Forest destruction is an inevitable result of the development processes. According to the environmental impact assessment, over 10% of the destroyed trees need to be recycled and transplanted to minimize the impact of forest destruction. However, the rate of successful transplantation is low, leading to a high rate of tree death. This is attributable to a lack of consideration for environmental factors when choosing a temporary site for transplantation and inadequate management. To monitor transplanted trees, a field survey is essential; however, the spatio-temporal aspect is limited. This study evaluated the applicability of remote sensing for the effective monitoring of transplanted trees. Vegetation indices based on satellite remote sensing were derived to detect time-series changes in the status of the transplanted trees at three temporary transplantation sites. The mortality rate and vitality of transplanted trees before and after the transplant have a similar tendency to the changes in the vegetation indicators. The findings of this study showed that vegetation indices increased after transplantation of trees and decreased as the death rate increased and vitality decreased over time. This study presents a method for assessing newly transplanted trees using satellite images. The approach of utilizing satellite photos and the vegetation index is expected to detect changes in trees that have been transplanted across the country and help to manage tree transplantation for the environmental impact assessment.

위성을 이용한 국내외 위험유해물질 (HNS) 원격탐지기술의 현황을 살펴보고 탐지기술의 활용가능성을 고찰하였다. 현재까지 위성기반 HNS 탐지기술은 기름유출사고를 중심으로 이루어져 왔다. 기름유출의 경우, 인공위성 SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar)와 가시 광센서 등을 이용한 다양한 탐지기법들과 그 적용 사례들이 여러 선행연구를 통해 보고된 바 있다. 반면, 기름을 제외한 물질탐지를 위한 기반기술 개발은 현재까지 미미한 실정이다.

연안 김 양식장의 효과적 관리를 위해서는 실제 시설량의 조사가 필요하며, 인공위성을 이용한 방법이 가장 효과적이다. 본 연구에서는 10m의 해상도를 갖고 있는 SPOT-5 다중분광영상을 사용하였으며, 김 양식장의 자동탐지알고리듬의 개발을 위하여 경 기도 화성시 제부도 남방해역에 대한 2005년도 영상을 사용하였다. 김 양식장을 추출하기 위하여 우선 3밴드 영상의 분광특성을 이용 한 밴드차(Band difference) 영상을 작성하여, 두 가지 방법(형태학적 처리기법 및 Canny 에지 탐지기법)으로 처리를 한 후, 두 결과를 합성하여 라벨링함으로써 탐지율을 극대화하였다. 마지막으로 2005년 우리나라 연안의 김 양식장에 대한 인공위성 조사 결과, 실제 시 설량은 676,749 책(柵)으로, 면허시설량 572,745 책보다 다소 많은 것으로 나타났다. 양식장 시설 현황 조사 결과는, 정부에서 전체 생산 량을 조절할 수 있게 하며, 양식업자가 좋은 수확을 달성하는데 도움이 될 수 있을 것이다.

High concentration of chlorophyll a occurred around the Ulleung Warm Eddy off Ulleung Island in the East Sea of Korea in spring season. The abnormal distributions of chlorophyll a were captured by satellite remote sensing and measured field data. The temporal and spatial scale of the abnormal distributions were around 20 days and 50km diameter off Ullung Island. The anomalies were quantified by estimated chlorophyll a derived from OCM and SeaWiFS ocean color data from 2000 to 2004. The origin of abnormal high concentrations was estimated by this study. It was that suspended material discharged from the Nakdong River and the coastal water located in the southeastern part of Korean Peninsula moved to northeastern coast, and then moved to off Ullung Island. The high chlorophyll a concentrations including inorganic materials were accumulated by anticyclonic eddy such as the Ullung Warm Eddy around Ullung Island in the East Sea of Korea in spring season.

A virtual vessel traffic control system is introduced to contribute to prevent a marine accident such as collision and stranding from happening. Existing VTS has its limit. The virtual vessel traffic control system consists of both data acquisition by satellite remote sensing and a simulation of traffic environment stress based on the satellite data, remotely sensed data And it could be used to provide timely and detailed information about the marine safety, including the location, speed and direction of ships, and help us operate vessels safely and efficiently. If environmental stress values are simulated for the ship information derived from satellite data, proper actions can be taken to prevent accidents. Since optical sensor has a high spatial resolution, JERS satellite data are used to track ships and extract their information. We present an algorithm of automatic identification of ship size and velocity. It lastly is shown that based on ship information extracted from JERS data, a qualitative evaluation method of environmental stress is introduced.