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Global Patterns of Pigment Concentration, Cloud Cover, and Sun Glint: Application to the OSMI Data Collection Planning

  • Kim, Yong-Seung;Kang, Chi-Ho;Lim, Hyo-Suk
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 1998.09a
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    • pp.387-392
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    • 1998
  • To establish a monthly data collection planning for the Ocean Scanning Multispectral Imager (OSMI), we have examined the global patterns of three impacting factors: pigment concentration, cloud cover, and sun glint. Other than satellite mission constraints (e.g., duty cycle), these three factors are considered critical for the OSMI data collection. The Nimbus-7 Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) monthly mean products and the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) monthly mean products (C2) were used for the analysis of pigment concentration and cloud cover distributions, respectively. And the monthly simulated patterns of sun glint were produced by performing the OSMI orbit prediction and the calculation of sun glint radiances at the top-of-atmosphere (TOA). Using monthly statistics (mean and/or standard deviation) of each factor in the above for a given 10$^{\circ}$ latitude by 10$^{\circ}$ longitude grid, we generated the priority map for each month. The priority maps of three factors for each month were subsequently superimposed to visualize the impact of three factors in all. The initial results illustrated that a large part of oceans in the summer hemisphere was classified into the low priority regions because of seasonal changes of clouds and sun illumination. Sensitivity tests were performed to see how cloud cover and sun glint affect the priority determined by pigment concentration distributions, and consequently to minimize their seasonal effects upon the data collection planning.

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Investigating Ephemeral Gully Erosion Heads Due To Overland Flow Concentration in Nonpoint Source Pollution Control (비점오염원 관리에서 지표수 집중화로 인한 구강 침식점 조사 방법 연구)

  • Kim, Ik-Jae;Son, Kyong-Ho
    • Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.454-458
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    • 2007
  • Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution is a serious problem causing the degradation of soil and water quality. Concentrated overland flow is the primary transport mechanism for a large amount of NPS pollutants from hillslope areas to downslope areas in a watershed. In this study, a soil erosion model, nLS model, to identify transitional overland flow regions (i.e., ephemeral gully head areas) was developed using the kinematic wave overland flow theory. Spatial data, including digital elevation models (DEMs), soil, and landcover, were used in the GIS-based model algorithm. The model was calibrated and validated using gully head locations in a large agricultural watershed, which were identified using 1-m aerial photography. The model performance was better than two previous approaches; the overall accuracy of the nLS model was 72 % to 87 % in one calibration subwatershed and the mean overall accuracy was 75 to 89 % in four validation subwatersheds, showing that the model well predicted potential transitional erosion areas at different watersheds. However, the user accuracy in calibration and validation was still low. To improve the user accuracy and study the effects of DEM resolution, finer resolution DEMs may be preferred because DEM grid is strongly sensitive to estimating model parameters. Information gained from this study can improve assessing soil erosion process due to concentrated overland flow as well as analyze the effect of microtopographic landscapes, such as riparian buffer areas, in NPS control.

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2-DH Quadtree based Modelling of Longshore Current (연안류에 대한 2D-H 사면구조에 기초한 수치모델링)

  • 박구용
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2001
  • Wave-induced currents drive nearshore transport processes, and hence an accurate understanding of wave-current interaction is required for proper management of coastal zone. This paper presents details of an adaptive quadtree grid based numerical model of the coupled wave climate and depth-averaged current field. The model accounts for wave breaking, shoaling, refraction, diffraction, wave-current interaction, set-up and set-down, mixing processes, bottom friction effects, and movement of land-water interface at the shoreline. The wave period- and depth-averaged governing equations arc discrctized explicitly by means of an Adarns¬Bashforth second-order finite difference technique on adaptive hierarchical staggered quadtree grids. Results from the numerical model are in reasonable agreement with the laboratory data of longshore current generated by oblique waves on a plane beach (Visser 1980, 1991).

