Preface
First of all, as a member involved in oceanographic research activities, please allow me toexpress my deepest sympathy for the victims in the Sumatran Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster in the
Indian Ocean occurred on 26 December 2004. Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) does notdeal with tsunami data directly, but data that are closely-related to it such as sea level. I hope our
Oceanographic Data Center activities can deepen understanding of the sea and be helpful for
mitigation of marine disasters.
This 16th RNODC Activity Report is a report on JODC’s activity related to IOC/IODE in 2004.
JODC plays as RNODC for WESTPAC and for specific items such as MARPOLMON and ADCP.
We appreciate relevant organizations’ contribution in sending us many data for international exchange
and mutual utilization again this year.
As a special event in 2004, the 2nd GODAR-WESTPAC workshop was held under the auspicesof Japan-UNESCO Funds in Trust and the Ship & Ocean Foundation, Japan. As you know, thepurpose of GODAR is to locate and/or rescue oceanographic data unused in each oceanographic
research organization or data storages. The social impacts of global climate/ocean change such as
global warming and sea-level rise are recent concern. It is expected to clarify and verify realities ofocean change from the past to the present with oceanographic observation data obtained by GODAR.
In the workshop held on 10 to 12 November 2004, with 17 participants from overseas and 120
participants from domestic, the keynote speeches on ocean change findings based on theoceanographic observation data and enthusiastic discussion were held for further activating of
GODAR-WESTPAC. JODC will continue to promote those activities as the organizer of
GODAR-WESTPAC. We request your continued cooperation.

March 2005
Minoru Odamaki, Dr.
Director of Japan Oceanographic Data Centeri

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CONTENTS
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1. Topics in JODC............................................................................................................... 1
1.1. JODC Data On-line Service System(J-DOSS)..................................................... 1
1.1.1.
1.1.2.
1.1.3.
1.1.4.

Update of the Data..................................................................................................... 1
Update of the Statistics of Water Temperature and Salinity .................................. 1
New Data Type ........................................................................................................... 1
Data Catalog of Serial Station Data ......................................................................... 2

1.2. New Publication of JODC .......................................................................................... 3
1.2.1. JGOFS North Pacific Process Study Data Set......................................................... 3
1.2.2. The Ocean Data View User’s Guide Version 2.0 ..................................................... 3
1.2.3. Publishing of “Guide for Data Quality Control of Oceanic CO2-Related Data” . 4

1.3. The 2nd International Workshop for the GODAR-WESTPAC .................... 4
1.4. The 33rd session of Japanese National Group for Oceanographic ............... 7
Data and Information Exchange

2. International Projects / Meetings Participated in by JODC .............. 92.1. The First CLIVAR Data Planning Meeting, focussing on................................ 9
Ocean Observation
2.2. The 6th International IOC/WESTPAC Scientific Symposium ...................... 9

3. RNODC's Activities under the Charge of the JODC ............................ 11
3.1. RNODC for WESTPAC............................................................................................ 11
3.1.1. Status of CSR and Data Management.................................................................... 11
Table 1 Inventory of CSR Received by JODC in 2004............................................... 11
Table 2 Number of Archived Data in the WESTPAC Region ................................... 16
3.1.2. NEAR-GOOS RDMDB ........................................................................................... 17
Table 3 Data Type and Volume of NEAR-GOOS RDMDB ....................................... 18
3.2. RNODC for IGOSS .................................................................................................... 19
Table 4 Data Holding Status of IGOSS BATHY/TESAC .......................................... 19
Fig. 1-1 Station Plots for BATHY................................................................................. 20
Fig. 1-2 Station Plots for TESAC.................................................................................. 20

3.3. RNODC for MARPOLMON .................................................................................. 21
Fig. 2
Table 5
Table 6
Fig. 3-1
Fig. 3-2
Fig. 3-3

Station Plots for Oil Slick ................................................................................ 21
Number of Archived Data for MARPOLMON............................................. 22
Number of Data Related Marine Pollution ................................................... 22
Station Plots for Cd Data in the Northwest Pacific Ocean........................... 23
Station Plots for Pb Data in the Northwest Pacific Ocean ........................... 23
Station Plots for PCB Data in the Northwest Pacific Ocean ........................ 23iii

3.4. RNODC for ADCP .....................................................................................................24
Table 7 Number of Archived Data for ADCP .............................................................24
Fig. 4-1 Station Plots for ADCP Data in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean ..24
Fig. 4-2 Station Plots for ADCP Data in the Northwest Pacific Ocean......................25

ANNEXES
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V.
VI.

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List of Participants in the 2nd International Workshop for .....................26
GODAR-WESTPAC
Agenda of 2nd International Workshop for GODAR-WESTPAC .........29
Terms of Reference for RNODC-WESTPAC ................................................30
Terms of Reference for RNODC-IGOSS ........................................................31
Terms of Reference for RNODC-MARPOLMON .......................................31
Terms of Reference for RNODC-ADCP..........................................................32

1. Topics in JODC
1.1. JODC Data On-line Service System(J-DOSS)
1.1.1. Update of the Data
The following are the data updated in 2004:
Tide Data
Data period: 2002 to 2003
Ocean Current Data (ADCP)
Data period: 1985 to 2003
Serial Station Data
CTD
Data period: 2002, 2004
XBT
Data period: 2002 to 2004
XCTD
Data period: 2002 to 2004
Antarctic Expedition Data
Data period: 2002

1.1.2. Update of the Statistics of Water Temperature and Salinity
Statistics of Water Temperature and Salinity have been updated by using the data that JODC
contained as of the year 2003. Its URL is http://www.jodc.go.jp/service.htm.
As before, the number of observations in each standard layer, mean value, standard deviation,and minimum and maximum values are displayed in each 1 degree mesh. Also available are verticalprofiles in each mesh containing mean values and standard deviations. With these profiles, you caneasily understand changes in the water temperature and salinity in different water depths. In addition,color-coded charts showing statistics of these water temperature and salinity have been published.

1.1.3. New Data Type
(1) Coastal Marine Meteorological Data
Japan Coast Guard provides the latest information on meteorological and oceanographic
conditions, including regional winds, sea swells and waves observed by lighthouses built on capesaround the country and other facilities, by radio, by phone services, or/and through websites ofregional Coast Guard Offices, for ensuring maritime safety of vessels, safe operation of fishing vessels
and safety of marine leisure in coastal waters.
JODC has already collected and digitized records of these meteorological and oceanographic
observations and provided them for research institutes and other organizations which need theseobservation data. Furthermore, in September 2004 these data became available on the JODC Data
On-line Service System (J-DOSS), as a new data type.
At present, the data provided by JODC include meteorological and oceanographic observations
for every one-hour interval (for every 30-minute interval at some observation points) at 56 coastal
observation points. The period of time covered by observations varies with observation points.
One of the earliest observation data provided is those observed in 1974.
The data items provided include wind direction, wind speed, weather, atmospheric pressure,
meteorological visibility, wave scales and swell scales.

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To download these data, select Coastal Marine Meteorological Data on the top page of
J-DOSS in Japanese (http://www.jodc.go.jp/service_j.htm）. Then, the search engine page for coastal
marine meteorological data appears. You can select an observation point of which data you need,either by choosing an observation point listed on the map or by choosing a name of place. You canthen download data of each observation point for a one-year period as a CSV（Comma Separated
Value）file.
JODC has analyzed statistics of these coastal marine meteorological data, and published findings
from the analysis as “Statistical charts on waves in Japanese waters” data set. The data set allows
you to search tables and charts containing monthly frequency of winds, waves and swells for eachobservation point.
(2) Sea surface water temperature measured at coastal sites
Until the year 2003, Geological Survey of Hokkaido had annually collected data on 10-day meanwater temperature measured at Japanese coasts to prepare comparative tables for comparing andcontrasting surface water temperature around the country, and published the findings in ”Records ofwater temperature observed at Japanese coasts.” The contents of the Records are also available on
the website of Geological Survey of Hokkaido, at http://www.gsh.pref.hokkaido.jp/index.html.
In 2004, JODC took over the collection and compilation of these water temperature records.
JODC started publishing these water temperature data in November 2004 on the website of J-DOSS at
http://www.jodc.go.jp/service_j.htm. The website contains data as old as 2002.
To view these data on the website, first, select “Data of sea surface water temperature at coastal
sites” on the top page. Then the data search page appears. On this search page, you can choose anobservation point on the map or a name of place to see the data you want.
JODC collects daily temperature data. JODC publishes daily water temperature as well as
10-day mean water temperature that Geological Survey of Hokkaido had published. Both the dailywater temperature data and the 10-day mean water temperature data can be downloaded as CSV files.
The data for the year 2002 published include water temperature observed at 109 observation sitesaround the country. Please note that measurement methods differ among observation sites. Amongthe water temperature contained in the data, some were measured at the sea surface and others atseveral meters below the surface. Some were measured with equipment and others observed withstick water temperature gauges. So please refer to “List of information on observing institutes”
which contains their names, addresses and measurement methods they adopt.

1.1.4. Data Catalog of Serial Station Data
This data catalog provides the distributions of data available on J-DOSS. Its URL is
http://www.jodc.go.jp/jdoss_stat/catalog-infor-sca_e.htm.
The map of the serial station data
distribution is shown by each data item, data file, and data classification, which covers the area around
Japan or the world. The number of data in each grid is shown by integer or color scale.
The following items can be selected to the data distributions.
DATA FILE
ALL DATA:All data available on J-DOSS
JODC:
The data collected from Japanese research institutes and processed by
JODC
WOD:
The data observed by foreign institute which converted from World
Ocean Database 1998.
DATA CLASSIFICATION

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EACH INSTRUMENT:XBT, CTD, and so on.
EACH ITEM:
Temperature, Salinity, and so on.
AREA
WORLD:
10 degree grid
AROUND JAPAN:
1 degree grid around JapanTYPE OF IMAGE
STATION MAP:
Observational sites are plotted.
NUMBER OF STATION(INTEGER):The number of data in grid.
NUMBER OF STATION(COLOR BAR):
The number of data in grid by color scale.

