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Regional Air Pollution Problems in East Asia and International Role of Research Exchange

  • Akimoto, Hajime
    • Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.8-8
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    • 2000
  • As economy and population have been growing, air pollution problems both in local and regional scale came to the surface in East Asia in last decades. In addition to urban problems, regional air pollution is also becoming a big issue international concern. Urban and regional air pollution issues are closely related and we have to tackle the problem by understanding underlying scientific reality and taking a strategic approach to mitigation. (omitted)

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Development of artificial intelligence-based air pollution analysis and prediction system using local environmental variables (지역환경변수를 이용한 인공지능기반 대기오염 분석 및 예측 시스템 개발)

  • Back, Bong-Hyun;Ha, Il-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.25 no.1
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    • pp.8-19
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    • 2021
  • The air pollution problem caused by industrialization in recent years is attracting great attention to both the country and the people. Domestic wide-area air pollution information is provided to the public through public data nationally, but regional air pollution information with different environmental variables is very insufficient. Therefore, in this study, we design and implement an air pollution analysis and prediction system based on regional environmental variables that can more accurately analyze and predict regional air pollution phenomena. In particular, the proposed system accurately analyzes and provides regional atmospheric information based on environmental data measured locally and public big data, and predicts and presents future regional atmospheric information using artificial intelligence algorithms. Furthermore, through the proposed system, it is expected that local air pollution can be prevented by accurately identifying the cause of regional air pollution.

A Study on the Regional Cooperation for the Prevention of Marine Pollution in the Yellow Sea (황해에 있어서의 해양오염방지를 위한 지역적 협력에 관한 연구)

  • 이윤철;최성규
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Navigation
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.41-52
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    • 1992
  • It is, as everyone knows, very important for human beings to protect and conserve marine environment. We has believed the ocean is so wide and deep that it cannot be polluted. But it has begun to doubt the capacity of self-purification of the ocean due to pollution arising from marine casualities. It has proved that semi-enclosed sea is likely to be polluted and cannot be restored easily once pollution occurs. Therefore, first of all it is important to take preventive measures for prevention of marine pollution in the semi-enclosed sea like the Yellow Sea. Many of regional conventions for prevention of marine pollution have come into existence. this dissertation was set out for the fact that the Yellow Sea is semi-enclosed sea which is vulnerable to marine pollution. It is desirable not to deal with marine preservation of the Yellow Sea by a single exclusively but to deal with it by cooperation of all coastal states under the present circumstances. I proposed a program of regional cooperation to protect and conserve the Yellow Sea. This program must be progressed with gradual arrangements. First, they must establist a basic cooperation committee to work basic affairs on the protection of marine environment within the Yellow Sea. The Committee Mainly play parts of study and research concerned with pollution of the Yellow Sea in the non-governmental side and consist of legal and scientific experts. Second, they must establish the control Committee to prevent marine pollution of the Yellow Sea substantially. There is a reason that regional cooperation cannot be directly concluded with the regional tready. Because there is a problem of Recognition of States left. In principle, a subject of tready must be a state in the International Law. But they have not made Recognition of State which is demanded by International Law between North and South Koreas. Therefore, the Control committee must play a substantial part of prevention from pollution instead of the treaty. Finally, we concluded tentatively named $\ulcorner$Convention on Regional Cooperation for Protection of Marine Environment of the Yellow Sea from Pollution$\lrcorner$ if the matter is settled which is related to Recognition of States in the International Law.

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Effect of NPS Loadings from Livestock on Small Watersheds (축산농가에서 배출되는 비점오염 물질이 소규모 유역에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Su In;Shin, Min Hwan;Jeon, Je Hong;Park, Byeong Ky;Lee, Ji Min;Won, Chul Hee;Choi, Joong Dae
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.57 no.2
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 2015
  • The objective of this paper was to quantitatively analyze the effect of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) NPS pollution on a small watershed water quality. Monitoring was conducted from March to October, 2013. Monthly flow rate and selected water quality at each monitoring site were measured during dry days. Rainy day monitoring also was conducted. Modeling was conducted to evaluate the effect of CAFO NPS pollution on the water quality at the watershed outlet. The highest and mean concentration of selected water quality indices during rainy days were higher than those in dry days in general. The highest TN concentration measured at the CAFP pollution discharge point was 237.831 mg/L. The results revealed that the CAFO NPS pollution sources could be equally blamed for the water quality degradation of the stream. However, the effect of the NPS pollution from CAFOs seemed not to be very influential to the watershed water quality at the outlet. SWAT modeling revealed that the TN load was reduced by 18.95 %, 23.39 % and 30.53 % at the watershed outlet if the TN load at the CAFO NPS pollution discharge point reduced by 20 %, 40 % and 60 %, respectively. It was thought that the natural attenuation processes played an important role. The modeling was based only on the assumption of the load reduction and not verified by the monitored data. Therefore, it was suggested that a long term monitoring studies for the evaluation of the impact of CAFO NPS pollution on the watershed water quality be conducted.

