• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.35-40
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• 2011

While high-definition precipitation maps with a 270 m spatial resolution are available for South Korea, there is little information on geospatial availability of precipitation water for the famine - plagued North Korea. The restricted data access and sparse observations prohibit application of the widely used PRISM (Parameter-elevation Regressions on Independent Slopes Model) to North Korea for fine-resolution mapping of precipitation. A hybrid method which complements the PRISM grid with a sub-grid scale elevation function is suggested to estimate precipitation for remote areas with little data such as North Korea. The fine scale elevation - precipitation regressions for four sloping aspects were derived from 546 observation points in South Korea. A 'virtual' elevation surface at a 270 m grid spacing was generated by inverse distance weighed averaging of the station elevations of 78 KMA (Korea Meteorological Administration) synoptic stations. A 'real' elevation surface made up from both 78 synoptic and 468 automated weather stations (AWS) was also generated and subtracted from the virtual surface to get elevation difference at each point. The same procedure was done for monthly precipitation to get the precipitation difference at each point. A regression analysis was applied to derive the aspect - specific coefficient of precipitation change with a unit increase in elevation. The elevation difference between 'virtual' and 'real' surface was calculated for each 270m grid points across North Korea and the regression coefficients were applied to obtain the precipitation corrections for the PRISM grid. The correction terms are now added to the PRISM generated low resolution (~2.4 km) precipitation map to produce the 270 m high resolution map compatible with those available for South Korea. According to the final product, the spatial average precipitation for entire territory of North Korea is 1,196 mm for a climatological normal year (1971-2000) with standard deviation of 298 mm.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• v.46 no.3
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• pp.277-283
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• 2003

Purpose : Craniopharyngiomas are often accompanied by severe endocrine disorders. Although there is universal growth hormone deficiency(GHD), the resulting growth pattern is very heterogeneous. We report the growth and endocrine outcome of 44 children with craniopharyngioma, with emphasis on initial symptoms, growth before and during growth hormone(GH) treatment and spontaneous growth in spite of GHD. Methods : We performed a retrospective study of 44 children treated at our centre between 1984 and 2002. Results : About 30% of patients had symptoms suggesting endocrine disorder at diagnosis. After surgery, multiple endocrinopathies were almost universal. Before GH therapy, height velocity was $8.00{\pm}2.71cm/yr$ in the normal growth group(n=11) and $1.79{\pm}1.10cm/yr$ in the subnormal growth group(n=7) during the first year and during the second year, $6.76{\pm}2.49cm/yr$ and $2.29{\pm}1.33cm/yr$, respectively. There was no difference of body mass index(BMI) change between before and after surgery in the two groups. Height standard deviation score(SDS) was $-1.46{\pm}0.74$ in the normal growth group and $-0.43{\pm}0.97$ in the subnormal growth group. Before GH treatment height SDS was $-1.31{\pm}1.25$ and BMI was $20.46{\pm}3.60$. During GH treatment, height SDS increased to $-0.60{\pm}1.37$ in the first, and to $-0.41{\pm}1.54$ in the second year(P<0.05), but BMI did not change significantly. Conclusion : The endocrine morbidity could develop in most children with craniopharyngioma before and after the operation and should be managed properly. Although all treated patients benefit from GH therapy, further studies are necessary to find out the possible mechanism of growth regulation in normally growing children, despite GH deficient.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.295-302
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• 2014

OFDM technique uses multiple sub-carriers for the data transmission. Therefore, inter carrier interference is generated because of nonlinear high power amplifier and carrier frequency offset. Wireless OFDM transmission over Doppler fading channels also causes inter carrier interference. The interference increases the bit error rate in receiver. Sub-carrier allocation methods in LTE and WiMAX standards are different. The performance of OFDM systems using different sub-carrier allocation, gauged by the bit error rate, is analyzed considering the nonlinear high power amplifier, carrier frequency offset and Doppler fading channels.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07c
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• pp.1484-1486
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• 2003

