Do-Seong Byun

• PhD
• Head of Analysis and Research Team at Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency

This study analyzes sea surface water turbidity variability in the coastal region of the Yellow Sea and investigates the relationships with environmental factors. By applying spectral analysis, harmonic analysis, wavelet transformation, and multivariate linear regression to in situ measurements of seawater turbidity data, we examined the temporal t...

This study investigates the impact of tidal currents on a ship’s speed, fuel consumption, and energy efficiency for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reduction. The research was conducted in Korean coastal waters from Busan Port to Incheon Port during spring and neap tides. The results show that if a tanker sails with the most favorable tidal current, it can im...

This study aims to examine the history of naming the strait between the Yellow and East China Seas and the East Sea to suggest a consistent nomenclature and to demarcate the geographic region of the strait. Although the strait is internationally known as ‘Korea Strait’, it is commonly referred to as the ‘South Sea’ in Korean common usage. This revi...

Rapidly growing ocean data availability is fueling the establishment of new regional and coastal ocean models and operating systems, while growing global climate disruption necessitates robust long-term simulations of regional and coastal ocean processes and hazard risks. This work explains, for the first time together in one place, solutions for o...

Coastal inundation is increasing globally. Changes in tidal water levels contribute to flood risk alongside rain and sea storm events. Unlike the latter, temporal variations in tides may be predicted and their patterns analyzed many years in advance. This paper explains two novel methods for characterizing monthly scale patterns in tidal water leve...

The Ieodo Ocean Research Station (Ieodo ORS) is a fixed marine observation platform at the boundary of the Yellow and East China Seas. In 2019, a Category 4 Typhoon Lingling passed by the Ieodo ORS very closely. At that time, the Ieodo ORS observed Sea Surface Temperature (SST) cooling of 4.5 °C by vertical mixing and negative turbulent heat flux (...

Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogramma) caught in the Korean fishing area dramatically decreased in the late 1980s. To investigate the potential impact of the late 1980s climate regime shift on the collapse of the pollock catch, we developed a three-dimensional hydrodynamic model with data assimilation and a particle tracking model. Data-assimilated r...

It is vital to improve estimations of long-term trends in global and regional sea level rise to help mitigate and adapt to climate change. Satellite altimetry data have been widely used for this purpose; however, data collected in regions with strong tidalmotions often suffer from significant aliasing effects unless they are sufficiently corrected...

Global climate models (GCMs) have limited capacity in simulating spatially non-uniform sea-level rise owing to their coarse resolutions and absence of tides in the marginal seas. Here, regional ocean climate models (RCMs) that consider tides were used to address these limitations in the Northwest Pacific marginal seas through dynamical downscaling....

We investigated spatial relationships between barotropic tidal currents and tides (i.e., tidal elevations) in the tidally predominant Yellow and East China Seas and Korea Strait (YESKS) continental shelf region to understand which tidal current and tide (TCE) characteristics underpin essential insights for maritime search, rescue and recovery opera...

We investigated the strengthened ocean surface heat flux at Ieodo Ocean Research Station (Ieodo ORS) during the passage of Typhoon Lingling. On September 6, 2019, when Typhoon Lingling approached the Ieodo ORS, we observed a dramatic drop in the sea surface temperature (SST) of 5.0 °C along with intense turbulent mixing. Although the decline of the...

For open ocean environments, it is rare to find continuous, simultaneous air and sea observation records due to the challenges of instrument installation and maintenance. The Ieodo Ocean Research Station (Ieodo ORS), a remote ocean site located in the northern East China Sea with its harsh oceanic and atmospheric environment, provides a platform fo...

The solar annual (Sa) and semiannual (Ssa) tides account for much of the non-uniform annual and seasonal variability observed in sea levels. These non-equilibrium tides depend on atmospheric variations, forced by changes in the Sun's distance and declination, as well as on hydrographic conditions. Here we employ tidal harmonic analyses to calculate...

