• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.267-275
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• 2013

HadGEM2-AO 기후모델의 기후변화 시나리오 자료와 파랑 모델을 이용하여 기후변화에 따른 북서태평양에서의 미래 파랑 기후를 전망하였다. 21세기말 북서태평양에서 연 평균 풍속이 현재보다 낮아질 것으로 전망됨에 따라 연 평균 유의파고도 낮게 전망되었다. 현재 기후에 비해서 21세기 말 연평균 유의파고는 RCP4.5 시나리오의 경우 2~7% 감소하고, RCP8.5의 경우 4~11% 정도 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 극한파랑의 경우도 유의파고 및 풍속이 현재에 비해서 감소할 것으로 전망되었다. 계절별로 분석한 결과 겨울철의 극한파랑은 연 극한 파랑과 비슷하게 감소하는 경향을 보인 반면, 여름철의 경우 북서태평양에서는 현재보다 증가할 것으로 나타나 미래에는 태풍의 강도가 강화 될 것으로 전망된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제33권spc3호
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• pp.385-395
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• 2011

Time-series sediment traps were deployed at 1,000 m water depth of the northwestern subtropical Pacific from July 2009 to June 2010, with the aim of understanding temporal and spatial variations of sinking-particle fluxes. The opening and closing of the traps was synchronized at 18-day periods for 20 events. Total mass fluxes showed distinct seasonal variations with high values for the summer-fall seasons and relatively low values for winter-spring. This seasonal variation at two stations was characterized by a distinct difference in $CaCO_3$ fluxes between the two seasons. The enhanced $CaCO_3$ flux in the summer - fall seasons might be attributed to an increased planktonic foraminiferal flux. Total mass flux at FM10 station was nearly 50% higher than that at FM1 station. The difference in $CaCO_3$ fluxes between two stations contributed nearly 70% of the difference of total mass fluxes. The $CaCO_3$ flux was a major component controlling temporal and spatial variation of sinking - particle fluxes in the western subtropical Pacific Ocean.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2004

Annual variations of inorganic nutrients such as nitrate(+nitrite), phosphate and silicate in association with thermocline were investigated in the upper 200 m of the water column at KODES Long-term Monitoring (KOMO) station in the northeast equatorial Pacific from 1995 to 2002. Global climatic disturbances such as El Nino and La Nina, should have affected KODES area during the study period. In 1995-97 and 2000-2002, a thermocline where temperatures rapidly decrease with depth, was formed at 50-70 m water depth. Nutrient depletion, specially for nitrate and phosphate, was extended down to approximately 50 m depth, which coincided with the surface mixed layer depth. In 1998 and 1999, however a very fluctuating thermocline was observed at 20-100 m water depth. In the photic zone (up to 100 m depth), depth integration of nitrate, phosphate and silicate ranged from 2.02 to $23.14\;gN/m^2$, from 0.87 to $4.05\;gP/m^2$ and from 35.67 to $176.21\;gSi/m^2$, respectively. As a result of changes in the water column structures, nutrient concentrations also showed fluctuation parallel to the changes of thermocline in the study area.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.189-200
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• 2015

Mesozooplankton biomass including total biomass and size-fractionated biomass and the abundance of major taxonomic groups of copepods were studied in the Northwestern Subtropical Pacific Warm Pool (NSPWP) and the Northern East China Sea (NECS) from 2006 to 2014. Mesozooplankton biomass ranged from 0.69 to $3.08mgC/m^3$ (mean $1.12mgC/m^3$) in the NSPWP and from 10.60 to $69.10mgC/m^3$ (mean $30.33mgC/m^3$) in the NECS with higher values in spring than fall. Percent composition in the biomass of each size group of mesozooplankton varied interannually both in the NSPWP and in the NECS. The smallest size group (0.2~0.5 mm) contributed the least to total biomass in both regions, but significantly higher in the NSPWP than in the NECS. The percent composition in abundance of copepod taxonomic groups (i.e. Calanoida, Cyclopoida, and Poecilostomatoida) also fluctuated interannually. Mean composition of calanoid copepods was higher in the NECS than in the NSPWP, but the opposite pattern was observed for poecilostomatoid copepods. Mesozooplankton biomass both in the NSPWP and in the NECS was negatively correlated with Oceanic $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ Index (ONI), indicating declines in biomass during El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ periods and vice versa during Na $Ni{\tilde{n}}a$ period. The effect of El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ on variation of mesozooplankton biomass was more prominent in the NSPWP than in the NECS. These results suggest that mesozooplankton biomass both in the NSPWP and in the NECS responded to El $Ni{\tilde{n}}o$ events, although the biological process that explain the reduced mesozooplankton biomass might be different in both regions.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2002

Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) were collected on April, 1999 and March­September, 2000 from Goseung Bay along the southern coast of Korea. The oysters tested cp;;ected from a depth of 0.5-2 m in which they cultured by a long line hanging method. The oxygen consumption rates (OCR) of oysters held under constant temperature and darkness (CC), were determined using an automatic intermittent-flow-respirometer (AIFR). Depending on holding periods after oyster collection, the experiments were divided into two groups: Group 7-d (held to ambient temperature for ca. 7 days) and Group 2l-d (held to ambient temperature for ca. 21 days). The OCR for Group 7-d single oyster displayed two peaks every day under CC, while Group 2l-d single oyster showed one peak every day. It is likely that the rhythmic patterns 02.6-12.8 hours) of the OCR in the Group 7-d single oyster may have been influenced by tidal currents at the sampling site. The rhythmic patterns (24.3-24.7 hours) in the Group 2l-d single oyster may have been shifted from two peaks to one peak each day under CC. The present study concludes that the OCR rhythm of wild oysters in nature is governed by two lunar-day clocks (24.8 hours); one driving one peak and the other driving the second peak. When oysters are subjected to the long-term CC conditions, one of the two-clock systems is depressed or only intermittently becomes active. Jpwever. the OCR rhythms by two to three oysters occurred arrhythmic patterns during the experiments and exhibited some evidence of weak rhythmicity of compared to those of a single oyster. It could be partly due to differences group effects.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.386-393
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• 2013

2011년 일본동북지방 대지진 이후, 규모 9.0의 토카이, 토난카이 및 난카이 대규모 지진이 일본 서부의 태평양 해안을 내습할 수 있다는 주장이 제기되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 태평양 해안과 일본의 주요 3대 만인 도쿄만과 이세만 그리고 오사카만에서 규모 9.0의 토카이, 토난카이 및 난카이 대규모 지진에 의해 발생하는 지진해일의 전파 특성을 수치적으로 검토하였다. 본 연구에서 수행된 수치해석결과 M9.0의 지진에 의해 발생하는 태평양 해안에서의 지진해일 높이는 M8.7의 지진에 비해 그 크기가 약 2배에 달하며 지진원으로부터 떨어진 일부 지역에서는 빠른 지진해일의 도달시간을 확인하였다. 또한, 페쇄된 만의 영향에 의해 오랜 시간 동안 만내에서 고수위가 지속됨을 알 수 있었다.

• International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Korean Journal of Geophysical Research
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.47-54
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• 1993

해수면 온도의 positive anomaly가 주로 나타나는 구역은 대기중 습기 유입이 많은 구역분만 아니라 아열대 지역의 하강 운동이 일어나는 구역의 부근에서도 나타난다. 대기중 수증기의 유입은 SST anomaly에 따라 많아지기 때문에 해수면 온도의 증가는 대기를 불안정하게 하며 습윤 공기의 발달을 촉진하는 습윤 단열한 불안정상태를 초래한다. 태평양상에서 4.0K 의SST 변화는 동태평양과 중앙태평양상에서 TOVS 수증기 채널들에 의해 관측된 휘도 온도의 10.0 K 만큰의 양의 차이를 보였으며, 적도를 따라 남태평양상의 남동쪽과 남쪽으로는 휘도 온도가 7.5 K 만큼 음의 차이를 보였다. 엘니뇨와 비엘리뇨 기간을 비교하면 중대류권 고도에서 수증기 분포를 나타내는 TOVS 적외선 채널 $11(7.3{\mu}m)$과 $12(6.7{\mu}m)$의 휘도 온도 차이는 태평양상에서 습윤 공기와 관련한 전대류권 순환과 역학 과정에서 현저한 차이가 있었음을 알 수 있다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제25권11호
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• pp.549-558
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• 2022

