• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.63-93
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• 2023

이 연구는 황·동중국해와 동해 울릉분지 사이에 위치한 수로를 대한해협(Korea Strait)으로 명명한 역사적 사실을 바탕으로 향후 국내 연구자들이 활용할 수 있는 일관된 명명법과 지리적 영역을 제시하였다. 국제적으로 대한해협으로 알려진 이 수역은 일상에서 보통 남해로 불리지만, 역사적 근거에 기초하여 대한해협으로 불리는 것이 바람직하다. 이러한 권장안 사용을 뒷받침하기 위해, 먼저 우리나라 주변해역에 대한 고지도, 고해도, IHO 특별간행물(S-23) 등을 분석하여 과거 대한해협의 공간범위를 정의하였고, 대한해협과 대한해협 내 서수도·동수도 지명들의 변천 과정을 조사하였다. 이를 바탕으로 지난 17년(2005-2021년) 간 Ocean Science Journal (OSJ)과 Journal of Oceanography (JO)에 실린 논문들 중 지도에 Korea Strait 또는 관련 지명(South Sea, Korea/Tsushima Straits, Tsushima Strait)을 표기한 논문들을 분석하여 연구자들의 대한해협 지명 표기와 그 공간적 위치에 대한 인식을 조사하였다. OSJ의 경우에 42.9%가 'Korea Strait'를 표기한 반면에 JO의 경우 60.4%가 'Tsushima Strait'를 표기하였다. 하지만, OSJ에는 'Tsushima Strait'를 단독으로 표기한 논문이 한 편도 없었으나, JO에는 7.5%가 'Korea Strait'를 단독으로 표기하였다. 두 국제학술지에서 실린 'Korea Strait' 지명 표기 위치는 크게 5가지 형태로 분류되었다. 즉, 각 논문에서는 대한해협을 광의의 대한해협 영역(Type 1), 울릉분지와 대마도 사이(Type 2), 대한해협 내 서수도(Type 3-1), 대한해협 내 동수도(Type 3-2), 대한해협 내 서·동수도(Type 4)에 표기하고 있었다. 이 중 Type 1이 OSJ의 경우 71.4%를, JO의 경우 60.4%를 차지하여, 광의의 대한해협 영역에 가장 빈번하게 이 해협의 이름을 표기하고 있었다. 끝으로 현재 대한해협을 흐르는 해류의 명칭이 국제적으로 '대한난류'가 아닌 '대마난류' 즉 대한해협 지명에서 비롯하지 않은 명칭이라는 사실에 관해 논의하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.393-403
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• 2016

A steady, strong southward flow was observed in the lower layer beneath the Tsushima Warm Current in the deepest trough of the Korea Strait. Known as the Korea Strait Bottom Cold Water (KSBCW), this bottom current had a mean velocity of 24 cm/s and temperatures below 8–10℃. The direction of the bottom current was highly stable due to the topographic effects of the elongated trough. To determine the path of the southward bottom current, ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) data from 14 stations between 1999 and 2005 were examined. Persistent southward flows with average speeds of 4–10 cm/s were observed at only three places to the north of the strait where the bottom depths were 100–124 m. The collected data suggest a possible course of the southward bottom current along the southeast Korean coast before entering the deep trough of the Strait.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1021-1032
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• 1997

Satellite-tracked drifters deployed in the East Sea since 1991 are used to study the Tsushima Current (TC). It is found that the TC is a steady current with a mean speed of 10 cm/s before it enters the East Sea. Only during the summer, the TC flows along Honshu Island with a mean speed of $30\~40\;cm/s$ and then exits through the Tsugaru Strait. In fall and winter, the TC does not follow the coast along Honshu Island but it enters into the interior of the East Sea before it reaches the Tsugaru Strait. The water that passes the West Channel of the Korea Strait mostly comes from the western East China Sea and spreads into the interior of the East Sea. It also forms the large eddies in the southern East Sea. The outflow through the Tsugaru Strait comes from the interior of the East Sea in all seasons except summer. The mean speed of the Tsugaru Strait outflow is about 60 cm/s. The largest current variability is found in the eastern central area of the East Sea, south of sub-polar front.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1033-1043
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• 1997

In order to understand the generation mechanism of the Ulleung Eddy, we carried out a series of numerical experiments using the nonlinear 11/2 - layer model allowing the inflow of the Tsushima Current. According to our numerical results, the Ulleung Eddy was generated due to the inflow variations of the Tsushima Current. Its inflow through the Korea Strait was deflected to the east due to the Coriolis force and the nonlinear self advection. Thus, an anticyclonic motion was formed at the north of the Korea Strait. The inflow became a coastal boundary current, and finally flowed out model ocean through the eastern exit. When the speed of inflow decreased slowly, the eddy- like motion at the north of the Korea Strait changed into an enclosed anticyclonic eddy of about 200 km in diameter. The Ulleung Eddy became circular shape due to the nonlinear self advection, then changed into elliptical shape in meridional direction because of the blocking effect of the western boundary.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.200-209
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• 1984

