ISSN 0915-9851
JP 012-99-1

JODC
JAPAN OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
1965

RNODC ACTIVITYREPORT

No.10
March 1999

Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center
for WESTPAC
for IGOSS
for MARPOLMON
for ADCP

JAPAN

OCEANOGRAPHICDATACENTER

Hydrographic Department
Maritime Safety Agency
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, TOKYO, 104-0045

JAPANPREFACE
The Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) was established in the
Hydrographic Department, Maritime Safety Agency of Japan in 1965 in accordancewith the resolution adopted by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission(IOC) of UNESCO in 1961.
Since its establishment, JODC has been fulfilling the role of the synthetic
marine data bank of Japan, and has been carrying out internationally its services as
the National Oceanographic Data Center under the system of International
Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) and also in charge of the
Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC) for WESTPAC, IGOSS,MARPOLMON and ADCP.
This annual publication, "RNODC Activity Report" is to inform of the activities
of JODC as the aforementioned RNODCs to data contributors, data users,
oceanographic community and other national oceanographic data centers within theframework of IODE.
I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation for thecontinuing support given by Institutes and Centers of the IODE System through their
sending of data.
March, 1999
Toshio NAGAI
Director
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku
Tokyo 104-0045 Japan
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CONTENTS
1. Terms of Reference for RNODCs
1.1 RNODC for WESTPAC
1.2 RNODC for IGOSS
1.3 RNODC for MARPOLMON
1.4 RNODC for ADCP

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2. Activity of RNODCs
2.1 RNODC-WESTPAC
2.2 RNODC-IGOSS
2.3 RNODC-MARPOLMON
2.4 RNODC-ADCP

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1. Terms of Reference for RNODCs
1.1 RNODC for WESTPAC
Operated by NODC of Japan since 24 February 1979.
(1) To produce a work plan to define: i) the procedures of JODC in acquiring, processing,reformatting and archiving, distribution of data and inventory of research cruises in the
WESTPAC region with reference to the WDC system, and ii) the implementation of this work
plan;(2) To provide a mechanism for registration of WESTPAC cruises with RNODC - WESTPAC;(3) To work closely with National Co-ordinators for IODE and any other national contact
points for data management within WESTPAC who might be appointed by Member States;(4) To publish a guide for WESTPAC data management for distribution to Member States
through national contact points.
1.2 RNODC for IGOSS (BATHY and TESAC)
Operated by NODCs of Japan, the USA and Russia (then, the USSR) since September
1979.
(1) To acquire BATHY, TESAC data sets and sub-surface temperature data from drifting andmoored buoys from IGOSS Specialized Oceanographic Center (SOC) for area of responsibility;(2) To apply supplementary quality control to acquire d data and provide services to users
after 30 days from receipt of that data;(3) To archive, and make available to users, selected data products from SOCs and analysis
centres;(4) To acquire non-operational BATHY, TESAC and sub-surface temperature data fromdrifting and moored buoys and/or datasets for area of responsibility;(5) To apply quality control of non-operational data, prepare integrated datasets and provide
services to users;(6) To provide for exchange of IGOSS data in GF-3 format with other RNODCs or to otherusers as requested;(7) To maintain a database and inventories for areas of responsibility;(8)
To prepare products based on operational and non-operational IGOSS data, as
appropriate;(9) To transmit to the WDCs annually datasets in GF-3 format, inventories and selected data
products;(10) To prepare summary and BATHY, TESAC and sub-surface temperature from driftingand moored buoys database plots and transmit to the IOC Secretariat every 15 August and 15
February for data received during the previous 6 months;(11) To participate in efforts to monitor data flow;(12) To participate as feasible in IOC training programmes;(13) To provide for exchange of documentation and software regarding quality control andprocessing procedures, with other RNODCs, as possible.

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Operated by NODCs of Japan, the USA and Russia (then, the USSR) since 3 May 1987.
(1) To provide a referral capacity to worldwide holdings of marine pollution data.
(2) To provide copies of processed data to World Data Centres A and B (Oceanography);(3) To provide machine listings and simple statistics of marine pollution data;(4) To produce graphics of marine pollution data, for the use of concerned Member States;(5) To conduct formal or informal training sessions for data centre personnel involved in the
programme and for those who actively submit marine pollution data.
1.4 RNODC for ADCP
Operated by NODC of Japan since July 1991.
(1) To compile and evaluate information on existing data sets held by Member States alreadyactive ADCP measurements and produce a catalogue of ADCP users with referral capacity;(2) To produce a detailed catalogue of ADCP users that includes information about their
ADCP instrumentation, related instrumentation (GPS, Loran, measurement of ship motion,etc.), procedures, averaging/sampling (temporal and spatial vertical and horizontal), quality
assurance methods, formats, products and uses of data;(3) To establish provisional standards and procedures for the reduction, quality control,archiving, and exchange of ADCP data;(4) To assemble a pilot ADCP data archive of samples of ADCP data from other Member
States so as to assess the effectiveness of the proposed standards and procedures;(5) To prepare guidelines concerning the different performance characteristics and data
documentation relevant to each instrument type, in order to formulate adequate data
documentation and quality control;(6) To report on the progress of RNODC ADCP to the Group of Experts on RNODCs andClimate Data, and to IODE-XIV.

