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Study of Rip Current Warning Index Function Varied according to Real-time Observations

실시간 관측정보에 따른 이안류 경보 지수함수 연구

  • Choi, Junwoo (River and Coastal Research Division, Water Resources & Environment Research Department, Korea Institute of Construction Technology) ;
  • Lim, Chae Ho (Oceanographic Division, Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Administration) ;
  • Yoon, Sung Bum (Dept. of Civil & Env. Engrg., Hanyang University)
  • 최준우 (한국건설기술연구원 수자원.환경연구본부 하천해안연구실) ;
  • 임채호 (국립해양조사원 해양관측과) ;
  • 윤성범 (한양대학교 건설환경공학과)
  • Received : 2012.11.08
  • Accepted : 2013.02.07
  • Published : 2013.05.31
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Abstract

A rip-current warning index function, which is estimated from the likelihood of rip current quantified based on numerical simulations under various sea environments and is varied according to real-time buoy-observations, was studied to help protect against rip current accidents at Haeundae beach. For the quantification, the definition of likelihood of rip current, which proposed by Choi et al. (2011, 2012b), was employed and estimated based on Boussinesq modelling. The distribution of likelihood of rip current was evaluated by using various simulations according to scenarios established based on physical quantities(i.e., wave parameters) of buoy-observations. To index the likelihood of rip current, empirical functions were derived based on the distribution and adjusted to observational environments. In this study, the observations from June to September in 2011 at Haeundae beach were applied to the rip-current index functions, and its applications into the real events found based on CCTV images were presented and investigated. In addition, limitations and improvements of the rip-current index function were discussed.

해운대 해수욕장 이안류 안전사고의 예방을 목적으로, 다양한 해상조건에 따른 시뮬레이션을 기반으로 정량화된 이안류 발생가능성으로부터 추정된, 따라서 실시간 관측자료에 따라 경보할 수 있도록 하는 이안류 경보지수 함수를 연구하였다. 이안류 발생정도를 정량화하기 위해 Choi et al. (2011, 2012b)의 Boussinesq 모델링과 이안류 발생 가능계수의 정의를 사용하였고, 이안류관련 파랑특성과 같은 관측물리량에 대하여 발생가능 시나리오를 수립하여 광범위하고 정도높은 시뮬레이션을 수행하므로 그에 따른 이안류 발생가능 정도의 분포를 추정하였다. 이 추정된 분포에 부합하는 적절한 경험함수를 도출하고, 그 함수를 현실적으로 관측가능 해상조건에 따라 지수화 하였다. 본 연구에서 2011년 6월부터 9월까지 운영된 해운대 파랑부이 관측자료를 제시한 이안류 위험지수 함수에 적용하고, 몇 차례 CCTV를 통해 확인된 이안류 발생시점에 대하여 적용한 결과를 제시하고 고찰한다. 더불어 문제점과 향후 개선방향에 대하여 논의한다.

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