• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.30 no.4
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• pp.497-507
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• 2008

With the reduction of tidal currents by the closing of the Saemangeun 4th dyke, sedimentary environments on the Gunsan tidal flat, the nearest inner flat from the 4th dyke, has been severely changed, which might affect macrobenthic assemblages on the habitats. In order to investigate changes in macrobenthic community structure on Gunsan tidal flat, field surveys were seasonally conducted at seven stations from April 2002 to November, 2005. Sedimentary facies on the study area were shifted into muddominant facies. The fine sediment has been greatly deposited on the tidal flat with accumulation of organic materials after closing the water passage of 4th dyke section. These drastic variations in environments gave rise to change in macrobenthic community structure. Since the closure of the 4th dyke, the number of species of macrobenthos has gradually decreased. And the filter feeders and sand-favored species such as Urothoe convexa, Macrophthalmus dilatatus, Umbonium thomasi, and Mactra veneriformis have been replaced by the deposit feeders such as Macrophthalmus japonicus and Ilyoplax pingi. MDS ordination based on Bray-Curtis similarity from forth-root transformed species abundance data showed that the macrobenthic communities have passed through three succession stages from 2002 to 2005. During the third stage of 2005 opportunistic species such as Prionospio japonica, Heteromastus filiformis and Sinocorophium sinensis increased in population on the tidal flat.

• 한국해양학회지
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.30-36
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• 1970

The water quality of the laver bed at Yongwon Ri, Changwon Gun was investigated during the spring and neap tide in March 1970. The effect of tide on the contents of various chemical constituents was irregular and the variation ranges of the contents were narrow. The pH value during flood and ebb tide was a constant of 8.2. The chlorosity range varied from 19.15 to 19.33g/l, the difference of 0.18g/l being comparatively small for coastal waters. The nutrient salts contents varied irregulary with the change in tide, but nitrite and soluble iron were not detected. In local distribution, chlorosity and silicate- silicon contents were found to be more at Sts. 1, 2 and 3 in the eastern area than at Sts. 4, 5 and 6 in the western area, wheras nitrate and ammonia contents were found to be more at Sts. 4, 5 and 6. The nitrate content was especially high, being twice as much as that at Sts. 1, 2 and 3 in the eastern area. In the spring tide, chlorosity was found, on the average, to be as much as 0.06g/l higher than in the neap tide, but the contents of nutrient salts were higher in the neap tide, especially the nitrate content was twice as much. When compared with other selected local laver beds, i.e., the tidal flats of the Nackdong and Somjin rivers, and of Wan Do Gun, the chlorosity level was highest but the nutrient salts contents level was, in general, slightly lower and the variation ranges narrow in the laver bed at Yongwon ri. The nitrate content, in particular was one tenth smaller than the others.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.497-512
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• 2017

Temporal and spatial variations in surface water temperature were studied using data from temperature monitoring buoys deployed at 47 stations around Boryeong from 2011-2012 off the west coast of Korea. Temperature fluctuations are predominant at diurnal and semidiurnal periods for all seasons, and their amplitudes are large in spring and summer but small in autumn. The maximum annual change in air temperature takes place on August 2nd and August 22th for water temperature, which means the phase for air temperature precedes water temperature by 20 days. The diurnal period of water temperature fluctuation is predominant around Daecheon and Muchangpo Harbors, with the semidiurnal period around Wonsan Island, and the shallow water constituent period on the estuary around Daecheon River. On the whole, air and water temperatures fluctuate with wind. Spectral analyses of temperature records show significant peaks at the 0.5, 1 and 15 day marks with 7-10 day periods of predominant fluctuations. Cross-correlation analyses for the temperature fluctuation show that the waters around Boryeong can be classified into four areas: a mixed water zone around the southeast side of Wonsan Island, an off-shore area to the west, an off-shore area to the south and a coastal area along the shore from Song Island to Muchangpo Harbor.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.191-202
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• 2024

