• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 1991

Yellow sands often occur in Korea during April and May each year, and they are believed to come from the Mongolian Gobi desert as the snow starts to melt in Spring time. Since the analysis of aerosol particulates can hardly distinguish the origin of particulates, the isentropic analysis of meteorological data is often used for the trajectories of the long range transport of yellows sand or air pollutants. The yellow sand case of April 9 $\sim$ 15, 1988, in Korea is analyzed for the identification of long range transport of yellow sands and their trajectories in East Asia, using isentropic analyses. We have tranformed the ECMWF grid data, analyzed in pressure coordinates, into the isentropic coordinates and then have traced the 286 K and 290 K air mass which started Gobi desert. The result shows the transport of yellow sands from the Gobi desert to the Korean peninsula.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제42권6호
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• pp.787-792
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• 2022

겨울철 제설염의 사용은 콘크리트의 미세조직을 손상시기게 되고 이는 내구성을 감소시켜 콘크리트의 수명 단축으로 이어진다. 이러한 단점을 개선하기 위해 상변화물질(Phase Change Material, PCM)의 잠열을 콘크리트에 적용함으로써 손상을 완화하고 제설염의 수요를 감소시킬 수 있는 융설 PCM 함침 경량골재(Phase Change Material Impregnated Light Weight Aggregate, PCM-LWA) 콘크리트를 개발하고자 한다. 콘크리트를 제작할 때, PCM을 함침하고 캡슐화한 팽창점토(Expanded Clay)는 일반골재의 50 %를 대체하여 사용되었으며, 열적 성능을 향상시키기 위해 사용된 다중벽 탄소나노튜브(Multi-walled Carbon Nano Tube, MWCNT)는 바인더 중량 대비 0.10 %, 0.15 % 및 0.20 %의 비율로 첨가되었다. PCM-LWA를 적용한 시편들의 압축강도 시험 결과 약 54 %의 강도 감소를 보였지만 MWCNT의 첨가를 통하여 PCM-LWA 콘크리트의 열적 성능을 크게 향상시켰다. 열 사이클링 시험에서 모든 시편은 15℃ ~ -5℃의 온도에서 시험하였다. 주변 온도가 0℃ 미만으로 내려갈 때, 다른 시편들의 내부 온도는 0℃ 미만으로 내려가거나 조금 웃도는 경향을 보였지만, CNT를 0.10 % 첨가한 시편의 내부 온도는 2℃로 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 0.15CNT와 0.20CNT의 경우 CNT의 함유로 인하여 과냉각이 발생하였고 열효율이 떨어지게 되어 시편 내부의 온도가 0℃ 이하로 떨어지는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 융설 시험에서 열 사이클링 시험의 결과와 유사하게 50PCM-LWA와 0.10CNT는 얼음을 녹이는 데에 가장 뛰어난 성능을 보였지만 시간이 흐름에 따라 열전도율이 높은 0.10CNT 시편이 가장 우수한 성능을 보였다.

• Agribusiness and Information Management
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.13-23
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• 2012

Understanding climate change is not only complex but also extensive. Humanity has never embarked on such a huge challenge of trans-national scope: a problem that began in the past continues now and will be continuing for a long time in the future. Nepalese have also significantly felt the impact of global climate change. The scenarios of climate change indicate that the increased temperatures will cause snow-melt which will result in floods, droughts, and uneven weather patterns. The impact of such unexpected climate hazards and weather patterns have already been felt and will continue to be felt in Nepal. These climate change-induced hazards and risks particularly threaten the agriculture sector, which results in food insecurity and makes poor and vulnerable people face increasingly unanticipated impacts to their lives and wellbeing. This paper explores the climate vulnerability of the Nepalese in terms of their physical, social, economic and primarily agricultural losses due to the increasing impact of climate change. The paper argues the need for a timely adaptation of measures to maintain an environment suitable for agriculture and for the well-being of the population residing in the area.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.123-134
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• 2002

Seasonal variations of settling particles and metal fluxes were monitored at a nearshore site of Marian Cove, King Geroge Island, Antarctica from 28th February 1998 to 22nd January 2000. Near-bottom sediment traps were deployed at 30m water depth of the cove, and sampling bottles were recovered every month by SCUBA divers. Total particulate flux and metal concentrations were determined from the samples. Total particulate flux showed a distinct seasonality, high in austral summer and low in austral winter: the highest flux $(21.97g\;m^{-2}d^{-1})$ was found in February of 1999, and the lowest $(2.47g\;m^{-2}d^{-1})$ in September of 1998, when sea surface was frozen completely. Lithogenic particle flux accounted for 90% of the total flux, and showed a significantly negative correlation with the thickness of snow accumulation around the study site. It was suggested that the most of the lithogenic particles trapped in the bottles was transported by melt water stream from the surrounding land. Fluxes of Al, Fe, Ti, Mn, Zn, Cii, Co, Ni, Cr, Cd, and Pb showed similar seasonal variations with the total flux, and their averaged fluxes were 34000, 9000,960, 180, 13.8, 17.6, 3.0,2.1, 5.4, 0.02, and $1.5nmol\;m^{-2}d^{-1}$ respectively. Among the metals, Cu and Cd showed the most noticeable seasonal patterns. The Cd flux correlated positively with the fluxes of biogenic components while the Cu flux correlated with both the lithogenic and biogenic particle fluxes. The Cu flux peak in the late summer is likely related to a substantial amount of inflow of ice melt water laden with Cu-enriched lithogenic particles. On the other hands, the Cd flux peak in the early spring may be associated with the unusually early occurred phytoplankton bloom.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.88-93
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• 2010

