• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.83-107
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• 1994

Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) estimated by using the operational SST derivation equations of NOAA/NESDIS were compared with satellite-tracked drifter temperatures. As a result of eliminating cloud-filled or contaminated pixels through several cloud tests, 69 matchup points between the drifter temperatures and the SSTs estimated with NOAA satellite 9, 10. 11 and 12 data from August, 1993 to July, 1994 were collected. Multi-channel sea surface temperature(MCSST) using a split window technique showed an approximately $1.0{\circ}C$ rms error as compared with the drifting buoy temperatures for 69 coincidences. Accuracies for satellete-derived sea surface temperatures were evaluated for only NOAA-11 AVHRR data which had relatively large matchups of 35points as compared with other satellites. For the comparison of the oberved temperatures with the calculated SSTs, linear MCSST and nonlinear cross product sea surface temperature(CPSST) algorithms by the split, the dual and the triple window technique were used respectively. As a result, the split window CPSSTs showed the smallest rms error of $0.72{\circ}C$. Defferences between the split window SSTs and the drifter temperatures appeared th have a linear tendency against the drifter temperatures and also against the differences between AVHRR channel 4 and 5 brighness temperatures. This indicates some possibilities that satelite-derived SSTs operationally calculated from the NOAA/NESDIS equation in the seas around Korea have been underestimated as compared with actural SSTs in case sea water temperature is relatively low or the atmosphere over the sea surface is very dry like in winter, while overstimated in case of high temperature or very moist atmospheric equations based on local sea measurements around Korea instead of global measurements should be derived.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.663-675
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• 2011

Sea Surface Temperatures (SSTs) using the equations of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) / NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) were validated over the seas around Korea with satellite-tracked drifter data. A total 1,070 of matchups between satellite data and drifter data were acquired for the period of 2009. The mean rms errors of Multi- Channel SSTs (MCSSTs) and Non-Linear SSTs (NLSSTs) were evaluated to, in most of the cases, less than $1^{\circ}C$. However, the errors revealed dependencies on atmospheric and oceanic conditions. For the most part, SSTs were underestimated in winter and spring, whereas overestimated in summer. In addition to the seasonal characteristics, the errors also presented the effect of atmospheric moist that satellite SSTs were estimated considerably low ($-1.8^{\circ}C$) under extremely dry condition ($T_{11{\mu}m}-T_{12{\mu}m}$ < $0.3^{\circ}C$), whereas the tendency was reversed under moist condition. Wind forcings induced that SSTs tended to be higher for daytime data than in-situ measurements but lower for nighttime data, particularly in the range of low wind speeds. These characteristics imply that the validation of satellite SSTs should be continuously conducted for diverse regional applications.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.589-601
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• 2016

Himawari-8/Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) 열적외 채널 자료에 Maximum Cross Correlation (MCC), Zero-mean Sum of Absolute Distances (ZSAD), Zero-mean Sum of Squared Distances (ZSSD) 알고리즘을 적용하여 표층 해류를 산출하고, 그 결과를 비교 분석하였다. 각 알고리즘으로 쿠로시오해류 해역의 표층 해류장을 산출한 결과 서로 유사한 양상을 보였다. 오차 발생 비율은 알고리즘에 따른 차이가 거의 나타나지 않았으며, 표층 해류 산출 연산에 소요되는 시간은 ZSAD와 ZSSD 알고리즘이 MCC 알고리즘에 비해 각각 24%, 18% 감소하였다. 산출된 표층 해류는 인공위성 추적 표층 뜰개 자료와 인공위성 고도계 자료로 계산한 표층 해류를 통해 검증하였고, 세 가지 알고리즘의 정확도는 모두 유사한 범위의 값으로 나타났다. 또한 산출된 표층 해류의 정확도는 휘도 온도 수평 구배의 크기와 두 영상 사이의 시간 간격에 의해 영향을 받았다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.133-139
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• 2001

