• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.25-37
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• 2013

Open biomass burning (excluding biofuels) is an important contributor to air pollution in the Asian region. Estimation of emissions from fires, however, has been problematic, primarily because of uncertainty in the size and location of sources and in their temporal and spatial variability. Hence, more comprehensive tools to estimate wildfire emissions and that can characterize their temporal and spatial variability are needed. Furthermore, an emission processing system that can generate speciated, gridded, and temporally allocated emissions is needed to support air-quality modeling studies over Asia. For these reasons, a biomass-burning emissions modeling system based on satellite imagery was developed to better account for the spatial and temporal distributions of emissions. The BlueSky Framework, which was developed by the USDA Forest Service and US EPA, was used to develop the Asian biomass-burning emissions modeling system. The sub-models used for this study were the Fuel Characteristic Classification System (FCCS), CONSUME, and the Emissions Production Model (EPM). Our domain covers not only Asia but also Siberia and part of central Asia to assess the large boreal fires in the region. The MODIS fire products and vegetation map were used in this study. Using the developed modeling system, biomass-burning emissions were estimated during April and July 2008, and the results were compared with previous studies. Our results show good to fair agreement with those of GFEDv3 for most regions, ranging from 9.7 % in East Asia to 52% in Siberia. The SMOKE modeling system was combined with this system to generate three-dimensional model-ready emissions employing the fire-plume rise algorithm. This study suggests a practicable and maintainable methodology for supporting Asian air-quality modeling studies and to help understand the impact of air-pollutant emissions on Asian air quality.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2012

지구의 중요한 천연자원인 산림을 포함한 자연 식생환경은 지난 1세기 동안 많은 변화를 겪으며 기후에도 영향을 미치게 되어 현재 지구적 차원의 관심 속에서 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 원격탐사는 분광적 특성을 이용하여 식생의 특성을 탐지할 수 있어 식생자원을 모니터링하는데 매우 효율적인 수단이다. 이러한 연구에서는 보통 원격탐사 측정을 분석하여 관찰된 화소가 식생을 포함하고 있는 정도를 나타내는 식생지수가 사용되고 있는데 NDVI가 이중 가장 많이 사용되는 식생지수이다. 본 논문에서는 MODIS NDVI 시계열 자료를 이용하여 자동으로 식생의 변화를 탐지해 가는 방법론이 제안되어 있다. 변화탐지를 위해 비모수 방법의 신경망 모형이 사용되었고 특성벡터로는 한 화소에서 다중 시기의 NDVI 차이와 더불어 NDVI 시계열 자료의 시간상의 관계가 함께 고려될수 있도록 제안되었다. 사용된 모형의 테스트를 위해 2006년부터 2011년까지 한반도 지역에 대한 MODIS MYD13Q1 자료가 사용되었다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제14권12호
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• pp.2730-2736
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• 2010

최근 차량에는 내 외부로 다양한 네트워크가 도입되고 있으며, 이는 각 네트워크의 장치 제어나 정보 조회 서비스를 제공하는 하나의 HMI(Human Machine Interface)로 통합되고 있다. GPS 기반의 차량 측위 서비스를 제공하는 기존의 차량 네비게이션 시스템 또한 이러한 통합 네트워크에 기본 사양으로 포함되고 있다. GPS는 위성 신호를 이용하여 위치 정보를 제공하는 가장 보편적인 장치로 이용되고 있지만, 터널 빌딩 숲 등의 지역에서 위성 신호를 수신 받지 못해 위치 정보 제공이 불가능한 문제점을 가진다. 이에 본 논문은 통합된 차량 네비게이션 환경의 차량 내부 CAN 네트워크와 차량 외부의 Wi-Fi 네트워크의 센싱 데이터를 이용하여 GPS가 작동하지 않는 곳에서 차량의 위치를 측정하는 기법에 대해 제안하고, 구현한다. 제안한 기법은 구성된 맵 DB와 맵 매칭하여 구현함으로써 원활하게 동작함을 보였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.277-290
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• 2020

