Preface
First of all, I would like to thank users and contributors for their usual support to JODC's
activities.
The main purpose of this report is to report the present status of data distribution and utilization.
I hope that oceanographic researches will become more fruitful by using the observation data
gathering from various resources. Oceanographic data is valuable not only the primary user
responsible for its original collection, but also to a wide range of secondary users.
I would like to compare the mechanism concerning the promotion of data exchange to a spinning
top. Our mission is to spin the top faster and to enlarge it. There are various possible approaches to
do so. In data exchange, for example, what users or contributors require differs according to thediversity in requested data items, or the various collecting conditions of data, or the uneven skills ofusers. JODC will respond to the diverse needs as much as possible.
Our main task is oceanographic data management and exchange within the International
Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) system. In addition, we have many tasks,
for examples, educational training concerning the data management, promotion of IODE activities byplanning and participating in projects or meetings, and development of data management techniques,etc. Our major events in the year 2002 are the commissioning of GODAR-WESTPAC project andthe remarkable improvement of J-DOSS data distribution system via Internet. Please note that there
are some activities not mentioned in this document, as they are still underway and ongoing.
It is true that there are a lot of oceanographic data that are left without attention. I think that thefundamental of JODC's activities is to prevent the loss of such data and to manage them readily
available for the user’s convenience.
We would deeply appreciate your assistance and guidance towards the tasks in making thespinning of the top stable and faster, and making the top itself larger.
March 2003
Nobuyuki Shibayama
Director
Japan Oceanographic Data Centeri

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1. Topics in JODC ･････････････････････････････････････････････････････････
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1.1 Change the Name of Japan Hydrographic Department ･･･････････････････････
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1.2 Introduction of Received Data ･･････････････････････････････････････････
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1) World Ocean Database 2001 ････････････････････････････････････････
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1) Hardware enhancement ････････････････････････････････････････････
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3) Providing data ･･･････････････････････････････････････････････････
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4) Search and download method2
Fig.1 Processing to download J-DOSS data ･･･････････････････････
35) Update of the data ････････････････････････････････････････････････
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1.5 IODE Regional Coordinator for WESTPAC ･･･････････････････････････････
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2.1 IOC/WESTPAC ･････････････････････････････････････････････････････
2.2 North-East Asian Regional GOOS (NEAR-GOOS) ･････････････････････････
2.3 World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) ･････････････････････････････
2.4 Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS) ･･････････････････････････････････
2.5 North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) ････････････････････････
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3.1 RNODC for WESTPAC ･･･････････････････････････････････････････････
1) Status of CSR and Data Management ･････････････････････････････････
Table 1 Inventory of CSR Received JODC in 2002 ･････････････････････
Table 2 Number of Archived Data in the WESTPAC Region ･･････････････
2) Data Training Course ･･････････････････････････････････････････････
3.2 RNODC for IGOSS ･･････････････････････････････････････････････････
Table 3 Data Holding Status of IGOSS BATHY/TESAC ･････････････････
Fig.2-1 Station Plots for BATHY ･･･････････････････････････････････
Fig.2-2 Station Plots for TESAC････････････････････････････････････
3.3 RNODC for MARPOLMON ･･･････････････････････････････････････････
Table 4 Number of Archived Data for MARPOLMON ･･････････････････
Table 5 Number of Data Related Marine Pollution･･････････････････････
Fig. 3 Station Plots for Oil Slick ･･･････････････････････････････････
Fig. 4 Plots for Cd, Pb and PCB data ･･･････････････････････････････
3.4 RNODC for ADCP･･･････････････････････････････････････････････････
Table 6 Number of Archived Data for ADCP ･･････････････････････････
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List of Participants in the International Workshop for GODAR-WESTPAC･･
Agenda of the International Workshop for GODAR-WESTPAC ･･････････
Work Plan for the GODAR in the WESTPAC Region･･･････････････････
Terms of Reference for IODE Regional Coordinator････････････････････
IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy ･･･････････････････････････
Terms of Reference for RNODC-WESTPAC ･････････････････････････
Participants List of the 6th IOC/WESTPAC Training Course･･････････････
Course Program and Lecturers of the 6th IOC/WESTPAC Training Course ･･
Terms of Reference for RNODC-IGOSS ･････････････････････････････
Terms of Reference for RNODC-MARPOLMON･･････････････････････
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1.1 Changing the Name of Japan Hydrographic Department
Japan Oceanographic Data Center was one division of Hydrographic Department, Japan Coast
Guard. The Hydrographic Department, which was established under Navy in 1871, was reorganized
and changed its name to Hydrographic & Oceanographic Department (HOD) on April 1 2002 in order
to meet recent needs and surroundings.
Contact information for JODC is introduced as followings for your reference, though it was notchanged;Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
Tel: +81-3-3541-7588 or 3541-4295, Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail: mail@jodc.go.jp
http://www.jodc.go.jp/

1.2 Introduction of Received Data;
Some interesting data sets received by JODC in 2002 are introduced hereinafter.

1) World Ocean Database 2001
National Oceanic Data Center (US-NODC) in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) published World Ocean Database 2001 (WOD01) in June 2002. WOD01 is a set of 8
CD-ROMs that is stored various oceanographic survey data from each sea area of the world, whichcollected through international oceanographic data and information exchange system (IODE)
promoted by Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.
WOD01 is an update of World Ocean Database 1998 (WOD98), WOD01 expand on WOD98 by
including new variables, data types, and additional historical as well as modern observations.
For instance, whereas the number of OSD files that contain serial station data, etc. was app. 1.4
million in WOD98, it is app. 2.1 million in WOD01, an increase by 50%. WOD01 contains somesample software to support the user’s convenience, and one of them, Ocean Data View (ODV) is a
software package for the interactive exploration, visualization of oceanographic, analysis and othergeo-referenced profile or sequence data.
Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Germany developed the software that enables observation
station chart or vertical distribution diagram, inter-component plot diagram and isogram chart togenerate in simple operation. Furthermore, you can be obtained WOD01 data and associated printed
material through US-NODC web site, and the data can be downloaded in each file per observation
instrument/area code (10 degrees mesh).
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/WOD01/pr_wod01.html
It is also possible to get the data set of CD-ROM on line from National Virtual Data Center(NVDC) in NOAA.
http://www.nvds.noaa.gov/

2) WOCE Global Dataset Ver.3.0
Commemorating the conclusion of World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), theinternational conference, “WOCE and Beyond” was held from November 18 to 22, 2002 in San
Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. And the data set of two DVD-ROMs, “WOCE Global Data Version 3.0”
contained the outcome of WOCE project, was handed out to the conference participants.
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through each WOCE program like Drifting Buoy, Sea Level, etc. are stored, as well as the digitalpublication of reports, newsletters that have been published in WOCE project.
This data set can be obtained from NODC in U.S.A., and also can be browsed at NODC web site,
http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/woce_v3/index.html.

1.3 Renewal of JODC Data On-line Service System (J-DOSS)
It has been seven years since the beginning of J-DOSS operation, which aims at providing users
with the data and information managed by JODC through the Internet. This time, JODC has made amajor improvement of the system, and the outline of the principal changes is as follows.

1) Hardware enhancement
In order to handle larger oceanographic data that come out from advanced observation
instruments, and to cope with the rapid spreading of Internet across the community, JODC has
upgraded the system with increased memory capacity and high-performance CPU. It has improved forthe speed of the search and the contents of the database. At the same time, servers are provided foreach function of the Internet to distribute the risk for better security.

2) Removal of restriction on J-DOSS users
The downloading data in the J-DOSS was restricted only to the authorities having dataexchanges with JODC. However, taking the opportunity of this renewal, the restriction was removed
from July 1, 2002.

3) Providing data
Presently, the following data and information are available.
Serial Station Data (Water samplers, STD, CTD, BT)
Ocean Current Data (Ship Drift, GEK, Shipboard ADCP)
Tidal (hourly tidal height) data
Marine organisms data (Organisms observation data, Taxonomic code)
Depth-sounding data in 500m mesh
Statistical Analyzed Result (Water temperature, salinity, ocean current)
Oceanographic Research List of Japan (National Oceanographic Programs (NOP))
Cruise summary report (CSR)
IOC publications and Oceanographic Abbreviation/Acronym dictionary

4) Search and download method
The processing flow for obtaining data or information from J-DOSS site is shown in below.
(1) After accessing to J-DOSS site (http://www.jodc.go.jp/service.htm), click on the necessary data or
information.
(2) Enter the search criteria on data search page appeared in the display. The maximum volume isabout 5MB of data at a time.
(3) To download the search results, it is necessary to enter the user information like the purpose of theuse of the data, and the organization name, etc.
(4) After the user information is entered, an FTP file with a file name will be created. Click on the filename and the file will be downloaded to the user’s computer.

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the program uses JavaScript in taking the user’s entry, the security level of the user’s browser have to
be set to allow it.

5) Update of the data
The followings are the data updated at present.
(1) Serial Station Data (Water samplers, STD, CTD, BT, etc.)
Duration of data: from year 1874 to 2002
(2) Ocean Current Data (Ship Drift, GEK, Shipboard ADCP, etc.)
Duration of data: from year 1854 to 2001
(3) Tidal (hourly tidal height) data
Duration of data: from year 1961 to 2002
Number of stations: 111 stations(4) Marine organisms data
- Taxonomic code: uploaded ‘JODC Taxonomic Code of Marine Organisms (plankton)’published by JODC in March 2002 (See page 11, RNODC Activity Report No.13).
- Organisms observation data
Duration of data: from year 1949 to 1990
(5) Depth-sounding data in 500m meshThis is the depth-sounding data in every 500m interval in the sea area surrounding Japan and theresult of integrating enormous amount of survey data collected from Japan Coast Guard and othermarine research organizations. Due to the data transfer limitation, the downloading area at a time isrestricted to 2 degrees range in both longitude and latitude.
Lastly, JODC is committed to maintain the J-DOSS data up-to-date, and to add new data items infuture. Received data from each country is plotted in Fig.1. JODC hopes that you will kindly support
our management.

