• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.447-457
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• 2003

In order to understand the distribution of changes of geochemical characteristics in surface sediments according to various environmental changes around the artificial Lake Shihwa, surface sediments were sampled at $13{\sim}15$ sites form 1997 to 1999 and analyzed by C/S analyzer, ICP/MS and AAS. The average $S/C_{org}$ ratio was 0.35 in the surface sediments, which is similar to 0.36, the characteristic ratio of marine sediments. Heavy metal contents and enrichment factors in the surface sediments tended to be decreasing from the head to the mouth of the Lake Shihwa. With the deposition of fine-grained sediments in the central part of lake, anoxic water column induced the sulfides compounds with Cu, Cd and Zn. Metals such as Al, Fe, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd except for Mn and Pb showed relatively high correlation coefficients among them. The contents of Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn and Cd in the surface sediments of the lake were two to five times higher than those in the lake before dike construction and also in outer part of the dike. These are mainly due to the Input of untreated industrial and municipal waste-waters into the lake, and the accumulation of heavy metals by limitation of physical mixing. Although metal contents of the surface sediments at the sites near the water-gate due to outer seawater inflow tended to be lower than those during the desalination, heavy metals were deposited in areas around the new industrial complex in the evidence of spatial distribution of heavy metals in the sediments. This is mainly due to the input of untreated waste-waters from tributaries.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.79-85
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• 2019

Climate change is a very vital issue that can be no longer avoided. Korea has been a top-level country Iin dealing with carbon dioxide emissions since 1960. Many studies have been conducted to suppress or eliminate carbon dioxide emissions, which account for a large portion of greenhouse gases. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), the most practical method of them, plays a significant role. However, these methods have the disadvantage of the limits of geographical distribution and high possibility of re-emission into the atmosphere. Recently, ocean storage has been studied using Accelerated Weathering of Limestone (AWL), a technique for storing carbon dioxide in the ocean as an alternative to CCS, an underground storage. AWL is a method of converting carbon dioxide into concentrated water in the form of bicarbonate ion and discharging it to the ocean to dilute and store it. It does not cause re-emission to the atmosphere, and the discharged concentrated water increases the alkalinity of the ocean to prevent marine acidification. The objective of this study was to understand the behavior of DIC (Dissolved Inorganic Carbon) including carbon dioxide during the ocean discharge of bicarbonate ion concentrated water in AWL method. This study area was set near Ulleung-do where sufficient water depth and operational efficiency were secured. CORMIX model was used to calculate the material diffusion by submerged discharge using ship.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.215-225
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• 2011

케이슨 방파제의 설계는 구조물의 기능을 유지하면서 일정 피해를 허용하는 성능설계를 권장한다. 하지만 기존 성능설계 방법은 기후변화로 변화된 해양 환경을 설계에 반영하기 어려워 구조물의 수명 동안에 안정성을 보장할 수 없다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 대표적인 기후변화 효과인 해수면 상승과 파고의 증가를 고려한 시간 의존 성능설계를 수행하여 케이슨의 기대활동량과 파괴확률을 산정하였다. 특히, 해수면 상승과 파고의 증가가 시간의 함수로 표현되어 케이슨 활동에 대해 시간 의존 파괴확률을 계산하였다. 개발된 방법을 일본 동해안에 위치한 Hitachinaka항 동방파제에 적용하였다. 해수면 상승보다 파고의 증가가 구조물의 안정성에 훨씬 큰 영향을 주는 것으로 분석되었는데, 이는 해수면 상승 폭이 구조물 전면 수심에 비해 상대적으로 아주 작기 때문이다. 또한 설계자들의 실제적인 관심사인 기후변화에 의한 케이슨 단면 폭의 변화를 산정하였다. 구조물의 설계수명이 커질수록 단면 폭의 증가가 컸으며, 현재 폭이 약 22 m인 Hitachinaka 방파제 케이슨은 기후변화 효과인 파고의 선형 및 포물선 증가에 의해 단면 폭이 각각 0.5m와 1.5m 내외로 증가된다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.291-301
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• 2011

