 징후로써 뿐만 아니라 사회에 미치는 영향 때문에 강수 극값에 대한 관심이 크게 증가하고 있다. 기후변화가 사회에 영향을 미치게 될 규모는 기후변동성의 변화, 특히 기후극값의 강도와 빈도에 의해서 결정 될 것이다. 본 연구의 목적은 한반도 남부지방의 장기간의 강수강도와 극값의 변화 경향을 파악하는 것이다. 장기간의 일 강수 자료(1920-1999)를 보유하고 있는 대구, 전주, 부산, 목포의 자료를 산술 평균하여 남부지방의 지역 일 강수 계열을 구축하였다. 남부지방의 연강수일수는 뚜렷한 감소현상이 나타나는 반면 연강수량은 약한 증가현상을 보인다. 이로 인해서 강수일수당 강수량을 보여주는 강수강도는 뚜렷하게 증가하고 있다. 이 모든 경향은 통계적으로 유의한 수준의 변화이다. 계절별로는 여름의 강수량 증가와 가을의 강수일 수 감소가 가장 뚜렷하다. 또한 강수극값의 규모를 나타내는 90번째, 95번째, 99번째 백분위수의 값도 증가하는 경향을 보여주고 있다. 호우 사상의 발생빈도와 그에 의한 강수량은 증가하는 반면, 비호우 사상의 발생빈도는 감소하고, 그에 의한 강수량에는 뚜렷한 경향이 나타나지 않았다. 남부지방에 나타난 강수일수의 감소는 비호우 사상의 감소에 의한 것이었고, 강수량의 증가는 호우 사상의 발생빈도와 그에 의한 강수량 증가에 의한 것 임을 알 수 있다. 위의 결과는 한반도에서도 기후변화에 의한 수문순환의 강화를 나타나고 있음을 보여주는 것으로, 기후변화에 대응하기 위한 적절한 지역영향평가를 위해서는 강수 극값에 대한 보다 상세한 분석이 필요함을 제안하고 있다.

• Atmosphere
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.59-72
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• 2016

The comparison of prediction errors in geopotential height, temperature, and precipitation forecasts is made quantitatively to evaluate medium-range forecast skills between Global Seasonal Forecasting System version 5 (GloSea5) and Unified Model (UM) in operation by Korea Meteorological Administration during 2014. In addition, the performances in prediction of sea surface temperature anomaly in NINO3.4 region, Madden and Julian Oscillation (MJO) index, and tropical storms in western north Pacific are evaluated. The result of evaluations appears that the forecast skill of UM with lower values of root-mean square error is generally superior to GloSea5 during forecast periods (0 to 12 days). The forecast error tends to increase rapidly in GloSea5 during the first half of the forecast period, and then it shows down so that the skill difference between UM and GloSea5 becomes negligible as the forecast time increases. Precipitation forecast of GloSea5 is not as bad as expected and the skill is comparable to that of UM during 10-day forecasts. Especially, in predictions of sea surface temperature in NINO3.4 region, MJO index, and tropical storms in western Pacific, GloSea5 shows similar or better performance than UM. Throughout comparison of forecast skills for main meteorological elements and weather extremes during medium-range, the effects of initial and model errors in atmosphere-ocean coupled model are verified and it is suggested that GloSea5 is useful system for not only seasonal forecasts but also short- and medium-range forecasts.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.283-298
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• 2022

Landslides triggered by the combination of heavy precipitation and anthropological disturbance in hilly areas cause severe damage to human lives, properties, and infrastructure constructions. A comprehensive investigation of the influencing factors and failure mechanisms of landslides are significant for disaster mitigation and prevention. This paper utilized the combination of detailed geological investigation, physical experimental testing as well as numerical modelling to determine the failure mechanism, and proposed a countermeasures of the Lantian landslide occurred on 2, July 2017. The results reveal that the Lantian landslide is a catastrophic reactivated slide which occurred in an active tectonic region in Southwest China. Because of the unique geological settings, the fully to highly weathered basalts in the study area with well-developed fractures favored the rainwater infiltration, which is the beneficial to slide reactivation. Engineering excavation and heavy precipitation are the main triggering factors to activate the slide motion. Two failure stages have been identified in the landslide. The first phase involves a shallow mass collapse originated at the upper slopes, which extends from the road to platform at rear part, which is triggered by excavation in the landslide region. Subjected to the following prolonged rainfall from 19 June to 2 July, 2017, the pore water pressure of the slope continually increased, and the groundwater table successively rise, resulting in a significant decrease of soil strength which leads to successive large-scale deep slide. Thereinto, the shallow collapse played a significant role in the formation of the deep slide. Based on the formation mechanisms of the landslide, detailed engineering mitigation measures, involving slope cutting, anchor cable frame, shotcrete and anchorage, retaining wall and intercepting ditch were suggested to reduce the future failure risk of the landslide.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.591-605
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• 2010

This study were to simulate major criteria air pollutants and estimate regional source-receptor relationship using air quality prediction model (TAPM ; The Air Pollution Model) in the Seoul Metropolitan area. Source-receptor relationship was estimated by contribution of each region to other regions and region itself through dividing the Seoul metropolitan area into five regions. According to administrative boundary, region I and region II were Seoul and Incheon in order. Gyeonggi was divided into three regions by directions like southern(region III), northern(IV) and eastern(V) area. Gridded emissions ($1km{\times}1km$) by Clean Air Pollicy Support System (CAPSS) of National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) was prepared for TAPM simulation. The operational weather prediction system, Regional Data Assimilation and Prediction System (RDAPS) operated by the Korean Meteorology Administration (KMA) was used for the regional weather forecasting with 30km grid resolution. Modeling period was 5 continuous days for each season with non-precipitation. The results showed that region I was the most air-polluted area and it was 3~4 times more polluted region than other regions for $NO_2$, $SO_2$ and PM10. Contributions of $SO_2$ $NO_2$ and PM10 to region I, II and III were more than 50 percent for their own sources. However region IV and V were mostly affected by sources of region I, II and III. When emissions of all regions were assumed to reduce 10 and 20 percent separately, air pollution of each region was reduced linearly and the contributions of reduction scenario were similar to those of base case. As input emissions were reduced according to different ratio - region I 40 percent, region II and III 20 percent, region IV and V 10 percent, air pollutions of region I and III were decreased remarkably. The contributions to region I, II, III were also reduced for their own sources. However, region I, II and III affected more regions IV and V. Shortly, graded reduction of emission could be more effective to control air pollution in emission imbalanced area.