Fig. 1 Time Series of Data for Each Country31.4 GODAR-WESTPAC
The IOC has established the Global Ocean Data Archaeology & Rescue (GODAR) project in1993 in order to save oceanographic data from the risk of losing by degradation of recording media ordisaster, etc., and also to increase the volume of historical data available to climate change and otherresearches. The large volume of data are collected through the project under the cooperation of IOC
member states, and has been made available internationally, without restriction, via CD-ROM andonline as the World Ocean Database by US-NODC/WDC-A. However, there is a large amount of data
still in manuscript form in the WESTPAC region.
The 16th Session of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information
Exchange (IODE-XVI), held in Lisbon, Portugal in November 2000, adopted to promote the GODAR
project in the WESTPAC region (GODAR-WESTPAC).
In order to start the project and to succeed, it is important to establish cooperation between themember states and related organizations and to get a common sense. Therefore, JODC held theInternational Workshop for GODAR-WESTPAC at Japan Hydrographic Department in Tokyo, Japan
from March 5-7, 2002 with support from the Ministry of Land Infrastructure & Transport in Japan.
More than 40 persons from 12 countries participated in this workshop. The participants’ list is
shown in Annex I, and also the agenda of the workshop is in Annex II.
The workshop was opened by Dr. Tadahiko Katsura, Director, Japan Oceanographic Data Center,then Dr. Yasuhiro Ganeko, Chief hydrographer of Japan and Dr. Keisuke Taira, chair parson of
IOC/WESTPAC made a welcome address, opened the workshop. Mr. Sydney Levitus introduced theover all of GODAR project, then Dr. Toshiro Saino, Nagoya University, he is a member of Joint
Global Oceanographic Flux Study (JGOFS) Science Steering Committee, gave a keynote speech on
the Scientific Needs from the Carbon Cycle Study in the Ocean, and also Dr Toshio Suga, Tohoku
University gave a keynote speech from physical oceanography field.
After the representative from the countries and organization reported their oceanographic data
management activities, the work plan was discussed based on the draft presented by the delegation of
Malaysia at the IODE16 in 2000.

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The followings were confirmed at the workshop.
In the GODAR project, many results have been already obtained since WOD98. GODAR
type activity is carried out in many countries in the region.
On the other hand, many data for GODAR are newly found in the region.
The importance of historical oceanographic data increase in scientific needs, and the kind ofdata become a target on the marine science.

From these things, it was recognized that the promotion of the GODAR project in the region isvery important. In order to promote the project, it was confirmed that it is based on volunteer spirits inthe same way as in the IODE system. And also it is expected to improve the IODE activity in theregion through the project. The necessity of caring about the following thing in implementation of the
project was proposed.
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From the importance of historical data, we should positively approach to be opened to the
public at an early stage about the data currently kept secret from the problem on EEZ or
defense.
•It avoids duplication effort for digitization of data.
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Since there are gaps on the technology and knowledge on data management and processing
among data centers or the organizations in the region, technical transfer should be taken into
consideration in the project.
4•The whereabouts information on the data and the information on marine research resourcesin the region are very important for the work concerning a seeking and rescue of data.
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However, if a researcher is asked for much work or load , it is clear from our experience that
we difficult to take cooperation from researcher, so we have to consider about this problem.
Based on the above arguments, the work plan was revised as shown in Annex III.
JODC has established the web site for GODAR-WESTPAC(http:/www.jodc.go.jp/project/GODAR/), and distributed the brochure of GODAR-WESTPC in
the region in accordance with the work plan.
Data sets, which will be expected to contribute to GODAR-WESTPAC in Japan, are introduced
at the followings,(1) Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University
Summary : Oceanographic Data, Temperature, Salinity Nutrients, Chlorophyll a and Zooplankton
etc. observed by T/S Oshoro-Maru and Hokusei-Maru from 1965 to 2001
Status: This data set will be in available from JODC in FY 2003
(2) Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute
Summary : 17,000 points of Zoo Plankton Wet Weight data in the North Western Pacific Ocean
from 1949 to 1990
Status: Finalized. The data is available from JODC Online Data Service also with CD-ROM.
(3) Faculty of Bio-resources, Mie University
Summary : CTD, XBT and ADCP data obtained by T/S Seisui-Maru
Status: under processing(4) Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Summary : 1. Bottle data of preliminary report from 1967 to 2000 observed by R/V Hakuho-Maru
2. STD/CTD printed out record observed by R/V Hakuho-Maru from 1973 to 1988
3. CTD digital data observed by R/V Hakuho-Maru from 1988 to 1999
4. 509 points of Current Meter Data
Status: under processing(5) National Institute for Environmental Studies
Summary : Environmental Monitoring Data at the coastal area of Japan from 1971 to 1998
Status: This data set will be in available from JODC in FY 2003.
(6) Chiba Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science
Summary : Plankton data in the Tokyo Bay from 1983 to 1994
Status: This data set will be in available from JODC in FY 2003.
(7) National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chugoku
Summary : Tidal Current observation data in the Seto Inland Sea from 1972 to 1979
Status: under processing(8) Hiroshima University
Summary: Oceanographic data, Temperature, Salinity, Nutrients etc. observed in the Seto inland
Sea from 1983 to 1991.
Status : under planning(9) Japan Coast Guard
Summary: 1. Oceanographic data, Temperature, Salinity, Nutrients and Current data etc from
1931 to 1947.
2. Tidal Station data at the coastal area of Japan before 1965
Status : Both data sets will be in available from JODC in FY 2003.

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1.5 IODE Regional Coordinator for WESTPAC
The system of IODE Regional Coordinator was established mainly for the objectives ofpromoting the IODE activities and policies in eight regions in the world. The Director of JODC
accepted the request from IOC for assumption of the IODE Regional Coordinator for WESTPAC in1997. The terms of reference for IODE Regional Coordinator have revised at the IODE16 in 2000.
The terms of reference for IODE Regional Coordinator are introduced in Annex IV.
The main activity of Regional Coordinator in the year of 2002 was the promotion of
GODAR-WESTPAC, and in order to get the support from Australia who unfortunately was not able toparticipate in the workshop introduced in the paragraph 1.4, JODC staff, Mr. Baba and Mr. Tedokon
visited AODC on March 25 and 26, 2002, and requested the support to GODAR-WESTPAC and as
well as inspected the situation of data management in AODC. The followings are the outline.
AODC was founded in 1964, and presently it is one of the departments of Div. in Oceanography& Meteorology, under Australian Defense Force’s Hydrographic Service.The number of staff inAustralian Hydrographic Service is about 100, and it is said that DOM staff are a little less than 20.
AODC belongs to DOM, and consists of 7 civilians.
The headquarters of Australian Hydrographic Service is situated at Wollongong, about 100km
south of Sydney, and DOM and AODC are located in a dock yard at Potts Point. Potts Point is about
2km away from downtown Sydney, and the dockyard is at the place where Opera House, Harbor
Bridge and the entrance of the port are visible. However, as it is the dockyard of the navy, the security
is strict, and the permit is necessary to go inside.
As AODC belongs to the navy, they put priority to navy works rather than the activities for IODE,
etc. It is said that the data AODC handles mainly process XBT data. Others are speed of sound, andbottom quality data, and the data relating to naval activity is the main.
XBT data of about 2000 per year are received digitally from 14 navy vessels, and it is said thatthese data are transmitted in IGOSS/BATHY message. There are 6 survey vessels in the navy, but
AODC doesn’t handle depth sounding data, CTD data nor ADCP data, and tidal and water depth data
are surveyed by Hydrographic Department, and marine biology data, etc. are treated by CSRIO.
The information says that the organizations that are actually performing oceanographic survey inAustralia are CSRIO, Meteorology Department and the navy, and the surveys by Universities with
their own survey ship are seldom. As for the cooperation for oceanographic data management around
Australia, there used to be cooperation with New Zealand in personal and information exchange at thenavy base, but it looks like there is almost none nowadays.
AODC have produced a manual to support XBT observation by navy vessels. It gives casestudies for XBT observation what sort of survey records are errors, and about the causes of theseerrors whereas the error is caused by wire’s stretch or snapping, or is caused by hitting the bottom, etc.
They have informed each vessel about the results of the data quality control, which data is good or not,along with the clarification.
The QC software for XBT developed by AODC is available at AODC web site along with its
manual. (http://www.aodc.gov.au/)
The data management system in AODC is adapting the Oracle as its database system, and isproceeding to introduce XML, too. It is said that XML function in Oracle is possible to automaticallyconvert to Marine XML, and in QC software, the output can be stored in XML as well.
For other products, they are proceeding to the development of data providing system of
information such as bottom sediment and water temperature, etc. base on GIS software, Arc/Info.
Presently, the data center in each nation is performing the quality control using its own QC
6software, it is one problem in the data exchange. In securing the data compatibility, Marine QC is
considered to be the useful measure. Both members have had the common recognition of the need todevelop the future world standard QC application with the cooperation of data center in each nation.