To investigate major factors controlling variations in water quality, principal component analysis and cluster analysis were used to analyze data sets of 12 parameters measured at 23 sampling stations of Jinhae Bay during winter and spring. Principal component analysis extracted three major factors controlling variations of water quality during winter and spring. In winter, major factors included freshwater input, polluted material input, and biological activity. Whereas in spring they were polluted material input, freshwater input, and suspended material input. The most distinct difference in the controlling factors between winter and spring was that the freshwater input was more important than the polluted material input in winter, but the polluted material input was more important than the freshwater input in spring. Cluster analysis grouped 23 sampling stations into four clusters in winter and five clusters in spring respectively. In winter, the four clusters were A (station 5), B (stations 1, 2), C (station 4), and D (the remaining stations). In spring, the five clusters included A (station 5), B (station 1), C (station 3), D (station 6), and E (the remaining stations). Intensive management of the water quality of Masan and Hangam bays could improve the water quality of Jinhae Bay since the polluted materials were mainly introduced into Jinhae Bay through Masan and Hangam bays.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제33권spc3호
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• pp.385-395
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• 2011

Time-series sediment traps were deployed at 1,000 m water depth of the northwestern subtropical Pacific from July 2009 to June 2010, with the aim of understanding temporal and spatial variations of sinking-particle fluxes. The opening and closing of the traps was synchronized at 18-day periods for 20 events. Total mass fluxes showed distinct seasonal variations with high values for the summer-fall seasons and relatively low values for winter-spring. This seasonal variation at two stations was characterized by a distinct difference in $CaCO_3$ fluxes between the two seasons. The enhanced $CaCO_3$ flux in the summer - fall seasons might be attributed to an increased planktonic foraminiferal flux. Total mass flux at FM10 station was nearly 50% higher than that at FM1 station. The difference in $CaCO_3$ fluxes between two stations contributed nearly 70% of the difference of total mass fluxes. The $CaCO_3$ flux was a major component controlling temporal and spatial variation of sinking - particle fluxes in the western subtropical Pacific Ocean.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.335-345
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• 2008

In order to study spatial variabilities and major controlling factors, we measured fugacity of $CO_2(fCO_2)$, temperature, salinity and nutrients in surface waters of the North Pacific($7^{\circ}30'{\sim}33^{\circ}15'N$, $123^{\circ}56'E{\sim}164^{\circ}24'W$) between September$\sim$October 2007. The North Pacific and the marginal sea were distinguished by $fCO_2$ distribution as well as unique characteristics of temperature and salinity. There was a distinct diurnal SST variation in the tropical North Pacific area, and surface $fCO_2$ coincidently showed diurnal variation. In the North Pacific area, surface $fCO_2$ was mainly controlled by temperature, while in the marginal sea area it was primarily dependent on alkalinity and dissolved inorganic carbon concentrations. Air-sea $CO_2$ flux showed a large spatial variation, with a range of $-6.10{\sim}5.06\;mmol\;m^{-2}day^{-1}$. The center of subtropical gyre of North Pacific acted as a source of $CO_2(3.09{\pm}0.95\;mmol\;m^{-2}day^{-1})$. Tropical western North Pacific (i.e. the 'warm pool' area and the subtropical western North Pacific) acted as weak sources of $CO_2$($1.07{\pm}1.20\;mmol\;m^{-2}day^{-1}$ and $0.50{\pm}0.53\;mmol\;m^{-2}day^{-1}$, respectively). In the marginal sea, however, the flux was estimated to be $-0.68{\pm}1.17\;mmol\;m^{-2}day^{-1}$, indicating that this area acted as a sink for $CO_2$.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.191-199
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• 2002

Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) were collected on April, 1999 and March­September, 2000 from Goseung Bay along the southern coast of Korea. The oysters tested cp;;ected from a depth of 0.5-2 m in which they cultured by a long line hanging method. The oxygen consumption rates (OCR) of oysters held under constant temperature and darkness (CC), were determined using an automatic intermittent-flow-respirometer (AIFR). Depending on holding periods after oyster collection, the experiments were divided into two groups: Group 7-d (held to ambient temperature for ca. 7 days) and Group 2l-d (held to ambient temperature for ca. 21 days). The OCR for Group 7-d single oyster displayed two peaks every day under CC, while Group 2l-d single oyster showed one peak every day. It is likely that the rhythmic patterns 02.6-12.8 hours) of the OCR in the Group 7-d single oyster may have been influenced by tidal currents at the sampling site. The rhythmic patterns (24.3-24.7 hours) in the Group 2l-d single oyster may have been shifted from two peaks to one peak each day under CC. The present study concludes that the OCR rhythm of wild oysters in nature is governed by two lunar-day clocks (24.8 hours); one driving one peak and the other driving the second peak. When oysters are subjected to the long-term CC conditions, one of the two-clock systems is depressed or only intermittently becomes active. Jpwever. the OCR rhythms by two to three oysters occurred arrhythmic patterns during the experiments and exhibited some evidence of weak rhythmicity of compared to those of a single oyster. It could be partly due to differences group effects.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2010

