• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2001

Sea surface temperature derived from infrared images of NOAA satellites showed a warm eddy in the East Korean Bight(EKB) or Donghan Man during the winter 1997${\sim}$2000. To describe the warm eddy in the EKB, hydrographic data collected in 1934 and 1936 were also analyzed. The center of the warm eddy was located at about $39^{\circ}N$ and $129^{\circ}E$. The temperature and salinity of the eddy was about $4.0^{\circ}C$ and 34.0 psu, respectively, at 100m depth. The eddy rotated anticyclonically with a geostrophic current speed of about 20 cm/s. The mean state calculated from the data of 1922${\sim}$1960 showed the existence of a warm eddy over the EKB in winter. The eddy persists until late spring, and disappears from the previous location in summertime, only to be seen again in autumn.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.325-335
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• 2012

It is well known that sound waves in the sea propagates under the influence of sea surface and bottom roughness, the sound speed profile, the water depth, and the density of sea floor sediment. In particular, an abrupt change of sound speed with depth can greatly affect sound propagation through an eddy. Eddies are frequently generated in the East Sea near the Korean Peninsula. A warm eddy with diameter of about 150 km is often observed, and the sound speed profile is greatly changed within about 400 m of water depth at the center by the eddy around the Ulleung Basin in the East Sea. The characteristics of low-frequency sound propagation across a warm eddy are investigated by a sound propagation model in order to understand the influence of warm eddies. The acoustic rays and propagation losses are calculated by a range-dependent acoustic model in conditions where the eddy is both present and absent. We found that low-frequency sound propagation is affected by the warm eddy, and that the phenomena dominate the upper ocean within 800 m of water depth. The propagation losses of a 100 Hz frequency are variable within ${\pm}15$ dB with depth and range by the warm eddy. Such variations are more pronounced at the deep source near the sound channel axis than the shallow source. Furthermore, low-frequency sound propagation from the eddy center to the eddy edge is more affected by the warm eddy than sound propagation from the eddy edge to the eddy center.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.101-111
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• 2001

In an attempt to demonstrate the seasonal variation of the Ulleung Warm Eddy (UWE), in which the UWE changes its shape from a warm core ring in early spring to a warm lens in late summer under the effect of surrounding East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) Water, a simple geostrophic adjustment model is considered. Model results indicate that the buoyancy increase of the EKWC Water and the strengthening of the EKWC towards summer, both of which are typical of this region, are the major factors governing the seasonal variation of the UWE.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.120-135
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• 1996

The characteristics and fluctuations of structures and spatial distributions of thermal fronts and warm eddy in the Southeastern part of the East sea are discussed based on the data collected by the Naval Academy, Korea during Feb. 6-9, May 9-19 and Oct. 12-18, 1995. The thermal fronts existed very often at the sea off the Pohang-Ulsan, The generation of the thermal front is related with the development of the North Korea Cold Current. The warm eddy is located in the central part of the Ulleung basin where the local depth exceeds 1500m. This warm eddy is a major contributor to mass transport in the northern part of the East Sea. It is evident that knowledge of warm eddy is important in understanding the circulation in the western part of the East Sea.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제30권6호
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• pp.565-583
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• 1995

난수성 eddy의 운동에 있어서 경계면 마찰과 해저지형의 중요성을 연구하기 위하여 비선형 QG-모델이 사용되었다. 수직구조를 나타내는 유선함수의 경험적 직교함수는 순압과 제 1 경압 역학 함수를 표현한다. 이 모델은 10 km ${\times}$ 10 km의 격자간격을 지닌 1000 km ${\times}$ 1000 km으로 구성되어 있고 360일동안 시험하였다. 대한해협을 통한 유입량은 쓰가루해협을 통하여 빠져 나간다. 울릉분지내(평평한 해저지형)에서는 QG방정식의 비선형 이류항과 ${\beta}$-효과사이에 균형이 난수성 eddy를 북쪽으로 이동하게 한다. 대륙사면위에서의 난수성 eddy는 비선형항이 중요하게 작용하지만, 평평한 지형에서는 보조적인 역활을 한다. 해저지형이 변화하는 해역에서 난수성 eddy의 비선형항은 시간의 함수이다. 강한 eddy는 북쪽으로 이동한다. Eddy의 세기가 약해지면, 비선형항과 지형적인 베타효과항이 균형을 이루게 된다. Eddy의 분산과 함께 비선형성이 감소하므로서, 지형적 Rossby파 개념에 의하여 난수성 eddy는 대륙사면을 따라서 남하한다. 수치실험은 난수성 eddy의 운동에 미치는 경계면 마찰의 중요성을 확인하였다. 난수성 eddy의 북쪽 침투거리는 경계면 마찰계수의 감소로 증가하게 된다 아울러 Reynolds number의 감소로 북쪽이동을 방지할 수 있다. 또한 이 난수성 eddy운동과정에 있어서 해저지형이 중요한 역할을 하는 것이 제시되었다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제37권1호
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• pp.20-26
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• 2002