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2. International Projects / Meetings Attended by JODC
2.1 IOC/WESTPACThe Fifth Session of IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific was held from September 9 to 13,

2002, in Fremantle, Australia. Delegates from international authorities relating to the 9 member
nations of Japan, Australia, People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Indonesia, the Republic ofKorea, the Federation of Malaysia, the Republic of Philippines, the Kingdom of Thailand and theSocialist Republic of Vietnam participated in the meeting. Moreover, there was participation ofobservers from Cook Islands, Papua New Guinea and Kiribati.
In the meeting, reform of programs and projects of WESTPAC was mainly discussed. Regarding
the data exchange and Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS), the following issues were discussed.
(1) International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange
Mr. Sato of JODC reported the activities of Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center for
WESTPAC (RNODC-WESTPAC) after the last session. He also reported the International
Conference on the International Oceanographic Data & Information Exchange in the Western Pacific(ICIWP'99) held in Malaysia in 1999 based on the resolution of the 4th session of IOC
Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific, and the GODAR-WESTPAC (Global Oceanographic Data
Archeology & Rescue project in the Western Pacific region) international workshop held in Tokyo in
March 2002.
And, Mr. Kuijper, the Technical Secretary of IOC/WESTPAC, introduced ODINAFRICA（Ocean Data and Information Network for AFRICA project at the scientific seminar. He noted its
excellent achievements, for example, many NODCs established in various African nations, training
programs, and etc. There was a remark that WESTPAC should also pursue the similar project, but noconcrete discussion took place, as it was difficult to raise the budget to realize the project.
(2) North-East Asia Regional GOOS (NEAR-GOOS)
Dr. Dong-Young Lee, the chairperson of NEAR-GOOS Coordinating Committee reported the
NEAR-GOOS activities after the last session of WESTPAC, and explained that the mid-term strategy
plan of NEAR-GOOS in coming 5 years was being drafted. The activities of NEAR-GOOS werefocused on the establishment of the regional data management and exchange system, especially, theRegional Real Time DataBase (RRTDB) operated by Japan Meteorological Agency and the Regional
Delayed Mode DataBase (RDMDB) operated by JODC. But, in future, NEAR-GOOS will expand
its activities into the monitoring and the ocean conditions forecasting by data assimilation, which willbe the core part of the strategy plan. The present Terms of Reference of the Coordinating Committee
are limited to the data management and exchange. In order to respond to the expanded activities
according to the strategy plan, it is necessary to the Terms of Reference of the Coordinating
Committee. The IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific recommended to give a mandate to
the Coordinating Committee to amend its Terms of Reference at its annual meetings as the need arises.
The Technical Secretary reported that the seventh session of NEAR-GOOS Coordination
Committee was scheduled to take part in Vladivostok, Russian Federation, during 2nd - 4th November
2002, where the strategy plan and the terms of reference would be discussed. Moreover, He reported
that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was declaring the participation as an observer, aside
from 4 member countries, Japan, China, the Republic of Korea, and the Russian Federation.

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(3) South-East Asia GOOS (SEA GOOS)First Admiral Mohd Rasip bin Hassan from Malaysia reported the activities SEAGOOS, forexample, SEAGOOS First Implementation Planning Workshop at the Fifth IOC/WESTPAC ScientificSymposium 2001.
A small ad hoc sessional working group was set up to discuss the promotion of SEAGOOS.
Based on its discussion, the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific recommended toestablished the SEAGOOS Coordination Committee, and the its terms of reference was decided.
At the last of the session, the new chairperson was elected. Dr. Hyung-tack Huh succeeded Dr.
Keisuke Taira as the chairperson. And, it was decided that the next session was to be held in
Vietnam in 2005.

2.2 North-East Asian Regional GOOS (NEAR-GOOS)
NEAR-GOOS is a regional project of GOOS in the North-East Asian Region, implemented by
Japan, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation as a
WESTPAC activity. The goals of the NEAR-GOOS are as follows:i. to improve ocean services in the region;ii. to provide data and information useful in the mitigation of the effects of natural
disasters caused by waves, storm surges, and sea ice;iii. to increase the efficiency of fishing vessels;
iv. to provide information useful in pollution monitoring;v. to monitor parameters useful to mariculture, particularly regarding harmful algal blooms;
vi. to provide information on the health of the coastal zone for recreation purposes; andvii. to provide datasets required for data assimilation, modeling, and forecasting.
JODC has operated the NEAR-GOOS Regional Delayed Mode Data Base (RDMDB) since
October 1996, based on the recommendation of the first meeting of the NEAR-GOOS Coordinating
Committee in 1996. The total volume of data that received from RRTDB and various research
institutes collected up until the end of 2002 was about 7,000MB. The kind of data files handled by
RDMDB totaled 24 items as of December 2002. The total number of registered organizations was
246(Japan: 156, Other countries: 90). The total number of data files downloaded reached 7,089 files atthe end of 2002. NEAR-GOOS RDMDB (http://near-goos1.jodc.go.jp)
The Seventh Session of NEAR-GOOS Coordinating Committee
The 7th NEAR-GOOS Coordinating Committee was held at Pacific Oceanological Institute in
Vladivostok, Russian Federation from October 2 to 4, 2002. The Coordinating Committee consistsof 2 delegates from each member countries of Japan, China, the Republic of Korea and RussianFederation, but the delegates from People’s Republic of China were absent for the meeting this time.
There was participation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as a observer.
Mr. Sato of JODC reported the present status of operation of the Regional Delayed Mode
DataBase. He proposed to abolished the need for registration for downloading data files. The
Coordinating Committee approved his proposal. He also reported the implementation condition of
the IOC/WESTPAC training course on NEAR-GOOS data management.
In this time, the main topic was the mid-term strategy plan, which was outstanding from the 5th
Coordinating Committee held in 2000. At the previous session of the coordinating committee in
2001, in order to consider the mid-term strategy plan, 2 Ad Hoc Working Groups were formed, Ad
Hoc Working Group on "Observations and Data Management”and Ad Hoc Working Group on “DataAssimilation, Modeling and Forecasting". Each Working Group had an obligation to submit the9report on each issue, but Ad Hoc Working Group on "Observations and Data Management" did not
fulfill its function and did not submit the report. So, the coordinationg committee could not go into
the concrete discussion about the plan, based on both reports.
Dr. Dong-Young Lee gave a presentation on the tentative outline covering in detail the criticalissues to be considered. Four critical elements of the strategy were introduced, those being: (i)introduction of new parameters; (ii) increase in spatial and temporal coverage; (iii) data products; and(iv) data QA/QC. In according to his presentation, the goal of NEAR-GOOS for coming 5 years wasdetermined as follows. "Development of a basic integrated ocean observing and operational
forecasting system in the NEAR-GOOS area, that adheres to the GOOS principles of design andprinciples of involvement, that builds on the existing data management and exchange mechanism
developed in the first phase through the inclusion of additional parameters, increased coverage inspace and time, the generation of a generic suite of data products and adequate QA/QC procedures."
Incorporating with the mid-term strategy plan, the Terms of Reference and the composition of theCoordinating Committee were amended. The coordinate committee was prescribed to consist of two
members from each member country who should be able to monitor data flow to and from
NEAR-GOOS Real Time Data Base and Delayed Mode Data Base. As for the new composition of
coordinating committee, while maintaining 2 members from each nation as before, one person
preferably comes from the operational meteorological/oceanographic community of each country.
The Terms of reference was amended to coordinate the development of applications in operational
oceanography, to encourage the increase the volume of quality controlled data available, and to
publicise and disseminate NEAR-GOOS plans and information.
At the end of the meeting, the chairman was reelected. Dr. Akulichev of Pacific Oceanographic
Institute, Russian Federation, was elected as the chairman, while Dr. Lobanov was elected for acting
chairperson to assist him.

2.3 World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
Commemorating the conclusion of World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE), which was
the international research project started from 1990 with the participation of more than 30 countries,
aiming at completing a basic description of the general circulation of the ocean and understanding theactual condition of oceanic heat transport, an international conference, “WOCE and Beyond” was held
at San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A. from November 18 to 22, 2002.
There were more than 400 participants and more than 260 poster presentations in this conference.
The summarized presentation of each theme by the invited speaker was lectured at the opening of themorning and afternoon session, and poster presentations were held in the afternoon each day for eachtheme.
Mr. Baba of JODC held the poster presentation about the outcome of Data Assembly Center of
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP-DAC) which JODC had jointly been carrying out with
University of Hawaii in WOCE project, in the title of "Achievement of WOCE Shipboard ADCP Data
Assembly Center". Its co-authors were Mr. Patrick CALDWELL of University of Hawaii and Dr.
Yutaka MICHIDA of Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo. Through the project, 275
cruises of high-density ADCP data were collected in ADCP-DAC, which are managed in JODC andUniversity of Hawaii, and are contained in WOCE data set with other research data. This WOCE
data set of 2 DVD-ROMs, which named "WOCE Global Data Version 3.0", was published by
US-NODC and was distributed among the conference participants.
A meeting of WOCE Data Product Committee was held during the conference, where the actions
after the completion of WOCE were discussed. Regarding the "An International Research
10Programme on Climate Variability and predictability (CLIVAR)", a letter had been sent from the
Director of International CLIVAR Project Office to each WOCE-DAC requesting to take the role of
DAC for CLIVER after WOCE project was completed, and the actions for this matter were discussed.
JODC expressed the acceptance of request from CLIVAR at the meeting, because JODC is incharge of the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler(RNODC for ADCP) under the framework of the International Oceanographic Data and Information
Exchange (IODE) promoted by UNESCO/IOC. Among the DACs, National Oceanographic Data
Center in each country expressed the continuation similarly with JODC, and British Oceanographic
Data Center (BODC) explained to undertake DAC for mooring current data, which was the DAC
already closed. DACs in WOCE wished to be passed on to CLIVAR, and it was proposed that theworkshop to examine the relationship with CLIVAR to be held after the Scientific Steering Group(SSG) meeting of CLIVAR scheduled in the next year.