Analysis of NPS Pollution reduction from No-till Field (무경운 밭에서의 비점오염물질 저감효과 분석)

  • Lee, Su In;Won, Chul Hee;Shin, Min Hwan;Shin, Jae Young;Jeon, Je Hong;Choi, Joong Dae
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.57 no.4
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    • pp.51-59
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    • 2015
  • Various Best Management Practices (BMPs) have been suggested to reduce soil erosion and non point source (NPS) pollutant loads from agricultural fields. However, very little research regarding water quality improvement with No-till (NT) has been performed in Korea. Thus, effects of NT were investigated in this study. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of NT on the surface runoff and sediment discharge in a field. Eight experimental plots of $5{\times}30m$ in size and 3 % or 8 % in slope prepared on gravelly sandy loam soil were treated with Conventional-till (CT) and NT. Runoff and NPS pollution discharge were monitored and compared the treatments. The amounts of rainfall from 13 monitored events ranged from 28.7 mm to 503.5 mm. The runoff amount was reduced by 17.6~59.2 % in 3 % NT and 29.6~53.2 % in 8 % NT. The average NPS pollution loads of the 3 % NT plots and 8 % NT plot were reduced about 45.1~89.2 % and 47.7~98.0 % compared to those of the CT plots, respectively. This research revealed that NT can reduce the NPS pollution loads substantially as well as increase the crop yield. Runoff and NPS pollution loads reduction by NT method could be contribute to improve the water quality of streams in agricultural regions.

Response of Tarball entering the South-Western Sea by HEBEI SPIRIT Oil Spill (HEBEI SPIRIT호 기름유출사고에 의한 서남해안 유입 타르볼의 방제)

  • Oh, Jung-Woo;Cho, Hyun-Jin;Kim, Du-Ho;Na, Eun-Young;Jang, Myoung-Gil;Hwang, Sung-Hun;Shin, Jae-Gil
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2008.05a
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    • pp.121-124
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    • 2008
  • Tarballs formed by HEBEI SPIRIT oil spill observed in the south-western sea of Korea from December 27 2007. The tarballs were removed by the response party, which Korea Coast Guard became a center of organization. The amounts of removing tarballs form the sea and the coast were 0.345 tons and 1,739 tons, respectively. The number of persons, in order to remove the tar balls from the south-western sea of Korea, counted about 97,000 persons, including 25,000 volunteers. In this paper, we introduced the response methods of tarballs entering into the south-western sea of Korea such as a landing net, meshes and so on.

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Characteristics of NPS Pollution from a Coal Mining (가행광산 지역의 비점오염물질 유출특성)

  • Seo, Jiyeon;Shin, Minhwan;Won, Chul-hee;Choi, Yong-hun;Jung, Myung-suk;Lim, Kyoung Jae;Choi, Joongdae
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.474-481
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    • 2010
  • This study was conducted to describe the characteristics of Non-point source (NPS) Pollution discharge from a coal mining area in Korea. The study areas is located on the Dogye site, Samchuk, Kangwon Province Coal Corporation and the Jangsung site, Taebaek, Kangwon Province Coal Corporation. The monitoring system was installed at a drainage channel and water samples and rainfall events were collected during March 2008 to February 2009. The collected water samples were analyzed with respect to SS, BOD, $COD_{Cr}$, $COD_{Mn}$, T-N, T-P, and TOC, respectively. It was observed that the runoff and water quality were largely influenced by mine drainage. Also a significant relationship was observed from the correlation between flow and water quality, flow and NPS. And estimated Event Mean Concentration (EMC), NPS pollution loads were Dogey coal mine and Taeback coal mine respectively. As the study progresses in the future, runoff and pollution loads will be updated.