• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.16 no.8
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• pp.1001-1009
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• 2007

Passive sampler is a simple and cost-effective measuring equipment for ambient and indoor air pollution. We studied the performance of a short term (1 hour mean concentration) ozone passive sampler which was coated with a colorant (indigo carmine) to a filter substrate. Acetone and sulfamic acid added ozone passive sampler was investigated to measure short term mean ozone concentration. Ozone response and interference of criteria air pollutant($SO_2,\;NO_2$, CO) on a short term ozone passive sampler was tested through experimental chamber. The results show sulfamic acid added passive ozone sampler have good response in ozone exposure. Interference of $NO_2$ gas is larger than other two criteria gases.

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 1999.10a
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• pp.25-27
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• 1999

1997년 EPA는 현재의 대기환경기준(NAAQS: National Ambient Air Quality Standard)인 $PM_{10}$과 병행하여 $PM_{2.5}$($d_p$＜$2.5\mu\textrm{m}$)에 대한 새로운 기준을 설정하므로서 미세입자의 중요성에 대한 인식이 증대되고 있다. 특히 조대입자의 배출원이 대부분 자연적인 배출원인데 비하여 미세입자(fine particle)의 대부분이 자동차 등의 이동배출원과 화학적 공정등과 같은 고정배출원에서 인위적으로 배출되기 때문에 각종 중금속과 유해 대기오염물질을 포함하고 있으며 금속중에는 미량으로도 인체에 심각한 영향을 나타낼 수 있는 중금속이 다수 포함되어 있다(Cr, Cu, Zn, Pb, Hg, Cd and As).(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.123-124
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• 2000

오존($O_3$)은 이산화질소, 일산화탄소, 휘발성유기화합물 둥을 포함하는 다양한 물질과 광화학반응에 의하여 생성되는 2차적인 오염물질로 사람과 식물에 영향을 미치고 있는 중요한 오염물질로 알려지고 있으며, 국내에서는 이와 관련하여 오존예보제, 경보제 둥을 운영하여 오존에 의한 피해 영향을 줄이고자 노력하고 있다. 현재 오존을 측정할 수 있는 방법은 환경오염공정시험방법과 정부에서 운영하고 있는 대기오염 자동측정망의 오존 측정방법인 자외선광도법(Ultra Violate Photometric Method)으로 구분되어 지고 있으나, 자동측정장비는 매우 고가의 장비이며, 관리를 위하여 전문적인 지식이 요구되고 있고, 측정소의 개수가 매우 부족한 실정이기 때문에 대기중 오존농도의 지역적인 자료와, 실내공기 측정, 그리고 공간적인 분포 해석을 위해서는 다른 측정방법이 요구된다고 하겠다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.311-312
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• 2000

최근 들어 환경대기중 휘발성유기화합물(Volatile Organic Compounds)에 대한 인식이 고조되면서 극미량 유기물질의 채취 및 분석기법에 대한 연구가 활발히 수행되고 있다. 미국의 경우, 1980년대 초부터 대기중 VOC에 대한 연구가 활발히 이루어져서 여러 종류의 VOC에 대한 시료채취 및 분석방법이 명시되어 있지만 우리나라에서는 VOC에 대한 전반적인 측정방법이 아직까지는 없는 실정이다. 미국에서 지정한 VOC의 시료채취방법 중에서 일반적으로 가장 널리 이용되고 있는 방법으로는 용기를 이용하여 유기화합물을 함유하고 있는 공기를 직접 채취하는 방법과 흡착관을 이용하는 방법을 들 수 있다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.411-412
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• 2003

다이옥신은 주로 연소과정에서 소각부산물로 생성되는 염소계 유기화합물로서 이들의 최종 수용체는 토양이나 저질이 되지만 최초 배출형태는 주로 대기오염물의 특성이 있어 호흡에 의한 섭취량을 생각하지 않을 수 없다. 일단 대기환경 중 다이옥신 농토는 1999년부터 환경부와 국립환경연구원에서 전국적으로 조사하여 발표하고 있으나 서울시에 대해서는 단지 2∼3개 지점에 대해서만 조사하는 등 사례가 드물어 서울시내 대기환경관리 정책에 어려움이 있을 것으로 사료되어 이번 조사에서는 현재 서울시 일원의 환경대기 중 다이옥신 농도 현황을 파악하여 이의 관리대책을 위한 자료를 제공하고자 실시하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korea Air Pollution Research Association Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.217-218
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• 2002

