• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.89-92
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• 2004

Potential vorticity is useful to illustrate mechanism and distribution pattern of current circulation the upper layer in the East Sea is divided into three part following like surface layer, Tsushima Warm Current(TWC) layer. Potential vorticity shows well the meandering of the TWC and polar front and circulation cell ill the northern part of polar front.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.83-84
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.31-31
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• 1993

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• 1996.06a
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• pp.41-43
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• 1996

동해의 경우 강한 극전선이 존재하여 복부해역과 남부해역의 음속구조는 커다란 차이를 보이고 있다. 이러한 해역에서 평균음속구조를 구하여 표준해양을 설정할 경우 음파 전파경로의 차이가 커지게 된다. 따라서 이러나 해역에서 해양음향 토모그래피를 이용한 해양탐사를 수행하기 위해서는 해역별로 다른 음속구조를 가지는 표준해양의 설정이 필요하며 이를 근거로 음파의 전파경로 및 음속구조를 표준해양으로 설정하여 수온 및 수중음속의 변동량을 역추정하는 방법을 이용하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 인위적인 극전선을 설정하고 해역별 특징을 갖는 표준해양을 설정하여 음파 도달시간의 기준을 설정하고 음속구조의 역추정을 수행하여 기존의 해양음향 토모그래피에 의한 해양탐사 방법과 비교하였다. 그 결과 기존의 해양음향 토모그래피를 이용한 역추정에서는 전선의 형태를 재현하기 위해서 여러 개의 음원과 수신기가 필요하였으나 거리종속 표준해양을 이용할 경우 그 수가 줄어도 가능하고 평균오차고 작아지는 결과를 얻었다.

• Journal of the Mineralogical Society of Korea
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• v.19 no.3 s.49
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• pp.163-169
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• 2006

Mineralogy and geochemistry of the sediment core from the seamount (2710 m below the sea level) just south of the Antarctic Polar Front were examined to draw paleoceanographic information in glacial-interglacial cycles. Smectite was most abundant clay mineral associated with illite and chlorite. Its content was slightly higher below 170 cm, suggesting a boundary between isotope stage 4 and 5. Si, Zr, Cs, Th, REE, $K_{2}O$, and $Al_{2}O_{3}$ show complete antithetical distribution with respect to $CaCO_{3}$ through the core. $SiO_{2}$ maxima and $CaCO_{3}$ minima at depths of 24, 136, and 176 cm are probably correlated with massive influx of ice-rafted debris during the advance of Antarctic ice shelves. Ni, Cu, and Ba show rather little correlation with $SiO_{2}$, suggesting their relation to biogenic debris, precipitation from seawater, or hydrothermal input. Particularly, Ba maxima tend to lag $10{\sim}20cm$ after $SiO_{2}$ maxima, probably due to rapid increase of productivity following deglaciation.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.105-114
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• 1997

Wind is one of the main forcing contributing the circulation of the East Sea. By using 1.5-layer and 2.5-layer reduced gravity models, circulation in the East Sea is simulated. The bifurcation of the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC), the separation of East Korea Warm Current (EKWC) from the east coast of Korea, the Nearshore Branch of TWC, and the cyclonic gyres stretched from the East Korea Bay to the northern half of the East Sea are compared well with the schematic map. The features of the upper and the lower layer are very similar except for those of the central region. The Polar Front is the separating line of two different features. The main feature of northern part of the East Sea, north of the Polar Front is cyclonic gyres, which are composed of three cyclonic gyres in most seasons. North Korean Cold Current (NKCC) and Liman Cold Current (LCC) are the nearshore part of these cyclonic gyres. In the south of the Polar Front the current systems of both layers are anticyclonic in most seasons, except that those of the upper layer in winter and spring are not anticyclonic. Along the coast of Korea and Russia, the velocity structure is barotropic, while that of the central region is baroclinic. The effects due to the seasonal variations of wind stress and local Ekman suction/pumping are studied by imposing the domain with modified wind stress. which is spatial mean with temporal variations and temporal mean with spatial variations. It is found that the local Ekman suction/pumping due to wind stress curl is important to the formation of the cyclonic gyres in the western and the northwestern region of the East Sea.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.135-136
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• 2002

동해는 지중해적 성격을 지닌 북서태평양의 연해이면서도 깊이가 약 200m 이천에 불과한 말은 대(쓰시마)해협으로 인하여, 동해의 남서부 해역의 상층부를 통한 고온, 고염의 쓰시마 난류수가 유입되고 있다. 동해에서 일어나는 해양학적 현상들은 외양의 축소형태를 나태내고 있다. 즉, 동한 난류는 서안경계류의 특성을 나타내고 있고, 북쪽의 저온 저염수와 남쪽의 고온, 고염수와의 경계역에서는 극전선이 형성되고 있다(Choi et. al., 1995). (중략)

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.191-193
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• 2003

Temporal and spatial variability of phytoplankton pigment concentrations around the Korea Peninsula was described, using the monthly mean composite images of the SeaWiFS (Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor). The high pigment concentrations appear in the spring and fall in the East Sea The spring bloom in the southern regions (in April) occurs one month in advance in comparison with tint in the northern regions (in May). In summer season, the pigment concentrations are low all over the region in the East Sea And the high pigment concentrations exist yearly around warm stream along the coast of the East Sea, and in the coast of the West Sea and South Sea In particular, the high pigment concentrations linking near the mouth q the Yangze River to coast of South Sea in Korea appear during August to December.

• Journal of Environmental Science International
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.943-948
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• 2003

Variation of the polar front in the East Sea is studied using temperature and dissolved oxygen data obtained from Japan Meteorological Agency from 1972 to 1999. Variation of the polar front in the East Sea has a close relation to the variation of the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC). When the TWC spreads widely in the East Sea, polar front moves northward. The spatial variation of the polar front is greater in the southwestern area of the East Sea and the northern area of Tsugaru Strait where the variation of the TWC's distribution area is greater than those in others of the East Sea. Hence, in the southeastern area of the East Sea, that is, between near Noto peninsula and Tsugaru Strait, the spatial variation of the polar front is not so wide as in the southwestern area because the flow of TWC is stable.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.503-526
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• 1996

A synoptic survery of chemical characteristics in the last Sea of Korea was carried out at the 11 stations near Ullungdo in November, 1994 on board R/V Tam-Yang. On the basis of the vortical distribution patterns of temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen, water masses in the study area are divided into five groups; 1) Tsushima Surface Water (TSW), 2) Tsushima Middle Water (TMW), 3) East Sea Intermediate Water (ESIW), 4) last Sea Proper Water (ESPW), 5) Mixed Water (MW). In the vertical profiles of nutrients, the concentrations were very low in the surface layer and increased rapidly near the thermocline. There was a slight decrease in the ESIW and the concentrations were constant with the depth below 300m except dissolved silicate which still increased with depth. Relatively high value of Si/P ratio (25.2) in ESPW, whick is the oldest water mass, suggests that Si is regenerating more slowly compared to other nutrients. The relatively high value of N/P ratio (18.6) in the surface layer might be related to high vertical eddy diffusivity $(K_z)$ of $1.19\;cm^{2}/sec$ and high nitrate upward flux of $103.7\;{\mu}g-at/m^{2}/hr$, compared to the values reported in other areas. Apparent Oxygen Utilization (AOU) was very low in the surface layer and increased in the TMW, but there was a slight decrease in the ESIW. The highest value of AOU occurred in the ESPW. The slpoe of P/AOU was 0.50. The study on the relationship between water masses and nutrient distribution patterns is important in understanding the regeneration processes of nutrients in the polar region of the last Sea.