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An Analysis of SEASAT Altimeter Measurements over the East China Sea (동지나해(東支那海)의 SEASAT 위성(衛星) 고도계(高度計) 자료분석(資料分析))

  • Choi, Byung Ho
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.85-93
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    • 1985
  • An initial attempt was made to investigate sea surface topography in the East China Sea using the SEASAT-A altimeter data. Over the study area for the two major typhoon surges generated during the SEASAT mission, space and time variability of the shallow water tides, meteorological effects and earth tides were removed from the altimetric measurements using the systematic procedures which include the two-dimensional sea model of the East China Sea. The analysis of ten flights over the ground track for the typhoon periods were presented and discussions were made for further studies. This initial study has been undertaken in association with the programme of establishment of systematic altimeter data reduction system for the study of shelf dynamics in the East China Sea.

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Numerical Simulation for Behavior of Tidal Elevation and Tidal Currents in the South Sea (남해안의 조위 및 조류거동 수치모의)

  • Kwon, Seok-Jae;Kang, Tae-Soon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.253-265
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    • 2007
  • This study applied the previous results of the NAO model, a tidal correction model, to the open boundary condition for the behavior of tidal elevation and tidal currents in the South Sea. This study used the EFDC model considering the wetting and drying problem and using the $\sigma-coordinate$ as a vertical coordinate and generated two mesh cases of the constant grid size of 2.0 km and the variable grid size of $0.5\sim2.0km$. The numerical results for the tides showed that the predicted results were in quite good agreements with the observational data acquired from the tidal stations of the NORI. The predicted tides were observed to propagate from the east area to the west area in the South Sea. The verification results reveal that the numerical results are more correlated with the measured tidal data as the grid size decreases. The grid size of 2 km results in proper simulation of tidal currents in wide waterway and offshore area whereas the numerical results from the grid size of 0.5 km tend to somewhat underestimate the tidal currents affected by narrow waterway and topography in inner-bay.

Numerical Modeling of Ebb-Dominant Tidal Flow in the Mokpo Coastal Zone (목포해역 낙조류 우세현상의 수치모의)

  • Jung, Tae-Sung;Choi, Jong-Hwa
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.333-343
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    • 2010
  • In Mokpo coastal zone, the characteristics showing ebb-dominant tidal flow was confirmed by analysis of observed tide and tidal currents, Physical factors occurring ebb-dominant flow were reviewed. Influence of critical depth for drying, bottom shear stress, coastal reclamation, tidal amplitude, nonlinear tide, and eddy viscosity on the change of ebb-dominant flow was investigated by applying a two-dimensional circulation model. The simulation results for a variety of conditions showed that eddy viscosity and critical depth for drying does little or no impact on the generation of asymmetric flow. Strong bottom friction stress makes ebb-dominant flow clearly. Change of tidal flat into land swells ebb- dominant flow, and change of tidal flat into sea disappears ebb-dominant flow. Nonlinear tides play a decisive role in the generation of asymmetrical tidal flow. Non-linear tides should be included in the open boundary conditions of hydrodynamic modeling in the Mokpo coastal zone.

Evaluation of the Effects of the Inland Pollution Sources after Rainfall Events on the Bacteriological Water Quality in Narodo Area, Korea (강우 발생에 따른 육상오염원이 나로도 해역의 세균학적 수질에 미치는 영향 평가)

  • Park, Kunbawui;Jo, Mi Ra;Kim, Yeon Kye;Lee, Hee Jung;Kwon, Ji Young;Son, Kwang Tae;Lee, Tae Seek
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.45 no.5
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    • pp.414-422
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    • 2012
  • This study evaluated the effect of the inland pollution sources on the bacteriological water quality in Narodo area after rainfall events. Following 16 mm of rainfall, the water discharged from Dohwa Stream and contaminants from Balpo village had a very limited effect on bacteriological water quality in adjacent area and the affected area did not extend to the designated area. In comparion, after 33 mm of rainfall, the density of fecal coliforms at stations located in the mouth of Dohwa stream and the discharg point of contamination sources located in Balpo village were lower than after 16 mm of rainfall. These results were obtained during an extreme high tide near the coast the contaminants discharged from Dohwa stream and Balpo village. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a detailed survey to examine the dffects of tides on the diffusion characteristics of the contaminants discharged from Dohwa stream and Balpo village in order to manage of Narodo area efficiently.

The Origin of Coastal Dunesand in the Chungcheongnam-do (해안사구의 물질 구설과 플라이스토세층 - 충청남도의 해안을 중심으로 -)

  • 강대균
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.505-517
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this paper is to examine the origin of materials of sanddune in the Chungcheongnamdo. The sands consist mainly of quartz with lesser amount of feldspar and other heavy minerals. With the exception of those from the granite, the sands have a very fine texture. Another characteristic of the sand grains is the low degrees of roundness and grading which indicates that the source areas of the material are not far from the accumulating field. The rivers and streams of this region are not effective in transporting sediments for the coastal dunes. It has been recognized that the beaches and sanddunes have recently been receded as a result of the decrease in materials and the devastating actions of the breakers. The degradation process occurs most actively when the spring tides attack the beaches and foredunes. There are strata with red tint along the coastal areas of the Chungcheongnamdo which trace their origin back to the Pleistocene. From the fact that they contain little or no gravels, the strata are believed to have been the sanddunes during the last interglacial period. This fossil dunes provide part of the materials for the development of the present-day sanddunes along the coastal areas of the region.

