• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.183-197
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• 2006

Combinations of visible and near-infrared (NIR) bands in an image are widely used for estimating vegetation vigor and productivity. Using this approach to understand within-field grain crop variability could allow pre-harvest estimates of yield, and might enable mapping of yield variations without use of a combine yield monitor. The objective of this study was to estimate within-field variations in crop yield using vegetation indices derived from hyperspectral images. Hyperspectral images were acquired using an aerial sensor on multiple dates during the 2003 and 2004 cropping seasons for corn and soybean fields in central Missouri. Vegetation indices, including intensity normalized red (NR), intensity normalized green (NG), normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), green NDVI (gNDVI), and soil-adjusted vegetation index (SAVI), were derived from the images using wavelengths from 440 nm to 850 nm, with bands selected using an iterative procedure. Accuracy of yield estimation models based on these vegetation indices was assessed by comparison with combine yield monitor data. In 2003, late-season NG provided the best estimation of both corn $(r^2\;=\;0.632)$ and soybean $(r^2\;=\;0.467)$ yields. Stepwise multiple linear regression using multiple hyperspectral bands was also used to estimate yield, and explained similar amounts of yield variation. Corn yield variability was better modeled than was soybean yield variability. Remote sensing was better able to estimate yields in the 2003 season when crop growth was limited by water availability, especially on drought-prone portions of the fields. In 2004, when timely rains during the growing season provided adequate moisture across entire fields and yield variability was less, remote sensing estimates of yield were much poorer $(r^2<0.3)$.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2022.05a
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• pp.154-154
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• 2022

The frequency of natural disasters, including floods and drought events, driven by climate change has increased in recent times. Investigating the climate regimes and the roles of climate variables are indispensable to forestall future climate change-related disasters. This study compares the variability of two popular and widely used climate indices i.e., the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) aridity index and the Modified De-Martonne (MDM) index to assess the trend of climate change in the Chungcheong provinces of South Korea. The trend of annual and monthly climate indices was conducted using a non-parametric Mann-Kendall test and Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test with daily climate data of 48 years (1978-2020) from 10 synoptic stations. The findings indicate that UNEP and MDM indices had a wet climate regime for the annual trend, with the UNEP index indicating a relatively humid trend of 60% humid, 20% semi-arid, and 10% sub-humid for the 48-years study period. However, the MDM index showed a high frequency of a severe wet climatic condition followed by the semi-arid condition. The months of July and August had the highest occurring frequency of the wet climatic condition (90%) for both UNEP and MDM indices. Comparing the two provinces, Chungnam showed a relatively wetter climatic condition using the UNEP index, while the MDM index indicated no significant regional difference in climate regime between the two provinces. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov normality test showed that all the 10 stations are normally distributed for monthly climate conditions at a 5% significant level in the two provinces except five stations for UNEP index and four stations for MDM index in the month of January.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.173-184
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• 2008

Climatic water balance has been applied to obtain quantity of various hydrologic components. Hydrologic information is estimated by comparison between rainfall and evapotranspiration under complex terrain condition. Water deficit is defined as that subtraction of actual supply from climatic demand. The water deficit will occur, when monthly evapotranspiration exceed monthly rainfall. Contrary water surplus is defined as that surplus water after meeting the demand by plants. The water surplus will be occurred when monthly rainfall exceeds monthly evapotranspiration. Finally, the discrete moisture indices were calculated and mapped for the whole watershed to estimate dryness and wetness status using the climatic water balance approach. The result of this study can properly interpret the real drought and non drought. Based upon the results, it can be concluded that the climatic water balance model is useful to monitor water conditions for the watershed.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.51 no.spc
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• pp.1117-1126
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• 2018

Water supply system aims to meet the user's demand by securing water resources in a stable way. However, water supply failure sometimes happens because inflow decreases during drought period. Droughts induced by the lack of precipitation do not always lead to water supply failures. Thus, it is necessary to consider features of actual water shortage event when we evaluate a water supply risk. In this study, we developed a new drought index for drought management, i.e., Joint Drought Management Index (JDMI), using two water supply system performance indices such as reliability and vulnerability. Future data that were estimated from GCMs according to RCP 4.5 and 8.5 scenarios were used to estimate future water supply risk. After dividing the future period into three parts, the risk of water supply failure in the Nakdong River basin was analyzed using the JDMI. As a result, the risk was higher with the RCP 4.5 than the RCP 8.5. In case of RCP 4.5, W18 (Namgangdam) was identified as the most vulnerable area, whereas in case of RCP 8.5, W23 (Hyeongsangang) and W33 (Nakdonggangnamhae) were identified as the most vulnerable area.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.41 no.3
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• pp.99-106
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• 2017

