• 대기
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.505-518
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• 2010

We investigated the impacts of the diabatic heating location, vertical profile and basic state on the Rossby wave propagation. To examine the dynamical process of individual responses on the regional heat source, a dry version of the linear baroclinic model was used with climatological summertime (JJA) mean basic state and vertical structure of the diabatic heating for 1979-2008. Two sets of diabatic heating were constructed of those positioned in the mid-latitudes (Tibetan Plateau, eastern Mediterranean Sea, and the west-central Asia) and the tropics (the southern India, Bay of Bengal, and western Pacific). It was found that using the principal component analysis, atmospheric response to diabatic heating reaches to the steady state in 19th days in time. The prescribed mid-latitude forcing forms equivalent barotropic Rossby wave propagation along the westerly Asia jets, whereas the tropical forcing generates the Rossby wave train extending from the tropics to mid-latitudes. In relation to the maximum vertical profile, the mid-level forcing reveals a stronger response than the lower-level forcing, which may be caused by more effective Rossby wave response by the upper-level divergent flow. Under the different sub-seasonal mean state, both of the tropical and mid-latitude forcing induce the different sub-seasonal response intensity, due to the different basic-state wind.

• 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.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제43권2호
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• pp.81-90
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• 2008

A study of estuarine flows during a neap tide was performed using 13-hour roving acoustic Doppler current profiles (ADCP) and conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) profiles in the Altamaha River estuary, Georgia, U.S.A. The least-squared harmonic analysis method was used to fit the tidal ($M_2$) component and separate the flow into two components: the tidal and residual ($M_2$-removed) flows. We applied this method to depth-averaged data. Results show that the $M_2$ component demonstrates over 95% of the variability of observation data. As the flow was dominated by the $M_2$ tidal component in a narrow channel, the tidal ellipse distribution was essentially a back-and-forth motion. The amplitude of $M_2$ velocity component increased slightly from the river mouth (0.45 m/sec) to land (0.6 m/sec) and the phase showed fairly constant values in the center of the channel and rapidly decreasing values near the northern and southern shoaling areas. The residual flow and transport calculated from depth-averaged flow shows temporal variability over the tidal time scale. Strong landward flows appeared during slack waters which may be attributed to increased baroclinic forcing when turbulent mixing decreases.

• 한국해안해양공학회지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.309-325
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• 1994

알라스카 만의 해수순환은 바람응력의 큰 계절적 변동에도 불구하고 큰 변화를 보이지 않는다. 그 역학적 원인을 알아보기 위해 일련의 수치모델 실험을 행하였다. 먼저, 관측밀도장으로부터 구한 진단모델 결과에 의하면 알라스카 난류의 계절적 변동은 거의 없으며, 여러 종류의 예보모델 결과에 의하면 해저지형과 경압성이 바람의 계절변동에 대한 해양반응에 영향을 미침을 보여준다. 모델 결과의 비교에 의해 경압해양의 바람의 계절변동에 대한 반응은 주로 순압성이며 순압 해수순환은 해저지형의 분만효과에 의해 약해지기 때문에 해수순간의 계절적 변동이 거의 나타나지 않는다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.75-88
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• 1996

The analytic and numerical solution of the 1$\frac{1}{2}$-layer and 2$\frac{1}{2}$-layer models are derived. The large coastal-sea level drop and the fast westward speed of the anticyclonic gyre due to strong offshore winds using two ocean models are investigated. The models are forced by wind stress fields similar in structure to the intense mountain-pass jets(${\sim}$20 dyne/$cm^{2}$) that appear in the Gulfs of Tehuantepec and Papagayo in the Central America for periods of 3${\sim}$7 days. Analytic and numerical solutions compare favorably with observations, the large sea-level drop (${\sim}$30 cm) at the coast and the fast westward propagation speeds (${\sim}$13 km/day) of the gyres. The coastal sea-level drop is enhanced by several factors: horizontal mixing, enhanced forcing, coastal geometry, and the existence of a second active layer in the 2$\frac{1}{2}$-layer model. Horizontal mixing enhances the sea-level drop because the coastal boundary layer is actually narrower with mixing. The forcing ${\tau}$/h is enhanced near the coast where h is thin. Especially, in analytic solutions to the 2$\frac{1}{2}$-layer model the presence of two baroclinic modes increases the sea-level drop to some degree. Of theses factors the strengthened forcing ${\tau}$/h has the largest effect on the magnitude of the drop, and when all of them are included the resulting maximum drop is -30.0 cm, close to observed values. To investigate the processes that influence the propagation speeds of anticyclonic gyre, several test wind-forced calculations were carried out. Solutions to dynamically simpler versions of the 1$\frac{1}{2}$-layer model show that the speed is increased both by ${\beta}$-induced self-advection and by larger h at the center ofthe gyres. Solutions to the 2$\frac{1}{2}$-layer model indicate that the lower-layer flow field advects the gyre westward and southward, significantly increasing their propagation speed. The Papagayo gyre propagates westward at a speed of 12.8 km/day, close to observed speeds.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.147-161
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• 2018

