• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.199-209
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• 2007

Empirical band-ratio algorithms and artificial neural network techniques to retrieve sea surface chlorophyll concentrations were evaluated in the Bohai Sea of China by using an extensive field observation data set. Bohai Sea represents an example of optically complex case II waters with high concentrations of colored dissolved organic mattei (CDOM). The data set includes coincident measurements of radiometric quantities and chlorophyll a concentration (Chl), which were taken on 8 cruises between 2003 and 2005, The data covers a range of variability in Chl in surface waters from 0.3 to 6.5 mg $m^{-3}$. The comparison results showed that these empirical algorithms developed for case I and case II waters can not be applied directly to the Bohai Sea of china, because of significant biases. For example, the mean normalized bias (MNB) for OC4V4 product was 1.85 and the root mean square (RMS) error is 2.26.

• 한국해안해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해안해양공학회 1995년도 정기학술강연회 발표논문 초록집
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• pp.16-19
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• 1995

Effects of the changes in bottom topography and non-linearity of the western boundary current on the separation position of the Tsushima Warm Current(TWC) are investigated using a primitive equation model in a simplified model domain which consists of a deep ocean, a continental shelf and a marginal sea(Fig. 1). (omitted)

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.87-97
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• 1999

To estimate absolute transports by advection in the southwestern East Sea (Japan Sea), an inverse method was applied to CTD data obtained in July 1993. The relative velocities are calculated using the thermal wind equation. The inverse model was formulated to obtain a reference velocity based on the mass conservation in each of four vertical layers within a region enclosed by hydrographic sections and the coastal boundary. The flow patterns in the surface layer are clockwise and anti-clockwise in the regions south and northwest of Ulleung Island, respectively, and a strong northward flow appears in between them. In the second layer, the flow fields are generally weak. The inverse calculation yields the southward flow along the coast, and this suggests that the subsurface low salinity water in the Ulleung Basin is supplied by the southward transport along the east coast of Korea.

• 한국해안해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해안해양공학회 2000년도 한국해안해양공학발표논문집 Proceedings of Coastal and Ocean Engineering in Korea
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• pp.182-187
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• 2000

Laboratory for Coastal and Ocean Dynamics Studies at Sungkyunkwan University and Department of Physical Oceanography, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences has been working on cooperative studies on ocean circulation. (omitted)

• 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.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제4권3호
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• pp.161-169
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• 1999

해양음향 토모그래피에 의한 유속측정의 유효성을 검증하기 위하여 1997년 4월 거제도 남쪽해역에서 쌍방향 음파전파 토모그래피 실험을 실시하였다. 이 실험은 해양음향 토모그래피에 의한 실시간 유속관측 시스템을 구축하기 위한 현장 기초실험으로 시도되었다. 실험 당시의 해양물리 환경을 고려하면서 음파 전파시간 차이에 의한 유속측정 결과를 초음파 유속계(ADCP)에 의한 실측유속과 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 두 실측치는 상관계수 0.943으로써 매우 양호한 상관관계를 보였으며, 해양음향 토모그래피에 의한 방법이 연안해역에서 유속측정 방법으로서 향후 크게 활용될 수 있으리라 판단된다.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.185-199
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• 1999

With a realistic geography and topography the Princeton Ocean Model is used to study the effects of topography, wind and time-varying Chanajiang (Yangtze) River discharge on the dispersion of the Chanaiiang River plume in the Yellow and East China Seas. The topographic feature of deepening offshore suppresses the offshore expansion of the discharged low salinity water while spreading along the coast is not hindered. Also the spreading of the Chanajiang River plume is very sensitive to wind conditions and the southerly wind is most responsible for the eastward expansion toward the Cheju Island. It is also shown that the influence of the Chanajiang River Diluted Water on the hydrography and circulation of the Yellow Sea including the South Sea of Korea is substantial even in the absence of tide, wind and current.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제42권1호
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• pp.49-59
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• 2007

Besides empirical algorithms with the blue-green ratio, the algorithms based on fluorescence are also important and valid methods for retrieving chlorophyll-a concentration in the ocean waters, especially for Case II waters and the sea with algal blooming. This study reviews the history of initial cognitions, investigations and detailed approaches towards chlorophyll fluorescence, and then introduces the biological mechanism of fluorescence remote sensing and main spectral characteristics such as the positive correlation between fluorescence and chlorophyll concentration, the red shift phenomena. Meanwhile, there exist many influence factors that increase complexity of fluorescence remote sensing, such as fluorescence quantum yield, physiological status of various algae, substances with related optical property in the ocean, atmospheric absorption etc. Based on these cognitions, scientists have found two ways to calculate the amount of fluorescence detected by ocean color sensors: fluorescence line height and reflectance ratio. These two ways are currently the foundation for retrieval of chlorophyll-a concentration in the ocean. As the in-situ measurements and synchronous satellite data are continuously being accumulated, the fluorescence remote sensing of chlorophyll-a concentration in Case II waters should be recognized more thoroughly and new algorithms could be expected.

• Journal of the korean society of oceanography
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 1997

Surface current fields in the eastern East China Sea (ECS) were constructed by analyzing trajectories of 58 satellite-tracked surface drifters released during 1991-1996. Composite trajectories and 20-minute-by-20-minute box-averaged current vectors show that the basic current pattern composes of: the Kuroshio main stream, which turns eastward toward the Tokara Strait; a northward branch current of the Kuroshio on the ECS outer shelf deeper than 100 m; and an anticyclonic circulation in the northern Okinawa Trough west of Kyushu. The northward branch current sharply changes its direction to the northeast when it crosses a line connecting Cheju Island, Korea and Goto Islands, Japan. The basic pattern of current field changes slightly from winter to summer, and the main axis of the Tsushima Current in the Korea Strait is found to shift seasonally. The drifter experiment does not support the claim that the Yellow Sea Warm Current is separated from the northward branch current on the outer shelf southeast of Cheju Island. We suggest that the use of the term 'Tsushima Current' be limited to the northeast channel flow in the Korea Strait. The new term 'Kuroshio Branch Current' is suggested for the northward branch current on the outer shelf south of Cheju-do, which is separated from the Kuroshio.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.64-81
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• 1994

1992년까지의 국내 해양무기 연구동향을 간략히 정리하였으며, 이 분야의 연구논 문 및 조사활동을 분야별, 연구 해역별로 요약하여 해양물리 및 타 분야 연구활동의 참고가 될 수 있도록 정리하였다. 지금 까지의 해양물리 연구 대상해역은 전반적으로 한반도 주변 연근해역에 치우친 감이 있었고 연구내용도 전통적인 해수특성이나 조석 의 범위를 크게 벗어나고 있지 못하다. 따라서 앞으로의 연구는 basin-scale 순환에 역점을 두어 국내 해양학계의 큰 과제인 대마난류의 기원, 황·동중국해의 순환, 동해 의 3차원 순환을 해결하는 방향이 되어야 할 것이다.