• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.425-432
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• 2011

To control non-point source pollution at a watershed scale, rainfall-runoff characteristics from forest watersheds should be investigated since the forest is the dominant land use in Korea. Long-term monitoring would be an ideal method. However, computer models have been utilized due to limitations in cost and labor in performing long-term monitoring at the watersheds. In this study, the Geo-spatial interface to the Water Erosion Prediction Project (GeoWEPP) model was evaluated for its runoff prediction from a coniferous forest dominant watersheds. The $R^2$ and the NSE for calibrated result comparisons were 0.77 and 0.63, validated result comparisons were 0.92, 0.89, respectively. These comparisons indicated that the GeoWEPP model can be used in evaluating rainfall-runoff characteristics. To estimate runoff changes from a coniferous forest watershed with various cover degree scenarios, ten cover degree scenarios (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%) were run using the calibrated GeoWEPP model. It was found that runoff increases with decrease in cover degree. Runoff volume was the highest ($206,218.66m^3$) at 10% cover degree, whereas the lowest ($134,074.58m^3$) at 100% cover degree due to changes in evapotranspiration under various cover degrees at the forest. As shown in this study, GeoWEPP model could be efficiently used to investigate runoff characteristics from the coniferous forest watershed and effects of various cover degree scenarios on runoff generation.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 2021

The interspecific hybrid of Salix caprea and Salix gracilistyla has never been identified or studied in Korea. Accordingly, this study investigated the flower morphological characteristics of the interspecific hybrid between S. caprea and S. gracilistyla and compared the interspecific hybrid with S. caprea and S. gracilistyla, respectively. The female flowers were investigated for 12 characteristics and the male flowers were investigated for nine. For the female flowers, those of the hybrids were larger than those of S. caprea and S. gracilistyla in terms of catkin length (CL), bract length (BL), and bract width (BW). The hybrids are intermediates between S. caprea and S. gracilistyla in terms of ovary length, width, and stipitate length as well as gland length (GL). For the male flowers, those of the hybrids were bigger than those of S. caprea and S. gracilistyla in terms of CL, BL, and BW. The hybrids are intermediates between S. caprea and S. gracilistyla in terms of catkin width and stamen length (SL). A principal component analysis (PCA) of the female data showed that the first principal component (PC) explained 57.5% of the total variation. The first PC highly correlated the ovary stipitate and pistil style lengths. The analysis was divided into three groups of S. caprea, S. gracilistyla, and the hybrid by the first PC. The results of a PCA of the male data showed that the first PC explained 35.7% of the total variation. The first PC highly correlated with the adelphous SL and was divided into three groups of S. caprea, S. gracilistyla, and the hybrid. The results of the discriminant analysis showed that S. caprea, S. gracilistyla, and the hybrid were distinguishable by flower morphological characteristics. Therefore, the hybrid was distinctly separated from S. caprea and S. gracilistyla by flower characteristics.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제39권6호
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• pp.512-520
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 탄화과정 중에 탄화로에서 발생되는 폐열을 활용하기 위해서 친환경건조시스템을 개발하여 그 특성을 검토하였다. 친환경건조시스템은 화석연료를 전혀 이용하고 있지 않고, 버려지는 폐열을 이용하기 때문에 환경친화적이다. 친환경건조시스템의 열원으로 이용되는 열수는 3개의 탄화로에 서로 연결되어 폐열을 회수하고 있고, 지속적인 열원의 공급으로 건조기내의 온도와 습도변화는 크지 않았다. 친환경건조시스템 설치가 목탄의 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 고정탄소, 정련도, 경도, 발열량, pH, 단위중량당 발열량, 수탄율을 분석하였다. 그 결과로부터 친환경건조시스템 설치가 목탄의 특성에 크게 영향을 주지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 버려지는 폐열을 회수하여 에너지로 이용하는 친환경건조시스템은 에너지절감과 농산물의 건조품질을 향상시켜 농가의 수익을 극대화할 수 있는 효과가 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제56권5호
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• pp.501-514
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• 2023

