Turbidity Meter Calibrations Based on Grain Size Distribution of Trapped Suspended Material

포획된 부유물질의 입도분포를 고려한 탁도계 검교정

  • 조홍연 (한국해양연구원 연안·항만공학연구본부) ;
  • 김백운 (한국해양연구원 연안·항만공학연구본부)
  • Published : 2003.03.01

Abstract

Turbidity meter calibrations were conducted using bottom sediment and suspended material collected with a vertical array of sediment traps at the coastal water off Gaduk Island. Compared to the bottom sediment comprising sand fraction of approximately 6%, trapped suspended material was composed entirely of silt and clay fractions and showed a tendency to get finer as elevation from the sea-bed increases. Slope parameter of linear regression due to bottom sediment was of minimum value and values of those due to suspended material increased gradually as the height of sediment trap increases (i.e., sediment size decreases). This result shows that turbidity meter calibration using bottom sediment can cause an overestimation error in the calculation of suspended sediment concentration and that the error can reach up to 25% in case of this study. Therefore, it is suggested that the use of a corrected calibration curve based on grain size distribution of suspended material instead of bottom sediment may reduce the measurement error of suspended sediment concentration.

가덕도 인근 연안해역에서 채취된 해저 퇴적물과 연직방향으로 배열된 표사포획장치로부터 획득된 부유물질을 이용하여 탁도계 검교정을 수행하였다. 포획된 부유물질은 모래 함량이 약 6%인 해저 퇴적물에 비하여 주로 실트 및 점토로 조성되었으며, 해저면으로부터의 놀이가 증가함에 따라 세립화하는 경향을 보였다. 해저 퇴적물에 대한 탁도계 검교정 선형 회귀식의 기울기는 최소값으로 나타났으며, 수심별로 포획된 부유물질에 의한 선형 회귀식의 기울기는 포획 고도가 증가함(즉, 입도가 감소함)에 따라서 점진적으로 증가하였다. 이러한 결과는 해저 퇴적물에 대한 탁도계 검교정 결과로부터 부유물질 농도를 환산할 경우 과대추정의 오차가 발생되며, 본 연구해역의 경우에는 그 오차가 최대 25%까지 증가할 수 있다는 것을 보여준다. 따라서 해저 퇴적물보다는 수층에서 포획된 부유물질의 입도분포를 고려하여 보정된 검교정식을 적용하는 것이 부유물질 농도의 측정오차를 최소화하는 방법으로 사료된다.

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