Research Equipment
As of January 30. 2008
| Division | Name |
Volume (unit) |
Description |
Remark (million KRW) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surveying equipment | Gravimeter | 4 | Terrestrial gravity obeservation | - |
| Magnetometer | 5 | Terrestrial magnetism observation | - | |
| Sub-bottom profiler | 3 | Sub-bottom structure, geological survey | - | |
| Side scan sonar | 4 | Investigation of obstacles such as reefs and sunken ships | - | |
| Single-beam echo sounder | 17 | Sounding | - | |
| Multi-beam echo sounder | 7 | Seafloor topography surveying | - | |
| Synchronization unit | 1 | Adjustment of signal time for each equipment | - | |
| Sound velocity profiler | 3 | Underwater acoustic velocity surveying | - | |
| Bottom sampler | 1 | Sea-bottom sediments smapling | - | |
| Theodolite | 5 | Angle observation | - | |
| Level | 6 | Leveling | - | |
| Electro optical distance meter | 1 | Range finding | - | |
| Total station | 2 | Surveying angles and ranges | - | |
| Laser range finder | 2 | Finding target ranges | - | |
| Beacon receiver | 1 | Finding target positions | - | |
| Differential global positioning system | 13 | Finding target positions | - | |
| Sextant | 4 | Angle observation | - | |
| Three-arm protractor | 3 |
Finding a position with the use of three targets and the resulting two angles |
- | |
|
Data porcessing system (S/W included) |
15 | Processing data taken during oceanographic surveying | - | |
| Data distribution system | 2 | Interior communication networking and data logging | - | |
| Underwater camer | 1 | Underwater videography | - | |
| Winch, UPS, and more | 9 | Aiding oceanographic research | - | |
| Subtotal | 109 | - | 10,869 | |
| Observation equipment | Conductivity temperature depth profiler | 7 | Surveying the water depth, temperature, and salinity | - |
| Expendable bathythermograph | 2 | water depth and temperature | - | |
| Current meter | 20 | Observing flux, velocities, directions of sea currents | - | |
| Acoustic doppler current profiler | 5 | Surveying seawater currents and velocities | - | |
| Recording Doppler current profiler | 1 | Surveying currents and velocities according to seawater layers | - | |
| Wave meter | 2 | Observing wave height and length | - | |
| High rate picture transmission | 2 | Receiving data transmitted from a satellite | - | |
| Automatic weather system | 2 | Marine weather observation | - | |
| Moving vessel profiler | 1 | Measurement of acoustic velocity, water temperature, and plankton | - | |
| HF-Radar | 2 | Observation of regional sea level changes | - | |
| Movable tide gauge | 14 | Tide level observation (movable) | - | |
| Remotely operated tide gauge | 36 | Tide level observation (fixed) | - | |
| Subtotal | 94 | - | 4,868 | |
| Total | - | 203 | - | 15,737 |