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The Seasonal and Interannual Variability of the Volume Transport through the Western Channel of the Korea Strait

  • Kim, Young-Ju;Takikawa, Tetsutaro;An, Hui-Soo;Yoon, Jong-Hwan
    • Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.155-162
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    • 2004
  • The variation of volume transport during the period from 1965 to 2000 through the western channel of the Korea Strait was estimated by obtaining an relation function between the ADCP volume transport and the geostrophic volume transport estimated by the sea level difference between Pusan and Izuhara. The estimated climatological mean volume transport during past 36 years has seasonal variation with a minimum of 1.15 Sv in February and a maximum of 1.88 Sv in October. The mean volume transport for 36 years is 1.51 Sv. The annual mean volume transport has an interannual variation with a minimum of 1.26 Sv in 1968 and maximum of 1.90 Sv in 1973, with three dominant periods of variations of 14.96 years, 4.96 years and 2.99 years.

A Gaussian Jet Model for Deriving Absolute Geostrophic Velocity from Satellite Altimetry

  • Kim, Seung-Bum
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.610-614
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    • 2002
  • Time-mean and absolute geostrophic velocities of the Kuroshio current south of Japan are derived from TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data using a Gaussian jet model. When compared with simultaneous measurements from a shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) at two intersection points, the altimetric and ADCP absolute velocities correlate well with the correlation of 0.55 to 0.74. The time-mean velocity is accurate to 1 cm s$^{-1}$ to 5 cm s$^{-1}$. The errors in the absolute and the mean velocities are similar to those reported previously far other currents. The comparable performance suggests the Gaussian jet model is a promising methodology for determining absolute geostrophic velocities, noting that in this region the Kuroshio does not meander sufficiently, which provides unfavorable environment for the performance of the Gaussian jet model.

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Tide and Tidal Current Characteristics and Tidal Current Power Generation in the Uldolmok Waterway (울돌목 조석-조류 특성 및 조류발전)

  • Kang, Sok-Kuh;Yum, Ki-Dai;Lee, Kwang-Soo;Park, Jin-Soon
    • 한국신재생에너지학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.141-144
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    • 2006
  • The tidal pi lot plant is being built in the Uldolmok waterway using Its strong tidal current with maximum current of about 12knots, which is revealed from the first direct observation using ADCP, on February, 2002. a serious of field observations (for example, ADCP observation was tarried out both at February 2002 and September, 2003), along with numerical modeling, have been carried out over the last several years, in order to understand the tidal dynamics and to examine the related variables according to the tidal current power plant (TCPP) operation.

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The Variation of Current by the Building of Artificial Upwelling Structure (인공용승구조물 설치에 의한 유동변화)

  • Kim, Dong-Sun;Hwang, Suk-Bum;Kim, Dae-Hyun
    • Proceedings of KOSOMES biannual meeting
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.155-158
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    • 2006
  • 한국 남해안 거제도 앞바다에 투하된 인공용승구조물에 대한 유통 변화를 파악하기 위해 ADCP(Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)를 선박에 장착하여 정선관측을 실시하였다. 관측결과 구조물 투하전과 후의 유통비교를 보면 구조물 주변역에서 표층에서부터 수심 $30\sim40m$까지의 충과 그 이심까지의 흐름이 다르게 나타났다. 또한 구조물 주변역에서 연직유동성분의 흐름이 구조물 투하 전에는 하강류의 분포가 많이 나타났으나 구조물 투하 후에는 상승류의 성분이 많이 나타남을 알 수 있었다.

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Observations of Bottom Currents in the Korea Strait (대한해협 저층해류의 관측)

  • Lee, Jae Chul;Kim, Dae Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.49 no.3
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    • pp.393-403
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    • 2016
  • A steady, strong southward flow was observed in the lower layer beneath the Tsushima Warm Current in the deepest trough of the Korea Strait. Known as the Korea Strait Bottom Cold Water (KSBCW), this bottom current had a mean velocity of 24 cm/s and temperatures below 8–10℃. The direction of the bottom current was highly stable due to the topographic effects of the elongated trough. To determine the path of the southward bottom current, ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) data from 14 stations between 1999 and 2005 were examined. Persistent southward flows with average speeds of 4–10 cm/s were observed at only three places to the north of the strait where the bottom depths were 100–124 m. The collected data suggest a possible course of the southward bottom current along the southeast Korean coast before entering the deep trough of the Strait.