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Air-Sea Heat Flux Estimation by Ocean Data Assimilation Using Satellite and TOGA/TAO Buoy Data

  • Awaji, Toshiyuki;Ishikawa, Yoichi;Iida, Masatora;In, Teiji
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.221-226
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    • 1999
  • A data assimilation system for a 1-dimensional mixed layer model has been constructed using the adjoint method. The classical adjoint method does not work well for the mixed layer variabilities due to the occurrence of spikes in the gradient of the cost function. To solve this problem, the two techniques of scaling the cost function and optimization in the frequency space are used. As a result, the heat flux can be reliably estimated with an accuracy of 8Wm$^{-2}$ rms error in the identical twin experiments. We then applied this system to the tropical Pacific TOGA-TAO buoy data. The air-sea heat flux as well as the mixed layer variability were estimated in close approximation to the buoy data, particularly on time scales longer than the seasonal one.

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Volcano Monitoring Using Earthquakes (지진을 이용한 화산감시)

  • Han, Arim;Park, Iseul;Kim, Ki Young
    • Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.268-274
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    • 2013
  • Continuous seismic observation of volcanic earthquakes related to migration of magma or gas, is one of the most important methods used to monitor active volcanoes. In this review paper, we introduce the characteristics of volcanic earthquakes and their classification based on locations of foci, waveforms, frequencies, lithology, and source mechanisms. We also present some examples of successful warnings of volcanic eruptions and the present status of some observations of volcanic earthquakes in Japan, the United States, Italy, and New Zealand.

NearSurface geophysical applications in Greece focused in archaeological prospection

  • Tsourlos, Panagiotis
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.24-41
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    • 2007
  • In this paper several recent case studies of near surface geophysical applications in Greece are presented. The case studies are focused mostly in archeological site investigation, a field which is of high interest in Greece due to its reach historical heritage. The growing construction works in several parts of Greece as well as the increasing public interest in exploring and preserving cultural heritage lead to an increase of the application of nearsurface geophysics techniques as a preliminary investigation tool prior to engineering and archeological excavation works. Research efforts, presented in this work, are focused to extending and adapting standard nearsurface techniques in order to be made more effective for archaeological site investigation. The presented case studies involve not only standard field investigation procedures but also novel approaches such as the use of non-spike electrodes, efficient measuring and instrumentation strategies, unusual configurations and measurement environments. Overall it shown that efficient and state-of-art nearsurface geophysical techniques used for archaeological prospection purposes provide significant archaeological and structural information valuable for archeologists, engineers and conservation scientists.

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Monitoring water injection with borehole ERT: preliminary results of an experiment carried out in Sindos (N. Greece)

  • Tsourlos, Panagiotis;Kim, Jung-Ho;Vargemezis, George;Yi, Myeong-Jong
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.87-92
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    • 2007
  • This work describes the installation and preliminary measurements of an electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) system to monitor the injection of recycled water into a confined aquifer in the area of Sindos (Thessaloniki N. Greece). The aim is to provide, through time-lapse ERT measurements and processing, geoelectrical images of rather increased volumetric sampling around and between the holes and to obtain improved understanding of the flow and transport of the injected water. The details about the general setting, the construction and installation of the ERT cables into the boreholes are explained in full. Preliminary measurements involving single and cross-hole ERT measurements were obtained and processed with a 2D inversion algorithm to produce images of the subsurface. Results depict a very good correlation between ERT images and the lithology and resistivity logs; an indication of the reliability of the approach.

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Soft Ground Investigations Using Small Loop EM (소형루프 전자탐사법을 이용한 연약지반 조사)

  • Kim, Ki-Ju;Cho, In-Ky;Lim, Jin-Taik;Kyeung, Keu-Ha;Kim, Bong-Chan
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.06a
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    • pp.245-250
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    • 2007
  • The small loop EM method is a fast and convenient geophysical tool which can give shallow subsurface resistivity distribution. It can be a useful alternative of resistivity method in conductive environment. We applied the multi-frequency small loop EM method for the investigation of a soft ground landfill site which was constructed on a tideland since the resistivity of the survey area is extremely low. 3D resistivity distribution was obtained by merging 1D inversion results and shallow subsurface structure can be interpreted. By comparing the result with the drilling log and measured soil resistivity sampled at 16 drill holes, we can get lot of information such as groundwater level, thickness of landfill, salinity distribution, depth to the basement and etc.

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BINARIES IN OPEN STAR CLUSTERS: PHOTOMETRIC APPROACH WITH APPLICATION TO THE HYADES

  • ALAWY A. EL-BASSUNY;KORANY B. A.;HAROON A. A.;ISMAIL H. A.;SHARAF M. A.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.3
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    • pp.119-129
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    • 2004
  • A new method has been developed to solve the star cluster membership problem. It is based on synthetic photometry employing the Black Body concept as stellar radiation simulator. Synthetic color-magnitude diagram is constructed showing the main sequence band and the positions of binary star systems of combinations of various components through different photometric tracks. The method has been applied to the Hyades. The cluster membership problem has been re-appraised for the cluster (both single and binary) stars. For the binary members, the components' spectral types have been derived by the method. The results obtained agree very well with those found in literature, The method is simpler than the others and can be developed to undertake other cases as multiple star systems.

3-D Seismic Images of Crust and Upper Mantle beneath Bohai Basin and its adjacent regions, Eastern China

  • Liu, Jianhua;Liu, Futain;He, Jiankun;Chen, Hui
    • Journal of the Korean Geophysical Society
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.281-290
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    • 2000
  • This research was carried out in order to give some reasonable solutions on basin tectonics and on continental geodynamics, which are approached by using integrative researches on crustal deformation, 3-D seismic velocity reconstruction and geochemical tracing of volcanic rocks in the eastern China basin system.

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Study the effect of strong magnetic storm on the ionosphere of August 2003 in the China region

  • Debao, Wen;Yunbin, Yuan;Jikun, Ou;Xingliang, Huo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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    • v.2
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    • pp.191-193
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    • 2006
  • The ionospheric strom evolution process was monitored during the 18 August 2003 magnetic strom over China, through inversion of the ionospheric electron density from GPS observations. The temporal and spatial variations of the ionosphere were analysed as a time series of ionospheric electron density profiles. Results show that the main ionospheric effects of the storm over China under consideration are: the positive storm phase effect usually happens in the low latitudinal ionospheric; the negative storm phase effect occurs in the middle latitude, and the equatorial anomaly structure can be found as well.

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Image Matching with Characteristic Information of Gray Value and Interest Points

  • Lee, Dong-Cheon;Yom, Jae-Hong;Choi, Sun-Ok;Kim, Su-Jeong
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.1467-1469
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    • 2003
  • Image matching is fundamental process to identify conjugate points on the stereo images. However, standard methods or general solutions for matching problem have not been found yet, in spite of long history. Quality of the matching basically depends on uniqueness of the matching entity and robustness of the algorithm. In this study, conjugate points were extracted by implementing interest operator, then area based matching method was applied to the topographical characteristics of the gray value as the matching entities. The matching entities were utilized based on the concept of the intrinsic image.

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