• 적정기술학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.136-145
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• 2020

개발도상국에 있어서 농업은 국가 경제의 중추임에도 불구하고, 대부분의 개도국에서는 장비와 지능형 시스템, 데이터 모니터링 등을 이용한 현상에 대한 통합적 판단 없이 인력에 의해 농업을 수행하고 있다. 농업의 중요한 요소인 관개는 작물 생산에 영향을 미치는 핵심적인 과정으로서, 연간 강우량의 변동에 대응하고자 대부분의 농장에서는 관개 시스템을 적용하고 있다. 그러나, 농장 관개 시스템의 모니터링과 제어 등에 대한 기술적 기반이 부족하여 생산성의 증대와 효율적인 농업용수 관리가 어려운 실정이다. 본 논문에서는 탄자니아 농촌 지역 관개 시스템의 스마트화를 위하여 433 MHz 무선 주파수 및 2G 기반 스마트 관개 측정 시스템과 농업용수 선불 시스템을 제안한다. 개발된 스마트 관개 시스템은 기상 데이터와 토양 수분 데이터를 하이브리드로 분석하도록 설계되었는데, 탄자니아 Arusha 지역의 Ngurudoto 마을로의 적용을 목적으로 한다. 제안된 시스템은 기상 측정 컨트롤러, 토양 수분 센서, 수류 센서, 솔레노이드 밸브 및 선불 시스템으로 구성되었는데, 센서를 통해 수집된 데이터는 433 MHz 무선 주파수 및 2G 기반 통신 아키텍처 모듈을 통해 서버로 전송된다. 본 시스템은 인터넷 운용이 제한되는 지역에 적합할 뿐만 아니라, 데이터 기반의 상태 판단과 실시간 예측이 가능하다. 개발된 시스템의 데이터 분석 알고리즘은 동적 회귀 알고리즘과 Naïve Bayes 알고리즘을 적용하여 선형 및 비선형분석 모두에 있어서 높은 정밀도를 보인다. 또한, 농장의 용수공급 시기와 용수의 양, 소요되는 전력에 대한 판단 뿐만 아니라 전체 시스템 하드웨어의 작동 및 오류에 대한 모니터링이 가능하다. 부가하여, 사용자가 농업용수를 공급받기 전에 선금을 지불하는 시스템을 적용하여 관리의 효율성을 도모하였으며, 농업의 전 과정에서 측정된 센서 데이터 및 용수 사용량은 사용자 인터페이스를 통하여 실시간으로 모니터링이 가능하도록 개발되었다. 본 연구를 통하여 개발된 RF(Radio Frequency) 및 2G 기반 스마트 관개 모니터링 시스템은 현장 적용의 편의성과 함께 사용자 중심의 모니터링 시스템을 통해 개발도상국의 경제, 사회 분야에 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 것으로 기대한다.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제57권1호
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• pp.69-78
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• 2015

The objective of this study was to investigate characteristics of irrigation return flow from paddy block in a reservoir irrigated district during growing seasons. The irrigation return flow was divided into three parts, quick return flow from irrigation canal (RFI), quick return flow from drainage canal (RFD), and delayed return flow (DRF). The RFI was calculated from water level and stage-discharge relationships at the ends of the irrigation canals. The DRF was estimated using measured infiltration amount from paddy fields of the irrigated district. A combined monitoring and modeling method was used to estimate the RFD by subtracting surface runoff from surface drainage. The paddy block irrigated from the Idong reservoir was selected to study the irrigation return flow components. The results showed that daily agricultural water supply (AWS), the RFI, and the RFD were $27.4mm\;day^{-1}$, $4.9mm\;day^{-1}$, and $19.8mm\;day^{-1}$, respectively in May, which were greater than other months (p<0.05). The return flow ratio of the RFI and the RFD were the greatest in July (34.6%) and May (72.3%), respectively. The daily AWS was closely correlated with the RFD (correlation coefficients of 0.76~0.86) in except for July with, while correlation coefficient with the RFI were 0.56 and 0.42 in June and July, respectively (p<0.01). The total irrigation return flow was 1,965 mm in 2011, and 1,588 mm in 2012, resulting in total return flow ratio of 84.6% and 79.1%, respectively. This results indicate that substantial amounts of agricultural water were returned to streams as irrigation return flow. Thus, irrigation return flow should be fully considered into the agricultural water resources planning in Korea.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2011

