Summertime Southward Current along the East Coast of Korea

韓國 東海岸에서의 夏季南向流

To examine the summertime coastal current along the cast coast of Korea, we carried out hydrographic and current measurements in the coastal area of Chumunjin during July-August, 1982. Hydrographic results showed that isotherms, isohalines and isopycnals had a downward slope toward the coast in a layer of 0∼100m and that there existed relatively large horizontal gradients across shelf of salinity and density, mainly due to heavy precipitation in summer. It was found that there existed a strong southward flow along the coast reaching its maximal speed of about 70cm/sec in the nearshore area and that shear and speed of the observed current were coincident with orders of geostrophic current.

韓國 東海岸에서 夏季 沿岸流를 調査하기 위해 注文津 沿岸海域에서 海水의 物理特性 및 海流를 觀測하였다. 物理特性結果는 0∼100m 층에서 等溫線 等鹽分線, 等密度線이 沿岸으로 갈수록 下降하고 沿岸에서 外海로의 鹽分, 密度의 水平기가 比較的 强하게 存在하고 있음을 보였다. 最大 流速이 70cm/sec에 달하는 海岸線에 平行한 强한 南向流가 發見되었으며 觀測流의 流速과 shear가 地衡流와 大體로 一致하였다.