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Seasonal variability of cyclone heat potential and cyclonic responses in the Bay of Bengal characterized using moored observatories

  • Vengatesan, G.;Shanmugam, P.;Venkatesan, R.;Vedachalam, N.;Joseph, Jossia K.
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • 제10권2호
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    • pp.181-199
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    • 2020
  • Cyclone Heat Potential (CHP) is an essential parameter for accurate prediction of the intensity of tropical cyclones. The variability of the heat storage in the near-surface layers and the vertical stratification near the surface due to large fresh water inputs create challenges in predicting the intraseasonal and interannual evolution of monsoons and tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal. This paper for the first time presents the D26- referenced cyclone heat potential observed in the Bay of Bengal during the period 2012-17 based on the in-situ data collected from 5.5 million demanding offshore instrument-hours of operation in the Ocean Moored Buoy Network for Northern Indian Ocean (OMNI) buoy network by the National Institute of Ocean Technology. It is observed that the CHP in the Bay of Bengal varied from 0-220 kJ/㎠ during various seasons. From the moored buoy observations, a CHP of ~ 90 kJ/㎠ with the D26 isotherm of minimum 100m is favorable for the intensification of the post-monsoon tropical cyclones. The responses of the D26 thermal structure during major tropical cyclone events in the Bay of Bengal are also presented.

Heavy Metal Contamination of Roadside Gully-Pot Sediments, Seoul, Korea

  • Kim, Sung-Hwan;Lee, Pyeong-Koo;Yun, Seong-Taek;So, Chil-Sup
    • 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지하수토양환경학회 2001년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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    • pp.222-225
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    • 2001
  • In urban environments, the surface land impermeability fundamentally related to urban growth emphasizes the environmental problems such as the storm water peak flow (so-called the urban flooding) and the pollution. The conventional urban drainage system provides a number of temporary reservoirs intercepting and retaining surface-derived pollutants following their introduction to and deposition upon the impermeable surface. Gully-pots are common features in urban drainage systems in Korea, which were installed for draining rainwater to prevent regurgitation in rainy season and retaining larger particles, hence minimizing pipe blockage problems. When the road runoff conveying sediment enters a gully-pot, the sediment mixes with the gully liquor causing direct pollution of receiving waters. The characteristics of local sediment contamination are usually related to the types of land use activities that take place or have taken place within the area., This study was undertaken to evaluate the spatial and temporal variations of the contamination of gully-pot sediments in Seoul with respect to heavy metals such as As, Cd, Co, Cr, Ni, Pb, Cu and Zn. The heavy metal data were examined according to the land use type. In this paper, sampling sites in Seoul were divided into six groups (commercial area, industrial area, residental area, motor way, rural area, and local pollution).

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Stable Carbon Isotope Stratigraphy of the Cambrian Machari Formation in the Yeongweol Area, Gangweon Province, Korea

  • Chung, Gong-Soo;Lee, Jeong-Gu;Lee, Kwang-Sik
    • 한국지구과학회지
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    • 제32권5호
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    • pp.437-452
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    • 2011
  • The Steptoean Positive Carbon Isotope Excursion (SPICE) is found in the Machari Formation which was interpreted to have been deposited on the middle to outer carbonate ramp environment. The Machari Formation is the Middle to Late Cambrian in age and distributed in the Yeongweol area, Gangweon Province, Korea. The SPICE event in the Machari Formation begins with the first appearance datum of trilobite Glyptagnostus reticulatus and ends with the first appearance of datum of trilobite Irvingella. The SPICE is found in approximately 120 m thick sequence and ${\delta}^{13}C$ values in the SPICE interval range from 0.6 to 4.4‰. The SPICE in the Machari Formation is interpreted to be caused by burial of organic matter in the sea floor and subsequent increase of $^{13}C$ isotope of the Late Cambrian ocean. The SPICE interval in the Machari Formation corresponds to the highstand to transgressive systems tracts.

