• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.201-212
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• 1988

Ansan city in the coastal area of the mid-western Korea is known as a newly industrialized city(73.44$Km^2$, 127, 000 persons), with the increase rate of 27.8% in population and mean density of 1, 732 persons/$Km^2$. According to the census of the city(1986), it consists of cultivated field(36.8%), forest(34.2%), industrial area(7.4%), residential area(4.1%) and others(12.5%). The forest vegetation in the city is composed of four associations and two subassociations as follows; Pinus rigida, Pinus densiflora-Rhododendron mucronulatum, Quercus mongolica-Rhododendron mucronulatum and Robinia pseudo-acacia asociation, and Quercus mongolica-Corylus sieboldiana var. mandshurica and Robinia pseudoacacia-Alnus hirsuta subassociation. Various environmental conditions have been changed with the progress of urbanization of the city, since 1977. For example, a heat island phenomenon, which is the air temperature of 2 or 3$^{\circ}C$ higher in the central area than that of the boundary area, and floral changes caused by air pollutants such as decreasing bryophyte species along increasing SO$_2$ concentration.

• 한국입자에어로졸학회지
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2011

서울의 대기오염, 특히 고농도 대기오염 사례는 시민 건강에 매우 부정적일뿐만 아니라, 일반 시민들이 서울시에 대해 느끼는 체감오염도에도 중요한 변수이다. 따라서 이러한 고농도 대기오염 사례의 원인을 규명하는 것은 과학적으로 중요할 뿐만 아니라 사회적으로도 중요한 문제이다. 2005년 7월 22일부터 31일 사이에 고농도 대기오염 사례가 관측되었다. 이 대기오염 사례에 대해 측정소 간의 시계열분석, 에어로졸 성분 분석, 궤적 분석 등의 종합적인 해석을 통해, 대기오염 사례가 국지적인 것이었는지, 외부 영향에 의한 것인지 규명 하였다. 측정 결과를 바탕으로 이 사례를 7월 22~27일(기간 1)과 28~31일(기간 2)의 두 기간으로 구분하였다. 우리나라의 도시대기측정소의 PM10 농도 추이를 분석한 결과, 기간 1에는 춘천의 PM10 농도와 3시간 후에 서울의 PM10 농도가 상관관계가 높았으며, 기간 2에는 중부 지방 전체의 PM10 농도 사이에 상관관계가 높았다. 기간 1에는 풍속이 점차 강해져서 오염물질이 희석되는 경향을 보였으며, 기간 2에는 풍속이 점차 약해져 정체성 특성을 보여 고농도가 계속 유지되었다. 관측한 PM2.5 이온 조성은 기간 1보다는 기간 2에 높았으며, 두 기간 모두, 서울의 평균 농도보다는 매우 높았다. 궤적분석 결과 기간 1에는 시계열 분석 결과와 일치하게, 공기덩어리가 중국에서 북한과 강원도를 거쳐 서울로 이동하였고, 기간 2에는 중국에서 직접 서울로 이동하였다. 현재는 북한의 대기오염물질 배출 정도나 대기오염도에 대한 자료가 부족하여 보다 상세한 분석이 힘들다. 그러나 북한의 영향이 상당할 것으로 보이므로 이에 대한 연구가 필요하다 (Kim et al., 2011). 이 연구 결과는 2005년 7월 하순에 서울에서 발생한 대기오염 에피소드는 외부 영향, 특히 중국 영향에 의한 것임을 보여준다. 그러나 같은 외부 영향이라도 공기의 이동 경로와 풍속에 따라 오염 특성이 달라지는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2000

The objective of this study was to identify the sources and to estimate the source contributions to the atmospheric TSP(total suspended particulate matter) and PM-10(particulate matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 10$\mu\textrm{m}$) concentration in Taegu area. A total of 84 samples was collected during the January to December 1999. TSP and PM-10 were collected on filters by portable air sampler, and heavy metals in TSP and PM-배 were analyzed by ICO(Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometery) after preliminary treatment. The results were follow as : First, annual average of TSP and PM-10 concentration was 123 and 69$\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ respectively. The concentration of TSP and PM-10 were highest in winter season compared to other seasons. Second, the concentration of Al, Fe, Mn were higher in TSP than in PM-10, indicating that these heavy metals are generally associate with natural contributions. Third, metal combinations showed that a high correlation among concentrations of heavy metals were follows: As Al, Fe and Mn in TSP ; Ni, Cr, Cd and Pb in PM-10. Finally, Statistical analysis was performed using Principal Components Analysis(PCA) in order to find possible sources of the pollutants. The factor analysis was permitted to identify four major sources(soil/road dust resuspension, waste incineration, furl combustion, vehicular emission) in each fraction. These source accounted for at least 83, 85% of variance of TSP and PM-10 concentration in Taegu area.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.473-481
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• 2017

