• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2008

Analyzing the results of East Sea Regional Ocean Model using a 3-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme, we investigated spatial and temporal variability of the North Korean Cold Current (NKCC) in the East Sea. The climatological monthly mean transport of the NKCC clearly shows seasonal variation of the NKCC within the range of about 0.35 Sv ($=0^6m^3/s$), which increases from its minimum (about 0.45 Sv) through December-January to March, decreases during March and May, and then increases again to the maximum (about 0.8 Sv) in August-September. The volume transport of the NKCC shows interannual variation of the NKCC with the range of about 1.0 Sv that is larger than seasonal variation. The southward current of the NKCC appears often not only in summer but in winter as well. The width of the NKCC is about 35 km near the Korean coast and its core is located under the East Korea Warm Current. The North Korean Cold Water (NKCW), characterized by low salinity and low temperature, is located both under the Tsushima Warm Water and in the western side of the maximum southward current of the NKCC that means the NKCC advects the NKCW southward along the Korean coast. It is revealed that the intermediate low salinity water, formed off the Vladivostok in winter, flows southward to the south of $37^{\circ}N$ through $2{\sim}3$ paths; one path along the Korean coast, another one along $132^{\circ}E$, and the middle path along $130^{\circ}E$. The path of the intermediate low salinity varies with years. The reanalysis fields suggest that the NKCW is advected through the paths along the Korean coast and along $130^{\circ}E$.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-11
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• 1981

The seasonal variations of surface current patterns in the Japan Sea were drawn out from the results of drift bottle experiments, current measurements and hydrographic observations during 1979∼1980. The North Korean Cold Current(NKCC) and the East Korean Warm Current(EKWC) were common features of circulation in the eastern sea of Korea. The intrusion of NKCC along the Korean coast became strong in summer(average velocity of 47.4cm/sec off Jumunjin and 23.4cm/sec near Jugbyeon) when the Tsushima Current was strong. But there was no indication of the NKCC in November 1979. Dynamic topography(August & November 1979) and satellite picture(November 1979) seemed to show the topographic steering of EKWC beginning off Janggigab. Drift bottles arrived at the Japaness coast were affected significantly by the strong Tsushima Current in summer and by the predominant northwesterlies in winter instead of weak current.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.165-177
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• 2014

In an effort to investigate the structure and variability of the coastal current in the East Sea, a moored ADCP observation was conducted off Uljin from late May to mid-October 2006. Owing to the transition of season from summer to autumn, the features of the current and wind can be divided into two parts. Until mid-August (Part-I), a southward flow is dominant at all depths with a mean alongshore velocity of 4.2~8.9 cm/s but northward winds are not strong enough to reverse the near-surface current. During Part-II, a strong northward current occurs frequently in the upper layer but winds are predominantly southward including two typhoons that have deep-reaching influence. Profile of mean velocity has three layers with a northward velocity embedded at 12~28 m depth. The near-surface current of Part-II significantly coheres with winds at 4-8 day periods with a phase lag of about 12 hours. The modal structure of the current obtained by EOF analysis is: (1) Mode-1, having 83.6% of total variance, represents the current in the same direction at all depths corresponding to the southward North Korean Cold Current (NKCC). (2) Mode-2 (11.7%) reveals a two-layer structure that can be explained by the northward East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) in the upper layer and NKCC in the lower. (3) Mode-3 (2.6%) has three layers, in which the EKWC is reversed near the surface by opposing winds. This mode is particularly similar to the mean velocity profile of Part-II.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.189-196
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• 1992

동한난류의 이안 및 북한 한류의 생성을 규명하기 위하여 간단한 역학모델을 수립 하였다. 본 모델에서는 해류가 유입·유출 조건에 의하여 형성되고 국지적인 힘에 의 해 변형된다. 기본방정식의 해로서 유입-유출에 의해서 만 형성되는 유입-유출 모드와 국지적인 힘에 의해서만 형성되는 국지 모르를 얻었다. 분석결과, 표면냉각과 양의 부 호를 갖는 바람 응력와도가 동한난류이안 및 북한 한류형성을 일으킴이 밝혀졌다. 이 사실은 동해에서의 열교환 및 바람 응력장에 대하여 현재까지 알려진 바와 부합된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.61-73
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• 2016

