• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.56 no.10
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• pp.619-629
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• 2023

Recent intensification of climate change has led to an increase in damages caused by droughts. Currently, in Korea, the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is used as a criterion to classify the intensity of droughts. Based on the accumulated precipitation over the past six months (SPI-6), meteorological drought intensities are classified into four categories: concern, caution, alert, and severe. However, there is a limitation in classifying drought intensity solely based on precipitation. To overcome the limitations of the meteorological drought warning criteria based on SPI, this study collected emergency water supply damage data from the National Drought Information Portal (NDIP) to classify drought intensity. Factors of SPI, such as precipitation, and factors used to calculate evapotranspiration, such as temperature and humidity, were indexed using min-max normalization. Coefficients for each factor were determined based on the Genetic Algorithm (GA). The drought intensity based on emergency water supply was used as the dependent variable, and the coefficients of each meteorological factor determined by GA were used as coefficients to derive a new Drought Severity Classification Index (DSCI). After deriving the DSCI, cumulative distribution functions were used to present intensity stage classification boundaries. It is anticipated that using the proposed DSCI in this study will allow for more accurate drought intensity classification than the traditional SPI, supporting decision-making for disaster management personnel.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.45 no.9
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• pp.887-900
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• 2012

Drought is a non-negligible disaster of nature and it is mainly caused by rainfall shortage for a long time though there are many definitions of drought. 'Standard Precipitation Index' (SPI) that is widely used to express the level of meteorological drought intensity has a limit of not being able to consider the hydrological changes such as rainfall and evapotranspiration caused by climate change, because it does not consider the temperature-related variables other than the precipitation. Recently, however, 'Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index' (SPEI), a drought index of new concept which is similar to SPI but can reflect the effect of temperature variability as well as the rainfall change caused by climate variation, was developed. In this study, the changes of drought occurrence in South Korea were analyzed by applying SPEI for meteorological data (1973~2011) of 60 climate observatories under Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA). As the result of application, both of SPI and SPEI showed the trend of deepening drought in spring and winter and mitigating drought in summer for the entire nation, with SPI showing greater drought intensity than SPI. Also, SPI and SPEI with 12 months of duration showed that severe droughts with low frequency of around 6 years are generally being repeated.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.23-23
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• 2015

가뭄은 홍수와 더불어 매우 심각한 자연재해이며, 그 특성상 광역적이고 장기간 발생함에 따라 구체적인 발생시점, 규모, 범위 등을 규명하기가 어렵다. 그동안 가뭄관리 기관에서는 가뭄의 특성을 규명하고자 가뭄 지수를 활용하여 발생시점, 발생빈도, 피해규모, 범위 등을 정량적으로 분석해 왔다. 그러나 가뭄특성은 가뭄 지수의 해석방법 및 판단기준에 따라 다르게 나타나는 문제가 있다. 또한, 대부분 가뭄지수가 단일 기상(강수, 기온 등) 및 수문(유출량, 토양수분량, 증발산량 등)정보 기반으로 산정됨에 따라 대상지역의 가뭄특성을 적절히 고려하지 못하고 있다. 따라서 지역적 가뭄특성을 명확히 나타내기 위해서는 단일변수 기반의 가뭄지수의 활용보다는 두 개 이상의 변수가 고려된 가뭄지수를 활용하는 방안이 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 강수량 및 토양수분량 기반의 이변량 결합가뭄지수(Bivariate Joint Drought Index, BJDI)를 산정하고 기존 단일변수(강수량, 토양수분량)에 의한 가뭄지수와 함께 지역별 가뭄특성을 분석하였다. 이를 위해 강수량은 1977~2012년 동안의 기상청 관할 59개 기상관측소 자료, 토양수분량은 지표수문해석모형으로 부터 산정한 결과를 이용하였다. 59개 지점에 대한 SPI (Standardized Precipitation Index), SSI(Standardized Precipitation Index) 및 BJDI를 산정하였다. 또한, 지점별, 가뭄지수별 빈도해석을 통해 재현기간을 산정하고 과거 가뭄피해사례를 바탕으로 가뭄특성을 정량적으로 비교 및 분석하였다. 그 결과, 재현기간은 동일한 심도일지라도 SPI, SSI, BJDI 순으로 BJDI가 가장 낮게 나타났으며, 지역별로는 중부지역이 높고, 남부지역에서는 낮게 산정되었다.

