• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.797-807
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• 2014

The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) is one of the most important oceanic environmental factors in determining the change of marine environments and ecological activities. Satellite thermal infrared images can be effective for understanding the global trend of sea surface temperature due to large scale. However, their low spatial resolution caused some limitations in some areas where complicated and refined coastal shapes due to many islands are present as in the Korean Peninsula. The coastal ocean is also very important because human activities interact with the environmental change of coastal area and most aqua farming is distributed in the coastal ocean. Thus, low-cost airborne thermal infrared remote sensing with high resolution capability is considered for verifying its possibility to extract SST and to monitor the changes of coastal environment. In this study, an airborne thermal infrared system was implemented using a low-cost and ground-based thermal infrared camera (FLIR), and more than 8 airborne acquisitions were carried out in the western coast of the Korean Peninsula during the periods between May 23, 2012 and December 7, 2013. The acquired thermal infrared images were radiometrically calibrated using an atmospheric radiative transfer model with a support from a temperature-humidity sensor, and geometrically calibrated using GPS and IMU sensors. In particular, the airborne sea surface temperature acquired in June 25, 2013 was compared and verified with satellite SST as well as ship-borne thermal infrared and in-situ SST data. As a result, the airborne thermal infrared sensor extracted SST with an accuracy of $1^{\circ}C$.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2001.05a
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• pp.755-758
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• 2001

Topex/poseidon 위성의 자료를 통하여 남인도양의 암스테르담- 크호제트- 케르겔른 지역에 대한 표층 순환과 해수면 변화의 시ㆍ공간적인 해석을 쉽게 수행 할 수 있었다. 각 지역에서의 시ㆍ공간적인 변화 특성들을 보면, 암스테르담지역은 서쪽으로 전파하는 로쓰비파가 존재한다. 이때 이 파는 동쪽으로 전파하는 남극순환해류의 영향을 받는다. 1993년 늦가을에서 초겨울 동안에 분지의 동부지역에서 해수면이 급격히 떨어졌다. 이곳은 남극순환해류(아규라스순환반류전선과 아열대전선)의 북부에서 발전하는 시계방향(cyclonic)의 와동류가 예외적으로 강하게 북쪽으로 상승했다가 이어서 급격히 남쪽으로 하강했던 것과 관련된다. 쌩뽈지역은 5cm 정도의 해수면 진동과 함께 약 130일 정도의 주기성을 보였다. 서쪽으로 전파하는 신호인 자유 표면의 진동이 실제로 조사되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Environmental Sciences Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.269-272
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• 2006

유기물 증가에 미치는 환경인자를 중심으로 그 수평분포 특성, 원인, 주요오염원의 영향권에 대하여 검토하기 위해 표층 해수와 표층 퇴적물을 조사하였으며, 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 유기물변동에 영향을 미치는 인자에 대한 주요 오염원은 크게 섬진강과 동천 등의 담수, 광양시 생활하수, 여수산업단지로 크게 나누어볼 수 있었다. 해수와 퇴적물의 환경인자에 대한 수평분포 특성과 해수의 흐름 등을 고려하여 이들 주요 오염원의 영향권을 구분한 결과, (I) 섬진강 담수의 영향을 많이 받는 해역, (II) 광양시와 동천의 영향이 큰 해역, (III) 여수 산업단지의 영향을 많이 받는 해역으로 나누어졌다. 그리고, 오염원의 영향권별 수질환경인자의 특성으로는 섬진강 담수의 영향을 많이 받는 해역은 낮은 염분, 높은 농도의 $NO_3$-N과 $SiO_2$-Si, 담수와 생활하수의 영향이 큰 해역은 낮은 염분, 높은 농도의 $NO_3$-N, $NH_4$-N, $SiO_2$-Si, 여수 산업단지의 영향을 많이 받는 해역은 표층해수의 경우 높은 수온, 높은 농도의 $NH_4$-N과 $PO_4$-P, 퇴적물의 경우 높은 농도의 $NH_4$-N, $PO_4$-P, $SiO_2$-Si로 특징지울 수 있을 것으로 보인다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.663-664
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• 2016