Water mass distribution and currents were investigated off the east coast of Korea near the Hupo Bank using the CTD and ADCP data from June to August 2010. The typical water masses were: (1) Tsushima Surface Water (TSW) from the East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) in the surface layer, (2) a shallow thermocline at 20-30 m depth, (3) Tsushima Middle Water (TMW) of high salinity (>34.2) below the pycnocline, (4) North Korean Cold Water (NKCW) of low salinity (<34.05) and low temperature (<4°C) in the lower layer. In June, a double eddy was observed in which a cold filament intruded cyclonically from the south around a pre-existing cold-core eddy. A burst of strong southward current was recorded in mid-August due to a warm filament from the meandering EKWC. Current in the N-S direction was predominant due to topographic effects, and the direction of the northward EKWC was frequently reversed in its direction due to the eddy-filament activity, whereas the influence of the wind was not noticeable. The vertical structure of the current was of a two-layer system, with the northward EKWC in the upper layer and weak southward flows corresponding to the North Korean Cold Current (NKCC) in the deeper layer.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.215-220
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• 1996

동한만을 중심으로 한 동해 북서해역의 계절별 및 연별 표층해황 특성을 고찰하였다. 동한만의 계절별 해황은 춘계에 동한난류수의 세력이 우세하다가 하리에 북한한류의 강화와 더불어 냉수역이 발달하는 형과, 봄부터 냉수의 세력이 탁월하다가 여름이 되면서 동한난류수의 영향을 받는 형의 두가지 유형을 보인다. 경년변동 특성도 동한난류와 북한한류간의 흐름의 상대적 세기와 유로에 따라 4가지 유형으로 분류된다. 각각의 경우, 동한만 부근에는 대ㆍ소규모의 저기압성 냉수과 혹은 고기압성 난수과가 발달하는 것이 한 특징이다.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.490-503
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• 2020

해류와 해양 순환은 지구의 에너지를 분배하는 조절자로서 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. 2015 개정 교육과정에 기반한 중등학교 과학 및 지구과학 교과서에는 한반도 주변 해류 중 북한한류의 계절변동성에 대한 오개념을 포함하고 있는 것으로 드러났다. 이를 분석하기 위하여 중학교 5종, 고등학교 6종 교과서에 제시되어 있는 북한한류와 관련된 교과내용을 수집하였으며, 중등학교 과학교사 30인을 대상으로 해류와 북한한류에 관한 설문 조사를 실시하였다. 설문 내용은 교과서에서 북한한류에 대해서 언급하고 있는지, 북한한류의 시간변동성에 대한 개념의 오류가 있는지에 관한 질문으로 구성하였고, 북한한류와 관련된 자유로운 의견을 수집하였다. 교과서에서는 북한한류의 유속이 겨울에 강하다고 제시되어 있는데, 이는 그동안 장기간의 과학계의 연구 결과와는 정반대로 배치되는 결과이다. 북한한류의 세기는 여름에 강함에도 불구하고 겨울에 강하다고 교과서에서 제시하고 있는 것에 대한 오개념의 원인과 형성 과정을 조사하였다. 교사대상 설문을 분석한 결과, 대부분의 교사들이 북한한류의 세기가 겨울에 강하다는 지식 오류를 가지고 있었다. 이는 교사들이 가지고 있는 용어에 대한 오개념에서 출발하여 교사들의 확고한 지식으로 각인되어 있었다. 이러한 오개념은 교사 자신이 중등학교 재학시절부터 획득한 지식에서 기원하였고, 교과서의 오개념은 수정되지 않은 상태로 오랫동안 교사와 학생들에게 전달되고 있었다. 이러한 상황은 향후 학생들의 오개념을 재생산하는 구조를 가질 수 있을 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 본 연구는 교사 및 학생들이 가지고 있는 북한한류의 계절변동성에 관한 오개념을 단절하기 위하여 기존의 과학적 연구 결과들의 요약하였고, 교과서 수정의 필요성과 교사 전문성 신장을 위한 재교육의 필요성을 제안하였다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.287-302
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• 2003