Background: Plants over-expressing Arabidopsis ABF3 (abscisic acid-responsive element-binding factor 3) have enhanced tolerance to various environmental stresses, especially drought. Using terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis, we compared the rhizosphere-associated structures of microbial communities for transgenic potato containing this gene and conventional "Jopoong" plants. Results: During a 2-year field experiment, fungal richness, evenness, and diversity varied by year, increasing in 2010 when a moderate water deficit occurred. By contrast, the bacterial richness decreased in 2010 while evenness and diversity were similar in both years. No significant difference was observed in any indices for either sampling time or plant line. Although the composition of the microbial communities (defined as T-RF profiles) changed according to year and sampling time, differences were not significant between the transgenic and control plants. Conclusions: The results in this study suggest that the insertion of ABF3 into potato has no detectable (by current T-RFLP technique) effects on rhizosphere communities, and that any possible influences, if any, can be masked by seasonal or yearly variations.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.183-183
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• 2019

최근 지구온난화에 따른 기후변화로 폭염, 가뭄, 홍수 등 기상 재해의 발생빈도가 상승하고 있으며, 강우 집중도와 변동성이 증가함에 따라 2010년 이후 2014년을 제외한 현재까지 지속적인 농업가뭄의 발생으로 연속적인 가뭄 피해를 겪고 있다. 근대적 수리시설의 발달과 선제적 가뭄대책 등으로 가뭄대응력은 향상되어 피해 수준은 과거에 비해 상대적으로 적은 편이나 정량적인 가뭄피해 평가의 기준이나 피해 평가 사례가 미흡하다. 일반적으로 기상학적 가뭄은 표준강수지수(Standardized Precipitation Index, SPI)를 활용하고 있으며, 농업적 가뭄은 농촌수자원의 주요한 용수공급시설인 농업용 저수지의 용수공급능력과 관개지역의 필요수량을 평가하여 시기별로 부족 수량을 산정하고 가뭄강도를 정량화함으로써 농업가뭄 상황을 평가할 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 기상학적 가뭄 지수인 SPI와 농업용 저수지의 용수공급능력, 농업적 가뭄 피해 지역의 관련 자료 등을 수집하여 농업 가뭄의 직접 피해를 중심으로 기상학적 가뭄 정도에 따른 농업적 가뭄 피해에 대한 상관성을 살펴보고자 한다.

• Journal of Soil and Groundwater Environment
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.31-42
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• 2006

Drought indices, such as PDSI (palmer Drought Severity Index), SWSI (Surface Water Supply Index) and SPI (Standardized Precipitation Index), have been developed to assess and forecast an intensity of drought. To find the applicability of groundwater level data to a drought assessment, a correlation analysis between SPI and groundwater levels was conducted for each time series at a drought season in 2001. The comparative results between SPI and groundwater levels of shallow wells of three national groundwater monitoring stations, Chungju Gageum, Yangpyung Gaegun, and Yeongju Munjeong, show that these two factors are highly correlated. In case of SPI with a duration of 1 month, cross-correlation coefficients between two factors are 0.843 at Chungju Gageum, 0.825 at Yangpyung Gaegun, and 0.737 at Yeongju Munjeong. The time lag between peak values of two factors is nearly zero in case of SPI with a duration of 1 month, which means that groundwater level fluctuation is similar to SPI values. Moreover, in case of SPI with a duration of 3 month, it is found that groundwater level can be a leading indicator to predict the SPI values I week later. Some of the national groundwater monitoring stations can be designated as DIW (Drought Index Well) based on the detailed survey of site characteristics and also new DIWs need to be drilled to assess and forecast the drought in this country.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.330-338
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• 1999

Extensive research has been conducted on effects of drought stress on growth and development of soybean but information is rather restricted on the limited-irrigation system by way of precaution against a long-term drought condition in the future. The experiment for limited-irrigation was conducted in transparent vinyl shelter at Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), Taiwan in 1997. Two soybean varieties, Hwangkeum and AGS292, improved in Korea and AVRDC, respectively were used for this experiment. The relationships between normalized transpiration rate (NTR) and fraction of transpirable soil water (FTSW) in both varieties were similar that the NTR was unchanged until FTSW dropped to about 0.5 or 0.6. At FTSW less than those values, NTR declined rapidly. Days required to harvest in both varieties were significantly prolonged at IR6 treatment compared to any other treatments. Daily mean transpiration rate was significantly higher at IR5 treatment, as averaged over varieties. Similarly, water use efficiency was also high at 1R5 treatment. In both varieties, seed yield was the greatest at the IR5 treatment, as compared to any other limited-irrigation treatments, due to the increased seed number and high transpirational water use efficiency. The indices of input water and seed yield for the different limited-irrigation treatments against control indicated that Hwangkeum produced 59.6% or 60.7% of seed yield using 36.1% or 44.9% of input water, as compared to control, by irrigation at only R5 or R6 stages, respectively. The AGS292 produced 56.1% of seed yield with 35.4% of input water of control, when irrigated at R5 stage. The results of this study have elucidated that the limited irrigation at R5 stage in soybean can be minimized yield loss with such small quantity of water under the environment of long-term drought stress and the expected shortage of agricultural water in the future.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.123-123
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• 2011