1.2. New Publication of JODC
1.2.1. JGOFS North Pacific Process Study Data Set
JODC has published a DVD Dataset, “JGOFS North Pacific Process Study (NPPS) Data Set”.
The Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) has been organized under the auspices of theInternational Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU) together with the Scientific Committee on Oceanic
Research (SCOR). It became a Core Project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme(IGBP) in 1990.
The North Pacific can be viewed as the largest global estuary in which a steep halocline at
100-120 m depth separates the surface from deeper waters. Nutrient concentrations in deep waters
are the highest in the global ocean because it is the terminal region for the abyssal circulation. Thissetting provides a unique situation in the northern North Pacific where high concentrations of nutrientsare located below the shallow halocline with very large concentration gradients with depth. Thisregion is also known as a region of intense winter cooling due to air-sea interactions with themonsoonal wind, in that the winter cooling takes place to a greater extent in the western subarctic
Pacific. The regional difference is also noted in the ecosystem structure in the eastern and western
subarctic Pacific. It is well documented that the spring blooms, mainly consisting of diatoms, occur
only in the western part of the subarctic Pacific. The intense air-sea interactions in winter causes
CO2 exchange that needs to be evaluated quantitatively in the context of the global carbon cycle.
Considering the above background, the North Pacific Process Study was carried out under the
JGOFS mandate. Its intensive phase was from July 1998 through February 2000.
The purposes of this dataset are to collect the results of marine biogeochemical studies in the
North Pacific and to make them available for the further study. This dataset was compiled under thesupervision of the North Pacific Synthesis Group of JGOFS, in collaboration with the researchers
involved in the related programs. In this context, this dataset contains not only the data from the
JGOFS NPPS, but also the data from the other international research programs in the North Pacificand the data of the related national programs of Canada, Japan, Taiwan and USA. The data arerecorded both in the original format of each program and in the ODV (Ocean Data View) spreadsheet.
The total volume of the data contained in this dataset reaches 2GB.

1.2.2. The Ocean Data View User’s Guide Version 2.0
In September 2003 JODC started to provide serial station data and ocean current data in ODV(Ocean Data View) spreadsheet. Ocean Data View is the visualization software developed by Alfred
Wegener Institute (AWI) in Germany and widely used by ocean scientists in the world.
Because the Ocean Data View version was updated from 1.3a to 2.0 in April 2004, for theconvenience of Japanese ODV users who would download data from the J-DOSS website, with the3approval of its producer, JODC translated “Ocean Data View Ver. 2.0 User’s Guide” into Japanese, incollaboration with Marine Information Research Center (MIRC) of Japan Hydrographic Association(JHA).
The Ocean Data View User’s Guide Ver. 2.0 in Japanese language on the JODC website has been
available both in Adobe PDF format and Microsoft Word format, since August 2004.
(http://www.jodc.go.jp/jodc_pub/digitalpub.html）

1.2.3. Publishing of “Guide for Data Quality Control of Oceanic CO2-Related
Data”
To clarify how ocean absorbs and stores carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is one of criticalissues in the prediction of future global climate change. However, scientists encounter someproblems when they are to use Oceanic CO2-Related Data. First, these data are not stored in one
location. Instead, they are stored in a number of research organizations which originally obtained
them. Second, the accuracy and certainty of these observation data may vary between pastobservations and present ones. This is because various methods have been developed and adopted toobserve oceanic CO2 related substances and they have become increasingly sophisticated year by year
through technical innovation.
In fiscal 2001 Japan Oceanographic Data Center started carrying out the three-year research planon quality control methods of Oceanic CO2-Related Data in North Pacific. The Oceanic
CO2-Related Data in this research include data related to carbonic acid, such as data on total carbonicacid, alkalinity, pH, and partial pressure of carbon dioxide, as well as data on chlorophyll-a
representing the biological activity which influences the CO2 density distribution, dissolved oxygen
data and data on nutrients which are closely related to the biological activity.
Based on results of this research, Dr. Sachiko Oguma and Dr. Toshihiro Usui of Graduate Schoolof Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University summarized knowledge on the data quality
control from researchers in Japan and produced “the guideline on data quality control” in Japanese
language. JODC published the guideline as “Guide for Data Quality Control of Oceanic
CO2-Related Data,” JODC manual & guide series No.9, in September, 2004.
This guide describes how to manage quality of a massive amount of data stored in data centersand how to control data quality for each observation point so as to allow individual researchers toprocess these data. When utilizing 10-year-old data or older ones, you should get acquainted withthe transition of analysis methods and data accuracy. Items to be described in metadata, which areessential for tracking the observation methods, are also proposed in this guide.

1.3. The 2nd International Workshop for the GODAR-WESTPAC
The IOC/IODE has established the Global Ocean Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR)
project in 1993 in order to save oceanographic data from the risk of losing by degradation of recording
media or disaster, etc., and also to increase the volume of historical data available to climate change
study and other subjects. The large volume of data are collected through this project under thecooperation of IOC member states, and has been made available internationally, without restriction,
via CD-ROM and online as the World Ocean Database by US-NODC/WDC for Oceanography, Silver
Spring.
The GODAR project has achieved the great success since its establishment, but there is a large
amount of data still in manuscript form in the WESTPAC region. Under such circumstances, theIOC organized the International Conference on the International Oceanographic Data and Information

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Exchange in the Western Pacific 1999 (ICIWP’99) in collaboration with JODC and the Oceanographic
Research Coordination Committee of Malaysia. It was held in Langkawi, Malaysia from 1st to 4th
November, 1999. The Conference was aimed at bringing together scientists and data managers to
discuss the many new challenges facing the International Oceanographic Data and Information
Exchange (IODE) of IOC in the WESTPAC region and to identify measures for increasing theeffectiveness of the system. This conference recommended that GODAR type project be developedin the WESTPAC region, on basis of the recognition that there are large amounts of oceanographic
data still in a manuscript form, which are not open to scientists other than originator in the region.
And, the 16th Session of IOC/IODE, held in Lisbon, Portugal in November 2000, approved the
GODAR project in the WESTPAC region (GODAR-WESTPAC) as a regional sub-project ofGODAR.
In order to start the project and to establish cooperation between the member states and relatedorganizations, JODC held the first International Workshop for the GODAR-WESTPAC at Japan
Hydrographic Department in Tokyo, Japan from 5th to 7th March 2002 with support from the Ministryof Land Infrastructure and Transport in Japan. More than 40 persons from 12 WESTPAC member
countries attended the workshop.
The workshop recognized again that it is very important to locate, rescue and make available
marine data from the WESTPAC region that is in danger of being lost, and the workshop confirmedthat the GODAR-WESTPAC would be promoted on the basis of the volunteer spirits in the same way
as in the IODE system.
The work plan for the GODAR-WESTPAC was adopted by the workshop. The workshop
decided that the project office would be established at JODC, and the second and final workshops
would be held in 2004 and 2006, respectively. JODC established the GODAR-WESTPAC web site,
as the project office. Its URL is http://www.jodc.go.jp/project/GODAR/.
The 2nd International Workshop for the GODAR-WESTPAC was held at Japan Hydrographic
and Oceanographic Department in Tokyo, Japan from 10th to 12th November 2004, under the
auspices of the Japan-UNESCO Funds in Trust and the Ship and Ocean Foundation Japan. It was
attended by representatives of 11 WESTPAC member countries and international organizations, IOC,
IOC/WESTPAC, PICES, SEAFDEC (cf. ANNEX I). We invited the representatives of Fiji,
Philippines, and Thailand. But, unfortunately, the representative of Fiji could not attend theworkshop for his illness, and Philippines and Thailand didn’t accept our invitation.
At 10:00 am on 10th November 2004, the workshop was opened by Dr. Odamaki, the Director of
JODC, and the opening addresses were made by Dr. Yashima, the Director-General of Japan
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, and Dr. Fortes, the Head of IOC/WESTPAC office.
After the opening addresses, the keynote presentations concerning IOC/IODE were given by Mr.
Pissierssens, the Head of Ocean Service, IOC, and Dr. Rickards, the Chair of IOC/IODE. Mr.
Pissierssens focused on the present activities of IODE and Dr. Rickards presented the perspective of
the future IODE. Dr. Nojiri gave the keynote lecture concerning recent global ocean carbon
observations and their scientific result, and another keynote lecture was given by Dr. Suga, concerning
the study of upper ocean water properties in the Pacific and its relation to the climate change. Bothstressed the importance of historic oceanographic data and its management. Mr. Levitus, theGODAR project leader, presented the time series of global heat content, which is one of scientificresults made possible by the large amount of ocean station data collected from the world through the5

GODAR project (cf. ANNEX II).
On the second day, 11th November 2004, national activities on GODAR, data management andarchive, and/or marine research were presented by representative of WESTPAC member countries.
Mr. Reed of Australia presented an Australian new governmental approach to ocean data management,
the Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility (AODCJF), which is a joint venture between six
Australian government marine data agencies. Mr. Sato of JODC presented several kinds of data
rescue activities at JODC, such as digitizing hydrographic observation data by Japanese Navy before
World War II, historic tide data around Japan, and etc. Mr. Levitus presented the activities onhistorical data rescue in USA. Some representatives explained the difficulty to internationallyexchange the data observed within territorial seas and EEZ areas due to the national legislation.
In addition, Japanese activities related to GODAR-WESTPAC were presented by three Japaneseorganizations, Fisheries Research Agency, Japan Meteorological Agency, and Japan Agency for
Marine-Earth Science and Technology.
On the final day, 12th November 2004, the workshop reviewed the progress of
GODAR-WESTPAC and discussed the problems that the WESTPAC member countries faced andrecommended several actions to promote the project in the future.
Several participants noted that a lot of work still needs to be done in terms of digitizing historical
data records and that sufficient resources are not always available. In addition national policies makeinternational exchange of the digitized records difficult in a number of cases, and a lot of marine
researchers don’t like to make the data observed by themselves available to the public.
The workshop recommended the following actions:activate the GODAR-WESTPAC Steering Group;
prepare a detailed quantitative report on national data rescue progress;
identify data sets in the World Ocean Database (WODB) relevant to the WESTPAC region andcollate these on a CD or DVD for distribution in the region;
locate historical data sampled in WESTPAC waters by non-WESTPAC countries and invite thesecountries to make them available to WESTPAC (may require GODAR digitization);remind IOC Member States organizing research cruises in the region of the requirement to makecollected data available to the coastal countries in whose EEZ they collected the data;
ensure the availability of rescued data as soon as possible (ie prior to the end of the
GODAR-WESTPAC project);
for the IODE national coordinators in the region (and other GODAR-WESTPAC national
coordinators) to actively promote IODE and GODAR-WESTPAC at the level of individual
scientists and institutions in the WESTPAC region;
prepare promotional material on GODAR-WESTPAC clearly explaining the benefits of large,
long-term oceanographic data holdings for science and society, for distribution to scientists andpolicy makers in the region;
for the project leader to investigate to create a “WESTPAC view” of WODB data to clearly
identify the available data and progress of the GODAR-WESTPAC project;
for the project leader to investigate the possibility to obtain NOAA project-based funding for thedigitization of large amounts of historical data as relevant to GODAR-WESTPAC;
for the IOC Secretariat to issue a Circular Letter to WESTPAC Member States recalling theirattention to the GODAR-WESTPAC and to ask them to reinforce their support for the project.
The Letter should include a clear description of the project highlighting its benefits for scienceand society, and, in annex, a copy of the IOC oceanographic data exchange policy, a short reporton progress of the project and related promotional material;6

