• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2001

Ocean currents estimated from sea height anomalies derived from inter-calibrated TP/ERS are compared with daily mean currents measured with satellite-tracked drifters. The correlation coefficient between the geostrophic current from TP/ERS and surface current at 15 m depth from drifter tracks was found to be about 0.5. Due to the limitation of satellite ground tracks, small scale eddies less than 80 km are poorly resolved from TP/ERS. One of the interesting results of this study is that coastal currents along the eastern coast of Korea were well reproduced from sea height anomalies when the coastal currents were developed in association with eddies near the South Korean coast. The eddy kinetic energy (EKE) estimated from drifters, TP/ERS, and a numerical model are also compared. The EKE estimated from drifters was about 22 % higher than EKE calculated from TP/ERS. The pattern of low EKE level in the northern basin and high EKE level in the southern East Sea is shown in the EKE estimates derived from both the drifters and TP/ERS.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2005

A simple analytical model is considered in an attempt to demonstrate a formation mechanism of the abyssal current in the East Sea. In this model, the abyssal currents are driven by wind through an outcrop region and flow along closed geostrophic contours. A rough estimate of the abyssal currents, arrived at by applying this model to the region of deep mixing in the East Sea, gives currents comparable to those observed, although there is an uncertainty in the surface area of the outcrop region. It seems that the spin-up of deep water by wind forcing through the region of deep winter mixing is, at least partly, an important contribution to the formation of the abyssal currents in the East Sea.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제55권9호
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• pp.645-655
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• 2022

최근 동해안 해수욕장에서도 여름철 해수욕 기간에 이안류가 자주 관찰되고 있다. 우리나라 동해안에 위치한 해수욕장들에서 발생하는 이안류의 원인 특성을 수치모의 결과를 이용하여 검토하였다. 속초, 낙산, 경포대, 망상 해수욕장 앞바다의 수심자료를 이용하여 Boussinesq 방정식을 지배 방정식으로 하는 FUNWAVE 모형으로 수치모의를 수행하였다. 각 해수욕장 앞바다 지형, 샌드바 형성 및 입사파 특성 등의 영향으로 변형되는 위상의 상호작용을 포함한 파의 횡방향 비균등성에 의해 발생하는 이안류가 잘 재현되었다. 그 결과를 기반으로 각 해수욕장에서 발생 가능한 이안류의 종류를 기술하였다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.433-441
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• 2005

To investigate the characteristics of tidal currents and water circulation in the coastal waters off the Taean Peninsula, tidal currents and sea levels were measured at the study area from 1998 to 2004. In the central waterway to the south of Changan Sand Ridge, mean speed of tidal currents and residual currents were 74.0cm/s, 17.8cm/s respectively; the dominant residual currents flowed northeastward, and the amplitudes of semi-diurnal components $(M_2,\;S_2)$ were larger than diurnal components $(O_1,\;K_1)$. The flood and ebb tidal currents were northeastward and southwestward, respectively, and each period was about 6 hours for them, which was consistent with the period of sea levels at the study area. In the coastal region near Hakampo, Taean, mean velocities of tidal currents and residual currents were 46.1cm/s, 30.8cm/s respectively, and the dominant residual currents flowed southwestward. The amplitudes of shallow water constituents $(M_4,\;MS_4)$ were relatively laige, which were weaker to the northeastern coastal region off Mineodo. The northeastward flow continued for about $2{\sim}3$ hours, while the southwestward flow continued for about $9{\sim}10$ hours near Hakampo during the tidal period. Tidal currents flowed northeastward in the central area of the waterway during the period from the Low Water Level (LWL) to the High Water Level (HWL). While the currents in the coastal region flowed northeastward for the first 3 hours after the LWL, southwestward counter-currents flowed between 3 and 6 hours after the LWL. During the period from the HWL to the LWL, the dominant currents flowed southwestward in the study area except to the northeastern coastal region off Mineodo. Along the shorelines, the counter-currents flowed northward between 4 and 6 hours after the HWL. It seems that the counter-currents near the coastal region are caused by the topography and the geography of the shorelines at the study area.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.337-348
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• 2012

This study investigates the effects of tide, wind and oceanic currents on oil spill dispersions through a series of numerical floats tracking experiments on the Sea Prince oil spill incident occurred in 1995 using a 3-dimensional high resolution ocean circulation model. For that, a total of four experimental cases (experiment with tide, wind and oceanic currents, experiment with tide and oceanic currents, experiment with wind and oceanic currents, and experiment with tide and wind) were compared. It could be seen that results from experiment involving all external forces showed better agreement with the observed pattern of oil slick movement than other cases. The oceanic currents acted to drive floats to move to the western channel of the Korea straits and wind accelerated the eastward movement of floats in the early stage of the incident. Tidal currents played significant role in the horizontal dispersion of floats.

• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.103-107
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• 2001

The major studies of an ocean circulation of the East/Japan Sea related to evaluate the feasibility and utilization of deep ocean water are reviewed. The major feature of surface current system of the East/Japan Sea is an inflow of the Tsushima Warm Current through the Korea/Tsushima Strait and the outflow through the Tsugaru and Soya Straits. The Tsushima Warm Current has been known to split into two or three branches in the southern region of the East/Japan Sea. In the cold water region of the East/Japan Sea, the North Korean Cold Current turns to the east near 39$^{\circ}$N after meeting the East Korean Warm Current, then flows eastward. The degree of penetration depends on the strength of the positive wind stress curl, according to the ventilation theory. Various current meter moorings indicate strong and oscillatory deep currents in various parts of the basin. According to some numerical experiments, these currents may be induced by pressure-topography or eddy-topography interaction. However, more investigations are needed to explain clearly the presence of these strong bottom currents. This study concludes the importance of topographical coupling, isopycnal outcropping, different wind forcing and the branching of the Tsushima Warm Current on the circulation of the East/Japan Sea.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.161-172
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• 2001

A model-to-model comparison is attempted between Princeton Ocean Model (POM) and Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model (MICOM) as a first step to extend our knowledge of models' performances in studying the East Sea circulation. The two models have fundamentally different numerical schemes and boundary conditions imposed on these models are not exactly the same each other. This study indicates that MICOM has a critical weak point in that it does not reproduce the shallow surface currents properly while it handles the thermohaline processes and associated movements of intermediate and deep waters efficiently. It is suggested that the mixed layer scheme needs to be modified so that it can match with inflow boundary conditions in order to reproduce the surface currents properly in MICOM. POM reproduces the surface current pattern better than MICOM, although the surface currents in POM appear to undergo the unrealistic seasonal variation and have exaggeratedly large vertical scale. These defects seem to arise during the process of adapting POM to the East Sea, and removing these defects is left as a future task.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제15권9호
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• pp.5826-5834
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• 2014

본 연구는 인천 북항과 염하수로 사이의 해역을 대상으로 인천 영종도 준설토투기장건설과 향후 인천만조력발전소 동측방조제 건설시 흐름차폐로 인한 이 해역의 해수유동변화에 대해 연구를 하였다. 이 해역의 해수유동에 대한 예측은 인천북항 영종도 준설토투기장 건설전, 후 상태와 인천만조력발전소 동측방조제를 건설한 경우를 예상하여 3가지 경우에 대해서 수리모형실험을 수행하고, 현장관측치와 비교하여 흐름을 분석하였다. 수치실험결과 영종도 준설투기장건설전, 후 상태에서는 유향과 유속이 비슷한 양상으로 나타나고 있으며, 인천만조력발전소 건설시 동측방조제를 건설한 경우에는 경기만과 흐름차폐로 인하여 흐름 양상이 크게 변화되고 있음을 알았다. 즉, 흐름은 남북방향이 되고, 하류인 경인아라뱃길 주 항로가 되는 호도 하류부인 A, B, C지점에서는 유속이 다소 증가되고 있고, 염하수로 하류부(D)에서는 오히려 유속이 감소되고 있다. 그리고, 세어도 서쪽해역과 방조제 동측해역에서는 유속이 완만한 선회류가 발생하고 있음을 알았다. 본 연구는 인천만조력발전소 건설계획과 향후 경인아라뱃길 운영을 위한 기초자료로 활용이 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.65-77
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• 2000

A simple but effective method has been developed for estimating diurnal and semi-diurnal tidal currents from trajectories of satellite-tracked drifters. The estimation method consists of separation of tidal current signals contained in the drifter trajectories, computation of undulations by diurnal and semi-diurnal currents, and correction of dominant diurnal and semi-diurnal tidal constituents. M$_2$ tidal currents estimated from drifter trajectories in the Yellow Sea are well consistent with those observed by moored current meters and this supports the validity of this method. We have constructed M$_2$ tidal current chart in the Yellow Sea by applying this method to available drifter trajectories collected during 1994-1998. According to this chart, M$_2$ current in the Yellow Sea rotates in the clockwise direction south of 35$^{\circ}$ 30'N but in the counterclockwise one to the north. Also it is found that the M$_2$ current is strong in the bank area northeast of the Changjiang River mouth and in the Korean coastal area, while it is weak in the deep central trough.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.83-96
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• 2005

해안매립이 해양의 동수력학, 환경 및 생태계에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위하여 3차원 동수력학 수치해석을 실시하였다. 이 연구에서는 방조제 건설에 따른 조석, 바람 및 밀도변화 성분을 포함한 조류와 잔차류의 변화를 수치모의 하였다. $\sigma$-좌표로 변환된 지배방정식은 음해유한차분법을 이용하여 해석하였다. 수치모형은 조석의 4대 주요 구성성분인 M$_2$, S$_2$, $K_1$ 및 $O_1$의 조석표를 이용하여 검증하였다. 수치해석결과, 주로 조석 및 바람에 의한 잔차류의 변화가 큰 것으로 나타났다.