The Indonesian Archipelago has a very complex geological history, along with equatorial warm sea temperature, resulting in diverse types of coral reefs and high diversity of coral reef fish. Many livelihoods of the coastal community are dependent on coral reef fisheries. The present study aimed to determine which region and location in the Indonesian Archipelago has the most diverse and abundant coral reef fish. The archipelago was divided into four regions: the Indian Ocean, Sunda Shelf, Wallacea, and the Pacific Ocean. Data were obtained from a national coral reef monitoring program of the Indonesian Research Center for Oceanography (RCO)-the National Board for Research and Innovation (BRIN). The reef fish data were collected using the underwater visual census method, from 321 belt transects on 24 locations (districts) across the archipelago. The results show that coral reef fish diversity of the Pacific region was the highest across the archipelago for all three trophic levels, i.e., corallivore, herbivore, and carnivore fish. The Pacific Ocean region also had the highest fish abundance for the three trophic levels. Comparison among locations revealed that the best ten locations in reef fish diversity and abundance were Sabang, Mentawai, Makassar, Selayar, Buton, Luwuk, Ternate, Raja Ampat, Biak, and Wakatobi. Wakatobi reefs showed their supremacy in carnivore fish diversity and abundance, while Biak reefs were the best in herbivore fish. The abundance of corallivore fish was also considerably high in Sabang reefs, but it is still lower than in Raja Ampat, Biak, and Wakatobi reefs. These results provide empirical evidence that the coral reefs of Wakatobi and Biak are the hottest hotspots of coral reef fish diversity and abundance in the Indonesian Archipelago.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.441-458
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• 2023

Tropical cyclones frequently occur in the Southwest Pacific Ocean and are considered one of the driving forces for coastal alterations. Therefore, this study investigates the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclonesfrom 2000 to 2021 and their influence on the surface winds and wave conditions around the atoll nation Tuvalu. Cyclone best-track and ERA5 single-level reanalysis data are utilized to analyze the condition of the surface winds, significant wave heights, mean wave direction, and mean wave period. Additionally, the scatterometer-derived wind information was employed to compare wind conditions with the ERA5 data. On average, nine cyclones per year originated here, and the frequency increased to 11 cyclones during the last three years while the intensity decreased by 25 m/s (maximum sustained wind speed). Besides, a total of 14 cyclones were observed around Tuvalu during the period from 2015 to 2021, which showed an increase of 3 cyclones compared to the preceding period of 2001 to 2007. During cyclones, the significant wave height reached the highest 4.8 m near Tuvalu, and the waves propagated in the east-southeast direction during most of the cyclone events (52%). In addition, prolonged swells with a mean wave period of 7 to 11 seconds were generated in the vicinity of Tuvalu, for which coastal alteration can occur. After this preliminary analysis, it was found that the waves generated by cyclones have a crucial impact in altering the coastal area of Tuvalu. In the future, remotely sensed high-resolution satellite data with this wave information will be used to find out the degree of alterations that happened in the coastal area of Tuvalu before and after the cyclone events.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.236-247
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• 2011

지구온난화로 인한 북서태평양 및 한반도 근해의 미래 해수면 상승을 IPCC AR4 기후 예측모델들의 결과를 이용하여 조사하였다. 본 연구에서는 대부분의 기후모델에서 제시하지 않은 지역적인 열팽창에 의한 해수면 상승을 3차원 수온과 염분 자료를 이용한 역학고도의 계산을 통해 분석하였다. 해수면 자료의 분석결과, 열팽창을 고려한 북서태평양 및 한반도 근해의 해수면 상승률은 전 지구 평균보다 최대 두 배까지 높게 나타났다. 특히, 쿠로시오 확장지역에서 가장 높은 해수면 상승 경향을 보였다. 열팽창을 고려한 A1B 시나리오에 의한 MPI_ECHAM5와 GFDL_CM2.1 모델 결과에서는 향후 100년 동안 북서태평양에서 각각 24 cm와 28 cm 그리고 한반도 근해에서 27 cm와 31 cm의 해수면이 상승하는 것으로 예측되었다. 통계분석 결과, 이러한 해수면 상승은 겨울철 시베리아 고기압의 약화와 북서태평양 해역의 기압장 변화 그리고 이로 인한 바람장 및 해류의 변화로 발생한 수온변화가 그 원인으로 분석된다. 특히, 쿠로시오 확장지역의 북상에 따른 수온 변화가 북서태평양에서 가장 큰 해수면 상승을 유발한 것으로 사료된다.