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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2020

Analysis of spatiotemporal variation in river water quality using clustering techniques: a case study in the Yeongsan River, Republic of Korea.

Kyoung-Hee Lee, Tae-Woo Kang, Hui-Seong Ryu, Soon-Hong Hwang, Kyunghyun Kim

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Kyoung-Hee LeeYeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, 5, Cheomdangwagi-ro 208beon-gil, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61011, Korea.
Tae-Woo KangYeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, 5, Cheomdangwagi-ro 208beon-gil, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61011, Korea. kangtw@korea.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5021-2330
Hui-Seong RyuYeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, 5, Cheomdangwagi-ro 208beon-gil, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61011, Korea.
Soon-Hong HwangYeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, 5, Cheomdangwagi-ro 208beon-gil, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61011, Korea.
Kyunghyun KimYeongsan River Environment Research Center, National Institute of Environmental Research, 5, Cheomdangwagi-ro 208beon-gil, Buk-gu, Gwangju, 61011, Korea. matthias@gmail.com.

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Ministry of Environment (KR) NIER-2019-03-01-013
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Herein, cluster analysis was applied to evaluate the spatiotemporal variations in water quality variables of a river. The analysis was performed using the data obtained from 15 monitoring stations during 2007-2018 in the Yeongsan River, Republic of Korea. The spatiotemporal analysis successfully clustered the annual water quality variables temporally into years of poor water quality (2007-2012) and good water quality (2013-2018), and spatially into stations observing bad water quality (midstream) and good water quality (upstream and downstream). For the spatial cluster analysis results before and after a large river engineering project, the water quality was grouped into four clusters according to regional effects and water pollutant sources. The clustering analysis results clearly reflected changes in the water quality along the river due to the project. Overall, this study demonstrates that cluster analysis can be effectively used for evaluating spatiotemporal variations in river water quality.

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Water QualityCluster AnalysisEnvironmental MonitoringRepublic of KoreaRiversWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater Pollutants, ChemicalClustering techniqueHierarchical cluster analysisLong-term monitoringMultivariate analysisSpatiotemporal variationWater quality

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