The Yellow and East China Seas are contained in a shallow, marginal seas surrounded by mainland China to the west and Korea and Japan to the east. More than 75% of the area of this region is shallower than 100 m; thus, it is among the most productive continental shelf regions in the world. Heo et al. (2012) showed that warming in the East China and...

Oceanic current and circulation have played an important role as regulators of the earth's energy distribution. The science and earth science textbooks for secondary schools based on the 2015 revised curriculum included a misconception of the seasonal variation of the North Korea Cold Current (NKCC) among the currents around the Korean Peninsula. T...

Accurate tidal height data for the seas around Antarctica are much needed, given the crucial role of these tides in the regional and global ocean, marine cryosphere, and climate processes. However, obtaining long-term sea level records for traditional tidal predictions is extremely difficult around ice-affected coasts. This study evaluates the abil...

Daily tidal water level variations are a key control on shore ecology, on access to marine environments via ports, jetties, and wharves, on drainage links between the ocean and coastal hydrosystems such as lagoons and estuaries, and on the duration and frequency of opportunities to access the intertidal zone for recreation and food harvesting purpo...

Monthly mean sea-levels have annual maxima in August in the northeast Asian marginal seas (NEAMS). Based on satellite altimetry data, the rising rate of the August NEAMS sea-level (ANS, 4.2 mm∙yr−1) is greater than those of the NEAMS (3.6 mm∙yr−1) and global (3.4 mm∙yr−1) annual mean sea-levels. Thus, the interannual variations of ANS are classifie...

Park, S.J.; Choi, B.-J.; Sim, H.S., and Byun, D.-S., 2020. Arrival of long ocean waves and hourly sea level oscillations in Masan Bay, Korea on 19-22 March 2014. In: Malvárez, G. and Navas, F. (eds.), Global Coastal Issues of 2020. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 95, pp. 1510–1514. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.Calmness and...

Accurate tidal height data for the seas around Antarctica are much needed, given the crucial role of tidal processes as represented in regional and global climate, ocean and marine cryosphere models. Though obtaining long term sea level records for traditional tidal predictions is extremely difficult around ice affected coasts. This study evaluates...

For details of program application see: Byun, D.-S. and Hart, D. E. (2015), Predicting tidal heights for new locations using 25h of in situ sea level observations plus reference site records: A complete tidal species modulation with tidal constant corrections, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 32, 350-371: "...CTSM+TCC represents a viable alternative to tid...

Abstract. In a world of increasing coastal inundation hazards, an understanding of daily through to monthly tidal envelope characteristics is fundamental to resilient coastal management and development practices. For decades, scientists have described and compared daily tidal forms around the world’s coasts based on the four main tidal amplitudes....

A minimum 19 year tidal prediction dataset covering nodal (satellite) modulation effects is required to determine the Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) and Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT) datums. In this study, we explore the ability of a widely used conventional standard harmonic prediction program, T_TIDE 't_predic.m' from Pawlowicz et al. (2002), t...

A minimum 19 year tidal prediction dataset covering nodal (satellite) modulation effects is required to determine the Lowest Astronomical Tide (LAT) and Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT) datums. In this study, we explore the ability of a widely used conventional standard harmonic prediction program, T_TIDE ‘t_predic.m’ from Pawlowicz et al. (2002), t...

This study investigates the impacts of marginal sea surface temperature (SST) on temperature variations over the Korean Peninsula in winter via observation data analysis and numerical model simulation. The marginal SST variability is represented using ocean temperature variations at the Ieodo Ocean Research Station (IORS), wherein the oceanic and a...

The Yellow Sea is one of the most productive continental shelves in the world. This large marine ecosystem is experiencing an epochal change in water temperature, stratification, nutrients, and subsequently in ecological diversity. Research-oriented monitoring of these changes requires a sustainable, multi-disciplinary approach. For this purpose, t...