1.4. The 33rd session of Japanese National Group for Oceanographic
Data and Information Exchange
Japanese National Group for Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange was established in1972, with the approval of the Sub-committee for Oceanography, Natural Sciences Committee ofJapanese National Commission for UNESCO, for reporting and reviewing issues related to IODE
(International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange), which is promoted by IOC. Since
then, JODC has organized this group.
The 33rd session was held on March 8, 2004 at Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department ofJapan Coast Guard.
［Attending organizations］（Listed in random order）
Secretariat of Japanese National Commission for UNESCO, Maritime Self Defense Force,
Resources Enhancement Promotion Department of Fisheries Agency, Natural Resources and Fuel
Department of Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, Global Environment Bureau of Ministryof the Environment, Environmental Management Bureau of Ministry of the Environment, Portsand Harbors Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Policy Bureau of Ministry ofLand, Infrastructure and Transport, Climate and Marine Department of Japan Meteorological
Agency, Fisheries Research Agency, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ocean Research Institute of the
University of Tokyo, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan Fisheries
Resource Conservation Association, Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center,
Japan Hydrographic Association,
Japan Marine Surveys Association,
Hydrographic andOceanographic Department of Japan Coast Guard, Japan Oceanographic Data Center（JODC）(１) Reports of JODCJODC presented the following reports.
(a) JODC Activity Report for 2003
The report referred to the fact that JODC started providing data and information from J-DOSS(JODC Data On-line Service System) in the ODV spreadsheet and the NetCDF format as well as in
JODC standard format. The report also referred to oceanographic data provided from variousorganizations and those received by JODC during the year 2003.
(b) Recent developments in IOC/IODE
The 22nd Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO took
place at UNESCO Headquarter in Paris in June, 2003. It was reported, in this session IOC adopted
the Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy, and it was agreed that IODE Project Office to beestablished in Oostende, Belgium. In addition, it was also decided to establish IODE Review
Team in October 2003. This team was tasked to review the roles of data centers and the scheme ofmanaging and disseminating data and information, and will present the final report to the IOC
Assembly in April 2005.
(c) International Workshops for GODAR-WESTPAC (Global Ocean Data Archaeology & Rescue
project in the Western Pacific region) projectIn accordance with the outline of the first International Workshop for GODAR-WESTPAC taking
place in March, 2002 and work plans adopted there, it was decided that the second international
workshop for GODAR-WESTPAC would be held at JODC in November 2004.
(2) Reports of attending organizations

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The attending organizations presented 8 reports on their activities, including the introduction of
their oceanographic data management and information provision.
(a) Present situation of real-time oceanographic data exchange【Climate and Marine Department of Japan Meteorological Agency】(b) Publication of NOWPHAS：Nationwide Ocean Wave information network for Ports and Harbors【Ports and Harbors Bureau of Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport】(c) NOWPAP（Northwest Pacific Action Plan）【Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center】(d) Establishment of Technical Support Office【Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo】(e) Present situation of information on marine geology provided by Geological Survey of Japan,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology【National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology】(f) CGER's Meteorological Data Explorer (METEX)【National Institute for Environmental Studies】(g) Approaches for the regeneration of Tokyo Bay【Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan Coast Guard】(h) Provision of aerial photographs on the web【Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of Japan Coast Guard】

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2. International Projects / Meetings Participated in by JODC
2.1. The First CLIVAR Data Planning Meeting, focussing on Ocean
Observation
The First CLIVAR Data Planning Meeting was held at Scripps Institute of Oceanography from24th to 26th March 2004 and was co-chaired by the director of US CLIVAR, Dr. David Legler, and theco-chair of the CLIVAR Global Synthesis and Observations Panel (GSOP), Dr. Dean Roemmich. It
was attended by 28 scientists and data managers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, UK,
and USA. A member of JODC attended the meeting as the representative of a Co-DAC (Data
Assembly Center) of the Shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler.
The objectives of the meeting are:
(1) Articulate the needs/requirements of CLIVAR science for provision of ocean observation data
(what, when, and how observations data should be provided?).
(2) Assess current status of CLIVAR DACs and their data management activities through input from
DAC representatives.
(3) Provide an overview of other plans and developing activities that can contribute towards meeting
CLIVAR’s needs.
(4) Identify gaps between capabilities and abilities of existing data structures (DACs) to meet
CLIVAR science requirements. What follow-up activities can be undertaken to address thesegaps?
In order to articulate the requirements of CLIVAR data, at first, presentations were made by thedata liaisons of the CLIVAR Basin panels, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean. In
addition, presentations on data requirements were given from the views of data assimilation and realtime ocean forecasting. Second, CLIVAR DACs gave presentations on the present statuses of
CLIVAR data management, data quality control, and data streams. Following these presentations,more than twenty action items were adopted by the meeting concerning CLIVAR data requirements,
integration data streams, and products and value added summaries. It was agreed that any further
coordinated efforts tracking CLIVAR data, assessing the progress of DACs, and integrating data
important for CLIVAR, would require the managers of the CLIVAR DACs to meet.
The detail of the meeting is shown on the CLIVAR web site, http://www.clivar.org/data/index.htm. And, the action items are shown on http://www.clivar.org/organization/gsop/
implementation/ocean_obs/Meeting_info/DPM1_ACTIONS.pdf.

2.2. The 6th International IOC/WESTPAC Scientific Symposium
The International IOC/WESTPAC Scientific Symposium is an activity of WESTPAC (IOCSub-Commission for the Western Pacific), a regional committee of IOC (Intergovernmental
Oceanographic Commission） of UNESCO. This symposium has been hosted by a WESTPAC
member state once every three years. The last symposium, the fifth International IOC/WESTPAC
Scientific Symposium was held in Seoul, Korea and the fourth symposium was held in Okinawa,
Japan. The objective of the International IOC/WESTPAC Scientific Symposium is to develop new
international cooperation on oceanographic research, by presenting various oceanographic studies andinternationally sharing research information. In this way, the symposium aims for the promotion ofinternational cooperative oceanographic research in the Western Pacific, which is the mission of
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The 6th International IOC/WESTPAC Scientific Symposium was hosted by State Oceanic
Administration of the People's Republic of China, and took place at Dragon Hotel in Hangzhou city,
China from April 19 to April 23. Around 190 oceanographic scientists from 19 countries and regions
attended the symposium. More than 150 research presentations were made at 15 sessions. On thefirst day of the symposium, five keynote speeches by Dr. Patricio Bernal, Executive Secretary of IOC,
Prof. Yanagi of Ehime University and others followed the opening ceremony in the main conferencehall, after a long speech of the deputy mayor of Hangzhou city and other speeches.
From the afternoon of 19th, a number of sessions on were held in conference rooms in the hotel,“Western Pacific boundary currents and the Pacific-Indian Ocean Throughflow”, “Hot Spots ofMarine Bio-diversity in the western Pacific Ocean”, “The scientific basis for marine assessment andcoastal management”, and other themes.
A symposium session on NEAR-GOOS（North-East Asia Regional ‐ Global Ocean Observing
System）took place on April 20, and the workshop on the development of data and products inoperational oceanography was held on April 21 and 22. In these session and workshop, a number ofreports and research presentations were made. At the workshop, JODC presented the current statusof operation and usage of NEAR-GOOS Regional Delayed Mode Database (RDMDB), and asked forthe provision of oceanographic data for RDMDB.
A number of proposals on future activities of NEAR-GOOS were presented at the three-day longsession on NEAR-GOOS. NEAR-GOOS, which has already established the mechanism for data
flow, intends to expand its activities in the second phase. So, to put these proposals into action, it
was decided to set up working groups to address the following four issues:1) Coordination of hydrographic observation timings by research vessels of member countries.
2) Observation by drifting buoys3) Satellite data products
4) Data management103. RNODC's Activities under the Charge of the JODC
3.1. RNODC for WESTPAC
3.1.1. Status of CSR and Data Management
The major activities of JODC are the collection and archiving of CSR (Cruise Summary Reportof IODE, ROSCOP's third edition), and data from the beginning of the WESTPAC program in 1979.
The terms of reference for RNODC-WESTPAC are shown in Annex III.
The CSRs received by JODC in 2004 are shown in Table 1.
Number of Archived Data in the WEATPAC region is shown in Table 2.
The WESTPAC region was referred as from 100 to 180 degree of longitude for the North
Hemisphere and the area enclosed by from 110 to 230 degree of longitude and from 0 to 30 degree of
latitude in the South Hemisphere, here.
Table 1 Inventory of CSR Received by JODC in 2004
AGENCY
AEI,NFRDI
AEI,NFRDI
AEI,NFRDI
AEI,NFRDI
CMD,JMA
CU
FF,NU
FF,NU
FF,NU
FF,NU
FF,NU
FF,NU
FF,NU
FF,NU

SHIP
TAMGU 10TAMGU 10TAMGU 10TAMGU 10KEIFU MARUTANSEI MARUNAGASAKI MARUNAGASAKI MARUKAKUYO MARUNAGASAKI MARUKAKUYO MARUNAGASAKI MARUNAGASAKI MARUNAGASAKI MARUFRRMD,NFRDITAMGU 1

FRRMD,NFRDITAMGU 3

GSES,NagoyaU
GSES,NagoyaU
GSJ,AIST
GSS,UT
HyARC,NagoyaU
HyARC,NagoyaU
HyARC,NagoyaU
HyARC,NagoyaU
HyARC,NagoyaU

