• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제33권4호
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• pp.345-348
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• 2016

In December 2015, we have installed neutron monitor at the Jang Bogo station in Antarctica. The Jang Bogo station is the second science station which is located at the coast ($74^{\circ}\;37.4^{\prime}S$, $164^{\circ}\;13.7^{\prime}E$) of Terra Nova Bay in Northern Victoria Land of Antarctica. A neutron monitor is an instrument to detect neutrons from secondary cosmic rays collided by the atmosphere. The installation of neutron monitor at Jang Bogo station is a part of transferred mission for neutron monitor at McMurdo station of USA. Among 18 tubes of 18-NM64 neutron monitor, we have completed relocation of 6 tubes and the rest will be transferred in December 2017. Currently, comparison of data from both neutron monitors is under way and there is a good agreement between the data. The neutron monitor at Jang Bogo station will be quite useful to study the space weather when the installation is completed.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.185-193
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• 2018

Jang Bogo Station (JBS), the second Korean Antarctic research station, was established in Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica ($74.62^{\circ}S$ $164.22^{\circ}E$) in February 2014 in order to expand the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) research capabilities. One of the main research areas at JBS is space environmental research. The goal of the research is to better understand the general characteristics of the polar region ionosphere and thermosphere and their responses to solar wind and the magnetosphere. Ground-based observations at JBS for upper atmospheric wind and temperature measurements using the Fabry-Perot Interferometer (FPI) began in March 2014. Ionospheric radar (VIPIR) measurements have been collected since 2015 to monitor the state of the polar ionosphere for electron density height profiles, horizontal density gradients, and ion drifts. To investigate the magnetosphere and geomagnetic field variations, a search-coil magnetometer and vector magnetometer were installed in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Since JBS is positioned in an ideal location for auroral observations, we installed an auroral all-sky imager with a color sensor in January 2018 to study substorms as well as auroras. In addition to these observations, we are also operating a proton auroral imager, airglow imager, global positioning system total electron content (GPS TEC)/scintillation monitor, and neutron monitor in collaboration with other institutes. In this article, we briefly introduce the observational activities performed at JBS and the preliminary results of these observations.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.203-215
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• 2021

The auroral observation has been started at Jang Bogo Station (JBS), Antarctica by using a visible All-sky camera (v-ASC) in 2018 to routinely monitor the aurora in association with the simultaneous observations of the ionosphere, thermosphere and magnetosphere at the station. In this article, the auroral observations are introduced with the analysis procedure to recognize the aurora from the v-ASC image data and to compute the auroral occurrences and the initial results on their spatial and temporal distributions are presented. The auroral occurrences are mostly confined to the northern horizon in the evening sector and extend to the zenith from the northwest to cover almost the entire sky disk over JBS at around 08 MLT (magnetic local time; 03 LT) and then retract to the northeast in the morning sector. At near the magnetic local noon, the occurrences are horizontally distributed in the northern sky disk, which shows the auroral occurrences in the cusp region. The results of the auroral occurrences indicate that JBS is located most of the time in the polar cap near the poleward boundary of the auroral oval in the nightside and approaches closer to the oval in the morning sector. At around 08 MLT (03 LT), JBS is located within the auroral oval and then moves away from it, finally being located in the cusp region at the magnetic local noon, which indicates that the location of JBS turns out to be ideal to investigate the variabilities of the poleward boundary of the auroral oval from long-term observations of the auroral occurrences. The future plan for the ground auroral observations near JBS is presented.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.143-156
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• 2020

Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) installed an ionospheric sounding radar system called Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar (VIPIR) at Jang Bogo Station (JBS) in 2015 in order to routinely monitor the state of the ionosphere in the auroral oval and polar cap regions. Since 2017, after two-year test operation, it has been continuously operated to produce various ionospheric parameters. In this article, we will introduce the characteristics of the JBS-VIPIR observations and possible applications of the data for the study on the polar ionosphere. The JBS-VIPIR utilizes a log periodic transmit antenna that transmits 0.5-25 MHz radio waves, and a receiving array of 8 dipole antennas. It is operated in the Dynasonde B-mode pulse scheme and utilizes the 3-D inversion program, called NeXtYZ, for the data acquisition and processing, instead of the conventional 1-D inversion procedure as used in the most of digisonde observations. The JBS-VIPIR outputs include the height profiles of the electron density, ionospheric tilts, and ion drifts with a 2-minute temporal resolution in the bottomside ionosphere. With these observations, possible research applications will be briefly described in combination with other observations for the aurora, the neutral atmosphere and the magnetosphere simultaneously conducted at JBS.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.127-140
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• 2015

A continuous series of 60 snow samples was collected at a 2.5-cm interval from a 1.5-m snow pit at a site on the Styx Glacier Plateau in Victoria Land, Antarctica, during the 2011/2012 austral summer season. Various chemical components (${\delta}D$, ${\delta}^{18}O$, $Na^+$, $K^+$, $Mg^{2+}$, $Ca^{2+}$, $Cl^-$, $SO_4{^2-}$, $NO_3{^-}$, $F^-$, $CH_3SO_3{^-}$, $CH_3CO_2{^-}$ and $HCO_2{^-}$) were determined to understand the highly resolved seasonal variations of these species in the coastal atmosphere near the Antarctic Jang Bogo station. Based on vertical profiles of ${\delta}^{18}O$, $NO_3{^-}$and MSA, which showed prominent seasonal changes in concentrations, the snow samples were dated to cover the time period from 2009 austral winter to 2012 austral summer with a mean accumulation rate of $226kgH_2Om^{-2}yr^{-1}$. Our snow profiles show pronounced seasonal variations for all the measured chemical species with a different pattern between different species. The distinctive feature of the occurrence patterns of the seasonal variations is clearly linked to changes in the relative strength of contributions from various natural sources (sea salt spray, volcanoes, crust-derived dust, and marine biogenic activities) during different short-term periods. The results allow us to understand the transport pathways and input mechanisms for each species and provide valuable information that will be useful for investigating long-term (decades to century scale periods) climate and environmental changes that can be deduced from an ice core to be retrieved from the Styx Glacier Plateau in the near future.

• 지질공학
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.271-280
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• 2022

정착해빙은 극지역 해안에 형성되는 고착된 해빙으로, 해양 생태계와 해안에 위치한 과학기지들의 운용에 큰 영향을 끼치는 중요한 인자이기 때문에 지속적인 관측이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 6, 12, 18일의 시간 기선을 가지는 Sentinel-1 영상레이더(synthetic aperture radar, SAR) 간섭 긴밀도 영상들을 레이어 병합하여 동남극 장보고 과학기지 주변의 정착해빙을 탐지하였다. 2017년 7월부터 2018년 6월까지 총 50장의 간섭 긴밀도 영상을 제작하였으며, 이로부터 1년간의 정착해빙 면적 변화를 도출하였다. Campbell 빙하설을 기준으로 동쪽과 서쪽에서 정착해빙의 면적이 최대가 되는 시기가 상이함을 확인하였다. 이 연구를 통하여 SAR 간섭 긴밀도를 활용한 정착해빙 탐지 가능성을 확인하였으나, 생성 시간이 짧거나 부드러운 표면을 가져 작은 레이더 후방산란을 보이는 정착해빙과 Campbell 빙하설의 흐름 및 붕괴로 인해 급작스러운 움직임을 보이는 빙하설 인접 지역에서의 정착해빙이 미탐지 되는 한계점은 개선이 필요할 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.509-515
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• 2016

