• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume II
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• pp.926-929
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• 2006

Some features of vertical structure of the frontal interaction zone of the warm Kuroshio Current and cold Oyashio Current are known from 1930 from analysis of ship data. Ship data however do not allow carrying out the area detailed survey opposite to satellite infrared (IR) observations which possess by high spatial and temporal resolution. Analysis of NOAA AVHRR IR images demonstrated that process of formation and development of the Kuroshio warm core rings is highly complex. They are formed as a result of development of anticyclonic meanders of the warm Kuroshio waters and spin off them from the current. Joint analysis of thermal infrared images and altimetry data has also indicated that interaction of eddies to the frontal zone plays a crucial role in formation of large eddies moving to the Southern Kuril region.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.5-20
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• 2002

To investigate the effect of mechanical parameters on the circulation and its fluctuation in Sagami Bay, baroclinic model experiments were carried out by use of a two-layer source-sink flow in a rotating tank. In the experiment, a simple coastal topography with flat bottom was reproduced. The results show that the path of the Through Flow, which corresponds to the branch current of the Kuroshio, depends on external Rossby number (Ro) and internal Rossby number $(Ro^*)$, and divided into two regimes. For $Ro^*\leq1.0$ in which Rossby internal radius of deformation of the Through Flow is smaller than the width of the approaching channel, the current flows along the Oshima Island as a coastal boundary density current separated from the western boundary of the channel. For $Ro^*>1.0$ it changes to a jet flow along the western boundary of the channel, separated from the coast of Oshima Island. The current is independent on both Ro and Ro* in the regime of $Ro^*>1.0,\;Ro\geq0.06$ and $Ro^*\leq1.0,\;Ro\geq0.06$. The pattern of the cyclonic circulation in the inner part of the bay is also determined by Ro and Ro*. In case of $Ro^*\leq1.0$, frontal eddies are formed in the northern boundary of the Through Flow. These frontal eddies intrude into the inner part along the eastern boundary of the bay providing vorticity to form and maintain the inner cyclonic circulation. For $Ro^*>1.0$, the wakes from the Izu peninsula are superposed intensifying the cyclonic circulation. The pattern of the cyclonic circulation is divided into three types; 1) weak cyclonic circulation and the inner anticyclonic circulation $(Ro<0.12)$. 2) cyclonic circulation in the bay $(0.12\leq Ro<0.25)$. 3) cyclonic circulation with strong boundary current $(RO\geq0.25)$.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.170-183
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• 1995

1992년 11월부터 1993년 9월 사이 동해남서해역에서 조사한 인공위성 추적부 이, CTD, ADCP 자료를 이용하여 와류와 표층해류의 물리적 구조를 분석하였다. 부이의 이동궤적으로부터 울릉분지내에서 동한난류의 사행과 연구해역에서 다양한 크기의 시계방향과 반시계방향의 와류가 존재하는 것을 처음으로 직접 해류조사로 밝힐 수 있었다. 비교적 오래 지속되는 시계방향의 와류가 울릉분지내와 북부(일 본)분지의 남서쪽에서 관측된 반면에 반시계방향의 와류가 속초와 동해시 사이의 연안역에서 여름철에 관측되었다. 울릉분지의 와류는 적어도 관측기간 중에는 분지 내에 머물러 있었으며, 반시계방향의 와류는 냉수의 존재와 밀접한 관련이 있는 것 으로 나타났다. 북부분지의 시계방향 와류는 울릉분지의 것보다 크며 더 길쭉한 타원 형태를 지녔다. 울릉분지의 와류는 주축과 종축이 각각 120 km, 70 km이고, 회전주기는 13.6일, 평균회전속도는 24 cm/s, 평균 와동운동에너지는 392 $cm^{2}$/s$^{2}$ 이다. 북부분지의 와류는 주축과 종축이 각각 168 km, 86 km이고, 회전 주기는 14.9일, 평균회전속도는 29 cm/s, 평균 와동운동에너지는 629 $cm^{2}$/s/ sup 2/ 의 특성을 보였다. 와류의 평균이동속도는 두 경우 모두 약 3 cm/s이다. 울릉분지내에서 ADCP로 관측한 표층해류와 지형류의 상호일치는 울릉분지의 와류 가 지형평형을 이루고 있음을 시사한다. 관측된 와류는 해저지형에 강하게 지배 되어 있다.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제55권3호
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• pp.252-263
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• 2019