2.4 Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (JGOFS)
The meeting of JGOFS/NPSG (North Pacific Synthesis Group of Joint Global Ocean Flux Study)
was held in October 2, 2002, in association with the joint international symposium with SCOR
(Scientific Committee of International Oceanographic Research) and with Autumn General Assemblyof the Oceanographic Society of Japan. About 20 domestic JGOFS related researchers and NPSG
committee members attended the meeting. After Prof. Saino of Nagoya University reported JGOFSSSC (Scientific Steering Committee) held in Chili recently, the discussions were made about the
special issue of Journal of Oceanography and the publication of the dataset.
Regarding the schedule for the dataset, when JODC proposed the draft of dataset composition
and the publication by end of March 2004, there arose issues of data composing and time schedule ineach country. And opinions were proposed as such that Japan to present the draft version of thecomposed data in Open Conference of JGOFS to be held at Washington, DC, USA in May, 2003, andafter seeing the result, other countries data would be composed.

2.5 North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)The 11th annual meeting of North Pacific Ocean Scientific Organization (PICES) held in Qingtao,
China in October 18 to 26, 2002. There were participants of around 350 for this meeting, andreelection of the chairman and the vice-chairman was held. Dr. Vera Alexander of University of Alaska,
USA was elected for Chairman, and Mr. Kobayashi, Councilor of Japan Fisheries Agency for
Multiplication Promotion Department was elected for Vice Chairman. Moreover, this year’s Wooster
award, an award for an oceanographic researcher who contributed to the oceanographic developmentin the region of PICES, was given to Dr. Nagata of Marine Information Research Center (MIRC),
Japan Hydrographic Association.
Mr. Baba of JODC participated in the meeting of Technical Committee of Data Exchange(TCODE) on behalf of Mr. Sato who is a committee member. Dr. Igor Shevchenko chaired themeeting. First of all, the Chairperson introduced revised TCODE Webpage (http://tcode.tinro.ru/).
It was discussed that how to cooperate together and realize to provide the latest information and toshare them through the Webpages, and SharePoint was introduced the useful tool.
Dr. Robin Brown reported the result of PICES GLOBEC Data Management Workshop held at
this PICES annual meeting prior to TCODE Committee. According to the report from data manager
of GLOBEC International Project Office, as they were proceeding the revision work of activity reports
from each country, sometimes delegate of each nation was not so responsive, and there are countries
where the person in charge for GLOBEC related project was not clear. Therefore, it was concluded
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that TCODE would cooperate in revising the activity report and collecting metadata.
Dr. Robin Brown reported result of Work Group on Biogeochemical Data Integration and
Synthesis (WG17). And, then, Dr. Suzuki of MIRC, who was the member of WG17, introduced the
database on inventory of CO2 related substance study and survey cruises in PICES area
(http://picnic.pices.jp/), and the Web page (http://wg17.pices.jp/) of the Work Group. So far,information on around 400 cruises was stored in the database, and it was planned to make the actual
data retrievable in future. But, because the information currently registered was only from Japan,
Canada and USA, it was concluded that TCODE would also cooperate in collecting information fromother PICES member countries. Moreover, WG17 was planning to set up a policy on observation anddata report of CO2 related substance, and it was indicated that these would contribute to the
management and exchange of CO2 related data in PICES.
In the report on data management activity in each PICES member country, China notified that thedelegate from National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS) had replaced by Dr. Lin, andintroduced the activities of NMDIS. The Republic of Korea introduced the convenience ofavailability of oceanographic data via Internet, which were stored in main Oceanographic research
institute.
Russian Federation announced that, with the support from PICES, the Pacific Oceanological
Institute (POI) had finished compiling "Oceanographic Atlas of the Bering Sea, Okhotsk Sea andJapan Sea" into CD-ROM. This CD-ROM contains the figures and tables based on the statisticalprocess result and analyses by ocean survey in Okhotsk Sea. The ESIMO, the ocean information
system via Internet (http://www.oceaninfo.ru), was also introduced by using a brochure. It was
explained that information in Russian was only available in ESIMO so far, but the main maritime
organization in Russia were networked, enabling to obtain information on various oceanographic
matters via Internet.
Japan Fishery Agency reported that, as for the oceanographic data obtained by institutes, thephysical parameters were open to the public through JODC, but it was not yet decided about therelease of biological data. JODC presented the outline of Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology
and Rescue Project in the Western Pacific (GODAR-WESTPAC), which was carried out within theframework of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Committee (IOC), as the 5-year plan from 2002.
There were 15 applicants for electronic poster session, but because the venue had been changedon the day due to the coordination with other poster sessions, it became impossible to make thepresentation via Internet; therefore, JODC had changed the scheduled presentation of "introduction of
on-line information providing service" to "introduction of GODAR-WESTPAC".
The next PICES annual meeting is scheduled to take part in Seoul from October 10 to 18, 2003,
with the theme of “Human dimensions of ecosystem variability”, and TCODE electronic presentation
session will take up GIS as its theme.

2.6 Intergovernmental Working Group on IOC Oceanographic Data Exchange
PolicyThe Second Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on IOC Oceanographic Data
Exchange Policy was held at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France between 17 and 18 June 2002.
Dr. Michida, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo attended this session from Japan. The
Meeting agreed on a draft policy for submission to the 22nd Session of the IOC Assembly. Basically,
the former IOC data exchange policy, Free and full open sharing was kept in the draft policy. Detailof the draft policy, which was decided at the session, is introduced in Annex V.

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3. RNODC's Activities under the Charge of the JODC
3.1 RNODC for WESTPAC
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 VI.
The CSRs received by JODC in 2002 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 2002
AGENCY
SHIP
JHOD
KAIYO
JHOD
TAKUYOJHOD
SHOYOHD,JCG
KAIYO
HD,JCGMEIYOPERIOD
2002/07/03-2002/07/08
2002/06/06-2002/06/11
2002/04/18-2002/05/09
2001/05/05-2001/06/04
2001/06/15-2001/07/16

DATA TYPE
H
D,H
G

HD,JCG
HD,JCG
HD,JCG
HD,JCG
HD,JCG
JMA
JMA

2001/08/17-2001/09/12
2001/12/05-2001/12/05
2001/07/27-2001/08/15
2001/10/12-2001/11/07
2001/11/12-2001/11/25
2001/04/24-2001/05/28
2001/10/10-2001/11/06

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

2001/06/19-2001/08/02
2001/07/23-2001/07/31
2001/09/12-2001/09/24

B,D,G,H,M,P

JMA
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
MMO,JMA
MMO,JMA
MMO,JMA
MMO,JMA
MMO,JMA
HD,JCG
HD,JCGJMA
MMO,JMAFF, NU
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
ORI,UT
RIAM,KU
NFRDI
NFRDI
NFRDI

AREA
North Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea
East China Sea
North Pacific Ocean, East China
Sea, Japan Sea, Sea of Okhotsk.
TAKUYONorth Pacific Ocean, Japan Sea.
KAIYO
North Pacific Ocean
MEIYO
Japan Sea
SHOYO
North Pacific Ocean
KAIYO
Philippine Sea
RYOFU MARU
North Pacific Ocean
RYOFU MARU
North Pacific Ocean, South
Pacific Ocean
RYOFU MARU
North Pacific Ocean
TANSEI MARU
North Pacific Ocean
TANSEI MARU
North Pacific Ocean, Sea of
Okhotsk, Japan Sea.
TANSEI MARU
North Pacific Ocean
TANSEI MARU
Japan Sea
SEIFU MARU
Japan Sea
SEIFU MARU
Japan Sea
SEIFU MARU
Japan Sea
SEIFU MARU
Japan Sea
SEIFU MARU
Japan sea
TAKUYONorth Pacific Ocean
SHOYO
North Pacific Ocean
RYOFU MARU
North Pacific Ocean
KOFU MARU
North Pacific Ocean
KAKUYO MARU East China Sea
TANSEI MARU
North Pacific Ocean
TANSEI MARU
East China Sea, Philippine Sea.
TANSEI MARU
North Pacific Ocean
KAKUYO MARU Japan Sea
TAMGU 3
East China Sea
TAMGU 5
Japan Sea
INCHON 888
Yellow Sea

2001/11/22-2001/12/01
2001/09/27-2001/10/08
2001/11/16-2001/12/06
2001/10/03-2001/11/01
2001/06/08-2001/07/31
2001/04/26-2001/05/18
2001/01/12-2001/02/26
2002/01/11-2002/01/27
2002/02/13-2002/03/07
2002/01/25-2002/02/27
2002/04/26-2002/05/18
2002/05/20-2002/05/28
2002/03/06-2002/03/15
2002/04/12-2002/05/02
2002/05/10-2002/05/16
2002/06/10-2002/06/28
2002/01/31-2002/02/02
2002/02/04-2002/02/22
2002/02/01-2002/02/05

