• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.1-15
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• 2011

This work is to review the granite landforms studies by Korean geographers. It is verified that geomorphlogical characteristics of granite present landscapes characterized by 1) in case of mountains, are difficultly or irregularly weathered, so as to develop rocky forms such as domes, cliffs, and tors ; 2) in case of stream valley that is inter-massif lowland, low relief hills and flood plains with alluvium. All these facts owe to the difference of weathering mode granite properties. The granite hills and alluvial plains of southwestern coastal parts in Korean peninsula is low undulatory and large owing not only to the existence of highly weathered granitic regolith, but also to frequent flooding. Cultivated brownish field, orchard, meadow and forest are located at granite hills. On the other hand paddy rice field at granite alluvial plains. Korean peninsula have endured erodible geomorphlogical processes since Miocene when warping it up. Therefore many intermontane basins are located on the weathered granite areas which are surrounded by mountains composed of much less Precambrian gneiss complex. In fact, intermontane basin is mainly linear fault-line valley. The landforms of the intermontane basins are characterized by gentle piedmont slopes, alluvial fans, fluvial terraces and alluvial plains.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.99-106
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• 2010

A vertical datum requires an origin, which is a point on the Earth's surface where the height of the point is a defined value(26.6871m). From this origin point, heights (height differences) can be measured to any other point using standard leveling and gravity measurement procedures. However, the leveling network over the Korea bas been established by using the normal gravity instead of the actual gravity values, and the heights for the points are published by National Geographic Information Institute (NGII). This may cause height for especially in the area where high-relief mountains are dominant. Therefore, the height errors caused by using normal gravity instead of actual gravity values are analyzed in this study. Then, the differences between the orthometric heights and the published heights, i.e., normal orthometric height are analyzed.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.117-125
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• 2014

Korea's first X-band SAR satellite KOMPSAT-5 has been launched in 2013, so the research related to the X-band SAR satellite image is required to increase the utilization of KOMPSAT-5. In this study, we generated a DEM(Digital Elevation Model) using X-band SAR satellite images based on three methods which are InSAR, radargrammetry and RPC(Rational Polynomial Coefficients), and evaluated the performance of each methods. The four stripmap mode TerraSAR-X images taken in Daejeon were used to generate DEM, and accuracy was evaluated using DEM by IKONOS RPC. As results, DEM produced by the InSAR showed the highest accuracy. Also, we knew that RPC could be effective method if you want to create a large area DEM which contains the various elevation.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.17 no.1 s.50
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• pp.49-55
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• 2007

Various away methods are required in the electrical resistivity survey in order to find anomalous zone reliably. Array methods are classified as several groups. Among these group, a curved survey along the fixed elevation is designed to increase the mobility of men and survey equipments at the rough terrain. Another method is performed at the survey using inclined, curved, and horizontal boreholes. A survey can also be conducted in an arbitrary location by measurements of potentials for a multi sources. The complex data acquired using various away methods are represented by a correct images reconstructed from the 3D inversion. The element division is applied to the region in which the boreholes are curved and inclined because of a spatial discrepancies between the coordinate of each electrode and the nodal point in a model. The resistivity images are obtained from a good agreement for the anomalous zones in open slope and in survey using an inclined borehole.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.300-312
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• 2004

The geomorphological environment of Suwon Basin consists of two great elements: mountains which surround the basin and plains and low relief hills by differential erosion of granitic area. Nothern and eastern parts of the basin surround with gneissic mountains(Mt. Kwangkyo), southern and western parts of the basin with granitic mountains(Mt. Chilbo, etc). The basin developed on granitic saprolites is composed of two types of sub-order geomorphic elements: flood plains alongside four river(Whangkuji-chon, Seoho-chon, Suwon-chon, Wonchonri-chon) and aligned hills and mounts between the river side plains. While the low down lands provided the spatial condition for the extention of downtown of Suwon, the gneissic mountains have played the positive roles by high ecological dam effects with stable supply of water and purification of air, etc.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.46 no.9
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• pp.909-919
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• 2013

This study examines the hydraulic characteristics, the channel changes, the behavior of bars, and bank stability by means of laboratory experiments. Three sets of laboratory experiments are conducted to elucidate the influence of riparian vegetation of the channels with erodible banks. Flow velocity is decreased in the vegetated zone, the mobility of lower channels is decreased. The double Fourier analysis of the bed waves shows that 1-1 mode (alternate bar) is dominant at the initial stage of the channel development. As time increases, 2-2 and 2-3 modes (central or multiple bars) are dominant due to the increased width to depth ratio. As the vegetation density is increased, the number of bars are increased, bank stability increases. The variation of sediment discharges is affected by vegetation density. The braided intensity is decreased with vegetation density. As the vegetation density is increased, the correlation coefficient of bed topography and bed relief index is increased.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.236-236
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• 2011

