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Oceanic Variables extracted from Along-Track Interferometric SAR Data

  • Kim, Duk-Jin;Moon, Wooil-M.
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.429-434
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    • 2002
  • The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data are considered to contain the greatest amount of information among various microwave techniques developed for measuring ocean variables from aircraft or satellites. They have the potential of measuring wavelength, wave direction and wave height of the ocean waves. But, it is difficult to retrieve significant ocean wave heights and surface current from conventional SAR data, since the imaging mechanism of ocean waves by a SAR is determined by the three basic modulation processes arise through the tilt modulation, hydrodynamic modulation and velocity bunching which are poorly known functions. Along-Track Interferometric (ATI) SAR systems can directly detect the Doppler shift associated with each pixel of a SAR image and have been used to estimate wave fields and surface currents. However, the Doppler shift is not simply proportional to the component of the mean surface current. It includes also contributions associated with the phase velocity of the Brags waves and orbital motions of all ocean waves that are longer than Brags waves. In this paper, we have developed a new method for extracting the surface current vector using multiple-frequency (L- & C-band) ATI SAR data, and have generated surface wave height information.

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Virtual Reality Technology for Multipurpose Numerical Simulation in Marine Environmental Engineering (해양환경공학의 다목적 수치시뮬레이션을 위한 Virtual Reality 기술)

  • Park, Jong-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.174-180
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    • 2002
  • A virtual reality technology for multipurpose numerical simulation is developed to reproduce and investigate a variety of ocean environmental problems in a 3D-Numerical Wave Tank. The governing equations for solving incompressible fluid motion are Navier-Stokes equation and continuity equation, and the Marker-Density function technique is adopted to implement the fully-nonlinear free-surface kinematic condition. The marine environmental situations, i.e. waves, currents, wind, etc., are reproduced by use of multi-segmented wavemaker on the basis of the so-called "snake-principle". In this paper, some numerical reproduction techniques for regular and irregular waves, multi-directional waves, Bull's-eye wave, wave-current, and solitary wave are presented, and a model test in motion with large amplitude of roll angle is conducted in the developed 3D-NWT, using a overlaid grid system.

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Implementation of a Joint System for Waves and Currents in the Black Sea

  • Toderascu, Robert;Rusu, Eugen
    • International Journal of Ocean System Engineering
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.29-42
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    • 2014
  • The objective of this paper is to present the implementation of a joint modeling system able to evaluate the propagation of the polluting agents in the marine environment. The system is composed by circulation model (Mohid) and a spectral wave model (SWAN). The results coming from the circulation model are provided as input to the SWAN simulations. Following this target the Mohid water circulation model was implemented and calibrated in the Black Sea basin. The current simulations were run for one year (2010) with a time step of 24 hours, using wind fields from ECMWF. The results concerning the current fields were introduced into SWAN, and the difference between the results of the SWAN simulations with and without the current input from Mohid was assessed. In this regard, 10 points where the significant wave height difference is higher were considered and analyzed. The conclusion of the work is that such a joint system provides more reliable results concerning the wave and current conditions in the Black Sea as it is very useful in providing the support in the case of the environmental alerts that may occur in marine environments.

Numerical Wave Tank Technology for Multipurpose Simulation in Marine Environmental Engineering (해양환경공학의 다목적 시뮬레이션을 위한 수치파랑수조 기술)

  • 박종천
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2003
  • A virtual reality technology for multipurpose numerical simulation is developed to reproduce and investigate a variety of ocean environmental problems in a 3D Numerical Wave Tank(NWT). The governing equations for solving incompressible fluid motion are Navier-Stokes equation and continuity equation. The Marker-Density function technique is adopted to implement the fully nonlinear freesurface kinematic condition. The marine environmental situations, i.e., waves, currents, etc., are reproduced by use of multi-segmented wavemakers on the basis of the so-called ″snake-principle″. In this paper, some numerical reproduction techniques for regular, and irregular waves, multi-directional waves, Bull's-eye wave. wave-current, and solitary wave are presented, and a model test in motion with large amplitude of roll angle is conducted in the developed 3D-NWT, using a overlaid grid system.

