한국 남해동부해역에서 해양쓰레기의 이동을 파악하고자 수치모델(POM)을 실시하였다. 연구해역의 대·소조기 창조시에의 조류는 서향류 성분이 우세하였고,낙조시에는 동향류의 성분이 우세하였다. 동계의 잔차류는 표·중·저층에서 대마도의 동수도와 서수도를 따라 동북향 하는 흐름이 우세하였으며, 이와 같은 현상은 쓰시마 난류와 유사한 흐름을 나타냈다. 또한 이 지역은 수심의 영향을 받아 대마도의 서쪽과 북서쪽 및 북쪽에 와류가 형성되었다.

해수 유동모델과 입자 추적자 모델을 이용하여 유해적조의 거동을 파악하였다. 통영-남해 주변해역에서 4대분조 (M2, S2, K1, O1)의 조류를 POM 모델을 이용하여 계산하였다. 대조기 최대 창조시의 조류는 북서향하고 최대 낙조시에는 남 동향하는 흐름을 보였다. 소조기 조류는 최대 창조시와 낙조시의 유향은 각각 대조기와 동일한 분포를 보였고, 유속이 대조기에 비하여 작게 나타났다. 조석잔차류의 분포를 보면 남동향 하는 흐름이 전반적으로 우세하게 나타난다. 이러한 유동환경에서 자 란만, 미조앞바다, 욕지도서측 해역에 유해적조 생물이 발생하였을 경우 시간에 따른 공간적 분포를 알기 위한 입자 추적자 모 델을 이용하였다.

한국 연안에서 해수 유동모델과 입자 추적자 모델을 사용하여 대구 자치어의 이동을 파악하였다. 산란지역인 진해만, 영일만 및 강릉 앞바다에서 산란한 대구 자치어가 주변해역의 조류, 수온 및 염분, TWC(Tsushima Warm Current)에 어떻게 작용하는가를 살펴보았다. 조석잔차류는 동해연안을 따라 남향하고 이 흐름이 부산-쓰시마 북쪽해역에서 일본 연안쪽으로 흐르 는 흐름이 우세하게 나타났다. 조석잔차류에 TWC의 고려한 흐름은 남해 서쪽과 동쪽의 경계역에서 유입하여 서수도의 쓰시마 연안을 거쳐 북동쪽의 흐름과 동수도로 유입하는 흐름이 부산과 일본 서쪽에서 합류하여 일본 연안으로 북상하여 나타났다. 진해만의 산란지점에서, 조석잔차류에 의한 대구 자치어의 이동은 동해쪽으로의 이동은 작게 나타나고 남해쪽으로의 이동이 우 점하였다. 그러나 TWC의 영향을 고려한 자치어의 이동은 서수도를 지나 일본 연안으로 이동하여 나타났다.

해수의 수송이 바다목장화 해역에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 조석과 바람, 수온 및 염분의 효과를 고려한 해수 유동 모델을 관측한 자료를 토대로 하여 구축하였다. 현장 관측 결과 중층에서 유속이 가장 강하게 나타났으며, 조화분해 결과 반일주조가 강한 혼합조의 형 태로 나타났다. 조류 효과만을 고려하였을 경우, 해수는 어류목장에서 갑각류목장으로, 갑각류목장에서 패류목장으로 수송되었다. 조석과 바람, 수온 및 염분의 효과를 고려한 잔차류의 경우에는 어류목장에서 갑각류목장으로, 패류목장에서 갑각류목장으로 해수가 수송되었다. 한편, 해수 의 최대 수송은 조류나 잔차류의 2가지의 경우 모두가 동일하게 어류목장에서 갑각류목장으로 이동할 때 나타났다.

