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Verical Distribution of Anchovy, Engraulis japonicus Larvae in the Korea Strait (대한해협 멸치 치자어의 수직분포)

  • Lee, Eun-Kyung;Yoo, Jae-Myung;Kim, Sung;Lee, Young-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.8 no.2
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    • pp.47-56
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    • 1996
  • Hydrography of the Korea Strait was influenced by the various water masses such as Korean coastal water, East Sea cold water, and Tsushima Current. Anchovy larvae were frequently found in the area influenced by the Tsushima Current. Anchovy appeared in all seasons and were most abundant in summer. Anchovy was more abundant in the middle layer(30~70m) than the surface layer in spring and summer and was little in the deeper layer beyond the depth of 100m. It was most abundant in the surface layer in autumn, and decreased toward the deeper layer. They were more abundant in the middle layer(30~50m) than in the surface layer and the bottom layer in winter. Anchovy was most abundant in the depth of 30m to 70m during the day time, however it was more abundant in the surface layer during the night time. Although vertical distribution patterns of abundance varied seasonally and diurnally, most of the larval anchovy distributed in the upper layer within the depth of 100m and in the upper layer above the thermocline in summer and autumn.

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Experimental Study on Wave Attenuating Effect of a Pneumatic Breakwater by Using a Multiple Parallel Manifold (다중 병렬 분기관을 이용한 압축공기 방파제의 소파효과에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • KIM JONG-WOOK;Shin Hyun-Soo
    • Proceedings of the Korea Committee for Ocean Resources and Engineering Conference
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    • 2004.05a
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    • pp.257-262
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    • 2004
  • A series of preliminary model tests are performed to find out the wave attenuating effect of the pneumatic breakwater of environment friendly type, which is a bubble screen generated by releasing compressed air from a submerged multiple parallel manifold Rising bubbles induce vertical current, which produces horizontal currents flowing away from the bubble-screen area in both directions. Near bottom, the corresponding currents flow toward the bubble screen, thus completing the circulation pattern. The surface current moving against the direction of wave propagation causes some attenuation of the waves. It becomes more effective as the relative depth (d/ L) increases (short-period waves in deep water). With the same air-discharge, the multiple parallel manifold can be more effective for the attenuation of longer waves through optimum arrangement of manifold number. installation depth, manifold gap, etc. The pneumatic breakwater will give a wide utilization as a device for protecting harbor facilities and as a simple, mobile breakwater.

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Acoustic characteristics of Anchovy schools, and visualization of their connection with water temperature and salinity in the Southwestern Sea and the Westsouthern Sea of South Korea (서해 남부와 남해 서부의 한 정점에서 수온 및 염분과 멸치 어군의 특징의 관련성 시각화)

  • Kang, Myounghee;Choi, Seok-Gwan;Hwang, Bo-Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Fisheries and Ocean Technology
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    • v.50 no.1
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    • pp.39-49
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    • 2014
  • Morphological and positional characteristics of anchovy aggregations, confirmed by trawling, were examined in two locations of the southern part of theWest Sea (T1) and the western side of South Sea (T11) of South Korea. Morphological characteristics (mean length, height and area) of the anchovy aggregations at T1 were smaller than those at T11, however the positional characteristics (distributional depth and bottom depth) of the aggregations at T1 were larger than those at T11. Diverse dataset such as the ship's cruise track, the cruse map, and interpolated three-dimensional-like water temperature were visualized in multiple dimensions. For a comprehensive understanding of the anchovy aggregations within their surrounding circumstances, the interpolated water temperature transferred to the location of anchovy aggregations at both stations were visualized based on geospatial information. Using quantitative investigation, the overall range of change in water temperature and salinity of anchovy aggregations at stations was considerably small. However, the water temperature and salinity of anchovy aggregations at T11 were somewhat higher than those at T1.

2-DH Quadtree based Modelling of Longshore Current (연안류에 대한 2D-H 사면구조에 기초한 수치모델링)

  • 박구용
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2001
  • Wave-induced currents drive nearshore transport processes, and hence an accurate understanding of wave-current interaction is required for proper management of coastal zone. This paper presents details of an adaptive quadtree grid based numerical model of the coupled wave climate and depth-averaged current field. The model accounts for wave breaking, shoaling, refraction, diffraction, wave-current interaction, set-up and set-down, mixing processes, bottom friction effects, and movement of land-water interface at the shoreline. The wave period- and depth-averaged governing equations arc discrctized explicitly by means of an Adarns¬Bashforth second-order finite difference technique on adaptive hierarchical staggered quadtree grids. Results from the numerical model are in reasonable agreement with the laboratory data of longshore current generated by oblique waves on a plane beach (Visser 1980, 1991).

