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Observation of Along-shore Current in the Northern East Sea by SARAL/AltiKa Sea Level Data

SARAL/Altika 해표면 고도 위성에 의한 동해 북부 연안 해류

DONG-KYU LEE1*
,
JANG-GEUN CHOI2
이 동규1*
,
최 장근2
1Department of Oceanography, Pusan National University
2School of marine science and ocean engineering, University of New Hampshire
1부산대학교 자연과학대학 해양학과국문소속
2뉴 햄프셔 대학교 해양과학 및 해양공학 대학
* Corresponding Author
31 August 2019. pp. 429-435
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Abstract

연안에서 해표면고도를 정확하게 측정하도록 특별히 설계된 SARAL/Altika위성에 의해 관측된 해류를 비교 검정하기 위해 2015년 3월부터 2년간 위성추적 뜰개가 동해 북부 해상에 투하되었다. 해표면 고도 측정 위치에서 반경 20 km 이내에 위치한 뜰개(30분 간격으로 GPS로 위치 관측)와 비교한 결과, 수심 200 m 보다 얕은 해역에서 외해와 유사하게 높은 상관관계를 가진 것으로 나타나, 해류의 직접 관측이 어려운 동해 북부의 연안류의 시간 변동을 관측할 수 있게 되었다. 리만 해류는 일년 년중 시베리아 연안을 따라 남하하는 해류로 관측되었으며, 북한 한류는 여름철에만 남향하는 해류를 보였다. 북한 한류는 무수단곶 이남에서는 주로 남향류를, 무수단곶 이북에서는 무수단곶 근해에서의 에디 존재 유무에 의해 방향이 결정되는 것으로 연구되었다.

The drifters of the Global Drifter Program were deployed in the northern East Sea for two years from March 2015 to compare and validate currents estimated from sea-level measurements with the SARAL/AltiKa altimetry satellite mission, specially designed to accurately measure sea level in the near-coastal area. The collocated (less than 20 km apart) directly measured current from GPS locations every 30 minutes and the currents normal to the satellite tracks show a similar correlation in the area shallower than 200 m depth as the open ocean and it makes it possible to investigate the time variations of the current along the coast in the northern East sea, where direct observations of current are scarce. The Liman Current along the Siberian coast is found to be southward all year round, but the North Korean Cold Current flows southward only in the summer. The North Korean Cold Current south of the Musudan cape mostly flows to the south, but the current direction depends on the presence of an eddy around the coast of Musudan cape.

Keywords
Liman current
SARAL/AltiKa
North Korean cold current

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  • Publisher :The Korean Society of Oceanography
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국해양학회
  • Journal Title :The Sea Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국해양학회지 바다
  • Volume : 24
  • No :3
  • Pages :429-435
  • Received Date : 2019-07-09
  • Revised Date : 2019-07-16
  • Accepted Date : 2019-07-18
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7850/jkso.2019.24.3.429
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