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2 Activity of RNODCs
2.1 RNODC-WESTPAC
2.1.1 Activities
Major activities are as follows: -(1) The collection and archive of CSR (Cruise Summary Report of IODE, ROSCOPs 3rdedition) and data since the starting of the WESTPAC programme in 1979.
(2) The annual training course on oceanographic data management carried out from 13 to 24
October 1997 and seven trainees from Korea, Russia and Vietnam were participated.
2.1.2 Data holdings
Data holdings are shown in the following tables and figures: -(1) Table 1: The inventory of CSR in 1996.
(2) Table 2: The numbers of observation station classified according to instruments in eachyear.
Table 1: Inventory of Archived Data in 1997
DATA TYPE
G,H
G
B,D,G,H,M,P
B,D,G,H,M,P
D,G,H,M,P

AGENCYORI
KSL/KOREA
MMO/JMA
MRI/JMA
MD/JMASHIP
HAKUHO MARU

AREA
Andaman Sea
YUZHMORGEOLOGIYA Antarctic Sea
SEIFU MARU
Japan Sea
RYOFU MARU
Philippine Sea
KEIFU MARU
North Pacific Ocean

PERIOD
1996/12/19-1997/02/18
1996/12/29-1997/01/06
1997/01/14-1997/02/27
1997/01/21-1997/02/25
1997/01/22-1997/02/25

KMO/JMA
NMO/JMA
HMO/JMA
NFRDI/KOREANFRDI/KOREASHUMPU MARUCHOFU MARU
KOFU MARUKYONGBUK 885
CHONNAM 881

Philippine Sea
East China Sea
North Pacific Ocean
Japan Sea
East China Sea

1997/01/22-1997/02/28 B,D,G,H,M,P
1997/01/22-1997/03/08 B,D,H,M,P
1997/01/27-1997/03/04 B,D,H,M,P
1997/02/04-1997/02/23 B,H,M
1997/02/11-1997/02/23 B,H,M

NFRDI/KOREANFRDI/KOREANAGASAKI UNIV.
NFRDI/KOREANFRDI/KOREAINCHON 888
INCHON 888
NAGASAKI MARUINCHON 888
KYONGBUK 885

Yellow Sea
East China Sea
East China Sea
Yellow Sea
Japan Sea

1997/02/13-1997/02/24 B,H,M
1997/03/16-1997/03/22 B,H,M
1997/04/02-1997/04/22 B,H
1997/04/04-1997/04/19 B,H,M
1997/04/06-1997/04/19 B,H,M

ORI
JHD/MSAMD/JMA
NFRDI/KOREA
MD/JMATANSEI MARUSHOYOKEIFU MARUKYONGBUK 885
RYOFU MARU

North Pacific Ocean
Japan Sea
North Pacific Ocean
East China Sea
North Pacific Ocean

1997/04/10-1997/04/16
1997/04/15-1997/05/01
1997/04/23-1997/04/30
1997/04/23-1997/05/02
1997/04/23-1997/05/06

D,H
G,P
D,H,M,P
B,H,M
B,G,H,M,P

KMO/JMA
MMO/JMA
HMO/JMA
NAGASAKI UNIV.

SHUMPU MARUSEIFU MARU
KOFU MARUNAGASAKI MARU
WAKATORI MARU

Inland Sea
Japan Sea
North Pacific Ocean
East China Sea
North Pacific Ocean

1997/04/24-1997/05/23
1997/04/25-1997/05/26
1997/04/28-1997/05/30
1997/05/06-1997/06/05
1997/05/15-1997/07/10

B,D,G,H,M,P
B,D,G,H,M,P
B,D,H,M,P
B,G,H
B,H,M

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AGENCYNFRDI/KOREANAGASAKI UNIV.
MD/JMA
NFRDI/KOREA
JHD/MSASHIPINCHON 888
KAKUYO MARURYOFU MARUKYONGBUK 885
SHOYO

AREA
East China Sea
East China Sea
North Pacific Ocean
Japan Sea
North Pacific Ocean

PERIODDATA TYPE
1997/05/19-1997/05/23 B,H,M
1997/05/24-1997/06/02 H
1997/05/30-1997/07/22 B,D,G,H,M,P
1997/06/03-1997/06/13 B,H,M
1997/06/04-1997/07/03 D,G,H

KYUSHU UNIV.
NFRDI/KOREA
HMO/JMA
NMO/JMA
NAGASAKI UNIV.

