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The Characteristics of Low Density Water Appeared in the Northwestern Sea of Cheju Island and Its Effect in Spring, 1998 (1998년 춘계 제주도 북서쪽해역에 출현하는 저밀도수의 거동 특성)

  • Kim Sang Hyun;Rho Hong Kil;Mateuno Takeshi
    • Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.46-56
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    • 2002
  • The low temperature, low salinity and low density sea water which was originated from the southern part of the Yellow Sea and distributed from the surface to 20 m depth was transported by the northwesterly wind during the period from the middle of March to the beginning of April, 1998 and had an influence on the northern coastal sea area of Cheju Island. Accordingly, this kind of accumulated data may supply the fundamental data for the realtime monitoring of oceanographic conditions and may improve degree of the forecasting accuracy of fishing and oceanographic conditions.

Using Tintinnid Distribution for Monitoring Water Mass Changes in the Northern East China Sea (북부 동중국해 수괴 변화 감시를 위한 유종섬모류 분포 적용)

  • Kim, Young-Ok;Noh, Jae-Hoon;Lee, Tae-Hee;Jang, Pung-Guk;Ju, Se-Jong;Choi, Dong-Lim
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.219-228
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    • 2012
  • Tintinnid species distribution has been monitored in the northern East China Sea (ECS) in the summer of 2006 through 2011. This is used to understand the water mass movements in the northern ECS. The warm oceanic tintinnid species had largely spread in 2007 in the area, indicating that there was greater warm water extension into the northern ECS. However the extension of neritic water within the Changjiang diluted water mass has strengthened in 2008 and 2010 because the neritic species distribution had relatively grown in both years. These annual results based on the biological indicators of tintinnid species are well matched with the salinity change in the area. The warm oceanic species, Dadayiella ganymedes had frequently occurred over the study years and had shown a significant relationship with the salinity change. This is valuable as a key stone species for monitoring the intrusion of the Kuroshio within the northern ECS. Information from tintinnid biological indicators can support physical oceanography data to confirm ambiguous water mass properties.

Analysis on the Characteristics of Water Quality in Prearranged Saemangeum Area (새만금 예정수역의 수질특성 분석)

  • Lee, Gwang-Ya;Eom, Myeong-Cheol;Jo, Jae-Won;Jeong, Hae-Jin
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.46 no.1
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    • pp.107-117
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    • 2004
  • Hourly monitoring data from Saemangeum estuary, which is expected to become freshwater, was analyzed to evaluate the water quality characteristics. Higher algal growth at spring season than winter influenced the high ratio of organic nitrogen to total nitrogen and concentration of chemical oxygen demand (COD). About 87.9% and 59.7% of organic nitrogen was observed at winter season and spring season, respectively. Daily salinity analysis at the mouth of two main rivers demonstrated that the Dongjin in river was more influenced by tidal effect and showed higher variation than the Mankyung river. The ratio of nitrogen to phosphorus (N/P ratio) was different with site (estuary versus sea area) and season (winter versus spring) remarkably. The N/P ratio was highest (32.74 ∼ 43.93) at estuary in winter and was lowest (1.78 ∼ 3.06) at sea in spring. The high N/P ratio at estuary area implies that phosphorus can be the limiting nutrient factor for algal growth as in general freshwater river, therefore, water quality management practice considering river characteristics rather might be needed in the Saemangeum estuary. The Saemangeum project is nationally recognized for its environmental issues, and especially water quality concern is a critical factor to make policy decision and further assessment with continued monitoring is strongly recommended.

Phytoplankton Community and Surrounding Water Conditions in the Youngsan River Estuary: Weekly Variation in the Saltwater Zone (영산강 하구의 식물플랑크톤 군집 및 수 환경: 해수역의 주별 변동)