For wind engineering applications downbursts are, presently, almost exclusively modeled, both experimentally and numerically, as transient impinging momentum jets (IJ), even though that model contains none of the physics of real events. As a result, there is no connection between the IJ-simulated downburst wind fields and the conditions of formation of the event. The cooling source (CS) model offers a significant improvement since it incorporates the negative buoyancy forcing and baroclinic vorticity generation that occurs in nature. The present work aims at using large-scale numerical simulation of downburst-producing thunderstorms to develop a simpler model that replicates some of the key physics whilst maintaining the relative simplicity of the IJ model. Using an example of such a simulated event it is found that the non-linear scaling of the velocity field, based on the peak potential temperature (and, hence, density) perturbation forcing immediately beneath the storm cloud, produces results for the radial location of the peak radial outflow wind speeds near the ground, the magnitude of that peak and the time at which the peak occurs that match well (typically within 5%) of those produced from a simple axi-symmetric constant-density dense source simulation. The evolution of the downdraft column within the simulated thunderstorm is significantly more complex than in any axi-symmetric model, with a sequence of downdraft winds that strengthen then weaken within a much longer period (>17 minutes) of consistently downwards winds over almost all heights up to at least 2,500 m.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.28-39
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• 1985

저층 jet와 야간 최대 연안표층풍의 유도 mechanism을 텍사스주의 Port Aransas 와 Victoria지역에서 1976년 6월부터 1980년 8월까지 관측된 바람자료를 사용하여 경압모델에 의해 연구되었다. 이모델은 forcing function인 종관 및 중기압 경도, 마찰력과 대기안정도를 고려하여 개발된다. 연구결과는 야간최대 연안표층풍 에 대해 저층 jet가 95%의 출현빈도를 보여준다. 여름철에는 경사지형에 의한 경압 성이 thermal field의 일변화를 초래한다. 이 온도풍이 낮에는 탁월한 남풍의 풍속을 감소시키고 밤에는 증가시킨 다. 야간대기안정도는 마찰력 유리를 유도하므로 야간 저층 jet를 강화한다. 해안에서는 중립안정도가 지배적이고 또 저층 jet로부터 운동 량의 연직전이는 야간 최대연안표층풍을 형성한다. 저층 jet의 출현고도는 역전층과 의 뚜렷한 관계를 보여주지 않으며, 이 모델에 의한 계산결과는 관측치와 잘 일치 한다.

• 한국해안·해양공학회논문집
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.390-399
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• 2012

본 연구에서는 지속적인 담수유입이 존재하고 S자의 수로형태를 가진 경기만 석모수로에서 소조기 홍수시 13시간 동안 7개의 정선에서 단면유속 및 염분을 관측하였다. 각 단면의 최강 창조와 낙조시의 유속 크기와 방향을 파악하였고, 단면 내의 유속 분포 및 염분구조를 분석하였다. 또한 정선 별로 나타나는 횡 방향 흐름이 어떠한 운동량에 의해 지배되는지 파악하고자 횡 방향의 운동량 분석을 수행하였다. 운동량 분석에서는 석모수로의 S자 형태의 영향을 고려하기 위해서 원심력을 고려하였다. 분석 결과 소조기 홍수시 석모수로는 횡 방향 압력 경도력과 수직적 마찰력이 가장 우세하기 때문에 염분 분포와 성층에 의한 흐름이 주로 나타났다. 수로의 특성은 크게 북단과 남단으로 나누어 볼 수 있는데 상대적으로 조간대가 넓게 형성되고 담수의 영향이 큰 석모수로 북단의 4개 정선중에서 수심이 깊은 정선에서는 횡 방향 압력 경도력이 우세하지만 수직적으로 크기가 다르며, 수심이 낮은 정선에서는 수직 마찰항이 우세하였다. 이와는 달리 수심이 깊고 수로의 굴곡이 심한 석모수로 남단에서는 낙조시 지형학적 원인과 담수의 영향에 따라 이류 가속항과 원심력이 강해지게 된다. 이와 같은 결과를 종합할 때, 석모수로는 위치와 수심, 수로의 굴곡 등에 따라 운동량 분포가 각기 달리 나타나며 이러한 영향으로 인해 횡 방향 흐름 특성이 발생했음을 알 수 있다.

• 대기
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.227-241
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• 2016

This study investigated the cause of the heavy snowfall that occurred in the East Coast of Korea from 6 February to 14 February 2014. The synoptic conditions were analyzed using blocking index, equivalent potential temperature, potential vorticity, maritime temperature difference, temperature advection, and ground convergence. During the case period, a large blocking pattern developed over the Western Pacific causing the flow to be stagnant, and there was a North-South oriented High-to-Low pressure system over the Korean Peninsula because of this arrangement. The case period was divided into three parts based on the synoptic forcing that was responsible for the heavy snowfall; detailed analyses were conducted for the first and last period. In the first period, a heavy snowfall occurred over the entire Korean Peninsula due to strong updrafts from baroclinic instability and a low pressure caused by potential vorticity located at the mid-troposphere. In the lower atmosphere, a North-South oriented High-to-Low pressure system over the Eastern Korea intensified the easterly airflow and created a convergence zone near the ground which strengthened the upslope effect of the Taebaek Mountain range with a cumulative fresh snowfall amount of 41 cm in the East Coast region. In the last period, the cold air nestled in the Maritime Province of Siberia and Manchuria strengthened much more than that in the first half and extended to the East Sea. The temperature difference between the 850 hPa air and the SST was large and convective clouds developed over the sea. The highest cumulative fresh snow amount of 39.7 cm was recorded in the coastal area during this period. During the entire period, vertically oriented equivalent potential temperature showed neutral stability layer that helped the cloud formation and development in the East Coast. The 2014 heavy snowfall case over the East Coast provinces of Korea were due to: 1) stagnation of the system by blocking pattern, 2) the dynamic effect of mid-level potential vorticity of 1.6 PVU, 3) the easterly air flow from North-South oriented High-to-Low pressure system, 4) the existence of vertically oriented neutral stable layer, and 5) the expansion of strong cold air into the East Sea which created a large temperature difference between the air and the ocean.

• 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.