• Characterizing Baseflow Responses to Consecutive Events Using End-Member Mixing Analysis (EMMA)

  • Cho SungHyen1*, Kim Tae Seung1, Shin Woo Jin2, and Lee Ghwang-Sik2

  • 1National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management (NICEM), Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
    2Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI), 162 Yeongudanji-ro, Ochang-eup, Cheongwon-gu, Cheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do, 28119, Korea

  • EMMA 기법을 이용한 연속 강우 시 기저유출의 변동 이해

  • 조성현1*ㆍ김태승1ㆍ신우진2ㆍ이광식2

  • 1서울대학교 농생명과학공동기기원, 2한국기초과학지원연구원

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This Article

  • 2025; 30(6): 131-138

    Published on Dec 31, 2025

  • 10.7857/JSGE.2025.30.6.131
  • Received on Dec 11, 2025
  • Revised on Dec 24, 2025
  • Accepted on Dec 31, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Cho SungHyen

  • National Instrumentation Center for Environmental Management (NICEM), Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea

  • E-mail: sunghc@snu.ac.kr