• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.277-288
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• 2005

Spatial distribution and vertical structures of water masses around the Antarctic continental margin are described using synthesized hydrographic data. Antarctic Surface Water (AASW) over the shelf regime is distinguished from underlying other water masses by the cut-off salinity, varying from approximately 34.35 to 34.45 around Antarctica. Shelf water, characterized by salinity greater than the cut-off salinity and potential temperature less than $-17^{\circ}C$, is observed on the Ross Sea, off George V Land, off Wilkes Land, the Amery Basin, and the Weddell Sea, but in some shelves AASW occupies the entire shelf. Lower Circumpolar Deep Water is present everywhere around the Antarctic oceanic regime and in some places it mixes with Shelf Water, producing Antarctic Slope Front Water (ASFW). ASFW, characterized by potential temperature less than about $0^{\circ}C$ and greater than $-17^{\circ}C$, and salinity greater than the cut-off salinity, is found everywhere around Antarctica except in the Bellingshausen-Amundsen sector. The presence of different water masses over the Antarctic shelves and shelf edges produces mainly three types of water mass stratifications: no significant meridional property gradient in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, single property gradient where ASFW presents, and a V-shaped front where Shelf Water exists.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.442-453
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• 2002

남극 드레이크해협 남부에서 채취한 코아퇴적물(GC 98-06)로부터 32개의 시료를 얻어 고생물학적으로 연구한 결과 총 23속 64종의 규조 미화석이 감정되었다. 산출된 규조 미화석의 군집 조성 중 Actinocyclus actinochilus, Coscinodiscus asteromphalus, Eucampia antarctica, Fragilariopsis kerguelensis, Thalassiosira lentiginosa, T. ritscheri와 T. anguste-lineata 등이 우점종으로 전체 군집의 73%를 차지한다. 공해환경을 지시해 주는 종들이 Bransfield Strait Water에 의해 유입된 해빙종들에 비해서 다량 산출되며, 제 4기 지시종과 제 3기의 마이오세와 플라이오세를 지시해주는 종들이 혼합되어 산출되는 것은, 퇴적물의 퇴적 당시 고환경이 주로 남극 순환수에 의해 운반된 남극저층수(Circumpolar deep water)에 의해 영향을 받아서 주변의 고기 퇴적물로부터 규조 화석들이 재이동 되었음을 의미한다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.155-172
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• 2023

The collapse of ice shelves is a process that can severely increase the rise of global sea-levels through the reduction of the buttressing effect of ice shelves and the consequent acceleration of the ice flow of ice sheets. In recent years, the West Antarctic ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea, whose buttressing effect is essential for a great part of the West Antarctic ice sheet, have been experiencing the most rapid melting and thinning in the world. The melting of the West Antarctic ice shelves is caused primarily by heat transported by Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW). For this reason, it is important to investigate ice-ocean interactions that could influence the melting of ice shelves and evaluate the stability of West Antarctic ice shelves. A lot of researchers have been actively investigating the West Antarctic ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea. High-impact journals have recognized the importance of and published studies on ice-ocean interactions occurring near and under the ice shelves as well as the connections among ice shelves. However, in situ observations are limited due to extreme weather and sea-ice conditions near the ice shelves; therefore, many scientific questions remain unanswered. This study introduces the characteristics of the Amundsen Sea and investigate the past and latest research issues in this region. This study also gives suggestions regarding important scientific questions and directions for future research that should help early-career scientists take the lead in future research on the melting dynamics of the West Antarctic ice shelves in the Amundsen Sea.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.407-418
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• 2008

Seawater samples were collected at discrete depths from five stations across the polar front in the Drake Passage (Antarctic Ocean) by the $20^{th}$ Korea Antarctic Research Program in December, 2006. Nitrate concentrations of seawater increase with depth within the photic zone above the depth of Upper Circumpolar Deep Water (UCDW). In contrast, ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of seawater nitrate decrease with depth, showing a mirror image to the nitrate variation. Such a distinct vertical variation is mainly attributed to the degree of nitrate assimilation by phytoplankton as well as organic matter degradation of sinking particles within the surface layer. The preferential $^{14}{NO_3}^-$ assimilation by the phytoplankton causes $^{15}{NO_3}^-$ concentration to become high in a closedsystem surface-water environment during the primary production, whereas more $^{14}{NO_3}^-$ is added to the seawater during the degradation of sinking organic particles. The water-mass mixing seems to play an important role in the alteration of ${\delta}^{15}N$ values in the deep layer below the UCDW. Across the polar front, nitrate concentrations of surface seawater decrease and corresponding ${\delta}^{15}N$ values increase northward, which is likely due to the degree of nitrate utilization during the primary production. Based on the Rayleigh model, the calculated ${\varepsilon}$ (isotope effect of nitrate uptake) values between 4.0%o and 5.8%o were validated by the previously reported data, although the preformed ${\delta}^{15}{{NO_3}^-}_{initial}$ value of UCDW is important in the calculation of ${\varepsilon}$ values.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.341-349
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• 2004