본 연구는 항공, 선박, 자동차, 철강, 철도, 건설 산업 등에서 필수적으로 사용되고있는 여러 비자성 금속의 전기전도도에 대하여 4단자 측정방법 및 비접촉 측정방법에 의한 정밀측정원리를 적용하여 전기전도도를 측정한 결과 4단자 측정방법의 경우 ${\pm}$0.1 %이하의 표준편차 범위 내에서 안정된 값을 보였고, 그 결과를 비접촉 측정방법(eddy current원리를 활용한 전기전도도 측정기)으로 측정한 결과와 상호 비교하였으며, 두 측정방식에 따른 전기전도도 측정결과는 최대 1.5 %이내에서 일치 하였다.

• Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.19-27
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate of assessment of the ability of balance control using COP 95% confidence ellipse area while executing single-leg stance with eyes open and eyes closed through GRF system. The subjects participated in this study were 7 female yoga group and 7 female control group. The yoga training affected to improve the ability of balance control because the yoga group's COP AP and ML standard deviation and COP 95% confidence ellipse area were smaller than control group in both a single-leg stance with eyes open and eyes closed. Visual affected to the ability of balance control in a single-leg stance. I consider COP 95% confidence ellipse area as a high variable for determining the ability of balance control, and therefore suggest that additional studies for various groups and subjects will be required in the future.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.129-136
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• 2005

The damped least-squares inversion has become a most popular method in finding the solution in geophysical problems. Generally, the least-squares inversion is to minimize the object function which consists of data misfits and model constraints. Although both the data misfit and the model constraint take an important part in the least-squares inversion, most of the studies are concentrated on what kind of model constraint is imposed and how to select an optimum regularization parameter. Despite that each datum is recommended to be weighted according to its uncertainty or error in the data acquisition, the uncertainty is usually not available. Thus, the data weighting matrix is inevitably regarded as the identity matrix in the inversion. We present a new inversion scheme, in which the data weighting matrix is automatically obtained from the analysis of the data resolution matrix and its spread function. This approach, named 'extended active constraint balancing (EACB)', assigns a great weighting on the datum having a high resolution and vice versa. We demonstrate that by applying EACB to a two-dimensional resistivity tomography problem, the EACB approach helps to enhance both the resolution and the stability of the inversion process.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.63-66
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• 1985

Phytoplankton (microplankton and nannoplankton) biomass as chlorophyll-a concentrations ana ratios of nannoplanktons ($size<60{\mu}m$) to total phytoplanktons ($size<300{\mu}m$) were measured in the coastal waters of Korea in fall, 1983. Chlorophyll-a concentrations of total phytoplankton ranged from 0.202 to 1.350 $mg/m^3$ with a mean and standard deviation, $0.597{\pm}0.287\;mg/m^3$, Chlorophyll-a concentrations of the nannoplankton ranged from 0.100 to $0.855\;mg/m^3$ with a mean and standard deviation, $0.372{\pm}0.201\;mg/m^3$, and it accounted for 25.4 to $83.3\%$ with an average $62.2\%$ to total phytoplankton biomass as chlorophyll-a concentrations. The amounts of chlorophyll-a concentrations of total phytoplankton in the water column below the surface area of $1m^2$ varied from 16.12 to $17.67\;mg/m^2$ with a mean $17.01\;mg/m^2$.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.158-158
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• 2012

