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Time-series Variation of Sea Surface Salinity in the Southwestern East Sea

동해 남서부 해역 표층염분의 시계열 변동

  • Jeong, Hee-Dong (Fisheries Resources and Environment Division, East Sea Fisheries Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Sang-Woo (Fisheries Resources and Environment Division, East Sea Fisheries Research Institute) ;
  • Lim, Jin-Wook (Fisheries Resources and Environment Division, East Sea Fisheries Research Institute) ;
  • Choi, Yong-Kyu (Fisheries Resources and Environment Division, East Sea Fisheries Research Institute) ;
  • Park, Jong-Hwa (Fisheries Resources and Environment Division, East Sea Fisheries Research Institute)
  • 정희동 (국립수산과학원 동해수산연구소 자원환경과) ;
  • 김상우 (국립수산과학원 동해수산연구소 자원환경과) ;
  • 임진욱 (국립수산과학원 동해수산연구소 자원환경과) ;
  • 최용규 (국립수산과학원 동해수산연구소 자원환경과) ;
  • 박종화 (국립수산과학원 동해수산연구소 자원환경과)
  • Received : 2013.10.08
  • Accepted : 2013.11.15
  • Published : 2013.11.28
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Abstract

An instrumented ferry made two transects per day across two current systems which are the North Korean Cold Current and the East Korean Warm Current over the years 2012-2013 from Gangneung to Ulleungdo in the southwestern East Sea. Seawater properties of these transects were measured with high spatial and temporal resolution for an extended period of time. Here the salinity records from the transects with the oceanographic observation data from East Sea Fisheries Institute of NFRDI, AVISO daily current chart and GOCI Chlorophyll-a image in 2012 and 2013 are used to study the time-series variation of salinity at the surface. The high salinity section with the range of 33.15~34.12 occurred on the transect mainly in the middle of eddy, and western boundary of strong northward current from June to October. We can found low salinity waters in both sides of the high salinity section. It is estimated that the western low salinity waters with the range of 30.58~33.20 accompanied by southward current were derived from the NKCC and the eastern waters with the range of 31.30~33.24 accompanied by northward current were derived from the Tsushima Surface Water. The lowest salinity of NKCC is confirmed in this study as 30.36. It is found that the western waters below 33.00 extended extremely toward the east about 110 km area from Gangneung and toward the south around Jukbyon coastal area as a 5~10 m layer. We can find its volume of low saline waters transport is not neglectable compared with that of Tsushima Current region in the western part of the East Sea. In this study we named it as the North Korean Low Saline Surface Water in summer.

동해 남서부에 위치한 강릉-울릉도간 해역에서 정기여객선 씨스타호에 수온, 염분 및 클로로필a 형광센서를 설치하고 2012년 7월부터 2013년9월까지 북한한류와 동한난류역을 가로질러 매일 왕복조사를 수행하여 해수물성을 연속관측 하였다. 본 연구에서는 염분과 클로로필a 형광 기록과 동해정선관측 및 환경측정망조사 결과, AVISO의 일별 표면해류도 그리고 GOCI 클로로필a 영상을 이용하여 표층해역의 염분 시계열 변동을 분석하였다. 본 연구 결과, 6월부터 10월까지 강릉-울릉도간 표층 해역에 염분범위 33.15~34.12의 고염분수역이 주로 환류의 중간해역이나 강한 북향류의 서쪽 경계역에서 나타났다. 이 수역의 서쪽에는 최저 염분범위가 30.58~33.20로 남향류를 수반하였고 동쪽은 31.30~33.24로 북향류가 수반되었다. 서쪽의 저염분수는 남하하는 북한한류수의 표층수이며, 동쪽의 저염분수는 북상하는 대마난류 표층수이다. 본 연구에서 확인된 북한한류수의 최저염분은 30.36이었으며, 서쪽 저염분수의 동쪽 한계는 강릉 동쪽 약 110 km지점까지, 남쪽으로는 죽변 연안까지 수심 약 5~10 m 이천에서 33.00이하로 분포하였다. 이 저염분수는 하계에 양자강희석수의 혼합으로 저염화된 대마난류 표층수가 북상하면서 수송하는 담수의 규모에 비하여 무시할 수 없을 정도이다. 이것을 본 연구에서는 북한한류수 기원 하계 표층수라고 명명하고자 한다.

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