대구 자치어의 거동을 파악하기 위해서 해수 유동모델과 자치어 추적자 모델을 통합하여 수행하였다. 먼저 한국 남 해안의 해수 유동 특성을 알기 위해 조류, 취송류, 밀도류를 조사하였다. 외해역에서는 조석잔차류가 대조시 동쪽으로 향하는 흐름을 보였고, 소조시 서쪽으로 향하는 흐름을 보였다. 잔차류의 분포를 보면 표층에서는 연안에서 외해로 나가는 남향류가 우 세하고 중․저층에서는 동향류가 나타났다. 밀도류는 연안에서 보다 외양에서 크게 나타났다. 취송류는 연안역에서 먼 바다보 다 더 강하게 나타났다. 자치어 추적자 모델을 이용하여 대구 자치어의 시간에 따른 공간적 분포를 보면, 진해만 안쪽 보다는 진해만 입구에서 대구 자치어를 방류할 경우 이류에 의해 더 빠르게 확산하는 것으로 판단된다.

남해안의 연안전선 형성에 영향을 주는 조류와 취송류, 그리고 밀도류의 분포를 파악하기 위하여 3차원유동모델 (POM; Princeton Ocean Model)을 이용하여 수치실험 하였다. 조석 잔차류의 유향을 보면 거제도 및 남해도 먼 바다에서는 남향 류가 우세하였고, 전라남도 먼 바다에서는 서향류가 우세하게 나타났으며, 밀도류는 남해안의 대표적인 해류인 쓰시마 난류를 잘 재현하였다. 또한, 취송류의 흐름도 일반적인 흐름과 유사하게 잘 재현되었다. 외양역에서는 밀도류의 영향이 강하며, 해안부 근에서는 취송류와 조석잔차류의 영향이 전체잔차류에서 반영되었다. 이상의 결과를 통하여 남해안에서의 물질 이동·확산을 예 측하기 위한 기초자료로 활용 가능 할 것으로 판단된다.

A small and lightweight crawling robots have been actively studied thanks to their outstanding mobility and maneuverability. Those robots can navigate into more confined spaces that larger robots are unable to reach or enter such as debris and caves. In this paper, we propose a milli-scale hexapedal robot based on planar linkage design. To make this possible, two necessary conditions for successful crawling are satisfied: thrust force from the ground and aerial phase while running. These conditions are achieved through a newly developed leg design. The robot has a pair of legs and each leg has three feet. Those feet alternatively moves based on 1DOF planar linkage. This linkage is installed at each side of the robot and finally the robot shows the alternating gait and aerial phase during running. As a result, the robot runs with the crawling speed of 0.9 m/s.

Climatological trend for the period of 1970 to 2009 in sea water temperature around the Antarctic Peninsular waters in the Southern Ocean was investigated. During the period from 1970 to 2009, sea water temperature in the top 500 m water column except 100 m increased at a rate of 0.003 - 0.011℃·yr-1, but at 100 m it decreased at a rate of -0.003℃·yr-1. Although long-term trend is generally warming, there were several periods of sharp changes between 1970 and 2009. Annual mean sea water temperature between surface and 500 m except 100 m decreased from the early of 1970s to the end of 1980s, and then it increased to the end of 2000s. In the entire water column between the surface and 500 m, sea water temperature closely correlated with the El Nino events expressed as the Southern Oscillation Index(SOI), and SOI and sea water temperature have a dominant period of about 3-5 years and decade.

Time-series change in Gyeongpo beach shoreline was illustrated using DGPS(Differential Global Positioning System, resolution < 0.6m) observation from April, 2009 to April, 2010. The shoreline was subdivided into 12 areas, and westward and eastward movement of shoreline position at each area was calculated. In general, the shoreline moved toward sea during summer, and it moved toward land during winter. The southern and northern part of the shoreline had different pattern in time-series. The shoreline in the southern part moved toward sea during summer and moved toward land during winter, but time-series pattern of the shoreline in the northern part was more complicated than that in the southern part. Pattern of time-series change in the northern part was made up of three different types; the first is that the shoreline moves continuously toward land, and the second thing is that the shoreline's movement is the opposite to the southern part, and the third thing is that the shoreline maintains a state of equilibrium without any great fluctuation. The total length of the shoreline was the largest during winter and the smallest during summer. In general, time-series change in the shoreline had positive(+) relationship with sea surface pressure and wind speed.