센서 모니터링을 활용한 토류구조물 상황전파 자동화 시스템 개발 (Development of automatic alert populating system of earth structures based on sensor monitoring)

  • 김용수;안상로;정재현;한상재;정승용
    • 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
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    • pp.667-672
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    • 2009
  • Gathering information and systemization of infrastructure disaster management is to reduce uncertainties in making decisions and maximize the number of alternations. The key objects of a sensor-based progress report and propagation automation systems are to provide objective data, realize and support decision making and deliver them to a certain area, department, manager and other people rapidly. The major findings and results of this study are as follows. 1) Application of international standard-based alerting protocol(CAP; Common Alerting Protocol). 2) Development of database of existing progress report and propagation manual in order to achieve networking of safety management on major social infrastructure of the nation. 3) Development middleware application programs to progress report and propagation data using SMS, FAX, EMS, VMS, MMS.

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필댐 안전관리를 위한 계측기 중요도의 평가기법 (Evaluation Technique of Importance of Monitoring Systems for Earth and Rockfill Dam Safety)

  • 이종욱;김재홍;오병현
    • 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지반공학회 2009년도 춘계 학술발표회
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    • pp.874-882
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    • 2009
  • Continuous monitoring of dam performance is essential to earth and rockfill dams safety because it has to be guaranteed for safety during construction period of course and from initial impounding to a long term maintenance period of dam. Among the 31 dams managed by Kwater at present, the proportion of dams being over 20 years after completion of construction is 42% and it is estimated that the loss rate of monitoring devices will be increase as times. Monitoring devices would be impossible to repair since those are mostly installed in the dam body and foundation. If repairing of monitoring devices is possible, the expenditure will be expensive. Therefore reasonable decision making for abandonment, repair and alternation for loss of monitoring devices would be needed through the establishment of key instrument for earth and rockfill dam safety. In this study the process of monitoring for safety were modeled by failure modes of dams, adverse conditions related to failure mode, indicators of adverse condition and monitoring devices The relationship between failure mode and monitoring devices were systematically analyzed and established and evaluation technique for qualifying the importance of monitoring devices were presented.

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How the Sun generates "killer electrons" in near-Earth space

  • Lee, Dae-Young
    • 천문학회보
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.29-29
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    • 2014
  • A fundamental problem in space physics is to explain the origin of energetic charged particles in space close to the Earth and the significant temporal variations of their flux. The particles are primarily electrons and protons although energetic heavy ions such as O+ are sometimes non-negligible. By "energetic" we mean a rather broad energy range of particles from a few tens of keV to well above MeV. Drastic variations of the particle fluxes (by >3 orders of magnitude) occur over both a short time scale like a few minutes and a long time scale like the 11-year sunspot cycle. In this talk I will focus on relativistic energy electrons (~MeV) trapped within the Earth's magnetosphere. They are a primary element of the space weather since they can cause damage to satellites, so often called "killer electrons". Considering that the source particles in both the solar wind and the ionosphere are relatively cold (~eV), the quasi-permanent existence of these very energetic particles close to the Earth has been a surprise to space physicists for decades. Complex electromagnetic processes such as wave-particle interactions within the magnetosphere are believed to play a major role in generating these killer electrons. While detailed physics remains an active research area, for this lecture I will introduce a synthesized picture of how solar activities are related to wave-particle interaction physics inside the magnetosphere. This can be applied to other astrophysical systems.

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지하굴착에 따른 붕괴유형에 대한 고찰 (Consideration of Failure Type on the Ground Excavation)

  • 이중재;정경식;이창노
    • 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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    • pp.660-670
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    • 2009
  • Neighboring construction becomes mainstream of Ground excavation in downtown area. This causes the displacement, deformation, stress condition, etc of the ground surroundings. Therefore Neighboring construction have an effect on Neighboring structure. All these years a lot of Neighboring construction carried out, and the accumulation of technology also get accomplished. But earth retaining structure collapse happens yet. Types of earth retaining structure collapse are 12. 1. Failure of anchor or strut system, 2. Insufficiency of penetration, 3. H-pile Failure on excessive bending moment, 4. Slope sliding failure, 5. Excessive settlement of the back, 6. Deflection of H-pile, 7. Joint failure of coupled H-pile, 8. Rock failure when H-pile penetration is rock mass, 9. Plane arrangement of support systems are mechanically weak, 10. Boiling, 11. Heaving, 12. Over excavation. But field collapses are difficult for classification according to the type, because collapse process are complex with various types. When we consider the 12 collapse field, insufficient recognition of ground condition is 4 case. Thorough construction management prevents from fault construction. For limitations of soil survey, It is difficult to estimate ground condition exactly. Therefore, it should estimate the safety of earth retaining system, plan for necessary reinforcement, according to measurement and observation continuously.

