• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.119-131
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• 2016

한반도 에어로졸 라이다 관측 네트워크(Korea Aerosol Lidar Observation Network; KALION)의 라이다 관측자료 처리 및 실시간 표출을 위한 표준 알고리즘을 개발하였다. KALION 표준 알고리즘은 라이다 관측으로부터 얻어진 후방산란강도와 편광소멸도 자료를 이용하여 (1) 에어로졸과 구름 구분, (2) 에어로졸 유형 구분, (3) 에어로졸 소산계수 그리고 (4) 에어로졸 질량농도를 산출하는 단계로 구성이 되어 있다. 에어로졸의 유형은 후방산란강도와 편광소멸도 자료에 근거하여, (대륙 기원) 청정기단 에어로졸(clean continental aerosol), 황사(dust aerosol) 그리고 오염 입자(polluted continental/urban pollution aerosol)로 구별된다. 에어로졸 소산계수에 필요한 라이다 상수는 약 9년간의 라이다와 스카이 라디오미터 자료로부터 도출된 63.31 sr을, 에어로졸 질량소산효율은 약 9년간의 라이다와 기상청 Particulate Matter($PM_{10}$) 질량농도 자료를 이용하여 도출된 $3.36m^2\;g^{-1}$ (황사는 $1.39m^2\;g^{-1}$)을 적용한다. 2015년 3월 28일부터 30일까지 라이다 관측 사례(서울 관악)에서 KALION 표준 알고리즘을 통해 산출된 에어로졸 유형 구분, 특히 황사 판별 결과는 기상청의 황사 보고와 잘 일치하였으며, 2006년 6월부터 약 9년 동안의 라이다 관측자료로부터 산출된 에어로졸 질량농도 역시 지상 $PM_{10}$ 농도와 약 $3{\mu}g\;m^{-3}$ 내에서 잘 일치하였다. 향후 에어로졸의 유형에 따른 서로 다른 라이다 상수 및 에어로졸 질량소산효율 적용 알고리즘, 빙정 구름(ice cloud)과 물방울 구름(water droplet cloud) 구분 알고리즘, 그리고 운저 고도와 혼합고 판별 알고리즘을 개발할 계획에 있다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제34권6_1호
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• pp.857-868
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• 2018

특정 지점에서 대기 에어러솔의 미세물리적 특성과 시공간적 분포는 에어로솔 입자의 광학특성을 파악하기 위한 중요한 변수이다. 이러한 에어러솔의 광학특성값에 대한 정확한 산출은 복사전달 모의 과정에서 정확한 값을 제공함으로 중요한 역할을 가지게 된다. 따라서 본 연구는 사용자가 요구하는 시공간적 조건에서 정확한 에어로솔 모델을 산출하기 위한 방법으로서 재분석 자료와 광학 특성 데이터 베이스를 이용한 시너지 에어로솔 모델을 산출하는 방법을 제시하였다. 제안된 시너지 에어로솔 모델은 에어로솔의 주요 성분별 광학두께(Aerosol Optical Depth; AOD)값에 의하여 가중치가 적용된 혼합 에어러솔 형태의 광학 모델을 산출하기 위함이며, $40{\mu}m$까지의 파장영역에서 광학특성값을 제공한다. 주요 에어로솔 이벤트 사례에 대하여, 시너지적 에어러솔 모델(Synergy Aerosol Model; SAM)은 기존의 복사전달 모델에서 사용되고 있는 표준 에어러솔 모델과는 차별적인 결과를 보여주었으며, 지상관측 Aerosol Robotic Network(AERONET) inversion 산출물과의 비교를 통하여 오차범위 내의 정량적인 결과를 가지고 있는 것을 보였다. 따라서, 복사전달 모의에 있어 시너지 에어로솔 모델의 사용은 실제 대기 중 에어러솔에 의한 영향을 정량적으로 평가하는데 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이며, 개선된 복사 모의 결과를 얻을 수 있을 것이다.

• 대기
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.287-297
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• 2008