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Magnetoresistive Effect in Ferromagnetic Thin Film(III) (강자성체 박막(Co-Ni)의 자기-저항 효과에 관한 연구(III))

  • Chang, C.G.;Yoon, M.Y.;Kim, Y.I.;Son, D.R.
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.9-14
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    • 1995
  • To fabricate low field magnetic sensors using magnetoresistance(MR) effects, we deposited thin layers of $600{\AA}$ in thickness of Ni-Co(0.7Ni-0.3Co) alloy on slide glasses. In the layers we ordered 4 arms of the fullbridge sensors in the shape of grid structure to be inclined at an angle of $45^{\circ}$ to main axis and made the areal rate increase to 67%. While the response characteristics of the fabricated sensors had good linearity in the magnetic field of ${\pm}0.5mT$ ranges, the white noise was 0.2 nV and the voltage sensitivity was 7.6 $nV/{\mu}T$.

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Thermal Flow Analysis and Design of KSTAR Thermal Shield Panel by Numerical Method (수치해석을 통한 KSTAR 주장치 열차폐 패널 열.유동 특성해석)

  • 김동락;김광선;노영미;조승연;김승현
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.73-77
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    • 2002
  • In order to derive the detailed design of Thermal Shield Cryopanel. which plays a role to make the Tokamak Nuclear Fusion Equipment work at both static and efficient conditions the commercially available software package FLUENT Version 5.3, was utilized. This study investigated the effects of thermal sources and distributions on the temperatures of Lid. Body. Base. and EH-Port Cryopanel by the numerical technique whose grid generations cover the solid and 9as region of the panel. The physical model of the Thermal Shield Cryopanel is that the 10mm diameter of the pipe with 1mm thickness is soldered on the Stainless steel Panel with 4mm thickness. The heat fluxes to the panel are assumed to be by thermal radiation in the vacuum space and by conduction through the supporters. The inlet conditions of Helium gas are 20 atmospheric Pressures and 60K temperature. The panel shapes with cooling Pipes and the operational conditions to keep appropriate temperature distribution of Thermal Shield Cryopanel Have been found and suggested.

Performance of a Cross-Flow Fan with Various Stabilizer Positions and Rearguider Shapes (스태빌라이져 위치 및 리어가이더 형상변화에 따른 횡류홴의 성능특성 연구)

  • Kim, D.W.;Kim, H.S.;Yoon, T.S.;Park, S.K.;Kim, Yon J.
    • The KSFM Journal of Fluid Machinery
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    • v.7 no.4 s.25
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    • pp.7-15
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    • 2004
  • The design point of the cross-flow fan is generally based on the region within low static pressure and high flow rate. It relatively makes high dynamic pressure at low speed because a working fluid passes through an impeller blade twice. However, it has low static pressure efficiency between $30\%$ and $40\%$ because of relative high impact loss. The purpose of this study is to research the reciprocal relation among each parameter. Experiments and numerical analyses are conducted on effects of a stabilizer and a rearguider on performance analysis of a cross-flow fan. Two-dimensional, unsteady governing equations are solved using FVM, PISO algorithm, sliding grid system and standard $k-{\epsilon}$ turbulence model. Experiments are also carried out to estimate the performance of the modeled cross-flow fan. It is clarified that the rearguider of Archimedes type has excellent results for the most part.

Effect of Step Width and TOA on Q-Angle and CTA in Walking (보행에 있어서 보격과 발목각도가 종경골각 및 대퇴사두근각에 미치는 영향)

  • Hwangbo Gak;Lee Jin-Hee;Chung Hyung-Kuk;Bae Sung-Soo
    • The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.33-47
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    • 1996
  • This study was performed to examine the correlation between calcaneus to tibia angle and Q-angle, and the effects of step width and toe out angle on the calcaneus to tibia angle and Q-angle. The age of participated subjects was from 19 to 29 years(Mean=22.95, SD=2.23) who have no significant orthopedic and neurological dysfunction. The marking tapes for measurement of Q-angle and calcaneus to tibia angle were placed on seven location of each subject. Video data were collected while the subject walked on a walking grid. The result as follows : 1. There were significant differences in the step width, toe out angle, and Q-angle but not calcaneus to tibia angle between male and female. 2. There were significant differences in toe calcaneus to tibia angle and Q-angle n step width increased, respectively. 3. There were significant differences between tee out angle and calcaneus to tibia angle but not toe out angle and q-angle. 4. There was statistically significant correlation between calcaneus to tibia angle and Q-angle.

