• Journal of Korean Elementary Science Education
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.406-418
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• 2015

This study was designed to enhance preservice teachers' self-efficacy beliefs and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) through scientific investigations based on current science education reforms. To do so, a science methods course was revised to include modeling effective scientific inquiry practices as well as designing and teaching scientific investigations in the K-5 practicum classrooms (Revised Science Methods Course). This study assessed the following research questions: (1) What level of PCK do preservice teachers have before and after the completion of RSMC; (2) To what extent do participants change their self-efficacy in science teaching after completing RSMC; and (3) Is there any correlation between participants' changes in self-efficacy and the level of PCK. Participants were 76 preservice teachers enrolled in a science methods course offered at a medium-sized university in the midwestern United States. This study employed the STEBI-B survey and the PCK rubric. There result of the study indicated that there was significant increase in Personal Science Teaching Efficacy (PSTE) of the participant preservice teachers after the completion of the course. Based on the PCK rubric analysis, there was a significant increase in mean scores of the post-RSMC lesson compared to those of the pre-RSMC lesson. The correlational analysis of participants showed a positive correlation between changes in self-efficacy and the level of PCK. Thus, it may be concluded that the reform-based science methods course had a positive impact on participants' self-efficacy in science teaching through correcting misconceptions, developing higher level of PCK, and modeling scientific investigation in their practicum schools.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.35 no.12A
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• pp.1152-1159
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• 2010

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) provides Internet accesses to users by forming backbone networks via wireless links. A key problem of WMN is network capacity. For this, multi-channel and multi-rate functions of IEEE 802.11 can be utilized. Depending on channel assignments, multi-channel determines node connectivity and channel diversity. Also, in IEEE 802.11 multi-rate networks, the rate anomaly problem occurs, the phenomenon that low-rate links degrades the performance of high-rate links. In this paper, we propose rate separating multi-channel (RSMC) protocols that improves the node connectivity and channel diversity, and mitigates the rate anomaly problem. RSMC increases the channel diversity by forming tree-based WMNs and decreases the rate anomaly by separating different rate links on the tree via channels. In addition, it uses network connectivity (NC) algorithm to increase the node connectivity. Through simulations, we demonstrate that the RSMC shows improved performance than existing multi-channel protocols in terms of aggregate throughput, node connectivity, channel diversity.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.291-300
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• 2013

Typhoon simulation method is widely used to estimate sea surface wind speeds during the typhoon periods. Holland (1980) model has been regarded to provide relatively better results for observed wind data. JTWC or RSMC best track data are available for typhoon modeling, but these data show slightly different because the data generation process are different. In this paper, a Newton-Raphson method is used to solve the two nonlinear equations based on the Holland model that is formed by the two typhoon parameters, i.e. the longest radius of 25 m/s and 15 m/s wind speeds, respectively. The solution is the radius of maximum wind speed which is of importance for typhoon modeling. This method is based on the typhoon wind profile of JMA and it shows that Holland model appears to fit better the characteristics of typhoons on the temporal and spatial changes than that of the other models. In case of using RSMC best track data, the method suggested in this study shows better and more reasonable results for the estimation of radius of maximum wind speed because the consistency of the input data is assured.

• Atmosphere
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.15-23
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• 2008

KMA (Korea Meteorological Society) and RSMC (Regional Specialized Meteorological Center) Tokyo - Typhoon Center isue 15/30 m/s radii in the TC (tropical cyclone) advisory for the information on the TC size. Meanwhile, JTWC Beaufort wind force scale, 34 kt and 64 kt correspond to the 'gale' and 'hurricane'. A ned to identify the range of the gale/hurricane wind from the TC bulletin of RSMC Tokyo or KMA that contains only 15/30 m/s radi motivates this study. An algorithm for estimating the radius of gale/huricane wind is developed by utilizing Holland's empirical formula on TC's wind-pressure relationship.

• 한국방재학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.02a
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• pp.85-89
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• 2007

Data of the typhoon affecting Korean peninsula from 1951 to 2005 are obtained from the RSMC best track and six climatological characteristics of the typhoons are examined. Local wind speeds are obtained by the physical model for wind fields. Typhoons are generated by the Monte Carlo simulation and their wind speeds are distributed using Weibull CDF. Simulated typhoon wind speeds are used to obtain different wind speeds corresponding their mean recurrence intervals.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.115-118
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• 2000

With reference to nuclear emergency information concerning the national emergency plan for nuclear accidents, the response plan for the atmospheric nuclear emergencies of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was reviewed and described for introducing an overview on it to the Korean Association for Radiation Protection (KARP).

