Abstract
Tidal exchanges of sea water are studied by using drogue experiments and tidal current measurement data in Gamag Bay which has two channels. At the spring tide, the volume of tidal transport in the bay was estimated to be 46∼52% of the total volume of sea water in Gamag Bay, 7.1 10$\^$8/㎥. The tidal transport through the wide channel occupies 87% of the total tide transport of the bay. Residual current was deduced to flow north-northeastward at the rate of 3.254 10$\^$5/㎥ per tidal cycle. the tidal exchange of the sea water during the flood flow was estimated to be approximately 26% of the tidal transport, while that during the ebb flow was 41%. The tidal exchange through the wide channel during the flood flow occupies 77% of total tidal exchange of the bay through both channels, whereas that during the ebb flow does 88%. The diffusion coefficient of 2.08∼ 2.30 10$\^$7/$\textrm{cm}^2$/sec at the narrow channel was greater than that at the wide channel which was 1.2∼2.8 10$\^$6/$\textrm{cm}^2$/sec.
여수반도의 남단과 돌산도에 의해 둘러싸인 가막만은 면적 112$\textrm{km}^2$, 용적 7.09 $10^{8}$㎥, 남북방향의 길이 약 15km, 평균수심 약 6.3mdls 천해이다. 대조차는 약 3m이며 만내해수는 조류에 의하여 2개의 수로를 통해 외해수와 교류 교환된다. 밀물 때 만의 북쪽에 있는 여수항수로와 남쪽의 만구를 통하여 서로 다른 방향으로 유입된 해수는 만내에서 만나고, 썰물 때 다시 이들 만구를 통하여 유출한다. 이 해역은 여수항에 인접한 굴 주산지로서 생산성이 매우 높은 곳이며 도시 및 산업폐수가 날로 늘어날 것으로 예상되는 곳이다.