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CFD simulation of compressible two-phase sloshing flow in a LNG tank

  • Chen, Hamn-Ching
    • Ocean Systems Engineering
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.31-57
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    • 2011
  • Impact pressure due to sloshing is of great concern for the ship owners, designers and builders of the LNG carriers regarding the safety of LNG containment system and hull structure. Sloshing of LNG in partially filled tank has been an active area of research with numerous experimental and numerical investigations over the past decade. In order to accurately predict the sloshing impact load, a new numerical method was developed for accurate resolution of violent sloshing flow inside a three-dimensional LNG tank including wave breaking, jet formation, gas entrapping and liquid-gas interaction. The sloshing flow inside a membrane-type LNG tank is simulated numerically using the Finite-Analytic Navier-Stokes (FANS) method. The governing equations for two-phase air and water flows are formulated in curvilinear coordinate system and discretized using the finite-analytic method on a non-staggered grid. Simulations were performed for LNG tank in transverse and longitudinal motions including horizontal, vertical, and rotational motions. The predicted impact pressures were compared with the corresponding experimental data. The validation results clearly illustrate the capability of the present two-phase FANS method for accurate prediction of impact pressure in sloshing LNG tank including violent free surface motion, three-dimensional instability and air trapping effects.

Prediction of Critical Heat Flux in Fuel Assemblies Using a CHF Table Method

  • Chun, Tae-Hyun;Hwang, Dae-Hyun;Bang, Je-Geon;Baek, Won-Pil;Chang, Soon-Heung
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.534-539
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    • 1997
  • A CHF table method has been assessed in this study for rod bundle CHF predictions. At the conceptual design stage for a new reactor, a general critical heat flux (CHF) prediction method with a wide applicable range and reasonable accuracy is essential to the thermal-hydraulic design and safety analysis. In many aspects, a CHF table method (i.e., the use of a round tube CHF table with appropriate bundle correction factors) can be a promising way to fulfill this need. So the assessment of the CHF table method has been performed with the bundle CHF data relevant to pressurized water reactors (PWRs). For comparison purposes, W-3R and EPRI-1 were also applied to the same data base. Data analysis has been conducted with the subchannel code COBRA-IV-I. The CHF table method shows the best predictions based on the direct substitution method. Improvements of the bundle correction factors, especially for the spacer grid and cold wall effects, are desirable for better predictions. Though the present assessment is somewhat limited in both fuel geometries and operating conditions, the CHF table method clearly shows potential to be a general CHF predictor.

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A Study on the Approximate Analysis of the Bending Moment for the Three-Span Continuous Curved Girder Bridges with Constant Cross Section (등단면 3경간 연속 곡선격자형교의 휨모멘트 근사해석에 관한 연구)

  • Chang, Byung Soon;Seo, Sang Geun;Cha, Ki Hyuk
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.11 no.2 s.39
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    • pp.131-142
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    • 1999
  • The general behavior of the curved girder including the warping effects can be presented as the series of differential equations developed by Vlasov. Generally, bending moment is the most important factor for engineer to decide the section of the girder. In order to accommodate easiness of the structural analysis for the curved girder bridge, this paper suggest the ratios of bending moment of curved gilder to that of straight girder. These ratios are presented by an approximate formula setting central angle ${\theta}(L/R)$ as a variable. The approximate formula of the maximum bending moment ratios and influence lines of all stress resultants can be used to design the three-span curved girder bridges.

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