• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.583-593
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• 1994

The East Korean Warm Current is known as an anticyclonic circulation in the Ulreung Basin in the southwestern East Sea of Korea. This circulation was approximately estimated by dynamic methods based on the oceanographic observation and remote sensing data. In this study, the existence of circulation in the anticyclonic region of East Korean Warm Current(Tsushima current) in early summer was directly measured by drogue tracking using a global positioning system. At the same time, the velocity was calculated by dynamic method and compared using data collected by remote sensing. As results, these values are shown to be nearly the same, and an anticyclonic circulation was found around Ulreungdo-Tokto. The maximum northward and southward flow speed was deduced to be around 0.6 and one knot, respectively.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.505-510
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• 2008

To understand the oceanographic characteristics of Hupo coastal waters as regards the East Korean Warm Current and the North Korean Cold Current, current direction and velocity were investigated by deploying a current meter in Hupo coastal waters during the summer and fall of 2007. Wind data were obtained from the homepage of the Korea Meteorological Administration. Water temperature was measured using a temperature meter attached to the current meter and a mini log. During summer, a south wind prevailed, while during the fall the wind blew from the north. Cold surface waters occurred on a large scale in summer, while in the fall, warm bottom water occurred frequently. After mid-November, when the surface water was cooler than $15^{\circ}C$, there was no difference in water temperature between the surface and bottom layers.

• 한국어업기술학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국어업기술학회 2000년도 춘계수산관련학회 공동학술대회발표요지집
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• pp.181-182
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• 2000

Due to the instability of the EKWC, the oceanic conditions in the East Sea are affected by the fluctuations of the moving paths of the TWC, polar fronts, and warm eddies. In particular, warm eddies play an important role in spreading the surface water of the East Sea from its southern coastal region to its interior region (Isoda, 1994). However, the fluctuation characteristics of the meandering TWC and the warm eddies in the East Sea are not yet known due to the instability of the TWC. Hideaki(1999) showed that the moving paths and features of the TWC in the coastal regions of Japan were not constant. (omitted)

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.219-228
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• 2002

Based on the five-year (October 1992 through September 1997) Topex/Poseidon altimeter measurements, we describe the statistical characteristics of the eddy variability in the East Sea in terms of sea surface height anomaly, slope variability, and eddy kinetic energy (EKE). The sea surface height anomalies in the East Sea are produced with standard corrections from Topex/Poseidon measurements. In order to eliminate the high frequency noise in the sea surface height anomaly data, the alongtrack height anomaly data was filtered by about 40 km low-pass Lanczos filter based on Strub et al. (1997) and Kelly et a1. (1998). We find that there exists a distinct spatial contrast of high eddy variability in the south and low eddy energy in the north, bordering the Polar Front. In the northwestern area $(north\;of\;39^{\circ}N\;and\;west\;of\;133^{\circ}E)$ from the Polar Front where the eddies frequently appear, the EKE is also considerabel. The high kinetic energy in the southern East Sea reveals a close connection with the paths of the Tsushima Warm Current, suggesting that the high variability in the south is mainly generated by the baroclinic instability process of the Tsushima Warm Current. This finding is supported by other studies (Fu and Zlontnicki, 1989; Stammer, 1997) wh.ch have shown the strong eddy energy coupled in the major current system. The monthly variation of the EKE in both areas of high and low eddy variability shows a strong seasonality of a high eddy kinetic energy from October to February and a relatively low one from March to September. The sequential pattern of wind stress curl shows resemblance with those of monthly and seasonal EKE and the two sequences have a correlation of 0.82 and 0.67, respectively, providing an evidence that wind stress curl can be the possible forcing for the monthly and seasonal variation of the EKE in the East Sea. The seasonality of the EKE also seems to correlate with the seasonality of the Tsushima Warm Current. There also exists the large spatial and interannual variabilities in the EKE.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.579-589
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• 2018

Data from the two bottom moorings of ADCP (acoustic doppler current profiler), coastal weather station and CTC (conductivity temperature depth) observations for 2001 were analyzed to describe the physical processes associated with upwelling off the southeast coast of Korea. Winds were favorable for upwelling during summer, but were not correlated with currents. Shoaling of isotherms toward the coast due to the baroclinic tilting of the strong East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) provided a favorable background for immediate upwelling-response of surface temperature to southerly winds. This baroclinic effect was supported by a significant inverse coherence between the upper-layer current and bottom temperature near the coast. This upwelling is similar to the Guinea Current upwelling, which is driven by remote forcing (Houghton, 1989). Persistent southward flow was observed below approximately $10^{\circ}C$ isotherm throughout the observation period.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.292-304
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• 1993

세밀한 격자망과 정교한 개방경계 조건을 적용하고 실측 수온 염분치를 직접표층 에 적용하여 동해순환을 수치 모델화 하였다. 동해의 특징적인 현상들이 성공적으로 재현되었으며 특히 북한 한류와 동한난류가 더욱 뚜렷하여 졌다. 특기할 만한 사실로 는 울릉난수괴와 중층 저염분수가 재현되었다는 것이다. 전자는 동한난류의 바깥쪽에 서 국지적으로 생성된 시계방향의 재순환류와 연관되어 있고 후자는 동해 북, 북서 연 안역에서 침강으로 형성되어 강한 중층해류에 의해 연안을 따라 남족으로 이동된다. 모델에서는 또한 일본 연안류가 강한 계절변화를 보여서 겨울에는 순압, 여름에는 경 압구조를 나타냄을 보였으며 이 때 여름에 나타나는 강한 중층 반류가 흥미롭다. 모델 에서는 또한 동해 순환의 거시적 특징을 지워 주는데 북쪽의 반시계 방향 순환역과 남 쪽의 시계방향 순환역이 그것이다. 이들은 동해에서 국지적인 순환역학의 중요성을 시 사한다. 그러나 본 모델에서는 동한난류의 이안점이 실제보다 북쪽에 치우쳐서 나타나 는 것을 완전히 해결하지는 못하였다.

• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2002년도 Proceedings of International Symposium on Remote Sensing
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• pp.655-655
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• 2002

Spatial distribution of phytoplankton pigment concentration (PPC) and sea surface temperature (SST) around the East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) was described, using both ocean color images and advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) images. Water mass in this region can be classified into five categories in the horizontal profile of PPC and SST, nLw(normalized water-leaving radiance) images: (1) coastal cold water region associated with concentrations of dissolved organic material or yellow colored substances and suspended sediments, (2) cold water region of thermal frontal occurred by a combination of phytoplankton absorption and suspended materials, (3) warm water overlay region by the phytoplankton absorption than the suspended materials; (4) warm water region occurred by the low phytoplankton absorption, and (5) offshore region occurred by the high phytoplankton absorption. In particular, the highest PPC area appeared in the ocean color and SST images with a band shaped distribution of the thermal front and ocean color front region, which is located the coastal cold waters along western thermal front of the warm streamer of the EKWC.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.145-156
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• 1995

Satellite infrared images were analyzed to study the distribution of eddies off the east coast of Korea from 1987 to 1991. Most of the eddies were filament-type and were generated near the fringe of the East Korea Warm Current (EKWC) flowing northward. Eddies having length of 20-40km and width of 10-20km were most abundant. The meso-scale eddies of 100-200km in diameter were found between Mukho and Wonsan Bay in almost all the images. There was no evidence for the consistent movement of eddies to a definite direction. The Ulleung Warm Eddy, although reported previously by the hydrographic data, could not be identified by the limited amount of infrared imagery.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.15-28
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• 1992

한국 동해안을 따라 북상하는 동한 난류가 울릉 분지내의 난수괴(Warm Core)에 직접적인 영향을 미치는지를 알아보기 위해서 그 경로의 시간적 변화를 조사해 보았다. 수산진흥원에서 13년간(1975-1987) 관측된 loom 수심의$10^{\circ}C$ 등온선 분포와 $2^{\circ}C$ 수심 분포도, 200m 수심의 수온 분포도를 사용해서 난수괴의 중심위치와 동한 난류의 북상 여부를 결정했다. 동시에 천기도에서 계산된 해상풍으로 동해 전반에 걸친 월 평균 wind stress curl값을 구하고 Sverdrup balance를 이용해 유선함수값을 구했다. 그 결과 동한 난류의 경로는 항상 일정하지 않고 시간에 따라 변하며 퐁한 난류가 동해 연안을 따라 북상하지 않는 기간에도 난수괴는 동한 난류와 무관하게 존재함을 알 수 있었다. 유선함수 분포를 통해 대마 난류의 분지 및 동한 난류의 북상에 미치는 해상풍의 영향을 알아본 결과 대마 난류의 세기가 약한 4월에 한달 전의 해상풍에 의한 해수의 이동으로 동한 난류의 북상이 저지될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 Sverdrup transport와 난수괴의 위치는 상관성이 별로 없었으나 여름철 수산진흥원 조사 해역중 $38^{\circ}N$를 통해 흐르는 남향류는 동해 북부 해역의 찬 해수가 극전선 남쪽의 영구수온약층 밑으로 내려오면서 난수괴의 열구조와 위치에 영향을 미칠 가능성을 말해준다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.1-21
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• 1999

A two-layer quasi-geostrophic numerical model is used to investigate the temporal variability of the East Korea Warm Current (EKWC), especially the separation from the Korean coast and the generation of warm eddies. An attention is given on the active role of the nonlinear boundary layer process. For this, an idealized flat bottom model of the East Sea is forced with the annual mean wind curl and with the inflow-outflow specified at the Korea (Tsushima) and Tsugaru Straits. Two types of separation mechanisms are identified. The first one is influenced by the westward movement of the recirculating leg of the EKWC (externally driven separation),the second one is solely driven by the boundary layer dynamics (internally driven separation). However, these two processes are not independent, and usually coexist. It is hypothesized that 'internally driven separation' arises as the result of relative vorticity production at the wall, its subsequent advection via the EKWC, and its accumulation up to a critical level characterized by the separation of the boundary flow from the coast. It is found that the sharp southeastern corner of the Korean peninsula provides a favorable condition for the accumulation of relative vorticity. The separation of the EKWC usually accompanies the generation of a warm eddy with a diameter of about 120 km. The warm eddy has a typical layer-averaged velocity of 0.3 m/s and its lifespan is up to a year. In general, the characteristics of the simulated warm eddy are compatible with observations. A conclusion is therefore drawn that the variability of the EKWC is at least partially self-excited, not being influenced by any sources of perturbation in the forcing field, and that the likely source of the variability is the barotropic instability although the extent of contribution from the baroclinic instability remains unknown. The effects of the seasonal wind curl and inflow-outflow strength are also investigated.