기후시나리오는 시 공간 해상도가 낮아 결과를 직접적으로 활용하기에는 한계가 있다. 따라서 국내외적으로 지역기후모형(RCM)을 통해 고해상도 기후시나리오를 생산하여 각 분야의 영향평가 시 활용하고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 기후모형이 갖는 한계로 인하여 시나리오는 관측자료에 비해 과소모의되는 경향이 발생하기 때문에 이를 고려할 수 있는 편의보정 과정이 필요하다. 하지만 국내 외적으로 여러 편의보정기법이 존재하며, 편의보정기법 선정에 따라 최종 평가 결과에 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 특히 수문 분야에서 활용하기 위해 기후시나리오 중 가장 중요한 요건은 일단 관측치의 월 및 계절별 변동성이 잘 반영되는 가이며, 두 번째는 극한 사상(high, low)을 얼마나 잘 모의하여 홍수와 가뭄을 평가하는데 용이한 가이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 기존 편의보정 기법의 불확실성을 평가하고, 이를 통해 수문학적 활용을 위한 고해상도 기후시나리오의 편의 보정 기법을 제안 및 적용성 평가를 수행하고자 한다. 기존 편의보정기법의 적용성을 평가하기 위해 Change factor method, Quantile mapping, Weather Generator 등을 이용하였다. 이를 위해 역학적으로 상세화된 기후시나리오와 기상청 관할의 기상관측소의 최고기온, 최저기온, 평균기온, 강수량 등의 기후 자료를 수집하였다. 평가를 위해 선정한 관측소 지점은 1951년부터 강수 및 기온 자료가 존재하는 기상청 관할 기상관측소를 토대로, 지역적인 평가를 위해 최종적으로 서울, 강릉, 대구, 부산, 목포, 광주, 전주, 울산, 추풍령을 선정하였다. 이 중 1956~1980년을 과거기간으로 1981~2005년를 미래기간으로 가정하고, 편의 보정 기법 적용하여 기온과 강수량의 통계적 특성을 비교 분석하였으며 평가결과, 편의보정 기법의 따른 한계점들을 도출하였다. 한계점들을 개선하기 위해 본 연구에서 제안한 편의 보정기법은 강수량을 크게 3단계(극한 호우사상, 강수일수, 평균 표준편차 보정)로 나누어 편의보정을 실시하는 것으로 극한 호우사상을 위해서는 연최대치 계열을 이용한 회귀식을 이용하여 보정하였고, 비초과확률을 이용하여 RCM 결과값의 강수일수를 보정하였다. 최종적으로 나머지 강수시나리오에 대해서 평균과 표준편차를 보정하여 최종시나리오를 생산 및 적용성을 평가하였다. 평가 결과, 기존 편의보정기법의 단점을 극복할 수 있었으며, 이를 통해 향후 수문학 분야에 적용하여 신뢰성 있는 기후변화 영향평가를 수행될 수 있을 것이다. 제안한 편의보정 기법 및 평가 결과에 대한 자세한 내용은 발표 시 제시하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.56 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2023

Until now, the periods of river discharge management throughout a year are divided into flood and non-flood periods, and the ranges of discharges to be managed are broadly defined from drought discharge to flood discharge. In this study, using the long-term daily discharge data from 8 points of four major rivers, we propose a method of dividing the year into several periods with the homogeneous mean and dispersion of discharges. As a result of the study, the period of through a year was different depending on the point, but it could be divided into pre-flood period, flood period, and post-flood period. And the more subdivided the period, the more decreased the ratio of the maximum discharge to the minimum discharge. In addition, in order to ensure that the discharge for a year is more than the drought discharge and less than the flood discharge, to set the range of discharge management per period as the average flow ± standard deviation for each period is proposed.

• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.23-29
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• 2008

This study investigates the dynamic instability of strength-limited bilinear single degree of freedom (SDF) systems under seismic excitation. The strength-limited bilinear hysteretic model best replicates the hysteretic behavior of the steel moment resisting frames. To estimate the dynamic instability of SDF systems, the collapse strength ratio is used, which is the yield-strength reduction factor when collapse occurs. Statistical studies are carried out to estimate median collapse strength ratios and those dispersions of strength-limited bilinear SDF systems with given natural periods, hardening stiffness ratios, post-capping stiffness ratios, ductility and damping ratios ranging from 2 to 20% subjected to 240 earthquake ground motions recorded on stiff soil sites. Equations to calculate median and standard deviation of collapse strength ratios in strength-limited bilinear SDF systems are obtained through nonlinear regression analysis. By using the proposed equations, this study estimated the probabilistic distribution of collapse strength ratios, and compared this with the exact values from which the accuracy of the proposed equations was verified.