Fluid in a rotating coordinate generally flows along equi-potential vorticity line. Without disturbances such as dissipation, rapid vertical mixing, and external forcing such as energy exchanges, potential vorticity is conserved in the thermally and dynamically closed system. This study is the first trial to investigate the potential vorticity in the East Sea. The purpose of this study is to show the distribution of the potential vorticity due to the variation of sea water density and topography in baroclinic and barotropic conditions. The conclusions are given as follows. First, vertical mixing is well striking in February than in August, and flow patterns in February are different from those in August. Secondly, contour lines of isotrophe is similar to bottom topography, while potential vorticity is similar to the distribution of dynamic topography. Thirdly, the circulation of the East Sea Water flows approximately along contours of potential vorticity in the region of high baroclinicity and along those of isotrophe in other region.

In this study, the bathymetric data acquired from 2018 to 2020 and the precipitation and suspended sediment data were analyzed for changes in bathymetry owing to the discharge from the Nakdong River barrier and environmental factors, especially the torrential rain in 2020. Sediment erosion and deposition processes are repeated because of complex environmental factors such as discharge from the Nakdong River barrier and the influence of waves generated from the external sea. In the first half of the year after the dry season, bathymetric data showed relative erosion trends, whereas in the second half after the flood season, deposition trends were identified owing to the increase in sediment transport. However, the data from the second half of 2020 showed a large amount of erosion, resulting in tendencies different to those of erosion in the first half and deposition in the second half of the year. This result is judged to be influenced by the weather in the summer of 2020. The torrential rain in the summer of 2020 resulted in a higher force of erosion than that of deposition. In summary, the tendency for erosion is more significant than that of sedimentation, especially in the main channel area of the Nakdong River.

지진해일은 대표적인 자연재해 중 하나로 빠른 속도로 해안에 전파되어 심각한 인명 및 재산 피해를 초래한다. 또한, 지진해일은 큰 에너지를 가지고 있어 유사와 각종 부유물 등 많은 물질을 이동시켜 해안 지형 변형, 구조물 피해 등을 발생시킨다. 따라서 지진해일에 의해 발생되는 유사이송을 예측하는 것은 범람으로 인한 피해지역 예측과 더불어 매우 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 지진해일에 의한 유사이송으로 해저지형이 변화하는 것을 예측하기 위해 수치모의실험을 수행하였다. 본 연구에서 사용한 유사이송모델은 유사가 발생하는 영역을 소류사에 의해 구성되는 소류층과 부유사의 거동이 주가 되는 부유층으로 분리하여 고려하는 방법으로 유도되었다. 해안으로부터 먼 거리에서 발생하여 전파해오는 지진해일을 수치모의할 경우에는 분산효과를 고려하는 것이 중요하기 때문에 선형 천수방정식을 지배방정식으로 사용하여 차분하였을 때 발생하는 수치분산항을 통해 보정하였고, 근해의 경우 비선형 천수방정식을 지배방정식으로 사용하였다. 지진해일 전파와 유사이송을 결합해 울진 원자력발전소에 대하여 1983년 동해 중부 지진해일에 의한 유사이송 수치모의를 수행하였다.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes of the sea bottom topology during construction of Saemangeum seadikes. Sea water depth and bottom topology in the Saemangeum area were measured every year and the surveyed data under construction of Saemangeum seadikes were analyzed and compared to the initial conditions before construction, There was erosion in the overall surveyed areas and the depth of erosion was approximately 53cm compared to the data in 1988. The center sandbanks of Seadike 2 did not show the great changes due to two main channels those were developed in northeast and southeast. The inland sandbanks of Seadike 4 showed the development of great erosion and deposition partially because of the changes in tide direction which developed as a result of the completion of Seadike 3 and the completion of a seadike of the Kunsan-Changhang industrial park at the north of Saemangeumm area.