D,G,H,P

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

B,H
B,D,H
B,D,H,M
B,D,H,M
B,D,H,M
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AGENCYSHIP
NFRDI
TAMGU 1NFRDI
TAMGU 3NFRDI
TAMGU 5
NFRDI
INCHON 888
NFRDI
TAMGU 3
NFRDI
PUSAN 890
NFRDI
PUSAN 890
NFRDI
PUSAN 890
NFRDI
PUSAN 890
NFRDI
KANGWON 866
NFRDI
TAMGU 6NFRDI
TAMGU 6NFRDI
TAMGU 6NFRDI
TAMGU 6NFRDI
TAMGU 6NFRDI
TAMGU 6NFRDI
TAMGU 6NFRDI
CHONNAM 872
NFRDI
CHONNAM 872
NFRDI
CHONNAM 872
NFRDI
CHONNAM 872
NFRDI
KYUNGNAM 871
NFRDI
KYUNGNAM 871
NFRDI
KYUNGNAM 871
NFRDI
KYUNGNAM 871
NFRDI
JEJU 869
NFRDI
JEJU 869
NFRDI
JEJU 869
NFRDI
JEJU 869
NFRDI
CHONNAM 858
NFRDI
CHONNAM 858
NFRDI
CHONNAM 858
NFRDI
CHONNAM 858
NFRDI
TAMGU 2NFRDI
TAMGU 2NFRDI
TAMGU 2NFRDI
TAMGU 2NFRDI
JEONBUK 868
NFRDI
JEONBUK 868
NFRDI
JEONBUK 868
NFRDI
JEONBUK 868
NFRDI
BUSAN 879
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
BUSAN 890
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
BUSAN 890
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
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AREA
East China Sea
East China Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
East China Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Japan Sea
Japan sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea.
Japan Sea
Japan Sea

PERIOD
2002/02/21-2002/02/27
2002/04/13-2002/04/25
2002/04/10-2002/04/23
2002/04/10-2002/04/19
2002/05/04-2002/05/13
2001/02/05-2001/02/10
2001/05/07-2001/05/11
2001/08/06-2001/08/11
2001/11/07-2001/11/12
2001/02/12-2001/02/17
2001/05/17-2001/05/21
2001/08/09-2001/08/12
2001/11/07-2001/11/12
2001/02/05-2001/02/07
2001/05/14-2001/05/17
2001/08/06-2001/08/09
2001/11/08-2001/11/11
2001/02/20-2001/02/22
2001/05/07-2001/05/12
2001/08/03-2001/08/06
2001/11/07-2001/11/10
2001/02/07-2001/02/12
2001/05/03-2001/05/04
2001/08/01-2001/08/02
2001/11/14-2001/11/15
2001/02/05-2001/02/06
2001/05/07-2001/05/09
2001/08/02-2001/08/04
2001/11/08-2001/11/10
2001/02/05-2001/02/10
2001/05/07-2001/05/11
2001/08/02-2001/08/06
2001/11/11-2001/11/16
2001/02/08-2001/02/14
2001/05/07-2001/05/13
2001/08/06-2001/08/12
2001/11/06-2001/11/12
2001/02/13-2001/02/17
2001/05/07-2001/05/09
2001/08/08-2001/08/10
2001/11/07-2001/11/09
2001/02/13-2001/02/16
2001/02/13-2001/02/16
2001/04/17-2001/04/21
2001/05/15-2001/05/19
2001/06/18-2001/06/22
2001/06/26-2001/06/28
2001/07/18-2001/07/22
2001/07/30-2001/08/02
2001/08/14-2001/08/16
2001/08/27-2001/08/30
2001/09/19-2001/09/24
2001/10/16-2001/10/20

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

AGENCYSHIP
NFRDI
BUSAN 870
NFRDI
TAMGU 1NFRDI
INCHON 888
NFRDI
TAMGU 3NFRDI
TAMGU 3
NFRDI
BUSAN 890
NFRDI
BUSAN 890
NFRDI
BUSAN 890
NFRDI
BUSAN 890
NFRDI
TAMGU 1NORI
DONGHAERONORI
WHANG HAERONORIBADARO 3NORI
BADARO 3NORI
BADARO 3NORI
NAMAERO
NORI
NORI
NORI
HAE YANG 2000
NORI
BADARO 2NORIBADARO 2NORIBADARO 2NORIBADARO 2NORI
HAE YANG 2000NORI
HAE YANG 2000
NMPA
INCHON 888
NMPA
TAMGU 5NMPA
PREVENTIONSHIP 19NMPA
PREVENTIONSHIP 16NMPA
INCHON 888VNMPA
TAMGU 5NMPA
PREVENTIONSHIP 19NMPA
PREVENTIONSHIP 16
KORDI
EARDO
KORDI
OLYMPIC 5
KORDI
KORDI
EARDO
KORDI
KORDI
EARDO
KORDI
ONNURI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI
KORDI

OLYMPIC 5EARDO
ONNURI
EARDO

AREA
Japan Sea
Japan Sea, Yellow Sea
Japan Sea, Yellow Sea.
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea.
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Indian Ocean
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
Yellow Sea
East China Sea
East China Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea

PERIOD
2001/11/13-2001/11/16
2001/03/08-2001/03/27
2001/10/15-2001/10/27
2001/04/18-2001/05/17
2001/11/06-2001/11/26
2001/04/25-2001/04/27
2001/03/28-2001/03/30
2001/06/20-2001/06/22
2001/07/10-2001/07/12
2001/05/15-2001/10/10
2001/04/09-2001/05/20
2001/04/02-2001/09/03
2001/04/02-2001/05/16
2001/08/01-2001/11/14
2001/05/21-2001/06/05
2001/04/01-2001/07/15
2001/04/27-2001/08/26
2001/04/30-2001/11/29
2001/12/01-2001/12/20
2001/10/04-2001/11/03
2001/08/01-2001/11/05
2001/07/01-2001/07/30
2001/04/02-2001/04/30
2001/04/08-2001/04/30
2001/04/08-2001/04/30
2001/02/13-2001/02/23
2001/02/22-2001/02/24
2001/05/16-2001/05/18

DATA TYPE
B,H
B,H
B,H
B
B
B,H
B,H
B,H
B,H
B,G,H

Japan Sea

2001/05/25-2001/05/28

B,H,P

Yellow Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea

2001/08/01-2001/08/10
2001/08/23-2001/08/31
2001/11/14-2001/11/16

B,G,H,P
B,H,P
B,H,P

Japan Sea

2001/11/20-2001/11/23

B,H,P

Yellow Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
North Pacific and South Pacific
Ocean, East China Sea.
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Japan Sea
Yellow Sea
North Pacific and South PacificOcean

2001/01/30-2001/02/02
2001/02/13-2001/02/17
2001/02/13-2001/02/17
2001/04/10-2001/04/24
2001/04/11-2001/12/06
2001/04/27-2001/04/28
2001/05/02-2001/05/29

B,D,H

2001/05/15-2001/05/15
2001/05/16-2001/05/17
2001/05/18-2001/05/19
2001/05/21-2001/05/29
2001/05/31-2001/06/12

G
H

Yellow Sea
Japan Sea

2001/06/15-2001/06/30
2001/06/26-2001/06/29

G
B,G,H,P

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

B,G,H
D,H
D
H
B,D,G,H
B,G,H
B,G,H

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AGENCY
SHIP
AREA
KORDI
FARDO
Japan Sea
KORDI
OLYMPIC 5
Japan Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
EARDO
Yellow Sea
KORDI
HANUL
Yellow Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
Yellow Sea
KORDI
TAESUNG
Yellow Sea
KORDI
OLYMPIC 5
Japan Sea
KORDI
EARDO
Japan Sea
KORDI
OLYMPIC 5
Japan Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
EARDO
Japan Sea
KORDI
TAESUNG
Yellow Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
Yellow Sea
KORDI
OLYMPIC 5
Japan Sea
KORDI
Yellow Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
YUZHMORGEOL South Atlantic Ocean, South
OGIYA
Pacific Ocean
KORDI
EARDO
Yellow Sea
KORDI
Japan Sea
KORDI
YUZHMORGEOL South Atlantic Ocean
OGIYA
MFHS
AICHI MARU
East Pacific Ocean
JMA
RYOFU MARU
North Pacific Ocean andPhilippine Sea
RIAM,KU NAGASAKI
East china sea, Shimabara bay
MARU
RIAM,KU NAGASAKI
East china sea
MARU
NFRDI
TAMGU 3
East China Sea
NFRDI
TAMGU 5
Japan Sea
NFRDI
INCHON 888
Yellow Sea
NFRDI
TAMGU 3
East China Sea
NFRDI
TAMGU 5
Japan Sea.
NFRDI
INCHON 888
Yellow Sea
HMO, JMA KOFU MARU
North Pacific Ocean
HMO, JMA CHOFU MARU
East China Sea, Philippine Sea.
NFRDI
TAMGU 3
East China Sea
NFRDI
TAMGU 5
Japan Sea
NFRDI
INCHON 888
Yellow Sea
NFRDI
TAMGU 3
East China Sea
NFRDI
TAMGU 3
East China Sea
NFRDI
TAMGU 5
Japan Sea
NFRDI
INCHON 888
Yellow Sea
NFRDI
TAMGU 3
East China Sea

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PERIOD
2001/07/07-2001/07/10
2001/07/19-2001/07/19
2001/07/19-2001/07/20
2001/08/10-2001/08/15
2001/08/17-2001/08/17
2001/08/27-2001/09/02
2001/08/29-2001/09/02
2001/08/30-2001/08/30
2001/09/04-2001/09/08
2001/11/10-2001/11/13
2001/09/11-2001/09/17
2001/09/19-2001/09/20
2001/09/29-2001/10/03
2001/10/12-2001/10/21
2001/10/18-2001/10/18
2001/10/19-2001/10/26
2001/10/24-2001/10/24
2001/10/30-2001/10/30
2001/11/04-2001/11/05
2001/11/05-2001/11/07
2001/11/17-2001/11/20
2001/11/19-2001/11/19
2001/11/28-2002/01/05

