• Advances in environmental research
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.251-273
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• 2020

Soil degradation has become a major worldwide environmental problem, particularly in arid and semi-arid climate zones due to irregular rainfall and the intensity of storms that frequently generate heavy flooding. The main objective of this study is the use of geographic information system and remote sensing techniques to quantify and to map the soil losses in the Wadi Saida watershed (624 ㎢) through the revised universal soil loss equation model and a proposed model based on the surface erosive runoff. The results Analysis revealed that the Wadi Saida watershed showed moderate to moderately high soil loss, between 0 and 1000 t/㎢/year. In the northern part of the basin in the region of Sidi Boubkeur and the mountains of Daia; which are characterized by steep slopes, values can reach up to 3000 t/㎢/year. The two models in comparison showed a good correlation with R = 0.95 and RMSE = 0.43; the use of the erosive surface runoff parameter is effective to estimate the rate of soil loss in the watersheds. The problem of soil erosion requires serious interventions, particularly in basins with disturbances and aggressive climatic parameters. Good agricultural practices and forest preservation areas play an important role in soil conservation.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제60권2호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2018

Universal soil loss equation (USLE) had been employed to estimate potential soil loss since it was developed from the statewide data measured and collected in the United States. The equation had an origin in average annual soil loss estimation though, it was modified or improved to provide better opportunities of soil loss estimation outside the United States. The equation has five factors, most studies modifying them to adapt regional status were focused on rainfall erosivity factor and cover management factor. While the conservation practice factor (USLE P factor) is to represent distinct features in agricultural fields, it is challenging to find studies regarding the factor improvements. Moreover, the factor is typically defined using slopes. The factor defining approach was suggested in the study, the approach is a step-by-step method allowing USLE P factor definition with given condition. The minimum condition is slope and field location to provide an opportunity for using in any GIS software and to reflect regionally distinct features. If watershed location, slope, crop type, and mulching type on furrows are given, detailed definition of the factors are possible. The approach was developed from field survey in South-Korea, it is expected to be used for potential soil loss using USLE in South-Korea.

• 한국습지학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.317-328
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 범용토양유실예측공식을 활용하여 모형의 적정성을 분석하고, 그 자료를 축적하는데 있다. 봉동 수위관측소의 유역면적은 $342.27km^2$이며, 유역에서의 유사유출량을 모의하고 이를 실측치와의 비교 분석하였다. 또한 토양침식량 산정에 있어 가장 큰 영향을 미치는 강우침식인자를 산정하기 위해 연도별 강우사상을 활용하였고, 연평균토양침식량 산정을 위해 공간적인 분포를 나타낼 수 있는 격자기반의 토양침식도를 생성하여 산정하였다. 토양침식도($30m{\times}30m$)는 강우침식인자(R), 지형인자(LS), 토양침식인자(K), 식생피복인자(C), 침식조절인자(P)를 ArcView Map Calculator에서 각각의 인자들을 곱하여 생성하였다. 그 결과 대부분의 유역에서 토양침식이 이루어지지 않음을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.36-43
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• 2007

This study was carried out to know how erosion control function of forests varies as forests develop in watersheds. The erosion control function among the forest welfare functions can be estimated by comparing sediment yield in stocked with non-stocked area. Sediment yield of reservoirs in stocked area were collected from farmland improvement associations. The sediment yields in non-stocked area were using USLE (Universal Soil Loss Equation) in the same reservoirs. Forests' erosion control function estimated by differences of the sediment yield between stocked and non-stocked area was static model because of no consideration on forest aging. Dynamic model was developed to consider a forest stand age. The model comprises the relationship between average forest age in watershed and sediment yield. The amount of sediment yield was different depending mother rocks. It decreased exponentially according to the forest's grow up. In case of igneous rock, the volume of sediment yield $Y_{ig}=1.4431e\;^{0.023x}$(x=average forest age), metamorphic rock $Y_{me}=4.7115e\;^{0.0694x}$, and sedimentary rock $Y_{se}=1.2808e\;^{0.028x}$.

• Spatial Information Research
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.241-249
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• 2003

본 연구의 목적은 GIS 분석기법에 의해 북한의 경제활동에 최적인 산업입지 지역을 분석하기 위한 기초 자료를 제공하는데 있다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 먼저 남포지역이 사례지역으로 선정되었다. 이는 환경적 요인과 사회문화적 요소에 의해 최적의 입지지역을 구분하기 위함이다. 두 번째로 자연환경 요소인 토지이용 상태와 지형요소가 분석되었다. 토지피복도와 식생지수 분포도가 작성되었고, 고도와 경사도 등을 분석하기 위해 수치고도모형이 작성되었다. 재해영향평가의 수단인 USLE는 산업단지 개발사업 도중의 환경변화를 최소화하는 방안으로 제안되어 본 연구에 적용되었다. 본 연구에서는 GIS와 USLE의 분석에 의해 환경변화를 최소화하는 최적의 산업입지지역 선정 방안을 제안하였다.