Hyrdography and deep currents were measured from 1997 to 1999 to investigate deep-sea environments in the KODOS (Korea Deep Ocean Study) area of the northeastern tropical Pacific. KODOS area is located meridionally from the North Equatorial Current to the boundary between the North Equatorial Current and the Equatorial Counter Current. Strong thermocline exists between 10 m and 120 m depths at the study area. Since that strong thermocline does hardly allow vertical mixing between surface and lower layer waters, vertical distributions of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and nutrients drastically change near the thermocline. Salinity-minimum layer, which indicate the North Pacific Intermediate Water (NPIW) and the Antartic Intermediate Water (AAIW), vertically occupies vertically at the depths from 500 m down to 1400 m. The NPIW and the AAIW horizontally occur to the north and to the south of $7^{\circ}N$, respectively. The near-bottom water shows the physical characteristics of $1.05^{\circ}C$ and 34.70 psu at the depths of 10 m to 110 m above the bottom (approximately 4000-5000 m), which was originated from the Antarctic Circumpolar Water. It flows northeastwards for 2 to 4 months at the study area, and its mean velocity was 3.1-3.7 cm/s. Meanwhile, reverse (southwestward) currents appear for about 15 days with the average of 1.0-6.1 cm/s every 1 to 6 months. Dominant direction of the bottom currents obtained from the data for more than 6 months is northeastward with the average speeds of 1.7-2.1 cm/s. Therefore, it seems that deep waters from the Antarctica flow northwards passing through the KODOS area in the northeastern tropical Pacific.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.83-97
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• 2022

The Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica is one of the most affected regions by climate change, but it is one of the least studied realms due to difficulties in access. Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) launched a research project in the Amundsen Sea in 2010 using the icebreaker research vessel (IBRV) Araon and has been conducting various research initiatives. In this paper, previous researches derived from the Amundsen Sea Embayment by Korean researchers are introduced. Through previous studies, researchers have been able to interpret the environmental and biogeochemical changes according to the inflow Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) and provide information for climate models. In particular, researches using radiocarbon isotopes (¹⁴C) were introduced to understand the physical and biogeochemical mechanisms of the carbon cycle in the Amundsen Sea. Opportunely, with the construction of a second icebreaker research vessel, the direction for systematic and long-term polar data acquisition can be presented.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.737-747
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• 1999

본 연구는 남극반도 북서부에 해당하는 South Shetland 군도 북쪽 해역에서 과학어군탐지기를 이용한 연속 관측 자료를 이용하여 크릴의 공간적인 분포 (수평, 수직분포) 및 자원량 파악을 주목적으로 하였다. 또한 자원량 계산을 위하여 플랑크톤 네트를 이용한 채집을 실시하였으며, CTD를 이용한 연구 해역의 수온 구조의 수직적 특성을 파악하여 크릴 군집과의 상호 관련성을 규명하고자 하였다. 고밀도의 크릴군은 $1^{\circ}C$ 이상인 Circumpolar Deep Water와 연안쪽에서 형성된 Weddell 해에 기원을 두고 있는 $-0.5^{\circ}C$ 이하의 낮은 온도층 사이에 존재하는 전선역 (frontal area)에서 형성되고있다. 크릴군의 분포 유형은 작은 군집을 이루는 표층 분포, 100$\~$200m 수층의 넓은 띠 모양의 연속적인 분포, 200$\~$300m 수층의 연속적인 분포 그리고 300m 이하의 point scatter분포 둥 네 가지 특징을 보였으며, echogram으로부터 분리해 낸 군집의 최대 수평분포는 약 35 mile에 걸쳐 나타났으며, 최대 수직 분포는 최대 275m의 두께를 보이고 있었다. 채집된 크릴의 표준 길이는 최소 30mm에서 최대 51 mm까지 분포를 나타냈으며, 성체 크릴은 41mm에서 하나의 모드만 나타내고 있었으며 30mm 미만의 미성체크릴은 채집되지 않았다. 자원량 밀도를 정선별로 나타낸 결과, 전체적으로 연안역보다는 대륙사면과 외양에서 높은 분포를 보였으며. 전 층의 평균 밀도는 151.0g/$m^2$였다. 해수의 표층 혼합이 강하게 일어나고 관측 자료 중상층부에 해당하는 22$\~$65m 수 층의 분포는 이 수층에서 전 정선의 평균 밀도는 17.0g/$m^2$로 계산되었으며, 이와 같은 분포는 5개의 수 층 가운데 가장 낮은 분포이다. 중층에 해당하는 115$\~$165m 수 층에서는 1,000m 수심을 경계로 대부분의 고농도 군집이 대륙 사면과 외양 쪽으로 치우치고 대륙붕 쪽으로는 대부분이 10g/$m^2$ 미만의 미약한 어군 형성이 나타나는 상반된 특징을 보였다. 이수충의 평균 밀도는 35.9g/$m^2$로 상층부보다 2배 이상 높게 나타났다. 하층으로 접어드는 165$\~$215m 층의 분포도 1,000m 등심선을 경계로 연안역과 대륙사면에서 상반된 분포를 보이며, 전체적으로 120$\~$l70m 수 층과 유사한 분포를 보이고 있다. 이 수 층의 평균 밀도는 40.2g/$m^2$으로 전 수 층 가운데 가장 높은 분포를 보였다. 관측 자료 중 가장 하층인 215$\~$3l5m 수 층의 평균 밀도는 37.8g/$m^2$로 크릴군이 비교적 깊은 수심까지 존재함을 나타내고 있다. 각 수층에서 예측된 자원량으로부터 22$\~$315m 사이의 총 예측자원량은 약 277만 톤 (CV=$19.92\%$)으로 계산되었으며, 수층별로는 22$\~$65m 에서 전체 양의 $11.2\%$ (31만 톤, CV=$16.24\%$), 65$\~$115 m에서 $13.3\%$ (37만 톤, CV=$34.91\%$), 115$\~$l65m에서 $23.7\%$ (66만 톤, CV=$41.5\%$), 170$\~$220m에서 $26.6\%$ (74만 톤. CV=$27.84\%$) 그리고 215$\~$315m에서 $25\%$ (69만 톤, CV=$26.83\%$)를 차지했다. 이러한 결과로부터 전체 예측된 크릴 자원량의 약 $75\%$가 115m 하층에 분포하여 크릴군이 표층보다는 중층 이하에 높게 분포함을 알 수 있었다.