한국 경기만의 M2분조 조석순환 모델링

Abstract

Kyounggi Bay located along the western coast of Korea is a macrotidal zone of 7.9 m tidal range during the spring tide and tidal flats very well developed. Within the bay there are several islands, and the coast lines are crooked significantly so that the geometry of the bay is very complex. To study the tidal circulation of this area, we conducted numerical modeling using a finite volume coastal ocean model, FVCOM, which could represent the complex topography properly. The model domain is about 40 km times 53 km, and the smallest grid is about 72 m so that the narrowest waterway, Yeomha, is well resolved. Only M2 tidal forcing is considered at the open boundary. There are three rivers in the bay and experiments were conducted with or without the fresh water discharge from the three rivers. Some of the previous modeling studies showed that the fresh water discharge could reverse the direction of the residual flows in Yeomha Waterways, but in the present experiment the river discharge could not reverse the residual flow. Other aspects of the tidal flow in this area were examined.