• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
• /
• v.36 no.4
• /
• pp.533-545
• /
• 2003

This study analyzed several storm events observed in the Seolma-chun basin to derive the characteristic velocity of GIUH (Geomophological Instantaneous Unit Hydrograph) as well as its variability. Especially, this study focused on the variation of characteristic velocity due to the change of rainfall characteristics. The IUH of the Seolma-chun basin was derived using the HEC-1, whose peak discharge and time were then compared with those of the GIUH to derive the characteristic velocities. The characteristics velocities were analyzed by comparing with the GcIUH (Geomorphoclimatic IUH) as well as the characteristics of rainfall. Results are summarized as follows. (1) The characteristic velocity of GIUH was estimated higher with higher variability than the GcIUH, but their trends were found similar (2) Total amount of effective rainfall (or, mean effective rainfall) well explains the characteristic velocity of GIUH. This could be assured by the regression analysis, whose coefficient of determination was estimated about 0.6. (3) The duration and the maximum intensity of rainfall were found not to affect significantly on the characteristic velocity of GIUH. The coefficients of determination were estimated less than 0.3 for all cases considered. (4) For the rainfall events used in this study, the characteristic velocities of GIUH were found to follow the Gaussian distribution with its mean and the standard deviation 0.402 m/s and 0.173 m/s, respectively. Most of the values are within the range of 0.4∼0.5 m/s, and its coefficient of variation was estimated to be 0.43, much less than that of the runoff itself (about 1.0).

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
• /
• v.14 no.1
• /
• pp.61-68
• /
• 2019

In addition to non-meteorological echoes, meteorological echoes with large scattering effects, such as precipitation, cause errors in wind data measured by wind profiler. In the rainfall situation, the Doppler spectrum of wind profiler shows both the rainfall signal and the atmospheric signal as two peaks. The vertical radial velocity is very large due to the falling rain drop. The radial velocity contaminated by rainfall decreases the accuracy of the horizontal wind vector and leads to inaccurate weather analysis. In this study, we developed an algorithm to process raw data of wind profiler and distinguished rainfall signal and wind signal by partitioning bimodal peak for Doppler spectrum in rainfall environment.

• The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
• /
• v.12 no.4
• /
• pp.44-55
• /
• 2013

Intelligent transportation systems allow us to have valuable opportunities for collecting reliable wide-area coverage traffic and weather data. Significant efforts have been made in many countries to apply these data. This study identifies the critical points for classifying rain intensity by analyzing the relationship between rainfall and the amount of speed reduction. Then, traffic prediction performance by rain intensity level is evaluated using relative errors. The results show that critical points are 0.4mm/5min and 0.8mm/5min for classifying rain intensity (slight, moderate, and heavy rain). The best prediction performance is observable when previous five-block speed data is used as inputs under normal weather conditions. On the other hand, previous two or three-block speed data is used as inputs under rainy weather conditions. The outcomes of this study support the development of more reliable traffic information for providing advanced traffic information service.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
• /
• v.26 no.1B
• /
• pp.15-25
• /
• 2006

Using kinematic wave equation, the influence of moving storms to runoff was analysised with a focus on watersheds. Watershed shapes used are the oblong, square and elongated shape, and the distribution types of moving storms used are uniform, advanced and intermediate type. The runoff hydrographs according to the rainfall distribution types were simulated and the characteristics were explored for the storms moving down, up and cross the watershed with various velocity. The shape, peak time and peak runoff of a runoff hydrograph are significantly influenced by spatial and temporal variability in rainfall and watershed shapes. A rain storm moving in the cross direction of channel flow produces a higher peak runoff than in the downstream direction and upstream direction. A peak runoff from a storm moving downstream exceeds that from a storm moving upstream. For storms moving downstream peak time was more delayed than for other storm direction in the case of elongated watershed. The runoff volume and time base of the hydrograph decreased with the increasing storm speed.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
• /
• v.21 no.2
• /
• pp.133-145
• /
• 2011