Molecular Phylogeny of Phytoplakton Isolated from Red Tides in Southern Coast of Korea (국내 남해안에 발생한 적조원인생물들의 24S rRNA 유전자 염기서열분석)

  • Lee, Soo-Woong;Lee, Hee-Woo;Park, Jong-Gyu;Lee, Jin-Ae;Park, Young-Shik
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.90-93
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    • 1998
  • Cultured isolates of Prorocentrum minimum, P. micans, P. triestinum, P. balticum, Gymnodinium sanguineum, Alexandrium catenella, Scrippsiella trochoidea, and Heterosigma akashiwo from red tides in southern coast of Korea were phylogenetically compared on the basis of their 24S rRNA genes. For each isolate approximately 700 bp of 24S rDNA, encompassing D1 and D2 hypervariable domains, was amplified using the polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. The sequences were aligned with those reported in Genbank by using ClustalW program and phylogenetic tree was generated to show that morphospecies designations in the Alexandrium and Prorocentrum species are congruent with terminal taxa defined by phylogenetic analysis of the 24S rRNA fragment. Our results suggest that the molecular phylogeny approach could facilitate identification of domestic dinoflagellates which have ambiguous morphologies.

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Tidal Currents In The Channel Near Incheon Harbour (인천항부근 수로의 조류)

  • Bong, Jong Hon
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.29-34
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    • 1978
  • Simultaneous tidal current observation at five or seven stations on the channel near Incheon Habour was conducted at neap, mean and spring tides during the period of August 16 to August 27, 1976 and the characteristic of tidal currents with each tide was studied by the analysis of these data. Times of slack refer to the times of high and low waters at neap, mean and spring tides seem to be small. Times of maximum current refer to the times of high and low waters at the mean tide tends to appear earlier than that of the neap tide and later than that of the spring tide. The velocity ratio of maximum ebb current to maximum flood current at the mean tide has larger value than that of neap tide and has smaller value than that of spring tide. The current velocity ratio of spring tide to neap tide and to mean tide are approximately 1.8 and 1.3, respectively.

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Modeling of Tides in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea using Dynamically Interfaced Nested Tidal Model (둥지형 동적결합 조석 모형을 이용한 황해 및 동중국해의 조석모형)

  • Choi, Byung-Ho;Hong, Sung-Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.243-258
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    • 2005
  • A fully-nonlinear two-dimensional dynamically interfaced nested tidal model has been developed with improved efficiency, usability, relocatability and also adopting different time steps for economizing computational times, which is based on two-dimensional tidal model of Choi(1990) with resolution of $1/15^{\circ}$ inlatitude by $1/12^{\circ}$ in longitude covering the whole Yellow and East China Seas continental shelf. To illustrate the validity and applicability of the present model, numerical model experiment was carried out for tidal distribution in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea emphasizing the Saemangeum area with enhanced grid system. The results from comparison with observed value showed that the present model gives reasonable agreement. The present modeling system is a relocatable tide forecasting system designed to predict tides at any location within the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea continental shelf sea.

Numerical Modeling of Changes in Tides and Tidal Currents Caused by Embankment at Chonsu Bay (천수만 방조제 건설로 인한 조석현상 변화)

  • 소재귀;정경태;채장원
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.151-164
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    • 1998
  • Changes in tides and tidal currents in Chonsu Bay caused by the construction of Seosan A and B reclamation regions have been investigated using a depth-integrated two-dimensional tidal model. Three water level recorders were deployed for about one month and used for the specification of the open boundary condition. The computed currents were found to be in a good agreement with the measurements at two stations within Chonsu Bay. Comparison of the absolute velocities computed with the conditions before and after the embankment clearly shows that the reduction in tidal current amplitude is evident throughout the bay and the magnitude of the reduction increases to the north. Calculation shows that the embankment has advanced the time of drying at the northern part of the bay by about 51 minutes and has increased the exposure time by about 23 minutes. The high water time has advanced by about 1 hour, lowering the high water level by about 15 cm.

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Computational Procedure for Sea Subface Topography of East Asian Marginal Seas using Geosat Altimeter Data (Geosat 고도계자료를 이용한 동아시아해역의 해면변위 산정법)

  • 최병호;고진석
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.107-118
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    • 1994
  • As satellite altimetry is being progressed to apply with heigher precision to maginal seas, it was necessary to improve correction procedures for tidal signals in altimetry with more accurate tidal model than well-known model of Schwiderski for studying marginal sea dynamics. As a first step, tidal regime of semidiurnal tides$(M_2,\;S_2,\;N_2,\;K_2)$ and diurnal tides$(K_1,\;O_1,\;P_1,\;Q_1)$ were computed with a finer details of formulation of tidal model over the East Asian Marginal Seas covering the Okhotsk Sea and South China Sea and part of Northwest Pacific Ocean with mesh resolutions of 1/6$^{\circ}$. Subsequently the computed sets of harmonic constants from the model were used to remove the tide in selected Sea Surface Heights from Geosat in the modelled region. Preliminary correction procedure suggested in the present study may be extensively used for obtaining Sea Surface Topography over the East Asian Marginal Seas, especially for the region where Schwiderski's harmonic constants are not available.

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