The vertical profiles and optical properties of Asian dust are investigated using ground-based measurements from 1998 to 2002. Vertical profiles of aerosol extinction coefficient are evaluated using MPL (Micro Pulse Lidar) data. Optical parameters such as aerosol optical thickness ($\tau$), ${\AA}ngstr\ddot{o}m$ exponent ($\alpha$), single scattering albedo ($\omega$), refractive index, and volume size distribution are analyzed with sun/sky radiometer data for the same period. We can separate aerosol vertical profiles into three categories. First category named as 'Asian dust case', which aerosol extinction coefficient is larger than $0.15km^{-1}$ and dust layer exists from surface up to 3-4km. Second category named as 'Elevated aerosol case', which aerosol layer exists between 2 and 6km with 1-2.5km thickness, and extinction coefficient is smaller than $0.15km^{-1}$. Third category named as 'Clear sky case', which aerosol extinction coefficient appears smaller than $0.15km^{-1}$. and shows that diurnal variation of background aerosol in urban area. While optical parameters for first category indicate that $\tau$ and $\alpha$ are $0.63{\pm}0.14$, $0.48{\pm}0.19$, respectively. Also, aerosol volume concentration is increased for range of 1 and $4{\mu}m$, in coarse mode. Optical parameters for second category can be separated into two different types. Optical properties of first type are very close to Asian dust cases. Also, dust reports of source region and backward trajectory analyses assure that these type is much related with Asian dust event. However, optical properties of the other type are similar to those of urban aerosol. For clear sky case, $\tau$ is relatively smaller and $\alpha$ is larger compare with other cases. Each case shows distinct characteristics in aerosol optical parameters.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2012

The aim of this review was to assess current knowledge related to the occupational exposure limit (OEL) for fluid aerosols including either mineral or chemical oil that are generated in metalworking operations, and to discuss whether their OEL can be appropriately used to prevent several health risks that may vary among metalworking fluid (MWF) types. The OEL (time-weighted average; 5 mg/$m^3$, short-term exposure limit ; 15 mg/$m^3$) has been applied to MWF aerosols without consideration of different fluid aerosol-size fractions. The OEL, is also based on the assumption that there are no significant differences in risk among fluid types, which may be contentious. Particularly, the health risks from exposure to water-soluble fluids may not have been sufficiently considered. Although adoption of The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's recommended exposure limit for MWF aerosol (0.5 mg/$m^3$ ) would be an effective step towards minimizing and evaluating the upper respiratory irritation that may be caused by neat or diluted MWF, this would fail to address the hazards (e.g., asthma and hypersensitivity pneumonitis) caused by microbial contaminants generated only by the use of water-soluble fluids. The absence of an OEL for the water-soluble fluids used in approximately 80-90 % of all applicants may result in limitations of the protection from health risks caused by exposure to those fluids.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.191-203
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• 2018

IIn this study, we have developed drying systems for reducing the error by humidity on measuring particulate matter (PM) in the ambient air with optical particle measuring instruments. Two types of drying systems were designed: drying systems using heating and dilution methods. In addition, 3 types of drying systems using a heating method were designed: Type A (1 hole), B (3 holes) and C (7 holes). After making them, the laboratory and field tests were carried out to evaluate the developed drying systems. As a result, it was shown that the PM concentrations obtained by PM monitoring devices with drying systems agree well with that of the reference devices. Therefore, it could be concluded that the drying systems can be applied to PM monitoring devices for real-time monitoring of the ambient aerosols.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

In this study, indoor $PM_{10}$ concentration was measured by different type of real-time instruments in public transport vehicles. Light-scattering method is widely used in measuring the size of particulate matters and there is two types of light-scattering methods; one is the nephelometer type which measures the light-scattering degree by aerosol cloud, the other is the spectrometer type which measures light-scattering degree by individual particle. We observed the variation of $PM_{10}$ in KTX, subway and express bus carriages by 1-minute resolution and found that there is similar tendency in pattern among 4 light-scattering devices but difference in absolute concentrations. By comparing gravimetric result in a subway cabin, the spectrometer type device, C, was chosen as a reference device. The conversion factors of nephelometer device A-1, A-2, and B were 1.666, 1.463 and 2.125 respectively.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• 제24권E1호
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• pp.32-43
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• 2008

Source samples were collected to construct source profiles for 9 different source types, including soil, road dust, gasoline/diesel-powered vehicles, a municipal incinerator, industrial sources, agricultural/biomass burning, marine aerosol, and a coal-fired power plant. Seasonal profiles for 'Chinese aerosol', aerosols derived from the urban area of China, were reconstructed from seasonal $PM_{2.5}$ compositions reported in Beijing, China. Ambient $PM_{2.5}$ at a receptor site was also measured during each of the four seasons, from April 2001 to February 2002, in Seoul. The Chemical Mass Balance receptor model was applied to quantify source contributions during the study period using the estimated source profiles. Consequently, motor vehicle exhaust (33.0%), in particular 23.9% for diesel-powered vehicles, was the largest contributor affecting the $PM_{2.5}$ levels in Seoul, followed by agricultural/biomass burning (21.5%) and 'Chinese aerosol' (13.1%), indicating contributions from long-range transport. The largest contributors by season were: for spring, 'Chinese aerosol' (31.7%); for summer, motor vehicle exhaust (66.9%); and for fall and winter, agricultural/biomass burning (31.1% and 40.1%, respectively). These results show different seasonal patterns and sources affecting the $PM_{2.5}$ level in Seoul, than those previously reported for other cities in the world.

