• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.293-303
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• 2006

The topography of the sea floor and textural characteristics of surface sediments are documented in areas off sectors 1,2, and 4 of the Saemangeum dyke and inside the dyke. These were investigated during the years 2002 to 2005, when the dyke construction almost came to an end, and were compared with natural topographic analogs before the dyke construction from the maritime maps of 1982 and 1994. Along and across the dyke are a number of erosional troughs formed by intensified currents during the dyke construction. The sea floor off sector 4 has undergone gradual accumulation of sands moving from the north by currents varying in direction from normal to parallel to the dyke. This is in a strong contrast with a slight erosional environment prevailing over the sea floor before dyke construction. off sectors 1 and 2, a topography with an alterative pattern of erosional troughs and sand shoals develops normal to the dyke. Eroded materials from the troughs seem to have added to the sand shoals. As a result, the troughs, former natural tidal channels, have become increasingly deeper, whereas the sand shoals have become somewhat shallower. The sea floor inside the dyke has also been remarkably shallower with expanding tidal flats due to trapping by the dyke of continuous sediment input from the Dongjin and Mangyeong rivers. Sands, all of which are considered to have originated originally from the two rivers, dominate the entire Saemangeum area.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.409-431
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• 2014

In this study, the characteristics in the simulation of high-resolution coastal weather, i.e. sea surface wind (SSW) and significant wave height (SWH), were studied in a southeastern coastal region of Korea using the WRF and SWAN models. This analyses was performed based on the effects of various input factors in the WRF and SWAN model during M-Case (moderate days with average 1.8 m SWH and $8.4ms^{-1}$ SSW) and R-Case (rough days with average 3.4 m SWH and $13.0ms^{-1}$ SSW) according to the strength of SSW and SWH. The effects of topography (TP), land cover (LC), and sea surface temperature (SST) for the simulation of SSW with the WRF model were somewhat high on v-component winds along the coastline and the adjacent sea of a more detailed grid simulation (333 m) during R-Case. The LC effect was apparent in all grid simulations during both cases regardless of the strength of SSW, whereas the TP effect had shown a difference (decrease or increase) of wind speed according to the strength of SSW (M-Case or R-Case). In addition, the effects of monthly mean currents (CR) and deepwater design waves (DW) for the simulation of SWH with the SWAN model predicted good agreement with observed SWH during R-Case compared to the M-Case. For example, the effects of CR and DW contributed to the increase of SWH during R-Case regardless of grid resolution, whereas the differences (decrease or increase) of SWH occurred according to each effect (CR or DW) during M-Case.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.209-214
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• 2006

The East Sea Branch (ESB) of KORDI will be launched in 2008. She will take a role of monitoring the sea surface topography and temperature by satellites, short- and long-term sea levels by tide gauges, coastal currents and open-sea circulation by setting up coastal radars and mooring current-meters and acoustic equipments, as well as monitoring nearshore processes, coastal erosion and water pollution. A basic program of coastal zone management will help ocean-policy makers to set up right decisions based upon scientific background of the regional data in the East Sea. Networking among the neighboring countries around the sea will supply more useful information not only for experts but also for ordinary vacationers or fishermen. In order for this program to be successfully settled down during the next decade, it is necessary for a leader to have the right vision to attract more experts from global brain pools and to manage the ESB as a leading-edge observatory in the world. Details about this leading-edge operational program are introduced in the text.

• 한국해안해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해안해양공학회 2002년도 한국해안해양공학발표논문집 Proceedings of Coastal and Ocean Engineering in Korea
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• pp.162-176
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• 2002

태음-태양-지구 체계의 상호인력에 의해 발생하는 해양조석은 해수면의 주기적인 승강운동으로서 고체 지구상에서는 지구의 응력 및 중력장의 교란을 야기하는 변동하중을 의미한다. 해양조석에 대한 연구는 심해 및 천해역에서 정확한 조석예보를 위해서 뿐만 아니라 신뢰성 있는 해면변위(sea surface topography)를 추정하기 위해 중요하다. (중략)

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.1190-1194
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• 2001

