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Variations of Sea Level and Sea Surface Temperature in Korean Seas by Topex/Poseidon and NOAA

  • Yoon, Hong-Joo;Kang, Heung-Soon;Lee, Bong-Sic;Jeong, Young-Deok
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.880-883
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    • 2006
  • Altimeter(Topex/Poseidon) and AVHRR(NOAA) data were used to study the variations and correlations of Sea Level(SL) and Sea Surface Temperature (SST) in the North East Asian Seas from November 1993 to May 1998. This region is influenced simultaneously to continental and oceanic climate as the border of the East Sea(Japan Sea). SL and SST have increased gradually every year because the global warming, and presented usually a strong annual variations in Kuroshio extension region with the influence of bottom topography.

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Study on Thin Sea Ice Thickness using Passive Microwave Brightness Temperature

  • Naoki, Kazuhiro;Ukita, Jinro;Nishio, Fumihiko
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.1015-1018
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    • 2006
  • The use of passive microwave data for estimating sea-ice thickness is limited by strong dependence of emissivity on near-surface brine. However, this particular characteristic becomes a basis for an algorithm to estimate thickness of thin sea-ice if a thickness-salinity-emissivity relationship is established. This study aims at developing an algorithm to estimate sea ice thickness on the basis of this relationship. In order to establish a thickness-salinity-emissivity relationship, we have conducted multi-platform synchronous observations in the Sea of Okhotsk. We note a positive relationship between thickness and brightness temperature. From observations, we also establish an empirical relationship between salinity and emissivity, thus between thickness and brightness temperature. The derived relationship is qualitatively similar to the one based on Hoekstra and Cappillino's formulation. Our results suggest that for thin sea-ice in the winter period there is potential to develop an algorithm to estimate sea-ice thickness.

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A Study on the Characteristics of the Sea Ship and the River Ship′s Hull Form in the Chosun Period of Korea (조선시대 해선과 강선의 선형특성)

  • Choi, Byung-Moon
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.41 no.6
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    • pp.102-113
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    • 2004
  • A name of 'Sea Ship' and 'River Ship' had been used based on the comprehension for the difference of ship's hull form in Chosun period. We can find a number of literature describing the situation which transferred the cargo from Sea Ship to River Ship because Sea Ship could not go upstream in the river of which the current is fast and the water depth is low. The reason why Sea Ship could not go upstream was that the bottom of Sea Ship was narrow, it means the non-flat bottom. Generally Sea Ship had short length, wide breadth, so L/B of 2.2∼3.0, and high draft and depth. River Ship has long length, narrow breadth, so L/B of 5.0∼6.3, and low draft and the flat bottom in order to adapt to the low water depth of the river.

Dynamic-Thermodynamic Sea Ice Model: Application to Climate Study and Navigation

  • Makshtas, Alexander;Shoutilin, Serger V.;Marchenko, Alexey V.;Bekryaev, Roman V.
    • Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.20-28
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    • 2004
  • A dynamic-thermodynamic sea ice model with 50-km spatial and 24-hour temporal resolution is used to investigate the spatial and long-term temporal variability of the sea ice cover the Arctic Basin. The model satisfactorily reproduces the averaged main characteristics of the sea ice and the sea ice extent in the Arctic Basin and its decrease in early 1990th. At times model allows to suppose partial recovery of sea ice cover in the last years of twenty century. The employment of explicit form for description of ridging gives opportunity to assume that the observed thinning is the result of reduction the intensity of ridging processes and to estimate long-term variability of probability the ridge free navigation in the different parts of the Arctic Ocean including the North Sea Route area.

A Newly Recorded Sea Star (Asteroidea: Forcipulatida: Asteriidae) from the East Sea, Korea

  • Lee, Taek-Jun;Shin, Sook
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.180-182
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    • 2011
  • Sea stars were collected with fishing nets between depths of 40-150 m from the Gangwon-do coastal region, East Sea. Specimens were identified as Evasterias echinosoma Fisher, 1926 belonging to the family Asteriidae, which is new to the Korean fauna. This species was characterized by strong external spines and a general size of more than 200 mm, thus the largest sea star identified in Korea to date. Its morphological characteristics are described here with photos. Thirty two asteroid species including E. echinosoma have been reported from the East Sea of Korea.