DATA TYPE

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

2001/12/10-2001/12/21
2001/12/10-2001/12/17
2001/12/15-2001/12/21

B,D,H
B,H
G

2002/04/---2002/07/-2002/06/20-2002/08/05

B,D,G,H,M,P

2002/04/22-2002/04/26

H,b

2002/05/08-2002/05/16

D,H,d

2001/12/05-2001/12/16
2001/12/07-2001/12/23
2001/12/23-2001/12/28
2002/06/18-2002/06/26
2002/06/03-2002/06/09
2002/06/03-2002/06/09
2002/06/24-2002/08/05
1997/04/23-1997/05/19
2002/08/01-2002/08/09
2002/08/13-2002/08/22
2002/08/09-2002/08/17
2002/08/14-2002/08/16
2001/10/12-2001/10/22
2001/10/15-2001/10/25
2001/10/13-2001/10/20
2001/11/08-2001/11/18

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

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

Table 2 Number of Archived Data in the WESTPAC Region
YEAR

SD

1979
7,580
1980
8,536
1981
7,485
1982
8,552
1983
8,399
1984
6,749
1985
5,861
1986
8,681
1987 10,028
1988 10,147
1989
8,624
1990
8,831
1991
6,144
1992
4,231
1993
3,399
1994
1,182
1995
1,030
1996
1,088
1997
1,204
1998
1,058
1999
854
2000
857
2001
834
2002
0
Total 121,354

STD

CTD

XBT

DBT

AXBT

BT

47 2,721 9,417
672
0 17,256643 2,299 12,645 2,256
0 17,064
120 3,080 10,289 2,336 1,231 16,844
214 2,966 12,105 2,869
509 15,130
368 4,488 13,054 3,067
824 13,347
3 4,949 13,480 3,853
860 15,822
463 5,758 16,877 3,511 1,059 12,816
311 5,777 18,918 2,363 1,502 11,657
231 7,043 19,522 1,700 1,272 13,042
0 9,683 20,930
903 1,177 9,904
0 10,919 19,461
475 1,323 7,797
320 11,953 24,414 1,098 1,305 6,299
0 14,963 25,047 1,405 1,509 1,825
105 15,861 26,777
18 1,199 1,146
119 14,595 40,030 1,313 1,160 1,420
128 1,996 30,887
109
0 7,763
0 1,780 41,193
113
2 4,157
0 2,028 31,031
177
31 4,189
0 1,931 7,051
152
90 4,067
0 1,703 7,930
147
31 4,286
0 1,835 6,291
182
27 4,966
0 3,157 6,863
155
13 5,587
0 3,154 8,361
146
85 5,8760
0 1,078026
03,072 134,639 423,651 29,020 15,235 202,260

XCTD

GEK

0 5,222
0 6,215
0 5,982
0 6,035
0 6,016
0 7,059
0 5,471
0 5,793
0 4,970
0 2,811
0 1,624
0
871
0
841
0
216
0
152
0
24
0
97
0
0
7
40
48
77
0
172 59,399

DRIFT

134
190
246
79
129
84
96
30
6
255
320
319
354
230
19
0
0

2,491

2) Data Training Course
Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) organizes the IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on
NEAR-GOOS Data Management every year, under the auspices of Japan-UNESCO Trust in Fund.
The objective of the training course is to provide personnel currently involved in oceanographic
data management in WESTPAC Member States based on concepts of the IODE system and its
function, NEAR-GOOS Real Time and Delayed Mode Database, and acquisition, processing andcompilation of oceanographic data. The 6th IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on NEAR-GOOS DataManagement was held at JODC, 21 October - 1 November 2002. Seven persons participated in the
training course, from China, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation,
and Thailand.
In this course, JODC invited lecturers from WDC-A for Oceanography, Ocean Research Institute
University of Tokyo, Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, andMarine Information Research Center. Mr. Robert Gelfeld of WDC-A for Oceanography gave lectureson activities of WDC-A, IODE system, and GODAR project. The lectures on biological and chemical
data management were given for the first time in the training course.
Participants list and Course program of the training course are introduced in Annex VII and VIII,
respectively.

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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 IX.
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 256 sheets of thelog sheets were submitted by KODC in 2002. Data Holding Status is shown in Table 3 and Fig. 2.
Table 3 Data Holding Status of IGOSS BATHY/TESAC
YEAR

BATHY

TESAC

YEAR

BATHY

TESAC

1982

22,677710

1993

35,056

2,153

1983

25,478

5,443

1994

32,720

2,619

1984

22,980

7,068

1995

33,603

2,207

1985

26,079

5,784

1996

28,095

2,170

1986

31,044

5,640

1997

29,621

1,265

1987

40,301

6,580

1998

14,901

4,544

1988

32,245

5,074

1999

13,626

10,244

1989

27,933

4,966

2000

30,423

8,408

1990

30,026

4,947

2001

30,47325,253

1991

22,728

2,137

2002

26,827

26,385

1992

34,0701,303
590,906

134,900

Total

Fig. 2-1 Station Plots for BATHY

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Fig. 2-2 Station Plots for TESAC

3.3 RNODC-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, in the USA for
the Caribbean region, and in the Russian Federation for the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Baltic Seas.
The terms of reference for RNODC-MARPOLMON are introduced in Annex X.
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. Data holding status is shown in Table 4 andFig. 3.
With regard to other type of Marine Pollution data, the present holding status of these data in
JODC is introduced in Table 5, and the station map of the Cd, Pb and PCB data are indicated as Fig. 4,
respectively.
Moreover, JODC received Environmental Monitoring Data at the Coastal Area of Japan from1971 to 1998 from National Institute for Environmental Studies. The data has been processing by
JODC, and will be available in FY2003.

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Table 4 Number of Archived Data for MARPOLMON
YEAR

BEACH

TAR

HYDRO

OIL

TAR

BALL

CARBO

SLICK

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

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
0

328
227
1,029
1,045
730
593
381
519
522
489
603
440
474
565
627
513
580
547
481
447
438
377
415
238
148
90
95

0
10
158
240
387
380
320
481
409
440
399
187
300
151
129
124
87
83
86
71
72
62
54
72
88
36
65

0
1,493
16,712
16,236
19,683
22,58014,699
5,988
3,948
1,122
584
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

Total

13,067

12,941

4,891

122,277

Table 5 Number of Data Related Marine Pollution

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Data Type

Number

COD
NH3-N
Chl-a
Phaeo
TOC
HC

4,996
8,214
348
345
7,188
10,711

Data Type
PCB
As
Pb
Hg
Total-Hg
Cd

Number
4,569
4,789
5,731
3,595
10,05815,032

Fig. 3 Station Plots for Oil SlickFig. 4 Station Plots for Cd, Pb and
PCB data in the North Western
Pacific Ocean
Left Upper: Cd, Right Upper: Pb
Left Bottom: PCB

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3.4 RNODC for ADCPThe JODC is RNODC for ADCP since 1991 and World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE)
Data Assembly Center (DAC) for Shipboard ADCP in cooperation with the University of Hawaii since
1995.
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 Climate
Variability & Predictability (CLIVAR) project, World Climate Research Program (WCRP) after the
WOCE project finished.
The terms of reference for RNODC - ADCP are introduced in Annex XI.
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 6 and Fig.5.

Table 6 Number of Archived Data for ADCP
YEAR

Number

YEAR

Number

1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994

3,545
3,024
4,945
13,572
61,28973,46058,973103,309
128,053
49,660

1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002

315,272
809,245
631,398
555,607498,242
236,496
140,331
35,233Total

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3,721,654

Fig. 5 Station Plots for ADCP
Upper: in the North-Western Pacific
Lower: in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

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24

ANNEX I
List of Participants in the International Workshop for GODAR-WESTPACCHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
Prof. Lin Shaohua
Deputy Director-General
National Marine Data & Information Service
State Oceanic Administration (SOA)
93, Liuwei Rd, Hedong District
Tianjin 300171
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Tel: +86-22-2401-0803
Fax: +86-22-2401-0820 or 2401-0926
E-mail: shlin@mail.nmdis.gov.cn
FIJI
Ms. Cristelle Pratt
Manager of Ocean Affairs
SOPAC Secretariat
Private Mail Bag, GPO
Suva,
FIJI
Tel: +679-381 377
Fax: +679-370 040 or 384 461
E-mail: cristelle@sopac.org
FRANCE
Dr. Catherine Maillard
Head of SISMER
Centre IFREMER de Brest
BP 70
29280 Plouzane
FRANCE
Tel: +33-2 98 22 42 79
Fax: +33-2 98 22 46 44
E-mail: catherine.maillard@ifremer.fr
INDONESIA
Cdr. Dede Yuliadi
Head of Marine Environment Division
Hydro-Oceanographic Service
Jln. Pantai Kuta V/1 Ancol Timur
Jakarta 14430
INDONESIA
Tel: +62-21-684810 ext 3935
Fax: +62-21-684819
E-mail: infohid@indo.net.id
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Dr. Kyu Kui Jung
Researcher
Korea Oceanographic Data Centre
National Fisheries Research & Development
Institute408-1 Sirang-ri, Gijang-eup, Gijang-gun,
Busan, 619-902