To confirm and quantify asbestos fibers released from the asbestos-cement slate roofs due to weathering, three houses, selected based on the year of built - 60's, 70, and 80's, were investigated. All of them were located in the downtown of Seoul. Rain or snow-melt water was collected from the roof in a 3.5 liter plastic bottle. A known amount of collected water was filtered on the 37 mm membrane filter, ashed in a muffle furnace, and subsequently treated with HCl to remove organic material. The treated remaining was refiltered on a 25mm membrane filter for PLM and PCM analyses. The NIOSH 7400 method was utilized for PCM counting. In addition, SEM/EDX was used to confirm the asbestos types. The results of this study showed that chrysotile fibers were confirmed by PLM in all samples analyzed. A significant amount of asbestos fibers were found in the water samples. The ranges of asbestos fibers counted from the samples collected in the 60's, 70's, and 80's were; 10,406.3~55,575.6 f/L, 5,218.8~38,126.2 f/L, and 2,906.3~7,798.6 f/L, respectively. As anticipated, concentrations of asbestos fibers increased with time of installment of the roofing material. We conclude that weathering can be a significant factor on the release of asbestos fibers from the asbestos cement products. Since asbestos fibers released into environment can be a source of significant health hazard, countermeasures, such as replacement, removal, and encapsulation of weathered asbestos slate, should be initiated immediately.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.267-276
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• 2012

Terminal lakes are widely distributed in the arid and semi-arid Gobi of Mongolia, and serves as important water resource for local people and livestock. However, such lakes are subject to great fluctuations in its size depending on climatic conditions and human water utilization. The Orog Lake is one such example that has shown remarkable fluctuation in recent years. In this study, we investigated the temporal changes of Orog Lake surface area by using 16-day MODIS 250 m NDVI products from 2000 to 2010. The results were compared with climate variability represented by monthly precipitation and temperature. Our results show that the Orog Lake gradually shrank for the period from 2000 to 2010, but with a significant range of seasonal and inter-annual variability. The lake area showed considerable seasonal variations, as it expanded in spring and fall, primarily due to snow melt and summer precipitation, respectively. Extreme drought period from 2000 to 2002 triggered the substantial reduction in lake area, leading to dry-up in year 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009. After dry-up once occurred in 2005, the lake repeated reappearance and disappearance depending on seasonal and annual precipitation. Our findings implicate that the ground water fluctuated around the lake bottom level since 2005. This suggests the highly vulnerable nature of Orog lake, which greatly depends on future precipitation change.

• 지질공학
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2008

금강유역의 관측소로부터 수집된 강우자료와 지하수위자료를 분석하고 두 자료를 비교 분석하였다. 그리고 강우사상이 지하수위에 미치는 영향분석을 추계학적 기법인 이동평균법을 사용하여 지하수위와 강우이동평균값의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 지하수위는 강우의 계절적 분포를 대체로 따르며 대체로 12월 초부터 4월 말까지 낮은 지하수위를 형성한다. 7월과 8월의 풍수기에는 상대적으로 높은 지하수위를 형성한다. 선행강우를 고려하기 위한 강우이동평균값과 지하수위의 상관관계는 자료의 길이가 최소 2년 이상인 지하수위 관측소를 먼저 선정하였다. 강우와 지하수위 관측소 pair를 선정함에 있어 강우의 비균질한 분포를 고려해서 지하수위 관측소보다 상류에 인접한 강우관측소를 선정하여 두 자료를 분석하였다. 금강유역의 여러 관측소 자료를 분석한 결과 이동평균기간이 10일에서 150일 범위의 값을 가질 때 최대상관계수를 가졌다. 상관계수값은 자료의 질이나 결측기간 또는 융설이나 다른 요인에 의해 넓은 범위의 값을 가지는데 금강유역의 경우 최대 0.8886의 값을 가진다.

