Department of Oceanography
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943-5000

April 29, 2008

Oceanography Seminar

SPEAKER:

Dr. Taerim Kim

AFFILIATION:

Kunsan National University, Korea

TITLE:

Description of a shoreline monitoring system in Korea including measurements of intertidal flat bathymetry

DATE:

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

TIME:

12:00 PM

PLACE:

Spanagel 316

ABSTRACT

Korea is suffering severe erosion problems all around its coast. In response, an intensive monitoring system and several countermeasures are being implemented. One of the main observing systems is a camera network for monitoring shoreline changes, which was started in 1997 and now has more than 20 sites in operation. The specific sites and systems are introduced, with an emphasis on how images from the camera system are used to monitor intertidal flat bathymetry. This method measures bottom topography by extracting waterline positions from consecutive images taken during a flood tide. Additionally, several topics which are currently being studied at the Coastal Data & Information Laboratory of Kunsan National University are briefly introduced: study on abnormal swells occurring in the eastern coastal waters during the fall season, synergetic use of multiple remote sensing sensors for upwelling phenomena in the East Sea of Korea, small-scale internal waves in the coastal waters of the Yellow Sea, and a analysis of vortex streets and depth contours shown on X-SAR images.

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