The main purposes for establishing the Korea ocean research stations (KORS) are for advancing an overall understanding of atmospheric and oceanic phenomena in the Yellow and East China Seas; for providing core scientific data for the studies on global environmental change, typhoon dynamics, biogeochemical cycles, marine ecosystems and fisheries, at...

Anthropogenic Pb emitted from East Asia, particularly China, is often long-range transported to the east by the prevailing westerlies. To characterize the geographical properties of varying atmospheric Pb concentrations by transboundary and domestic source(s)-related Pb in Korea, closely adjacent to China, the Al and Pb concentrations and the stabl...

Natural hazard reviews reveal increases in disaster impacts nowhere more pronounced than in coastal settlements. Despite efforts to enhance hazard resilience, the common trend remains to keep producing disaster prone places. This paper explicitly explores hazard versus multi-hazard concepts to illustrate how different conceptualizations can enhance...

10 m 기준 고도에서 측정 또는 생산된 자료이다. 이 연구는 이어도 해양과학기지 42.3 m 고도의 옥상 등대에서 측정 중인 풍속을 기준 고도의 풍속으로 변환시켜 국립해양조사원 누리집을 통해 실시간으로 제공하기 위한 사전 연구이다. 이를 위해 2015년에 이어도 기지에서 관측한 풍속을 대표적인 네 종류의 풍속 변환식-멱법칙식, 두 종류의 중립 벽 로그법칙식(항력계수형, 거칠기 높이형), 대기 안정도 효과를 고려한 벽 로그법칙모델(안정도 고려 거칠기 높이형)-에 적용하 였다. 관측 바람을 평가하는데 많이 사용되는 '안정도 고려 거칠기 높이형' 벽 로그법칙모델의 결과와 나머지 풍속 변환식 결과들을 서로 비교하였다. 그 결...

A new approach enabling the prediction of tidal currents, for observation sites with as little as ≥25 h of data, has been developed as a practical way of utilizing very short tidal current records. We name this technique the complete tidal species modulation with tidal current constant corrections (CTSM+TCCC) method. In addition to a short-term tid...

We grouped the names attributed to the seas surrounding the Korean Peninsula in maps published in two major Korean ocean and fisheries science journals over the period from 1998 to 2017: the Journal of the Korean Society of Oceanography (The Sea) and the Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science (KFAS). The names attributed to these seas in m...

On 16 February 1637, Qing troops landed on Ganghwa Island and occupied Ganghwa Castle. According to the conventional narrative, a few Joseon warships bravely fought in vain to deter the enemy from crossing the shallow, narrow Yeomha Waterway while the main fleet cowardly ran away. A close investigation of firsthand accounts of this battle, however,...

The interannual variation of surface ocean currents can be as large as seasonal variation in the Japan/East Sea (JES). To identify the major factors that cause such interannual variability of surface ocean circulation in the JES, surface circulation was simulated from 1998 to 2009 using a three-dimensional model. Contributions of atmospheric forcin...

The radiation observation data will be used importantly in research field such as climatology, weather, architecture, agro-livestock and marine science. The Ieodo Ocean Research Station (IORS) is regarded as an ideal observatory because its location can minimize the solar radiation reflection from the surrounding background and also the data produc...

The radiation observation data will be used importantly in research field such as climatology, weather, architecture, agro-livestock and marine science. The Ieodo Ocean Research Station (IORS) is regarded as an ideal observatory because its location can minimize the solar radiation reflection from the surrounding background and also the data produc...

A total of 82 aerosol samples (PM10-2.5) were collected from June 18, 2015 to October 1, 2016 at the remote sea site, the Ieodo Ocean Research Station (IORS), in the East China Sea. Samples were analyzed for 10 elements (Al, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Mo, Cd, Sb, Tl, and Pb) as well as Pb isotopic composition to characterize temporal variations in elemental c...