TANSEI MARUTANSEI MARU
HAKUREI MARU No.2
TANSEI MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARU

HMO,JMA

KOFU MARU

HMO,JMA
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG

KOFU MARU
MEIYO
MEIYO
KAIYO
KAIYO
KAIYO
KAIYO
SHOYO

AREA
PERIODDATA TYPE
Japan Sea
2003/02/12〜2003/02/14 G,H,P
Yellow Sea
2003/05/13〜2003/05/15 H,PJapan Sea
2003/08/05〜2003/08/07 H,PYellow Sea
2003/11/13〜2003/11/15
Philippine Sea
2002/09/06〜2002/09/10 D,G,H,M
Japan Sea
2002/11/09〜2002/11/20
East China Sea
2004/04/02〜2004/04/14 B,HEast China Sea
2004/04/19〜2004/04/23 B,HEast China Sea
2004/05/20〜2004/05/25 H,BEast China Sea
2004/06/17〜2004/06/26 B,D,H
East China Sea
2004/07/09〜2004/07/20 B
East China Sea
2004/09/13〜2004/10/03 B,HEast China Sea
2004/10/15〜2004/10/17 B,G,H
East China Sea
2004/11/05〜2004/11/10 B
Yellow Sea, Japan
2003/03/19〜2003/04/10 B,HSea
Yellow Sea, Japan
2003/11/21〜2003/12/06
Sea
Philippine Sea
2001/12/04〜2001/12/12
Philippine Sea
2004/03/11〜2004/03/17
Pacific Ocean
2003/05/29〜2003/06/27 B,GNorth Pacific Ocean 2003/04/03〜2003/04/09 B,GPhilippine Sea
2000/09/15〜2000/09/22
Philippine Sea
2002/06/02〜2002/06/07
Philippine Sea
2002/08/30〜2002/09/04
Philippine Sea
2003/05/22〜2003/05/27
Philippine Sea
2003/08/30〜2003/09/04
North Pacific Ocean,
2004/01/17〜2004/03/04 B,D,H,M,PJapan Sea
North Pacific Ocean 2004/04/21〜2004/06/01 B,D,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean 2003/04/17〜2003/04/25
North Pacific Ocean 2003/05/25〜2003/06/13
North Pacific Ocean 2003/07/10〜2003/07/28
North Pacific Ocean 2003/08/05〜2003/08/12
North Pacific Ocean 2003/08/20〜2003/08/28
North Pacific Ocean 2003/09/07〜2003/09/26
Philippine Sea
2003/10/08〜2003/10/24

11AGENCY
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG

KAIYO
SHOYO
MEIYO
TAKUYOSHOYO
MEIYO
TAKUYO
KAIYO
SHOYO

HOD,JCGTAKUYO

HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCG
HOD,JCGHTU
ISV,FS,KU
KIGAM
KIGAM
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMATAKUYO
SHOYO
KAIYO
SHOYO
TAKUYO
KAIYO
MEIYO
SHOYO
KAIYO
TAKUYOMEIYOTAKUYO
KAIYO
MEIYO
MEIYO
BOSEI MARUNAGASAKI MARUTAMHAE 2
TAMHAE 2
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU

KMO,JMAKEIFU MARU

KMO,JMAKEIFU MARU

KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KMO,JMA
KORDI
KORDI

KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU
KEIFU MARU

12

SHIP

EARDO

AREA
PERIODDATA TYPE
North Pacific Ocean 2003/10/09〜2003/10/28
North Pacific Ocean 2003/11/06〜2003/11/26
North Pacific Ocean 2003/11/20〜2003/11/28
North Pacific Ocean 2003/11/25〜2003/12/15
Philippine Sea
2003/12/08〜2003/12/19
North Pacific Ocean 2004/01/09〜2004/01/16
North Pacific Ocean 2004/01/09〜2004/01/29
North Pacific Ocean 2004/02/12〜2004/02/20
North Pacific Ocean 2004/02/16〜2004/03/09
North Pacific Ocean,
2004/02/17〜2004/03/15 D,HPhilippine Sea
Philippine Sea
2004/04/21〜2004/05/10
Philippine Sea
2004/04/21〜2004/05/12
North Pacific Ocean 2004/04/22〜2004/05/09
Philippine Sea
2004/05/25〜2004/06/15
Philippine Sea
2004/05/28〜2004/06/17
Philippine Sea
2004/06/02〜2004/06/11
Philippine Sea
2004/06/30〜2004/07/17
Philippine Sea
2004/07/05〜2004/07/28
Philippine Sea
2004/08/02〜2004/08/10
Philippine Sea
2004/08/05〜2004/08/23
North Pacific Ocean 2004/08/16〜2004/09/04
Philippine Sea
2004/09/09〜2004/09/28
Philippine Sea
2004/09/18〜2004/09/27
North Pacific Ocean 2004/10/07〜2004/10/27
Japan Sea
2004/11/10〜2004/12/01
Japan Sea
2003/07/09〜2003/07/16 H
Philippine Sea
2004/07/20〜2004/07/27
Yellow Sea
2003/03/15〜2003/04/10 G
Japan Sea
2003/04/25〜2003/05/15 G
North Pacific Ocean 1999/05/06〜1999/06/18
North Pacific Ocean 2001/05/09〜2001/06/18 B,D,G,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean 2001/07/10〜2001/08/10 B,D,G,H,M,P
Philippine Sea
2001/09/10〜2001/09/20 D,G,H,M
North Pacific Ocean 2001/11/07〜2001/12/11 B,D,G,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean 2002/01/17〜2002/03/06 D,G,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean 2002/04/26〜2002/06/08 B,D,G,H,P
North Pacific Ocean 2002/06/25〜2002/08/01 B,D,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean 2002/10/31〜2002/12/04 B,D,G,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean,
2003/01/15〜2003/03/07 B,D,G,H,M,P
Philippine Sea
North Pacific Ocean,
2003/04/22〜2003/05/21 B,D,G,H,M,P
Philippine Sea
North Pacific Ocean 2003/06/25〜2003/08/22 B,D,G,H,M,P
Philippine Sea
2003/09/25〜2003/09/30 D,G,H,M
North Pacific Ocean 2003/10/28〜2003/11/30 B,D,G,H,M,P
Philippine Sea
2003/12/03〜2003/12/07 D,G,H,M
North Pacific Ocean 2004/01/20〜2004/03/01 B,D,G,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean 2004/04/21〜2004/05/25 B,D,G,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean 2004/06/16〜2004/08/13 B,D,G,H,M,P
North Pacific Ocean 2004/11/01〜2004/11/10 B,D,G,H,M,P
South Pacific Ocean 2003/02/11〜2003/02/18 B
Yellow Sea
2003/02/15〜2003/02/18 B,D,H,M

AGENCY
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KU
MEND,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
MHOD,NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI

SHIP

AREA
PERIODDATA TYPE
Japan Sea
2003/03/05〜2003/03/06 B,D,G,H
EARDO
Japan Sea
2003/04/01〜2003/05/23 G
Yellow Sea
2003/04/04〜2003/04/10 G
ONNURI
Japan Sea
2003/04/04〜2003/04/14 G,P
EARDO
Yellow Sea
2003/04/26〜2003/05/06 G
Yellow Sea
2003/05/18〜2003/05/18 DJapan Sea
2003/05/26〜2003/05/31 B
Japan Sea
2003/05/27〜2003/05/27 B
Japan Sea
2003/06/24〜2003/06/25 B,D,G,H
EARDO
Yellow Sea
2003/06/24〜2003/06/27 B,G,H,P
EARDO
East China Sea
2003/08/26〜2003/09/02 B,H,P
North Pacific Ocean,
ONNURI
2003/09/18〜2003/09/25 G
Philippine Sea
South Pacific Ocean 2003/09/29〜2003/10/08 B
ONNURI
East China Sea
2003/10/01〜2003/10/02 D,HYellow Sea
2003/10/21〜2003/10/27 GJapan Sea
2003/11/11〜2003/11/12 P
South Atlantic
YUZHMORGEOLOGIYA
2003/11/21〜2004/01/02 B,G,H,P
Ocean
Japan Sea
2003/11/29〜2003/11/29 DJapan Sea
2003/12/04〜2003/12/04 B
NAGASAKI MARU
Philippine Sea
2004/05/07〜2004/05/13 G
TAMGU 7
Japan Sea
2003/02/04〜2003/02/09 G,H,P
TAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/02/16〜2003/02/18 B,HTAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/03/15〜2003/03/17 B,H
TAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/04/19〜2003/04/21 B,H
TAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/05/17〜2003/05/19 B,HTAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/06/14〜2003/06/16 B,H
TAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/07/19〜2003/07/21 B,H
TAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/08/06〜2003/08/08 B,HTAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/09/19〜2003/09/21 B,H
TAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/10/18〜2003/10/20 B,H
TAMGU 17
Japan Sea
2003/11/15〜2003/11/17 B,H
TAMGU 11
Japan Sea
2003/02/04〜2003/02/08 G,H,P
TAMGU 2
Yellow Sea
2003/02/05〜2003/02/13 G,H,P
TAMGU 15
Yellow Sea
2003/02/06〜2003/02/09 G,H,P
TAMGU 9Japan Sea
2003/02/11〜2003/02/14 G,H,P
TAMGU 6
Japan Sea
2003/02/13〜2003/02/15 G,H,P
TAMGU 6
Japan Sea
2003/02/15〜2003/02/18 G,H,P
TAMGU 15
Yellow Sea
2003/05/05〜2003/05/08 H,P
TAMGU 2
Yellow Sea
2003/05/06〜2003/05/12 H,PTAMGU 6
Japan Sea
2003/05/12〜2003/05/13 H,PTAMGU 9Japan Sea
2003/05/12〜2003/05/15 H,PTAMGU 7
Japan Sea
2003/05/12〜2003/05/17 G,H,P
TAMGU 6
Japan Sea
2003/05/13〜2003/05/16 H,PTAMGU 11
Japan Sea
2003/05/14〜2003/05/18 H,P
TAMGU 7
Japan Sea
2003/08/04〜2003/08/09 G,H,P
TAMGU 9Japan Sea
2003/08/04〜2003/08/09 H,PTAMGU 11
Japan Sea
2003/08/05〜2003/08/09 G,H,P
TAMGU 15
Yellow Sea
2003/08/06〜2003/08/10
TAMGU 2
Yellow Sea
2003/08/08〜2003/08/14 H,PTAMGU 6
Japan Sea
2003/08/09〜2003/08/16

13

AGENCY
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI

SHIP
TAMGU 6TAMGU 5TAMGU 3TAMGU 8TAMGU 6TAMGU 15TAMGU 3TAMGU 7TAMGU 11TAMGU 9TAMGU 2TAMGU 6TAMGU 5TAMGU 8TAMGU 3TAMGU 3TAMGU 5TAMGU 8TAMGU 3TAMGU 3TAMGU 8TAMGU 5TAMGU 1TAMGU 5TAMGU 8TAMGU 3TAMGU 3TAMGU 5TAMGU 3TAMGU 8NISTSEIUN MARUNISTHOKUTO MARU

NMPA
NMPA
NMPA
NMPA
NMPA
NMPA
NMPA
NMPA
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI

TAMGU 8TAMGU 5
PREVENTION SHIP 16
PREVENTION SHIP 19
TAMGU 8TAMGU 5
PREVENTION SHIP 19
PREVENTION SHIP 16
BADARO 2BADARO 2BADARO 2
HAE YANG 2000
HAE YANG 2000
BADARO 1
HAE YANG 2000
BADARO 3

14

AREA
PERIODDATA TYPE
Japan Sea
2003/08/11〜2003/08/13 H,PJapan Sea
2003/10/08〜2003/10/19 B,D,H,M
East China Sea
2003/10/09〜2003/10/18 B,D,H,M
Yellow Sea
2003/10/16〜2003/10/31 B,D,H,M
Japan Sea
2003/11/03〜2003/11/04 H,PYellow Sea
2003/11/04〜2003/11/06 H,P
East China Sea
2003/11/05〜2003/11/16 B,H,M
Japan Sea
2003/11/10〜2003/11/22 G,H,P
Japan Sea
2003/11/11〜2003/11/15 H,PJapan Sea
2003/11/12〜2003/11/15 H,PYellow Sea
2003/11/12〜2003/11/19 H,PJapan Sea
2003/11/14〜2003/11/17 H,PJapan Sea
2003/12/09〜2003/12/22 B,D,H,M
Yellow Sea
2003/12/10〜2003/12/22 B,D,H,M
East China Sea
2003/12/11〜2003/12/22 B,D,H,M
East China Sea
2004/01/29〜2004/02/09 B,D,H,M
Japan Sea
2004/02/07〜2004/02/19 B,D,H,M
Yellow Sea
2004/02/11〜2004/02/18 B,D,H,M
East China Sea
2004/02/14〜2004/02/26 B,H,M
East China Sea
2004/04/08〜2004/04/13 B,D,H,M
Yellow Sea
2004/04/16〜2004/04/26 B,D,H,M
Japan Sea
2004/04/20〜2004/05/05 B,D,H,M
East China Sea
2004/05/07〜2004/05/12 B,H,M
Japan Sea
2004/06/09〜2004/06/23 B,D,H,M
Yellow Sea
2004/06/10〜2004/06/16 B,D,H,M
East China Sea
2004/06/16〜2004/06/23 B,D,H,M
East China Sea
2004/08/03〜2004/08/09 B,D,H,M
Japan Sea
2004/08/09〜2004/08/21 B,D,H,M
East China Sea
2004/09/01〜2004/09/14 B,H,M
Yellow Sea
2004/11/22〜2004/11/22 B,D,H,M
North Pacific Ocean,
Indian Ocean, North
Atlantic Ocean,
2003/06/18〜2003/09/01
South Atlantic
Ocean
North Pacific Ocean,
2004/01/23〜2004/03/08
Philippine Sea
Yellow Sea
2003/02/05〜2003/02/15 B,H,P
Japan Sea
2003/02/07〜2003/02/14 B,H,P
Japan Sea
2003/03/19〜2003/03/24 B,H,P
Yellow Sea
2003/05/12〜2003/05/15 B,H,P
Yellow Sea
2003/08/05〜2003/08/14 B,G,H,P
Japan Sea
2003/08/14〜2003/08/19 B,H,P
Yellow Sea
2003/11/11〜2003/11/13 B,H,P
Japan Sea
2003/11/12〜2003/11/20 B,H,P
Japan Sea
2002/06/02〜2002/06/28 D,H,M
Japan Sea
2002/07/31〜2002/08/31 D,H,M
Japan Sea
2002/09/30〜2002/10/31 D,H,M
Japan Sea
2002/11/27〜2002/12/12 D,H,M
Japan Sea
2003/02/02〜2003/02/26 D,H,M
East China Sea
2003/04/01〜2003/11/15 GJapan Sea
2003/04/05〜2003/04/28 D,H,M
East China Sea
2003/04/11〜2003/05/31 D

AGENCY
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
NORI
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UTSHIP
NAMHAERODONGHAEROHWANGHAEROBADARO 3
HAE YANG 2000
BADARO 3
BADARO 2BADARO 2BADARO 2
HAE YANG 2000
TANSEI MARUHAKUHO MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARU

ORI,UTHAKUHO MARU

ORI,UTTANSEI MARU

ORI,UTTANSEI MARU

ORI,UTHAKUHO MARU

ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UTTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARUHAKUHO MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARUHAKUHO MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARUTANSEI MARU

ORI,UTTANSEI MARU

ORI,UTHAKUHO MARU

ORI,UTTANSEI MARU

ORI,UTTANSEI MARU

ORI,UTTANSEI MARUPES,URNAGASAKI MARUREI,NFRDITAMGU 16
REI,NFRDITAMGU 16
REI,NFRDITAMGU 16
REI,NFRDITAMGU 16
RIAM,KU
KAKUYO MARU
RIAM,KUNAGASAKI MARU
SMBL,FSERC,KyotoU TANSEI MARUTUTANSEI MARUUTRC,IIS,UTTANSEI MARUYNCMTHAMAKAZEYNCMTYUGE MARUAREAPERIODDATA TYPE
East China Sea
2003/05/01〜2003/09/20 G
Japan Sea
2003/05/03〜2003/09/17 G
Yellow Sea
2003/06/01〜2003/10/31 G
Yellow Sea
2003/06/02〜2003/07/31 DJapan Sea
2003/06/05〜2003/07/05 D,H,M
Yellow Sea
2003/08/01〜2003/09/30 DJapan Sea
2003/08/04〜2003/08/31 D,H,M
Japan Sea
2003/10/02〜2003/10/30 D,H,M
Japan Sea
2003/11/26〜2003/12/10 D,H,M
Japan Sea
2003/12/11〜2003/12/17 D,H,M
North Pacific Ocean 2000/04/21〜2000/04/28 H
North Pacific Ocean 2000/06/20〜2000/07/27 B,HNorth Pacific Ocean 2001/03/10〜2001/03/16 B,HNorth Pacific Ocean 2001/04/09〜2001/04/17 B,D,H
North Pacific Ocean 2001/04/20〜2001/04/25 B,HNorth Pacific Ocean,
2001/06/18〜2001/07/06 D,H,M
Philippine Sea
North Pacific Ocean,
2002/05/19〜2002/05/30
Philippine Sea
North Pacific Ocean 2002/07/05〜2002/07/16
North Pacific Ocean,
East China Sea,
2002/09/09〜2002/10/25 B,D,G,H,M,PJapan Sea
Philippine Sea
2002/10/29〜2002/11/06 B,HPhilippine Sea
2003/05/06〜2003/05/11 B,HNorth Pacific Ocean 2003/05/13〜2003/06/20 H,D,M
Philippine Sea
2003/06/17〜2003/06/25 B,GNorth Pacific Ocean 2003/08/04〜2003/08/13
South Pacific Ocean 2003/08/16〜2003/09/08 G
Philippine Sea
2003/09/04〜2003/09/09 B,HPhilippine Sea
2004/07/05〜2004/07/12 D,H
North Pacific Ocean 2004/08/05〜2004/08/12 B,D,H
Sea of Okhotsk,
2004/08/24〜2004/08/31
Japan Sea
North Pacific Ocean,
2004/09/07〜2004/10/28 D,H,M
Philippine Sea
Sea of Okhotsk,
2004/09/12〜2004/09/19 B,GJapan Sea
East China Sea,
2004/10/01〜2004/10/08 H
Philippine Sea
East China Sea,
2004/10/18〜2004/10/27
Philippine Sea
East China Sea
2004/05/18〜2004/06/01 D,G,H
Japan Sea
2003/02/07〜2003/02/09 G,H,P
Japan Sea
2003/05/13〜2003/05/15 H,PJapan Sea
2003/08/04〜2003/08/05 H,PJapan Sea
2003/11/07〜2003/11/10 H,PJapan Sea
2004/06/14〜2004/06/26 D,H,M
East China Sea
2004/07/20〜2004/07/27 D,H,M
Philippine Sea
2003/04/12〜2003/04/17 B,H,M,PJapan Sea
2003/07/23〜2003/08/01
Japan Sea
2003/07/14〜2003/07/20
Inland Sea
2003/07/29〜2003/07/31
Inland Sea
2003/08/04〜2003/08/06

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Data Type Code
B:
G:
M:

Biology & Fisheries
Geology & Geophysics
Meteorology

D:
H:
P:

Physical Oceanography (Current)
Physical (Salinity & Temperature) & Chemical Oceanography
Contamination

Abbreviations of Agencies
Japan
CMD,JMA:
CU:
FF,NU:
GSES,NagoyaU:
GSJ,AIST:
GSS,UT:
HyARC,NagoyaU:
HMO,JMA:
HOD,JCG:HTU:
ISV,FS,KU:
KMO,JMA:KU:
NIST:
ORI,UT:
PES,UR:
RIAM,KU:
SMBL,FSERC,KyotoU:
TU:
UTRC,IIS,UT:YNCMT:
Korea
AEI,NFRDI:
FRRMD,NFRDI:
KIGAM:KORDI:
MEND,NFRDI:
MHOD,NFRDI:
NFRDI:NMPA:NORI:REI,NFRDI:

Climate and Marine Department, Japan Meteorological Agency
Chiba University
Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University
Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Scienceand Technology
Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University
Hakodate Marine Observatory, Japan Meteorological Agency
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard
Hokkaido Tokai University
Institute of Seismology and Volcanology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu
University
Kobe Marine Observatory, Japan Meteorological Agency
Kyushu University
National Institute for Sea Training
Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Physics and Earth Sciences, University of the Ryukyus
Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and ResearchCenter, Kyoto University
Toyama University
Underwater Technology Research Center, Institute of Industrial Science,
University of Tokyo
Yuge National College of Maritime Technology

Aquaculture Environmental Institute, NFRDI
Fisheries Resources Research and Management Division, NFRDI
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
Korea Ocean Research & Development InstituteMarine Environmental Management Division, NFRDI
Marine Harmful Organism Division, NFRDI
National Fisheries Research and Development InstituteNational Maritime Police Agency
National Oceanographic Research InstituteResources Enhancement Institute, NFRDI

Table 2 Number of Archived Data in the WESTPAC Region
YEAR
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991

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SD
STD CTD XCTD
7,225
47
2,709
0
8,148
643
2,299
0
6,857
120
3,081
0
7,836
214
2,967
0
7,967
368
3,965
0
6,021
3
4,670
0
5,436
463
5,765
0
8,526
269
5,770
0
10,048231
7,072
0
10,207
0
9,812
0
8,817
0 10,487
0
8,719
328 11,731
06,408
0 14,903
0