Ocean currents estimated from sea height anomalies derived from inter-calibrated TP/ERS are compared with daily mean currents measured with satellite-tracked drifters. The correlation coefficient between the geostrophic current from TP/ERS and surface current at 15 m depth from drifter tracks was found to be about 0.5. Due to the limitation of satellite ground tracks, small scale eddies less than 80 km are poorly resolved from TP/ERS. One of the interesting results of this study is that coastal currents along the eastern coast of Korea were well reproduced from sea height anomalies when the coastal currents were developed in association with eddies near the South Korean coast. The eddy kinetic energy (EKE) estimated from drifters, TP/ERS, and a numerical model are also compared. The EKE estimated from drifters was about 22 % higher than EKE calculated from TP/ERS. The pattern of low EKE level in the northern basin and high EKE level in the southern East Sea is shown in the EKE estimates derived from both the drifters and TP/ERS.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.211-220
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• 2000

위성자료를 이용하여 동해북부 원산 연근해역의 재발생 와동류에 대한 형태변동, 유속, 발생기작 등을 연구하였다. 1999년 1월 4일부터 3월 18일까지의 기간에 대한 ARGOS의 표류부이 자료(위치정보 및 수온), NOAA 위성의 AVHRR 자료(표면수온) 그리고 Orbview-2 위성의 SeaWiFS 자료(클로로필 a)를 이용하여 재발생 와동류의 수평공간 규모를 파악하였다. 또한 재발생 와동류의 기작과 변동원인을 규명하고자 속초와 울릉도에서의 풍향, 풍속자료, 묵호-울릉도간 해수면 차 값 및 해저지형과 와동류에 포획되어 있는 표류부이의 시.공간적 위치변동간의 상관정도를 파악하였다. 원산 연안해역에서의 와동류의 72일간 평균유속은 153 km/h (42 cm/sec)로 분석되었다. 이 와동류는 cold core, 시계방향의 회전, 직경 110 km의 수평공간을 가진 재발생 와동류로서 와동류의 중심은 위도 $39^{\circ}N$, 경도 $129^{\circ}E$로 분석되었다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.361-372
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• 2008

A satellite tracked drifter experiment was conducted to observe thermal structure and surface circulation in the northeastern East China Sea. For this experiment, four ADOS buoys, assembled with surface float and thermister chain, were deployed on August 2007 in southern Jeju-do, where the Kuroshio Branch Current is separated from the main stream. Thermal structure in the upper layer of the northeastern East China Sea was successfully observed during the following $1{\sim}3$ months. Strong thermo-haline front in a northeast-southwest direction was observed. In the frontal zone, warm and saline Kuroshio origin water intermixes with fresher coastal water and flows toward the Korean Strait. Typhoon Nari, which passed over the East China Sea 20 days after commencement of study, caused distinct signals in the thermal structure and trajectory of buoys. During the typhoon, surface temperature abruptly dropped to about $4^{\circ}C$, while the thermocline formed at $30{\sim}50$ m depth vanished due to strong vertical mixing. Internal inertial oscillation occurred several days after the typhoon. The fortuitous occurrence of typhoon Nari showed that ADOS buoys can provide useful and accurate air-sea interaction data during typhoons.

• Ocean Science Journal
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.89-102
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• 2007

The surface circulation of northern South China Sea (hereafter SCS) for the period 1987-2005 was studied using the data of more than 500 satellite-tracked drifters and wind data from QuikSCAT. The mean flow directions in the northern SCS except the Luzon Strait (here after LS) during the periods October_March was southwestward, and $April{\sim}September$ northeastward. A strong northwestward intrusion of the Kuroshio through the LS appears during the $October{\sim}March$ period of northeasterly wind, but the intrusion became weak between April and September. When the strong intrusion occurred, the eddy kinetic energy (EKE) in the LS was $388cm^2/s^2$ which was almost 2 times higher than that during the weak-intrusion season. The volume transport of the Kuroshio in the east of the Philippines shows an inverse relationship to that of the LS. There is a six-month phase shift between the two seasonal phenomena. The volume transport in the east of the Philippines shows its peak sis-month earlier faster than that of the LS. The strong Kuroshio intrusion is found to be also related to the seasonal variation of the wind stress curl generated by the north easterly wind. The negative wind stress curl in the northern part of LS induces an anticyclonic flow, while the positive wind stress curl in the southern part of LS induces a cyclonic flow. The northwestward Kuroshio intrusion in the northern part of LS happened with larger negative wind stress curl, while the westward intrusion along $20.5^{\circ}N$ in the center of the LS occurred with weaker negative wind stress curl.