대기환경 중의 오존은 유기용제의 사용 및 차량에서 배출되는 휘발성 방향족 화합물과 오존전구물질(ozone precursors)이 대기 중에서 광화학반응을 통하여 만들어지는 것으로 알려져 있다. 오존은 호흡기계통의 기관지염 및 감기, 현기증과 같은 인체의 건강상에도 매우 나쁜 영향을 초래하고 있어 이에 대한 모니터링이 중요한 과제로 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 고가의 장비가 소요되는 기존의 분석법인 저온농축법과 흡착법을 이용하는 대신에 고체상 미량추출방법 (Solid-Phase Microextraction, 이하 SPME)을 이용하여 GC/MS로 대기 중 오존 VOC를 ppt 수준까지 빠르고 신속하게 분석하는 방법을 확립하였다. (중략)

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.113-132
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• 2003

In May 2001, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) for phasing out and eliminating POPs was signed by 90 countries at the Diplomatic Meeting in Stockholm. In 1998, three years before the Convention, the protocols on POPs and heavy metals were adopted by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution. Growing attention on POPs and heavy metals during the past 10 years is primarily due to their toxicity in minute quantities. POPs and some metal compounds are even more toxic because of their bioaccumulation potentials associated with a high lipid solubility. Furthermore, owing to their persistence and semi - volatility, they are widely distributed in the environment, traveling great distances on wind and water currents. Recent international cooperation to address POPs and heavy metals has focused on these issues. Long -range transport of those pollutants are particularly concerned since Korea is located downwind of prevailing westerlies from China. In this paper, a review is provided to assess the properties, sources, emissions, and atmospheric concentrations on POPs and heavy metals.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.189-198
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• 2009

Passive air samplers with polyurethane foam (PUF) disks were employed to determine seasonal gas phase variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air on Anmyeon island from March 2007 to January 2008. Sum of 13 PAHs ranged between $3.5\;ng/m^3$ and $27.6\;ng/m^3$. Total PAHs during the heating season was 6.2 times higher than non-heating season. The dominant PAHs components during sampling periods were low and middle molecular weight PAHs including phenanthrene, fluoranthene, pyrene and chrysene. Gas exchange fluxes of PAHs across the air-water interface of the Yellow Sea were calculated using a modified two-film exchange model. PAHs fluxes ranged from $196\;ng/m^2/d$ net volatilization during summer to $3830\;ng/m^2/d$ net absorption during winter. Passive air sampler provides a convenient and cost-effective tool for measuring averaged gas phase PAHs, which was successfully used for calculation of gas exchange flux of PAHs in the Yellow Sea.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.177-182
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• 1999

Objectives: To reexamine the association between air pollution and daily mortality in Seoul, Korea using a method of meta-analysis with the data filed for 1991 through 1995. Methods: A separate Poisson regression analysis on each district within the metropolitan area of Seoul was conducted to regress daily death counts on levels of each ambient air pollutant, such as total suspended particulates (TSP), sulfur dioxide $(SO_2)$, and ozone $(O_3)$, controlling for variability in the weather condition. We calculated a weighted mean as a meta-analysis summary of the estimates and its standard error. Results: We found that the p value from each pollutant model to test the homogeneity assumption was small (p<0.01) because of the large disparity among district-specific estimates. Therefore, all results reported here were estimated from the random effect model. Using the weighted mean that we calculated, the mortality at a $100{\mu}g/m^3$ increment in a 3-day moving average of TSP levels was 1.034 (95% Cl 1.009-1.059). The mortality was estimated to increase 6% (95% Cl 3-10%) and 3% (95% Cl 0-6%) with each 50 ppb increase for 9-day moving average of SO2 and 1-hr maximum O3, respectively. Conclusions: Like most of air pollution epidemiologic studies, this meta-analysis cannot avoid fleeing from measurement misclassification since no personal measurement was taken. However, we can expect that a measurement bias be reduced in a district-specific estimate since a monitoring station is hefter representative cf air quality of the matched district. The similar results to those from the previous studios indicated existence of health effect of air pollution at current levels in many industrialized countries, including Korea.

• Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.649-655
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• 2005

Automotive exhaust is suspected to be one of the main reasons of the rapid increase in greenhouse effect gases in ambient air. Although methane emissions are generally orders of magnitude lower than emissions of $CO_{2}$, the global warming potential (GWP) of methane is greater than that of $CO_{2}$. The environmental impact of methane emissions from vehicles is negligible and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. In this study, in order to investigate greenhouse gas emission characteristics from gasoline passenger cars, 20 vehicles were tested on the chassis dynamometer and methane emissions were measured. The emission characteristics by model year, mileage, vehicle speed were discussed. Test mode is CVS-15 mode that have been used to regulate for light-duty vehicle in Korea. It was found that $CH_{4}$ emissions showed higher for cold start, old model year and long mileage than hot start, new model year and short mileage, respectively. These results were compared with IPCC emission factors and the overall our results were anticipated to contribute for domestic greenhouse gas emissions calculation.