• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.277-288
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• 2005

Spatial distribution and vertical structures of water masses around the Antarctic continental margin are described using synthesized hydrographic data. Antarctic Surface Water (AASW) over the shelf regime is distinguished from underlying other water masses by the cut-off salinity, varying from approximately 34.35 to 34.45 around Antarctica. Shelf water, characterized by salinity greater than the cut-off salinity and potential temperature less than $-17^{\circ}C$, is observed on the Ross Sea, off George V Land, off Wilkes Land, the Amery Basin, and the Weddell Sea, but in some shelves AASW occupies the entire shelf. Lower Circumpolar Deep Water is present everywhere around the Antarctic oceanic regime and in some places it mixes with Shelf Water, producing Antarctic Slope Front Water (ASFW). ASFW, characterized by potential temperature less than about $0^{\circ}C$ and greater than $-17^{\circ}C$, and salinity greater than the cut-off salinity, is found everywhere around Antarctica except in the Bellingshausen-Amundsen sector. The presence of different water masses over the Antarctic shelves and shelf edges produces mainly three types of water mass stratifications: no significant meridional property gradient in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, single property gradient where ASFW presents, and a V-shaped front where Shelf Water exists.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.13-23
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• 2000

1993년 12원과 1994년 8월 2회에 걸쳐 동중국해 동부해역 관측선 J (30° N)의 용존무기영양염들의 분포에 대해 조사하였다. 고온고염의 특성을 지닌 쿠로시오 표층수의 질산이온 및 규산농도는 각각 2μM 이하와 5μM 이하로 낮다. 반면에 수심이 증가할수록 질산이온 및 규산농도는 급격히 증가하여 쿠로시오 중층수에서는 각각 20～40, 45～100 μM 범위로 높았다. 대륙붕역 저층수와 쿠로시오 중퐁수의 수온과 용존무기영양염 관계는 용존무기영양염이 풍부한 쿠로시오 중층수가 대륙붕수로 관입되고 있음을 암시한다. 수온, 염분 및 규산 농도를 해수추적자로 이용하여 수괴득의 혼합을 분석한 결과, 대륙붕 저층수는 대륙붕단 바로 바깥쪽 수심 약 100～400 m의 쿠로시오 중층수와의 혼합수라는 것이 밝혀졌다. 이와같이 대륙붕단을 따라 대륙사면에서 대륙붕안으로 올라오는 높은 용존무기영양염 농도를 지닌 용승해수는 동중국해 대륙붕역의 식물플랑크톤 일차생산력을 증가시키는 중요한 영양염 공급원으로 사료된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.201-215
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• 2013

The characteristics of the oceanographic environment in the Aleutian Basin of the Bering Sea during spring in 1996, 1997, and 1999 were clarified. An investigation of the water properties revealed five basic layers in the Bering Sea during spring: (1) a surface layer of warm and low-salinity water induced by solar heating, (2) a subsurface layer of cold and low-salinity water propagated slowly by heat from the surface layer, (3) a thermocline layer where salinity was constant but temperature sharply decreased, (4) a temperature inversion layer, and (5) a deep layer with a gradual decrease in temperature and increase in salinity toward the bottom. The ranges of water temperature and salinity were $1.8-5.5^{\circ}C$ and 31.81-34.08 in 1996, $1.5-7.2^{\circ}C$ and 31.9-34.06 in 1997, and $0.5-5.6^{\circ}C$ and 32.0-34.11 in 1999, respectively. The water temperature of the surface layer was approximately $1.6^{\circ}C$ higher in 1997 than in 1996 and 1999. The lowest temperature at a depth of 100-150 m was about $1^{\circ}C$ lower in 1999 than in 1996 and 1997. Nutrient levels (nitrate, phosphate, and silicate) contributing to the control of the growth of phytoplankton were higher in the Aleutian Basin than in the eastern continental shelf and Bogoslof Island area. This was closely associated with the phytoplankton distribution. Nutrient concentrations were lowest at a depth of 25 m. The high primary production at that depth was confirmed from the vertical distribution of chlorophyll a. Chlorophyll a levels were above $4.0{\mu}L^{-1}$ in some areas in 1996 and 1999, but below $2.0{\mu}L^{-1}$ in most areas in 1997. Zooplankton density was about three times higher in 1999 than in 1997.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제44권4호
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• pp.269-285
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• 2022

