• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.328-333
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• 2019

During the winter of 2017/2018, significantly low water temperatures were detected around the western and southern coasts of Korea (WSCK). In this period, sea surface temperature (SST) in the Korea Waters was about $2^{\circ}C$ lower than mean temperature. Using the real-time observation system, we analyzed the temporal variation of SST during this period around the western and southern coasts. Low water temperature usually manifested over a period of about 10 ~ 20 days. The daily Arctic oscillation index was also similarly detectable with the variation of SST. From the cross-correlation function, we compared two periodic variations, which were SST around the WSCK and the Arctic oscillation index. The cross correlation coefficients between both variations were approximately 0.3 ~ 0.4. The time lag of the two time series was about 6 to 7 days. Therefore, significantly low water temperatures during winter in the Korean coastal areas usually became detectable 6 to 7 days after the negative peak of Arctic oscillation.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.51-62
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• 2001

The Arctic consists of numerous sedimentary basins containing voluminous natural resources and two of the world's major oil and gas producing areas. The western Siberia Basin in the Arctic region has the largest petroliferous province with an area of 800 ${\times}$ 1,200 km and produces more than 60% of total Russian oil production. The North Slope of Alaska produces about 20% of the U.S. output, i.e., 11% of the total U.S. consumption. Being small compared to those regions, the Canadian Northwest Territories and the Pechora Basin in Russia produce only fair amount of oil and natural gas. There are also many promising areas in the northern continental shelf of Russia. In addition to Russia, Svalbard and Greenland have been investigated for oil and gas. Gas hydrates are widespread in both permafrost regions and arctic continental shelf areas. The reserves of gas hydrates in the Arctic Ocean are about 20${\sim}$32% of total estimated amounts of gas hydrates in the world ocean. Mineral mining is well developed, especially in Russia. The major centers are located around the Kuznetsk Basin and Noril'sk. They are major suppliers of gold, tin, nickel, copper, platinum, cobalt, iron ore, coal as well as apatite. There are also some minings of lead-zinc in Alaska and Arctic Canada.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.89-102
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• 2023

Climate and environmental changes in the Arctic Ocean due to global warming have been linked to extreme climate change in mid-latitude regions, including the Korean Peninsula, requiring a better understanding of the Arctic climate system based on the paleo-analog. This review introduces three paleoenvironmental research cases using neodymium isotopes (¹⁴³Nd/¹⁴⁴Nd, ε_Nd) measured on two different fractions of marine sediments: silicate-bound 'detrital' and Fe-Mn oxide-dominated 'authigenic' fractions. In the first case, detrital ε_Nd in core HH17-1085-GC on the continental shelf off northern Svalbard was used for tracing changes in sediment provenance and associated glacier behavior over the last 16.3 ka. The second case showed the potential use of authigenic ε_Nd as a quasi-conservative water mass tracer. Three prominent ε_Nd peaks and troughs observed in core PS72/410-1 from the Mendeleev Ridge in the western Arctic Ocean over the past 76 ka suggested episodic meltwater discharge events during 51~46, 39~35 and 21~13 ka BP. The last case proposed the use of the difference between authigenic and detrital ε_Nd as a proxy for reconstructing glacier fluctuation. The idea is based on the assumption that enhanced glacial erosion during glacier advances can supply sufficient freshly-exposed rock substrate for incongruent weathering, potentially leading to greater isotopic decoupling between bedrock and dissolved weathering products as recorded in detrital and authigenic ε_Nd, respectively. Thus, it would be worthwhile to take advantage of sedimentary ε_Nd to improve our understanding of past environmental changes in polar regions.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.45-55
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• 2017

Long chain alkyl diols (LCDs)은 다양한 해양 환경 퇴적물에서 관측되고 있다. Rampen et al. (2012)은 해양 표층 퇴적물에서 분석된 LCDs 중 $C_{30}$ 1,15-diol, $C_{28}$ 1,13-diol, $C_{30}$ 1,13-diol를 이용하여 Long chain Diol Index (LDI)라는 고수온 프록시를 제시하였다. 일반적으로 LCDs의 정성 및 정량 분석은 CP-Sil5CB와 DB-5ms 컬럼을 사용해 GC-MS를 주 기반으로 한다. 본 연구에서는 서로 다른 해양환경(동해 및 서북극해)에서 획득한 해양퇴적물을 활용하여 특성이 다른 세가지 GC 컬럼(CP-Sil5CB, HP-5ms, DB-5)이 LCDs의 정량 분석에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 본 연구를 통해 일반적으로 CP-Sil5CB로 분석된 농도 결과가 HP-5ms와 DB-5로 분석된 농도 결과와 통계적으로 유의한 차이가 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 하지만 LDI로 복원된 표층수온의 컬럼 간 편차는 동해 퇴적물의 경우 $0.1-0.2^{\circ}C$, 서북극해 퇴적물의 경우 $0.2-0.7^{\circ}C$로 LDI의 calibration error 범위(${\pm}1{\sigma}$) 보다 작았다. 결론적으로 본 연구는 컬럼에 따라 LCDs의 정량 결과는 현저한 차이를 보일 수 있지만, LDI 프록시 값에 미치는 영향은 상대적으로 미비함을 보여 주었다. 따라서 LDI 프록시를 활용한 동해 및 서북극 해양 퇴적물의 고수온 복원에 특성이 다른 컬럼을 사용 할 수 있음을 시사하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume II
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• pp.1019-1022
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• 2006