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Tel: +82-51-720-2231
Fax: +82-51-720-2225
E-mail: kkjung@nfrdi.re.kr
JAPAN
Mr. Norio Baba
Research Officer,
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-4295
Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail: norio-baba@nifty.com
Dr. Yasuhiro Ganeko
Director General of Hydrographic Department
Japan Coast Guard
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-3810
Fax: +81-3-3541-4535
E-mail:Dr. Shizuo Iwata
Japan Fisheries Information Service Center
Toyomi Suisan Bld. 6F,
4-5 Toyomicho, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0055
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-5547-6888
Fax: +81-3-5547-6881
E-mail: siwata@jafic.or.jp
Mr. Shigeru Kasuga
Deputy Director of Administration Division
Hydrographic Department, JCG
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-3810
Fax: +81-3-3541-4535
E-mail:Dr. Tadahiko Katsura
Director
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-3818
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Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail: mail@jodc.go.jp
Dr. Kiyoshi Kawasaki
Chief of Ocean Dynamics Section,
National Research Institute of Fisheries Science
12-4, Fukuura 2 chome, Kanazawa-ku,
Yokohama
Kanagawa 236-8648
JAPAN
Tel: +81-45-788-7647
Fax: +81-45-788-5001
E-mail: kkawasak@affrc.go.jp
Mr. Hiroshi Kumada
Japan
Fisheries
Resource
Conservation
Association
Tokyo Suisan Building 6F,
Toyomi 4-18, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0055
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3533-5401
Fax: +81-3-3532-0195
E-mail:Mr. Yasuhiro Minamoto
Scientific Officer
Office of Marine Prediction,
Climate and Marine Department,
Japan Meteorological Agency
1-3-4 Ote-machi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-8122
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3212-8341 ext.5127
Fax: +81-3-3211-3047
E-mail: minamoto@met.kishou.go.jp
Dr. Yutaka Nagata
Director
Marine Infromation Research Center,
Japan Hydrographic Association
Mishima Bldg.5F, 7-15-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku,
104-0061, Tokyo
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3248-6668
Fax: +81-3-3248-6661
E-mail: nagata@mirc.jha.or.jp
Mr. Rokuro Nibe
Oceanographic Section 1st,
Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
Nagakura-cho 1-43, Yokosuka,
Kanagawa 237-8515
JAPAN
Tel: +81-468-24-1334 ext.3310
Fax: +81-468-22-1369
E-mail: aswc-kaiyou@ysl.jmsdf.go.jp

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Ms. Sachiko Oguma
Researcher
Marine Infromation Research Center,
Japan Hydrographic Association
Mishima Bldg.5F, 7-15-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku,
104-0061, Tokyo
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3248-6668
Fax: +81-3-3248-6661
E-mail: oguma@mirc.jha.or.jp
Mr. Hideo. Oosuga
Director of Administration Division.
Hydrographic Department, JCG
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-3810
Fax: +81-3-3541-4535
E-mail:Prof. Dr. Toshiro Saino
Hydrosheric Atmospheric Research Center
Nagoya University
Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku,
Nagoya 464-8601
JAPAN
Tel: +81-52-789-3487
Fax: +81-52-789-5508
E-mail: tsaino@ihas.nagoya-u.ac.jp
Mr. Minoru Sasaki
Director of Ocean Survey Division
Hydrographic Department, JCG
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-3814
Fax: +81-3-3541-3762
E-mail:Mr. Satoshi Sato
Deputy Director
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-4295
Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail: sato@jodc.go.jp
Mr. Nobuyuki Shibayama
Assistant Director for Coastal Info. Management
Oceanographic Data & Information Division
Hydrographic Department, JCG
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045

JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-3853
Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail: nobuyuki-shibayama@kaino.mlit.go.jp
Mr. Tadao Shigemori
Chief of Oceanographic Section 1st,
Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
Nagakura-cho 1-43, Yokosuka,
Kanagawa 237-8515
JAPAN
Tel: +81-468-24-1334 ext.3310
Fax: +81-468-22-1369
E-mail: aswc-kaiyou@ysl.jmsdf.go.jp
Mr. K. Sono
Japan Marine Science & Technology Center
3173-25
Showa-machi,
Kanazawa-ku,
Yokohama
JAPAN
Tel: +81-45-778-5400
Fax: +81-45-778-5424
E-mail:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Toshio Suga
Dept. of Geophysics, Graduate School of
Science,Tohoku University
Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai
Miyagi 980-8578
JAPAN
Tel: +81-22-217-6527
Fax: +81-22-217-6530
E-mail: suga@pol.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp
Mr. Tsuyoshi Sugiura
Ocean & Earth Division,
Research & Development Bureau,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science& Technology
3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-5253-4143
Fax: +81-3-5253-4147
E-mail: sugiurat@mext.go.jp
Dr. Toru Suzuki
Researcher
Marine Infromation Research Center,
Japan Hydrographic Association
Mishima Bldg.5F, 7-15-4 Ginza, Chuo-ku,
104-0061, Tokyo
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3248-6668
Fax: +81-3-3248-6661
E-mail: suzuki@mirc.jha.or.jp

Prof. Dr. Keisuke Taira
Ocean Research Institute,
University of Tokyo
Minamidai 1-15-1, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8639
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-5351-6417
Fax: +81-3-5351-6418
E-mail: taira@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Mr.Koji Takahashi
Section Chief of Business One Div.,
Japan Fisheries Information Service Center
Toyomi Suisan Bld. 6F,
4-5 Toyomicho, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0055
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-5547-6886
Fax: +81-3-5547-6881
E-mail:Mr. Shin Tani
Head of Continental Shelf Surveys Office,Ocean Surveys Divison,
Hydrographic Department, JCG
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-03-3541-3689
Fax: +81-3-3541-3843
E-mail: stani@jodc.go.jp
Mr. Shigeru Toyoshima
Senior Officer
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
5-3-1, Tsukiji, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo 104-0045
JAPAN
Tel: +81-3-3541-4295
Fax: +81-3-3545-2885
E-mail: toyo@jodc.go.jp
Dr. Toshio Tsuchiya
Manager of Computer and Information Dept.,
Japan Marine Science & Technology Center
3173-25
Showa-machi,
Kanazawa-ku,
Yokohama
JAPAN
Tel: +81-45-778-5400
Fax: +81-45-778-5424
E-mail: tutiyat@jamstec.go.jp
MALAYSIA
Capt. Yacob bin Ismail
Director General of Hydrography
Navy Headquarters, Ministry of Defense
50634 Kuala Lumpur
MALAYSIA
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Tel: +60-3-2071-3157
Fax: +60-3-2698-7972
E-mail: rmnodc@tm.net.my
PHILIPPINES
Mr. Rene G.Eclarino
Chief of Oceanography Division
Coast & Geodetic Survey Department
National Mapping & Resource Information
Authority
P.O. Box 1620
421, Barraca St., San Nicolas, Manila
PHILIPPINES
Tel: +63-2-241-3494
Fax: +63-2-242-2090 or 245-0295
E-mail: r_eclarino@hotmail.com
RUSSIA
Dr. Nikolay A.Rykov
Head of Regional Oceanographic Data Center
Far Eastern Regional HydrometeorologicalResearch Institute24 Fontannaya Street, Vladiostok 690600
RUSSIA
Tel: +7-423-222-8844
Fax: +7-423-222-7754
E-mail: rodc@online.ru
THAILAND
Dr. Pitan Singhasaneh
Engineer

Geo-Informatics and Space Technology
Development Agency
196 Phaholyothin Rd., Chatuchak, Bangkok
10900
THAILAND
Tel: +66-2-940-5515
Fax: +66-2-940-5671
E-mail: pitan@gistda.or.th
U.S.A.
Mr. Sydney Levitus
Director, WDC-A for Oceanography
NODC/NOAA, E/OC5
1315 East West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282
U.S.A.
Tel: +1-301- 713-3294
Fax: +1-301-713-3303
E-mail: Sydney.Levitus@noaa.gov
VIETNAM
Prof. Bui Cong Que
Director of Vietnam National Oceanographic
Data Centre, National Center for Natural
Science and Technology of Vietnam
Hoang Quoc Viet Str.,
Caugiay, Hanoi
VIETNAM
Tel: +84-4-756-4402
Fax: +84-4-756-1647
E-mail: bcque@hn.vnn.vn

ANNEX II
Agenda of the International Workshop for GODAR-WESTPAC
March 5, 2002; First day of the workshop
1000-1030
1030-1050
1050-1120
1120-1150
1200-1400
1400-1410
1410-1440
1440-1500
1500-1520
1520-1540
1540-1600
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Opening Session
Summary of GODAR, Mr. Levitus, USA
Keynote; Scientific Needs from the Carbon Cycle Study in the Ocean, Prof. Dr. Saino,
Nagoya Univ., Japan
Keynote; Scientific Needs from the Climate Change Study in the Ocean, Dr. Suga,
Tohoku Univ., Japan
Luncheon hosted by Director of JODC
Commemorative Photograph
GODAR-Mediterranean Sea Project and National Activities on Oceanographic
Research and Data Management, Dr. Maillard, France
SOPAC Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Ms. Pratt, Fiji
National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Dr. Rykov,
RussiaCoffee BreakNational Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Dr. Jung,
Korea

1600-1620
1620-1640
1700
1830-2030

National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Prof. Lin,
China
National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Prof. Dr. Bui,
Vietnam
Close the first day’s session
Reception hosted by Chief Hydrographer of Japan

March 6, 2002; Second day of the workshop
1000-1020 National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Mr. Eclarino,
Philippines
1020-1040 National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Dr.
Singhasaneh, Thailand
1040-1100 National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Capt. Yakob,
Malaysia
1100-1120 National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Cdr. Dede,
Indonesia
1120-1140 National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Mr. Levitus,
USA
1140-1200 National Activities on Oceanographic Research and Data Management, Mr. Toyoshima,
JODC, Japan
1200-1220 The Kobe Collection - a historical marine meteorological observation data-, Mr.
Minamoto, JMA, Japan
1220-1400 Lunch
1400-1420 Summary of the Draft Work Plan for GODAR-WESTPAC, Mr. Baba, Japan
1420-1520 Discussion on the GODAR-WESTPAC based on the draft work plan
1520-1540 Coffee Break
1540-1700 Discussion on the GODAR-WESTPAC based on the draft work plan
1700
Close the second day’s session
March 7, 2002; Third day of the workshop
1000-1200 Discussion on the GODAR-WESTPAC based on the draft work plan
1200-1400 Lunch
1400-1500 Discussion on the GODAR-WESTPAC based on the draft work plan
1500-1520 Coffee Break
1520-1550 Wrap-up
1550-1600 Closing