Regional and/or coastal ocean models can use tidal current harmonic forcing, together with tidal harmonic forcing along open boundaries in order to successfully simulate tides and tidal currents. These inputs can be freely generated using online open-access data, but the data produced are not always at the resolution required for regional or coasta...

The effects of sea surface temperature (SST) data assimilation in two regional ocean modeling systems were examined for the Yellow Sea (YS). The SST data from the Operational Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Analysis (OSTIA) were assimilated. The National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center (NMEFC) modeling system uses the ensemble optimal i...

5년(2012~2016년)간에 걸쳐 지역해(동해, 황 ․ 동중국해) 수치예측시스템을 구축하여 자동으로 끊임 없이 운영하면서 확보한 기술들 중 다음 3가지를 담고 있다. (1) 끊임없이 3일 해양예측 자료를 생산하기 위한 전략, (2) 매일 특정시 각에 외부 해양 ․ 기상자료(HYCOM, NOAA/NCEP GFS)를 안정적으로 내려 받는 방법과 (3) 해양예측시스템 운영자들이 휴대전 화 단문 메시지 서비스(Short Message Service)를 이용하여 해양예측시스템 수행 시 발생하는 시스템 오류를 신속하게 파악할 수 있 는 기능에 관하여 기술하였다. 이들 기본 기술과 운영시스템 구성의 기본 개념은 지역해와 연안 해양...

Ahybrid technique for predicting tides for new locations, based on as little as 25 h of concurrent temporary and reference site sea level observations, plus up to a year of reference records, is evaluated using 2-yr South Korean and New Zealand case studies. Comparisons are made between the existing prediction methods of conventional standard harmo...

Since the unification of the diverse oceanic current maps of the East Sea in secondary school science textbooks has recently been accomplished, there have been increasing requirements for the production of a current map of the Yellow Sea (YS) and the East China Sea (ECS). This study, as its first attempt, facilitated the prospective production proc...

In this study we explore formulas that use the local tidal phase-lag, symbolized by the Greek kappa (), which is conventionally employed in hydrographic works in Korea: these include predictions of tidal heights, mean high water intervals and tide time differences related to tide tables. We discuss how these somewhat-complicated local phase-lag (...

Oceanic current maps in the secondary school science and earth science textbooks have played an important role in piquing students's inquisitiveness and interests in the ocean. Such maps can provide students with important opportunities to learn about oceanic currents relevant to abrupt climate change and global energy balance issues. Nevertheless,...

National demands for the ocean forecasting system have been increased to support economic activity and national safety including search and rescue, maritime defense, fisheries, port management, leisure activities and marine transportation. Further, the ocean forecasting has been regarded as one of the key components to improve the weather and clima...

In this study we estimate the prospective tidal current energy resources off the south and west coasts of Korea and explore the influence of modeling tidal current energies based on 15-day versus month-long data records for regimes with pronounced perigean/apogean influences. The tidal current energy resources off southern and western Korea were ca...

This is the first attempt to produce simultaneous surface current field from satellite altimeter data for the entire East Sea and to provide surface current information to users with formal description. It is possible to estimate surface geostrophic current field in near real-time because satellite altimeters and coastal tide gauges supply sea leve...

This paper provides an explanation of an automated solution for correctly interpolating phase-lags across abrupt boundaries. Although an automated solution to this problem has existed for several years, this is not commonly known and so many researchers continue to perform corrections manually. Interpolation errors commonly occur when tidal propaga...

The importance of scientific education on accurate oceanic currents and circulation has been increasingly addressed because the currents have played a significant role in climate change and global energy balance. The objectives of this study are to analyze errors of the oceanic current maps in the textbooks, to discuss a variety of error sources, t...

This is a preliminary study of the feasibility of obtaining reliable tidal current harmonic constants, using one month of current observations, to verify the accuracy of a tidal model. An inference method is commonly used to separate out the tidal harmonic constituents when the available data spans less than a synodic period. In contrast to tidal c...

