• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume II
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• pp.672-675
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• 2006

The geostrophic current component is estimated from the sea surface velocity observed by the long-range High-Frequency Ocean Radar (HF radar) system in the upstream of the Kuroshio, by comparing with geostrophic velocity determined from along-track T/P and Jason-1 altimetry data. However, the sea surface velocity of the HF radar (HF velocity) contains not only the geostrophic current but also the ageostrophic current such as tidal current and wind-driven Ekman current. Tidal current component is first extracted by the harmonic analysis of the time series of the HF velocity. Then, the Ekman current is further estimated from daily wind data of IFREMER by applying the least-square method to the residual difference between the HF velocity and the altimetry geostrophic velocity. As a result, the Ekman current in the HF velocity is estimated as 1.32 % of the wind speed and as rotated 45$^{\circ}$ clockwise to the wind direction. These parameters are found almost common in the Kuroshio area and in the Open Ocean. After these corrections, the geostrophic velocity component in the HF velocity agrees well with the altimetry geostrophic velocity.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.89-96
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• 1996

A comparative study between geostrophic currents and directly measured currents was conducted for the upper layer to 200 m depth by using data from eleven observations of CTD and ADCP between March 1992 and November 1993 in the southwestern part of the East Sea. First-order linear relationship was found between calculated geostrophic currents and measured currents with the correlation coefficient of 0.83. On the average, 68.7% of directly measured current can be explained by geostrophic current obtained by dynamic method. The correlation coeflicients increased with total geostrophic transport, which suggests that geostrophic balance is good in areas of strong current.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.243-253
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• 2002

Time-mean and absolute geostrophic velocities of the Kuroshio current south of Japan are derived from TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data using a Gaussian jet model. When compared with simultaneous measurements from a shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) at two intersection points, the altimetric and ADCP absolute velocities correlate well with the correlation coefficient of 0.55 to 0.74. The accuracy of time-mean velocity ranges from 1 cm s$^{-1}$ to 5 cm s$^{-1}$. The errors in the absolute and the mean velocities are similar to those reported previously for other currents. The comparable performance suggests the Gaussian jet model is a promising methodology for determining absolute geostrophic velocities, noting that in this region the Kuroshio does not meander sufficiently and thus provides unfavorable environment for the performance of the Gaussian jet model.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2002년도 Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing
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• pp.610-614
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• 2002

Time-mean and absolute geostrophic velocities of the Kuroshio current south of Japan are derived from TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter data using a Gaussian jet model. When compared with simultaneous measurements from a shipboard acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) at two intersection points, the altimetric and ADCP absolute velocities correlate well with the correlation of 0.55 to 0.74. The time-mean velocity is accurate to 1 cm s$^{-1}$ to 5 cm s$^{-1}$. The errors in the absolute and the mean velocities are similar to those reported previously far other currents. The comparable performance suggests the Gaussian jet model is a promising methodology for determining absolute geostrophic velocities, noting that in this region the Kuroshio does not meander sufficiently, which provides unfavorable environment for the performance of the Gaussian jet model.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.283-296
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• 2009

Oceanographic survey data were analyzed to understand the characteristics of a warm eddy observed in the Ulleung Basin in July 2005. The temperature distribution at 200 db and vertical sections provided evidence of the warm eddy in the Ulleung Basin (UWE05). Based on the 5$^{\circ}C$ isothermal line on 200 db temperature, the major axis was 160 km from southwest to northeast, and the minor axis was 80 km from southeast to northwest. The homogeneous layer in the thermocline of UWE05 had mean values of 10.40$^{\circ}C$ potential temperature, 34.35 psu salinity, and 26.37 kg/m$^3$ potential density (${\sigma}_{\theta}$) and provided evidence that UWE05 also existed during the winter of 2004-2005. A warm streamer initially flowed along the circumference of UWE05 and mixed with the upper central water. Two northward current cores were found on the western side of the measured current section at the central latitude of UWE05. One was the East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) and the other was the main stream of the western part of UWE05. Geostrophic transport of the upper layer (from the surface to the isopycnal surface of 26.9 ${\sigma}_{\theta}$) was approximately 2.5 Sv in the eastern side of UWE05. However, the measured transport was twice as large as the geostrophic transport. Mass conservation of geostrophic transport was well satisfied in the upper layer. The direct current measurements and geostrophic transport analysis showed that the EKWC meandered around UWE05.

