Research by Region: International - Asia

Japan

GLERL researchers have been using some available rogue wave measurements in the Sea of Japan and applied wavelet spectrum analysis to explore the transient nature of the freak wave events that has been elusive from current conventional approaches.

Projects:
Rogue Waves and Explorations of Coastal Wave Characteristics

Collaborating Institutions

Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry

University of Tokyo

Korea

Collaborating Institutions

Seoul National University

Russia

The environmental radiotracers project has been part of GLERL's research program for 20 years. It has employed a variety of natural and fallout radionuclides to characterize and model particle transport processes in diverse systems around the world, including Lake Ladoga and Lake Baikal. It also has provided a practical means for the environmental management community to assess historic impacts of contaminants and nutrients on ecosystems and evaluate proposed remediation strategies. In 1993 GLERL received a sediment core from Lake Ladoga, a major lake in Russia near the border with Finland. GLERL participated in this study to determine if a history of contamination of this lake could be reconstructed from the available core. Two radionuclides were released to the atmosphere in a distinctive ratio that enabled researchers to discriminate
between environmental contamination due to Chernobyl and other potential sources.

Projects:
Environmental Radiotracers

Collaborating Institutions

Limnological Institute, Siberian Division, Irkutsk
Russian Academy of Sciences

State Hydrological Institute, St. Petersburg

Singapore

Collaborating Institutions

Singapore High Preformance Computing Center

Sea of Japan

GLERL researchers have been using some available rogue wave measurements in the Sea of Japan and applied wavelet spectrum analysis to explore the transient nature of the freak wave events that has been elusive from current conventional approaches.

Projects:
Rogue Waves and Explorations of Coastal Wave Characteristics

Lake Ladoga (Finland/Russia) & Lake Baikal (Russia)

The environmental radiotracers project has been part of GLERL's research program for 20 years. It has employed a variety of natural and fallout radionuclides to characterize and model particle transport processes in diverse systems around the world, including Lake Baikal and Lake Ladoga. It also has provided a practical means for the environmental management community to assess historic impacts of contaminants and nutrients on ecosystems and evaluate proposed remediation strategies.

In 1993 GLERL received a sediment core from Lake Ladoga, a major lake in Russia near the border with Finland. GLERL participated in this study to determine if a history of contamination of this lake could be reconstructed from the available core. Two radionuclides were released to the atmosphere in a distinctive ratio that enabled researchers to discriminate between environmental contamination due to Chernobyl and other potential sources.

Projects:
Environmental Radiotracers

Radionuclides, Metals and Organic Contaminants in Lake Ladoga Sediments