산불은 연소 과정에서 다양한 오염물질을 배출하여 심각한 환경 문제를 초래할 수 있다. 최근 지구 온난화와 기후변화의 영향으로 전 세계적으로 산불의 규모와 빈도가 증가하여 환경에 미치는 영향 역시 급증할 것으로 예상된다. 한국은 산불 발생이 빈번한 동해안 지역에 원자력 발전소가 위치하고 있어, 중대 사고에 대비하여 산불 환경에서 방사성 핵종의 거동 특성에 대한 이해가 요구된다. 본 리뷰 논문에서는 산불이 지하수 토양 환경에 가져오는 변화와 오염 특성을 검토하고, 산불로 변화된 지하수 토양 환경에서의 방사성 핵종 거동을 고찰하였다. 특히, 변화된 지중환경의 여러 특성 중 방사성 핵종의 거동에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 요인들을 고려하였으며, 보다 구체적인 메커니즘 이해를 위해 산불이 초래하는 지하수 토양 환경 변화와 오염에 대한 연구의 필요성을 기술하였다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2023

The RGB (red, green, and blue) imagery analysis is an important remote sensing tool, which estimates the effect of environmental stress on turfgrass growth and physiology. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of continuous wear stress treatment on Zoysia japonica through RGB imagery analysis. The results of the growth measurement showed that the plant height substantially decreased, after nine hours of treatment with no considerable difference thereafter. Dry weight measurement showed a substantial difference in the morphological growth characteristics of the aerial part of the turfgrass, but none in the stolon and root zone. This could be attributed to the short period of compaction treatment. The ROS (reactive oxygen species) analysis showed that ROS rapidly increased due to wear stress treatment. The MDA content increased during the traffic process, whereas the green pixels increased and decreased repeatedly; however, overall, the trend declined but the overall trend decreased. Thus, this study confirmed that MDA was effective in reflecting the wear stress of turfgrass; however, it could through RGB image analysis.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.20-27
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• 2008

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of thinning and pruning on characteristics of forest stand, mesopore ratio and soil water content at the Pinus koraiensis stands in Gwangneung, Gyeonggido. The Pinus koraiensis had been planted in 1976 and thinning and pruning were carried out in 1996. A sample area survey was conducted at experimental plots (thinned and unthinned) in 1998 and 2005, and mesopore ratio and soil water content have been monitored from 2000 to present. Average tree height of the thinned plot increased from 10.9m to 13.2m and from 10.3m to 12.8m for the unthinned plot. Average D.B.H of the thinned plot increased from 15.9cm to 21.1cm and from 14.5cm to 16.7cm for the unthinned plot during the period 1998-2005. Crown density at the thinned plot increased from 81.5% to 95.0% and from 89.5% to 95.0% for the unthinned plot during the period 1998-2005. Mesopore ratio (pF2.7) of A layer soil at the thinned plot was 40.1% while that of the unthinned plot was 37.3%. Changes of mesopore ratio at unthinned plot were not associated with stand age, but those at thinned plot had increased and then decreased, showing declining of the practice effect. Average soil water content at the thinned plot were 23.7% and 22.4% for the unthinned plot. Soil watercontents at both plots have been increased with increase in stand age. But the difference of soil watercontent at each plot has been decreased, especially at the depth of 10cm.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제112권1호
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• pp.57-70
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• 2023