KAKUYO MARUINCHON 888
KOFU MARUCHOFU MARUKAKUYO MARU

Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
North Pacific Ocean
East China Sea
Amami-Oshima

1997/06/08-1997/06/21
1997/06/11-1997/06/17
1997/06/12-1997/07/04
1997/06/13-1997/08/02
1997/06/24-1997/07/03

D,H
B,H,M
B,D,H,M,P
B,D,H,M,P
B

MMO/JMA
KMO/JMA
NFRDI/KOREA
ORI
NAGASAKI UNIV.

SEIFU MARUSHUMPU MARUKYONGBUK 885
HAKUHO MARUKAKUYO MARU

Japan Sea
North Pacific Ocean
East China Sea
Bering Sea
North Pacific Ocean

1997/06/25-1997/08/13
1997/06/26-1997/08/03
1997/06/30-1997/07/10
1997/07/09-1997/09/08
1997/07/12-1997/08/11

B,D,G,H,M,P
B,D,G,H,M,P
B,H,M
B,G,H
H

JHD/MSA
HMO/JMA
ORI
JHD/MSANFRDI/KOREA

SHOYO
KOFU MARUTANSEI MARUSHOYOPUSAN 851

North Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
East China Sea

1997/07/14-1997/07/29
1997/07/14-1997/08/07
1997/07/27-1997/07/31
1997/08/06-1997/08/25
1997/08/11-1997/08/16

D
B,D,H,M,P
B,H
D,G,H
B,H,M

NFRDI/KOREANFRDI/KOREANAGASAKI UNIV.
KMO/JMA
NFRDI/KOREAINCHON 888
PUSAN 851
KAKUYO MARUSHUMPU MARUKYONGBUK 885

Yellow Sea
East China Sea
North Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
Japan Sea

1997/08/11-1997/08/24 B,H,M
1997/08/20-1997/08/24 B,H,M
1997/08/20-1997/09/04 H
1997/08/21-1997/09/09 B,D,G,H,M
1997/08/23-1997/08/30 B,H,M

ORI
JHD/MSAJHD/MSAORI
MD/JMATANSEI MARU
SHOYO
SHOYO
TANSEI MARURYOFU MARU

North Pacific Ocean
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
North Pacific Ocean

1997/09/01-1997/09/07
1997/09/01-1997/09/30
1997/09/01-1997/09/30
1997/09/10-1997/09/16
1997/09/12-1997/11/07

ORI
NMO/JMA
KMO/JMA
NFRDI/KOREANFRDI/KOREA

HAKUHO MARUCHOFU MARUSHUMPU MARUKYONGBUK 885
INCHON 888

Japan Sea
East China Sea
Philippine Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea

1997/09/19-1997/10/02
1997/10/03-1997/10/31 B,D,H,M,P
1997/10/06-1997/11/13 B,D,G,H,M,P
1997/10/08-1997/10/23 B,H
1997/10/08-1997/10/23 B,H,M

MMO/JMA
HMO/JMA
NFRDI/KOREANAGASAKI UNIV.
NFRDI/KOREASEIFU MARU
KOFU MARUCHONNAM 881
KAKUYO MARUPUSAN 851

Japan Sea
North Pacific Ocean
East China Sea
North Pacific Ocean
Yellow Sea

1997/10/08-1997/11/05
1997/10/08-1997/11/07
1997/10/21-1997/10/29
1997/10/24-1997/12/21
1997/11/01-1997/11/05

B,D,G,H,M,P
B,D,H,M,P
B,H,M
H
B,H,M

NAGASAKI UNIV.
ORI
NMO/JMA
HMO/JMA
MMO/JMA

NAGASAKI MARUTANSEI MARUCHOFU MARU
KOFU MARUSEIFU MARU

North Pacific Ocean
East China Sea
North Pacific Ocean
Japan Sea

1997/11/04-1997/11/28
1997/11/17-1997/11/26
1997/11/19-1997/12/16
1997/11/21-1997/12/11
1997/11/21-1997/12/11

B,D,G,HG
B,D,H,M
B,D,H,M
B,D,G,H,M

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D,H
D,H
B,G
B,D,G,H,M,P

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AGENCY
JHD/MSAJHD/MSAMD/JMAORINFRDI/KOREA

SHIP
SHOYO
KAIYO
RYOFU MARUTANSEI MARUKYONGBUK 885

NAGASAKI UNIV.
NFRDI/KOREANFRDI/KOREANAGASAKI MARUCHONNAM 881
East China Sea
INCHON 888
Yellow Sea