Global warming is causing abnormal climates worldwide due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere, negatively affecting ecosystems and humanity. In response, various countries are attempting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in numerous ways, and interest in blue carbon, carbon absorbed by coastal ecosystems, is increasing. Known to absorb carbon up to 50 times faster than green carbon, blue carbon plays a vital role in responding to climate change. Particularly, the tidal flats of South Korea, one of the world's five largest tidal flats, are valued for their rich biodiversity and exceptional carbon absorption capabilities. While previous studies on blue carbon have focused on the carbon storage and annual carbon absorption rates of tidal flats, there is a lack of research linking tidal flat area changes detected using satellite data to carbon storage. This study applied the direct difference water index to high-resolution satellite data from PlanetScope and RapidEye to analyze the area and changes of the Nakdong River estuary tidal flats over six periods between 2013 and 2023, estimating the carbon storage for each period. The analysis showed that excluding the period in 2013 with a different tidal condition, the tidal flat area changed by up to approximately 5.4% annually, ranging from about 9.38 km² (in 2022) to about 9.89 km² (in 2021), with carbon storage estimated between approximately 30,230.0 Mg C and 31,893.7 Mg C.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.50 no.3
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• pp.169-179
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• 2017

Recently, due to global warming and climate change in Korea, local heavy storm occurs frequently. In this study, the risky areas for flooding in urban areas are analyzed for flood inundation based on two-dimensional urban flood runoff model (XP-SWMM) focusing on coastal high flood-risk urban areas. In addition, the MCDM (Multi-Criteria Decision Making) technique is utilized in order to establish the flood defense structural measures. The alternative flood reduction method are compared and the optimum flood defense measures are selected. A simulation model was used with three structural flood prevention measures (drainage pipe construction, water detention, flood pumping station). In order to decrease the flooding area, flood assessment criteria are suggested (flooded area, maximum inundation depth, damaged residential area, construction cost). Priorities of alternatives are determined by using compromise programming. As a result, the optimal flood defence alternative suggested for Janghang Zone 1 is flood pumping station and for Janghang Zone 2, 3 are drainage pipe construction.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.284-284
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• 2016

최근 기후변화의 영향으로 재해의 빈도와 피해의 규모는 점점 커지고, 예측의 불확실성 또한 증가하고 있다. 이에 따라 기후변화와 관련된 자연재해에 대처하기 위한 다양한 연구들이 수행되어 왔지만, 대부분의 기후변화 관련 연구는 미래 강우량과 해수면 상승을 분리하여 각각의 인자들에 따른 재난영향을 평가하였다. 그러나 연안지역에서는 강우 증가로 인해 발생하는 재해와 해수면 상승으로 인한 재해 등 두 개 이상의 재해가 복합적으로 작용할 수 있으므로 이를 동시에 고려한 연구가 필요하다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 해수면의 영향을 직접적으로 받는 태화강 유역을 대상유역으로 선정 하였고, 기후변화에 따른 강우의 증가와 해수면 상승이 연안지역에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 이를 위해 유역의 토지피복도, 수치고도자료, 토양도, 해당 유역의 단면 등을 이용하여 수리 수문모형을 구성하였다. 기후변화에 따른 강우 증가량을 고려하여 시나리오별 유출량을 산정하였고, 산정된 유출량 및 기점수위를 경계조건으로 입력하여 기후변화 시나리오에 따른 해수면 상승을 고려한 홍수위를 산정하였다. 이를 통하여 산정된 홍수위와 하천설계기준 해설에서 제시하고 있는 제방 여유고를 비교 검토하였다. 결과적으로, 목표기간별로 현재상태보다 최대 25.5%까지 첨두유출량이 증가하였고, 해수면 상승으로 인한 홍수위 변화는 하구부근에서 기점을 기준으로 약 7.1km까지 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 또한 여유고의 부족 구간을 검토한 결과, 전체 구간 40.17km 중 약 31.7km인 79.5%가 여유고를 만족하지 못하였고, 해수면 상승을 고려하지 않았을 경우에는 여유고를 만족하지 못하는 구간이 최대 3.8% 감소하였다. 연안지역의 기후변화로 인한 미래 강우량 증가와 해수면 상승을 동시에 고려한다면, 심각한 홍수 피해가 생길 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 이를 고려한 치수대책이 시급할 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.587-587
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• 2015