XBT
DBT AXBT
7,610
672
0
11,559
2,257
0
9,112
2,337 1,231
11,0422,870
509
11,337
3,068
824
11,6183,855
860
14,9093,510 1,059
16,9552,365 1,502
16,4271,700 1,272
17,591
873 1,177
16,044475 1,323
22,151
1,098 1,305
20,3291,405 1,509

BT
GEK DRIFT ADCP unknown
17,226
5,223
118
0 12,370
17,0836,215
185
0 12,666
16,825
5,982
215
0 12,825
15,0766,035
52
0 12,761
13,2906,016
107
0 12,386
15,7867,059
68
0 12,776
12,8055,471
84
3,386 12,342
11,600
5,793
28
7,574
9,822
12,907
4,970
4
7,276
6,664
9,872
2,811
247
13,718
5,736
7,796
1,623
314
57,410
4,744
6,285
871
311
69,104
4,554
1,825
841
348
48,648
3,564

YEAR
SD
STD CTD XCTD XBTDBT AXBT BT
GEK DRIFT ADCP unknown
1992
4,487
105 15,714
0 25,563
18 1,199
1,146
216
226
64,100
3,516
1993
3,684
119 14,245
0 38,091
1,313 1,169
1,420
152
20
94,617
3,148
1994
1,601
128
1,996
0 29,246
108
0
7,763
24
0
21,142
0
1995
1,381
0
1,780
0 42,315
115 1,002
659
97
0 302,758
0
1996
1,323
0
2,029
0 32,778
208
939
344
0
0 826,070
0
1997
1,259
0
1,934
0 10,010
242
918
91
0
0 647,735
0
1998
1,166
0
1,712
7 11,272
178
934
101
0
0 597,124
0
1999
962
0
1,839
40 10,130
208 1,017
56
00 505,597
0
2000
958
0
1,729
48 11,234
155
875
72
0
0
66,293
0
2001
935
0
1,705
77 11,951
146 1,890
700 141,091
0
2002
0
0
2,285
178 1,674
19
40
0
0
0
67,50202003
00
0
79 1,494
0
9
0
0
0
570
0
2004
0
0
0
120
735
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total 119,971 3,038 132,199
549 413,177 29,195 22,563 170,035 59,399
2,327 3,541,715 129,874

Data Items
SD:
Serial station Data
CTD: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth profiler
XBT: eXpendable Bathy Thermograph
AXBT: Airborne eXpendable Bathy Thermograph
GEK: Geomagnetic Electro Kinetograph
ADCP: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

STD: Salinity, Temperature, Depth profiler
XCTD: eXpendable Conductivity, Temperature, Depth profiler
DBT: Digital memorial Bathy ThermographBT:
Bathy Thermograph
DRIFT: ship DRIFT

3.1.2. NEAR-GOOS RDMDBThe NEAR-GOOS (North-East Asia Regional – Global Ocean Observing System) has been
implemented as regional GOOS by Russia, China, Korea and Japan. The NEAR-GOOS RDMDB(Regional Delayed Mode Data Base) undertakes the final management of the oceanographic andmarine meteorological data of the NEAR-GOOS.
The JODC has managed and operated the RDMDB based on the Recommendation of the 1st
NEAR-GOOS Coordinating Committee held in 1996. The RDMDB started to operate as a DMDB in
October 1996 and was given the status of the RDMDB by the Recommendation of the 3rd
Coordinating Committee in August 1998, and at the same time the registration application procedure
was abolished to activate its use. In addition, the provision of data to the anonymous users using
guest account became possible based on the approval of the 7th NEAR-GOOS Coordinating
Committee in October 2002. Incidentally, the user name of guest account is guest@onetime.
In the current system, each country’s NRTDB (National Real Time Data Base) is supposed tocollect data and send it to its own country’s NDMDB (National Delayed Mode Data Base) and theRRTDB (Regional Real Time Data Base) operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The
NDMDB independently collects the delayed mode data other than the data received from the NRTDB.
The RDMDB receives the data collected by each country’s NRTDB via the RRTDB and collects thedelayed mode data from other sources to provide data for the users with monthly update.
At first, the data to be registered in the DMDB were only 6 items, which were collected by the
RTDB via the GTS. With the items added every year, the data to be registered in the RDMDB today
are up to 36 items. Below is the main part of the data items:
Oceanographic data obtained by the Meteorological Agency via the GTS(BATHY, BUOY, SHIP, TESAC, TRACKOB)
Data converted into unified format by RRTDB(water temperature, salinity, wind)17

Average water temperature data developed by the Meteorological Agency(serial station, sea surface)
Tide data with 30-second interval by the Japan Coast Guard
Water temperature data provided by the Russia Far Eastern Regional HydrometeorologicalResearch Institute
Water temperature data provided by the Japan Fisheries Information Service Center (JAFIC)
Water temperature data provided by the Ocean Research Institute of the University of TokyoXBT observation data provided by the Tohoku University
Wave observation data provided by the Port and Airport Research InstituteQuality controlled data by the Canada Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS)(water temperature, salinity)
The data registered in the RDMDB can be obtained through the Internet. The RDMDB data
provision system displays a list of data by item and by period so that data can easily be obtained only
by selecting the item on the screen. The URL of the RDMDB data provision system is given below.
http://near-goos1.jodc.go.jp/index.html
Archived data type and volume of NEAR-GOOS RDMDB is shown in Table 3.

Table 3 Data Type and Volume of NEAR-GOOS RDMDBTYPE OF DATABATHYBATHY_G
BUOY
BUOY_G
SHIP
SHIP_GTESACTESAC_G
TRACKOBTRACKOB_G
SUBST
SUBST_ERROR
TS
GLBTS
WIND
WIND_ERRORWIND2GLBWINDSSTANLDAILYSST(JMA)WNPSST(JMA)
GLBSST(JMA)
ADJSUBS(JMA)
PACSUBS(JMA)
SSDH(JMA)
SSHA(JMA)

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DESCRIPTION OF DATA
Regional Datasets of BATHY Report
Global Datasets of BATHY Report
Regional Datasets of BUOY Report
Global Datasets of BUOY Report
Regional Datasets of SHIP Report
Global Datasets of SHIP Report
Regional Datasets of TESAC Report
Global Datasets of TESAC Report
Regional Datasets of TRACKOB Report
Global Datasets of TRACKOB Report
Subsurface Temperature Decode Result
Subsurface Temperature Decode Error Report
Temperature and Salinity Decode Result
Global Temperature and Salinity Decode ResultWind Data Decode ResultWind Data Decode Error ReportWind Data (Format Ver.2.0)
Global Wind Data Decode Result
Gridded Daily Sea Surface Temperature Datain the Northwest PacificDaily Sea Surface Temperature Data Analysis
10-day Mean Sea Surface Temperaturein the Northwest Pacific
Global Monthly Mean Sea Surface Temperature
Monthly Mean Subsurface Temperature
in Seas Around Japan (100m,200m,400m)
Monthly Mean Subsurface Temperature
in Pacific (100m,200m,400m)
Analyzed Sea Surface Dynamic Heightin the PacificAnalyzed Sea Surface Height Anomalies
in the Pacific

PERIOD
Jun,1996 Apr,2000 Jun,1996 Apr,2000 Jun,1996 Apr,2000 Sep,1998 Jan,1996 Jun,1996 Apr,2000 Jun,1997 Jun,1997 Jul,2001 Aug,2001 Jan,1998 Jan,1998 Jul,2001 Aug,2001 -VOLUME(MB)
11.6
30.5
175.3
2376.3152.6
1487.9
18.9
190.2
0.7
19.2
449.7
5.1
350.9
4699.0
113.4
1.2
76.3
1095.1

Jun,1996 - May,2000

101.0

Apr,2000 -100.6

Apr,2000 -2.5

Apr,2000 -2.5

Mar,2000 -7.4

Mar,2000 -12.5

Jan,2003-

90.1

Jan,2003-

90.1

TYPE OF DATASEA_ICEMGDSSTGTSPP
FERHRI ship
FERHRI station
JAFIC
PALACETOHOKU Univ.
NOWPHAS
30s_TIDEST
Total

DESCRIPTION OF DATAPERIODVOLUME(MB)Sea Ice Concentration
Dec,2003 235.8
in the Northeast Asia marginal Seas
Merged satellite and in-situ data Global Daily Sea
Apr,2004 840.5
Surface Temperature
GTSPP Quality Controlled Subsurface
Jan,2003 91.1
Temperature and Salinity Data Provided by MEDS
Marine Meteorological Onboard Observation Data
Sep,1997 4.0
by FERHRI, Russia
Marine Meteorological Observation Data
Apr,2002 0.2
at the Station by FERHRI, Russia
Sea Surface / Subsurface Temperature Data
Jul,1998 41.3
from Japan Fisheries Information Service Center
Subsurface Temperature Profile Data Observed
by PALACE Float of Ocean Research Institute,
Aug,1998 - Nov,2000
0.1
University of TokyoXBT Data Observed by Tohoku University
Nov,1999 - Sep,2000
0.1
Japanese Nationwide Coastal Wave Data
Jan,2001 - Dec,2002
36.8
by Port and Airport Research Institute30-sec. Interval Sea Tide Data at Tidal Stations
Jan,1999 4566.0
of Japan Coast Guard
17476.5

3.2. RNODC for IGOSSJODC has been acting as RNODC for IGOSS since September 1979 with the USA and Russia.
The terms of reference for RNODC-IGOSS are introduced in Annex IV.
JODC receives BATHY/TESAC data through the GTS (Global Telecommunications System)from JMA (Japan Meteorological Agency), which is one of SOC (Specialized Oceanographic Center),and applies quality control procedures for final archiving.
KODC has regularly submitted the log form of IGOSS BATHY/TESAC, totally 49 sheets of thelog sheets were submitted by KODC in 2004. Data Holding Status is shown in Table 4 and Station
Plots are shown in Fig. 1-1 and Fig 1-2.
Table 4 Data Holding Status of IGOSS BATHY/TESAC
YEAR
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Total

BATHY
22,67725,47822,98026,07931,04440,301
32,24527,93330,02722,731
34,07135,05832,72133,90834,72237,993
20,772
19,70122,06926,99826,44629,196
27,742662,892

TESAC
710
5,443
7,068
5,784
5,640
6,580
5,074
4,966
4,947
2,137
1,303
2,153
2,619
2,207
2,221
1,427
4,870
9,632
8,240
21,12624,20455,212
117,492
301,055

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Fig. 1-1 Station Plots for BATHY

Fig. 1-2 Station Plots for TESAC

20

3.3. RNODC for MARPOLMONIn response to a recommendation by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment(Stockholm, 1972), the IOC and WMO agreed to jointly undertake the design, planning, anddevelopment of a marine pollution-monitoring program.
As an initial step in this direction, a Pilot Project on Marine Pollution (Petroleum) Monitoring(MAPMOPP) was launched in 1975 within the framework of the Integrated Global Ocean Station
System (IGOSS) and was aimed at monitoring petroleum-derived oils.
Bearing in mind the recommendations of the IOC Scientific Committee for the Global
Investigation of Pollution in the Marine Environment adopted at its Sixth Session (Paris, 25
September - 1 October 1986) on the regional relevance to marine pollution management activities,RNODC for MARPOLMON have been established in Japan for the WESTPAC region.
The terms of reference for RNODC-MARPOLMON are introduced in Annex V.
The major activities of the JODC are the collection and management of four types of data: oil
slicks, tar-ball, beach tar, and hydrocarbon, since 1975. Station Plots are shown in Fig. 2 and Data
holding status is shown in Table 5.
With regard to other type of Marine Pollution data, the present holding status of these data in
JODC is introduced in Table 6, and the Station Plots of the cadmium, lead and polychlorinatedbiphenyls data are indicated as Fig. 3-1, Fig. 3-2 and Fig. 3-3, respectively.