The offshore extension of the East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) mostly turns anti-cyclonically around the Ulleung Warm Eddy (UWE). This fact needs to be dynamically explained because a rectilinear stream past a circular cylinder is normally expected to have a flow pattern symmetric about the stream axis. For this purpose, a simple analytical model is presented in this paper. This model shows that the EKWC's tendency to be anti-cyclonic around the UWE is due to the anti cyclonic circulation generated around the UWE. This tendency results from the geostrophic adjustment between the UWE and the ambient EKWC water. As the strength of the UWE decreases, relative to the EKWC, this model shows that the flow pattern gradually changes from circular to rectilinear.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.455-462
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• 2015

동해에는 주변 수온보다 온도가 높은 난수성 소용돌이가 자주 발생되는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이러한 난수성 소용돌이의 발생은 음속구조의 변화를 야기해 음전달특성을 변화시키게 되며, 특히 원거리 음전달에 큰 영향을 줄 것으로 예상된다. 본 논문에서는 난수성 소용돌이가 확인되는 2007년 3월 23일의 수온자료를 재분석한 자료를 이용하여 난수성 소용돌이가 원거리 음전달에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 연구를 위해 포물선 방정식 모델을 이용해 음파 전달손실과 평균 직접 신호초과 거리를 이용한 탐지거리 성능분포분석을 수행하였다. 분석결과 난수성 소용돌이의 존재는 난수성 소용돌이가 존재하지 않을 때와는 매우 다른 음전달 특성을 보여주고 있으며, 특히 난수성 소용돌이의 경계는 음전달의 제한적인 요소가 될 수 있기 때문에 원거리 음전달에 불리할 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 난수성 소용돌이에 의한 원거리 음전달의 제한은 해저 심도가 낮을수록 더 커지는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.354-363
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• 1995

1992년 1월부터 6월까지의 인공위성 적외선 영상자료를 이용하여 속초 근해에 형성된 와동류의 시간적 변화에 대하여 연구하였고 동년 5월에 그 구조를 관측하였다 와동류의 형성에는 두 가지 종류의 과정이 있는 것으로 나타났는데, 첫 번째로 1월의 영상자료에 의하면 난류의 대량 공급으로 인하여 약 200km 크기의 와동류가 형성되었다. 그 이후에 약간의 변형과 냉각과정을 거쳐서 3월에는 난류의 좁은 필라멘트가 북쪽으로 침투하면서 어느 정도 냉각된 기존의 와동류를 포위함으로써 4-5월에는 반지모양의 와동류로 발달하는 두 번째의 형성과정이었다. 와동류의 내부에는 수온 $10.0-10.4^{\circ}C$의 균질 중층수가 최대 170m의 두께로 존재하였다. 속초 근처 동한난류의 축에서의 유속 약 80cm/sec를 제외하면 나머지 부분의 와동류 내부에는 대체로 30-50cm/sec의 유속분포를 보였고 주수온약층 밑으로는 유속이 급격히 감소하였다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.283-296
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• 2009

Oceanographic survey data were analyzed to understand the characteristics of a warm eddy observed in the Ulleung Basin in July 2005. The temperature distribution at 200 db and vertical sections provided evidence of the warm eddy in the Ulleung Basin (UWE05). Based on the 5$^{\circ}C$ isothermal line on 200 db temperature, the major axis was 160 km from southwest to northeast, and the minor axis was 80 km from southeast to northwest. The homogeneous layer in the thermocline of UWE05 had mean values of 10.40$^{\circ}C$ potential temperature, 34.35 psu salinity, and 26.37 kg/m$^3$ potential density (${\sigma}_{\theta}$) and provided evidence that UWE05 also existed during the winter of 2004-2005. A warm streamer initially flowed along the circumference of UWE05 and mixed with the upper central water. Two northward current cores were found on the western side of the measured current section at the central latitude of UWE05. One was the East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) and the other was the main stream of the western part of UWE05. Geostrophic transport of the upper layer (from the surface to the isopycnal surface of 26.9 ${\sigma}_{\theta}$) was approximately 2.5 Sv in the eastern side of UWE05. However, the measured transport was twice as large as the geostrophic transport. Mass conservation of geostrophic transport was well satisfied in the upper layer. The direct current measurements and geostrophic transport analysis showed that the EKWC meandered around UWE05.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.375-384
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• 1990

A numerical experiment is made to study the combined effect of differential cooling and bottom topography on the formation of Ulleung Warm Eddy. The Ulleung Warm Eddy appears after the passage around the Ulleung Basin of coastal trapped baroclinic waves generated in the north initial density front to the north, the continental slopes both to the west and south, and the Yamato Rise to the east. It resides therefore always inside the Ulleung Basin, as confirmed by observations.