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An Analytical Model with Three Sub-Regions for $M_2$ Tide in the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea

  • Jung, Kyung-Tae;Park, Chang-Wook;Oh, Im-Sang;So, Jae-Kwi
    • Ocean Science Journal
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.191-200
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    • 2005
  • In this study an analytical tide model of uniform width with three sub-regions is presented. The three-subregions model takes into account step-like variations in depths in the direction of the channel as a way to examine the $M_2$ tide of the East China Sea (ECS) as well as the Yellow Sea (YS). A modified Proudman radiation condition has been applied at the northern open head, while the sea surface elevation is specified at the southern open boundary. It is seen that, due to the presence of an abrupt change in depth, co-amplitude lines of the $M_2$ tide are splitted to the east and west near the end of the ECS shelf region. Variations in depths, bottom friction and the open head boundary conditions all contribute to the determination of formation of amphidromes as well as overall patterns of $M_2$ tidal distribution. It is seen that increasing water depth and bottom friction in the ECS shelf results in the westward shift of the southern amphidrome. There is however no hint at all of the well-known degenerated tidal pattern being formed. It is inferred that a lateral variation of water depth has to be somehow incorporated to represent the tidal patterns in ECS in a realistic manner. Regarding the radiation factor introduced by Fang et al. (1991), use of a value larger than one, possibly with a phase shift, appears to be a proper way of incorporating the reflected waves from the northern Yellow Sea (NYS).

Local Movement of Shorebirds for Roosting between Ganghwa and Yeongjong Island in the West Coast of Korea

  • Kim, Hwa-Chung;Yoo, Jeong-Chil
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.73-77
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    • 2004
  • Movement of shorebirds for roosting was studied to find their response to insufficient roosting area on Ganghwa Island. It was taken from two kinds of aspects of population fluctuation and direct observation of movement from March to October in 2002. Based on the data from their weekly fluctuation and flight observation, shorebirds on Ganghwa Island moved to roosts located far away. Shorebirds feeding at southern Ganghwa Island moved to Yeongjong Island for roosting during the spring tide period. High tide count showed that the number of shorebirds on Yeongjong Island increased strikingly, while the number of birds on Ganghwa Island decreased. As the tide level increased, the number of shorebirds on Ganghwa Island decreased in the fall migrating season (r$_{s}$= -0.81, p<0.001), whereas that on Yeongjong Island was not correlated significantly. Direct observation showed that some of the birds on the upper tidal zone of Ganghwa Island moved directly to the northern mudflat of Yeongjong Island during the flowing tide or dropped by flat zone on Seondu-ri. Insufficient coastal wetlands on Ganghwa Island induced them to move away from the island for roosting place and to endure costly flight energy expenditure. The development of wetlands on the southern Yeongjong Island would make them have no place available to roosts. Therefore this study proposes that shorebird roosts on Ganghwa Island should be created to conserve their habitat.t.

Temporal and Spatial Fluctuations of Coastal Water Quality and Effect of Small Tide Embankment in the Muan Peninsula of Korea (무안반도 연안수질의 시ㆍ공간적 변동과 소규모 방조제의 영향)

  • Lee Dae-In;Cho Hyeon-Seo;Lee Gyu-Hyung;Lee Moon-Ok
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Marine Environment & Energy
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.24-36
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    • 2003
  • In this study, we estimated the seasonal fluctuations of water quality and effect of small tide embankment in coastal water around the Muan Peninsula, which is located in the northern part of Mokpo city, and layer farming ground is spread around there. Some physical and chemical factors were analyzed to characterize water quality from Jan. to Oct. in 1994. The results were as follows: Dissolved oxygen was slightly under saturation in the almost areas of July, and in some bottom layer at ebb tide of October. Distribution of COD showed high values that over 2㎎/L in October and flood tide of April by the discharge of freshwater and resuspension of benthic sediment, which exceeded water quality criteria II. Maximum values of dissolved inorganic nitrogen ware appeared in surface layer during the flood tide of October, while minimum of that showed in surface layer in April. Concentration of dissolved inorganic phosphorus was higher at July than the others, which ranged from 0.24 to 2.08㎍-at/L. Mostly mean values of N/P ratio were lower than 16, it mean that nitrogen is more limiting nutrient than phosphorus for the growth of phytoplankton. The values of eutrophication index were in the range of 0.07~0.81. However, very high values due to increase of COD were estimated near the tide embankment and southern part in relation to tidal current in October. Water quality around tide embankment was suddenly changed worse within a short period after opening the water gate during the rainfall.

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Ocean tide-induced secular variation in the Earth-Moon dynamics

  • Uchida, Natsuki;Shima, Hiroyuki
    • Coupled systems mechanics
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    • v.7 no.5
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    • pp.611-626
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    • 2018
  • We theoretically consider a possible influence of periodic oceanic tides on non-periodic changes in the dynamics of the Earth and Moon over a long time scale. A particular emphasis will be placed on the contribution from rotating tidal waves, which rotate along the inner edge of an oceanic basin surrounded by topographic boundary. We formulate the angular momentum and the mechanical energy of the rotating tidal wave in terms of celestial parameters with regard to the Earth and Moon. The obtained formula are used to discuss how the energy dissipation in the rotating tidal wave should be relevant to the secular variation in the Earth's spin rotation and the Earth-Moon distance. We also discuss the applicability of the formula to general oceanic binary planets subject to tidal coupling.

A simple analytical model for shelf waves trapped by the Tsushima Island escarpement near the southern part in the East Sea of Korea (한국 동해남부해역 쓰시마섬 주변을 따라서 발생하는 대륙붕파에 대한 간단한 해석적 모델 연구)

  • 윤홍주
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.645-647
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    • 2003
  • Tide data made during 1 year on the tide gauge near the Thusima Island (St. Izuhara) give energy spectra. The energy at Tsushima is greater in a period band between the inertial period and 100hrs. A simple analytical model shows that the energy observed corresponds to waves trapped on the extensive continental slope around Tsushima Island. These observations seem to be the first to clearly show the presence of trapped waves.