The interaction between ocean and ice shelf is a critical physical process in relation to water mass transformations and ice shelf melting/freezing at the ocean-ice interface. However, it remains challenging to thoroughly understand the process due to a lack of observational data with respect to ice shelf cavities. This is the first study to simulate the variability and circulation of water mass both overlying the continental shelf and underneath an ice shelf and an ice tongue in the Terra Nova Bay (TNB), East Antarctica. To explore the properties of water mass and circulation patterns in the TNB and the corresponding effects on sub ice shelf basal melting, we explicitly incorporate the dynamic-thermodynamic processes acting on the ice shelf in the Regional Ocean Modeling System. The simulated water mass formation and circulation in the TNB region agree well with previous studies. The model results show that the TNB circulation is dominated by the geostrophic currents driven by lateral density gradients induced by the releasing of brine or freshwater at the polynya of the TNB. Meanwhile, the circulation dynamics in the cavity under the Nansen Ice shelf (NIS) are different from those in the TNB. The gravity-driven bottom current induced by High Salinity Shelf Water (HSSW) formed at the TNB polynya flows towards the grounding line, and the buoyance-driven flow associated with glacial meltwater generated by the HSSW emerges from the cavity along the ice base. Both current systems compose the thermohaline overturning circulation in the NIS cavity. This study estimates the NIS basal melting rate to be 0.98 m/a, which is comparable to the previously observed melt rate. However, the melting rate shows a significant variation in space and time.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.38-43
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• 2006

The 3-D modeling of ocean finite element method(OFEM) using $k-{\varepsilon}$ turbulent model and tetrahedron grids has been used to investigate the internal wave generation during the expansion of the deep water from the open sea to the shelf with a simple shape, which can be widely used in the fields of submarine development, ocean environment and meteorology, etc. In this paper, the detailed configuration of internal wave with its length and height and also the distribution of salinity and turbulent kinematic energy, etc. were derived. It is hoped that this OFEM method can be successfully applied to the numerical calculation of internal wave for and the oceanographic problems (tidal flows around underwater hill, plateau, Georges Bank, etc.) and ocean engineering problems(flow past artificial sea reefs) in future.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.97-110
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• 2000

To investigate characteristics of water masses and current structures around Noto Peninsula located in south-east coastal region of the East Sea, observation results of CREAMS (Circulations Research of the East Asian Marginal Seas) cruise and data report of oceanographic observation (Japan Meteorological Agency) in June, 1995 and 1996 were used. Water mass showing characteristics of Tsushima Warm Current (TWC) exists over the continental shelf. The depth is shallower than 200m and its width and thickness are 190km and 200m, respectively. Minimum level of dissolved oxygen occurred at the layers of maximum salinity. In the current structure, a noteworthy phenomenon is that the positions of the high-salinity water (more than 34.6 psu) match well with the distributions of the southwestward flow. In June of 1995 and June of 1996, a southwestward flow were separated into two parts along line C and line G. Current directions derived from the temperature and salinity match well with the distributions of the geostrophic currents in the vertical sections. The isothermal lines and the isohaline, which exist horizontally along the coastal area of the Japan, change abruptly at the frontal area of the Noto Peninsula, then turn toward the center of the East Sea. The dynamic depth anomalies centering around the region far northwest of the Noto Peninsula were relatively high, compared to those of other regions. The isopycnic surface (sigma-t, 25.8) existed near the surface in the central part of the East Sea, but, at the depth of 100m, the isopycnic surface was found in the coastal waters.

• 한국해양환경ㆍ에너지학회지
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.25-34
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• 2001

마산만에서 Ra 동위원소의 농도를 결정하는 요인을 살펴보기 위해 1개 고정정점에서 1999년 5월에서 8월까지 총 4회에 걸쳐 해수 중의 /sup 226/Ra과 /sup 228/Ra을 수심별로 측정하였다. /sup 226/Ra과 /sup 228/Ra의 농도는 강수량이 많은 하계 (8월 1일)에 비교적 높으나, 그 외의 조사시기에는 비교적 낮다. 마산만 표층수의 /sup 226/Ra의 시계열 변화는 염분과 높은 부의 상관관계를 보여 표층수의 /sup 226/Ra 농도는 저염분의 높은 /sup 226/Ra 내만수와 고염분의 낮은 /sup 226/Ra의 외양수의 혼합에 지배적인 것으로 사료된다. /sup 228/Ra//sup 226/Ra의 방사능비는 표층수 보다 저층수에서 낮고, 이는 저층수에 과량의 /sup 226/Ra 공급원이 존재한다는 것을 의미한다. 그러나 해수의 Ra 동위원소의 주요 공급원인 퇴적물 및 간극수는 /sup 226/Ra에 비해 상대적으로 풍부한 /sup 228/Ra을 함유하기 때문에 저층수의 낮은 /sup 228/Ra/sup 226/Ra 비는 /sup 226/Ra이 풍부한 해저지하수의 누출 가능성을 의미한다. 따라서 마산만에서 해저지하수 누출은 /sup 226/Ra의 농도분포를 결정하는 또다른 중요한 기작으로 사료되며, 이에 대한 집중적인 연구가 요망된다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.119-127
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• 1997