• 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.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.273-287
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• 2008

1994년부터 2003년까지 임의로 선택한 달들에 대하여 NOAA/AVHRR 인공위성 자료와 해양 현장수온 관측 자료사이에서 획득된 845개의 일치점 자료를 활용하여 북동아시아 해역에서 해양 피층-표층 해수면온도 차이의 특성을 분석하였다. 해양상층 수 m내에서의 해수면온도의 일간 변화를 이해하기 위하여 일치점 데이터베이스는 낮과 밤, 표층 뜰개-선박 관측에 따라서 모두 네 가지 부류로 분류하였다. 주간표층 뜰개에 의한 수온 자료는 인공위성 해수면온도와 $0.56^{\circ}C$의 가장 작은 제곱평균오차를 보여서 위성관측 수온과 가장 잘 일치하였다. 주간 선박관측에 의한 CTD 수온 자료는 $1.12^{\circ}C$의 큰 제곱평균오차를 보여서 네 부류 중에서 가장 좋지 않은 정확도를 보였다. 위성 해수면온도와 현장 관측 해수면온도의 차이는 그 외에도 대기의 수증기 함량 효과, 연안으로부터 거리의 영향 등 다양한 요인에 의해 발생하였다. 그 중에서 가장 주목할 만한 오차는 수 m 이내 수온의 수직적 구조의 일간 변화에서 발생하였으며, 이는 표층 부이는 20 cm 정도, 선박 관측기기는 수 m현장에서 서로 다른 깊이의 수온을 관측하기 때문에 발생한 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구는 그동안 광범위하게 사용되어온 위성 SST는 어떤 경우에는 ${\pm}3^{\circ}C$의 큰 오차를 만들 수 있으므로 국지적 해양에서 해양 피층-표층 해수면온도 차이와 수온의 수직적 구조에 대한 보다 깊은 이해가 뒷받침되어야 하며, 이를 바탕으로 위성 SST를 사용자의 목적에 맞추어 주의 깊게 사용되어야 함을 제시한다.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.175-181
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• 1999

동한 난류의 북상 끝부분 해역에서 재발생하는 와동류는 봄철과 가을철에 위성이 관측한 해수면 온도 영상에 나타났다. 이러한 재발생 와동류는 1997년 9월 하순 NOAA 위성에 탑재된 AVHRR의 열적외선 영상과 일본 ADEOS 위성에 탑재된 OCTS의 클로로필 영상에도 나타났다. 와동류의 중심은 주변보다 온도가 낮으며, OCTS 위성자료에서 3mg/m$^3$ 이상의 클로로필 농도가 나타났다. 반면, 와동류를 이루는 주변의 더운물에서는 클로로필 농도가 1mg/m$^3$ 이하로 나타났다. 와동류는 가을철 표면수온영상에도 나타났으며 봄에 나타난 것보다 와동류 중심핵의 찬물 온도가 높게 나타났다. 또한 와동류 중심에서 서쪽축의 더운물 온도가 봄에 나타난 것보다 가을에 더 높게 나타났다. 1998년 3월 NOAA 위성과 SeaWIFS 위성자료에서도 재발생되는 와동류와 클로로필량의 농도가 높은 물이 와동류 주변으로 포획되는 장면이 포착되었다. 동한난류의 북쪽 확장 선두와 약 1500m 수심의 대륙붕 위로 남하하는 리만한류가 만나 충돌하는 해역에서 와동류가 형성되는 것으로 사료된다. 와동류가 형성되는 이 해역은 동해 중앙부 해수면에서 우세하게 나타나는 극전선역에서 중규모 구조의 와동류가 극전선 서쪽 해역의 역학적인 해양현상과 강한 연관성이 있음을 나타내었다. ARGOS 위성 추적 표류부이와 와동류의 상호연관성 및 와동류의 지속성에 관한 증거가 토론되었다.