In order to understand the tidal current and mean flow at the west channel of Yeoja Bay in the South Sea of Korea, numerical model experiments and vorticity analysis were carried out. The currents flow north at flood and south at ebb respectively and have the reversing form in the west channel. Topographical eddies are found in the surroundings of Dunbyong Island in the east of the channel. The flood currents flow from the waters near Naro Islands through the west channel and the coastal waters near Geumo Islands through the east channel. The ebb currents from the Yeoja Bay flow out along the west and the east channels separately. The south of Nang Island have weak flows because the island is located in the rear of main tidal stream. Currents are converged at ebb and diverged at flood in the northwest of Jeokgum Island. Tidal current ellipses show reversing form in the west channel but a kind of rotational form in the east channel. As the results of tide induced mean flows, cyclonic and anticyclonic topographical eddies at the northern tip but eddies with opposite spin at the southern tip are found in the west channel of Yeoja Bay. The topographical eddies around the islands and narrow channels are created from the vorticity formed at the land shore by the friction between tidal currents and the west channel.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.96-106
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• 2004

A total of 116 surface sediment samples were obtained on the Yellow Sea and analyzed for grain size and geochemical elements in order to interpret the present sediment transportation. Thirty-nine cores and 3,070 line-km shallow seismic profiles are analyzed for sedimentary records of Yellow Sea in the past. Results show that the boundary of sediment transport between Korean side and Chinese side is about between $123^{\circ}E$ and $124^{\circ}E$. The similar result is produced from Shi et al. (in this publication). Two cyclonic patterns of surface sediments are recognized in the northeastern and southwestern Yellow Sea, while the strong front zone of the mud patch and sandy sediments are found in the southeastern Yellow Sea (the southwestern part of Korean coasts). The formation of fine-particle sediment packages, called for Northwest Mudbelt Deposit (NWMD), Hucksan Mudbelt Deposit (HSMD) and Jeju Mudbelt Deposit (JJMD), are resulted from eddies (gyres) of water circulations in the Yellow Sea. NWMD has been formed by cyclonic (anticlockwise) eddy. NWMD is composed of thick, homogeneous, relatively semi-consolidated gray clay-dominated deposit. On the other hand, HSMD and JJMD are formed by anticyclonic (clockwise) eddies. They are thick, homogeneous, organic-rich gray, silt-dominated deposit. Both core and surface sediments show that the middle zone across Chinese and Korean side contains bimodal frequency of grain-size distribution, indicating that two different transport mechanisms exist. These mud packages are surrounded by sand deposits from both Korea and China seas, indicating that Yellow Sea, which is the shallow sea and epicontinental shelf, is formed mostly by sand deposits including relict sands. The seismic profiles show such as small erosional/non-depositional channels, sand-ridges and sand-waves, Pleistocene-channelfilled deposits, a series of channels in the N-S major channel system, and thick Holocene sediment package, indicating that more complex sedimentary history exists in the Yellow Sea.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.57-71
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• 2004

Based on the data obtained under the China-Korea joint project (1997-2001) and historic observations, the distribution, transportation and sedimentation of sediment in the southern Yellow Sea (SYS) are discussed, and the controversial formation mechanism of muddy sediments is also explored. The sediment transport trend analysis indicates that the net transport direction of sediment in the central SYS (a fine-grained sediment deposited area) points to $123.4^{\circ}E,\;35.1^{\circ}N$, which is a possible sedimentation center in the central SYS. The sediment transport pattern is verified by the distribution of total suspended matter (TSM) concentration and ${\delta}^{13}C$ values of particulate organic carbon (POC), the latter indicates that the bottom water plays a more important role than the surface water in transporting the terrigenous material to the central deep-water area of the SYS, and the Yellow Sea circulation is an important control factor for the sediment transport pattern in the SYS. The carbon isotope signals of organic matter in sediments indicate that the Shandong subaqueous delta has high sedimentation rate and the deposited sediments originate mainly from the modern Yellow River. The terrigenous sediments in deep-water area of the SYS originate mainly from the old Yellow River and the modern Yellow River, and only a small portion originates from the modern Yangtze River. The analytical results of TSM and stable carbon isotopes are further confirmed by another independent tracer of sediment source, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Five light mineral provinces in the SYS can be identified and they indicate inhomogeneity in sources and sedimentary environment. The modern shelf sedimentary processes in the SYS are controlled by shelf dynamic factors. The muddy depositional systems are produced in the shelf low-energy environments, which are controlled by some meso-scale cyclonic eddies (cold eddies) in the central SYS and the area southwest of the Cheju Island. On the contrary, an anticyclonic muddy depositional system (warm eddy sediment) appears in the southeast of the SYS (the area northwest of the Cheju Island). In this study, we give the cyclonic and anticyclonic eddy sedimentation patterns.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.169-177
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• 2002