Unsaturated soil column tests were performed for weathered gneiss soil and weathered granite soil to assess the relationship between infiltration velocity and rainfall condition for different rainfall durations and for multiple rainfall events separated by dry periods of various lengths (herein, 'rainfall break duration'). The volumetric water content was measured using TDR (Time Domain Reflectometry) sensors at regular time intervals. For the column tests, rainfall intensity was 20 mm/h and we varied the rainfall duration and rainfall break duration. The unit weight of weathered gneiss soil was designed 1.21 $g/cm^3$, which is lower than the in situ unit weight without overflow in the column. The in situ unit weight for weathered granite soil was designed 1.35 $g/cm^3$. The initial infiltration velocity of precipitation for the two weathered soils under total amount of rainfall as much as 200 mm conditions was $2.090{\times}10^{-3}$ to $2.854{\times}10^{-3}$ cm/s and $1.692{\times}10^{-3}$ to $2.012{\times}10^{-3}$ cm/s, respectively. These rates are higher than the repeated-infiltration velocities of precipitation under total amount of rainfall as much as 100 mm conditions ($1.309{\times}10^{-3}$ to $1.871{\times}10^{-3}$ cm/s and $1.175{\times}10^{-3}$ to $1.581{\times}10^{-3}$ cm/s, respectively), because the amount of precipitation under 200 mm conditions is more than that under 100 mm conditions. The repeated-infiltration velocities of weathered gneiss soil and weathered granite soil were $1.309{\times}10^{-3}$ to $2.854{\times}10^{-3}$ cm/s and $1.175{\times}10^{-3}$ to $2.012{\times}10^{-3}$ cm/s, respectively, being higher than the first-infiltration velocities ($1.307{\times}10^{-2}$ to $1.718{\times}10^{-2}$ cm/s and $1.789{\times}10^{-2}$ to $2.070{\times}10^{-2}$ cm/s, respectively). The results reflect the effect of reduced matric suction due to a reduction in the amount of air in the soil.

• Journal of the Korean Geotechnical Society
• /
• v.28 no.2
• /
• pp.71-78
• /
• 2012

Rainfall infiltration test under one dimensional condition is conducted to evaluate the effect of rainfall intensity on seepage velocity and infiltration characteristics for initial unsaturated sediment. Experimental results are compared with those numerical simulations with respect to variations of pore water pressure, degree of saturation and discharge velocity with time, and both results give good agreement. High rainfall intensity tends to increase seepage velocity almost linearly. But it shows rapid increase as rainfall intensity approaches saturated hydraulic conductivity of the sediment. In addition, the upper part of wetting front depth is partially saturated, not fully. Therefore, actual wetting front depth is considered to advance faster than theoretical prediction, which leads to slope instability of unsaturated slope due to surface rainfall.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
• /
• 2008.05a
• /
• pp.244-248
• /
• 2008

홍수량산정과 관련하여 국내 실무에서 어려움을 겪는 가장 큰 문제는 설계강우의 결정이다. 설계강우와 관련하여 세부적으로 살펴보면 크게 강우의 시간분포(예를 들면 Huff, Mononobe, 교호블록 등), 강우의 공간분포(ARF 적용 등)의 두가지 문제로 집약될 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 강우의 시간분포와 공간분포에 관련된 문제를 동시에 해결할 수 있는 방법으로 교호블록형 이동설계강우에 대한 적용 방법을 제안하고 그 적용성을 검토하였다. 본 연구에서는 국내에서 연구된 강우의 이동속도와 여름철 저기압기단과 태풍의 이동속도 등을 감안하고 나아가 표준화된 방법으로서 적용의 용이성 등을 고려하여 강우의 이동속도 $\upsilonv\;=\;10km/hr$, $\Delta\;=\;10km$ 간격으로 직사각형 띠 형태로 연결되는 이동강우를 채택하였다. 강우의 이동방향은 서$\rightarrow$동, 남$\rightarrow$북, 남서$\rightarrow$북동의 3가지 방향을 기준하였다. 유역특성 이동강우 3가지(서$\rightarrow$동, 남$\rightarrow$북, 남서$\rightarrow$북동)와 정체강우 2가지(유역평균, 유역특성) 등 총 5가지 경우에 대하여 100년 빈도 48시간 설계강우를 한강유역의 분포형 강우-유출 모형에 적용하여 그 결과를 분석하여 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. (1) 정체강우에 있어서 유역평균강우와 유역특성강우에 대한 홍수량 비교를 통하여 해당 유역의 홍수량과 강우량과의 관계를 판단할 수 있었다. 충주댐유역의 경우 한강유역 전체에 대한 평균 100년 빈도 강우가 내린다면 23,000cms까지도 발생할 수 있으나 충주댐유역 100년 빈도에 해당하는 강우량으로는 18,000cms 정도의 홍수량이 발생하여 상대적으로 강우량이 적은 지역으로 나타났다. 반면에 임진강하류부는 한강유역평균강우 보다 더 많은 강우량이 내림으로 인하여 홍수량이 증가하는 유역임을 알 수 있었다. (2) 이동설계강우에 대하여 분석한 결과 유역이 매우 크거나 매우 작으면 강우의 이동방향에 대한 영향이 상대적으로 감소해가는 반면에 중규모 유역에서 상대적으로 영향이 크게 나타났다. 한강하구와 같은 대유역의 경우 여러 방향의 유역들이 유출에 기여하기 때문에 강우의 이동방향에 대한 영향이 상쇄되기 때문으로 분석되었다. 반면에 매우 작은 소유역의 경우는 전체 유역이 단일 강우강도의 영향권에 놓이게 되므로 이동방향의 영향이 나타나지 않는 것으로 나타났다. (3) 정체설계강우와 이동설계강우의 비교를 통하여 한강하구와 같은 대유역의 이동강우에 대한 ARF 효과를 간접 측정할 수 있었다. (4) 정체설계강우 보다 이동설계강우가 오히려 더 큰 첨두홍수량을 발생시키는 유역들이 있었다. 이와 같은 수문현상은 기존 정체형 설계강우로는 분석이 어려운 현상으로서 강우와 유역특성에 대한 보다 심층적인 연구 필용성을 제기하고 있다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
• /
• v.50 no.1
• /
• pp.29-35
• /
• 2017