• 한국산업보건학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.180-188
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• 1994

This study was designed to investigate qualitatively whether respirators now being used in workplaces tit workers iflfaces well or not. Leak sites were determined after exposing the subjects to fluorescent aerosol and were analyzed by gender, brand and manufacturing nation. The results were as follows ; 1. Among those leak sites which were classified into four areas(nose, cheek, lip and chin), test aerosol was mostly deposited on the nose and the cheek areas. 2. The mean number of leak sites observed from the female subjects were 2.3 while the number were 2.2 from the male subjects. The most frequently observed leak site was nose and followed by chin, lip and cheek in descending order of frequency. 3. Among different brands of respirators, different leak sites were observed. Test subjects wearing the Sand N brands were more heavily exposed than those of wearing the D and M brands. 4. No significant difference of the number of leak sites were found between Korean-made and American-made masks. However, the most frequent leak site observed for the Korean-made ones was the nose area while it was the chin area for the American-made ones. 5. Analyses of 97 leak sites by shape showed that 27(27.8%) were point types, 54(55.7%) diffuse types and 16(16.5%) streamline types. 6. Test subjects indicated that the facepieces of Korean-made respirators were harder and smaller in size than those of American-made one. The most comfortable respirator selected was the respirator by the N Co. and the most uncomfortable one was the respirator by the D Co. This study suggests that many half-mask respirators now being used in the workplaces may not fit to workers well. Therefore, when selecting respirators, employers are advised to test respirators if they fit to workers well. And manufacturers are recommended to produce effective and comfortable respirators tested qualitatively and quantitatively not only in the laboratory but also in the field.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 2023

Respiratory face masks are protective facepieces that are designed to filter inhaled air. They are easy-to-use devices that can protect the wearer against various hazardous particles in the air. Respiratory face masks also prevent the spread of viruses and bacteria-containing droplets that are released from the coughing or sneezing of the infected people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, various types of face masks have circulated on the market. Their ability to filter sub-micron particles, which are the sizes of harmful particulate matter and airborne viruses, needs to be investigated. Their breathability, the easiness of breath through the mask, also needs to be considered. In this study, wwe evaluated the performance of filters used for different types of face masks certified by different standards including Korean (KF94, KF80, KF-AD), USA (N95), and Chinese (KN95) standards. We also tested the filters of nanofiber masks and surgical masks for which there are no standards for filtration test. The N95 mask filters showed the highest quality factor for capturing virus-sized particles. The other types of mask filters have acceptable performance except for nanofiber mask filters whose performance is very low.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제36권2_1호
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• pp.155-165
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 복사전달모델을 사용하여 다양한 변수환경(파장 (340 nm, 477 nm), 에어로솔 종류(스모크, 황사, 황산염), AOD (aerosol optical depth), 지표면 반사도, 관측기하)에 따라 에어로솔 유효 고도(aerosol peak height; APH)에 대한 O₄ 대기질량인자(air mass factor; AMF)의 민감도를 조사하였다. 전반적으로, 477 nm의 O₄ AMF 가 340 nm 보다 APH에 대한 민감도가 크고 안정적으로 산출 가능한 것으로 확인하였다. AOD가 높을 때 APH에 대한 O₄ AMF의 민감도가 커지는 것을 확인하였다. 477 nm에서는 340 nm 보다 지표면 반사도의 영향이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 태양천정각 증가에 따라 340 nm에서의 O₄ AMF가 감소하는 추세를 발견하였으며, 이러한 경향은 태양천정각 40°인 환경에서 높은 Rayleigh 및 Mie 산란에 의한 장벽효과로 인해 O₄ 흡수가 발생하는 광경로 길이가 줄어들기 때문인 것으로 사료된다. 477 nm에서는 태양천정각이 증가함에 따라 Rayleigh 및 Mie 산란에 의한 다중산란이 일부 발생하여 O₄ AMF가 비선형함수 형태로 증가하는 경향을 보였다. 마지막으로, AOD의 불확실성이 APH 산출오차에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 황산염 타입에 대한 APH 산출 시, AOD의 불확실성으로 인한APH 산출오차가 다른 에어로솔 타입보다 크게 나타났으며, 황사의 경우 AOD 불확실성에 대한 APH 산출오차에 대한 영향이 미미하게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 각 에어로솔 타입의 흡수 산란 특성이 다양하기 때문에, 에어로솔 타입이 APH 산출 오차에 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 의미한다.