Disasters, including earthquakes and landslides, have enormous economic and social losses besides their impact on environmental disruption. Iran, and particularly its Western part, is known as an earthquake susceptible area due to numerous strong ground motions. Studying ecological changes due to climate change can improve the public and expert sector's awareness and response to future disastrous events. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data and Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) technologies are appropriate tools for modeling and surface deformation modeling. This paper proposes an efficient approach to detect ground deformation changes using Sentinel-1A. The focal point of this research is to map the ground surface deformation modeling is presented using InSAR technology over Sarpol-e Zahab on 25^th November 2018 as a study case. For surface deformation modeling and detection of the ground movement due to earthquake SARPROZ in MATLAB programming language is used and discussed. Results show that there is a general ground movement due to the Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake between -7 millimeter to +18 millimeter in the study area. This research verified previous researches on the advanced image analysis techniques employed for mapping ground movement, where InSAR provides a reliable tool for assisting engineers and the decision-maker in choosing proper policies in a time of disasters. Based on the result, 574 out of 682 damaged buildings and infrastructures due to the 2017 Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake have moved from -2 to +17 mm due to the 2018 earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 Richter. Results show that mountainous areas have suffered land subsidence, where urban areas had land uplift.

• 한국환경복원기술학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.32-43
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• 2004

Targeting a rooftop biotope created in urban area, this study aims at verifying a creation technique reflecting an urban biosphere reserve concept as well as its function as the habitats of various wild animals. To this end, a set of processes of a biosphere reserve-based basic conception and master plan, sectoral plans, construction and monitoring were applied to the rooftop of 12-story UNESCO Building in Seoul. In particular, the rooftop habitats were divided into core area, buffer zone and transition area, and habitats and facilities suitable to the characteristics of each space were planned. By aligning a plantation planning map with environmental conditions such as topography and water, creation of diverse habitats was enabled. As a result, a set of various habitats including wetlands, wild grassland, shrubs, forest trees and vegetable fields was created at the site. Species living in these habitats included 148 plant species, 62 insect species, 2 amphibian species, 3 fishery species and 3 bird species. The rooftop eco-park of UNESCO Building, which was created one year ago, is assessed as an important space for conservation of biodiversity as well as a place where a biosphere reserve concept was well applied. Meanwhile, for this rooftop biotope to be a pioneer of urban biosphere reserve-based types, a number of principles & methodologies suggested in this study need to be applied, In a perspective of landscape ecology, maintenance efforts should be linked with green areas in neighboring areas, which are the sources of species, In addition, considering that the rooftop biotope is a restored ecosystem, theories and approaches from restoration ecology should be applied. On-going monitoring on environmental changes is also required as the site is located in the urban center, Ultimately, rooftop biotopes including the case study area should contribute in promoting the socio-economic, cultural, and spiritual sustainability as well as environmental sustainability of a city.

• 지질공학
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.137-146
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• 2014

연구지역의 지질은 흑색천매암, 석회암 및 함역천매암과 중생대 관입안인 흑운모화강암과 석영반암으로 구성되어 있다. 이 중 흑색천매암이 분포하는 구간에서 건설 중인 도로 사면에서 절토사면 현황도(face map)를 4월부터 6월까지 3개월간 작성하였으며 이때 탄질슬레이트 분포지 부근을 포함 사면 내에는 3-4개소에서 사면붕괴와 산 정상부에는 최고 3 m의 변위를 보이며 움직이고 있음이 확인 되었다. 사면 붕괴의 원인은 엽리 및 단층 등의 불연속면의 경사방향이 사면의 경사방향과 일치하는 곳에서 붕괴가 발생하였고 탄질 슬레이트는 빗물을 머금을 때 팽창성을 가짐도 붕괴가 일어나는 원인이다. 반면 본 사면의 도로 맞은편 사면에서는 같은 암상 및 지질구조 조건을 가지고 있으나 엽리 및 불연속면들의 경사 방향이 사면의 경사 방향과 반대방향이므로 안정된 사면을 유지하고 있다. 사면의 붕괴가 일어난 곳에서 안정화를 위해 절개 후 복구(cut and cover) 방법으로 도로의 양쪽 사면 사이 도로 상에 터널 구조물을 설치하여 절개식 터널(cut and cover tunnel)을 시공하였으며 시공 후 사면은 안정화 되었다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.556-572
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• 2015