Satellite sea ice data from 1978 to the present reveal that the perennial ice (or ice that survives the summer) has been rapidly declining at almost 10% per decade. Warming due to increases in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is now also being reflected in winter with drastic reductions in the maximum extent observed in 2005 and 2006. The retreat of the perennial ice also exposes more open water and has revealed an asymmetric distribution of chlorophyll a pigment concentration in the Arctic basin. Phytoplankton blooms are most dominant at high latitudes, partly on account of sea ice, but in the Arctic basin, it appears that pigment concentrations in the Eastern (Laptev Sea) Region are on the average three times higher than those in the Western (Beaufort Sea) Region. Such asymmetry suggests that despite favorable conditions provided by the melt of sea ice, there are other factors that affects the productivity of the region. The asymmetry is likely associated with much wider shelf areas in the East than in the West, with sea ice processes that inhibits the availability of nutrients near the surface in deep water regions, and river run-off that affects nutrient availability. The primary productivity in the pan-Arctic region have been estimated using the pigment concentrations and PAR derived from SeaWiFS data and the results show large seasonal as well as interannual variability during the 1998 to 2005 period. The data points towards increasing productivity for later years but with only 9 years of data it is too early to tell the overall effect of the sea ice retreat.

• 한국제4기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국제4기학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.37-43
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• 2004

The response of the CCCma coupled climate model to the imposition of LGM conditions is investigated. The global mean SAT and SST decrease by about $10^{\circ}C$ and $5.6^{\circ}C$ in the coupled model. Tropical SST decreases by $6.5^{\circ}C$, whereas CLIMAP reconstructions suggest that the tropics cool by only about $1.7^{\circ}C$, although the larger tropical cooling is consistent with the more recent proxy estimates. With the incorporation of a full ocean component, the coupled model gives a realistic spatial SST pattern, capturing features associated with ocean dynamics that are seen in the CLIMAP reconstructions. The larger decrease of the surface temperature in the model is associated with a reduction in global precipitation rate (about 15%). The tropical Pacific warm pool retreats to the west and a mean La $Ni\tilde{n}a$-like response is simulated with less precipitation over the central Pacific and more in the western tropical Pacific. The more arid ocean climate in the LGM results in an increase in SSS almost everywhere. This is particularly the case in the Arctic Ocean where large SSS increase is due to a decrease in river discharge to the Arctic Ocean associated with the accumulation of snow over the ice sheet, but in the North Atlantic by contrast SSS decreases markedly. This remarkable reduction of SSS in the North Atlantic is attributed to an increase in fresh water supply by an increase in discharges from the Mississippi and Amazon rivers and an increase in P-E over the North Atlantic ocean itself. The discharges increase in association with the wetter LGM climate south of the Laurentide ice sheet and in South America. The fresh water capping of the northern North Atlantic results in a marked reduction of deep convection and consequently a marked weakening of the North Atlantic overturning circulation. In the LGM, the maximum overturning stream function associated with the NADW formation decreases by about 60% relative to the control run, while in the Southern Ocean, oceanic convection is stronger in the LGM due to reduced stratification associated with an increase in SSS and a decrease in SST and the overturning stream function associated with the formation of AABW and the outflow increases substantially.

• Journal of Ship and Ocean Technology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.35-44
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• 2008

As arctic energy resource is attracting public attention, arctic shipping market will also be growing in large as expected to increase in LNG trade from Arctic area to the western countries by shipping. During the voyages through such routes, collision with icebergs may be possible. In the present report, ice collision analyses are carried out from a practical point of view to verify the safety of hull structural strength of LNG carriers equipped with GTT $MKIII^{TM}$ membrane type cargo containment system. From the results of collision analyses and the operation-friendly design concept of no-repairing of cargo containment system, a safe operating envelope against ice collision is proposed for LNG carriers of membrane type cargo containment system. Based on the currently proposed safety criteria, it is concluded that LNG carriers with membrane tank type can operate safely with regard to the integrity of CCS in regions where collision between LNG carrier and iceberg is expected.

