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Relative Sea-level Change Around the Korean Peninsula

  • Jeon, Dong-Chull (Climate Change & Coastal Disaster Research Department, KORDI)
  • Published : 2008.12.30
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Abstract

Long-term tide-gauge data from around the Korean Peninsula were reanalyzed. Both the coastal water and the open sea surrounding the Korean Peninsula appeared to have been influenced by global warming. The long-term change in relative sea levels obtained from tidal stations showed a general rising trend, especially near Jeju Island. It is proposed that global warming may have caused shifting of the path of the Kuroshio branch (Tsushima Warm Current) toward Jeju Island, causing a persistent increase in the water levels along the coast of the island over the last few decades.

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