• Journal of Climate Change Research
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.237-251
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• 2011

This study presents a review on the recent climate change over the Korean peninsula, which has experienced a significant change due to the human-induced global warming more strongly than other regions. The recent measurement of carbon dioxide concentrations over the Korean peninsula shows a faster rise than the global average, and the increasing trend in surface temperature over this region is much larger than the global mean trend. Recent observational studies reporting the weakened cold extremes and intensified warm extremes over the region support consistently the increase of mean temperature. Surface vegetation greenness in spring has also progressed relatively more quickly. Summer precipitation over the Korean peninsula has increased by about 15% since 1990 compared to the previous period. This was mainly due to an increase in August. On the other hand, a slight decrease in the precipitation (about 5%) during Changma period (rainy season of the East Asian summer monsoon), was observed. The heavy rainfall amounts exhibit an increasing trend particularly since the late 1970s, and a consecutive dry-day has also increased primarily over the southern area. This indicates that the duration of precipitation events has shortened, while their intensity became stronger. During the past decades, there have been more stronger typhoons affecting the Korean peninsula with landing more preferentially over the southeastern area. Meanwhile, the urbanization effect is likely to contribute to the rapid warming, explaining about 28% of total temperature increase during the past 55 years. The impact of El Nino on seasonal climate over the Korean peninsula has been well established - winter [summer] temperatures was generally higher [lower] than normal, and summer rainfall tends to increase during El-Nino years. It is suggested that more frequent occurrence of the 'central-Pacific El-Nino' during recent decades may have induced warmer summer and fall over the Korean peninsula. In short, detection and attribution studies provided fundamental information that needed to construct more reliable projections of future climate changes, and therefore more comprehensive researches are required for better understanding of past climate variations.

• 한국해양학회지
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.332-338
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• 1993

The Yellow Sea is a marginal sea, surrounded by Chinese Continent and Korean Peninsula, with wide continental shelves and long coastlines. And the Yellow Sea is abundant with living resources and with coastal areas for leisure and aesthetic qualities. However, the Yellow Sea being a semi-enclosed water body, its water quality has been recently deteriorated due to rapid industrialization and urbanization of the coastal countries. Since marine pollution is transboundary, the needs for international cooperation among China, North Korea, Japan, Russia and Korea are urgent for the environmental protection of the Yellow Sea. The objectives of the present paper are to review the on-going research and to proposed the future prospects on international cooperation for the protection of water qualities of the Yellow Sea.

• 한국해양학회지
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.78-85
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• 1979

Korea has not any fixed station for Radio Navigation systems yet. In some part of the Korean Sea, however, Japanese stations can be utilized for the Radio Navigation. 3 Decca chains were proposed to install the Decca Navigation network for Korea. Only for the coverage area, 1 Decca chain is sufficient for the sea around Korea instead of 3 chains. At present, Omega system is the most recommendable for the positioning in the farther area. In nearshore area, Raydist or Decca Trisponder is is useful for obtaining the position with high accuracy.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.706-711
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• 2006

In order to retrieve ocean wind from SAR() image, and to estimate and validate between SAR-derived wind and in-situ wind, with RADAR SAR ocean images and real time marine meteorological data. It was used images with more than 10km to analyze the band of wind in SAR image by FFT(First Fourier Transformation) method and was used CMOD5 as wind retrieval model to retrieve ocean wind. In this study, generally it showed good results as RMS presented 0.8m/s for speed and 8 degree for direction, and especially when wind was hish speed, it presented very good results.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.256-256
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• 2015

해양환경에 관한 정보는 효율적인 연안 해역 관리를 위해 필수적이며, 해양환경요소에 대한 분석을 위해 현장 실측자료뿐 아니라 과거자료, 현재자료, 예측자료 등이 요구된다. 또한 연안환경 관리자뿐 아니라 해상관련 종사자, 어민 등이 해양환경 정보에 빠르게 쉽게 접근할 있는 기반이 마련되어야 한다. 최근에는 물에 관련된 정보를 효율적으로 관리하고 제공해야 하는 필요성이 증가함에 따라 물정보학(Hydroinformatics)이 크게 관심을 받고 있으며, 학술지 발간 및 학술회의 개최 등을 통해 이에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으나 연안환경에 대한 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 체계적인 연안환경 분석을 위해서는 방대한 시공간 자료가 필요할 것으로 예상되며, 지속적인 모니터링을 위한 통합시스템이 요구되므로 다양한 관측방법 적용될 필요가 있다. 본 연구에서는 인공위성을 활용하여 연안환경 변화를 모니터링 할 수 있는 방안을 제안하기 위해 국외의 연구사례들을 분석하고, 우리나라 연안환경에 적합한 위성을 조사함으로써 연안환경 분석과 관련하여 관측 가능한 인자들을 파악하고자 한다. 이를 통해 연안환경 모니터링을 보다 체계적으로 수행하기 위한 인공위성 기법의 특징들을 이해하는 것이 본 연구의 목적이다. 향후 서해안지역의 연안 환경 변화 탐지를 위한 알고리즘을 구축하여 한반도 연안환경분석을 위한 인공위성의 유용성을 검증할 계획이다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.289-297
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• 2018