• 한국표면공학회지
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2008

High strength 7xxx aluminum alloys have been applied to automotive bump back beam of the some limited model for light weight vehicle. The aluminum bump back beam is manufactured through extrusion, bending and welding. The residual stress given on these processes combines with the corrosive atmosphere on the road spreaded with corrosive chemicals to melt snow to occur the stress corrosion cracking. The composition of commercial 7xxx aluminum has Zn/Mg ratio about 3 and Cu over 2 wt% for better strength and stress corrosion cracking resistivity. But this composition isn't adequate for appling to the automotive bump back beam with high resistance to extrusion and bad weldability. In this study the composition of 7xxx aluminum alloy was modified to high Zn/Mg ratio and low Cu content for better extrusion and weldability. To estimate the resistivity against stress corrosion cracking of this aluminum alloy by slow strain rate test, the corrosion atmosphere and strain rate separate the stress corrosion cracking from conventional corrosion must be investigated. Using 0.6 Mol NaCl solution on slow strain rate test the stress corrosion cracking induced fracture was not observed. By adding 0.3% $H_2O_2$ and 0.6M $Na_2SO_4$ to 1M NaCl solution, the corrosion potential and current density of polarization curve moved to active potential and larger current density, and on the slow strain rate test the fracture energy in solution was lower than that in pre-exposure. These mean the stress corrosion cracking induced fracture can be estimated in this 1M NaCl + 0.3% $H_2O_2$ + 0.6M $Na_2SO_4$ solution. When the strain rate was below $2{\times}10^{-6}$, the stress corrosion cracking induced fracture start to be observed.

• 한국농림기상학회지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.143-150
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• 2009

겨울철 도로의 안전을 위해서 사용되고 있는 제설제가 가로변의 식생에 축적이 되면 식물에 피해를 가져올 수 있는데, 특히 이른 봄의 제설제 사용은 식물이 다량의 수분을 요구하게 되는 개엽 시기와 맞물리게 되면서 그 피해가 가속화 될 수 있다. 우리나라에서 주로 사용하고 있는 제설제인 $CaCl_2$ 으로 산딸나무(C.kousa) 3년생 유묘를 대상으로 개엽 전 대조구를 포함해 각 처리구당 3본씩 선정하여 배치하고 각각 $CaCl_2$ 0.5%, 1.0%, 3.0% 를 2회 근권부에 처리하였다. 먼저, 가시적 피해 현상으로 잎눈에서 개엽이 어려워지며, 잎의 전개 후에도 시들음 현상과 잎끝마름 현상 등이 나타났다. $CaCl_2$ 의 농도가 높아짐에 따라 산딸나무의 피해가 가중되었는데, $CaCl_2$ 처리에 따른 생리적 반응은 총엽록소함량, 엽록소 a:b, 광합성속도, 양자수율, 기공전도도, $F_V/F_M$, NPQ의 감소를 가져왔다. 반면 광보상점과 암호흡속도의 증가를 나타냈다. 기공의 닫힘으로 인한 엽육내 $CO_2$ 농도 저하와 이로 인한 광합성속도의 감소가 1차적으로 일어나고 이후 물질대사량의 감소, 광화학계의 피해가 동반되는 것을 알 수 있었다. 모든 $CaCl_2$ 처리농도에서 산딸나무의 생리적 활동이 급격히 저하되는 경향으로 볼 때 $CaCl_2$ 에 민감한 수종으로 판단된다.

• 아시안잔디학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.279-286
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• 2009

빌딩에서 발생하는 폐열을 활용할 목적으로 동절기 옥상정원에서 푸른 잔디를 유지하기 위한 잔디생육시험을 실시하였다. 옥상정원 지반에 Heating system을 설치하여 시기별 잔디생육상태를 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 겨울철 옥상녹화 지반을 heating처리한 결과, 무처리구에 비해 잔디품질 및 피복률이 우수하였으며, 잔디의 뿌리길이, 잔디밀도가 모두 상승하였다. 표면온도를 비교한 결과, heating지반의 온도는 평균 $10.9^{\circ}C$로 $0^{\circ}C$를 유지하였던 무처리 지반에 비해 월등히 높았으나, 수분함량은 평균 1.9% 낮아진 것은 $10.9^{\circ}C$로 유지된 지온으로 인해 수분증발이 계속 이루지는 것으로 사료되었다. 적설량이 15cm 이상 쌓인 상황에서, 히팅 시스템이 설치된 잔디밭에서는 4일만 눈이 완전히 녹았으나 대조구에서는 적설량의 변화가 거의 없었다. Heating system의 보일러 수온을 $55^{\circ}C$에서 $60^{\circ}C$로 높이자, 잔디는 건조 스트레스를 받아 잎끝이 마르는 증상이 나타났다. 앞으로 옥상정원에서의 잔디 재배과 관계된 세부적인 생리적 스트레스에 관한 연구가 필요하다고 판단된다.