• Spatial Information Research
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.117-129
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• 2009

South Korea has been undergoing spring drought periodically and diverse researches using vegetation index have been carried out to monitor spring droughts. The strength of the vegetation index-based drought monitoring is that the monitoring method enables efficient spatio-temporal grasp of changes in drought events. According to the development of low resolution satellite images such as MODIS, which are characterized by outstanding temporal resolution, the use of the method is expected to increase. Drought analysis using vegetation index considered only meteorological factor as a cause that affects vitality of vegetation. But many indirect and direct factors affect vegetation stress, So many uncertainties are involved in such method of analysis. To secure objectivity of drought analysis that uses vegetation index it is therefore necessary to compare the method with most representative drought analysis tools that are used for drought management. In this study, PDSI and SPI which a meteorological drought index that quantifies drought and that is used as a basic index for drought monitoring and MODIS NDVI are compared to propose correlation among them and to show usefulness of drought assessment that uses vegetation index. This study shows changing patterns of NDVI and SPI 6-month are similar and correlation between NDVI and SPI was highest in inland vegetation cover.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.328-328
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• 2023

표준강수지수(Standardized Precipitation Index, SPI)는 강수량 변동의 정도를 표준화하여 나타낸 지수로, 가뭄 평가에 적용되고 있다. 일반적으로 SPI를 산정할 때는 월 단위의 시간 척도를 적용하며, 장기간의 가뭄에 대해 평가한다. 그러나 시간 척도가 길어질수록 가뭄 발생 후 가뭄을 감지하는 데 걸리는 시간이 더 길어지기 때문에 대처가 더욱 어려워진다. 또한, 기후변화로 인해 가뭄 빈도가 증가하고, 그 정도가 더욱 심화되면서 일 단위의 적용이 필요해지고 있다. 본 연구는 한반도 남부지역을 대상으로 일 단위의 SPI 적용을 위한 최소 시간 척도를 조사하였다. 대상 지역을 강원권, 수도권, 부울경, 대경권, 호남권, 충청권의 총 6개 지역으로 분리하여, 각 지역별, 계절별 최소 시간 척도를 조사하였다. SPI 산정을 위해 후보 분포형으로 Gumbel, Gamma, GEV, Loglogistic, Lognormal, Weibull을 적용하였으며, 시간 척도는 5일부터 365일까지 총 10개로 설정하였다. 본 연구에선 크게 적합도 검정과 정규성 검정으로 진행하였다. 적합도 검정에서는 Chi-square test를 적용하였으며, 이때 일 단위의 짧은 시간 척도를 적용할 경우 누가 강수 시계열의 값이 0으로, 0값이 시계열에 포함되면 SPI의 정확도가 떨어지는 문제가 발생하는데, 이를 보완하기 위해 누가 강수 시계열의 0값을 고려하였다. 마지막으로 각 후보 분포형을 적용하여 산정된 SPI가 표준정규분포에 합당한지를 검증하기 위해 Anderson-Darling test를 수행하였다. 결과적으로 대부분의 지역에서는 봄과 여름의 경우 최소 15일 정도의 시간 척도까지는 적용할 수 있을 것으로 판단되며, 겨울의 경우는 최소 30일 정도의 시간 척도를 적용해야 함을 확인하였다. 지역별로 차이가 크진 않지만, 이러한 연구 결과를 참고하여 각 지역별로 더 나은 가뭄 대책을 마련할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.37 no.7
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• pp.553-567
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• 2004

This study proposes a modified standardized precipitation index (MSPI) which was developed to make up for the weakness of the SPI. Both MSPI and SPI are applied to the monthly rainfall at the Seoul station for the drought analysis. The MSPI proposed is nothing but the SPI for the normalized monthly rainfall, that is, an extra step for normalizing the monthly rainfall is included before driving the SPI. Thus, the MSPI has a structure to transfer the relative amount of rainfall to the next months, but the SPI the absolute amount of rainfall. The monthly rainfall data at the Seoul station used in this study are those collected from 1777 to 1996. The rainfall data collected before and after the long dry period around 1900 were also analyzed separately for the comparison. The results derived are as follows. (1) The MSPI was found to be more practical compared to the SPI. This was assured by comparing the analysis results of the data including and excluding the long dry period around 1900. (2) The MSPI is found to be less sensitive than the SPI to the extreme rainfall events. For the MSPI, the occurrence probabilities of moderate drought before and after the long dry period are similar, but those for the extreme drought becomes slightly decreased after the long dry period (from about 18 years of return period before the long dry period to the 16 years after the long dry period). However, the duration becomes longer after the long dry period (the duration for the extreme drought has been increased from 2 to 2.5 months after the long dry period). This results can also be compared with a rather unreasonable result derived by applying the SPI (for the extreme drought the return period has been decreased to be from 25 to 10 years after the long dry period, on the other hand the duration has been increased from 1.5 months to 3.5 months). So, we man conclude that the MSPI is more practical for the drought analysis that the SPI.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.57 no.3
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• pp.195-207
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• 2024