도시와 자연에 부정적인 영향을 끼치는 미세먼지에 대한 저감 연구가 점점 심화되고 있다. 이에따른 미세먼지 저감 대책 중 하나로써 도시 수목의 미세먼지 저감 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 하지만 이와 관련하여 미세먼지에 의한 도시 수목의 피해 반응 연구는 부족한 실정이다. 본 연구는 도시 수목 중 전나무(Abies holophylla), 중국단풍(Acer buergerianum), 소나무(Pinus densiflora), 굴참나무(Quercus variabilis)에 대하여 고농도 미세먼지 처리로 나타나는 피해반응을 조사하기 위한 목적으로 수행되었다. 위 네 수종을 대상으로 식물생장조절챔버(phytotron)에서 시간 당 300 ㎍ m^-3 농도의 미세먼지를 처리하여 각 수종의 생리적, 생화학적 변화 반응과 잎의 흡착면적을 측정하였다. 그리고 순광합성량, 기공전도도, 증산률, 엽록소 함량, ROS, MDA, 잎의 흡착면적에 대해서 상관 분석을 진행하여 상호 간의 관계를 살펴보았다. 연구 결과, 수종마다 생리·생화학적 반응과 흡착면적이 종 특이적으로 나타났다. 순광합성량의 경우 전나무에서 가장 큰 감소세를 보였으며 소나무와 굴참나무는 큰 변화를 나타내지 않았다. 굴참나무는 ROS의 변화 또한 미미하였다. 모든 수종에서 MDA 함량이 공통적으로 증가하였다. 4주 처리 이후 흡착면적에서 전나무는 잎의 앞면, 소나무는 잎의 뒷면에 높은 면적량을 나타냈다. 상관성 분석 결과 생리적 반응 요인들 간에 양의 상관관계가 있음을 확인하였고, 잎의 앞면에 높은 흡착면적을 보일수록 생리적 반응에 부정적인 영향이 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 미세먼지 저감과 지속 가능한 도시 숲을 효율적으로 조성하기 위한 수종 선택의 기초 데이터를 제공한다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.989-995
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• 2006

Using the principal component analysis and clustering Forest resources are consistently necessary in the future. It takes much time to produce and breed them. However it is difficult to do due to recent social situation. Considering global environment, forest policy should be considered as a global scale rather than a regional one. At least, the policy needs a national scale concern. In order to support forestry, elementary data are needed. In this study, forest characteristics in Ishigawa-gen province have been analyzed through main component analysis and clustering. The results are shown in fig.5 and fig.6.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2015

The objectives of this study are to construct an ecoregion map and to extract ecological factors from each ecoregion to adapt FLR (Forest Landscape Restoration) of North Korea. An ecological map was constructed by PCA(Principal Component Analysis) and MGC(Multivatiate Geographical Clustering). An ANOVA test verified the differences among ecoregions, and post-hoc pair wise comparisons were performed to determine similarities between them. Factor analysis was conducted to extract ecoregional characteristics. Ecoregions were distributed into clusters reflecting differences of south and north and of east and west of their ecological factors. About 12% of land area in North Korea shared similar ecological factors with South Korea, but the remaining 88% was found to be ecologically different. The ANOVA test showed a p-value of 0.000, indicating significant differences between the regions. Post-hoc pair wise comparisons indicated statistically significant similarities in annual mean temperature between ecoregion D and G, precipitation seasonality between ecoregion H and O, and precipitation of the warmest quarter between ecoregion K and O. Because ecoregion A and N showed same in their soil water contents, they were assumed that the dense of forest cover in the Southern ecoregion A is similar to that in the Northern ecoregion N of Korean peninsular. Based on the results of this study, it is necessary to accommodate quantitative and spatial based planning, when South Korea aids forest restoration projects in North Korea. In addition, it is recommended for both South and North Korea to share on Forest Landscape Restoration methodologies with each other.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.67-74
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• 2024

This study attempted to derive regional characteristics from forest areas in Fukuoka Prefecture, which are traditional forestry areas in Japan, but have reached a time when new conversions are needed due to a decrease in wood prices and loss of motivation due to natural disasters such as typhoons. As a result, most of them are distributed to areas that include urbanization, rural areas, and mountain villages, and production areas of remote materials, which have the potential for forestry, but need to change policies to revitalize them due to low mountain utilization. Therefore, forest management and forestry production activities by multiple municipalities were judged to be efficient in these regions due to the promotion of forestry infrastructure, such as the expansion of forestry networks and the creation of mechanized forestry.