Temperature difference power generation using sea water is a method repeatedly closed liquefaction and gasification by using the ammonia (refrigerant) of the deep sea water and surface water with a temperature difference between turning the turbine. The larger the temperature difference between the nature of the temperature characteristic energy generation development, the better. This is the story that the surface waters of the deep-water temperature difference is large. But the winter is not large temperature difference between surface water and deep water has lowered energy efficiency. And desalination technologies accounted for 97% of the earth, but we can not eat the technology to convert sea water into fresh water, fresh water produced by the desalination technology that is available for various industries such as irrigation, drinking water in the vessel.In this paper, LNG transport vessels, based on the LNG transport ship to the temperature difference power generation using cold energy of thermal energy and LNG marine diesel engines, which use the existing order to improve the temperature of the surface waters of the season that is the current problem we propose that a complex development of desalination and desalination of seawater freezing research into hybrid research and utilizing the cold energy of the engine.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.1-14
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• 2023

High-Frequency Radar (HF-Radar) data of surface currents in Yeongil Bay (a semi-enclosed sea area of the East Sea) was used to investigate the between wind and horizontal surface currents The variation in horizontal and vertical flow of surface currents correlated closely to the water temperature time-series data of densely spaced (1 to 2 m) layers. During the time-series observation period, when the northeast wind prevailed over the entire Yeongil Bay area, a rapid rise in water temperature was recorded across all the layers. Moreover, currents parallel to the wind direction were clearly observed in low-frequency currents of the surface layer. Time-delayed correlation analysis between wind and surface current confirmed that if northeasterly wind blows in Yeongil Bay and continues unidirectionally, a southwestward surface current occured within a short period of time (1 to 2 hours). Convergence and divergence were calculated from the daily average values of low-frequency surface currents. A rapid rise in temperature occurred in the lower layers of water at the observation points, due to the convergence (downwelling) of the surface seawater (relatively high temperature water) associated with the northeasterly wind.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.273-287
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• 2008

Characteristics of skin-bulk sea surface temperature (SST) differences in the Northeast Asia seas were analyzed by utilizing 845 collocated matchup data between NOAA/AVHRR data and oceanic in-situ temperature measurements for selected months from 1994 to 2003. In order to understand diurnal variation of SST within a few meters of the upper ocean, the matchup database were classified into four categories according to day-night and drifter-shipboard measurements. Temperature measurements from daytime drifters showed a good agreement with satellite MCSST (Multi-Channel Sea Surface Temperature) with an RMS error of about $0.56^{\circ}C$. Poor accuracy of SST with an rrns error of $1.12^{\circ}C$ was found in the case of daytime shipboard CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) measurements. SST differences between MCSST and in-situ measurements are caused by various errors coming from atmospheric moist effect, coastal effect, and others. Most of the remarkable errors were resulted from the diurnal variation of vertical temperature structure within a few meters as well as in-situ oceanic temperatures at different depth, about 20 cm for a satellite-tracked drifting buoy and a few meters for shipboard CTD or moored buoy. This study suggests that satellite-derived SST shows significant errors of about ${\pm}3^{\circ}C$ in some cases and therefore it should be carefully used for one's purpose on the base of in-depth understanding of skin-bulk SST difference and vertical temperature structure in regional sea.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.107-115
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• 1996

An electrolytic enrichment technique was used to measure low levels of tritium in seawater around the Korean peninsula. Tritium concentrations were determined for surface seawater samples collected from the East Sea, the South Sea, and the Yellow Sea. The tritium concentrations in surface seawater samples from the study area ranged from $0.12 BqL^{-1}\;to\;1.50BqL^{-1}$ with a mean value of $0.60{\pm}0.35 BqL^{-1}$. The means of the tritium concentration were $0.54{\pm}0.30 BqL^{-1}$ for the East Sea, $0.48{\pm}0.35 BqL^{-1}$ for the South Sea, and $0.77{\pm}0.32 BqL^{-1}$ for the Yellow Sea. The tritium concentrations in the sea areas did not show much difference no matter where the samples were taken. Due to the limited number and distribution of sampling points, no systematic change in tritium levels with latitude was observed. Measured tritium levels were similar to those observed in other data collected near Japan, but higher than mid-Pacific Ocean measurements.