초미세먼지 (particulate matter 2.5, $PM_{2.5}$)는 분진의 입경이 2.5 이하의 보다 작은 크기의 미세한 입자들을 말하는데, 미세먼지와 달리 대기 중에서 제거가 어렵고 기도나 코 점막에서 걸러지지 않으며, 호흡 시 폐포까지 직접 침투하기 때문에 장기간 노출될 경우, 폐 기능 감소, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) 증가, 폐암 발생증가가 있다고 알려져 있다. 현재 국내외에서 초미세먼지에 대해 다양한 연구가 이루어지고 있는데, 초미세먼지의 농도는 기상인자 (풍속, 강우량, 일사량 등)에 영향을 받는 것으로 알려져 있으며, 이산화질소, 오존, 이산화황, 미세먼지 등 대기물질의 농도에도 영향을 받는 것으로 알려져 있다. 특히 우리나라는 점차 증가하고 있는 자동차 수나 오염원으로 인한 초미세먼지외에도 중국으로부터 유입되는 초미세먼지 또한 고려되어야 하는 대상이므로 기상인자 중 풍향과 풍속 또한 어느 정도 큰 영향을 미칠 것으로 판단되며 인접 지역에 대한 영양 또한 고려되어야 할 것이다. 본 연구에서는 초미세먼지 농도에 영향을 미치는 유의한 대기물질 및 기상자료와 초미세먼지 농도의 지역적 특성을 고려한 공간자기상관 행렬에 기초한 공간패널모형을 소개하였고 이를 서울 25개 구에서 관측된 초미세먼지 자료에 적용하였다. 또한 초미세먼지와 대기오염물질의 농도를 통해 서울시에서 발생한 호흡기 질환 환자 수를 분석하여 그의 위해성을 확인하였다.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.85-93
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• 1995

Measurements of ground level ozone concentrations were made in a rural area of Chongwon (Choongbook Province) from June 1993 to July 1994. High values frequently exceeding 100 ppb (ambient air qualyty standard of Korea) were recorded. High ozone concentrations in the boundary layer were primarily correlated with the several meteorological parameters in warm seasons: pressure, radiation, temperature, precipitation and wind velocity. The annual average concentration of ozone at Chongwon was 17ppb, and this value was relatively higher than those for other cities in Korea. O$\_$3/ concentrations were observed to increase when the ridge of a surface anticyclone was passing over the region, and maximum values(.geq.100 ppb) were observed on the rear sides of high pressure centers and in the warm sectors of cyclones(well head of cold fronts). The ozone concentrations had a negative correlation with the concentration of primary pollutants(e.g., total hydrocarbons).

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.603-613
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• 2004

Extensive forest fires occurred across the border in Russia. particularly east of Lake Baikal between the Amur and Lena rivers in May 2003. These forest fires released large amounts of particulates and gases into the atmosphere. resulting in adverse effects on regional air quality and the global radiation budget. Smoke pollution from the Russian fires near Lake Baikal was sometimes transported to Korea through Mongolia and eastern China. In this study ground based radiation (visible and UV-B) data measured during May 2003 at Seoul and Kwangju were analyzed to estimate smoke aerosol impacts on solar radiation. Surface criteria air pollutants ($PM_{10}$, CO, $O_3$) data were also obtained from National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER) during smoke aerosol event period (19 May~24 May 2003). Large Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) 1.0~3.0 was observed during this period due to the influence of the long range transport of smoke aerosol plume from the Russian fires, resulting in short-wavelength direct aerosol radiative forcing of -90~ -200W/$m^2$. These smoke aerosol plume caused decrease in surface UV-B radiation up to 80% and increase in PM_(10) concentration up to 200${\mu}g/m^3$ exceeding the 24 hour ambient air quality standard.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.375-384
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• 2001