기후변화의 영향으로 발생 가능한 자연재난들에 대응하기 위해 많은 연구들이 활발히 수행중이다. 하지만, 대부분의 기후변화 연구들은 강수량의 증가와 해수면의 상승을 구분하여 재난의 영향을 평가하는데 그쳤고 기후변화로 인해 발생한 요소들의 복합적인 고려와 이로 인한 홍수 피해액 산정 연구는 미비한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 서쪽 산지에서 발원하여 울산 시가지를 관통하고 동해로 유입되는 태화강을 대상유역으로 선정하였고 기후변화로 인한 해수면 상승이 연안 지역과 인접하천에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 기후변화 따른 미래 강수량과 함께 해수면 상승의 복합적인 고려를 통해 기후변화의 영향이 연안지역의 수문량 변화에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 기후변화에 따른 해수면 상승이 연안지역에 얼마나 영향을 미치는지 확인하기 위해 강수의 증가량과 해수면의 상승량에 따른 홍수범람도를 작성 비교하였고 이를 정량적으로 비교하기 위해 홍수 피해액을 산정하였다. 해수면 상승으로 인한 하천의 기점수위가 높아짐에 따라, 전체적인 홍수위가 상승하는 것으로 나타났으며, 홍수위 상승은 하구에 가까울수록 상승폭이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 해수면 상승에 따른 침수심 및 피해지역의 변화는 홍수 피해액에도 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인할 수 있었다. 연안지역에 위치한 하천에서는 기후변화에 따른 강수량의 증가뿐만 아니라 해수면 상승량의 변화도 계획홍수위, 홍수범람 및 홍수 피해액에 분석에 있어 중요한 요소이며, 본 연구의 결과는 향후 연안 지역의 취약성 평가 기술과 풍수해 자연재난 위험의 대응방안 마련 기초 자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.353-360
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• 2010

The result of analysis of the observed temperature data by the Serial Oceanography Investigation of National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI) during last 41 years from 1969 to 2008 showed that sea surface temperatures in the East, West and South Sea of Korea were clearly increased. In case of 100m depth, temperature was increased in the South Sea of Korea, but it was decreased in the East Sea. Especially, the temperature around the coastal area in the East Sea was significantly decreased by the spatial distribution of long-term change of temperature on 100m depth. It should lead to the decreasing trend in the long-term change of temperature on 100 m depth in the entire East Sea. The increasing trend was clearly larger in wintertime than in summertime by a factor of about 2 It means that the long-term increasing trend of sea surface temperature in the Korean Waters is usually caused by the distinctive increasing trend in wintertime. As the results of the analysis of air temperature and wind speed on the 6stations around the coastal area in the Korean Waters, air temperature was found to be continuously increased, but wind speed to be gradually decreased in winter. The weakness of vertical mixing by decreasing of wind speed caused to make the surface mixed layer shallow. it could be considered that the increasing trend of surface temperature was caused by weak mixing between surface and intermediate layers.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.371-377
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• 2015

Isotopic compositions of precipitation have been used to understand moisture transport in the atmosphere and interactions between precipitation and groundwater. Isotopic compositions of speleothems and ice cores, so called, ''paleoarchives'', can be utilized to interpret climate of the past and global circulation models (GCMs). The GCMs are able to explain the paleoarchives, can be validated by the precipitation isotopes. The developments of stable isotope analyzers make high-resolution isotopic studies feasible. Therefore, a high-resolution study of precipitation isotopes is needed. For this study, precipitation samples were collected for every 5 to 15 minutes, depending on precipitation rates, using an auto-sampler for precipitation isotopes near coastal area. The isotopic compositions of precipitation range from -5.7‰ (-40.1‰) to -10.8‰ (-74.3‰) for oxygen (hydrogen). The slope of ${\delta}^{18}O-{\delta}D$ diagram for the whole period is 6.8, but that of each storm is 5.1, 4.2, 7.9 and 7.7, respectively. It indicates that evaporation occurred during the first two storms, while the latter two storm did not experience any evaporation. The isotopic fractionations of precipitation has significant implications for the water cycle and high-resolution data of precipitation isotopes will be needed for the future studies.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.21 no.6
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• pp.323-330
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• 1988

The spatial distribution of sea water temperature variation pattern in the South-eastern coastal region of Korea was studied by empirical orthogonal function (E. O. F) analysis in several depths from surface to 300m using the monthly mean water temperature averaged for 23 years, water mass analysis by T. S diagram and sectional diagram of water temperature. Typical type of water temperature variation in this area can be divided into surface (0m-50m), subsurface (100m-150m) and intermediate (200m-300m) layer. The first mode value of water temperature change on the surface layer showed $99\%$ of total variation, and decreased with the increase of the depth. It is deduced to be in the range of $60-70\%$ on the 300m layer. The representative type of water temperature fluctuation by the first mode in each layer is as follows. Water temperature change in the surface layer showed a seasonal variation. In the subsurface layer, it is governed by the interaction of the Tsushima Warm Current water with the cold water and by the heat transfer process from the upper layer. In the intermediate layer, water temperature variation seems to be governed by the advection of the bottom cold water.