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Coastal-physical cceanographic aspects in relation to the tidal current power generation in the Uldolmok (울돌목 조류발전의 연안물리적 관점에서의 고찰)

  • Kang Sok Kuh;Yum Ki-Dai;Lee Kwang Soo;Park Jin Soon
    • New & Renewable Energy
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    • v.1 no.2 s.2
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    • pp.73-78
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    • 2005
  • The pilot tidal current power plant is to be constructed at the Uldolmok between Chindo and Haenam, during next year, and extensive coastal engineering research works have been carried out. In this paper we describes some observation results of the tide and tidal current, as well as modeling work in order to investigate the tide and tidal current regime change In relation to the tidal current power plant [TCPP] construction. The special modeling skill in order to consider the turbine operation in the TCPP is developed and applied to the estimation for the flow regime change by the simple layout of the tidal current power plant.

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Comparison of Topex/Poseidon sea levels data and Tide Gause sea levels data from the South Indian Ocean (남인도양에서의 해수면에 대한 위성자료(Topex/Poseidon 고도계)와 현장자료(Tide Gauge 해면계)간의 비교)

  • 윤홍주;김상우;이문옥;박일흠
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.281-285
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    • 2001
  • According to standard procedures as defined in the users handbook for sea level data processes, I was compared to Topex/poseidon sea level data from the first 350days of mission and Tide Gauge sea level data from the Amsterdam- Crozet- Kerguelen region in the South Indian Ocean. The comparison improves significantly when many factors for the corrections were removed, then only the aliased oceanic tidal energy is removed by oceanic tide model in this period. Making the corrections and smoothing the sea level data over 60km along-track segments and the Tide Gauge sea level data for the time series results in the digital correlation and RMS difference between the two data of c=-0.12 and rms=11.4cm, c=0.55 and rms=5.38cm, and c=0.83 and rms=2.83cm for the Amsterdam, Crozet and Kerguelen plateau, respectively. It was also found that the Kerguelen plateau has a comparisons due to propagating signals(the baroclinic Rossby wave with velocity of -3.9~-4.2cm/sec, period of 167days and amplitude of 10cm) that introduce temporal lags($\tau$=10~30days) between the altimeter and tide gauge time series. The conclusion is that on timescales longer than about 10days the RMS sea level errors are less than or of the order of several centimeters and are mainly due to the effects of currents rather than the effects of sterics(water temperature, density) and winds.

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Internal Tidal Oscillations of Temperature off Jukbyun on the East Coast of Korea (동해 죽변 연안해역에서 조석주기의 내부수온변동)

  • 이홍재;신창웅
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.228-236
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    • 1992
  • Internal temperature oscillations of tidal periods were studied using data observed by a thermistor chain in summer of 1980 off Jukbyun on the mid-east coast of korea. The vertical stratification was well established during the observation period. The spectral energy was found to be predominant in the semidiurnal tidal band and its energy increased with depth with maximum near the bottom. The coherence in the semidiurnal band between different depths is high with a small phase difference. The results suggest the existence of the internal tide of semidiurnal period. The amplitude of internal tide was of the order of 10 m and the largest just before the disappearance of the internal tide signal.

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Variations in Air Temperature and Water Temperature with Tide at the Intertidal Zone : Odo Island, Yeosu (조간대에서 조위에 따른 기온과 수온 변화 : 여수 오도섬)

  • Won Gi Jo;Dong-hwan Kang;Byung-Woo Kim
    • Journal of Environmental Science International
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    • v.31 no.12
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    • pp.1027-1038
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    • 2022
  • The intertidal zone has both land and marine characteristics and shows complex weather environments. These characteristics are suited for studying climate change, energy balance and ecosystems, and may play an important role in coastal and marine weather prediction and analysis. This study was conducted at Odo Island, approximately 300m from the mainland in Yeosu. We built a weather observation system capable of real-time monitoring on the mud flat in the intertidal zone and measured actual weather and marine data. Weather observation was conducted from April to June 2022. The results showed changes in air temperature and water temperature with changes in the tide level during spring. Correlation analysis revealed characteristic changes in air temperature and water temperature during the day and night, and with inundation and exposure.

Change in Abundance of Coilia spp. Larvae by the Tidal Cycle in the Han River Estuary, Korea (한강하구에서 조석주기에 따른 웅어속 자치어의 출현량 변동)

  • Kim, Ji-Hye;Song, Tae-Yoon;Kim, Byung-Gi;Kim, Byung-Pyo;Han, Kyung-Nam
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.192-199
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    • 2016
  • The Seokmo and Yeomha channels are representative areas of high tidal energy in the Han River estuary. Surveys of environmental variables and abundance of Coilia spp. larvae, an anadromous fish, were carried out following the tidal cycle in August 2007 and August 2008. It was found that mean water temperature varied by <$1^{\circ}C$ across flood and ebb tides. A clear difference in salinity was observed between tides, with a high of 15.1 psu during flood tide, and a low of 0.8 psu during ebb tide. Coilia spp. larvae were significantly more abundant during the ebb tide than the flood tide (p<0.05). Since Coilia spp. larvae are anadromous fish, it seems that they use the ebb tide as a Selective tidal stream transport (STST) for horizontal movement in order to settle in the estuary (cultivation area), following hatching in the upper/middle courses of the Han River. A high percentage of larvae with improved swimming ability (measuring ${\geq}13.6mm$ in length) was observed during the ebb tide.