• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.40 no.1 s.182
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• pp.103-113
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• 2007

The empirical USLE and the physically-based GeoWEPP which were distributed model linked with GIS (Geographical Information System) were applied to small natural catchment located in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The results using by two models were total sediment yield from study catchment between January, 2004 and January, 2005. During the study period, the observed total sediment yield was 270.54 ton and the total sediment yield computed by USLE and GeoWEPP model were 358.1 ton and 283.30 ton, respectively. Each of results computed by USLE and GeoWEPP overestimated more than the observed total sediment yield, but, based on the results, the total sediment yield computed by GeoWEPP approximated to the observed result. We suggest that the reason why the total sediment yield using by models overestimated was that computed amounts by two models did not contain the amount of suspended sediment flowed over the weir.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.803-814
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• 2020

Managing erosion control dams requires the annual average sediment yield to determine their storage capacity and time to full sediment-fill and dredging. The GeoWEPP (Geo-spatial interface for Water Erosion Prediction Project) model can predict the annual average sediment yield from various land uses and vegetation covers at a watershed scale. This study assessed the GeoWEPP to determine the annual average sediment yield for managing erosion control dams by applying it to five erosion control dams and comparing the results with field observations using ground-based LiDAR (light detection and ranging). The modeling results showed some differences with the observed sediment yields. Therefore, GeoWEPP is not recommended to determine the annual average sediment yield for erosion control dams. Moreover, when using the GeoWEPP, the following is recommended :1) use the US WEPP climate files with similar latitude, elevation and precipitation modified with monthly average climate data in Korea and 2) use soil files based on forest soil maps in Korea. These methods resulted in GeoWEPP predictions and field observations of 0 and 63.3 Mg·yr-1 for the Gangneung, 142.3 and 331.2 Mg·yr-1 for the Bonghwa landslide, 102.0 and 107.8 Mg·yr-1 for the Bonghwa control, 294.7 and 115.0 Mg·yr-1 for the Chilgok forest fire, and 0 and 15.0 Mg·yr-1 for the Chilgok control watersheds. Application of the GeoWEPP in Korea requires 1) building a climate database fit for the WEPP using the meteorological data from Korea and 2) performing further studies on soil and streamside erosion to determine accurate parameter values for Korea.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.1258-1262
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• 2010

현재 비점오염원의 정량화를 위하여 정부에서는 지목별 모니터링을 통하여 원단위를 산정하고 있으며, 이를 이용해 수질개선을 위한 수질오염총량관리제를 더욱 효과적으로 운영 평가하기 위한 노력을 하고 있다. 특히, 전 국토의 70% 이상을 차지하고 있는 산림에서 발생되는 유출수에 대한 특성을 파악하는 것이 중요하다. 보통 산림 유출 특성은 모니터링을 수행하여 파악하는 것이 가장 정확한 방법이지만, 지형 작물 시간 강우 패턴 등의 다양한 조건에서 모니터링을 수행하는 것이 어렵다. 또한 지점선정 장비구입 인건비 등 많은 비용이 요구되어 모델링을 통해 시 공간적으로 유출 특성을 평가하고자 하는 연구들이 활발히 진행 중이다. 본 연구는 GIS에서 WEPP 모형의 구동이 가능하게 된 GeoWEPP 모형을 이용하여 활엽수림 침엽수림 혼효림에서 강우시 발생하는 유출량을 모의하여 실측 유출량과의 비교 평가를 통해서 GeoWEPP 모형의 정확성을 평가하는데 있다. 모델 평가를 위해 $R^2$와 Nash-Sutcliffe model Efficiency (NSE)를 사용하였다. 활엽수림 지점은 2009년 총 10개의 강우 발생으로부터 유출량이 산정되었는데, $R^2$와 NSE는 각각 0.98와 0.87로 나타났다. 침엽수림 지점은 14개의 강우 발생시 산정된 유출을 이용하여 모델을 평가하였는데, $R^2$와 NSE가 각각 0.91와 0.90으로 나타났다. 혼효림 지점은 총 10개의 강우 발생시 산정된 유출을 이용하여 모델을 평가한 결과 $R^2$와 NSE가 각각 0.98와 0.94로 나타나 GeoWEPP 모델이 임상별 유출량을 잘 반영하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과에서 보이는 바와 같이 GeoWEPP 모형이 임상별 유출특성을 매우 정확하게 예측할 수 있다고 판단된다.