진천지역의 지하수 유동체계를 분석하기 위해 진천지역 내 530개 공의 지하수위를 1년간 관측하였다. 이중 360개 공에서는 분기별로 한번씩 총 4회, 130개 공에서는 월1회씩 총 12회 지하수위를 관측하였으며, 40개 공에 대해서는 1시간 간격으로 자동관측을 실시하였다. 관측결과를 수집하여 지하수위의 변동특성, 지하수위 분포, 지하수 심도분포 등을 실시하였으며, 이와 같은 지하수위 분석 결과를 바탕으로 지하수 유동체계를 분석하였다. 조사지역의 평수기 지하수위 분포에 대해 수리학적인 접근법(hydraulic approach) 및 동수역학적 접근법(hydrodynamic approach)에 근거하여 수리수두(hydraulic head) 및 전수두(total head)를 분석하여 2차원 및 3차원 수리경사도를 작성하였다. 이러한 지하수위 분포에 따른 분석 성과와 지형 및 수문지질을 고려하여 함양 및 배출지역을 분류하였으며, 이와 함께 기분석된 지하수위 등고선에 따른 유선망도를 작성하였다. 지하수는 지하수위의 표고 및 압력에 따른 위치 에너지 차에 의하여 대수층 매질을 통하여 유동하며 수두가 높은 곳에서 낮은 곳으로 일정한 수리경사를 갖고 지하수 등수위선에 연직 방향으로 형성된 유선을 따라 이동한다. 따라서 지하수의 유동방향은 지하수 수리경사 분석이 이루어진 8개 방향의 지하수위 경사 중 최대경사를 갖는 방향으로 지하수 유동이 발생하므로, 이를 지하수위 유동방향으로 결정하였다. 이와 같이 분류된 지하수 함양 중간 및 배출 지역과 지하수의 함양과 배출의 양적인 측면에 서 유동체계의 규모를 고려하여 조사 지역을 8단계로 구분하였다. 또한 조사지역의 지하수 유동체계를 종합적으로 규명하기 위하여 기 분석한 조사지역의 지하수위 등고선, 지하수위 등심도선, 지하수 수리경사, 지하수 유동방향 및 지하수 함양-배출체계와 지형기복, 그리고 주요 하천 등의 제반 요소를 중첩 분석하여 종합적으로 규명하고, 그 결과를 지하수 유동체계도로 작성하였다. 지하수 유동체계 분석결과는 수문지질 평가와 오염취약성 평가 및 지하수 관리 방안 수립에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국공간정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.06a
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• pp.67-76
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• 2000

Recently, SAR Interferometry method is actively being studied as a new technic in topographic mapping using satellite imageries. it extract height values using two SAR imageries covering same areas. Unlike when using SPOT imageries, it isn't affected by atmospheric conditions and time. But it is difficult to process radar imageries and the height accuracy is very low where relief displacements are high. In this study, we produced DEM(Digital Elevation Model) using ERS-1, ERS-2 tandem data and analysed the height accuracy over 14 ground control points. The mean error in height was 14.06m. But when using airborne SAR data, it Is expected that we can produce more accurate DEM which will be able to ue used in updating 1/10,000 or 1/25,000 map.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.44 no.3
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• pp.224-239
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• 2009

This study analyzes the properties of fluvial landforms in the upper and lower reaches and investigates the evolutions of stream and fluvial terrace in the Odae river basin. The lower basin of the river that consist of sedimentary rocks resistant to weathering and erosion processes shows higher altitude, relief and slope than the upper basin that consist of granite less resistant to weathering and erosion processes. The average width of river valley at the lower reaches is one-third to the upper reaches and the average width of river channel at the lower reaches is narrower than at the upper reaches. Based on the OSL age dating, the fluvial terrace T1 formed at the temperature-rising period during the late MIS 2 and T2 formed at the middle MIS 3, interstadial period during the last glacial period. Based on the these results, the average incision rates of Odae river are calculated as 0.205m/ka and 0.269m/ka at the upper granite area and lower sedimentary rocks area, respectively.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.26 no.1D
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• pp.203-209
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• 2006

SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) technology, which is not influenced by cloud cover because of using electromagnetic wave of long wavelength, has an advantage in mapping the earth. NASA, recognizing these strong points of SAR, launched SRTM (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission), and acquired the topographic information of the earth. SRTM and NED (National Elevation Data) of USGS were used for the research and vegetation height map was produced through differentiating the two data. Correlation between SRTM-NED and planting year was analyzed to see the relationship. Strong correlation was detected and it shows the feasibility of estimating timber age and eventually creating timber age map from SRTM-NED. Additional analyses were conducted to check if the linearity is influenced by regional characteristics and forest uniformity. As results, the correlation between SRTM-NED and timber age is influenced by roughness of the terrain. Overall, this paper shows that timber age estimation using SRTM and NED can be sufficiently practical.