Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport at Socheongcho Ocean Research Station, Korea, in the Yellow Sea
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Data Collection
3.1.1. Atmospheric and Oceanographic Environmental Data
3.1.2. Water Column Temperature and Salinity
3.1.3. Tide, Currents, and Acoustic Echo Intensity
3.1.4. Suspended Sediment Concentration
3.2. Data Processing and Analysis
3.2.1. Evaluation of Seasonal Thermal Stratification
3.2.2. Backscatter Calibration to SSC and Computation of Residual Currents and Sediment Fluxes
4. Results
4.1. Atmospheric and Oceanographic Conditions
4.2. Seasonal Vertical Mixing and Residual Currents
4.3. Seasonal Sediment Flux
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lee, G.-h.; Chang, J.; Kang, K.; Jeong, J.-Y. Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport at Socheongcho Ocean Research Station, Korea, in the Yellow Sea. Water 2024, 16, 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16010023
Lee G-h, Chang J, Kang K, Jeong J-Y. Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport at Socheongcho Ocean Research Station, Korea, in the Yellow Sea. Water. 2024; 16(1):23. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16010023
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Guan-hong, Jongwi Chang, KiRyong Kang, and Jin-Yong Jeong. 2024. "Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport at Socheongcho Ocean Research Station, Korea, in the Yellow Sea" Water 16, no. 1: 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16010023
APA StyleLee, G.-h., Chang, J., Kang, K., & Jeong, J.-Y. (2024). Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport at Socheongcho Ocean Research Station, Korea, in the Yellow Sea. Water, 16(1), 23. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16010023