• 한국해양학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.136-145
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• 1986

Kim and Han이 1972년 발표한, 한국남동해안 연안해저표면퇴적물 21점에서 살아있는 개체와 죽은 개체를 합한 저서유공충 전체군집 자료를 기초로 하여 Dice 相以係數를 구하여 非加重雙群方法(Unweighted Pair Group Method)으로 군집분석 (Cluster analysis)해서 生物場(Biotope)을 구했다. 결과는 남쪽상과 북쪽상으로 대별되며, 남쪽상은 固有相과 깊은상, 북쪽상은 沿岸相과 固有相으로세분된다. 생물장들은 연구지역에서 우세한 해류와 연관이 있어서 남쪽고유상은 對馬暖流의 영향이 뚜렷하며, 남쪽 깊은상은 남하하는 底層冷水의 영향을 받았다. 북쪽연안상은 北韓寒流의 영향이 뚜렷하며, 북쪽고유상은 북한한류와 일부 東海固有水의 영향이 있다. 위의 현상은 인구지역의 상반부에는 北上하는 東韓暖流보다 남하하는 北韓 寒流가, 바깥쪽에서는 東海固有水가 큰 영향을 미치며,이는 난류가 연구지역의 오른쪽 지역의 표면을 따라 북상하기 때문인 것으로 믿어진다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.61-73
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• 2016

Water mass distribution and currents were investigated off the east coast of Korea near the Hupo Bank using the CTD and ADCP data from June to August 2010. The typical water masses were: (1) Tsushima Surface Water (TSW) from the East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) in the surface layer, (2) a shallow thermocline at 20-30 m depth, (3) Tsushima Middle Water (TMW) of high salinity (>34.2) below the pycnocline, (4) North Korean Cold Water (NKCW) of low salinity (<34.05) and low temperature (<4°C) in the lower layer. In June, a double eddy was observed in which a cold filament intruded cyclonically from the south around a pre-existing cold-core eddy. A burst of strong southward current was recorded in mid-August due to a warm filament from the meandering EKWC. Current in the N-S direction was predominant due to topographic effects, and the direction of the northward EKWC was frequently reversed in its direction due to the eddy-filament activity, whereas the influence of the wind was not noticeable. The vertical structure of the current was of a two-layer system, with the northward EKWC in the upper layer and weak southward flows corresponding to the North Korean Cold Current (NKCC) in the deeper layer.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.21-31
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• 2008

Analyzing the results of East Sea Regional Ocean Model using a 3-dimensional variational data assimilation scheme, we investigated spatial and temporal variability of the North Korean Cold Current (NKCC) in the East Sea. The climatological monthly mean transport of the NKCC clearly shows seasonal variation of the NKCC within the range of about 0.35 Sv ($=0^6m^3/s$), which increases from its minimum (about 0.45 Sv) through December-January to March, decreases during March and May, and then increases again to the maximum (about 0.8 Sv) in August-September. The volume transport of the NKCC shows interannual variation of the NKCC with the range of about 1.0 Sv that is larger than seasonal variation. The southward current of the NKCC appears often not only in summer but in winter as well. The width of the NKCC is about 35 km near the Korean coast and its core is located under the East Korea Warm Current. The North Korean Cold Water (NKCW), characterized by low salinity and low temperature, is located both under the Tsushima Warm Water and in the western side of the maximum southward current of the NKCC that means the NKCC advects the NKCW southward along the Korean coast. It is revealed that the intermediate low salinity water, formed off the Vladivostok in winter, flows southward to the south of $37^{\circ}N$ through $2{\sim}3$ paths; one path along the Korean coast, another one along $132^{\circ}E$, and the middle path along $130^{\circ}E$. The path of the intermediate low salinity varies with years. The reanalysis fields suggest that the NKCW is advected through the paths along the Korean coast and along $130^{\circ}E$.

• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.103-107
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• 2001

The major studies of an ocean circulation of the East/Japan Sea related to evaluate the feasibility and utilization of deep ocean water are reviewed. The major feature of surface current system of the East/Japan Sea is an inflow of the Tsushima Warm Current through the Korea/Tsushima Strait and the outflow through the Tsugaru and Soya Straits. The Tsushima Warm Current has been known to split into two or three branches in the southern region of the East/Japan Sea. In the cold water region of the East/Japan Sea, the North Korean Cold Current turns to the east near 39$^{\circ}$N after meeting the East Korean Warm Current, then flows eastward. The degree of penetration depends on the strength of the positive wind stress curl, according to the ventilation theory. Various current meter moorings indicate strong and oscillatory deep currents in various parts of the basin. According to some numerical experiments, these currents may be induced by pressure-topography or eddy-topography interaction. However, more investigations are needed to explain clearly the presence of these strong bottom currents. This study concludes the importance of topographical coupling, isopycnal outcropping, different wind forcing and the branching of the Tsushima Warm Current on the circulation of the East/Japan Sea.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.415-424
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• 1998