Protected vegetable production area is greater than 26% of the total vegetable production area in Korea, and portion of protected production area is increasing for flowers and fruits. To secure stable productivity and profitability, continuous and intensive monitoring and control of protected crop production environment is critical, which is labor- and time-consuming. Failure to maintain proper environmental conditions (e.g., light, temperature, humidity) leads to significant damage to crop growth and quality, therefore farmers should visit or be present close to the production area. To overcome these problems, application of remote monitoring and control of crop production environment has been increasing. Wireless monitoring and control systems have used CDMA, internet, and smart phone communications. Levels of technology adoption are different for farmers' needs for their cropping systems. In this paper, potential of wireless remote monitoring of protected agricultural environment using CDMA SMS text messages was reported. Monitoring variables were outside weather (precipitation, wind direction and velocity, temperature, and humidity), inside ambient condition (temperature, humidity, $CO_2$ level, and light intensity), irrigation status (irrigation flow rate and pressure), and soil condition (volumetric water content and matric potential). Scenarios and data formats for environment monitoring were devised, tested, and compared. Results of this study would provide useful information for adoption of wireless remote monitoring techniques by farmers.

• 한국관개배수논문집
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.60-68
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to develop the reservoir water monitoring system with automatic level meter. Until now, installation of water level meter for reservoir stage monitoring were not widely spread in agricultural area. This has several reason : to

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.120-125
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• 2009

Water stress has become a major concern in agriculture. Korea suffers from limited agricultural water supply, and wastewater reuse has been recommended as an alternative solution.A study was performed to examine the effects of microorganism concentration in the ponded-water of a paddy rice field with reclaimed-water irrigation for evaluating the microbial risk to farmers and neighborhoodchildren.Most epidemiological studies were performed based on an upland field, and they may not directly applicable to paddy fields. Beta-Poisson model was used to estimate the microbial risk of pathogen ingestion. Their risk value increased significantly high level after irrigation and precipitation.It implies that agricultural activities such as plowing, and fertilizing, and precipitation need be practiced a few days after irrigation considering health risks. The results about field application of the microbial risk assessment using E. coli showed difference according to monitoring time and treatment plot. Result of the microbial risk assessment showed that risk values of ground-water and reclaimed secondary waste water irrigation were lower than directly use of wastewater treatment plants' effluent. This paper should be viewed as a first step in the application of quantitative microbial risk assessment of E. coli to wastewater reuse in a paddy rice farming.

• 한국농공학회논문집
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• 제58권5호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2016

Due to droughts and water shortages causing severe damage to crops and other vegetations, much attention has been given to efficient irrigation for upland farming. However, little information has been known to measure soil moisture levels in a field scale and apply their spatial variability for proper irrigation scheduling. This study aimed to characterize the spatial variability and temporal stability of soil water contents at depths of 10 cm, 20 cm and 30 cm on flat (loamy soil) and hill-slope fields (silt-loamy soil). Field monitoring of soil moisture contents was used for variogram analysis using GS+ software. Kriging produced from the structural parameters of variogram was applied for the means of spatial prediction. The overall results showed that the surface soil moisture presented a strong spatial dependence at the sampling time and space in the field scale. The coefficient variation (CV) of soil moisture was within 7.0~31.3 % in a flat field and 8.3~39.4 % in a hill-slope field, which was noticeable in the dry season rather than the rainy season. The drought assessment analysis showed that only one day (Dec. 21st) was determined as dry (20.4 % and 24.5 % for flat and hill-slope fields, respectively). In contrary to a hill-slope field where the full irrigation was necessary, the centralized irrigation scheme was appeared to be more effective for a flat field based on the spatial variability of soil moisture contents. The findings of this study clearly showed that the geostatistical analysis of soil moisture contents greatly contributes to proper irrigation scheduling for water-efficient irrigation with maximal crop productivity and environmental benefits.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.11-16
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• 2019

노지 정밀농업에서 작물의 생육환경 측정을 위한 무선 센서 네트워크 기술이 중요시되고 있지만 무선 신호는 다양한 전파장애 요인들에 의해 통신 장애가 발생할 수 있다. 이 논문은 노지 관수를 위해 로라 기반 환경 모니터링과 일기예보 정보수집 시스템을 설계 및 구현하고 이를 테스트베드에 적용하였다. 그리고 장애물이 있는 환경과 장애물이 없는 환경, 비 오는 날과 비 오지 않은 날 각각에 대하여 사설 로라 네트워크의 패킷 손실률을 비교 분석하였으며, 장애물이 있는 로라 네트워크는 강우량이 많은 날은 패킷손실에 민감함을 알 수 있었다.

• Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.202-216
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• 2017

Nitrogen (N) is an essential macronutrient. Thus, evaluating its flows and stocks in rice paddy ecosystems provides important insights into the sustainability and environmental loads of rice production. Among the N sources of paddy fields, atmospheric deposition and irrigation inputs remain poorly understood. In particular, insufficient information is available for atmosphere-rice paddy exchange of gaseous and particulate reactive N (Nr, all N species other than molecular N) which represents the net input or output through dry deposition and emission. In this study, we assessed the N inputs via atmospheric deposition and irrigation to a Japanese rice paddy area by weekly monitoring for 2 years with special emphasis on gas and particle exchange. The rice paddy during the cropping season acted as a net emitter of ammonia ($NH_3$) to the atmosphere regardless of the N fertilizer applications, which reduced the effects of dry deposition to the N input. Dry N deposition was quantitatively similar to wet N deposition, when subtracting the rice paddy $NH_3$ emissions from N exchange. The annual N inputs to the rice paddy were 3.2 to $3.6\;kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;yr^{-1}$ for exchange, 8.1 to $9.8\;kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;yr^{-1}$ for wet deposition, and 11.1 to $14.5\;kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;yr^{-1}$ for irrigation. The total N input, 22.8 to $27.5\;kg\;N\;ha^{-1}\;yr^{-1}$, corresponded to 38% to 55% of the N fertilizer application rate and 53% to 67% of the brown rice N uptake. Monitoring of atmospheric deposition and irrigation as N sources for rice paddies will therefore be necessary for adequate N management.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.129-141
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 농촌 소하천의 적정 환경유지용수 산정을 위한 기초조사로 경상남도 고성군 하이면 와룡리에 위치한 봉현저수지를 수원으로 하는 봉현천과 하이저수지를 수원으로 하는 석지천을 시기적 우기이면서 농번기인 2011년 3월에서 9월까지 총 7회에 걸쳐 8개 지점을 선정하여 하천조사와 수문, 수질 모니터링을 실시하였다. 관개기와 비관개기로 구분하여 유량측정을 분석한 결과, 관개기는 선행강수량이 비교적 많았으나 7월을 제외한 기간에 대부분의 측점지점에서 유량을 측정할 수 없을 만큼 하천이 메말라있었고 비관개기에는 선행강수량이 적거나 없어 전 측점지점의 계측이 불가능했다. 유량의 차이가 수질의 변화에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 확인하기 위해 수질항목들의 변화양상을 살펴보고자 수질관측지점별 pH, BOD, COD, TOC, SS, T-N, T-P 등 총 7항목에 대한 상관분석을 실시하였다. 하이저수지의 경우 탁도와 T-N, 및 탁도와 BOD의 상관계수가 각각 0.771 및 0.781로 유의수준 0.05에서 유의함을 나타내었고, 봉현저수지의 경우 TOC와 T-N의 상관계수가 -0.769로 유의수준 0.05에서 유의한 음의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 그러나 전체 조사기간 중 7월만 전 하천지점에 대해 수질시료를 채취할 수 있었고 그 외 기간은 결측값이 존재하여 정밀한 분석이 불가했다. 이는 농촌 소하천의 건천화 현상으로 하천 유지용수의 부족을 나타내며 향후 지속적이고 장기적인 현장 모니터링을 통해 농어촌환경용수 공급을 위한 적정 유지유량 산정의 기초자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2003년도 학술발표논문집
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• pp.255-258
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• 2003

Agricultural water use occupies 60% of the total water use in Korea, so variation of the farming pattern and the efficiency of agricultural water use is important for the sustainable water management. For the analysis of agricultural water use, the Yi-dong experimental site was selected. For the monitoring system of the experimental site, four rainfall gauging stations and twenty-six water level gauging stations are established and operated. Analyses of the measured data are processed for the irrigation efficiency of agricultural water and the effect of the variation of farming pattern.