Optical remote sensing techniques are particularly advantageous over the conventional fixed point methods because with these methods large-area monitoring can be possible and sample preparation difficulties are avoidable. Instruments based on the differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) technique are widely used for monitoring air pollutants in urban areas in recent years. In this study, $O_3$, SO$_2$, NO$_2$, and VOCs (benzene, toluene, xylene, and styrene) are measured continuously at Sihwa industrial area using a DOAS from February to November. 1999. Intercomparison between the DOAS method and the conventional methods (filed point samplers for $O_3$, NO$_2$, and SO$_2$, and adsorbent sampling methods and gas chromatography for VOCs) are performed simultaneously at the same site. The time series of the DOAS data and that of fixed point method show good match at the view point of the tendency, but the absolute concentration values of these two methods differ quite a lot from each other; correlation coefficients shows 0.78 for $O_3$and 0.97 for SO$_2$. However, the results of VOCs measurements are not quite satisfactory ; the spectral interference with $O_2$and $O_3$appears to be the major cause of the errors for VOCs .

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제7권7호
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• pp.15-23
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• 1999

In recent years, environmental damage to urban area becomes serious problem due to the exhaust emissions by increasing the number of vehicle . Especially, diesel particulate matters(DPM) are hazardous air pollutant s to human health and environment. The reduction technologies of exhaust emissions from diesel engines are improvement of engine combustion, fuel quality and development of diesel exhaust aftertreatment. In this study, a diesel oxidation catalyst(DOC) that is one of diesel exhaust aftertreatments was made for performance evaluation . It was tested for NA and turbocharged engine by D-13 mode that currently be used for regulation driving test mode in Korea Scanning mobility particle sizer (SMPS) was used for the analysis of the particle size distribution with and w/o DOC. As the results , for NA and tubochartged engine, CO, THC, DPM was respectively reduced 85.7, 40.7,3.3% and 79.1, 53.1, 11.6% by DOC. Test results of particle size distribution was showed that particle number is 107 ~108per ㎤ , 2 $\times$105 ~5$\times$105$\mu\textrm{g}$/㎥ for weight concentration and 100~200nm for particle mean size in diesel engine and there is no effect to reduce the particle concentration by the DOC.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.330-338
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• 2010

In this study, removal characteristics of nitrogen oxides $(NO_x)$ from road transport by using peat as the packing media for biodegradation have been investigated in the long term. Physicochemical and biological treatment of peatmixed media eliminates any requirement to use chemical substances and also facilitates the biodegradable actions of microorganism. Safe biodegradation of pollutants, no need to apply additional microbes owing to their active growth, and no generation of secondary pollutants were found in this experiment. It was concluded that average removal efficiencies of nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide $(NO_2)$ were 80% and 97% respectively with respect to the linear velocity 35~40 mm/s and 0.3 ppm ozone concentration in the long period operation. Inflow concentration of nitric oxide over 0.05 ppm was suitable when pretreated with ozone. Non-ozone stage was performed with linear velocity 20~100 mm/s and then the average removal efficiency of nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide were 38% and 94% respectively. Other results showed that the apparent static pressure was raised with increases in applied water content and aerial velocity in mixed media during fan operation.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.96-103
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• 2012

Ambient particulate matter (PM) and particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations were measured continuously for 70 days at a Korean elementary school located near a highway. The $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, and $PM_1$ values were measured with a light-scattering, multi-channel, aerosol spectrometer (Grimm, Model 1.107). The number concentrations of the particles were measured using a scanning mobility particle sizer and counter (SMPS+C) which counted particles from 11.1 to 1083.3 nm classified in 44 channels. Particle-bound PAHs were measured with a direct reading, photoelectric aerosol sensor. The daily $NO_2$, $SO_2$, and CO concentrations were obtained from a national air-monitoring station located near the school. The average concentrations of $PM_{10}$, $PM_{2.5}$, and $PM_1$ were 75.3, 59.3, and $52.1{\mu}g/m^3$, respectively. The average number concentration of the ultrafine particles (UFPs) was $46,307/cm^3$, and the averaged particle-bound PAHs concentration was $17.9ng/cm^3$ during the study period. The ambient UFP variation was strongly associated with traffic intensity, particularly peak concentrations during the traffic rush hours. Particles <100 nm corresponded to traffic-related pollutants, including PAHs. Additional longterm monitoring of ambient UFPs and high-resolution traffic measurements should be carried out in future studies. In addition, transient variations in the ambient particle concentration should be taken into consideration in epidemiology studies in order to examine the short-term health effects of urban UFPs.