To understand the transport of anchovy egg-larvae, an integrated model consisting of a hydrodynamic model and a three-dimensional Lagrangian diffusion model was used for the anchovy Engraulis japornicus egg-larvae trace. Fist, in order to determine the circulation characteristics of the South Sea of Korea, residual flow according to tide, density and wind effect was investigated. In offshore regions, tide-induced residual current tends to flow eastward during the spring tide and westward during the neap tide. Residual flow is irregular due to the bottom topography in the coastal area. No special tendency was apparent in the open sea. Especially, the flow in the offshore regions showed results similar to that of the Tsushima Warm Current. The transport of anchovy egg-larvae is decided the physical properties of sea water. It is estimated that anchovy eggs spawned near the Jeju Island travels offshore, rather than to coastal areas, and grow in the front area between the coastal sea and offshore regions.

The three-dimensional hydrodynamic model was simulated to understand coastal sea front of formation and seasonal variation in the Southern Sea of Korea. In this study, we used to concept of stratification factor, to realize seasonal distribution of stratification coefficient which of seasonal residual flow, considered with, tide, wind and density effect. Tidal current tends to flow westward during the flood and eastward during ebb. The current by the wind stress showed to be much stronger the coastal than the offshore area in the surface layer. And the current by the horizontal gradient of water density showed to be relatively weak in the coastal area, with little seasonal differences. On the other hand, the flow in the offshore area showed results similar to that of the Tsushima Warm Current. The stratification factor (SHv) was calculated by taking into account the total flow of tide, wind and density effect. In summer, the calculated SHv distribution ranged from 2.0 to 2.5, similar to that of the coastal sea front. The horizontal temperature gradient showed to be strong during the winter, when the vertical stratification is weak. On the other hand, the horizontal gradient became weak in summer, during which vertical stratification is strong. Therefore, it is presume that the strength of vertical stratification and the horizontal temperature gradient affect the position of the coastal sea front.

In order to estimate volume transport by upwelling for single artificial seamount, same shape and size of artificial seamount already deployed was applied to numerical experiment. The result showed that strong upwelling appeared at front while took place downwelling at rear. The strongest upwelling existed at the top of the artificial seamount. Volume transport by upwelling was computed as 785 m3/s. Column arrangement was applied to two artificial seamount in three cases; case 1) no clearance, case 2) sixty-five meters of clearance as half of artificial seamount’s length, and case 3) hundred-thirty meters of clearance as an artificial seamount’s length. All cases of column arrangements showed more upwelling volume transport than that of single seamount. Particularly, the case of no clearance calculated as 106% and appeared the most upwelling effect comparing to two other cases. Row arrangement was also applied to two artificial seamount in three cases; case 4) no clearance, case 5) forty meters of clearance as an artificial seamount’s width, and case 6) eighty meters of clearance as twice of artificial seamount’s width. Upwelling volume transport in case 4 increased 48% than the case of single seamount. Other two cases of 5 and 6 were estimated as 97% increased and more effective than case 4. According to the case experiments, column arrangements show more upwelling volume transport than that of row arrangements. In cases of column arrangements, with decreasing clearance between two seamount, the effect increases while showing maximum value at clearance zero. In cases of row arrangements, on the contrary, with decreasing clearance between two seamount, the effect decreases while showing minimum value at clearance zero. Since simple barotropic condition was considered for this study, further study is necessary by considering baroclinic condition to get close to reality. In conclusion, in deploying artificial seamount, optimal arrangement should be well designed to enhance primary and secondary productivity and to increase the diversity of species as well as reducing time and space.

Jindong bay at the northwestern part of Jinhae bay suffers from the occurrence of red tides in summer every year. In order to study the management methods of coastal environments, an ecological numerical model has been developed. The model experiments was forecasted that the load of nutrients from the land and field concentration will be cut down per 10% each. When we cut down 57.2% nitrogen load in the inner bay and 38.4% phosphorous load in the outer bay of bottom layer of the nutrients load from land and field concentration, the seawater quality standard levels up first grade. When we cut down 86.5% nutrients in the inner bay and 93.0% nutrients in the outer bay, the concentration of chlorophyll a decreases below 3.2(an individual concentration of phytoplankton : 10,000cell/ml), i.e. the red tides do not occur.