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The Analysis of GOCI CDOM for Observation of Ocean Environment Change (해양환경변화관측을 위한 GOCI CDOM 자료 분석)

  • Jeong, Jong-Chul
    • Journal of Environmental Impact Assessment
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.389-395
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    • 2013
  • Geostationary Ocean Color Imager(GOCI), the World's first spaceborne ocean color observation satellite operated in geostationary orbit, was successfully launched on May 2010. The main missions of GOCI is the coastal environment monitoring of GOCI in order to meet the necessity of long-term climate change monitoring and research. The GOCI have higher spatial resolution than MODIS, $500m{\times}500m$, and 8 spectral ocean color channels. GOCI have a capability for observation on the coastal environment change, GOCI perform the observation with 8 times a day. In this paper, we presented the more improved results for observation on the coastal environment change than MODIS ocean color sensor and detected the spatial difference of CDOM for monitoring coastal environment change.

Improvement Plan of NFRDI Serial Oceanographic Observation (NSO) System for Operational Oceanographic System (운용해양시스템을 위한 한국정선해양관측시스템 발전방향)

  • Lee, Joon-Soo;Suh, Young-Sang;Go, Woo-Jin;Hwang, Jae-Dong;Youn, Seok-Hyun;Han, In-Seong;Yang, Joon-Yong;Song, Ji-Young;Park, Myung-Hee;Lee, Keun-Jong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.16 no.3
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    • pp.249-258
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    • 2010
  • This study seeks to improve NFRDI Serial Oceanographic observation (NSO) system which has been operated at current observation stations in the Korean Seas since 1961 and suggests the direction of NSO for practical use of Korean operational oceanographic system. For improvement, data handling by human after CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) observation on the deck, data transmission, data reception in the land station, and file storage into database need to be automated. Software development to execute QA/QC (Quality Assurance/Quality Control) of real-time oceanographic observation data and to transmit the data with conversion to appropriate format automatically will help to accomplish the automation. Inmarsat satellite telecommunication systems with which have already been equipped on board the current observation vessels can realize the real-time transmission of the data. For the near real-time data transmission, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) wireless telecommunication can provide efficient transmission in coastal area. Real-time QA/QC procedure after CTD observation will help to prevent errors which can be derived from various causes.

Note on the appearance of Freak Waves from in-situ ocean wave data

  • Tomita, Hiroshi;Waseda, Takuji
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.105-112
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    • 2006
  • Freak waves in the ocean are recently drawing much attention as a natural disaster to ocean structures and navigating ships as well. Several observation data, among them the Draupner New Year Wave, show the very impressive feature of Freak waves whose wave height is up to three times as high as the significant wave height of surrounding waves, In addition, Freak wave appears as an isolated very high crest in somewhat stationary random waves of same order in their wavelengths. Bearing such characteristics in mind, one notices its extraordinary steepness. This strongly suggests that Freak wave is not long lived but transient nature on the whole. A great number of studies to explain these natures were published from both theoretical and numerical point of view. However it is not sure if they are applicable to actual ocean environment. In this paper, we deal with the results concerning abnormal and/or Freak waves from in-situ ocean wave data and point out several remarks to the problems lain behind the contributions in this context. A physical experiment is described to reinforce the subject discussed from the observation data.

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Variation of Underwater Ambient Noise Observed at IORS Station as a Pilot Study

  • Kim, Bong-Chae;Choi, Bok-Kyoung
    • Ocean Science Journal
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.175-179
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    • 2006
  • The Ieodo Ocean Research Station(IORS) is an integrated meteorological and oceanographic observation base which was constructed on the Ieodo underwater rock located at a distance of about 150 km to the south-west of the Mara-do, the southernmost island in Korea. The underwater ambient noise level observed at the IORS was similar to the results of the shallow water surrounding the Korean Peninsula (Choi et al. 2003) and was higher than that of deep ocean (Wenz 1962). The wind dependence of ambient noise was dominant at frequencies of a few kHz. The surface current dependence of ambient noise showed good correlation with the ambient noise in the frequency of 10 kHz. Especially, the shrimp sound was estimated through investigations of waveform and spectrum and its main acoustic energy was about 40 dB larger than ambient noise level at 5 kHz.

Analysis of Ocean Color Data for Observation on the Ocean Environment Change Caused by Typhoon Path (태풍의 이동경로에 따른 해양환경변화관측을 위한 해색 자료 분석)

  • Jeong, Jong-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.59-66
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    • 2013
  • When the typhoons are passing over the ocean, the ocean environment has both physical and biological impacts on the East, South sea and Yellow sea of Korea. As a result of typhoon path, vertical mixing and upwelling injured colder subsurface water, and leaded to phytoplankton blooming along the typhoons. The ocean environment before and after a typhoon played an important role in the biological effect of sea surface. Although the magnitude of sea surface temperature (SST) gets cooler because of typhoon path, other physical and biophysical responses are quite different such as chlorophyll, K490 and SST. The purpose of this study is to compare with the typhoon path that influenced the Korean Peninsula and ocean environment parameters which were observed by ocean color remotely-sensed data. The MODIS data were used to assess the parameters of ocean environments such as K490 and chlorophyll data from 2002 to 2005. Mean chlorophyll from MODIS data increased by about 1-4% in the East sea after the typhoon. Mean concentration of MODIS chlorophyll in the post-typhoon period increased along the typhoon passage. However, Jeju coastal area has different patterns from those of the East sea.

Analysis and application of ocean currents information extracted from SAR satellite image (SAR 위성영상 해수유동 정보추출 및 활용)

  • Lee, Moon-Jin;Kim, Hey-Jin;Lee, Seung-Hyun;Hang, Key-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.21-26
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    • 2007
  • A study on analysis and application of ocean currents information extracted from SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite image. The current information extracted from SAR satellite image is not real vector information but scalar information in normal direction of orbital path. To correct current information extracted from satellite image, observation of currents in the field is carried out at the same time and area as those of satellite image. In the analysis, current information extracted from satellite image is corrected by using observed ones. By this correction, the speed and the direction of current can be estimated. The extract current information seem to agree well with the observed ones.

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Case Study of Ultra High Resolution Shallow Acoustic Profiling - Discrimination of the Marine Contaminated Sediment and Burial Depth Inspection of Submarine Cable (초고해상 천부음향탐사 사례 - 오염퇴적층 구분과 해저케이블 매설 검측)

  • Jung, Baek-Hoon;Lee, Yong-Kuk;Kim, Seong-Ryul;Shin, Dong-Hyeok;Jou, Hyeong-Tae
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2008.10a
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2008
  • Compared to conventional high resolution acoustic profiling, ultra high resolution shallow acoustic profiling is limited in penetration, yet it provides resolution suitable for detailed seabed investigation in the shallow waters. Possible applications include search of buried pipeline, ship wrecks, and other artificial objects through the detailed mapping of thickness and structure of the upper sedimentary layers. In this study, contaminated sediments were discriminated by the correlation of ultra high resolution profiles with geologic data. In addition, the burial depth of submarine cable was measured by the interpretation of acoustic anomalies in the profiles.

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