1982년 여름에 실시된 해양관측자료에 의하면 대마난류의 흐름은 한국해협 서수도에서 70cm/sec 이상의 강한 표면유속을 갖는 두 개의 분지 형태를 보였다. 부산에서 약 8km 부근에 나타나는 동한 난류로 불리우는 한 개의 분지는 한국 동해안을 따라 북쪽으로 흐르며, 부산으로부터 약 20km 떨어져 나타난 제2분지는 한국해협 통과 후 동쪽으로 향한다. 두 개의 흐름으로 분기되는 현상은 대마난류가 부산-대마도 단면에 이르기 이전에 형성되며, 두 분지의 용적 수송량 및 흐름의 폭은 큰 차이를 보이지 않는다. 분지의 갯수는 서수도의 폭에 의해 좌우되는 듯 하며, 두 분지의 흐름은 층두께의 변화와 서수도와 동해의 폭의 비율과 관련되는 것으로 보인다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.193-205
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• 2008

A model of the current and seasonal volume transport in the East China Sea was used to investigate the origin of the Tsushima Warm Current (TSWC). The modeled volume transport field suggested that the current field west of Kyushu ($30^{\circ}-32^{\circ}N$) was divided into two regions, R1 and R2, according to the bottom depth. R1 consisted of the Taiwan Warm Current (TWWC) region and the mixed Kuroshio-TWWC (MKT) water region, while R2 was the modified Kuroshio water (MKW) region west of Kyushu. The MKW branched from the Kuroshio and flowed into the Korea/Tsushima Straits through the Cheju-Kyushu Strait, contributing 41% of the annual mean volume transport of the TSWC. The TWWC and MKT water flowed into the Korea/Tsushima Straits through the Cheju-Kyushu and Cheju Straits, contributing 32% and 27% of the volume transport, respectively. The maximum volume transport of the MKW was 53% of the total volume transport of the TSWC in November, while the maximum volume transport of the water in the R1 region through the Cheju-Kyushu Strait was 41% in July. Hence, there were two peaks per year of volume transport in the TSWC.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.99-108
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• 1999

With sectional data obtained in September of 1987, 1988 and 1989 by quadrireciprocal ADCP measurement and CTD cast, the current structure, volume transport and vorticity in the Western Channel of the Korea Strait were studied. The characteristics of Tsushima Current water persisted throughout the summer especially in the homogeneous water of temperature $14-16^{\circ}C$ located at the depth of 50-100m below seasonal termocline. Thickness and velocity of the homogeneous layer are about 10-170m and 20-60cm/s. and the relative vorticity for this layer is shown to be nearly constant and it is smaller than the planetary vorticity. Potential vorticity of $2.70-7.10{\times}10^{-6}m^{-1}s^{-1}$ is found to be dependent mainly on planetary rather than on the relative vorticities. The Tsushima Current water represented by the homogeneous layer R14-16^{\circ}C$ may keep the potential vorticity at the area of strong current in the Strait. The ADCP current structure is similar to geostrophic current and the core of the current with the speed of 30-50cm/s is situated in the middle layer over the deep trough. With large tidal fluctuation the volume transport has mean value of 1.17sv which was about 40% larger than that of geostrophic calculation.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2003

Recent observations reveal that the Tsushima Current has a double-cored structure downstream of the Tsushima Island. To explain this, a simple analytical model is proposed based on the assumption of small lateral eddy viscosity. This model suggests that an otherwise uniform current becomes to have a stream core immediately after it enters a channel due to the action of lateral friction. The core is initially broad but becomes sharper downstream. The speed at which the core develops depends on the intensity of lateral eddy viscosity. Likewise, a single-cored stream changes rapidly to a double-cored stream when it passes through an island located in the center of the channel. When the stream leaves the island behind, the reverse process from the double-to single-cored structures takes place. In this case, however, the double-cored structure is retained for a significant distance from the island. Overall, this model suggests that the double-cored structure of the Tsushima Current observed downstream of the Tsushima Island Is created by the lateral friction exerted by the Tsushima Island.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.299-304
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• 1983

제주해협 동쪽 입구에는 주년 대마난류 수괴인 설상 난수가 존재한다. 그러므로 이 설상 난수 때문에 동 해협 서쪽에서 유입하는 해수의 유향이 이 해협내에서 변화되 한국 남해 연안쪽을 향할 수 있어 제주해협내의 중, 저층수는 한국 남해 연안수 형성에 중요한 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 이 설상 난수는 동계에 강하고 하계에 약하므로 대마난류는 하계 보다 동계에 한국 남해 연안에 접근하며, 이 난류의 북쪽 경계도 거문도와 소리도 연안까지 자주 접근하고 있다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1997

Surface current fields in the eastern East China Sea (ECS) were constructed by analyzing trajectories of 58 satellite-tracked surface drifters released during 1991-1996. Composite trajectories and 20-minute-by-20-minute box-averaged current vectors show that the basic current pattern composes of: the Kuroshio main stream, which turns eastward toward the Tokara Strait; a northward branch current of the Kuroshio on the ECS outer shelf deeper than 100 m; and an anticyclonic circulation in the northern Okinawa Trough west of Kyushu. The northward branch current sharply changes its direction to the northeast when it crosses a line connecting Cheju Island, Korea and Goto Islands, Japan. The basic pattern of current field changes slightly from winter to summer, and the main axis of the Tsushima Current in the Korea Strait is found to shift seasonally. The drifter experiment does not support the claim that the Yellow Sea Warm Current is separated from the northward branch current on the outer shelf southeast of Cheju Island. We suggest that the use of the term 'Tsushima Current' be limited to the northeast channel flow in the Korea Strait. The new term 'Kuroshio Branch Current' is suggested for the northward branch current on the outer shelf south of Cheju-do, which is separated from the Kuroshio.