• 한국지구과학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.545-555
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• 2007

Ocean general circulation model developed by GFDL on the basis of MOM4 of FMS are examined and evaluated in order to elucidate the global ocean status. The model employs a tripolar grid system to resolve the Arctic Ocean without polar filtering. The meridional resolution gradually increases from $1/3^{\circ}$ at the equator to $1^{\circ}$ at $30^{\circ}N(S)$. Other horizontal grids have the constant $1^{\circ}$ and vertical grids with 50 levels. The ocean is also coupled to the GFDL sea ice model. It considers tidal effects along with fresh water and chlorophyll concentration. This model is integrated for a 100 year duration with 96 cpu forced by German OMIP and CORE dataset. Levitus, WOA01 climatology, serial CTD observations, WOCE and Argo data are all used for model validation. General features of the world ocean circulation are well simulated except for the western boundary and coastal region where strong advection or fresh water flux are dominant. However, we can find that information concerning chlorophyll and sea ice, newly applied to MOM4 as surface boundary condition, can be used to reduce a model bias near the equatorial and North Pacific ocean.

• 광물과 암석
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.15-29
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• 2021

북극해는 기후 변화에 따라 북극의 해빙과 빙상의 분포가 달라지며 쇄설성 퇴적물 내 광물의 특성이 변화한다. 따라서 해빙이나 빙산에 의해 운송된 해양 퇴적물을 연구하는 것은 지구 기후 변화를 이해하는 데에 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 척치해저고원의 아라온 마운드에서 채취한 4개의 중력코어와 아라온 마운드 사이 사면에서 채취한 1개의 중력코어를 사용하여, 벌크광물조성, 점토광물조성, 빙운쇄설물 연구를 통해 쇄설성 퇴적물의 기원지를 알아보고 이를 바탕으로 서북극해의 고환경 변화를 재구성하였다. 코어 퇴적물들은 갈색, 회색, 녹회색을 띠며 서북극해에서 나타나는 간빙기/빙기 순환에 따른 퇴적물 색의 특성을 잘 나타내고 있다. 척치해저고원에서 획득한 코어 퇴적물을 광물 특성과 주변에서 수행된 기존 연구와 비교하여 총 3개의 유닛으로 구분하였다. 최후빙기극대기에 퇴적된 유닛 3 퇴적물은 동시베리아해로 유입되는 콜리마 강과 인디기르카 강 퇴적물들이 동시베리아해 대륙붕에 퇴적된 후, 해빙이나 해류에 의해 유입된 것으로 보인다. 퇴빙기에 해당하는 유닛 2 퇴적물은 동시베리아해로 유입되는 콜리마 강, 인디기르카 강, 보퍼트해로 유입되는 맥켄지강과 캐나다 군도로부터 함께 공급된 것으로 보이며, 로렌타이드 빙상의 융해에 의하여 다량의 빙운쇄설물들이 유입되었다. 간빙기 퇴적물인 유닛 1의 경우, 세립질 퇴적물들은 캐나다 북부와 동시베리아해로부터 해빙과 해류에 의해 공급되었으며, 조립질 퇴적물들은 캐나다 군도로부터 해빙에 의해 유입된 것으로 여겨진다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.127-143
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• 2018

This study analyzed the influence of climate change on the spawning ground area of the common squid, Todarodes pacificus. To estimate long term changes in the area of the spawning ground of the common squid, water temperature at 50 m deep that can be inferred from sea surface temperature (SST) based on both NOAA/AVHRR (1981.07-2002.12) and MODIS/AQUA (2003.01-2009.12) ocean color data was analyzed. In addition, five climate indices, Arctic Oscillation Index (AO), Siberian High Index (SH), Aleutian Low Pressure Index (ALP), East Asia Winter Monsoon Index (EAWM) and Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) which are the main indicators of climate changes in the northwestern Pacific were used to study the relationship between the magnitude of the estimated spawning ground and climate indices. The area of the estimated spawning ground was highly correlated with the total catch of common squid throughout four decades. The area of the estimated spawning ground was negatively correlated with SH and EAWM. Especially, PDO was negatively correlated with the area of the spawning ground in the northwestern Pacific (r = -0.39) and in the southern part of the East Sea (r = -0.38). There was a positive relationship between the AO and the area of the spawning ground in the northwestern Pacific (r = 0.46) as well as in the southern part of the East Sea (r = 0.32). Temporally, the area of the winter spawning ground in the southern part of the East Sea in the 1980s was smaller than those areas in the 1990s and 2000s, because the area was disconnected with the western coastal spawning ground of Japan in the 1980s, while the area had been made wider and more continuous from the Korea strait to the western coastal water of Honshu in the 1990s and 2000s.