• 한국측량학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.159-165
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 위성고도계자료를 이용하여 개발된 평균해면모델인 CLS_SHOM과 지구중력장 모델인 EGM96으로부터 평균해면고와 지오이드고를 계산하여 해면지형을 계산하고, 이를 이용하여 지형류의 흐름을 추정하였다 지형류의 추정을 통하여 해양의 물리학적인 특성을 연구할 수 있기 때문에 외국에서는 많은 연구가 수행되어 왔으나 우리나라의 경우에는 연구가 이루어지지 않은 상태이다. 본 연구에서는 지형류에 대한 기초연구로서 동해에서의 지형류 흐름특성을 분석하여 제시하였다. 연구결과 동해지역에 대한 해면지형의 평균은 약 37cm로 계산되었고, 지형류 속도는 평균 -0.028m/sec로 계산되었다. 지형류의 흐름은 태평양 해수가 대한해협을 통과하면서 속도가 증가한 후에 일본열도의 외측단을 따라서 동북동 방향으로 거의 일정한 속도로 흐르다가 좁은 Tsugaru 해협과 Soya 해협을 통하여 유출되며, 한반도의 동해안을 따라서 북쪽으로 흐르다가 Soya해협과 북동북으로 향하여 Okhotsk해로 유출되는 것으로 나타났다.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2001

In an attempt to demonstrate the seasonal variation of the Ulleung Warm Eddy (UWE), in which the UWE changes its shape from a warm core ring in early spring to a warm lens in late summer under the effect of surrounding East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) Water, a simple geostrophic adjustment model is considered. Model results indicate that the buoyancy increase of the EKWC Water and the strengthening of the EKWC towards summer, both of which are typical of this region, are the major factors governing the seasonal variation of the UWE.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume I
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• pp.352-355
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• 2006

In this study, the seasonal and inter-annual variation of sea surface current in the Gulf of Thailand were revealed through the use of WOD temperature and salinity data and monthly sea surface dynamic heights (SSDH) from TOPEX/Poseidon and ERS-2 altimetry data during 1995-2001. The mean dynamic height and mean geostrohic current were derived from the climatological data while SSDH data gave monthly dynamic heights and their geopstrophic currents. The mean geostrophic current showed strong southward and westward flow of South China Sea water along the gulf entrance. Counterclockwise eddy in the inner gulf and the western side of the gulf entrance associated with upwelling in the area. Seasonal geostrophic currents show basin-wide counterclockwise circulation during the southwest monsoon season and clockwise circulation during the northeast monsoon season. Upwelling was enhanced during the southwest monsoon season. The circulation patterns varied seasonally and inter-annually probably due to the variation in wind regime. And finally we found that congregation, spawning, and migration routes of short-bodied mackerel conform well with coastal upwelling and surface circulation in the gulf.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.1044-1055
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• 1997

To find out generating mechanism of eddies in the polar frontal zone of the East Sea, we carried out a series of numerical experiments using the nonlinear $1^{1/2}-layer$ model allowing the effect of the polar front. We assumed the polar front at about $39^{\circ}N$ in zonal direction with the cold water region in the northern part and the warm water region in the southern part of the model ocean. To examine the effect of the frontal motion without the influence of the Tsushima Current from the beginning of the geostrophic adjustment, the initial state of the model ocean was assumed motionless. Eastward current was caused by the geostrophic adjustment process in the polar frontal zone that induced a steady northward coastal current along the Korean coast to satisfy the mass continuity. The overshooting of this coastal current acted as an initial disturbance of the zonal flow field which caused meanders and eddies. The spatial scales of eddies were in good agreement with the baroclinic instability theory.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.225-242
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• 2012

이 연구는 인공위성 고도계로 관측한 해수면 높이 자료를 이용하여 동해 표층해류를 생산하고, 동해 전체 영역에 대하여 동시성 있는 표층해류 분포를 동해 해류 정보 사용자에게 제공하기 위한 최초의 시도이다. 동해 전 영역에서 인공위성 고도계와 연안 조위관측소의 해수면 높이 자료를 동시에 얻을 수 있으므로 준실시간으로 넓은 해역에 대하여 동시성 있는 표층 지형류의 산출이 가능하다. 산출된 동해 표층 지형류로부터 주요 해류의 위치와 세기 그리고 중규모 이상의 소용돌이 발달 양상을 살펴볼 수 있다. 따라서 이들 해류의 이름과 평균적인 위치를 알 수 있도록 동해 해양지명에 대한 명칭과 위치를 기술하고, 개념적인 해류도를 제시하였다. 동해 해류정보가 실제 실용화될 수 있도록 인공위성 고도계 자료를 이용하여 산출한 지형류의 월 계절 연도별 해류 분포 예를 들고, 각 해류 분포를 설명하였다. 또한 시 공간적으로 변화하는 동해 표층해류 분포 형태를 객관적으로 분류하기 위하여 16년(1993~2008년)간의 표층해류 자료를 경험직교함수(Empirical Orthogonal Function, EOF)를 이용하여 분석하였다. EOF분석 제1모드(mode)는 주로 한국 동해안을 따라 북쪽으로 흐르는 동한난류와 야마도분지 남서부 시계방향 순환의 강화 또는 약화를 나타냈다. 제2모드는 동한난류가 동해 남부를 가로지르며 사행하는 정도를 나타냈으며, 해류 사행의 파장은 약 300 km이었다. 제1모드와 제2모드가 모두 해류의 연간 변동성을 나타냈으며, 제1모드와 제2모드의 시간계수에 따라 동해 표층해류 분포를 관성 경계류 패턴(pattern), 대마난류 패턴, 사행 패턴, 외해분지류 패턴으로 분류할 수 있다.