• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.47 no.9
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• pp.753-766
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• 2014

The future mean sea level rise (MSLR) due to climate change in major harbors of Korean Peninsula has been estimated by some statistical methods in this article. Firstly, Mann-Kendall non-parametric trend test to find some trend in the observed long-term tidal data has been performed and also Bayesian change point analysis has been used also to detect the location of change points and their magnitude quantitatively. Especially, in this study, the results from Bayesian change point analysis have been applied to combine 4 future MSLR scenario projections with local MSLR data at 5 tidal gauges. This proposed procedure including Bayesian change point analysis results can improve the step for the determination of starting years of future MLSR scenario projections with 18.6-year lunar node tidal cycle and effectively consider local characteristics at each gauge. The final results by the proposed procedure in this study have shown that the future MSLR in Jeju region (Jeju tidal gauge) is in the largest increment and also the future MSLRs in Western region (Boryeong tidal gauge) and Southern region (Busan tidal gauge) are in the second largest one. Finally, it has been shown that the future MSLRs in Southern region (Yeosu tidal gauge) and Eastern region (Sokcho tidal gauge) seem to be in the relatively smallest growth among 5 gauges.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.236-247
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• 2011

This study investigates sea level (SL) rise due to global warming in the Northwestern Pacific (NWP) and Seas around the Korean peninsula (KP) using outputs of IPCC AR4 climate models. Particularly, components of the SL rise induced by a local steric effect, which was not considered in most climate models, were computed using model-projected 3-dimensional temperature and salinity data. Analysis of the SL data shows that the ratio of the SL rise in the NWP and KP was about two times higher than that in global mean and particularly the ratio in the Kuroshio extension region was the highest. The SL rises over 100 years estimated from MPI_ECHAM5 and GFDL_CM2.1 model by A1B scenario considering the thermosteric effect were 24 cm and 28 cm for the NWP and 27 cm and 31 cm for the Seas around the KP, respectively. Statistical analysis reveals that these SL rises are caused by the weakening of the Siberian High in winter as well as variations of pressure system in the NWP and by the resultant change of water temperature. It also found that the highest SL rise in the Kuroshio extension region of the NWP was connected with the large increase of water temperature in this area.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.253-264
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• 2019

Storm surges caused by a typhoon occur during the summer season, when the sea-level is higher than the annual average due to steric effect. In this study, we analyzed the sea-level pressure and tidal data collected in 1 h intervals at Incheon, Kunsan, Mokpo, Seogwipo stations on the Yellow Sea coast to analyze the summer season storm surge and wave overtopping. According to our analyses, the summer mean sea-level rise on the west and south coasts is approximately 20 cm and 15 to 20 cm higher than the annual mean sea-level rise. Changes in sea-level rise are closely related to changes in seasonal sea-level pressure, within the range of 1.58 to 1.73 cm/hPa. These correlated mechanisms generates a phase difference of one month or more. The 18.6 year long period tidal constituents indicate that in 2090, the amplitude of the $M_2$ basin peaks on the southwest coast. Therefore, there is a need to analyze the target year for global warming and sea-level rise in 2090. Wave overtopping was simulated considering annual mean sea-level rise, summer sea level rise, the combined effect of nodal factor variation, and 100-year frequency storm surge. As a result, flooding by wave overtopping occurs in the area of Suyong Bay, Busan. In 2090, overtopping discharges are more than doubled than those in Marine City by the recent typhoon Chaba. Adequate coastal design is needed to prepare for flood vulnerability.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.1-8
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• 2013

In this paper, we predicted sea-level rise for RCP 4scenarios(RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, RCP 6.0, RCP 8.5). To calculate sea-level rise, a semi-empirical method was used and it needs atmospheric temperature rise for each scenario. According to the results, the sea-level has been rising steadily in all scenarios. By 2050 the maximum difference of sea-level rise between the scenarios was within 0.08 m, but its difference was showed more than 0.5 m in 2100. The values of sea-level rise for RCP 2.6, RCP 4.5, RCP 6.0, RCP 8.5 scenarios are 0.87 m, 1.21 m, 1.02 m, 1.36 m, respectively. In the case of RCP 8.5, the slope of atmospheric temperature rise since 2060 was very steep compared to the other scenarios so that the maximum difference of sea-level rise between the scenarios will be much larger after 2100. Estimated by a simple approximation, the maximum difference of sea-level rise can be more than 1.2 m in 2120.

• Journal of the Korea Construction Safety Engineering Association
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• s.49
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• pp.60-69
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• 2009

"해수면 상승의 위협은 이미 나타나기 시작했고, 또 미래 어느 순간에는 되돌리기 힘든 재앙으로 다가올지 모른다."