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2006.03a
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• pp.337-340
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• 2006

태풍의 경우, 주요 자연재해 중의 하나로 태풍의 상황을 정확하게 파악하는 것은 기상예측의 정도를 높이고, 재해를 방지하는데 중요한 역할을 할 수 있다. 일반적으로 태풍의 동향을 감시하는데 있어, 히마와리 등의 기상위성이 주로 활용되고 있다. 근년 인공위성의 원격탐사를 이용하여 광범위의 해양에 대한 해상풍과 파랑의 관측이 가능하게 되었다. 본 연구에서는, QuickSCAT위성에 의한 해상풍 관측의 현상을 조사하고, 위성으로부터 얻어진 2000년의 데이터를 사용해서 한반도 주변해역에 대한 해상풍의 월변동 특성을 조사하고, 2000년 7월에 한반도에 영향을 준 태풍 카이탁내의 해상풍을 검토하였다. 추가로 RSMC 동경 태풍 센터에서 발행하는 태풍자료를 이용하여, 태풍 비교를 수행하였다. 풍속은 제주도 주변해역, 특히 제주도 동쪽해역에서의 풍속이 연중 강하며, 9월에서 2월 기간에는 북풍 계열의 바람이 우세하고, 6월-8월에는 남풍계열의 바람이 지배적이다. 봄의 기간인 3월-5월에는 북풍에서 남풍으로 바뀌는 과정으로 다양한 방향의 바람이 혼재한다. 태풍 카이탁의 해상풍 조사를 통하여, 위험반원의 형상이 보다 복잡하며 그 범위가 크다는 점이 확인되었다.

• Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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• 2007.03a
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• pp.224-227
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• 2007

마이크로파 센서 자료를 이용하여 태풍 강도를 산출하고자 TRMM TMI로부터 관측된 자료와 태풍 강도의 최대 상관성을 나타내는 지역올 찾고 최적의 상관 변수를 선정하였다. 분석기간은 2004년 6월부터 9월까지 발생된 태풍으로써 18개의 사례이다. TMI로부터 관측된 85 GHz 채널의 밝기온도，구름내 총 수증기량，얼음양，강우 강도，잠열방출양이 태풍 강도와의 상관성 분석을 위한 변수로 분석되었다. 태풍의 강도는 RSMC-Tokyo에서 발표된 Best track의 최대 풍속 자료를 이용하였다. 위성 관측 변수를 태풍 중심으로부터 공간 평균하였을 때 반경 2.0-2.5도 정도의 평균거리에서 최대의 상관성을 보였다. 위성 자료로부터 태풍 중심 풍속을 추정하기 위하여 회귀분석을 하였다. Best track과의 오차는 85 GHz 밝기온도와 수증기량을 이용한 다중 회귀 분석에서 오차가 최소를 보였다. 한편， 태풍강도 예측을 위한 통계모델에 마이크로파 위성 자료를 예측인자로 입력하여 태풍강도의 정확도가 3-6%정도 향상됨을 보였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.29-36
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of disaster associated with typhoon passed through the sea areas excluding the South Sea around the Korean Peninsula. First, Korean peninsula-affecting typhoons were divided into their track patterns of passing through the Korean West Sea and East Sea based on typhoon data from 1951 to 2006 provided by Regional Specialized Meteorological Center(RSMC)-Tokyo. Then, annual and monthly frequency and intensity of typhoon in each pattern was examined. In particular, typhoon related damages during the period of 1973 to 2006 were analyzed in each case. Results showed that since early 1970, in the West Sea case, typhoon becomes weaker without significant change in frequency, while in the East Sea case, it becomes stronger with an increasing trend. It is also found that the high amount of typhoon damage results from the submergence of houses and farmlands in the East Sea case, while it is due to the breakdown of houses, ships, roads and bridges in the West Sea case. In addition, it is revealed from the analysis of rainfall and maximum wind speed data associated with typhoon disasters that the main cause of occurring typhoon disasters seem to be qualitatively related to strong wind in the West Sea case and heavy rainfall in the East Sea case.

• Atmosphere
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.135-145
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• 2007

We developed a simple regression model for predicting the intesity change (central pressure) of major tropical cyclones (TCs) for 24 hours after landfall using 51 TC cases which landed over the Korean Peninsula for 1951-2004. Clusters 1 and 4 with a relatively strong intensity of TC after landfall classified by Choi and Kim (2007) are used to develop a statistical model for the prediction of TC intensity change. Predicting parameters (falling constants) in the regression models $(P_t=P_0+alnt)$ are 6.46 and 10.11 for clusters 1 and 4, respectively. It might be mentioned that there is some feasibility in employing a simple regression model developed in this study for TC intensity change after landfall for operational purpose of TC forecasting compared with RSMC-Tokyo best-track in both TC cases of Clusters 1 and 4 and Ewiniar (0603) case, but the room for improvement of model still remains for further study.