남해도와 인근해의 해산 태형동물 27종을 보고하며, 이중에서 줄항아리이끼벌레(Hippothoa distans)는 한국미기록종이다. 이들 중 23종은 제주도 해역에도 분포하는 종이고 10종은 동해에도 분포하고 있었다. 이와 같은 사실은 남해도의 태형동물 분포상이 쓰시마난류와 북한한류의 영향을 받고 있음을 나타낸다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.399-406
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• 2010

Based on the Results of Annual Monitoring Report of Korean Marine Environment in 2006, it was shown that the coastal area of the East Sea around Korean peninsula could be clearly divided into two parts: the area of upwelling and the North Korean Cold Current. In the upwelling area, the chlorophyll-a and nutrients were increased by the influence of the decrease of temperature and the increase of salinity. These mean that the appearance of cold water due to the upwelling causes nutrient rich water and also resulted in the high productivity.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.393-403
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• 2016

A steady, strong southward flow was observed in the lower layer beneath the Tsushima Warm Current in the deepest trough of the Korea Strait. Known as the Korea Strait Bottom Cold Water (KSBCW), this bottom current had a mean velocity of 24 cm/s and temperatures below 8–10℃. The direction of the bottom current was highly stable due to the topographic effects of the elongated trough. To determine the path of the southward bottom current, ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler) data from 14 stations between 1999 and 2005 were examined. Persistent southward flows with average speeds of 4–10 cm/s were observed at only three places to the north of the strait where the bottom depths were 100–124 m. The collected data suggest a possible course of the southward bottom current along the southeast Korean coast before entering the deep trough of the Strait.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.505-510
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• 2008

To understand the oceanographic characteristics of Hupo coastal waters as regards the East Korean Warm Current and the North Korean Cold Current, current direction and velocity were investigated by deploying a current meter in Hupo coastal waters during the summer and fall of 2007. Wind data were obtained from the homepage of the Korea Meteorological Administration. Water temperature was measured using a temperature meter attached to the current meter and a mini log. During summer, a south wind prevailed, while during the fall the wind blew from the north. Cold surface waters occurred on a large scale in summer, while in the fall, warm bottom water occurred frequently. After mid-November, when the surface water was cooler than $15^{\circ}C$, there was no difference in water temperature between the surface and bottom layers.

• 한국해양학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.33-40
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• 1982

한반도 남동해역의 해황조건을 수온전선의 변동이라는 관점에서 조사연구 하였다. 수온전선의 변동형태는 대단히 복잡하지만 크게 3개형으로 나누어진다. 제 1 형은 동해안과 평행하게 북쪽으로 연장된 형으로 연안쪽에 좁은 냉수대를 끼고 있으며 제 2 형은 대략 36 N 위도선에 나랑하게 동서방향으로 연장되어 있고, 제 3 형은 불규칙하게 분포하는 형으로 전기압성 냉수괴와 고기압성 난수괴가 거의 비슷하게 여기 저기 분포하기 때문에 나타난 형이다. 제 1 형은 대마난류와 한류 등 두 해류가 모두 발단한 때나 또는 어느 한쪽만의 발단에 의해서도 강화될 수 있다. 한편 이들 전선의 형태는 바람의 분포와도 밀접한 관련이 있는 것 같다. 겨울철 북풍성분의 바람이 강해지면 제 1 형은 약해지고 제 2 형이 뚜렷해지며 여름철 남풍성분의 바람이 강해지면 제 1 형이 강화되는 경향이 있다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.165-177
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• 2014

In an effort to investigate the structure and variability of the coastal current in the East Sea, a moored ADCP observation was conducted off Uljin from late May to mid-October 2006. Owing to the transition of season from summer to autumn, the features of the current and wind can be divided into two parts. Until mid-August (Part-I), a southward flow is dominant at all depths with a mean alongshore velocity of 4.2~8.9 cm/s but northward winds are not strong enough to reverse the near-surface current. During Part-II, a strong northward current occurs frequently in the upper layer but winds are predominantly southward including two typhoons that have deep-reaching influence. Profile of mean velocity has three layers with a northward velocity embedded at 12~28 m depth. The near-surface current of Part-II significantly coheres with winds at 4-8 day periods with a phase lag of about 12 hours. The modal structure of the current obtained by EOF analysis is: (1) Mode-1, having 83.6% of total variance, represents the current in the same direction at all depths corresponding to the southward North Korean Cold Current (NKCC). (2) Mode-2 (11.7%) reveals a two-layer structure that can be explained by the northward East Korean Warm Current (EKWC) in the upper layer and NKCC in the lower. (3) Mode-3 (2.6%) has three layers, in which the EKWC is reversed near the surface by opposing winds. This mode is particularly similar to the mean velocity profile of Part-II.