The seasonal variations in the circulation of the water mass in the East Sea/Japan Sea have been simulated using a free surface primitive ocean model, RIAMOM (RIAM Ocean Model), comparing the results from GFDL-MOM1 (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Modular Ocean Model, version 1.1, hereafter MOM) with the GDEM (Generalized Digital Environmental Model) data. Both models appear to successfully reproduce the distinct features of circulation in the East Sea/Japan Sea, such as the NB (Nearshore Branch) flowing along the Japanese coast, the EKWC (East Korean Warm Current) flowing northward along the Korean coast, and the NKCC/LCC (North Korean Cold Current/Liman Cold Current) flowing southwestward along Korean/Russian coast. RIAMOM has shown better performance, compared to MOM, in terms of the realistic simulation of the flow field in the East Sea/Japan Sea; RIAMOM has produced more rectified flows on the coastal region, for example, the narrower and stronger NKCC/LCC than MOM has. There is however obvious differences between the model results and the GDEM data in terms of the calculation of the water mass; both models have shown a tendency to overpredict temperature and underpredict salinity below 50m; more diffusive forms of thermocline and halocline have been simulated than noted in GDEM data.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of ACRS 2003 ISRS
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• pp.879-881
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• 2003

Sea level variations and sea surface circulations in the Korean seas were observed by Topex/Poseidon altimeter data from 1993 through 1997. In sea level variations, the West and South Sea showed relatively high variations with comparison to the East Sea. Then, the northern and southern area in the West Sea showed the range of 20${\sim}$30cm and 18${\sim}$24cm, and the northern west of Jeju island and the southern west of Tsushima island in the South Sea showed the range of 15${\sim}$20cm and 10${\sim}$15cm, respectively. High variations in the West Sea was results to the inflow in sea surface of Yellow Sea Warm Current (YSWC) and bottom topography. Sea level variations in the South Sea was due to two branch currents(Jeju Warm Current and East Korea Warm Current) originated from Kuroshio Current (KC). In sea surface circulations, there existed remarkably three eddies circulations in the East Sea that are mainly connected with North Korea Cold Current (NKCC), East Korea Warm Current (EKWC) and Tushima Warm Current(TWC). Their eddies are caused basically to the influence of currents in sea surface circulations; Cyclone (0.03 cm/sec) in the Wonsan bay off shore with NKCC, and anticyclone (0.06 cm/sec) in the southwestern area of Ulleung island with EKWC, and cyclone (0.01 cm/sec) in the northeastern area of Tushima island with TWC, respectively.

• Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.58-60
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• 2004

Sea level variations and sea surface circulations in the Korean seas were observed by Topex/Poseidon altimeter data from 1993 through 1997. In sea level variations, the West and South Sea showed relatively high variations with comparison to the East Sea. Then, the northern and southern area in the West Sea showed the range of 20∼30cm and 18∼24cm, and the northern west of Jeju island and the southern west of Tsushima island in the South Sea showed the range of 15∼20cm and 10∼15cm, respectively. High variations in the West Sea were results to the inflow in sea surface of Yellow Sea Warm Current (YSWC) and bottom topography. Sea level variations in the South Sea were due to two branch currents (Jeju Warm Current and East Korea Warm Current) originated from Kuroshio Current (KC). In sea surface circulations, there existed remarkably three eddies circulations in the East Sea that are mainly connected with North Korea Cold Current (NKCC), East Korea Warm Current (EKWC) and Tushima Warm Current (TWC). Their eddies are caused basically to the influence of currents in sea surface circulations; Cyclone (0.03 cm/see) in the Wonsan bay off shore with NKCC, and anticyclone (0.06 cm/see) in the southwestern area of Ulleung island with EKWC, and cyclone (0.01 cm/see) in the northeastern area of Tushima island with TWC, respectively.