• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.91-99
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• 2012

In this study, it was proposed that extension techniques of 8 day interval recorded stream-flow data which has been produced at the mouth of unit watersheds for TMDLs to daily one. The concept of this method was that the missing data at partial recording station was filled by using the daily data at a nearby, hydrologically similar streamgaging station. First, same day stream-flow was extracted from the daily stream-flow. Then, the extension equation was developed based on the sample data when the same day stream-flow from daily data and the partially recorded stream-flow was deeply related each other. The missing data was interpolated or extrapolated by the equation. Especially the maintenance of variance extension (MOVE) technique was used to derive the equation and was validated. Finally the 8-day interval recorded stream-flow at the mouth of unit watersheds in Han River Basin for TMDLs was extended to continuously daily data by using the method proposed in this study. And the low flow at each unit watershed was evaluated according to the flow-duration curve.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.8-9
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• 2011

On 4 September 2010 an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale occurred on the Canterbury Plains in the South Island of New Zealand. The Canterbury Plains are an area of extensive groundwater and spring fed surface water systems. Since the September earthquake there have been several thousand aftershocks (Fig. 1), the largest being a 6.3 magnitude quake which occurred close to the centre of Christchurch on 22February 2011. This second quake caused extensive damage to the city of Christchurch including the deaths of 189 people. Both of these quakes had marked hydrological impacts. Water is a vital natural resource for Canterburywith groundwater being extracted for potable supply and both ground and surface water being used extensively for agricultural and horticultural irrigation.The groundwater is of very high quality so that the city of Christchurch (population approx. 400,000) supplies untreated artesian water to the majority of households and businesses. Both earthquakes caused immediate hydrological effects, the most dramatic of which was the liquefaction of sediments and the release of shallow groundwater containing a fine grey silt-sand material. The liquefaction that occurred fitted within the empirical relationship between distance from epicentre and magnitude of quake described by Montgomery et al. (2003). . It appears that liquefaction resulted in development of discontinuities in confining layers. In some cases these appear to have been maintained by artesian pressure and continuing flow, and the springs are continuing to flow even now. In spring-fed streams there was an increase in flow that lasted for several days and in some cases flows remained high for several months afterwards although this could be linked to a very wet winter prior to the September earthquake. Analysis of the slope of baseflow recession for a spring-fed stream before and after the September earthquake shows no change, indicating no substantial change in the aquifer structure that feeds this stream.A complicating factor for consideration of river flows was that in some places the liquefaction of shallow sediments led to lateral spreading of river banks. The lateral spread lessened the channel cross section so water levels rose although the flow might not have risen accordingly. Groundwater level peaks moved both up and down, depending on the location of wells. Groundwater level changes for the two earthquakes were strongly related to the proximity to the epicentre. The February 2011 earthquake resulted in significantly larger groundwater level changes in eastern Christchurch than occurred in September 2010. In a well of similar distance from both epicentres the two events resulted in a similar sized increase in water level but the slightly slower rate of increase and the markedly slower recession recorded in the February event suggests that the well may have been partially blocked by sediment flowing into the well at depth. The effects of the February earthquake were more localised and in the area to the west of Christchurch it was the earlier earthquake that had greater impact. Many of the recorded responses have been compromised, or complicated, by damage or clogging and further inspections will need to be carried out to allow a more definitive interpretation. Nevertheless, it is reasonable to provisionally conclude that there is no clear evidence of significant change in aquifer pressures or properties. The different response of groundwater to earthquakes across the Canterbury Plains is the subject of a new research project about to start that uses the information to improve groundwater characterisation for the region. Montgomery D.R., Greenberg H.M., Smith D.T. (2003) Stream flow response to the Nisqually earthquake. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 209 19-28.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.397-397
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• 2011

2004년부터 4대강 물환경연구소는 수질오염총량관리제의 원활한 추진을 위해 총량관리단위유역 말단부에서 8일 간격으로 청천(晴天)시를 중심으로 유량과 수질을 동시에 측정하기 시작하였다. 그 결과 연중 하천유량과 수질의 연동 여부 및 변동 추이를 확인하는 것이 가능하게 되었다. 그러나 8일 간격으로 생산되는 유량은 지침의 정의와 맞물려 기준유량의 산정에 또 다른 어려움을 주고 있다. '한강수계 오염총량관리계획수립 지침'에 따르면 '기준유량은 과거 10년간 평균 저수량으로 한다'고 명시되어 있다. 여기서 저수량이란 유량의 크기를 누가일수로서 표시하여 1년을 통하여 275일은 이보다 더 작지 않은 유량으로 정의된다. 따라서 정확한 저수량을 산정하기 위해서는 1년 365개 매일의 유량자료가 필요하다. 하지만 8일 간격으로 유량을 측정하게 되면 1년 365개 대신 최대 45 여개의 일 유량자료만 취득 가능하므로 유황분석에 어려움이 발생할 수밖에 없다. 본 연구에서는 수질오염총량관리단위유역의 말단부에서 8일 간격으로 계측된 유량자료가 있을 때 이를 연속적인 일유량으로 확대할 수 있는 방법론 중 하나를 소개한다. 미 지질조사국(USGS)에서 주로 사용되는 이 방법은 A지점(부분계측이 이루어지는 지점)의 결측치를 동일 유역 혹은 수문학적으로 유사한 유역의 B지점(연속계측이 이루어지는 지점)의 자료를 이용하여 보완하는 방식이다. 이를 위해 먼저 부분계측이 이루어진 날과 같은 날짜의 유량자료를 연속계측자료에서 추출한 다음 두 자료(A지점에서의 모든 유량과 B지점에서의 추출된 유량)의 상관성을 비교해 본다. 두 자료간에 상관도가 높다면 이를 잘 표현하는 방정식을 통해 A지점의 결측치를 내 외삽한다. 여기서 두 자료간 상관도를 잘 묘사할 수 있는 방법으로 본 연구에서는 최소제곱법(Least Square Estimator, LSE)과 분산확장법(Maintenance of Variance Extension, MOVE)을 비교,분석해 보았다. 한강수계 수질오염총량관리단위유역 중 동일지점에 8일 간격 부분계측 유량자료와 일 연속자료가 동시에 존재하는 곳이 6지점이 있었으며 이 자료들을 바탕으로 LSE와 MOVE의 정확도를 검증해 본 결과 MOVE가 일 연속유량 확장에 더 나은 결과를 보였다.