• 농촌계획
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.9-19
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to analyze the potential soil loss and hazard zone by the Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation(RUSLE) for preservation and management of land resources which is the base of ecosystem, and to grasp the relationship between RUSLE factors in the Nakdong River Basin. All thematic maps used in RUSLE are constructed through GIS and spatial analysis method derived from digital topographic maps, detailed soil maps, land-cover maps, and mean annual precipitation of 30 years collected respectively from National Geographic Information Institute, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, and Ministry of Environment. The slope length of LS-factor that takes much times by the study area's wideness was calculated automatically through AML(Arc Macro Language) program developed by Van Remortel et al.(2001, 2003). The results are as follows; First, according to the soil loss estimation by the RUSLE, it shows that approximately 82% of the study area have relatively lower possibility of soil loss which is the 1 ton/ha in annual soil loss. While, 9.4% ($2,228km^2$) needed intensive and continuous management for soil loss. Because the amount of their annual soil loss was greater than 10 ton/ha that is optimum level suggested by Morgan(1995). For these areas, the author believe that a new approach which can minimize environmental impacts from soil loss through improvement of cultivation process and buffer forest zone should be applied. Second, according to the relationship between the RUSLE factors, topographical(LS-factor) and cover management(C-factor) conditions have a lot of influence on soil loss in case of the Nakdong River Basin. However, because of RUSLE factor's influence that affect to soil loss might be different based on the variety of spatial hierarchy and extent, it is necessary to analyze and evaluate factor's relationship in terms of spatial hierarchy and extent through field observations and further studies.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.131-135
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• 2007

우리나라 밭토양은 70% 이상이 경사지에 위치하고 있기 때문에 침식에 의한 토양유실이 매우 심각한 실정이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 토성 간 강우량 및 강우강도에 따른 토양유실량과 유출수량을 비교함으로써 토성 및 강우형태에 따른 물흐름 양상을 파악하고, RUSLE (Revised universal soil loss equation)에서 수관피복인자(Canopy cover subfactor)를 산출하여 토양유실을 방지하는데 이용하고자 하였다. 시험은 2005년 5월부터 10월까지 고추, 배추, 감자, 콩이 식재되고 15%의 경사도를 가진 라이시미터에서 실시되었고 강 우량과 강우강도, 토양 유실량과 유출수량, 강우량과 토성에 따라 유출량과의 관계를 보았다. 강우량에 따른 유출수량은 모두 강우량이 증가함에 따라 증가하는 정의 관계를 보였으나 토성에 따라 강우량이 증가함에 따른 유출수의 상대적인 증가비율은 다소 다른 경향을 나타내었다. 고추가 식재된 상태에서 토성별 강우량 단위 증가에 따른 유출수의 증가비율은 양토에서 0.44로 가장 높았고 식양토, 사양토는 0.41 mm, 0.13 mm 이었다. 유출발생 최소강우량도 사양토가 23.53 mm로 가장 높았으며 양토는 10.35 mm, 식양토는 5.46 mm 순으로 나타내었다. 고추의 수관피복인자는 사양토에서 0.425, 양토는 0.459, 식양토는 0.478를 나타내었다. 본 연구 결과 산출된 토성별 강우량에 따른 유출수량과 수관피복인자는 토양 유실량을 평가하여 저감 대책을 마련하는데 도움이 되리라 판단된다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.23-33
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• 1986

The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) has been applied to the microcomputer based Geographic Information System (GIS) data planes to model a soil erosion map for a county. The conventional method applied by US Soil conservation Service (SCS) has been tedious and time consuming process on a mainframe computer which yields a multisectioned, hard to interprete, line printer map of the each county's soil loss. The new approach proved to be an economical and efficient tool for the natural resource managers in their decision malting in land conservation practice. They can simulate the variety of conservation practices and assess the cost and benefit without physically implementing the conservation measures.7he new approach also can produce all the other graphical and statistical reports.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제48권6호
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• pp.101-112
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• 2006

A Geographic Information System (GIS) was developed to estimate basin-wide soil losses using the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE). It was applied to estimate the annual average soil losses from the Saemangeum watershed. The USLE factors for each subarea of uniform land use and treatments were estimated from the GIS routines from digital topographic maps, land cover and detailed soil maps. A routine was developed to estimate the averaged cropping management factors (C) of USLE for multi-cropping farmlands, based on cropping system records from the district offices. The resulting C factors ranged from 0.28 to 0.35 for multi-cropping areas. The estimated annual average soil loss was approximately 2.9 million tonnes. Typical soil losses from different land uses were 0.8 t/ha at paddies, 33.7 t/ha at uplands and 1.1 t/ha from forested mountains. It was also found that 6.0% of the arable land of the watershed possessed high risks of soil losses, and conservation measures were needed to reduce soil losses.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제59권5호
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• pp.109-126
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• 2017

Universal soil loss equation (USLE) is used to estimate soil loss solely or employed in any hydrologic models. Since soil erosion has been an issue in South Korea for decades, the Ministry of Environment enacted a law to regulate soil erosion in 2012, which is the Notification of topsoil erosion status. The notification is composed of preliminary and field investigations, the preliminary investigation suggests to use USLE and provides USLE factors. However, the USLE factors provided in the notification was prepared at least 10 years ago, therefore it is limited to reflect recent climate changes. Moreover the current yearly USLE approach does not provide an opportunity to consider seasonal variation of soil erosion in South Korea. A GIS-based model was therefore applied to evaluate the yearly USLE approach in the notification. The GIS-based model employs USLE to estimate soil loss, providing an opportunity to estimate monthly soil loss with monthly USLE factor databases. Soil loss was compared in five watersheds, which were Geumgang, Hangang, Nakdonggang, Seomjingang, and Yeongsangang watersheds. The minimum difference was found at Seomjingang watershed, the yearly potential soil loss were 40.15 Mg/ha/yr by the notification approach and 34.42 Mg/ha/yr by the GIS-based model using monthly approach. And, the maximum difference was found at Nakdonggang watershed, the yearly potential soil loss were 27.01 Mg/ha/yr by the notification approach and 10.67 Mg/ha/yr by the GIS-based model using monthly approach. As a part of the study result, it was found that the potential soil loss can be overestimated in the notification approach.