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.31-44
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• 2021

Due to recent climate change, continuous soil loss is occurring in the mountainous watershed. The development of geographic information systems allows the spatial simulation of soil loss through hydrological models, but more researches applied to the mountain watershed areas in Korea are needed. In this study, prior to simulating the soil loss characteristics of the mountainous watershed, the field monitoring and the SWAT and GeoWEPP models were used to simulate and analyze the rainfall and runoff characteristics in the mountainous watershed area of Jirisan National Park. As a result of monitoring, runoff showed a characteristic of a rapid response as rainfall increased and decreased. In the simulation runoff results of calibrated SWAT models, R², RMSE and NSE was 0.95, 0.03, and 0.95, respectively. The runoff simulation results of the GeoWEPP model were evaluated as 0.89, 0.30, and 0.83 for R², RMSE, and NSE, respectively. These results, therefore, imply that the runoff simulated through SWAT and GeoWEPP models can be used to simulate soil loss. However, the results of the two models differ from the parameters and base flow of actual main channel, and further consideration is required to increase the model's accuracy.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.425-432
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• 2011

To control non-point source pollution at a watershed scale, rainfall-runoff characteristics from forest watersheds should be investigated since the forest is the dominant land use in Korea. Long-term monitoring would be an ideal method. However, computer models have been utilized due to limitations in cost and labor in performing long-term monitoring at the watersheds. In this study, the Geo-spatial interface to the Water Erosion Prediction Project (GeoWEPP) model was evaluated for its runoff prediction from a coniferous forest dominant watersheds. The $R^2$ and the NSE for calibrated result comparisons were 0.77 and 0.63, validated result comparisons were 0.92, 0.89, respectively. These comparisons indicated that the GeoWEPP model can be used in evaluating rainfall-runoff characteristics. To estimate runoff changes from a coniferous forest watershed with various cover degree scenarios, ten cover degree scenarios (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%) were run using the calibrated GeoWEPP model. It was found that runoff increases with decrease in cover degree. Runoff volume was the highest ($206,218.66m^3$) at 10% cover degree, whereas the lowest ($134,074.58m^3$) at 100% cover degree due to changes in evapotranspiration under various cover degrees at the forest. As shown in this study, GeoWEPP model could be efficiently used to investigate runoff characteristics from the coniferous forest watershed and effects of various cover degree scenarios on runoff generation.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.200-200
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• 2017

강우에 의한 토양 침식 및 토사유츨량은 하천 및 유역환경관리 관점에서 가장 중요한 인자 중 하나로 보고되고 있으며, 다양한 분야에서 이에 대한 연구를 수행 중에 있다. 일반적으로 유역에서 발생한 토양침식 및 물의 이동에 의한 토사유출량을 해석하기 위해 SWAT 등과 같은 많은 모형이 적용되고 있지만, 대부분 농업지역에서 이용하는 수평형태의 수문학적 개념에 따른 overland flow 개념을 이용하고 있다. 하지만, 우리나라는 약 70% 이상이 산림으로 이루어진 지역으로 유역환경 해석에 있어 수평적인 개념과 함께 사면내에서 lateral flow와 같은 지표하 흐름의 이동에 관한 개념 역시 필요하지만, 이의 영향에 대한 관련 연구는 부족하다. 최근 수문학의 발달과 더불어 수평적인 개념을 탈피한 사면수문학 개념이 전 세계적으로 발달하고 있으며, 많은 발전을 이루고 있다. 이를 통해 GIS를 기반으로 물리학기반의 GeoWEPP 모형이 미국을 중심으로 개발되었고, 이에 대한 많은 적용 및 평가가 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 전 세계적으로 평가받고 있는 process 기반의 SWAT 모형과 사면수문학 개념을 반영한 물리학기반의 GeoWEPP 모형을 이용하였다. 이 두 모형은 강우, 지형, 토양도, 토지피 복도 등 두 모형의 입력자료 역시 거의 동일하게 구성되어 있으며, 같은 FORTRAN CODE 및 ArcGIS에서 운영될 수 있도록 이루어져 있어 비교 분석하기 원활하다. 모형의 적용은 매년 심각한 조류가 발생하는 대청호 지류인 소옥천 유역내 중하류에 위치한 옥각교에서 관측된 모니터링 자료(토사유출량과 유출량)를 이용하여 모형의 정확성을 평가 후, 사면수문학 개념의 적용성에 대해 논하였다. 각각의 모형의 결과에 대한 정확성 평가는, Nash-Sutcliffee를 이용하여 실시하였다.

• Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.1-9
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• 2012

It has been known that Golf course could impose negative impacts on water-ecosystem if pollutant-laden runoff is not treated well. It is important to control non-point source and re-use treated wastewater from the golf course to secure water quality of receiving waterbodies. At golf courses, the rainfall-runoff is affected by various practices to manage grasses. In many hydrological modelings, especially in simple rainfall-runoff modeling, effects on runoff of plant growth and cutting are not considered. In the study, the water erosion prediction project (WEPP), capable of simulating plant growth and various management, was evaluated for its runoff prediction from golf course under grass cutting and irrigation. The %Difference, $R^2$ and the NSE for runoff comparisons were 1.15%, 0.93 and 0.92 for calibration, and 18.12%, 0.82 and 0.88 for validation period, respectively. In grass cutting scenario, grass height was managed to be 18~25 mm. The estimated runoff was decreased by 27%. The difference in estimated total runoff was 11.8% depending on irrigation. As shown in this study, if grass management and irrigation are well-controlled, water quality of downstream areas could be obtained.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.47-62
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• 2022

The Ministry of Environment has been working to reduce the impact on biodiversity, ecosystems, and social costs caused by soil runoff from highland Agricultural fields by setting up non-point pollution source management districts. To reduce soil loss, runoff path reduction technology has been applied, but it has been less cost effective. In addition, non-point pollution sources cause environmental conflicts in downstream areas, and recently highland Agricultural fields are becoming vulnerable to climate change. The Ministry of Environment is promoting the optimal management plan in earnest to convert arable land into forests and grasslands, but since non-point pollution is not a simple environmental problem, it is necessary to approach it from the aspect of NbS(Nature-Based Solution). In this study, a scenario for applying the nature-based solution was established for three subwatersheds west of Haean-myeon, Yanggu-gun, Gangwon-do. The soil loss distribution was spatialized through GeoWEPP and the amount of soil loss was compared for the non-point pollution reduction effect of mixed forests and grasslands. When cultivated land with a slope of 20% or more and ginseng fields were restored to perennial grasslands and mixed forests, non-point pollution reduction effects of about 32% and 29.000 tons compared to the current land use were shown. Also, it was confirmed that mixed forest rather than perennial grassland is an effective nature-based solution to reduce non-point pollution.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.52 no.1
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• pp.15-24
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• 2017

Management of non-point sources for water quality control practice is complicating but very important. Sediments mainly from croplands are prioritized in non-point source management due to the sediment attached phosphorous. In this study, flow and sediment yields are modeled in Oenam watershed located in Hwasun, Jeollanam-do, a upstream of Juam Lake. A spatially distributed model and GIS(Geographic Information System) data was used to find out hot spots of sediment yields, to analyze the effectiveness of filter strips, and to visualize the effectiveness. The impacts of filter strips was estimated on the reduction of flow and sediments at 17.2% and 46.4% respectively when the filter strips were installed in the sub-watersheds with the most serious sediment yields.