Korea Ocean Research Stations
Value for Marine Science
- Understanding and responsive measures to circulation and flow of East China Sea
- Importance in improving ocean and weather prediction accuracy of Korea as part of westerlies
- Optimal location to conduct research on global climate change, typhoons, and atmospheric environment
- Central Location for maritime traffic – over ten-thousand vessels pass-through: secured safe route
Research Activities
- Long-term Monitoring of Marine Environment Change (water temperature, sea level rise, etc.)
- Paleotempestology, expansion of low salinity of the Yangtze River
- Wave analysis through visual materials in high-resolution