  • Sin, Yongsik;Yu, Haengsun
    • Ocean and Polar Research
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.191-202
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    • 2018
  • In this study we conducted a weekly monitoring exercise at a fixed station in the saltwater zone during the dry season (Jan-Mar, 2013) and wet season (Jun-Aug, 2013) to understand the fluctuations in phytoplankton communities and environmental factors in the Youngsan River estuary altered by a dike constructed in the coastal area. Phytoplankton communities displayed seasonality; diatoms were dominant during the dry season whereas dinoflagellates were dominant during the wet season. T-test analysis showed that water temperature was significantly different between the seasons whereas freshwater discharge from the dike was not significantly different. This suggests that seasonal variations of phytoplankton are more likely affected by water temperature than freshwater discharge. However, a short-term fluctuation was also observed in response to freshwater discharge; freshwater species appeared during or after the discharge in the dry and wet seasons and blooms of harmful species developed after the discharge. Phytoplankton communities may be affected by changes in physical factors such as turbidity and salinity and nutrient supply resulting from freshwater discharge. Especially, the nutrient supply may directly contribute to the harmful algal blooms (HABs) composed of dinoflagellates which can adapt to low salinity after freshwater discharge.

Study on Salinity Distribution Change by the Fresh Water at the Bay in Flood (홍수기 하구로 유입된 담수로 인한 만에서의 염분분포 변화에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Hyun-Seok;Ishikawa, Tadaharu;Kim, Young-Sung;Chae, Hyo-Sok
    • Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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    • v.44 no.1
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    • pp.23-30
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    • 2011
  • Any significant inflow of fresh water due to flood or snow melting can rapidly reduce salinity at the bay. In such a case, the habitat environment in the sea near river mouth can be partly destroyed. Therefore, research to understand the salinity distribution quantitatively at the bay for the utilization of natural environment and for the inhabitant conservation must be very important. In this study, the investigation on the relationship between satellite image and turbidity is carried out first, and then the salinity distribution at the bay using the relationship between turbidity and salinity is derived. The main results are as follows. First the reappearance ability of RGB bands respectively of the satellite image is investigated, and then it was confirmed that the combination of band2 and band3 expressed best the movement characteristics of turbid water at the bay is chopped up into 4 small areas. Second the turbidity of river mouth is estimated using the travel time from the upward monitoring station to the river mouth. Finally the satellite image is converted into the salinity distribution by the correlation of salinity and turbidity. It is confirmed that the salinity distributions obtained from above three investigation methods are quite reasonable and clear.

Annual Changes of Soil Salinity of the Saemangeum Reclaimed Tide Land during Last 10 Years (새만금 간척지 토양 염농도의 경시적 변동 특성: 10년 조사 결과)

  • Ryu, Jin-Hee;Oh, Yang-Yeol;Lee, Su-Hwan;Lee, Kyung-Do;Kim, Young-Joo
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.327-333
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    • 2020
  • BACKGROUND: Through Saemangeum development project, 283 ㎢ of new land is planned to be created and the reclaimed land of 89.7 ㎢ will be used as agricultural land. Therefore, monitoring of soil salinity is required to evaluate the suitability of the land for agricultural purposes. METHODS AND RESULTS: We investigated changes of soil physico-chemical properties, including electric conductivity (EC), of the Saemangeum reclaimed tidal land (1,195 ha) from 2008 to 2017 to obtain basic data for suitable soil management of the Saemangeum reclaimed tidal land. Soil samples were collected from the sites spaced 200 meters apart from each other. Soil analysis results showed that average soil EC was 14.5 dS m-1 in 2008, and decreased to 6.5 dS m-1 in 2014 and to 0.9 dS m-1 in 2017. Accordingly, the soil area below soil EC 4.7 dS m-1 (accepted as farmable soil salinity) increased; 25.0% in 2008, 54.3% in 2014, and 96.9% in 2017. The annual decrease in soil EC was described as y = -1.5756x + 14.6 (R2= 0.96), where y = soil EC and x = elapsed years since 2008. CONCLUSION: The soil salinity have decreased to a level for cultivation of most edible crops. However, since the soil chemical properties, such as soil organic matter were inadequate for the cultivation of crops, it was suggested that management of soil fertility would be important for efficient agricultural use of Saemangeum reclaimed land.

