The variability and temporal trends of the annual and seasonal minimum and maximum temperature, rainfall, relative humidity, wind speed, sunshine hours, and runoff were analyzed for 5 major rivers in Korea from 1960 to 2010. A simple regression and non-parametric methods (Mann-Kendall test and Sen's estimator) were used in this study. The analysis results show that the minimum temperature (Tmin) had a higher increasing trend than the maximum temperature (Tmax), and the average temperature increased by about 0.03˚C yr.-1. The relative humidity and wind speed decreased by 0.02% yr-1 and 0.01m s-1yr-1, respectively. With the exception of the Han River basin, the regression analysis and Mann-Kendall and Sen results failed to detect trends for the runoff and rainfall over the study period. Rapid land use changes were linked to the increase in the runoff in the Han River basin. The sensitivity of the evapotranspiration and ultimately the runoff to the meteorological variables was in the order of relative humidity > sunshine duration > wind speed > Tmax > Tmin. Future studies should investigate the interaction of the variables analyzed herein, and their relative contributions to the runoff trends.

Over the last century, drainage systems have become an integral component of agriculture. Climate observations and experiments using General circulation models suggest an intensification of the hydrologic cycle due to climate change. This study presents hydrologic simulations assessing the potential impact of climate change on subsurface drainage in Daegu, Republic of Korea. Historical and Long Ashton Research Station weather generator perturbed future climate data from 15 general circulation models for a field in Daegu were ran into a water management simulation model, DRAINMOD. The trends and variability in rainfall and Soil Excess Water () were assessed from 1960 to 2100. Rainfall amount and intensity were predicted to increase in the future. The predicted annual subsurface drainage flow varied from -35 to 40 % of the baseline value while the varied from -50 to 100%. The expected increases in subsurface drainage outflow require that more attention be given to soil and water conservation practices.

The relationship between hydrologic processes and scale is one of the more complex issues in surface water hydrology. Disturbances that change vegetation and/or soil properties have been known to subsequently alter the landscape. The primary objective of this study was to estimate the grain size of soils with different properties from the hydraulic conductivity using pedotransfer functions. The double ring infiltrometer method was used to measure the vertical hydraulic conductivity of three soils under different soil planar surface treatments. Seven selected pedotransfer functions were used to estimate percentile diameters and the reduction in infiltration caused by compaction was misconstrued as caused by changes in percentile diameter. Results showed that compaction on the sandy loamy foot paths reduced the hydraulic conductivity by about 50%. The study showed that perceptual models of infiltration processes and appreciation of scale problems in modeling are far more sophisticated than normally presented in texts. Hydraulic measurement methods are still relevant and will provide significant information of grain size of the soils.

인간 간섭에 영향을 크게 받는 인공호소가 대부분인 우리나라의 호소 특성과 보다 나은 생태계 관리 방안을 도출하고자 하는 목적에서 2005년 4개 호소의 이화학적 요인과 담수조류 정량분석에 의거한 기초자료를 바탕으로 통계학적 분석을 시도하였다. Canonical Correspondence Analysis(CCA)를 하구호인 남양호, 삽교호, 아산호 및 북한강 중하류 수계에 연쇄적으로 위치한 댐호 중 하나인 청평호에 적용하였다 그 결과, 청평호는 3개 하구호와 구분되는 특징을 보였으며, 청평호를 제외한 CCA결과, 아산호-삽교호-남양호 간에도 차이를 보여주었다. 담수조류 군집 구성은 제한된 자료량 때문인지 해석이 생태학적 해석에 어려움이 따랐다. 따라서, 보다 지속적이고 심화된 담수조류 연구 및 기타요인의 채집 및 분석이 수행될 필요가 있음이 나타났다. 그러나, 제한된 자료량에도 불구하고, 청평호 및 3개 호소의 큰 두 그룹으로 호소 그룹이 특징지워진 것은 CCA 적용이 유효함을 나타낸 것으로 보인다.

