KODCKOREA OCEANOGRAPHIC
DATA CENTER

NIFS Serial Oceanographic Observation

Outline

정선해양관측 위치도 이미지
East Sea, West Sea, South Sea, East China Sea
Waters Location of station Observer Remark
East Sea 8 lines 69 stations :
102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 208, 209		 East Sea Fisheris Research Institute Fisheries Resources and Environment Division Tamgu No.3
West Sea 6 lines 52 stations :
307, 308, 310, 311, 312, 313		 West Sea Fisheris Research Institute Fisheries Resources and Environment Division Tamgu No.8
South Sea 8 lines 54 stations :
203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 313, 314, 400		 South Sea Fisheris Research Institute Fisheries Resources and Environment Division Tamgu No.8
East China Sea 3 lines 32 stations : 315, 316, 317 NIFS Tamgu No.3

Overview

  • Station and observation layer
    25 lines, 207 stations, 14 standard water column layers
  • Time and frequency
    1961~present, 6 times/year (Feb., Apr., Jun., Aug., Oct., Dec.)
  • Survey items
    17 items (Water temperatyre, salinity, dissolved oxygen, phytoplankton, zooplankton etc)

Main contents

  • Comparison analysis of water column and Oceanographic characteristics with time and waters
  • Analysis of ocenaographic characteristics with waters
    • East Sea
      polar front, cold pool
    • West Sea
      Temperature inversion, tidal front
    • South Sea
      coastal front
    • East China Sea
      Changjang diluted water path

Data service

  • Publication of news bulletin, weekly report, newsletter, annual report on the oceanographic conditions in Korean waters and East China Sea
  • Service of raw data
    • Data
      1961~present, 6 times/yr (4 times/yr, East China Sea)
    • Items
      water temperature, air temperature, disslved oxygen, nutrients, plankton

Expected effects

  • 01Improvement of inshore fishery production through the service of general oceanographic data on the major fishing ground in Korea Waters
  • 02Utilization of fundamental data for the prediction of variation in the fisheries resources according to climate change
  • 03Contribution of value added (fishery, conservation of marine environment, marine leisure etc.) creation through the production and sevice of preiodical and systematical oceanographic data in the Korea waters