• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.714-724
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• 2005

The East Sea, a semi-enclosed marginal sea with shallow straits in the northwest Pacific, is marked by the nearly geographic isolation and the low sea surface salinity during the last glacial maximum (LGM). The East Sea might have the only connection to the open ocean through the Korea Strait with a sill depth of 130 m, allowing the paleo-Tsushima Water to enter the sea during the LGM. The low paleosalinity associated with abnormally light $\delta^{18}O$ values of planktonic foraminifera is interpreted to have resulted from river discharge and precipitation. Nevertheless, two LGM features in the East Sea are disputable. This study attempts to estimate volume transport of the paleo-Tsushima Water via the Korea Strait and further examines its effect on the low sea surface salinity (SSS) during the lowest sea level of the LGM. The East Sea was not completely isolated, but partially linked to the northern East China Sea through the Korea Strait during the LGM. The volume transport of the paleo-Tsushima Water during the LGM is calculated approximately$(0.5\~2.1)\times10^{12}m^3/yr$ on the basis of the selected seismic reflection profiles along with bathymetry and current data. The annual influx of the paleo-Tsushima Water is low, compared to the 100 m-thick surface water volume $(about\;79.75\times10^{12}m^3)$ in the East Sea. The paleo-Tsushima Water influx might have changed the surface water properties within a geologically short time, potentially decreasing sea surface salinity. However, the effect of volume transport on the low sea surface salinity essentially depends on freshwater amounts within the paleo-Tsushima Water and excessive evaporation during the glacial lowstands of sea level. Even though the paleo-Tsushima Water is assumed to have been entirely freshwater at that time period, it would annually reduce only about 1‰ of salinity in the surface water of the East Sea. Thus, the paleo-Tsushima Water influx itself might not be large enough to significantly reduce the paleosalinity of about 100 m-thick surface layer during the LGM. This further suggests contribution of additional river discharges from nearby fluvial systems (e.g. the Amur River) to freshen the surface water.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2002

Seasonal and interannual variation of volume transport through the La-Perouse Strait were estimated using the difference of sea level observed at Krillion of Sakhalin, Russia, and Wakkanai of Hokkaido, Japan, during the period of 1975-1988. Historical sea level measurements between Russian and Japanese tide gauge data were normalized using an independent direct volume transport measurement. Volume transport from the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the Sea of Okhotsk varied from -0.01 to 1.18 Sv with an annual mean value of 0.61 Sv. Monthly water transport rates showed a unimodal distribution with its maximum occurring in summer (August) and minimum in winter (December-February). The annual mean volume transport varied from 0.2 to 0.8 Sv during the period of 1975-1988 with the maximum variance of 0.6 Sv.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.197-203
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• 2008

부산 신항과 낙동강 하구역의 접점인 연결잔교를 통해 소통되는 해수수송 특성을 파악하기 위해 수치모형실험을 통해 대상해역의 해수유동장을 재현하고 연결잔교 주변의 해저수심변화를 가지는 3가지 시나리오를 설정하여 각 시나리오별 연결잔교부를 통한 해수소통 변화를 예측하였다. 수치모의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 신항만 지역에 항내매몰로 수심이 저감된 경우(수심 10 m 가정)에는 약 $0.7{\sim}18.4%$ 해수소통량이 저감되었다. 2) 해수소통을 위해 낙동강 하구역 지역에 수로준설(수심 5 m 가정)을 할 경우 약 $3.5{\sim}21.9%$의 해수소통량이 증가하였다.

• 물과 미래
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.239-248
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• 1986

Monthly wind stress, wind stress curl and volume transport stream functions are computed in the Eastern Sea(Japan Sea) based upon observed wind and atmospheric pressure data respectively. The presented two results show different distributios on locality and season but as common features the results reveal the northwesterly surface wind stress \ulcorner 새 the monsoon in winter, south to southwesterly wind stress \ulcorner 새 the southerly wind in summer and strond anticyclonic curl in the northern part on the Eastern Sea(Japan Sea) in winter. In the distributions obtained from the sea level atmospheric pressure data, the maximum value of the wind stress and of curls of small scales are shown off the southeast coast of Siberia and northeast coast of Korea. Volume transport distributions obtained from the Sverdrup relationship suggest that the strong northward boundary current can be formed along the northeast coast of Korea in winter and weak southward boundary current in summer.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.87-100
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• 2003

The monthly observations of hydrography in the Cheju Strait from September 1995 to June 1998 show that the Cheju Strait is occupied mostly by Tsushima Current Water in winter and coastal waters in summer. In summer, the Yangtze Coastal Water appears in the upper layer and cold water in the lower layer. Especially, the Yellow Sea Bottom Cold Water appears in August 1997, and the clockwise flow of warm water along the northwestern coasts of Cheju Island is disturbed by an eastward expansion of the cold water from the northwest. The cold water expansion seems to be partly associated with strong southeasterly winds. Current measurements in the Cheju Strait suggest that there exists steady eastward barotropic component of about 5 cm/sec, which corresponds to 0.2 Sv barotropic transport in the Cheju Strait. Geostropic transport (baroclinic component) ranges from 0.1 Sv in winter to 0.4 Sv in summer. By adding the barotrophic component of 0.2 Sv, the total transport varies from 0.3 Sv to 0.6 Sv, which is consistent with previous estimations. The transport increase in summer seems to be caused by the expansion of coastal water to the Cheju Strait.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.161-169
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• 2000