• The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.1-15
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• 1989

The Holocene marine surficial sediments and submarine morphology of the continental shelf of the Korea South Sea have been investigated to understand the evolutionary history of tile continental shelf sedimentation in relation to Holocelle sea level fluctuations. It is considered that along 120m $\pm$ $\alpha$ water depth of so-called Pusan Trough between the Tsushima Island and Pusan, Korea the lowest stand of Holocene sea level seems to be existed.

• The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.77-100
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• 2024

Circulation, tides, currents, harmful algal blooms, water quality, and hypoxic conditions in Jinhae-Masan Bay have been extensively studied. However, these previous studies primarily focused on short-term variations, and there was limited detailed investigation into the physical mechanisms responsible for ocean circulation in the bays. Oceanic processes in the bays, such as pollutant dispersal, changes on a seasonal time scale. Therefore, this study aimed to understand how the circulation in Jinhae-Masan Bay varies seasonally and to examine the effects of tides, winds, and river discharges on regional ocean circulation. To achieve this, a three-dimensional ocean circulation model was used to simulate circulation patterns from 2016 to 2018, and sensitivity experiments were conducted. This study reveals that convective estuarine circulation develops in Jinhae and Masan Bays, characterized by the inflow of deep oceanic water from the Korea Strait through Gadeoksudo, while surface water flows outward. This deep water intrusion divides into northward and westward branches. In this study, the volume transport was calculated along the direction of bottom channels in each region. The meridional water exchange in the eastern region of Jinhae Bay is 2.3 times greater in winter and 1.4 times greater in summer compared to that of zonal exchange in the western region. In the western region of Jinhae Bay, the circulation pattern varies significantly by season due to changes in the balance of forces. During winter, surface currents flow southward and bottom currents flow northward, strengthening the north-south convective circulation due to the combined effects of northwesterly winds and the slope of the sea surface. In contrast, during summer, southwesterly winds cause surface seawater to flow eastward, and the elevated sea surface in the southeastern part enhances northward barotropic pressure gradient intensifying the eastward surface flow. The density gradient and southward baroclinic pressure gradient increase in the lower layer, causing a strong westward inflow of seawater from Gadeoksudo, enhancing the zonal convective circulation by 26% compared to winter. The convective circulation in the western Jinhae Bay is significantly influenced by both tidal current and wind during both winter and summer. In the eastern Jinhae Bay and Masan Bay, surface water flows outward to the open sea in all seasons, while bottom water flows inward, demonstrating a typical convective estuarine circulation. In winter, the contributions of wind and freshwater influx are significant, while in summer, the influence of mixing by tidal currents plays a major role in the north-south convective circulation. In the eastern Jinhae Bay, tidally driven residual circulation patterns, influenced by the local topography, are distinct. The study results are expected to enhance our understanding of pollutant dispersion, summer hypoxic events, and the abundance of red tide organisms in these bays.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.38-50
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• 2002

To study the distribution of organophosphorus pesticides which are extensively used for agriculture in Korea. Surface sea water samples were taken from 2 coastal areas during July and :;eptember of 1999 and sediment samples were collected from Kyeonggi bay in July of 1999. These samples were analyzed using a Gas Chromatography/Nitrogen Phosphorus Detector(GC/NPD). In coastal waters of the study areas IBP was commonly found the most compound. Traces of Diazinon, DDVP, Ethoprouhos and Chlorpyrifos were also encountered. Concentration of the other major organophosphorus pesticides(Disulfoton, Parathion Methyl, Fenchlorfos, Prothiofos, EDDP) were generally be below the detection limit of the employed analytical method. Tn sediment of the study areas Chlorpyrifos w3s found the most compound. Temporal and geographical distribution of individual organophosphorus pesticides is likely to be affected by types of agricultural practices in the watershed.