Sea Water Resistance of the Concrte Deteriorated by Repeat of Immersing and Drying in Sea Water (해수의 건습반복 촉진열화에 따른 콘크리트의 내해수성)

  • 박춘근;김병권;최재웅;고만기
    • Proceedings of the Korea Concrete Institute Conference
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.307-312
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    • 1997
  • The sea water resistance of cement and concrete must be compared when it used for construction in the ocean. The sea water resistance of the concrete specimens using three types of cements such as ordinary Portland cement, sulfate resistance Portland cement, blastfurnace slag cement were studied. In this study, an accelerated test for access sea water resistance by subjecting the concrete specimens to repeated cycles of concentrated sea water immersion and hot wind drying was employed. This study proved that sulfate resistance Portland cement had higher resistance for sea water.

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Trend of Sea Level Change Along the Coast of Korean Peninsula

  • An Byoung Woong;Kang Hyo Jin
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.32 no.6
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    • pp.803-808
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    • 1999
  • Trend of sea level change has been analysed by using the tidal data gathered at the 12 tide stations along the coast of Korean peninsula. Analysis and prediction of the sea level change were performed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA). For the period of 20 years from 1976 to 1995, the trend generally shows a rising pattern such as 0.22 cm/yr, 0.29 cm/yr, and 0.59 cm/yr along the eastern, southern, and western coast of Korea, respectively. On the average the sea level around the Korean peninsula seems to be rising at a rate of 0.37 cm/yr. Adopting the average rate to the sea level prediction model proposed by EPA (Titus and Narrayanan, 1995), the sea level may be approximately 50$\~$60 cm higher than the present sea level by the end of the next century.

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Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Master Plan of Tonkin Gulf Coastal Economic Belt Development: Lesson Learnt

  • Le, Trinh
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.18 no.6
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    • pp.419-427
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    • 2009
  • Methodology and application of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for policies, plans, and programs are still new approach in Vietnam. With a support from Vietnam-Swedish Project (SEMLA) and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE), SEA for the Tonkin Gulf Coastal Economic Belt Development Plan was conducted in 2008. Lessons obtained from this SEA may contribute to improving methods and practicing SEAs for regional development. The main lessons summarized in this paper are: (i) close cooperation between the planning and environmental teams from the beginning phase of a master plan; (ii) SEA should focus not only on impacts to the natural environment but also on main issues of socio-economic aspects; (iii) approaches and methods used in SEA should be appropriate to properly predict the impacts at regional-levels and cumulative impacts; (iv) a good SEA study may be achieved when detailed data on the environment and socio-economy of the study area are available and have active engagement of stakeholders, including project affected sectors, ecologists, planners, policy makers, etc. This paper is useful for whom, those work in SEA in regional development.

COMPARISON OF ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION ALGORITHMS FOR DERIVING SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE AROUND THE KOREAN SEA AREA USING NOAA/AVHRR DATA

  • Yoon, Suk;Ahn, Yu-Hwan;Ryu, Joo-Hyung;Won, Joong-Sun
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.518-521
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    • 2007
  • To retrieve Sea Surface Temperature(SST) from NOAA-AVHRR imagery the spilt window atmospheric correction algorithm is generally used. Recently, there have been various new algorithms developed to process these data, namely the variable-coefficient split-window, the R54 transmittance-ratio method, fixed-coefficient nonlinear algorithm, dynamic water vapour (DWV) correction method, Dynamic Water Vapour and Temperature algorithm (DWVT). We used MCSST (Multi-Channel Sea surface temperature) and NLSST(Non linear sea surface temperature) algorithms in this study. The study area is around the Korea sea area (Yellow Sea). We compared and analyzed with various methods by applying each Ocean in-situ data and satellite data. The primary aim of study is to verify and optimize algorithms. Finally, this study proposes an optimized algorithm for SST retrieval.

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Phamalogical effect and component of sea buckthorn(Hippophae rhamnoides L.) (비타민나무의 약리 효과 및 구성 성분)

  • Kim, Ju-Sung;Yu, Chang-Yeon;Kim, Myong-Jo
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.47-56
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    • 2010
  • Sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides L.) is deciduous shrubs in the genus Hippophae, mainly cultivated in Europe and Asia. Sea buckthorn berries have a high vitamin C, vitamin E, carotenoids, carbohydrates, protein, organic acids, dietary minerals, triterpenoids, polyphenolic acids and amino acids. Extracts of sea buckthorn berries have anti- obesity, anti-oxidantive, anti-microbial, anti-ulcerogenic, anti-diabetic and nutritional effects. Sea buckthorn used as a traditional medicine for the treatment of cough, aid digestion, invigorate blood circulation and alleviate pain. Extracts of sea buckthorn branches and leaves was administered to humans and animals to treat gastrointestinal distress in Mongolia. This paper briefly reviews the most relevant experimental data on the pharmacological effects and isolated component of sea buckthorn. And, we also describe the importance of sea buckthorn as the environmental-friendly crops.