Fig. 2 Station Plots for Oil Slick21

Table 5 Number of Archived Data for MARPOLMON
BEACH
TAR

YEAR
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Total

TAR
BALL

0
0
404
799
740
665
676
581
570
588
560
588
582
624
638
653
679
650
647
634
618
588
583
0
0
0
10
548
539
0
14,164HYDROCARBON

341
229
1,059
1,096
738
606
384
504
501
459
585
417
449
536
598
495
564
527
467
441
420
346
324
119
110
90
95
233
205
105
13,043

OIL
SLICK

0
10
604
722
877
482
387
423
362
334
329
98
239
81
62
65
68
65
60
61
60
52
53
71
86
26
66
67
35
64
5,909

0
1,493
16,712
16,236
19,683
22,58014,699
5,988
3,948
1,122
583
277
382
865
1,015
1,492
1,948
1,674
1,286
1,215
991
1,221
1,517
1,413
1,783
2,152
1
0
0
0
122,276

Table 6 Number of Data Related Marine Pollution
DATA TYPE
COD
NH4-N
Chlorophyll-a
Phaeophytin
TOC
HC

22

NUMBER
1,927
9,464
132,800
36,5501,744
2,348DATA TYPE
PCB
As
Pb
Hg
Total-Hg
Cd

NUMBER
1,794
1,768
1,721
1,785
2,722
4,241

Fig. 3-1 Station Plots for Cd Datain the Northwest Pacific Ocean

Fig. 3-2 Station Plots for Pb Datain the Northwest Pacific Ocean

Fig. 3-3 Station Plots for PCB Datain the Northwest Pacific Ocean

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3.4. RNODC for ADCPThe JODC is RNODC for ADCP since 1991 and CLIVAR (An International Research
Programme on Climate Variability and Predictability) Data Assembly Center (DAC) for Shipboard
ADCP in cooperation with the University of Hawaii since 2003.
JODC and Univ. of Hawaii accepted the request from Dr. Howard Cattle, Director ofInternational CLIVAR Project Office to continue the activities of ADCP DAC for the CLIVAR project,World Climate Research Program (WCRP) after the WOCE project finished.
The terms of reference for RNODC-ADCP are introduced in Annex VI.
The major activities of the JODC are the collection and archiving of data and the development of
the methodology of ADCP data management, plus development and usage of the ADCP data
management system on the database of the JODC. Data holding status is shown in Table 7 andStation Plots are shown in Fig. 4-1 and Fig. 4-2.
Table 7 Number of Archived Data for ADCP
YEAR
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
Total

NUMBER
3,545
7,844
7,725
13,91264,146
73,12061,32082,688133,081
54,026

YEAR
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004

NUMBER
339,314844,061
678,912623,868
526,226
80,691
152,001
70,3564021
03,820,857

Fig. 4-1 Station Plots for ADCP Data in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean24

Fig. 4-2 Station Plots for ADCP Data in the Northwest Pacific Ocean

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ANNEX I
List of Participants in the 2nd International Workshop for
GODAR-WESTPACMEMBER COUNTIESAustraria
Dr. Greg Reed
Executive Officer,
Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility
Wylde St, Potts Point
2011 NSW Australia
Phone : +61 (2) 9359-3141
Fax: +61 (2) 9359-3120
E-mail : greg@aodc.gov.au
China
Prof. Fengyi Guo
National Marine Data and Information Service(NMDIS)
93 Liuwei Rd., Hedong District
Tianjin 300171 China
Phone : +86 (22) 2401 0833
Fax
: +86 (22) 2401 0926
E-mail : gfy@mail.nmdis.gov.cn
FranceDr. Catherine Maillard
Director of SISMER,
Institut Français de Recherche pourl'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)
Centre de Brest, B.P. 70
29280 Plouzané France
Phone : +33 (0)2 98 22 42 79
Fax: +33 (0)2 98 22 46 44
E-mail : catherine.maillard@ifremer.fr
Indonesia
Drs. Tri Wiyanto
Head of Oceanographic Section,
Marine Environmental Division,
Hydro-Oceanographic Service
Jln. Pantai Kuta V/1 Ancol Timur
Jakarta 14430 Indonesia
Phone : +62 21 64714810 ext3940
Fax: +62 21 64714819
E-mail : Infohid@indo.net.id
Japan
Dr. Minoru Odamaki
Director,
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Phone : +81-3-3541-3818
Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail : mail@jodc.go.jp
Mr. Satoshi Sato
Deputy Director,
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Phone : +81-3-3541-4295

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Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail : sato@jodc.go.jp
Korea
Dr. Hak-Gyoon Kim
Advisor,
Korea National Oceanographic Data Centre(KODC),
National Fisheries Research and Development
Institute
ShirangRi, KijangUp, Kijang County
Pusan City 619-900 Republic of Korea
Phone : +82-51-720-2221
Fax: +82-51-720-2225
E-mail : kodc@nfrdi.re.kr / hgkim@nfrdi.re.kr
Malaysia
Mr. Shamsuddin bin Yusoff
Meteorology and Oceanography Section,
RMN Oceanographic Data Centre
Hydrographic Dept. Royal Malaysian Navy,
Ministry of Defense
Jalan Padang Tembak
50634 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Phone : +603-20715824
Fax: +603-26987972
E-mail :rmnodc@tm.net.my/bond1847@yahoo.co.uk
RussiaDr. Nikolay A. Rykov
Head of Regional Oceanographic Data Center,
Far Eastern Regional HydrometeorologicalResearch Institute24, Fontannaya St.,
Vladivostok, 690600, Russia
Phone : +7 (4232) 228854
Fax: +7 (4232) 227754
E-mail : rodc@hydromet.com
UK
Dr. Lesley Rickards
Director of British Oceanographic Data Centre(BODC)
Bidston Observatory, Bidston Hill
Prenton CH43 7RA
United Kingdom
Phone : +44 (0) 151 653 86 33
Fax: +44 (0) 151 652 3950
E-mail : ljr@bodc.ac.uk
USA
Mr. Sydney Levitus
Director of World Data Center for
Oceanography, NOAA
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
USA
Phone : +1-301-713-3294
Fax: +1-301-713-3303

E-mail : Sydney.Levitus@noaa.gov
VietnamDr. Dung Tran Tuan
Researcher of Hanoi Institute of Oceanography,
Vietnamese Academy of Science andTechnology
18 Hoang Quoc Viet Str.,
Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone : +84-4-756-9582
Fax: +84-4-756-1647
E-mail : trantuandung@yahoo.com

INVITED SPEAKERS
Dr. Yukihiro Nojiri
Head of Carbon Cycle Research Laboratory,
National Institute for Environmental Studies(NIES)
16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba,
Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
Phone : +81-298-50-2499
Fax: +81-298-51-4732
E-mail : nojiri@nies.go.jp

Dr. Toshio Suga
Associate Professor,
Department of Geophysics,
Graduate School of Science,
Tohoku University
Aoba Ward, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
Phone : +81-22-217-6527
Fax: +81-22-217-6530
E-mail : suga@pol.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONSIOC/UNESCO
Mr. Peter Pissierssens
Head, Ocean Services,
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission(IOC)
UNESCO1, rue Miollis, 75015 Paris, France
Phone : +33-1 45 68 40 46
Fax: +33-1 45 68 58 12
E-mail : p.pissierssens@unesco.org
WESTPAC/IOC
Dr. Miguel D. Fortes
IOC/WESTPAC
c/o National Research Council Thailand
196 Phqholyothin Road
Chatujak, Bangkok 10900
ThailandPhone : +66 2 561 5118, 9
Fax: +66 2 561 5119
E-mail : m.fortes@unescobkk.org
westpac@samart.co.th
TCODE/PICES
Dr. Igor Shevchenko

Head of IT Department,
Pacific Scientific Research Fisheries Center(TINRO-Center)
4 Shevchenko Alley
Vladivostok Russia 690950
Phone : +7-4232-400-906
Fax: +7-4232-300-752
E-mail : igor@tinro.ru
SEAFDEC
Dr. Somboon siriraksophon
Head of Research Division,Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
P.O. Box 97 Phrasamutchedi,
Samutprakan, 10290, Thailand
Phone : +662-4256140
Fax: +662-4256110-1
E-mail : somboon@seafdec.org
Ms. Penchan Laongmanee
Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
P.O. Box 97 Phrasamutchedi,
Samutprakan, 10290, Thailand
Phone : +662-4256141
Fax: +662-4256110-1
E-mail : penchan@seafdec.org

RESEARCH INSTITUTES IN THE REGION
Japan
Dr. Tomowo Watanabe
Ocean Dynamics Section,
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science
2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku,
Yokohama, 236-8648, Japan
Phone : +81-45-788-7647
Fax: +81-45-788-5001
E-mail : wattom@affrc.go.jp
Mr. Takashi Yoshida
Office of Marine Prediction
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8122, Japan
Phone : +81-3-3212-8341 ext. 5128
Fax
: +81-3-3211-3047
E-mail : tyoshida@met.kishou.go.jp