This study reconstructs past vegetation changes in southeastern Korea over the last 30 thousand years using plant waxes (i.e. long chain n-alkanes) and their carbon isotopic compositions (${\delta}^{13}C_{alk}$) preserved in marine sediment core (KIODP 12-1) retrieved from the East Sea. Here we show changes in vegetation composition in the Korean peninsula in relation to the strength of the East Asian Summer Monsoon. During the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), when the summer monsoon weakened, precipitation decreased and $C_3$ grassland expanded. After the LGM, the summer monsoon gradually intensified, increasing rainfall, and thus expanding the forestland coverage. Precipitation climaxed from 10 to 6 kyr BP, which includes the Holocene Climate Optimum. The grassland began to expand since 5 kyr BP due to climate warming and drying towards the present. The ${\delta}^{13}C_{alk}$ values may also have been influenced by agricultural activities, which is known to have begun since the late Neolithic (ca. 7.0~3.0 kyr BP). Our results demonstrate how changes in the global climate state influence regional atmospheric circulation and precipitation distribution, and consequently terrestrial plant composition in southeastern Korea.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.878-887
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• 2011

With current economic advancements and increasing demand for well-being, diverse leisure cultures have developed. The geographic feature of being surrounded in 3 sides by water has resulted in the sustained growth of the marine leisure market. But the increased market and users has not resulted in the systematic management of sailing safety and equipment. Marine leisure activities occur on water, so the damage from collisions and distress calls are greater than land based leisure activities. And marine leisure equipment is very expensive, requiring systematic management. This research proposes an information system using a new IP-RFID technique to manage the safety of marine leisure users and equipment management.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.175-188
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• 2010

A new correction method is required for the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI), which is the world's first ocean color observing sensor in geostationary orbit. In this paper we introduce a new method of atmospheric and the Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function(BRDF) correction for GOCI. The Spectral Shape Matching Method(SSMM) and the Sun Glint Correction Algorithm(SGCA) were developed for atmospheric correction, and BRDF correction was improved using Inherent Optical Property(IOP) data. Each method was applied to the Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor(SeaWiFS) images obtained in the Korean sea area. More accurate estimates of chlorophyll concentrations could be possible in the turbid coastal waters as well as areas severely affected by aerosols.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2004.05b
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• pp.1223-1227
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• 2004

강수량의 대부분이 여름철에 집중적으로 내리는 우리나라의 경우 경제기반에 필요한 용수 확보를 위한 댐 수위 조절 등의 수자원 관리를 위해서는 강수량의 장기예측이 매우 중요하다. 그러나 장기예측에 앞서 강수량의 기후 특성 분석은 예측을 위한 기반 자료로서 필요하다. 따라서 한반도 기상 관측소 자료로부터 1954년부터 2002년 49년동안 한강과 낙동강 유역의 유역평균 월강수량의 기후특성을 분석하였다. 유역평균 월강수량은 Thiessen 가중법을 사용하여 산출되었으며, 4월 유역평균 강수량은 감소 경향이 뚜렷하고, 8월 유역평균 강수량은 증가 경향이 매우 뚜렷하였다. 또한 두 유역에 있어서 1970년 중반에 유역평균 월강수량의 변동에 변화가 나타났다. NINO3 지수와 한강과 낙동강 유역평균 월강수량 편차와의 동시상관관계에서 유역평균 9월 강수량은 NINO3 지수와 지속적인 음의 상관을 보였고, 11월 유역평균 강수량과는 양의 상관이 크게 나타났다. 우기 동안 한강 유역평균 월강수량의 극한 사상의 종관 특성 분석을 위한 합성도에서 다우해(above normal year)인 경우에는 주로 대륙에 1000 hPa 고도의 음의 편차, 해양에 양의 편차의 중심이 놓여 있어 다우 시기는 북태평양 고기압의 강화와 관련됨을 알 수 있었다. 또한 8월 유역평균 강수량은 한반도 상공의 제트 강화와 관련되어 있었으며, 9월 유역평균 강수량의 경우에는 제트 출구의 북쪽에서의 양의 편차, 남쪽에서의 음의 편차 및 하층 바람장의 수렴과 관련되어 나타났다.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.12 no.12
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• pp.2265-2270
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• 2008

It was studied to the displacement and the amount of catch for migratory fishes with NOAA/AVHRR SST(Sea Surface Temperature) from 1988 to 2000 in the Korean Seas. The analyzed results from SST data showed generally the oceanic warming trend in the Korean Seas. On the increasement of SST, the distributed areas of migratory fishes which living in the warm waters were displaced gradually to the northward directions(high latitude) and then the amount of catch was increased during this studied periods against to migratory fishes which living in the cold waters.