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Cohort 2 Projects

Cohort 2 projects are organized as Clusters. A "Cluster" summarizes all graduate projects from different disciplines that investigate the same system with distinct methods.

The following Clusters were conceptualized:

Cluster A: Agriculture and Land Surface Functions in the Soyang Lake Watershed

overview poster January 2013

Cluster F: Forest Diversity and Land Surface Functions in the Soyang Lake Watershed

overview poster January 2013

Cluster H: Inputs to Soyang Reservoir and Dynamic Changes in Water Quality

overview poster January 2013

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projects involved in Cluster H

 

General research question of the Cluster:

How are the hydrological and chemical processes within the Soyang Watershed coupled to the Soyang Reservoir internal chemical processes influencing water quality?

General objective of the Cluster:

To elucidate the coupling between the hydrological and chemical processes within the Soyang Watershed and the Soyang Reservoir internal chemical processes influencing water quality.

Overarching hypothesis of the Cluster:

During the summer monsoon season, water quality of the Soyang Reservoir is controlled by the large input of external nutrient elements from the Watershed, while, during the rest of the year, it is controlled by internal chemical processes of the Reservoir.

Abstract: The provision of water from the Soyang Reservoir is a highly valued ecosystem service by a significant percentage of the South Korean population. In order to maintain the benefits obtained from this service, sufficient levels of water quality and water yield must be sustained. Nutrient elements have a strong influence on the Reservoir water quality. These elements are transferred through water flow from agricultural fields and forests to the Soyang Reservoir. It is hypothesized that, during the summer monsoon season, water quality is controlled by the large input of external nutrient elements from the Watershed, while, during the rest of the year, it is controlled by internal chemical processes of the Reservoir (Fig. 1). The objective of this Cluster is to elucidate the coupling between the hydrological and chemical processes within the Soyang Watershed and the Soyang Reservoir internal chemical processes influencing water quality. Understanding and assessing the processes occurring within the Soyang Reservoir and Watershed are pre-requisites to providing suggestions and guidelines on the sustainable management of water quality and water yield.

Keywords: hydrology, ecosystem services, monsoon, Haean catchment, nutrient transport and processing


Cluster S: Integration and Extrapolation

overview poster January 2013






last modified 2013-05-07