DATA TYPE CODE
B: Biology & Fisheries
G: Geology & Geophysics
M: Meteorology

AREA
North Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
Sagami Bay
East China Sea

PERIOD
1997/11/25-1997/12/20
1997/11/27-1997/12/02
1997/11/28-1997/12/04
1997/12/02-1997/12/08
1997/12/04-1997/12/24

DATA TYPE
D,G,H
G
D,G,H,M
B,D,G,H
B,H,M

1997/12/08-1997/12/18 B
1997/12/12-1997/12/16 B,H,M
1997/12/13-1997/12/16 B,H,M

D: Physical Oceanography (Current)
H: Physical (Salinity & Temperature) & Chemical Oceanography
P: Contamination

Table 2: Number of Archived Data in JODCNANSEN

STD

CTD

MBT

XBT

DBT

GEK/ADCP

1979

2,190

28

0

0

0

138

52

1980

2,144

92

0

0

0

164

65

1981

2,050

0

0

0

3

156

0

1982

2,094

0

0

0

0

0

0

1983

136

0

0

0

0

0

169

1984

0

0

0

0

0

249

0

1985

1,546

0

184

0

546

1,556

2,568

1986

1,490

0

224

0

509

1,720

2,407

1987

0

0

688

0

154

46

850

1988

0

0

674

0

0

0

776

1989

0

0

0

0

0

0

1,418

1990

1,816

0

0

0

417

86

3,680

1991

1,836

0

0

0

449

78

3,636

1992

1,612

0

360

0

350

0

2,317

1993

132

0

3,706

0

175

13

3,161

1994

232

0

1,496

0

336

68

1,891

1995

182

0

137

0

3,943

0

9,303

1996

123

0

112

0

0

0

27,469

1997

0

0

42

0

240

0

609

1998

0

0

0

0

0

0

39,708

TOTAL

17,583

120

7,623

0

7,122

4,274

100,079

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2.2 RNODC-IGOSS (Integrated Global Ocean Services System)
2.2.1 Activities
Major activities are as follows: -(1) The management of the data for specific geographical areas as RNODC with the
responsibility since the starting of the IGOSS project in 1977.
(2)

The report of the state of data management to IOC and WMO twice a year.

2.2.2 Data holdings
JODC received BATHY/TESAC data for 1997 from JMA (Japan Meteorological
Agency), that is one of SOC, and applied quality control procedure for final archiving.
All of the observation spots for archived dat holdings are shown in the following
figure l.

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2.3 RNODC-MARPOLMON
2.3.1 Activities
Major activities are as follows: -(1) Collection and management of four types of data, namely oil slick, tar ball, beachtar and hydrocarbon, since 1975.
(2) The received data are digitized and forwarded to WDC in the IODE exchange
format.
2.3.2 Data holdings
Data holdings are shown in the following tables and figures: -(1) Table 3: Data volume archived according to their types.
(2)

Fig. 2: The existence spots for oil slick data.

(3)

Fig. 3: The observation spots for tar ball data.

(4)

Fig. 4: The observation spots for beach tar data.

(5)

Fig. 5: The observation spots for hydrocarbon data.

Table 3: JODC holds following data which were provided by WDC-A, JMA and JMSAOil Slicks
Tar BallBeach Tar
Hydrocarbon

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115,616 points
12,070 points
13,044 points
5,441 points

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Fig 2: The existence spots for oil slick dataFig 3: The existence spots for tar ball data

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Fig 4: The existence spots for beach tar

Fig 5: The existence spots for hydrocarbon data

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2.4 RNODC-ADCP (Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)
2.4.1 Activities
Major activities are as follows: -(1) The collection and archive of data and development of the methodology of ADCP
data management since 1991.
(2) The operation of ADCP-DAC (Data Assembly Center) of WOCE (World Ocean
Circulation Experiment) since 1995 on cooperated with Univ. of Hawaii.
(3) WOCE/ADCP Data Set(Ver.1.0)(4) The development and using of ADCP data management system on the data base of
JODC.
2.4.2 Data holdings
Data holdings are shown by the following tables: -(1) Table 4: The number of archived data in 1998 by country.
(2) Table 5: The inventory of data with provided by Univ. of Hawaii in1998.
Table 4: ADCP Data received at JODC in 1998.
Japan
U.S.A.

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Table 5: ADCP Inventories provided by Univ. of Hawaii in 1998.

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030.08 W
015.29 W
157.89 W
157.89 W
030.00 W
018.21 E
018.22 E

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