Ms Mizuho Hoshimoto
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
1-3-4 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8122, JapanPhone: +81-3-3212-8341
Fax: +81-3-3211-3047
E-mail :Mr. Shang CHEN
Postdoctor
Ocean Research Insititute, Univeristy of Tokyo
Shinpro Office, 1-15-1 Minamidai,
Nakano-ku, Tokyo, 164-8639, JapanPhone: +81-3-5351-6822
Fax: +81-3-5351-6822
E-mail : qdcs@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Ms. Tetsuhito Minami
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Chief Programme Specialist for UNESCO
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Sceince
and Technology
2-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-8959, Japan
Phone : +81-3-5222-1007
Fax: +81-3-6734-3679
E-mail : t-minami@mext.go.jp
Mr. Yoshinori Oikawa
Mrine Earth Science Division
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Sceince
and Technology
2-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-8959, Japan
Phone : +81-5253-4111
Fax: +81-6734-4147
E-mail : y-oikawa@mext.go.jp
Mr. Aki Yamanashi
Staff,
Japan Fisheries Information Service Center
6F Toyomi Shinko Bldg., 5 Toyomi-cho 4,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Phone : +81-3-5547-6888
Fax: +81-3-5547-6881
E-mail : axie@jafic.or.jp
Dr. Kazuhiro Kitazawa
Special Adviser for the Director,
Planning Department
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science andTechnology(JAMSTEC)
2-15 Natsushima-cho,
Yokosuka 237-0061 Japan
Phone : +81-46-867-3811
Fax: +81-46-867-9025
E-mail :Mr. Hidetoshi Fujimori
Chief, Computer and Info. Div.,
Computer and Info. Dep
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science andTechnology(JAMSTEC)
2-15 Natsushima-cho,
Yokosuka 237-0061 Japan
Phone : +81-46-867-3811
Fax: +81-46-867-9025

E-mail :Mr. Kazuhiko Sono
Chief, Computer and Info. Div.,
Computer and Info. Dep
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science andTechnology(JAMSTEC)
2-15 Natsushima-cho,
Yokosuka 237-0061 Japan
Phone : +81-46-867-3811
Fax: +81-46-867-9025
E-mail :Mr. Yoshihisa Imai
Researcher
Ship & Ocean Foundation
1-15-16, Toranomon,
Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Phone : +81-3-3502-1828
Fax: +81-3-3502-2033
E-mail : y-imai@sof.or.jp
RussiaDr. Victor A. Akulichev
Director,
Pacific Oceanological Institute,
Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of
Sciences
43, Baltiyskaya Street,
Vladivostok 690041 Russia
Phone : +7 (4232) 311-400
Fax: +7 (4232) 312-600
E-mail : akulich@poi.dvo.ru
Dr. Igor ROSTOVHead of Laboratory of Ocean Information andOcean Monitoring,
V.I. Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute,
Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of
Sciences(POI FEBRAS)
43, Baltiyskaya Street,
Vladivostok 690041 Russia
Phone : +7 (4232) 311-420
Fax: +7 (4232) 312-573
E-mail : rostov@pacificinfo.ru

SECRETARIAT
Mr. Yutaka Tomioka
Senior Technical Officer,
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045,
Japan
Phone : +81-3-3541-4295
Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail : ytomi@jodc.go.jp

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Mr. Norio BABA
Technical Officer,
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045,
Japan
Phone : +81-3-3541-4295
Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail : norio-baba@kaiho.mlit.go.jp

ANNEX II
Agenda of 2nd International Workshop for GODAR-WESTPAC
1st Day: November 10, 2004
0930: Open the registration desk
1000: Opening
Opening address by Dr. Minoru Odamaki, Director of Japan Oceanographic Data Center
Remarks by Dr. Kunio Yashima, Director General of Hydrographic & Oceanographic Dept.,
JCG
Remarks by Dr. Miguel D. Fortes, Head of IOC/WESTPAC office1010: Information from Local Secretariat
1020: Keynote Lectures/Presentations
1020-1035
IODE Activities by Mr. Peter Pissierssens, IOC
1035-1050
Future Directions for IODE by Dr. Lesley Rickards, Chair of IODE
1050-1120
Recent Science Topics and Data Needs on Chemical Oceanography by
Dr. Yukihiro Nojiri, National Environ Research Institute, Japan
1120-1150
Recent Science Topics and Data Needs on Physical Oceanography by
Dr. Toshio Suga, Tohoku University
1150-1220
Science Results made possible by the GODAR Project - Ocean Heat Content,
Fresh Water Content, and Steric Sea Level by Mr. Sydney Levitus,
WDC for Oceanography Silver Spring
1220: Group Photo
1230: Lunch
Light meal will be provided by Japanese Organizer with free.
1400: International Activities
1400-1420
History and Results of the IOC GODAR Project by Mr. Sydney Levitus,
WDC for Oceanography Silver Spring
1420-1440
GODAR-Sea level by Dr.Lesley Rickards, Chair of IODE
1440-1500
GODAR-WESTPAC by JODC
1500-1520
Global Ocean Surface Underway Data (GOSUD) project by
Dr. Catherine Maillard, IFREMER
1520: Coffee break
1550: International Activities (cont.)
1550-1610
SEAFDEC Initiative for the Oceanographic Data Collection in Southeast AsianRegion by Dr. Somboon Siriraksophon, SEAFDEC
1610-1630
The PICES TCODE Activity by Dr. Igor Shevchenko, PICES/TCODE Chair
1630: Discussion
1720: Closing of 1st day
1830: Welcome Reception hosted by Dr. Kunio Yashima, Director General, HOD, JCG
2030: End of 1st Day.
2nd Day: November 11, 2004
0930: National Reports
0930-0955
Australia: Australian Initiative for Oceanographic Data Management
Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility by Dr. Greg Reed, AODCJF
0955-1020
China: The Activities of GODAR project in China by29

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1045: Coffee break

Prof. Fengyi Guo, NMDISFrance: Sea-Datanet by Dr. Catherine Maillard, IFREMER

1115: National Reports
1115-1140
Indonesia: The Oceanographic Research and Data Management Activities
in Indonesia by Drs. Tri Wiyanto, HOS
1140-1205
Japan: JODC’s Activities Related to GODAR-WESTPAC by
Mr.Satoshi Sato, JODC
1205-1230
Korea: Korean Oceanographic Data and Practical Applications for Marine
Science and Industry by Dr. Hak-Gyoon Kim, KODC
1230: Lunch
1330: National Report1330-1355
Malaysia: by Mr. Shamsuddin bin Yusoff, RMNavy
1355-1420
Russia: by Dr. Nikolay A. Rykov, FERHRI
1420-1445
United State: by Mr. Sydney Levitus, WDC for Oceanography Silver Spring
1445-1510
Vietnam: by Dr. Dung Tran Tuan, VNODC
1510: Coffee break
1540: Reports by Japanese Organizations
1540-1605
Fisheries Research Agency: by Dr. Tomowo Watanabe, FRA
1605-1630
Japan Meteorological Agency: Rescuing Marine Meteorological Data by
Ms. Mizuho Hoshimoto, JMA
1630-1655
Integrated Oceanography DATA Management at JAMSTEC by
Dr. Kazuhiko Sono, JAMSTEC
1655: Discussion
1720: Closing 2nd day
3rd Day: November 12, 2004
0930: Discussion
1040: Coffee break
1100: Discussion
1230: Lunch
1400: Wrap Up
1500: Closure

ANNEX III
Terms of Reference for RNODC-WESTPAC(24 February 1979)
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;
Provide a mechanism for registration of WESTPAC cruises with RNODC-WESTPAC;
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;

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Publish a guide for WESTPAC data management for distribution to Member States throughnational contact points.

ANNEX IV
Terms of Reference for RNODC-IGOSS(September 1979)
Acquire BATHY, TESAC datasets and sub-surface temperature data from drifting andmoored buoys from the IGOSS Specialized Oceanographic Center (SOC) for areas of
responsibility;
Apply supplementary quality controls to acquired data and provide services to users after 30days from receipt of that data;
Archive, and make available to users, selected data products from SOCs and analysis
centres;Acquire non-operational BATHY, TESAC and sub-surface temperature data from driftingand moored buoys and/or datasets for areas of responsibility;
Apply quality controls to non-operational data, prepare integrated datasets and provide
services to users;
Provide for exchange of IGOSS data in GF-3 format with other RNODCs or to other users
as requested;
Maintain a database and inventories for areas of responsibility;
Prepare products based on operational and non-operational IGOSS data, as appropriate;Transmit to the WDCs datasets in GF-3 format, inventories and selected data products;
Prepare summary and BATHY, TESAC and sub-surface temperature from drifting andmoored buoys database plots and transmit to the IOC Secretariat every 15 August and 15
February for data received during the previous 6 months;
Participate in efforts to monitor data flow;
Participate as feasible in IOC training programmes;
Provide for exchange of documentation and software regarding quality control andprocessing procedures, with other RNODCs as possible.

ANNEX V
Terms of Reference for RNODC-MARPOLMON(May 1987)
A. Referral
The RNODC-MARPOLMON will:
Provide a referral capacity to worldwide holdings of marine pollution data.

B. Access
The RNODC-MARPOLMON will be expected to demonstrate:
A capability and willingness to perform automated data processing functions for marine
pollution data;
A willingness to accept marine pollution data which may not be received in automated form,
and to convert the data to such a form;
A capability for performing quality control (format and/or environmental) checks;

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C. Products
The RNODC-MARPOLMON will:
Provide copies of processed data to World Data Centres A and B (Oceanography);
Provide machine listings and simple statistics of marine pollution data;
Produce graphics of marine pollution data, for use of concerned Member States.

D. Training
The RNODC-MARPOLMON will conduct formal or informal training sessions for data centre
personnel involved in the programme and who actively submit marine pollution data. Expenses oftrainees will not however, be borne by the RNODC concerned. Selection of trainees will be jointly
arranged by IOC and the RNODC.

ANNEX VI
Terms of Reference for RNODC-ADCP(27 June 1991)
Compile, evaluate and keep updated information on existing datasets held by Member States
already active in ADCP measurements;
Produce, and keep updated a catalogue of ADCP users which will include information about
ADCP instruments, related instrumentation (GSP, Loran, measurement of ship motion, etc.),
procedures for averaging and sampling (temporal and spatial, vertical and horizontal), quality
control methods, formats and products;
In consultation with other NODCs, ICES and SCOR, establish and maintain standards andprocedures for the reduction, quality control, archiving, and exchange of ADCP data;
Assemble an archive of ADCP data received from other member states so as to assess theeffectiveness of the proposed standards and procedures;
Prepare guidelines concerning different performance characteristics and data documentation
relevant to each instrument type in order to formulate adequate data documentation and quality
control procedures;
Report on the progress of RNODC ADCP to the Group of Experts on RNODCs and Global
programs and to the IOC Committee on IODE.

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