Analysis on Mechanism of Wave Attenuation under Wave-Current Interaction (파랑-흐름의 상호작용에 의한 파랑변형 메커니즘 분석)

  • Lee, Woo-Dong;Hur, Dong-Soo
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.645-650
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    • 2016
  • In this study, we conducted a numerical simulation using Navier-Stokes Solver (HYMO-WASS-3D) in order to analyze wave attenuation under wave-current interaction found in existing hydraulic experiments. It showed that wave energy and wave height are reduced as the wave propagates in coexisting fields between waves and currents. And the wave attenuation became more serious as the velocity of current and thus turbulence intensity were increased at wave-current coexisting field. As well, the wave attenuation became more serious with lower wave height and shorter period when the wave propagates the same distance under interactions between waves and currents.

Numerical Simulation of Nearshore Morphological Changes near Groins (突堤 周邊의 海岸地形 變化 豫測模型)

  • 김태림;김창식;박광순;심재설;오병철
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.187-196
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    • 1998
  • Morphological changes around the groin system in the beach are examined using a numerical model. The model consists of two parts : the hydrodynamic model which calculates the transformation of waves and currents, and the sediment transport model which determines sediment transport rates and bottom topographic changes. The numerical model is applied to single-groin and three-groin systems on a typical plane beach. The changes to the beach system due to waves and currents during 150-day simulation near the groins are calculated using sediment transport rate patterns in the domain. The sand by-passing rate patterns around groins are also evaluated.

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Longshore Currents Driven by Irregular Waves (불규칙파에 의한 연안류)

  • 유동훈;김창식
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.12-23
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    • 1995
  • Currents driven by irregular waves are modelled using numerical model with various empirical relations improved. Kitaigorodskii's equilibrium equation is refined to account for shoaling effect and used for checking the breaking condition. In order to compute the bottom friction realistically. equivalent roughness blights are estimated considering the ripple shape and bed load transport which may be significant the surf zone. Two sets of equations are employed to evaluate the ripple shape: one is suggested by Nielsen and the other by Madsen and Rogengaus. Both equations give similar shape of ripples. but Madsen et al. give lower value of ripple factor than Swart suggesting that the equivalent roughness becomes relatively small. Optimization technique is used to determine the proper values for the empirical parameters of $\kappa$-ι equations, and the longshore current velocity is computed using the values of empirical parameters determined by the optimization technique.

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Algorithm for Fault Location Estimation on Transmission Lines using Second-order Difference of a Positive Sequence Current Phasor

  • Yeo, Sang-Min;Jang, Won-Hyeok;Kim, Chul-Hwan
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.8 no.3
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    • pp.499-506
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    • 2013
  • The accurate estimation of a fault location is desired in distance protection schemes for transmission lines in order to selectively deactivate a faulted line. However, a typical method to estimate a fault location by calculating impedances with voltages and currents at relaying points may have errors due to various factors such as the mutual impedances of lines, fault impedances, or effects of parallel circuits. The proposed algorithm in this paper begins by extracting the fundamental phasor of the positive sequence currents from the three phase currents. The second-order difference of the phasor is then calculated based on the fundamental phasor of positive sequence currents. The traveling times of the waves generated by a fault are derived from the second-order difference of the phasor. Finally, the distance from the relaying point to the fault is estimated using the traveling times. To analyze the performance of the algorithm, a power system with EHV(Extra High Voltage) untransposed double-circuit transmission lines is modeled and simulated under various fault conditions, such as several fault types, fault locations, and fault inception angles. The results of the simulations show that the proposed algorithm has the capability to estimate the fault locations with high speed and accuracy.

Field Observations of Wave-Induced Currents at Bonggil Beach (동해 봉길해안에서 해빈류의 현지 관측)

  • LEE YOUNG KWEON;YANG HAE YANG;PARK IL HEUM;LEE JONG SUP;KIM JONG KYU
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.145-150
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    • 2004
  • Using the DGPS of high precision take in a bouy, the wave-induced currents were observed by Lagrange method at Bonggile beach of the East Sea. At June, the northward wave-induced currents were dominated by the SSW waves. And the southward flaws were appeared at September and November. When 0.2-0.4m wave heights attacked the beach, the mean speed of the wave-induced currents was 0.15-0.3m/s at June and September, when the 1.0-1.6m wave heights incidented at November, that was about 0.3-0.6m/s. On the other hand, the observed results were compared with the simulated results which were solved by the 2-D model, WICU-DIVAST. It was showed the reasonable agreements.

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