The Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) said in a statement on July 9 that about 7.9 billion won ($6.8 million) will be invested for nine years to set up the center that focuses on the development of mobile climate-monitoring sensors, pollution-detecting atmospheric sensors, autonomous unmanned aircraft, and real-time management systems for disastrous situations including biochemical breakouts.
"The establishment of an unmanned smart climate-monitoring sensor system will contribute greatly to the real-time monitoring of the atmosphere and counter-disaster actions," Jang Jae-sung, who heads the center, was quoted as saying.