최근 우리나라 동해안에서 겨울철에 빈번하게 발생하는 너울성 고파의 특성을 파랑 관측자료 및 기상자료를 이용하여 분석하였다. 동해안 너울성 고파는 중국 내륙에서 발생한 온대성 저기압이 동해상으로 진출하면서 중심기압이 낮아지고, 그 주변으로 강한 기압골을 형성하면서 동해상에 강한 북동풍 계열의 바람이 지속적으로 붊에 따라 발생하게 됨을 다양한 자료 분석 결과를 토대로 입증하였다. 최근 동해안에 큰 피해를 입혔던 너울성 고파 중에서 2005년 10월 및 2006년 10월에 내습한 너울성 고파는 풍파의 특성이 지배적이었던 반면, 2008년 2월의 너울성 고파는 풍파에 의해 1차적으로 파고가 상승한 후 주기가 더 긴 너울에 의해서 다시 2차적으로 파고 상승이 일어남에 따른 것으로 추정된다.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.633-649
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• 2016

작물의 생산성은 생식기간 중 고온에 노출되면 감소한다. IPCC 5차 평가보고서는 고온의 빈도가 미래에 계속 증가할 것이며, 이는 세계 식량 공급에 영향을 미칠 것으로 전망하였다. 이 연구에서는 기상청의 Had GEM2-AO(the coupled atmosphere-ocean model of Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model version 2) 기후모델과 FAO/IIASA의 GAEZ(Global Agro-Ecological Zone) 작물모델 자료를 이용하여 전 지구 규모에서 4개의 주요 작물(쌀, 옥수수, 콩, 밀)에 대하여 기후변화로 인한 작물의 고온 스트레스를 평가하였다. 과거기간(1961~1990년)에 비해 미래(2070~2090년)에 생식기간 동안 최고기온은 약 $1.8{\sim}3.5^{\circ}C$ 상승할 것으로 전망되며, RCP2.6 시나리오에 비해 RCP8.5 시나리오에 따른 기온 상승이 더 클 것으로 전망된다. 특히 열 스트레스는 북반구 $30{\sim}50^{\circ}N$에 위치한 작물 생산 지역에 극심한 피해를 발생시킬 것으로 전망된다. RCP8.5 시나리오에 따르면 모든 작물에 대해서 전체 재배지역의 약 20%는 현재에 경험하지 못한 극단적인 고온 스트레스를 경험하게 될 것이며, 특히 북아메리카에서 쌀과 콩의 고온 스트레스 강도가 클 것으로 전망된다. 기후변화를 완화하기 위한 노력 없이 현재 추세대로 온실기체를 계속 배출한다면 온대 및 아열대 지역에서의 농업이 고온에 크게 영향을 받을 것으로 전망되며, 이는 작물의 대부분을 수입에 의존하는 우리나라 식량안보에 큰 위협이 될 수 있다. 그러므로 기후변화에 따른 식량안보에 대하여 지속적인 예측이 수행되어야 하며, 적응 전략 개발 및 적절한 농업 정책 등이 필요하다.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.179-192
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• 2007

Understanding in climate effects on marine ecosystem is essential to utilize, predict, and conserve marine living resources in the 21st century. In this review paper, we summarized the past history and current status of Korean fisheries as well as the changes in climate and oceanographic phenomena since the 1960s. Ocean ecosystems in Korean waters can be divided into three, based on the marine commercial fish catches; the demersal ecosystem in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, the pelagic ecosystem in the Tsushima Warm Current from the East China Sea to the East/Japan Sea, and the demersal ecosystem in the northern part of the East/Japan Sea. Through the interdisciplinary retrospective analysis using available fisheries, oceanographic, and meteorological information in three important fish communities, the trend patterns in major commercial catches and the relationship between climate/environmental variability and responses of fish populations were identified. Much evidence revealed that marine ecosystems, including the fish community in Korean waters, has been seriously affected by oceanographic changes, and each species has responded differently. In general, species diversity is lessening, and mean trophic level of each ecosystem has decreased during the last $3\sim4$ decades. Future changes in fisheries due to global warming are also considered for major fisheries and aquaculture in Korean waters.