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구글 어스를 이용한 비행 상황인식을 위한 3차원 시각화 (3D Visualization for Flight Situational Awareness using Google Earth)

  • 박석규;박명철
    • 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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    • 제15권12호
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    • pp.181-188
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    • 2010
  • 본 논문은 수집된 항공기의 상황 자료를 이용하여 웹 기반의 구글 어스와 OpenGL을 이용한 3차원 시각화을 통하여 항공기의 올바른 상황인식과 상태정보를 지원하는 시스템을 제안한다. 기존에 제안된 시스템은 방대한 지형 자료와 지도 및 위성사진을 연동하여 표현함으로 속도 저하 및 한정된 지도 정보만을 가시화하는 문제점을 가진다. 제안하는 시스템은 개방된 구글 어스의 Open API을 이용하여 최소한의 비행 정보만으로 실시간 상황인식을 위한 경제적이고 전역적인 시각화 도구를 지원한다. 또한 사용자의시각적 편리성을 위하여 다중 위치 정보를 볼 수 있는 확장 뷰를 제공한다. 본 연구결과는 웹 환경에서 항공기의 상황인식을 지원하는 시스템으로 이용될 수 있는 가능성을 보인다.

Hydrochemical Characteristics and Nitrate-Nitrogen Contamination in Shallow Groundwater in Two Agricultural areas in Korea

  • Sul-Min Yun;Hang-Tak Jeon;Ji-Min Hwang;MoonSu Kim;HyunKoo Kim;Se-Yeong Hamm
    • 한국지구과학회지
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    • 제44권4호
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    • pp.291-306
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    • 2023
  • Shallow groundwater in rural areas is primarily polluted by agricultural activities. Nitrate-nitrogen is an indicator of artificial pollution. In this study, the hydrochemical characteristics and nitrate-nitrogen pollution of shallow groundwater were examined in two agricultural villages (Hyogyo-ri and Sinan-ri) in Chungcheongnam-do Province, Korea. Physicochemical quality analysis of shallow groundwater and stream water in the field, and chemical analysis in the laboratory were conducted from July 2020 to October 2021. In Hygyo-ri and Sinan-ri villages, shallow groundwater mainly belonged to the Ca-Cl, Ca-H CO3, Na-HCO3, and Na-Cl types, whereas stream water predominantly belonged to the Ca-HCO3 type. The nitrate-nitrogen concentration in shallow groundwater varied depending on the season, displaying an increased concentration of nitrate-nitrogen in the dry season compared to the rainy season. Stream water may be influenced by runoff into villages from the surrounding area, although both shallow groundwater and stream water are affected by artificial pollution. In addition, the nitrate-nitrogen concentration in stream water was lower than that in shallow groundwater.

Resistome Study in Aquatic Environments

  • Hanseob Shin;Yongjin Kim;Seunggyun Han;Hor-Gil Hur
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제33권3호
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    • pp.277-287
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    • 2023
  • Since the first discovery of antibiotics, introduction of new antibiotics has been coupled with the occurrence of antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Rapid dissemination of ARB and ARGs in the aquatic environments has become a global concern. ARB and ARGs have been already disseminated in the aquatic environments via various routes. Main hosts of most of ARGs were found to belong to Gammaproteobacteria class, including clinically important potential pathogens. Transmission of ARGs also occurs by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) mechanisms between bacterial strains in the aquatic environments, resulting in ubiquity of ARGs. Thus, a few of ARGs and MGEs (e.g., strA, sul1, int1) have been suggested as indicators for global comparability of contamination level in the aquatic environments. With ARB and ARGs contamination, the occurrence of critical pathogens has been globally issued due to their widespread in the aquatic environments. Thus, active surveillance systems have been launched worldwide. In this review, we described advancement of methodologies for ARGs detection, and occurrence of ARB and ARGs and their dissemination in the aquatic environments. Even though numerous studies have been conducted for ARB and ARGs, there is still no clear strategy to tackle antibiotic resistance (AR) in the aquatic environments. At least, for consistent surveillance, a strict framework should be established for further research in the aquatic environments.