TOPEX/POSEIDON(T/P) 위성의 7년 간 고도계자료를 사용하여 동북아시아지역에서의 해수면 순환과 해수면 변화에 대하여 연구하였다. 헌장 조위자료와 고도계자료간의 비교에서, 고도계에 포함되어 있는 60일의 tidal aliasing(M$_2$ 및 S$_2$의 해양조석 성분)의 영향을 제거한 후 순수 해수면 성분을 구하였다. 해수면 변동을 보면 쿠로시오 해류가 사행을 하면서 강하게 흘러가는 일본 동남부해역에서 뚜렷한 와류의 형성과 함께 높은 해수면 변화 값을 보였다. 이것은 쿠로시오의 확장과 해저지형의 영향과 기인하다. 평균해수면은 황해 및 동해에 비해서 북태평양해역에서 높게 나타났다.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제9권1_2호
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• pp.10-18
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• 1974

The cold water mass around the southeast coast of the Korean Peninsula is analyzed by using CSK data from 1966 through 1970. It is shown that this water mass flows down from the region offshore of Jukbyun to the area of Youngil Bay along the 100meter contour line of bottom topography. In ordinary summer conditions when the current velocity in the Korea Strait is usually above about 50cm/sec and the wind direction is southwest, the cold water ascends to the surface and makes the surface temperature gradient large, unless disturbed by a tropical cyclon. The bottom water of the Korea Strait is formed by the stratification after the Tsushima intermediate water and the Japan Sea intermediate water have been mixed. In winter the Tsushima intermediate water with high salinity sinks rapidly around the inlet of the Japan Sea and prevents the Japan Sea intemediate water from entering the Korea Strait.

• 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.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume II
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• pp.692-694
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• 2006

X-SAR images taken on the coastal waters of Hwanghe province in Korea during SIR-C/X-SAR campaign in April and October 1994 are analysed. The SAR images show the peculiar signatures like nail marks, curved long string, and vortex streets patterns and they all seem to be produced by strong interactions between the topography in the coastal waters and tidal currents. The nail mark signatures are located at the same position of small scaled sand banks and the curved line patterns are almost identical to the outer boundary of large sand banks. Based on the tidal record, all the three images are taken at the almost same phase of tidal cycles, which are close to the low tide. It seems that bottom shapes are more strongly appeared on the SAR images when the tidal currents are slow. The front between two different current velocities caused by the flows along the steep boundaries of sandbanks is also the main factors imprinting the bottom features to the sea surface SAR images

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.415-419
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• 2006

X-SAR images taken on the coastal waters of Hwanghe province in Korea during SIR-C/X-SAR campaign in April and October 1994 are analysed. The SAR images show the peculiar signatures like nail marks, curved long string, and vortex street patterns and they all seem to be produced by strong interactions between the topography in the coastal waters and tidal currents. The nail mark signatures are located at the same position of small scaled sand banks and the curved line patterns are almost identical to the outer boundary of large sand banks. Based on the tidal records, all the three images are taken at the almost same phase of tidal cycles, which are close to the low tide. It seems that bottom shapes are more strongly appeared on the SAR images when the tidal currents are slow. The front between two different current velocities caused by the flows along the steep boundaries of sandbanks is also the main factors imprinting the bottom features to the sea surface SAR images.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1978

지층 속에 남아 있는 퇴적구조는 퇴적환경을 추정하는 중요한 지표가 된다. 암상이나 화석과는 달리 퇴적구조는 퇴적 현장에서 형성되고 외부로부터 전입될 수는 없기 때문이다. 퇴적구조는 기존 암석이나 퇴적층이 잘 노출되어 있는 노두에서는 쉽사리 연구될 수 있으나 지표면하에 존재하는 퇴적층 구조는 직접적인 방법으로서는 시추에 의해서만 연구될 수 있다. 그러나 지하층을 시추하기에는 시간적 경제적으로 많은 부담이 따르기 때문에 개략조사의 단계에서는 바람직하지 못하다. 탄성파 탐사 방법이 발전됨에 따라 비교적 장파장을 사용하여 얕은 지하층을 탐사할 때 대체적인 지층구조를 파악할 수가 있게 되었다. 이는 각 퇴적층이 Acoustic Impedance를 달리하기 때문에 나타나는 결과이다. 분해능이 50cm정도의 탄성파를 이용한 탄성파 탐사에서 얻어진 탄성파 반사 기록은 이 분해능 범위보다 큰 규모의 해저지층구조를 어느 정도 잘 반영해 준다.