The objective of this study was to present regression equations between reservoir water quality and land use types of the watersheds. In order to derive regression equations, a multiple linear regression analysis was used using observed data from 88 reservoirs in the Kyungpook Provcince. The measured values of BOD, COD, T-N, and T-P were correlated with the areas of land use types. 23 regression equations were obtained for all the water quality items and watershed sizes. The results showed that 2 regression equations have the multiple correlation coefficient(MCC) above 0.90, 10 regression equations have the MCC values from 0.70 to 0.90, 9 equations have the MCC from 0.40 to 0.70, and 2 equations have the MCC from 0.20 to 0.40. The results of this study can be used to estimate reservoir water quality simply and quickly in the planning phase.

A field case study was performed to investigate the effect of shallow ponding in paddy field on irrigation water requirement of direct seeded rice. In addition, an economic analysis was made to see the effect of no-till direct seeded rice on cost reduction. A field study was performed at a 2.1ha paddy field in Kimjae city, Chonbuk province from 1991 to 1999. Various direct seeding methods such as dryland seeding, wetland seeding, and no-till wetland seeding were introduced. Then, cost reductions due to the direct seeding and no-till were calculated. In addition, to investigate the effect of shallow ponding on irrigation water requirement, field measurements such as irrigation water volume, drainage water volume, rainfall depth, and ponding depth, were made at a 40a plot within the same area in 1988 and 1990. The results of the shallow ponding study showed that the irrigation water depth, rainfall, and the drainage depth were 379mm, 458mm, and 448mm in 1988 growing season, and 274mm, 819mm, and 736mm in 1990, respectively. The shallow ponding irrigation method saved irrigation water by about 20% with higher yield compared with the traditional method. The economic analysis showed that won \640,000 per ha can be saved by direct seeding due to no nursery cost, and \1,220,000 per ha due to no-till and no nursery cost. The yields ranged 540 to 640 kg per 10a during the study period with an average of 590kg per 10a. If these cropping techniques with no-till direct seeding and shallow ponding depth for rice cropping prove to be advantageous with further study, they can be adopted for the most of the paddy fields in Korea.

In 1996, a cold-water damage occured in the paddy field at the downstream of the Umoon dam. To study the cause and the preventive measures of the cold-water damage a field study was performed during the growing season of 1997. Field measurements such as water temperatures at reservoir, irrigation canal and in the paddy field were made. As a result, there was no cold-water damage due to the right irrigation water management practice in 1997. The cold-water damage is possible to happen, however, and the preventive measures were provided.

기후변화에 따른 기온과 강수량의 변화가 지표수자원에 미치는 영향은 수문기상학 연구에서 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 기후변화가 우리나라 5대강 유역의 유출량에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위하여 Catchment Modeling Toolkit의 네 가지 수문기상 모형을 사용하였다. 세 가지 RCP 시나리오에 대하여 12개 GCM 모형으로부터 미래 2021에서 2040까지(2030s), 2051에서 2070까지(2060s) 및 2081에서 2099까지(2090s) 기간에 대한 기후자료를 추출하였다. 이들 자료는 LARS-WG 방법으로 상세화하였으며, 수문기상 모형들은 1999부터 2009까지의 관측자료를 이용하여 보정 및 검정하였다. 본 연구에서 미래의 유출량은 사분위 범위, 전체 범위 및 변동계수 값이 시공간적으로 및 수문기상 모형에 따라서 큰 불확실성을 나타내었다. 종합적으로 볼 때 미래의 유출량은 기준년도에 비하여 RCP2.6, RCP4.5 및 RCP8.5 시나리오에 대하여 10～24%, 7～30% 및 11～30% 증가할 것으로 예상되었다. 본 연구는 수분기상모형과 기후변화 예측의 불확실성을 고려한 미래의 유출량을 모의할 수 있는 방법을 제시하였다.