We report on development of a ground-based bi-axial Search-Coil Magnetometer (SCM) designed to measure time-varying magnetic fields associated with magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling processes. The instrument provides two-axis magnetic field wave vector data in the Ultra Low Frequency or ULF (1 mHz to 5 Hz) range. ULF waves are well known to play an important role in energy transport and loss in geospace. The SCM will primarily be used to observe generation and propagation of the subclass of ULF waves. The analog signals produced by the search-coil magnetic sensors are amplified and filtered over a specified frequency range via electronics. Data acquisition system digitizes data at 10 samples/s rate with 16-bit resolution. Test results show that the resolution of the magnetometer reaches $0.1pT/{\sqrt{Hz}}$ at 1 Hz, and demonstrate its satisfactory performance, detecting geomagnetic pulsations. This instrument is scheduled to be installed at the Korean Antarctic station, Jang Bogo, in the austral summer 2016-2017.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2017

극한지에 구조물을 안정적으로 건설하기 위해서는 동결토의 지반공학적 특성을 평가하는 것이 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 남극 제2과학기지(장보고 기지)가 건설된 남극 테라노바만 인근지역의 현장시료를 이용하여 동결토와 비동결토의 동적특성(전단탄성계수, 감쇠비)을 Stokoe 식 공진주 실험기를 이용하여 평가하였다. 시편을 동결시키기 위해 시편의 온도제어가 가능하도록 공진주 실험시스템을 개선하였으며, 다양한 밀도로 조성된 시편에 대해 동결상태와 비동결상태에서 공진주 실험을 수행하였다. 동결토 실험에서는 $-7^{\circ}C$에서 얼린 시료를 이용해 전단변형률에 따른 전단탄성계수와 감쇠비를 획득하였고, 이를 비동결토의 특성과 비교하였다. 또한, 동결토의 온도변화에 따른 최대전단탄성계수와 감쇠비 변화를 실험적으로 평가하여 동결-융해 작용에 의한 지반의 역학적 특성 변화를 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 동결토와 비동결토의 동적특성 차이를 확인하였으며, 온도상승이 동결토에 미치는 영향을 확인했다는 점에서 공학적 의의가 있다.

• 우주기술과 응용
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.199-216
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• 2021

한국우주과학회 태양우주환경분과에서는 국내 우주환경 관측 자료 활용도를 높이고, 분야 간 융합 연구 기회를 모색하기 위해 국내 연구소와 대학에서 활용 중인 태양, 자기권, 전리권/고층대기 자료 현황을 조사하였다. 자료는 관측 방식에 따라 지상과 위성 자료로 분류하였고, 개발 또는 활용 중인 모델 정보도 포함한다. 이 논문에서는 조사 결과를 바탕으로 극지연구소와 한국천문연구원에서 운영하는 전리권/고층대기관측기 현황과 자료 설명 및 활용 방법 등을 소개한다. 극지연구소에서는 남극 장보고과학기지와 세종과학기지, 그리고 북극 다산과학기지에 전천 카메라, 페브리-페로 간섭계, 이오노존데 등을 설치해 운영 중이다. 한국천문연구원은 보현산천문대 전천카메라와 충남 계룡대 VHF(Very High Frequency)/유성 레이더를 운영하고 있으며, 국내 40여 개 GNSS(Global Navigation Satellite System) 관측소에서 수집한 자료를 사용해 전리권 전자밀도 정보(total electron content)를 산출하고 있다. 또한 보현산천문대와 탐라 KVN천문대에 GNSS 신틸레이션 수신기를 설치해 전리권 교란을 관측하고 있다. 현재 관측 자료들은 웹 페이지나 FTP, 또는 요청을 통해 이용할 수 있다. 이 밖에 논문에 담지 않은 기타 전리권/고층대기 분야 자료 현황은 한국우주과학회 홈페이지에서 다운로드할 수 있다(http://ksss.or.kr/). 이 논문을 통해 우주과학 연구자들이 우주과학 자료에 대한 장기적이고 연속적인 관리의 중요성을 인식하고, 국내에서 생산 중인 자료의 활용도와 신뢰도를 높이는 데 이바지할 수 있길 기대한다. 더불어 국내 관측 자료의 활용을 극대화하기 위한 새로운 데이터 공유 체계에 관한 논의를 시작하는 계기가 되길 바란다.