Down-scaled Operational Oceanographic System for coastal hydrodynamics in Korea

Abstract

The development of Korea Operational Oceanographic System (KOOS) which is supported by the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM), Korea has been conducted since August, 2009 to support ocean activity and various problems of coastal waters of Korea. The goal of the project is to provide predicted information to the government agency and to the public to solve pending problems such as oil spill accident, search and rescue (SAR), red tide, wave overtopping, inundation etc. around coast of Korea.As a part of Korea operational operation system (KOOS), we have developed down-scaled operational oceanographic system using the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) for the coastal hydrodynamics in Korea. The coastal operational oceanographic system which has fine grid system covering western and southern coastal waters of Korea predicts tides, wind-driven circulation, temperature and salinity etc. twice a day in the 72 hours base. The predicted results are exported to the web-GIS based coastal information system which is based on the Arc-GIS engine for the real-time dissemination to the public.ms of coastal waters of Korea. The goal of the project is to provide predicted information to the government agency and to the public to solve pending problems such as oil spill accident, search and rescue (SAR), red tide, wave overtopping, inundation etc. around coast of Korea.As a part of Korea operational operation system (KOOS), we have developed down-scaled operational oceanographic system using the Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) for the coastal hydrodynamics in Korea. The coastal operational oceanographic system which has fine grid system covering western and southern coastal waters of Korea predicts tides, wind-driven circulation, temperature and salinity etc. twice a day in the 72 hours base. The predicted results are exported to the web-GIS based coastal information system which is based on the Arc-GIS engine