This paper presents the applications of spatial interpolation and assimilation methods for satellite and ground meteorological data, including temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation in regions of Vietnam. In this work, Universal Kriging is used for spatially interpolating ground data and its interpolated results are assimilated with corresponding satellite data to anticipate better gridded data. The input meteorological data was collected from 98 ground weather stations located all over Vietnam; whereas, the satellite data consists of the MODIS Atmospheric Profiles product (MOD07), the ASTER Global Digital Elevation Map (ASTER DEM), and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) in six years. The outputs are gridded fields of temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation. The empirical results were evaluated by using the Root mean square error (RMSE) and the mean percent error (MPE), which illustrate that Universal Kriging interpolation obtains higher accuracy than other forms of Kriging; whereas, the assimilation for precipitation gradually reduces RMSE and significantly MPE. It also reveals that the accuracy of temperature and humidity when employing assimilation that is not significantly improved because of low MODIS retrieval due to cloud contamination.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.617-623
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• 2019

Numerous water disasters have recently occurred all over the world, including South Korea, due to global climate change in recent years. As water-related disasters occur extensively and their sites are difficult for people to access, it is necessary to monitor them using satellites. The Ministry of Environment and K-water plan to launch the next-generation medium satellite No. 5 (water resource/water disaster satellite) equipped with C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) in 2025. C-band SAR has the advantage of being able to observe water resources twice a day at a high resolution both day and night, regardless of weather conditions. Currently, RADARSAT-2 and Sentinel-1 equipped with C-band SAR achieve the purpose of their launch and are used in various environmental fields such as forest structure detection and coastline change monitoring, as well as for unique purposes including the detection of flooding, drought and soil moisture change, utilizing the advantages of SAR. As such, this study aimed to analyze the characteristics of the next-generation medium satellite No. 5 and its application in environmental fields. Our findings showed that it can be used to improve the degree of precision of existing environmental spatial information such as the classification accuracy of land cover map in environmental field works. It also enables us to observe forests and water resources in North Korea that are difficult to access geographically. It is ultimately expected that this will enable the monitoring of the whole Korean Peninsula in various environmental fields, and help in relevant responses and policy supports.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제36권6_2호
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• pp.1551-1565
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• 2020

On April 4, 2019, a forest fire started in Goseong County and lasted for three days, burning the neighboring areas of Sokcho. The strong winds moved the blaze from one region to another region and declared the worst wildfire in South Korea in years. More than 1,880 facilities, including 400 homes, were burnt down. The fire burned a total area of 529 hectares (1,307 acres), which involved 13,000 rescuers and 16,500 military troops to control the fire occurrence. Thousands of people were evacuated, and two people are dead. This study generated post-wildfire maps to provide necessary data for evacuation and mitigation planning to respond to this destructive wildfire, also prevent further damage and restore the area affected by the wildfire. This study used KOMPSAT-3A and Sentinel-2 imagery to map the post-wildfire condition. The SVM showed higher accuracy (overall accuracy 95.29%) compared with ANN (overall accuracy of 94.61%) for the KOMPSAT-3A. Moreover, for Sentinel-2, the SVM attained a higher accuracy (overall accuracy of 91.52%) than the ANN algorithm (overall accuracy 90.11%). In total, four post-wildfire burned area maps were generated; these results can be used to assess the area affected by the Sokcho wildfire and wildfire mitigation planning in the future.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.83-101
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• 2022

Accurate atmospheric correction is essential for the analysis of land surface and environmental monitoring. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) information is particularly important in atmospheric correction because the radiation attenuation by Mie scattering makes the differences between the radiation calculated at the satellite sensor and the radiation measured at the land surface. Thus, it is necessary to use high-quality AOD data for an appropriate atmospheric correction of high-resolution satellite images. In this study, we examined the Second Simulation of a Satellite Signal in the Solar Spectrum (6S)-based atmospheric correction results for the Sentinel-2 images in South Korea using raster AOD (MODIS) and single-point AOD (AERONET). The 6S result was overall agreed with the Sentinel-2 level 2 data. Moreover, using raster AOD showed better performance than using single-point AOD. The atmospheric correction using the single-point AOD yielded some inappropriate values for forest and water pixels, where as the atmospheric correction using raster AOD produced stable and natural patterns in accordance with the land cover map. Also, the Sentinel-2 normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) after the 6S correction had similar patterns to the up scaled drone NDVI, although Sentinel-2 NDVI had relatively low values. Also, the spatial distribution of both images seemed very similar for growing and harvest seasons. Future work will be necessary to make efforts for the gap-filling of AOD data and an accurate bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) model for high-resolution atmospheric correction. These methods can help improve the land surface monitoring using the future Compact Advanced Satellite 500 in South Korea.