Research Area 3 | Riverscape Dynamics

Research Areas

Riverscape dynamics in conjunction with complex hydrological processes

We investigate emerging characteristic patterns in river networks, channel dynamics, and related hydrological processes. Our laboratory has investigated the emergence of self-similar tree topology in self-organizing networks from river to artificial sewer system, the concavity of a fine-bed alluvial channels and the downstream hydraulic geometry of channels in relation to sediment concentration. We are also interested in modeling and nonlinear hydrological processes, building flood warning framework for ungauged basin.

Related Publications

1. Byun, J. and K. Paik (corr.) (2021) The development process of the Korean coastal mountain range: Examination from spatial distribution of knickzones, Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment, Vol.45, Issue4, pp.541-563, doi:10.1177/0309133320975654.

2. Fang, Y., S. Ceola, K. Paik, G. S. McGrath, P. S. C. Rao, A. Montanari, and J. W. Jawitz (2018) Globally universal fractal pattern of human settlements in river networks, Earth’s Future, Vol.6, Issue8, pp.1134–1145, doi: 10.1029/2017EF000746.

3. Kim, D.-H. and K. Paik (corr.) (2018) Channel geometry controls downstream lags in sediment rating curves, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol.144, Issue4, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001418.

4. Kim, S., K. Paik, F. M. Johnson, and A. Sharma (2018) Building a flood-warning framework for ungauged locations using low resolution, open-access remotely sensed surface soil moisture, precipitation, soil and topographic information, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, Vol.11, Issue2, pp.375-387, doi:10.1109/JSTARS.2018.2790409.

5. Byun, J. and K. Paik (corr.) (2017) Small profile concavity of a fine-bed alluvial channel, Geology, Vol.45, Issue7, pp.627-630, doi:10.1130/G38879.1.

6. Yang, S. and K. Paik (corr.) (2017) New findings on river network organization: Law of eigenarea and relationships among Hortonian scaling ratios, Fractals, Vol.25, Issue3, doi:10.1142/S0218348X17500293.

7. Paik, K. (2012) Search for the optimality signature of river network development, Physical Review E, Vol.86, 046110, doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.86.046110.

8. Paik, K. (corr.) and P. Kumar (2011) Power-law behavior in geometric characteristics of full binary trees, Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol.142, Issue4, pp.862-878, doi:10.1007/s10955-011-0125-y.

9. Paik, K. (corr.) and P. Kumar (2010) Optimality approaches to describe characteristic fluvial patterns on landscapes, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, Vol.365, No.1545, pp.1387-1395, doi:10.1098/rstb.2009.0303.

10. Paik, K. and P. Kumar (2007) Inevitable self-similar topology of binary trees and their diverse hierarchical density, The European Physical Journal B, Vol.60, Issue2, pp.247-258, doi:10.1140/epjb/e2007-00332-y.

11. Paik, K., J. H. Kim, H. S. Kim, and D. R. Lee (2005) A conceptual rainfall-runoff model considering seasonal variation, Hydrological Processes, Vol.19, Issue19, pp.3837-3850, doi:10.1002/hyp.5984.

12. Paik, K. and P. Kumar (2004) Hydraulic geometry and the nonlinearity of the network instantaneous response, Water Resources Research, Vol.40, W03602, doi:10.1029/2003 WR002821.

13. Kim, J. and K. Paik (corr.) (2015) Deriving channel width-discharge relationship from remote sensing imagery and digital elevation models, Journal of Korea Water Resources Association, Vol.48, No.8, pp.685-693. [김종천, 백경록(2015) 원격영상자료와 수치고도모형으로부터 하폭-유량 관계식 도출, 한국수자원학회 논문집]

14. Shin, S. H., W. Kim, S. Lee, and K. Paik (corr.) (2015) Influence of spatial rainfall distribution on sediment yield: An experimental study, Journal of the Korean Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.35, No.1, pp.111-117. [신상훈, 김원, 이승엽, 백경록 (2015) 강우 공간분포가 토사유출에 미치는 영향의 실험적 고찰, 대한토목학회 논문집]

15. Pak, G., M. Jung, H. Lee, D. Kim, J. Yoon, and K. Paik (corr.) (2012) Statistical characteristics and stochastic modeling of water quality data at the influent of Daejeon wastewater treatment plant, Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment, Vol.28, No.1, pp.38-49. [박기정, 정민재, 이한샘, 김덕우, 윤재영, 백경록 (2012) 대전시 공공하수처리시설 유입수 수질자료의 통계적 특성 및 추계학적 모의, 한국물환경학회지]

16. Paik, K., J. N. Choi, C. Yoo, and J. H. Kim (2000) Investigation of the variability in rainfall-runoff relationships, Journal of the Korean Society of Civil Engineers, Vol.20, No.3-B, pp.377-386. [백경록, 최종남, 유철상, 김중훈 (2000) 강우-유출관계의 변동성에 관한 고찰, 대한토목학회 논문집]