한국 동해 연안에서의 동해중층수의 공간적 분포 특성을 살펴보기 위하여, 1994년 11월 5일부터 11일까지 동해 연안의 13개 정점에 대해서 CTD 관측을 행하였다. 동해 중층수는 $\sigma_\theta$가 27.2인 등밀도면상에서 온위가 약 $2.0\~2.3^{\circ}C$이고, 염분이 약 $34.04\~34.06$이었으며, 용존산소가 $5.6\~6.1\;ml/l$로 분포하고 있었다. 동해 중층수의 특성을 나타내는 $\sigma_\theta$가 27.2인 등밀도면은 외양에서 대륙붕으로 오면서 그 깊이는 약 200m에서 약 140m로 얕아진다. 특히 죽변 연안에서 $\sigma_\theta$가 27.2인 등밀도면의 깊이는 약 120m로 얕아지며, 온위가 약 $2.3^{\circ}C$이고 염분이 약 34.07이며 용존산소가 5.5 ml/l로, 외양의 동해 중충수에 비해서 수온과 염분이 다소 높으며, 용존산소가 낮은 수괴 특성을 나타내었다. 대륙붕역에서의 동해 중층수는 외양역의 동해 중층수 보다도 AOU가 약 0.8 ml/l, 염분최소치가 약 0.02 정도 높은 값을 보였다. 이것은 동해 연안 대륙붕역의 동해 중층수가 북쪽에서 직접 남하하는 중층수가 아니라 외양에 기원을 가진 중층수임을 시사하고 있다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.85-95
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• 2008

Temporal and spatial variabilities of chlorophyll a (Chl-a) in the northern East China Sea (ECS) are described, using both 8-day composite images of the SeaWiFS (Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor) and in-situ data investigated in August and September during 2000-2005. Ocean color imagery showed that Chl-a concentrations on the continental shelf within the 50 m depth in the ECS were above 10 times higher than those of the Kuroshio area throughout the year. Higher concentrations (above $5mg/m^3$) of yearly mean Chl-a were observed along the western part of the shelf near the coast of China. The standard deviation also showed the characteristics of the spatial variability near $122-124^{\circ}E$, where the western region of the East China Sea was grater than that of the eastern region. Particularly the significant concentration of Chl-a, up to $9mg/m^3$, was found at the western part of $125^{\circ}E$ in the in-situ data of 2002. The higher Chl-a concentrations of in-situ data were consistent with low salinity waters of below 30 psu. It means that there were the close relationship between the horizontal distribution of Chl-a and low salinity water.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.289-301
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• 2008

Community structure of heterotrophic protists and their grazing impact on phytoplankton were studied in Northwest Pacific Ocean during October, 2007. The study area was divided into four regions based on physical properties (temperature and salinity) and chlorophyll-a distribution. They were Region I of North Equatorial Currents, Region II of Kuroshio waters, Region III of shelf mixed water, and Region IV of Tsushima warm current from East China Sea. The distribution of chlorophyll-a concentrations and community structure of heterotrophic protists were significantly affected by physical properties of the water column. The lowest concentration of chlorophyll-a was identified in Region I and II, where pico-sized chlorophyll-a was most dominant (>80% of total chlorophyll-a). Biomass of heterotrophic protists was also low in Region I and II. However, Region III was characterized by low salinity and temperature and high chlorophyll-a concentration, with relatively lower pico-sized chlorophyll-a dominance. The Highest biomass of heterotrophic protists appeared in Region III, along with the relatively less important nanoprotists. In Region I, II and IV, heterotrophic dinoflagellates were dominant among the protists, while ciliates were dominant in Region III. Community structure varied with physical(salinity and temperature) and biological (chlorophyll-a) properties. Biomass of heterotrophic protists correlated well with chlorophyll-a concentration in the study area ($r^2=0.66$, p<0.0001). The potential effect of grazing activity on phytoplankton is relatively high in Region I and II. Our result suggest that biomass and size structure of heterotrophic protists might be significantly influenced by phytoplankton size and concentration.