A vehicle rainfall sensor is made to control the operating speed of wipers depending on rainfall. Therefore this is the apparatus to determine the velocity phase of the wipers roughly based on the amount of rainfall. However, the technology which can judge the size of rainfall amount besides determining speed level of the wipers is developing according to the development of the function of rainfall sensor due to the development of technology. In this study, a rainfall measurement by using light scattering by precipitation particles was used. This measurement is to use light signal reflection from front glass and the bigger particle is the less detection of light by light scattering. The detection area of the rainfall sensor and detection channel were extended sizes to increase the accuracy of the rainfall. Also the W-S-R relational expression was developed by using a relationship between the specific precipitation (R) and the amount of sensor detection (S) when there is speed change of the wipers (W) and an indoor rainfall apparatus was used to convert sensing signal to rainfall. The signal system of vehicle rainfall sensor can be converted to the actual rainfall amount by using this formula and if this is provided to users then the vehicle observation network can produce higher-resolution than actual observation network can be produced.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
• /
• v.25 no.3
• /
• pp.377-385
• /
• 2015

We constructed a model test apparatus to evaluate the dependence of the saturation velocity (V_s) in soils on rainfall intensity (I_R). The apparatus comprises a soil box, a rainfall simulator, and measuring sensors. The model grounds (60 cm × 50 cm × 15 cm) were formed by Joomunjin standard sand with a relative density of 75%. The rainfall simulator can control the rainfall intensity to reenact the actual rainfall in a soil box. Time Domain Reflectometer (TDR) sensors and tensiometers were installed in the soils to measure changes in the volumetric water content and matric suction due to rainfall infiltration. During the tests, the soil saturation was determined by raising the groundwater table, which was formed at the bottom of the soil box. [Please check that the correct meaning has been maintained.] The wetting front did not form at the ground surface during rainfall because the soil particles were uniform and the coefficient of permeability was relatively high. Our results show that the suction stress of the soils decreased with increasing volumetric water content, and this effect was most pronounced for volumetric water contents of 20%-30%. Based on a regression analysis of the relationship between rainfall intensity and the average saturation velocity, we suggest the following equation for estimating the saturation velocity in soils: V_savg (cm/sec) = 0.068I_R (mm/hr).

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
• /
• 2017.05a
• /
• pp.172-172
• /
• 2017

본 연구는 차량의 AW(AutoWiping) 기능을 위해 장착된 강우센서를 이용하여 강우정보를 생산하는 기술을 개발하고자 하였다. AW(AutoWiping) 기능이란 차량 앞창(Windshield)에 빗방울이 맺히게 되면 광신호의 산란으로 인해 수광부에 들어오는 감소되는 광신호의 정도에 따라 차량 와이퍼의 속도를 결정해 주는 기능이다. 빗방울이 많이 맺힐수록 광신호는 감소되며 와이퍼는 더 빠른 속도로 작동을 하게 된다. 여기서 강우센서가 강우량이 많으면 감소된 광신호 데이터를 표출하는 현상을 이용하여 강우정보를 생산한다. 강우센서는 총 8개의 채널로 이루어져있고, 초당 250개의 광신호 데이터를 수집하며, 10분이면 약 120만 개의 데이터가 생산되게 된다. 이 대량의 데이터에서 정확한 강우량을 산출하기 위해 강우센서의 초기값과 와이퍼 이동시 발생하는 순간 이상치를 제거해야 한다. 하지만 일일이 수백만 개 이상의 데이터에서 모든 이상치를 제거하는 작업은 불가능하다. 따라서 이상치를 포함한 회귀 분석 방법을 연구하였고, 인공강우 발생기를 이용하여 광신호를 강우량으로 환산하는 2가지 회귀식이 유도되었다. 이들은 각각 이상치를 모두 포함시켜 독립변수(광신호)에 따라 종속변수(강우량)의 값이 변화하는 관계를 나타내는 선형회귀분석(model 1), 임계치를 정하여 일정 이상치가 제거된 신호만 통과시키는 대역통과 필터링 분석(model 2)으로 유도된 회귀식을 실강우에 회귀식을 적용하여 정확도를 분석하였다.