Real-time Ocean Monitoring System in Korean Coastal Areas

초록

Real-time Ocean Monitoring System in Korean Coastal Areas Kevin Sungjun Kim1, Yongchul Park2 and Hongsun Kim1 GeoSystem Research Corp.1 Inha University2 Marine environmental monitoring technology is becoming a standard tool for management of ocean resources. During the last decade, there has been a great change in marine monitoring and surveying technology, including marine dynamic environmental monitoring, marine ecological environmental monitoring system integration and its applications in Korea. In Korea, there are several ocean monitoring buoy systems in coastal areas to provide information for marine environmental monitoring and vessel navigation safety. There are six ocean environmental monitoring buoys nearby nuclear power plants in eastern coastal areas of Korea. The monitoring buoys provide meteorological and oceanographic data in real-time. The purpose of the monitoring system is gathering marine environmental data to consider how the nuclear power plants affect marine ecosystem, especially thermal effluent. Also, there are several monitoring systems in nearby navigational passages in Korea. The system provide weather and ocean current/wave information by AIS and CDMA in real-time. Some of monitoring systems measure vertical profiles of ocean current through acoustic telemetry. The continuous and coordinated observation through real-time monitoring platforms allows the development of synergies that can provide an added value to the scientific community and marine environment administration. Also, it is possible to have useful and interesting information for the development of prognostic and diagnosis models, as well as specific applications for many users belong to socio-economic sectors related with the marine system.