Research
1. Rainfall Modeling
Kim, D., Cho, H., Onof, C., & Choi, M. (2017). Let-It-Rain: a web application for stochastic point rainfall generation at ungaged basins and its applicability in runoff and flood modeling. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 31(4), 1023-1043.
Kim, D., Olivera, F., Cho, H., & Socolofsky, S. A. (2013). Regionalization of the Modified Bartlett-Lewis Rectangular Pulse Stochastic Rainfall Model. Terrestrial, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, 24(3).
Kim, D., Kwon, H. H., Lee, S. O., & Kim, S. (2016). Regionalization of the Modified Bartlett–Lewis rectangular pulse stochastic rainfall model across the Korean Peninsula. Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 11, 123-137.
The universal rainfall generator that can be used for all types of disaster modeling (floods, droughts, landslides)
A hybrid stochastic rainfall model that reproduces some important rainfall characteristics at hourly to yearly timescales, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 23, 989-1014, https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-989-2019, 2019
Kim, D. and Onof, C. A stochastic rainfall model that can reproduce important rainfall properties across the timescales from several minutes to a decade , Journal of Hydrology.
Multi-fractal Space-Time Rainfall Downscaling
Lee, D., Lee, J., and Kim, D., Applicability of a Space-Time Rainfall Downscaling Algorithm Based on Multifractal Framework in Modeling Heavy Rainfall Events ain Korean Peninsula, Journal of Korea Water Resources Association, 47(9), 839-852
Song, H. Y., Kim, D. K., Kim, B. S., Hwang, S. H., & Kim, T. W. (2014). Hydrological Assessment of Multifractal Space-Time Rainfall Downscaling Model: Focusing on Application to the Upstream Watershed of Chungju Dam. Journal of Korea Water Resources Association, 47(10), 959-972.
2. Bridge Scour Estimation
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TAMU-OMS: The Simplified Bridge Scour Estimation Tool
Govindasamy, A. V., Briaud, J. L., Kim, D., Olivera, F., Gardoni, P., & Delphia, J. (2012). Observation method for estimating future scour depth at existing bridges. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 139(7), 1165-1175.
Briaud, J., Jung, I., Govindasamy, A., Kim, D., Lee, J. (2018). The Observation Method for Bridge Scour: Case Histories, International Journal of Geoengineering and Case Histories, Vol. 4, Issue 3, p.185-202. doi: 10.4417/IJGCH-04-03-03
3. Land Surface Modeling
Land Surface Modeling - Satellite Data Assimilation
Lee, J., Cho, H., Choi, M., & Kim, D. (2017). Development of Land Surface Model for Soyang river basin. Journal of Korea Water Resources Association, 50(12), 837-847.
Kim, D., Lee, J., Kim, H., & Choi, M. (2016). Spatial composition of AMSR2 soil moisture products by conditional merging technique with ground soil moisture data. Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment, 30(8), 2109-2126.
4. Satellite-SAR Imagery Application in Hydrology
Flooded Area Estimation
Publication coming soon.
Land Subsidence Estimation Due to Groundwater Extraction
Detection of Land Subsidence due to Excessive Groundwater Use Varying with Different Land Cover Types in Quetta valley, Pakistan Using ESA-Sentinel Satellite Data (Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 3rd revision)
Stream flow discharge estimation using SAR satellite images
Seo, M., Ahmed, W., Kim., D., and Cha, J. Estimation of Streeam Flow Discharge Using the Satellite Synthetic Aperture Radar Images at the Mid to Small Size Streams in South Korea. Journal of Korea Water Resources Association, 2018(12).
5. Radar Precipitation Analysis
Radar Cell Tracking
Identification of merging and splitting characteristics of rain cells in space and time using the radar rainfall data
Design Parameter Estimation
Kim, J., Lee, J., Kim, D., and Kang, B., Role of rainfall spatial variability in estimating areal reduction factors, Journal of Hydrology,
6. Urban Flood Modeling
7. Some Other Fun Stuffs
3D Printer Application for Hydrologic Modeling
UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program )
2020 UROP
🏆 Brozne Award 🏆
Hyojeong Choi
2021 UROP
Junghoon Lee, Hyungyu Bang
2022 UROP
Eunjoo Shin