• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.119-135
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• 2004

A three-dimensional numerical model using POM (the Princeton Ocean Model) is established in order to understand the dispersion processes of the Yangtze River water in the Yellow and East China Seas. The circulation experiments for the seas are conducted first, and then on the bases of the results the dispersion experiments for the river water are executed. For the experiments, we focus on the tide effects and wind effects on the processes. Four cases of systematic experiments are conducted. They comprise the followings: a reference case with no tide and no wind, of tide only, of wind only, and of both tide and wind. Throughout this study, monthly mean values are used for the Kuroshio Current input in the southern boundary of the model domain, for the transport through the Korea Strait, for the river discharge, for the sea surface wind, and for the heat exchange rate across the air-sea interface. From the experiments, we obtained the following results. The circulation of the seas in winter is dependent on the very strong monsoon wind as several previous studies reported. The wintertime dispersion of the Yangtze River water follows the circulation pattern flowing southward along the east coast of China due to the strong monsoon wind. Some observed salinity distributions support these calculation results. In summertime, generally, low-salinity water from the river tends to spread southward and eastward as a result of energetic vertical mixing processes due to the strong tidal current, and to spread more eastward due to the southerly wind. The tide effect for the circulation and dispersion of the river water near the river mouth is a dominant factor, but the southerly wind is still also a considerable factor. Due to both effects, two major flow directions appear near the river mouth. One of them is a northern branch flow in the northeast area of the river mouth moving eastward mainly due to the weakened southerly wind. The other is a southern branch flow directed toward the southeastern area off the river mouth mostly caused by tide and wind effects. In this case, however, the tide effect is more dominant than the wind effect. The distribution of the low salinity water follows the circulation pattern fairly well.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.185-199
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• 1999

With a realistic geography and topography the Princeton Ocean Model is used to study the effects of topography, wind and time-varying Chanajiang (Yangtze) River discharge on the dispersion of the Chanaiiang River plume in the Yellow and East China Seas. The topographic feature of deepening offshore suppresses the offshore expansion of the discharged low salinity water while spreading along the coast is not hindered. Also the spreading of the Chanajiang River plume is very sensitive to wind conditions and the southerly wind is most responsible for the eastward expansion toward the Cheju Island. It is also shown that the influence of the Chanajiang River Diluted Water on the hydrography and circulation of the Yellow Sea including the South Sea of Korea is substantial even in the absence of tide, wind and current.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.67-85
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• 2007

황해 및 동중국해에 있어서 하계 조석, 담수유입량과 풍향 풍속 변화에 따른 잔차류와 샨샤댐 건설 전과 후 양쯔강의 유량 변동에 따른 저염분 확산과 바람의 영향 등을 해석하고, 평가하였다. 3차원 해수유동모델에 의해 각 분조($M_2,\;S_2,\;K_1$과 $O_1$)의 정량적 그리고 정성적 측면의 진폭, 위상 및 흐름장이 실측값과 비교해서 재현성있게 시뮬레이션 되었다. $M_2,\;M_2+S_2$ 그리고 반일주조에 일주조 성분($K_1$과 $O_1$)의 합성에 의한 잔차류 결과는 유속의 변화와 더불어서 일부 지역에서 흐름패턴이 다르게 계산되었다. 하계 탁월풍의 세기가 커지면 양쯔강 하구에서 유출하는 힘과 대륙붕단 경계역에서 북상하는 흐름의 유속이 다소 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 양쯔강에서 유출한 흐름은 근역에서는 동향성분이 강하게 나타나지만, 곧 황해에서 남하하는 성분에 의해 동쪽으로 충분히 확산하지 못하고 남하하거나 속도가 감소되는 것으로 나타났다. 육상 유입원의 하계 평균 유량(특히, 양쯔강은 약 $50,000\;m^3/s$)과 남풍 3.5 m/s를 고려했을 경우, 26 psu 이하의 저염수가 유입지점에서 약 95 km정도 확장되고, 30 psu 이하의 염분농도선도 약 160 km까지 확장되는 것으로 나타났고, 최대 홍수량인 $116,000\;m^3/s$를 고려했을 경우는 26 psu 이하의 저염수가 river mouth에서 약 150 km정도 확장되고, 30 psu 이하의 염분농도선도 약 300 km까지 확장되는 것으로 예측되었다. 하계 탁월풍에서 풍속이 약 1.5m/s 정도 강해지면, 저염의 확산 폭이 약 10 km정도 증가하는 것으로 나타났고, 외해에 있어서 저염수는 남서풍에 의해서는 남동방향으로 그리고 북서풍에 의해서는 남서방향으로 퍼져나가는 양상을 보였다. 양쯔강에서 유출되는 평균적인 담수량에 의한 관성력과 조류의 힘만으로는 저염수가 제주도까지 도달하는 것은 힘들겠지만, 바람장과 북상하는 난류의 흐름이 합쳐질 때는 충분히 제주도 인근 해역까지 그 영향을 미칠 수 있을 것으로 예측되었다.