• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.278-290
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• 2005

This study deals with the geomorphic, environmental and land use changes by comparative analysis using Landsat TM images of 1988 year and ETM ones of 2002 year, partly together with the new Quick Bird images having 60cm resolution for more detail analysis, focusing on the Oncheon gun(county) in Pyeongnam Province, west coast zone of North Korea. The main analysis methodology is neural network classification, which is more advanced techniques for the classification of land cover and land use, with higher accuracy rate and lower errors. The TM images of 1988 year show, mainly, the on-construction tide embank for the reclamation at Gwangryangman bay and salt farm on the reclaimed tidal flat. But, ETM images of 2002 year present stabilized reclaimed land, salt farm and rice field, recently transformed from salt farm. Especially, new tidal land has been naturally developed on the coastal shallow out of tide embank and salt farm. The results of the study may help to database coastal environmental changes and to support for reasonable and productive land use of North Korea, and to manage and plan unified national land in the near future.

• 한국지구과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2010.04a
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• pp.79-79
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• 2010

이 연구는 북한지역의 풍력 자원을 조사하기 위한 사전 연구로 30년간의 북한 지역의 27개 지상 관측소의 풍속 (고도 10 m)을 수집하였다. 이 풍속을 고도 50 m로 환산하였으며, 풍속의 확률밀도함수를 Weibull 함수로 가정하여 분석하였다. 30년 동안의 지상 관측 자료를 바탕으로 볼 때, 대체적으로 황해도 해안지역과 개마고원지역에서 평균 풍속이 북한 전역에서의 평균 풍속 4.0 m/s 보다 큰 지역이 나타났다. 따라서, 해안지역에서 바람 자원이 풍부함을 알 수 있었다. 지역의 차이는 있으나, 봄철 동안의 주풍은 북서풍과 남풍계열이 대등하게 나타나고 있으며, 여름은 남풍계열의 바람이 주풍으로 변하며, 가을과 겨울 동안 북서풍 계열이 주된 바람이었다. 고도 80 m 에서 풍속이 5 m/s 이상 지속되는 기간이 연간 30% 이상인 주요 6지점 중 장진을 제외한 나머지 네 곳은 해안에 위치함을 알 수 있다. 북한 지역 내륙의 중심부인 장진에서 연간 평균풍속 4.7 m/s 이상으로 관측 되었다. 이 지역은 개마고원 일대로 낭림산맥과 함경산맥의 두줄기가 만나는 곳으로 산맥에 의해 뒤쪽이 막혀있어 바람이 집중되어 높은 풍속을 나타낸 것으로 보인다. 또한 이 지역은 고원지대에 위치하여 북쪽에서 고도 1 km 이상에서 강하게 불어오는 북서풍의 영향으로 풍속이 높게 나타나는 것으로 보인다. 이 연구에서 사용한 관측자료는 단순히 지상의 풍속과 풍력으로만 분석한 것이므로 몇 가지 제약성을 가지고 있어 추후 보강이 필요하다. 관측지점의 지리적 위치나 주변의 환경에 따라 풍황의 변화가 크게 달라질 수 있으므로, 북한의 지형적인 요인을 고려한 정확한 실측을 통해 정확도를 높이는 풍력 자원 조사가 뒷받침 되어야 한다. 이 연구의 가치는 30년간의 바람 자료를 이용하였기 때문에 북한 지역에서의 풍황을 보는데 중요한 정성적 자료로 쓰여질 수 있으리라 본다. 또한, 이 자료를 바탕으로 풍력에너지 발전의 후보지 선정에 유용하게 활용되기를 기대하며, 더 나아가 두 나라 간에 에너지 교류가 활발히 이루어지기를 바란다.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.179-191
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• 2009

This study analyzes and compares the geomorphic characteristics and environmental changes of coastal plains such as the Anju and Hamheung Plains located in the west and east coasts of North Korea, respectively, based on topographic maps of the 1910s and satellite images of the 2000s. The Anju Plain, so called by as Yeoldusamcheonribeol, can be divided into alluvial plains, coastal plains and erosional plains. The Hamheung Plain can be regarded as alluvial plains formed by Seongcheon-river. Approximately 84.98$km^2$ tidal flats have been reclaimed to farmlands and saltpans, and the most channels of medium and small rivers have been straightened at the Anju Plain during the last one hundred years. At the Hamheung Plain, on the other hands, approximately 3.40$km^2$ land has been increased by the advances of coastal line of the Seongcheon-river delta with a maximum of 800m, and channels of Seoseongcheon-river which showed anastomosing channels have been disappeared by reclamation. Gwang-po has been decreased by artificial reclamations and river sedimentary processes.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.120-132
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• 2008

Remotely sensed images from a satellite can be applied for detecting and quantifying spatial and temporal variations in terms of landuse & landcover, crop growth, and disaster for agricultural applications. The purposes of this study were to analyze topography using DEM(digital elevation model) and classify landuse & landcover into 10 classes-paddy field, dry field, forest, bare land, grass & bush, water body, reclaimed land, salt farm, residence & building, and others-using Landsat TM images in North Korea. Elevation was greater than 1,000 meters in the eastern part of North Korea around Ranggang-do where Kaemagowon was located. Pyeongnam and Hwangnam in the western part of North Korea were low in elevation. Topography of North Korea showed typical 'east-high and west-low' landform characteristics. Landcover classification of North Korea using spectral reflectance of multi-temporal Landsat TM images was performed and the statistics of each landcover by administrative district, slope, and agroclimatic zone were calculated in terms of area. Forest areas accounted for 69.6 percent of the whole area while the areas of dry fields and paddy fields were 15.7 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively. Bare land and water body occupied 6.6 percent and 1.6 percent, respectively. Residence & building reached less than 1 percent of the country. Paddy field areas concentrated in the A slope ranged from 0 to 2 percent(greater than 80 percent). The dry field areas were shown in the A slope the most, followed by D, E, C, B, and F slopes. According to the statistics by agroclimatic zone, paddy and dry fields were mainly distributed in the North plain region(N-6) and North western coastal region(N-7). Forest areas were evenly distributed all over the agroclimatic regions. Periodic landcover analysis of North Korea based on remote sensing technique using satellite imagery can produce spatial and temporal statistics information for future landuse management and planning of North Korea.