A seasonal circulation in the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea and its possible cause have been studied with CSK data during 1965-1989. Water mass distributions are clear in winter, but not in summer because the upper layer waters are quite influenced by atmosphere. To solve the problem, a water mass analysis by mixing ratio is used for the lower layer waters. The results show that the distribution of Tsushima Warm Current Water expands to the Yellow Sea in winter and retreats to the East China Sea in summer. It means that there is a very slow seasonal circulation between the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea: Tsushima Warm Current Water flows into the Yellow Sea in winter and coastal water flows out of the Yellow Sea in summer. By the circulation, the front between Tsushima Warm Current Water and coastal water moves toward the shelf break in summer so that the flow is faster in the deeper region. The process eventually makes the transport in the Korea Strait increase. The Kuroshio does not seem to influence the process. A possible mechanism of the process is the seasonal change of sea surface slope due to different local effects of surface heating and diluting between the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.97-108
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• 2004

최근 들어 도서지역이나 해안지역의 제한된 수자원을 보다 효과적으로 사용하기 위하여 지하댐을 이용한 지하수자원 개발 방안이 제시되고 있다. 그러나 해안선에 인접한 지하댐의 경우 과도한 지하수 양수는 대수층의 지하수위를 저하시켜 결국 염수침입이라는 심각한 문제를 발생시키게 된다. 염수침입은 대수층의 지하수위 하강에 기인하므로 본 연구에서는 지하댐 하류에 함양정(Recharging well)을 설치하여 대수층의 지하수위를 상승시킴에 따른 염수침입 저감효과를 분석하였다. 이 방안을 쌍천유역에 적용하였으며, 이를 위해 염분의 이송ㆍ확산을 분석할 수 있는 SUTRA(Saturated-Unsaturated Transport) 수치모형을 적용하였다. 그 결과 지하댐 하류지역에 대한 함양기법이 양수정 염분 저하에 매우 효율적인 방법임이 증명되었고, 염해저감을 위한 함양정 운영시 차수벽으로부터 40∼60m거리에 함양정을 설치하고 함양률을 총 양수량의 6∼7％정도로 하여 운영을 할 때 가장 효율적으로 염해를 저감시킬 수 있다는 결론을 얻을 수 있었다.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.12-18
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• 1982

여수반도의 남단과 돌산도에 의해 둘러싸인 가막만은 면적 112$\textrm{km}^2$, 용적 7.09 $10^{8}$㎥, 남북방향의 길이 약 15km, 평균수심 약 6.3mdls 천해이다. 대조차는 약 3m이며 만내해수는 조류에 의하여 2개의 수로를 통해 외해수와 교류 교환된다. 밀물 때 만의 북쪽에 있는 여수항수로와 남쪽의 만구를 통하여 서로 다른 방향으로 유입된 해수는 만내에서 만나고, 썰물 때 다시 이들 만구를 통하여 유출한다. 이 해역은 여수항에 인접한 굴 주산지로서 생산성이 매우 높은 곳이며 도시 및 산업폐수가 날로 늘어날 것으로 예상되는 곳이다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.862-875
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• 1996

The CTD data observed in the sea northwest of Cheju Island have been analyzed to figure out the seasonal circulation around Cheju Island. Warm and saline waters flow into the Yellow Sea through the middle region of the Yellow Sea in winter and along the west coast of Korean Peninsula in summer. On the other hand, cold and less saline waters flow out of the Yellow Sea through the middle region in summer and along the west coast of Korean Peninsula in winter. These flows make the seasonal circulation around Cheju Island. As dynamics, the monsoon wind and the variation of Kuroshio transport have been suggested. Comparing the observational result, the circulation driven by the variation of Kuroshio transport is strengthened by monsoon winds in the numerical model.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.303-314
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• 2003

The initiation of Cochlodinium polykrikoides blooming in the South Sea of Korea occurs in the sea near Naro-Do in late August. In this paper, the relationships of this annual occurrence with the environmental conditions are presented. In early summer, the winds in the sea near Naro-Do are southwesterly and the upwelling occurs in the near-shore area. The favorable winds to the upwelling are relaxed in August and the downwelling favorable northeasterly winds set in around late August. The change of wind direction causes the onshore transport of warm-and-fresh off-shore water into the sea near Naro-Do and a front between near-shore water and off·shore water is formed. Along the front, downwelling occurs and the environmental conditions for the diatom become unfavorable. When the typhoon and storm bring well-mixed East China Sea water into the sea near Naro-Do in September, the conditions for the dinoflagellates become unfavorable and blooming of C. polykrikoides disappears.