ing conducted by KIOST and
is located 300 miles south
of South Korea in the area
where South Korea, Japan
and China all meet. This area
is known as the Typhoon belt.
90 percent of all typhoons
will pass through this area
on their way north. These
Typhoons develop in the hot
waters of the Philippines and
Sulu Sea and then race northward through these treacherous waters gathering power
from the hot surface water of
the East China Sea, before
they go slamming into the
Asian continent.
Part of KIOST research is to
collect data from the ocean:
currents, tides, salinity, temperature and so on. During
the late summer and early
fall when the typhoons are
coming through, KIOST
jumps on the Research Vessel (R/V) Eardo and, together with 10 scientists and
five divers, heads 300 miles
south to gather the needed
samples of water, sediment, salinity and recover
“Data Collection Pods.”
These pods are placed on
the bottom of the sea in the