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Current Status of Hyperspectral Data Processing Techniques for Monitoring Coastal Waters (연안해역 모니터링을 위한 초분광영상 처리기법 현황)

  • Kim, Sun-Hwa;Yang, Chan-Su
    • Journal of the Korean Association of Geographic Information Studies
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.48-63
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    • 2015
  • In this study, we introduce various hyperspectral data processing techniques for the monitoring of shallow and coastal waters to enlarge the application range and to improve the accuracy of the end results in Korea. Unlike land, more accurate atmospheric correction is needed in coastal region showing relatively low reflectance in visible wavelengths. Sun-glint which occurs due to a geometry of sun-sea surface-sensor is another issue for the data processing in the ocean application of hyperspectal imagery. After the preprocessing of the hyperspectral data, a semi-analytical algorithm based on a radiative transfer model and a spectral library can be used for bathymetry mapping in coastal area, type classification and status monitoring of benthos or substrate classification. In general, semi-analytical algorithms using spectral information obtained from hyperspectral imagey shows higher accuracy than an empirical method using multispectral data. The water depth and quality are constraint factors in the ocean application of optical data. Although a radiative transfer model suggests the theoretical limit of about 25m in depth for bathymetry and bottom classification, hyperspectral data have been used practically at depths of up to 10 m in shallow and coastal waters. It means we have to focus on the maximum depth of water and water quality conditions that affect the coastal applicability of hyperspectral data, and to define the spectral library of coastal waters to classify the types of benthos and substrates.

A Study on the Evolution of Eutrophicatioin in Masan Bay by Analyses of Pigment Derivatives from a Sediment Column (해저퇴적물의 광합성 색소 유도체 함량분포에 의한 마산만 부영양화진행과정 추정)

  • Chung, Chang-Soo;Kim, Suk-Hyun;Kang, Dong-Jin;Park, Yong-Chul;Yoon, Chul-Ho;Hong, Gi-Hoon
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 1999
  • The down-core distribution of chlorophyll a, organic carbon contents and ${\delta}^{13}C$ in the bottom sediments were measured to understand the evolution of eutrophication in Masan Bay. Bottom sediment were collected in January 1994. The chlorophyll a and organic carbon contents in the sediment core decreased with increasing sediment depth, respectively. Bottom sediments (0~20 cm) in Masan Bay was rich in chlorophyll a (avg. 9.6 ${\mu}g\;g^{-1}$ dryweight) and organic C (avg. 2.5%). The down-core distribution of chlorophyll a suggests that the inner part of Masan Bay has experienced the acceleration of chlorophyll a supply since 1960s. Flux of organic carbon to the sea floor is in the range of 10 $gCm^{-2}\;yr^{-1}$ assuming the C:Chl a ratio of 25. It suggests tht approximately 1.3% of the fixed carbon by phytoplankton appears to be deposited in the bottom sediments.

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ADI Finite Difference Method of Linear Shallow Water Wave Equation (선형 천수방탁식의 ADI 유한차분법)

  • 이종찬;서승남
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.108-120
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    • 1992
  • An ADI model for linearized shallow water equation is modified using the method of factorization. In order to show its validity. the computational results are compared both with the analytical solution and with those from existing models, for a rectangualr domain with constant and varying amplitudes at the open boundary. It is shown the accuracy of numerical solutions depends on the size of time step. depth and bottom friction. The modified ADI model is shown to be superior to the existing models such as Leendertse (1971). Butler (1980) and Sheng (1983).

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Field Observation on Wave Induced Liquefaction in Sea-bed and its Analysis (파랑에 의한 해저지반의 액상화에 관한 현지관측과 해석)

  • 이익효;선공기
    • Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.100-107
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    • 1991
  • The purposes of this study are 1) to observe the wave-induced liquefaction in the oceanic seabed. 2) to verify the liquefaction theory proposed by the Authors. The study consists of the field observation and theoretical analysis on the wave-induced liquefaction. In the field observation. The sea bottom pressures. the fluctuating pore pressures and stresses in the seabed and the changes of the water depth were observed for two years. The liquefaction theory proposed by the Authors is verified by the comparing the calculated fluctuating pore pressures with those observed in the field.

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Age Dating of Seafloor by Interpretation of Geomagnetic Structure and Study on the Magnetic Basement of the Sea Mount (지자기 구조해석에 의한 해저년대의 측정과 해산의 자기기기반구조의 연구)

  • 신기철;한건모
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.35-42
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    • 1990
  • The area where age dating of the seafloor and interpretation of geomagnetic basic structure are conducted is also important in the aspect of geophysics. Near the sea mount (water depth to the top is 3900m and 6500m to the bottom), there are Mesozoic magnetic lineations at the sea-side flank along the trench axis. A two dimensional model analysis of Talwani and Heirtzler(1964) and a three dimensional model analysis of Talwani are performed by using data obtained from the marine proton magnetometer. Distribution, direction of the lineation, amplitude and period of magnetic anomaly are correlated and analysed with speed of the plate movement and lineation of the sea mount. In the west and north-west Pacific there are lots of huge sea mounts retaining the history of oceanic crust. This indicates that geomagnetic basis subsided into the oceanic crust and has interest in the aspects of the isostasy theory of the gravity.

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A Study on Numerical Analysis for 2 Dimensional Circulation Model with Effect of Nonlinear Term (비선형항의 효과를 고려한 2차원 유동모형에 대한 수치해석연구)

  • 김희종;김진후;이상화
    • Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.49-54
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    • 1990
  • This study describes the application of a two dimensional depth integrated numerical model. The explict scheme of finite difference method had been applied to the model of circulation. The nonlinear terms showed a slight difference for the variations of water elevation when calculated grid was small. They were also found to be minor when calculated grid size was increased. For verification of the numerical model, numerical results were compared with predicted values and field data. In the model, the effect of nonlinear advective terms proved not to be significant.

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