TRANSPORT AND DIFFUSION OF POLLUTANTS IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF ONSAN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

온산공단 부근의 해양오염물질 이동

To clarify the dispersion of pollutants introduced in the coastal region, a series of current measurements, the drogue and drift bottle experiments as well as the dye diffusion experiments were carried out in Onsan Bay and in the coastal waters of Ubong-ri near Ulsan. In the southeastern coastal region of Korean peninsula, that is, in the outside of Onsan Bay, the flood tidal current flows south-south-westward, and the ebb current flows north-north-eastward at a maximum speed of 1.0-1.1 knots at spring tide. In an inlet south of Cape Ubong, an anticyclonic eddy of 1 km in diameter is usually formed during both flood and ebb flows. The tidal current predominates in Onsan Bay at around spring tide. The maximum speed around spring tide was observed to be approximately 0.14 knot, while it was slower than 0.1 knot and variable at neap tide when the wind drift current played an important role. The flood tidal current flows westward while the ebb flow flows eastward in the northern region of the bay. The flood tidal current in the southern region of the bay flows west-north-westward, while the ebb current east-north-eastward. Wind drift currents in the coastal region of southern Korea are generally deduced to be southward in winter, the monthly mean speed being approximately 0.1 knot. Dye solution released at the northwestern corner in Onsan Bay was transported by eastward ebb tidal current toward the mouth of the bay dispersing by the wind. The apparent diffusion coefficient at 150 minutes after release in the bay was calculated to be $4.4\times10^4\;cm^2.sec^{-1}$, whereas that in the anticyclonic eddy was more or less smaller.

온산만내에서는 대조시 조류가 우세한 편이지만 (0.1 kt), 소조시의 표층류는 매우 불규칙하며(0.07 kt), 취송류와 지형성 소용돌이의 영향을 크게 받는다. 대조시 만북부에서는 썰물 때 동류하고 밀물 때 서류한다. 만남부에서는 밀물은 서북서류하고 철물은 동북동류이다. 만외에서는 조류가 우세하여 밀물 때 남-남남서류하고 썰물 때 북-북북동류한다. 최대유속은 $1\~1.1kt$로 관측되었다. 소조시의 항류는 북북동 14.3cm/sec였다. 우봉갑 남쪽 만입부에는 밀물갈때나 썰물갈 때 지름 약 1km미만의 시계방향 소용돌이가 존재하여 해수의 정체성이 비교적 강한편이다. 겨울의 취송류는 대체로 남류하며 최대유속은 약 0.1kt에 달한다. 온산만내에서 점원방출한 염료는 바람에 의해 변형되면서 주로 조류에 따라 만구쪽으로 이동, 분산하였고, 방출 3시간후의 평균확산계수는 $4.4\times10^4cm^2/sec$ 였다. 만외 만입부 시계방향의 환류내에서는 이보다 다소 낮은 값을 보였다.