Monitoring of Vegetation Coverage for Selecting Plants for Beach Revegetation (해안녹화식물 선발을 위한 식생 피복도 모니터링)

  • Kim, Dongyeob;Im, Sangjun;Kweon, Hyuck-Min;Yim, Jaehong
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.30 no.5B
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    • pp.519-524
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    • 2010
  • This study was carried out to select suitable plants for beach revegetation as a preliminary study for quantifying the effect of decreasing sand movement. After planting some herbal plants in field, monitoring of temporal change of vegetation coverage which was index of the growth rate was conducted. Through literature reviews, 24 candidate plants for beach revegetation were selected, then seven species of them, Peucedanum japonicum Thunb., Dianthus japonicus Thunb. ex Murray, Sedum oryzifolium Makino, Sedum takesimense Nakai, Sedum spectabile Boreau, Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitam., Aster sphathulifolius Maxim. were picked through salinity tolerance experiments in laboratory. Seven species selected by salinity tolerance experiments and two additional herbal plants, Prunella vulgaris var. lilacina Nakai and Linaria vulgaris Mill., not the candidates, were nine final species which were planted in the beach around Osan port, Uljin, Korea. The changes of vegetation coverage of each species were investigated from photos periodically taken for about a year using image processing methods. As a result of the monitoring, Sedum takesimensei, Dianthus japonicus and Aster sphathulifolius were observed with high coverages during the whole monitoring while Prunella vulgaris var. lilacina and Linaria vulgaris were observed with low coverage during the same period. Consequently, Sedum takesimensei, Dianthus japonicus and Aster sphathulifolius were concluded as the most suitable plants for beach revegetation. Furthur study to quantify the effects of decreasing sand movement by the selected species is needed.

Seawater Quality And Red Tides In Jinhae Bay:I. Relationships Between Water Quality Parameters And Red Tides

  • Lee, Kwang Woo;Hong, Gi-Hoon;Yang, Dong-Beom;Lee, Soo-Hyung
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 1981
  • To carry out baseline studies on monitoring systems for red tides in Jinhae bay, measurements and analyses were made on seawater samples from 15 sampling stations during 15 months from July, 1979. Water quality parameters studied are temperature, pH, DO, salinity, COD, SS, NO$\sub$3/, NO$\sub$2/, PO$\sub$4/, SiO$\sub$2/, Ca, Mg, Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, Chlorophyll ${\alpha}$, diatoms and dinoflagellates. Multiple regression analyses were undertaken with chlorophyll ${\alpha}$, cell numbers of diatoms and dinoflagellates as the dependent variables and water quality parameters as the independent variables. The results showed that biomass, expressed as total cell numbers of diatoms and dinoflagellates, was largely influenced by COD, salinity and nutrients.

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Application of a geophysical well log technique for determining permeability in borehole

  • Kim Y.;Park J.
    • 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.432-436
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    • 2003
  • Geophysical well logging techniques which are useful for delineating permeability of geological formation have been reviewed. A new technique for obtaining permeability using conductivity log technique has been discussed. This conductivity logging technique has been tested by monitoring the conductivity change within the model hole using borehole environment water and incoming-outgoing water of different salinity with constant flow rate by maintaining balance between inflow and outflow. Conductivity variation features depended mainly on flow rate, density contrasts due to salinity and temperature contrasts between fluid within the hole and incoming-outgoing fluid. The results of the experiment show uniform change of fluid conductivity within bore hole with time, and a fairly good correlation between the flow rate and the conductivity change rate. This conductivity logging technique is expected to be an efficient tool for determining permeability.

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Integrated Automatic Salinity Monitoring System for the Reclaimed Land of Estuary With WCDMA (WCDMA를 이용한 간척지 하구의 염분 통합모니터링 시스템)

  • Jeong, Da-Woon;Jang, Jong-Wook
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2012.05a
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    • pp.310-313
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    • 2012
  • Recently, Land reclamation created agricultural land which is farming. Agricultural land which is farming have accident with frequency it is damage to crop of from brine. So, desalinization is the first priority prerequisite task in using the in reclaimed farm land. Vibrant research and technical development is working for reclaimed of desaliaization. But, Current technology is impossible desalinization of reclaimed land. As fast almost of people don't worry about concentration of salt in using the land reclamation of agricultural land irrigation water and river mouth of fountainhead of efforting from freshwater lake also ebb and flow of the tide land reclamation of agricultural land influnce from an increase of salt concentration by weather conditions and a malfunction of sea dike sluice In this paper, current is increased salt concentration in real time graphs were implemented to utilize external servers in using the WCDMA module. Inaddition it have to operate alarm in increase of salt concentration. besides, this program have implemented realtime concentration of salt monitoring system which save date in realtime the user can check again.

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