가뭄은 다른 기상재해들과 달리 특정한 기후현상에 의해 발생하는 사건이 아닌 장기간의 강우 부족으로 인한 물 부족으로부터 기인하며, 가뭄의 특성상 가뭄의 시작과 끝을 명확히 구분하기 힘들며, 심도를 결정짓는 것 또한 어려움이 있다. 이러한 가뭄의 특성을 파악하기 위한 연구는 계속되고 있으며, SPI(Standardized Precipitation Index), PDSI(Palmer Drought Severity Index), SWSI(Surface Water Supply Index), EDI(Effective Drought Index), CMI(Crop Moisture Index)등과 같은 가뭄의 특성을 잘 반영한 가뭄지수의 개발 또한 끊임없이 이어지고 있다. 하지만 이러한 가뭄지수들은 기상학적, 기후학적, 농업적, 수문학적등과 같은 분류에 의해 가뭄의 표현이 상이한 결과를 보여주며, 동일한 방법으로 산정된 가뭄평가지수라 하더라도 지역적인 적합성 정도에서 또한 차이를 보인다. 본 연구에서는 우리나라의 실제 가뭄의 발생사례를 바탕으로 각종 가뭄지수들의 적합도와 가뭄의 변동특성을 파악하고자 한다. 우리나라의 가뭄특성을 확인하기 위하여 보고서 등 각종 문헌과 신문기사를 통해 1973년부터 2009년까지 실제 가뭄발생 기록을 정량화하고 행정구역단위의 우리나라 전역에 공간분포로 표현하였다. 69개 기상관측소의 강수 및 기온 자료를 통해 기상청과(SPI, PDSI, PN, 강수량십분위) 동일한 방법으로 가뭄지수를 산정 후 마찬가지로 행정구역단위의 우리나라 전역에 확장하였으며, 이렇게 생성된 각종 가뭄지수 및 기후변수의 공간분포와 실제 가뭄발생사례의 공간분포를 비교 분석함으로서 각 가뭄지수 및 기후변수의 적합성을 평가하였다. 각 가뭄지수 및 기후변수의 적합성을 평가하기 위하여 ROC space 상의 검정통계량을 이용하였다. 분석결과 PN(Percent of Normal)이 실제 가뭄의 현상을 가장 잘 표현했으며, 강수량, SPI 3, 강수량 십분위 등이 높은 상관성을 보였다. 또한 SPI12, PDSI, PN, 강수량십분위 등이 행정구역에 따른 산포정도가 비교적 낮게 나타났다. 본 연구를 통해 우리나라 전 지역 가뭄의 시 공간적인 가뭄변동특성을 파악하고, 기존에 사용되고 있는 가뭄지수의 적합도 평가를 통해 우리나라 가뭄특성을 가장 잘 반영한 가뭄지수의 선정과 각종 기후특성을 잘 반영하는 좀 더 향상된 가뭄지수 개발에 도움을 줄 수 있으며, 가뭄의 시 공간적인 예측에 대해 적합한 가뭄지수 선택에 도움을 줄 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.321-321
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• 2023

가뭄은 수개월 혹은 수년간 지속적이며, 점진적으로 광범위하게 피해를 미치는 자연재해이다. 강수 부족과 같은 비정상적 기상환경으로 인해 발생하는 기상학적 가뭄이 지속되어 토양 수분량 감소 및 식생에 영향을 미치는 농업적 가뭄을 발생시킬 수 있으며, 하천유출량 및 가용수자원이 감소하는 수문학적 가뭄으로까지 진행된다. 이처럼 분야별 가뭄이 장시간 지속됨에 따라 다른 종류의 가뭄을 발생시키는 현상을 가뭄 전이라고 하며, 가뭄이 전이되지 않은 비전이 사상보다 지역에 큰 피해를 야기한다. 최근 우리나라에서도 가뭄 전이와 관련된 연구들이 진행되고 있다. 하지만 기상학적, 농업적 및 수문학적 가뭄에 대한 가뭄 전이를 모두 고려하여 가뭄의 전이 및 비전이사상간의 피해 양상을 비교하는 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 전국 단위의 시군구별 SPI(Standardized Precipitation Index), SGI(Standardized Groundwater level Index) 및 PHDI(Palmer Hydrological Drought Index)를 사용하여 각각 기상학적, 농업적 및 수문학적 가뭄을 판단하였다. 각 분야별 가뭄간의 시간적 중복여부를 통해 가뭄의 전이 여부를 판단하고, 가뭄의 전이 특성(풀링, 감쇠, 지체, 연장) 분석을 수행하였다. 또한, 가뭄 전이 사상과 비전이 사상이 발생한 시기의 가뭄 피해 관련 자료를 수집하여, 지역별 가뭄 전이 사상 및 비전이 사상간의 피해 양상을 비교 및 분석하였다. 과거 충청북도 충주시는 2011년의 기상학적 가뭄(비전이 사상) 발생시 피해 인구가 없었으나, 2019년의 기상학적 가뭄에서 수문학적 가뭄으로 전이가 발생하여 999명의 피해 인구가 발생하였다. 즉, 동일한 지역에서 다른 시기에 발생한 가뭄 피해 및 동일한 연도에서 인접한 지역의 가뭄 피해를 분석한 결과, 비전이된 가뭄 사상에 비해 전이된 가뭄 사상에서 더욱 큰 피해를 가지는 것을 확인하였다.