This study selected major drought events that occurred in the Jeonnam region from 1991 to 2023, examining both meteorological and hydrological drought occurrence mechanisms. The daily drought index was calculated using rainfall and dam storage as input data, and the drought propagation characteristics from meteorological drought to hydrological drought were analyzed. The characteristics of the 2022-23 drought, which recently occurred in the Jeonnam region and caused serious damage, were evaluated. Compared to historical droughts, the duration of the hydrological drought for 2022-2023 lasted 334 days, the second longest after 2017-2018, the drought severity was evaluated as the most severe at -1.76. As a result of a linked analysis of SPI (StandQardized Precipitation Index), and SRSI (Standardized Reservoir Storage Index), it is possible to suggest a proactive utilization for SPI(6) to respond to hydrological drought. Furthermore, by confirming the similarity between SRSI and SPI(12) in long-term drought monitoring, the applicability of SPI(12) to hydrological drought monitoring in ungauged basins was also confirmed. Through this study, it was confirmed that the long-term dryness that occurs during the summer rainy season can transition into a serious level of hydrological drought. Therefore, for preemptive drought response, it is necessary to use real-time monitoring results of various drought indices and understand the propagation phenomenon from meteorological-agricultural-hydrological drought to secure a sufficient drought response period.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute Of Construction Engineering and Management
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• autumn
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• pp.456-459
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• 2002

It is lately issued studies on EVMS(Earned Value Management System) throughout construction industry, which is management system integrating cost and schedule effectively. So identifying importance and circumstance of introducing EVMS, CPI(Cost Performance Index) and SPI(Schedule Performance Index), which are critical components on schedule introducing EVMS, calculate and it intends to analyze the trend and problem of cost and time throughout project management, applying various statistical data analysis method.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2018.05a
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• pp.417-418
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• 2018

미국 국립가뭄경감센터 (National Drought Mitigation Center, NDMC)는 다양한 가뭄지수를 통합하여 미국 전역의 가뭄진행상황을 모니터링하고 가뭄대응정책 수립을 위한 주요 의사결정정보로 활용하고 있다. 대표적으로 1999년에 개발되어 현재까지 운영 중인 미국가뭄모니터 (United States Drought Monitor, USDM)는 미국 전역에 대하여 가뭄단계를 표시한 지도 (U.S. Drought Monitor map)를 매주 생성하여 제공하고 있다 (http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/). 가뭄지표(drought index)는 가뭄의 현황과 시공간적인 전개 과정을 분석하고 정량적 가뭄심도 평가 및 가뭄대응계획 수립을 위한 도구로써 다양하게 개발되어 활용되고 있다. 가뭄의 정도를 정량화하기 위하여 개발된 다수의 가뭄지수는 대상과 평가방법에 따라 가뭄을 표현하는 특성이 서로 다르다. 하나의 가뭄지수로는 가뭄특성을 온전히 표현하기 어렵기 때문에, 최근에는 단일 가뭄지수에 의존하기 보다는 다수의 가뭄지수를 이용하되, 여러 가뭄지수 간의 특징을 고려하여 각 가뭄지수가 갖는 장단점을 상호 보완하여 사용하기를 권고하고 있다. USDM은 파머가뭄심도지수 (Palmer Drought Severity Index, PDSI), Soil Moisture Model (NOAA Climate Prediction Center, CPC), 미 지리조사국의 하천유량 주간보고 (USGS Weekly Streamflow), 표준강수지수 (Standardized Precipitation Index, SPI) 등의 주요 가뭄판단지표를 선정하고, 가뭄판단의 기준으로써 각 가뭄지수의 가뭄심도 (drought severity) 및 백분위수 (percentiles)로 등급을 구분하였다. 가뭄등급은 '정상 상태 (none)'를 포함하여 '비정상적인 건조 (abnormally dry, D0)'에서 최악의 가뭄상태를 의미하는 '이례적인 가뭄상태 (exceptional, D4)'에 이르는 6 단계로 구분하고, 정상상태를 제외한 5 단계의 통합가뭄단계로 표시한다. 우리나라에서는 기상청, 수자원공사, 농어촌공사에서 기상/수문/농업관련 가뭄지수의 위험지도를 실시간으로 제공하고 있으며, 각 지표별로 상이한 기준으로 가뭄을 판단하고 있다. 각각의 가뭄지표에 대한 가뭄판단기준은 해당 국가의 장기적으로 축적된 자료를 활용하여 가뭄단계 및 가뭄판단기준의 재설정에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 SPI, SC-PDSI, 표준강수증발산지수 (Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index, SPEI), Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI), 유효가뭄지수 (Effectvie Drought Index, EDI)의 다양한 가뭄지수를 활용하여 USDM의 가뭄심도 및 가뭄판단기준을 적용하고자한다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.409-418
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• 2012

A modified standardized precipitation index was developed by considering the length of dry period and surface run-off effect. The official reports and newspapers on drought from 1973 to 2009 were quantified to evaluate drought indices. The developed index was evaluated using the receiver operating characteristic analysis. In order to suggest improved drought index, we cut the precipitation amount that may do not contribute the mitigation of drought and weight dry period by considering cumulative distribution, decile distribution of dry periods. Drought detection capability of the suggested index has improved by weighting of dry period effects and considering precipitation amounts contributing drought mitigation.