An eddy-resolving free-surface primitive-equation model with nonlinear terrain-following coordinates is established to study the exchange of water masses among the Asian marginal seas and their adjacent waters. A curvilinear coordinate system is used to generate the horizontal grid with a variable resolution for the regional oceans from $5^{\circ}$S to $45^{\circ}$N and $100^{\circ}$E to $155^{\circ}$E. The higher resolution region has about a 10 km by 10 km grid covering the complex geometry of the coastal marginal seas, while the lower resolution region has about a 30 km by 30 km grid covering the eastern Pacific. The model is initialized by the Levitus annual climitology and forced by the monthly mean air-sea fluxes of momentum, heat, and freshwater derived from the Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set. High-resolution and low-viscosity are identified as the key factors for a better representation of the exchange of waters through narrow straits and passages between the marginal seas and their adjacent waters. The dynamics of the loop currents and eddies in the South China Sea and Celebes Sea are examined in detail. It has found that the anticyclonic loop and detached eddies from the Kuroshio through the Luzon Strait play an important role in transporting warm and salty water into the South China Sea, while the cyclonic circulation of the Mindanao Current in the Celebes Sea plays a role in contributing cold water to the Indonesian throughflow. The deep undercurrent of the western Pacific is shown to provide fresher water to the South China Sea and Celebes Sea. These modeling results suggest that the exchange processes via the narrow straits and passages are of fundamental importance to the maintenance of water masses for the marginal sea region.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.211-220
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• 2000

위성자료를 이용하여 동해북부 원산 연근해역의 재발생 와동류에 대한 형태변동, 유속, 발생기작 등을 연구하였다. 1999년 1월 4일부터 3월 18일까지의 기간에 대한 ARGOS의 표류부이 자료(위치정보 및 수온), NOAA 위성의 AVHRR 자료(표면수온) 그리고 Orbview-2 위성의 SeaWiFS 자료(클로로필 a)를 이용하여 재발생 와동류의 수평공간 규모를 파악하였다. 또한 재발생 와동류의 기작과 변동원인을 규명하고자 속초와 울릉도에서의 풍향, 풍속자료, 묵호-울릉도간 해수면 차 값 및 해저지형과 와동류에 포획되어 있는 표류부이의 시.공간적 위치변동간의 상관정도를 파악하였다. 원산 연안해역에서의 와동류의 72일간 평균유속은 153 km/h (42 cm/sec)로 분석되었다. 이 와동류는 cold core, 시계방향의 회전, 직경 110 km의 수평공간을 가진 재발생 와동류로서 와동류의 중심은 위도 $39^{\circ}N$, 경도 $129^{\circ}E$로 분석되었다.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.79-93
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• 2015

Gulf Stream 인근해역에서 해양 중규모 와동의 삼차원 구조분석을 HYCOM 수치모델을 사용하여 수행하였다. 시계방향 및 반시계 방향으로 회전하는 와동들의 구조를$1/12^{\circ}$와 $1/48^{\circ}$ 두개의 모델 해상도를 사용하여 비교하였다. 라그랑지안 모수인 Finite Size Lyapunov Exponent (FSLE) 와 Okubo-Weiss parameter(OW) 분포를 분석한 결과 표층의 와동구조가 수심 깊은 곳까지 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났는데, 이는 와동에 의한 수평방향 해수운동이 수직방향 해수운동보다 크기 때문인 것으로 해석되었다. 고해상도 모델의 경우 와동근처에서 10 km 미만의 미세난류구조 들이 많이 발견되었으며, 이러한 미세난류구조들은 고해상도 모델의 와동근처에서 해수의 움직임을 저해상도 모델보다 불규칙하게 만드는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 미세난류구조에 의한 해수의 불규칙한 움직임은 분산계수 (dispersion coefficient)에도 영향을 미치는데, 수평 분산계수의 경우 해수운동이 자유로운 고해상도 모델이 저해상도 모델보다 그 값이 더 크게 나타났다. 수직 분산계수의 값은 저해상도 모델에서 더 크게 나왔는데, 이는 와동의 경사진 궤도를 따라 움직이는 저해상도 모델의 해수운동이 수직 분산계수값을 증가시키기 때문인 것으로 들어났다. 상대 수직 분산계수의 경우 이러한 궤도의 영향이 줄어들기 때문에 해수의 수직운동을 측정하는데 있어 절대 수직 분산계수 보다 더 적합한 것으로 판명되었다.