Water data sources in South Korea
10 portals, APIs and datasets for South Korea, covering precipitation, buoy, river flow, ai water management and dam hydrology. 9 are free to use.
Government (7)
- K-water South Korea
Korea Water Resources Corporation - K-HIT real-time hydrological information and forecasting
Free | South Korea nationwide water resources
- KMA API Hub (Korea Meteorological Administration)
The Korea Meteorological Administration's developer API hub offering free programmatic access to real-time and forecast precipitation, AWS/ASOS station observations, radar, and...
Registration Required | National
- Korea Environment Corporation Water Quality Monitoring (KECO)
South Korea's real-time water quality monitoring system providing continuous data on pH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, chlorophyll, and nutrient levels from automated monitoring...
Free | National
- Korea Hydrographic and Oceanographic Agency (KHOA) ocean observations
Korea Ocean Observing Network run by KHOA (Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries): 50 tidal stations, 30 ocean buoys, surface-current stations and ocean research stations providing...
Free | Korean Peninsula seas
- Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) Marine Observations
KMA marine observation network of moored buoys and lighthouse AWS measuring wind, air pressure, humidity, air/sea temperature and waves around the Korean Peninsula, with real-time...
Free | Korean Peninsula seas
- Korea Water Resources Research
Advanced water technology institute
Free | National water corporation data
- WAMIS - Water Management Information System (South Korea)
Korea's national water resources information portal with 300+ data items covering hydro-meteorology, river basins, dams, groundwater, and water use across 21 large basins and 850...
Free | National - 21 major basins, 850 standard basins
Academic (1)
- Harvard Dataverse - Geum River (South Korea) Reconstructed Naturalized Streamflow
Reconstructed daily naturalized streamflow (1951-2020) for the Geum River basin, Korea, generated with a VIC-river routing model and hyper-resolution DEMs from ERA5-Land.
Free | Geum River basin
Research Institute (1)
- Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Technology (KICT) Water Data
KICT's Department of Land, Water and Environment Research provides specialized Korean water resources data including flood forecasting models, river hydraulics, and water...
Free | National
UN Organization (1)
- UNESCO IHP-WINS - South Korea Hydrometeorological Data (WAMIS)
UNESCO Intergovernmental Hydrological Programme Water Information Network System dataset packaging South Korea's WAMIS records: hourly/daily/monthly precipitation, water levels...
Free | South Korea
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