• Journal of The Geomorphological Association of Korea
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.29-39
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• 2010

Climate change recently causes rapid rises in sea level in Baramarae intertidal area and the rises present several socio-economic impacts to the affected area. We have assessed the vulnerability of the region by the rise of the sea level. Using quantitative GIS method on multi-temporal satellite images, we have first estimated the elevation (Digital Elevation Model: DEM) of Baramarae intertidal area and hence we were possibly able to identify the flooded areas under the IPCC SRES scenarios. As sea level rises by 20cm, 30cm, 40cm, 50cm and 60 cm, the estimated flooded areas of the tidal flat are 68ha, 85ha, 103ha, 121ha and 139ha, respectively. The most affected area is the tidal flat in Gagyeongju Village (Gonam-li, Gonam-myeon, Taean, Chungnam), because it has not only lower altitude but also, perhaps more significantly smooth slope. The potential affected areas are currently populated by farming of oysters and short-necked clams and therefore the areas expect significant economic loss by rise of sea level.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.451-451
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• 2015

최근 1900년부터 1990년 사이 해수면은 매년 평균 1.2mm 상승했지만 1990년부터는 매년 평균 3mm씩 높아지고 있으며, 이에 1990년부터 현재까지 해수면 수위의 상승속도가 이전 90년 동안 측정된 수치보다 2.5배 빠르다는 연구결과가 발표되었다. 해수면 상승으로 인한 피해는 범람과 침식을 야기할 수 있으며 해일 및 폭풍으로 인한 피해를 증가시킴으로 물질적 피해와 인명 피해를 유발할 수 있다. 이러한 이유로 해수면 상승에 따른 과학적인 분석과 신뢰성 있는 전망을 통하여 해수면 상승에 따른 대응과 대비가 필요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 비정상성 빈도해석 방법을 통하여 미래의 해수면 상승을 고려할 수 있는 비정상성 빈도해석 기법을 개발하였다. 본 연구에서는 극치사상을 추출하기 위해 국립해양조사원 (Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration, KHOA)에서 관리한 45개 조위관측소의 시 조위 자료를 이용하였다. 45개 조위관측소의 한 시간 단위 자료로부터 연최대 및 연평균 조위계열 (annual average and annual maximum sea level series)을 추출하였다. 본 연구에서는 한반도 해안을 동해안, 서해안, 남해안, 제주 권역으로 구분하고 빈도 해석의 신뢰성을 만족하기 위해 자료 구축기간이 20년 이상이며, 각 해안을 나타낼 수 있는 지점을 선정하였다. 비정상성 빈도해석은 Gumbel 극치분포를 적용하였으며, 계층적 Bayesian 기법을 결합하여 매개변수들에 대한 사후분포를 추정하였다. 본 연구에서는 대부분의 지점에서 비정상성 빈도해석 결과와 정상성 빈도해석 결과와 상당한 차이를 보여주고 있으며, 이는 주로 정상성 가정에 기인하는 문제점으로 판단된다. 향후 기후변화에 따른 연안지역의 홍수 및 사회기반시설의 위험도를 평가하기 위해서는 비정상성을 고려한 빈도해석 절차의 수립과 적용이 필요할 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.29 no.5
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• pp.445-455
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• 2023

Sea level rise due to global warming is accelerating. According to the IPCC survey, the expected sea level rise in 2100 was analyzed to be 47cm in the low-carbon scenario (SSP 1-2.6) and 82cm in the high-carbon scenario (SSP 5-8.5). Sea level rise can cause serious damage to port infrastructure and reduce the safety of ships docked inside ports. In this study, Mokpo Port, which frequently suffers from flooding during high tide, was selected and the sensitivity of mooring evaluation factors was analyzed for actual berthing ships according to sea level rise scenarios. From the analysis, we found that the tension of mooring line, the load of bollard, vertical angle of mooring line, and ship's motion of 6-DOF, which are evaluation factors, generally increased when the sea level increased. The most sensitive evaluation factor was sway motion of 6-DOF. Also, we analyzed that the value of mooring evaluation factors decreased when the crown height was raised. This was beneficial in improving ship and pier safety. The results of this study can be used as basic data to secure measures to improve port and ship safety according to sea level rise in Mokpo Port.

• Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.34-40
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• 1999

Models of beach response due to sea level rise were verified by experiments and potential shoreline retreat around Korea and Japan was predicted. Wave tank experiments demonstrated that not only static retreat by water level rise but also additional retreat by wave action plays an important role in total retreat and additional retreat becomes important on the condition of high waves. The result of long-term analysis of tidal data over past 3 decades shows the tendency toward rise by an average of 1.79 mm/year, which is the result of rise in 29 regions and fall in 12 regions. Based on analyzed rate of long-term sea-level rise, potential shoreline retreats of study area after 50 years were calculated and the result shows serious loss of beach.

• Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.214-214
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• 2017