As a multidisciplinary study encompassing oceanography and history, we have attempted to reanalyze the course of a historical navel battle, Myungryang Naval Battle(September 16th, 1597 according to the lunar calendar) through hindcasting the paleo-tidal currents and-tides(PTC). Firstly, we conducted harmonic analysis using 6-month current data obse...

We examined five astronomical variables formulas of the two conventional harmonic prediction programs (IOS tidal package (IOS) and Task-2000 tidal package (Task2K)) in relation to hindcast of paleo-tides and -tidal currents on historical navel battlefields such as Myeongryang Naval Battle (September 16th, 1597 according to the lunar calendar). Thro...

This study provides a practical guide to the use of classical tidal prediction algorithms in coastal numerical forecasting models such as tide and tide-storm-surge models. Understanding tidal prediction parameter formulas and their limitations is key to successfully modifying and upgrading tidal prediction modules in order to increase the accuracy...

In order to estimate sea surface current fields in the East Sea, we examined characteristics of mean dynamic topography (MDT) fields (or mean surface current field, MSC) generated from three different methods. This preliminary investigation evaluates the accuracy of surface currents estimated from satellite-derived sea level anomaly (SLA) data and...

We compare insolation results calculated from two well-known empirical formulas (Seckel and Beaudry’s SB73 formula and the original Smithsonian (SMS) formula) and a radiative transfer model using input data predicted from meteorological weather-forecast models, and review the accuracy of each method. Comparison of annual mean daily irradiance value...

As a preliminary multidisciplinary modeling approach encompassing physical and ecological systems, a 1-D biogeochemical model was coupled with a 3-D hydrodynamic-sediment transport model through an off-line mode. The resulting modeling system was used to investigate the main controlling factors for the onset of phytoplankton spring blooms in 2001 a...

Determining ‘photosynthetically active radiation’ (PAR) is a key part of calculating phytoplankton productivity in a biogeochemical model. We explore the daily and seasonal variability in the ratio of PAR irradiance to total irradiance that occurred at Ieodo Ocean Research Station (IORS) in the East China Sea under clear-sky conditions in 2004 usin...

Tide and tidal current distortions were examined in Hampyung Embayment, a shallow, semidiurnal tide-dominated bay with large tidal flats, via in situ monitoring. Harmonic analyses reveal that the shallow-water constituents of the tides and tidal currents are strong in this restricted setting relative to on the open coast. In particular, the amplitu...

During the summer rainy season, double thermoclines were observed in a small canyon-shaped reservoir. The physical processes leading to thermocline evolution are examined from the vertical temperature profile observed along the reservoir before and after rain. Observations show that their evolution is related to the inflow of runoff, which is colde...

Low vertical mixing rates are a key physical condition associated with the development of phytoplankton spring blooms in coastal and ocean waters. Vertical mixing rates in shallow coastal regimes are decreased not only by thermal stratification but also by haline stratification due to river runoff. In this paper, the main physical processes involve...

The western tip of southwest Korea is characterized by a tidally dominated, turbid, coastal environment. There are well-developed tidal flats along the coast and around islands, together with offshore sand ridges several tens of kilometers long in the west. The effects of bottom boundary layer (BBL) sediment stratification on sediment-transport and...

A numerical modelling study on the effects of sediment-induced stratification on tidal currents is conducted for an idealized tidal estuary with a muddy seabed. The numerical model is a three-dimensional oceanic sediment transport model capable of predicting dynamics of Newtonian fluid mud layers due to coupling of the sea water density and suspend...

The results of tidal analyses of long-term (1971–2001) sea-level elevation records at the Mokpo observation station on the western tip of the southwest coast of Korea showed significant changes in tidal amplitudes, together with advance in phases for the major constituents as a result of constructing a dyke and two seawalls in the Mokpo Coastal Zon...