ANNEX IIIWork Plan for the GODAR in the WESTPAC Region
1. INTRODUCTION
The Global Ocean Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR) project has been established by theIntergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) in 1993 in order to save oceanographic datafrom a risk of losing by degradation of recording media or disaster etc., and to increase the volumeof historical data available to climate change and other researches. The workshops related theprogram were held in each region to promote the project.
The large volume of data showed as followings, are collected at US-NODC/WDC-A through29

the program under the cooperation of the IOC member states,- 2.0 million temperature profiles;- 120,000 Chlorophyll profiles;- 600,000 plankton taxa.
These data have been made available internationally without restriction via CD-ROM and online as World Ocean Database 1998 by US-NODC/WDC-A.
However, there are many data that were reported at the GODAR II, in Tianjin, China, 1994,
still in manuscript form in this region.
The importance of promoting the GODAR program in the region was recognized again at theInternational Conference for the International Data & Information Exchange in the WESTPAC
region 1999 (ICIWP'99) held in Langkawi, Malaysia, Nov. 1999. And ICIWP'99 recommended theestablishment of a working group chaired by the representative from Malaysia in order to start a
GODAR type project in the WESTPAC region. This paper describes a work plan to support thedevelopment of the GODAR type project according to the recommendation of ICIWP'99.
It was adopted to promote the GODAR project in the WESTPAC region (GODAR-WESTPAC)
at the 16th Session of the IOC committee on International Oceanographic Data & Information
Exchange (IODE-XVI) in Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 2000.
2. PURPOSE
The project aims to locate, rescue and make available marine data from the WESTPAC region
that is in danger of being lost. Data that is stored on paper or on old media and is not presently
available to the WESTPAC scientists will be sort for this project. Work will be undertaken to
digitise the data or re-write the data onto modern media in an effort to safeguard it for future use.
The data will also be quality controlled and then made available through the IODE system.
It is also expected that the project will enhance the IODE activities in the region.
3. PROJECT AREA
The project area of interest is the WESTPAC region as shown in the following figure;

4. PROJECT TERM
The project commences from 2002 as five years plan.
5. DATA TYPESThe project will focus on the data types that are exchanged routinely within the IODE system,
especially focusing on the following data and any additional data collected at the time ofobservation:- Hydrographic casts including all chemical and biological observations,- CTD casts,

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Expendable Bathythermograph casts,
Mechanical Bathythermograph casts,

6. STEERING GROUP
The project will establish a steering group to evaluate the progress of the project, review andupdate the work plan as necessary, and advise the Project Office for the project implementation. The
steering group will consist of the IODE coordinators from the region, and from agencies
participating in the project.
7. PROJECT OFFICE
A Project Office will be located at Japan Oceanographic Data Centre.
In general the Project Office coordinates project activities, implements the work plan, andenhances project communication as advised by the Steering Group.
Specific responsibilities of the Project Office:1). PROJECT WEB SITE
The Project Office will develop a web site to promote the project, providing informationon the projects activities and results.
2). BROCHURE
The Project Office will publish a brochure describing the GODAR activities in theregion as a mechanism to promote the project within ocean research institutes of the region.
The brochure will also include information on the full range of IODE activities to help
promoting the IODE program in this region.
3). INFORMATION RELATED TO MARINE RESEARCH RESOURCES
The Project Office will collect information on the various marine research resources suchas institutes, vessels and research facilities in the region. Much of this information will becollected based on the recommendation of the IODE Group of Experts in Marine Information
Management (GE-MIM).
4). INFORMATION ON DATA LOCATEDThe Project Office will collect information on data that is in need of ‘rescue’ asidentified by the member states. This will assist in the development of priorities for the data
rescue process. Details of these data sets will also be made available on the project web site.
5). COLLECTION OF DATAThe Project Office will work to identify resources for digitalization of manuscript data.
6). WORKSHOPThe Project Office will arrange workshops to evaluate the progress of the project andshare information, knowledge and techniques related the project.
At the end of the project, a workshop will be held in order to:- Evaluate the success of the project and establish a follow-up plan.
- Share new knowledge and products from the project among the IODE data centres,
coordinators and marine researcher community.
After the final workshop, the coordinators will be expected to disseminate the results of31

the project in own countries.
8. CHECK OF DUPLICATION
It is important that duplication of effort should be avoided and every effort will be made toensure that the data identified for rescue has not already been digitalized. This will require close
cooperation with other IODE centres and the World Data Centres
9. DIGITALIZATION OF DATA
It is anticipated that assistance with the digitalization of the paper-based data will come from
NODC’s and DNA’s within the region. It is anticipated that:
1) If NODCs or DNAs are able to digitalize other country's data, they inform the Project Office.
So that, the Project Office will make arrangement for digitalization plan.
2) NODCs and DNAs should send data digitalized as part of the project to the Project Office
for inclusion into the IODE system. The Project Office will inform users via the web sitethat new data are available.
10. DATA POLICY
The data gathered by the project will be made available to users according to the IODE data
policy, "Full and Open Sharing".
11. TECHNICAL COOPERATION
It is anticipated that the developed countries in the region will provide technical assistance tothe developing countries for this project. The assistance will be based on cooperative schemes andtraining courses and provide a transfer of technology where possible. One area of support that will
be investigated is the provision of equipment to countries to assist with the digitisation of rescues
data. Other equipment such as CD-ROM drives to provide access to rescued data sets are also an
option.
12. ESTIMATED COST AND TIME FRAME
The estimated cost and time frame of the project are indicated as following,
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 COST
Possible Sources
Establishment of SG
Establishment of Project Office
US$30k JODC
Establishment of Web page
US$20k Project Office
Brochure
US$2k PO
Information and data Collecting
Donor & PO
Donor, PO andDigitising Data & Data QC
IODE GODAR
Trust Fund
Training
US$150k IOC & Donor
GODAR WESTPAC
US$40k Donor & PO
CD-ROM data set
Workshop
US$60k IOC & Donor

ANNEX IV
Terms of Reference for IODE Regional Coordinator (rev. November, 2000)•

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Carry out actions targeted to strengthening co-operation in the area of marine and coastal data

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and information management in the regions with a view to meeting the user needs effectively.
This includes advising the existing NODCs within the region on new developments within the
IODE system and helping to establish national data and information management systems
including NODCs in the countries where the infrastructure has not yet been developed;
Promote communication and collaboration between the data and information centers in the region,and exchange experiences with other regional coordinators;
Establish links with the IOCs and other relevant regional and global science and services
programs in order to be informed about on-going activities and keeping them informed of IODE
developments;
Liaise, at the regional level, with the relevant subsidiary bodies of IOC in order to promote the
IODE system, services, and products to the widest possible audience;
Support the efforts of the IODE Officers and the IOC Secretariat in implementing the fundraisingprocess in the regions;

ANNEX VIOC Oceanographic Data Exchange Policy
Preamble
The timely, free and unrestricted international exchange of oceanographic data is essential for theefficient acquisition, integration and use of ocean observations gathered by the countries of theworld for a wide variety of purposes including the prediction of weather and climate, theoperational forecasting of the marine environment, the preservation of life, the mitigation ofhuman-induced changes on the marine and coastal environment, as well as for the advancement ofscientific understanding that makes this possible.
Recognizing the vital importance of these purposes to all humankind and the important role of IOC
and its programs in this regard, the Member States of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic
Commission agree that the following clauses shall define their policy for the international exchangeof oceanographic data and its associated metadata.
Clause 1
Member States shall provide timely, free and unrestricted access to all data, associated metadataand products generated under the auspices of IOC programs.
Clause 2
Member States are encouraged to provide timely, free and unrestricted access to data and associatedmetadata from non-IOC programs that are essential for application to the preservation of life,
beneficial public use and protection of the ocean environment, the forecasting of weather, theoperational forecasting of the marine environment, the monitoring and modeling of climate andsustainable development in the marine environment.
Clause 3
Member States are encouraged to provide timely, free and unrestricted access to oceanographic
data and associated metadata, as referred to in 1 and 2 above, for non-commercial use by the
research and education communities, provided that any products or results of such use shall be
published in the open literature without delay or restriction.
Clause 4
The underlying aim of the IOC policy is to maximize the amount of oceanographic data for publicuse, while acknowledging the associated rights of the data originators and Member States.
Clause 533

Member States shall, to the best practicable degree, use data centres linked to IODE’s NODC and
WDC network as long-term repositories for oceanographic data and associated metadata.
IOC programs will cooperate with data contributors to ensure that data can be accepted into theappropriate systems and can meet quality requirements.
Clause 6
Member States shall enhance the capacity in developing countries to obtain and manage
oceanographic data and information and assist them to benefit fully from the exchange ofoceanographic data, associated metadata and products. This shall be achieved through the nondiscriminatory transfer of technology and knowledge using appropriate means, including IOC’s
Training Education and Mutual Assistance (TEMA) program and through other relevant IOC
programs.
Definitions‘Free and unrestricted’ means non-discriminatory and without charge. “Without charge”, in thecontext of this resolution means at no more than the cost of reproduction and delivery,
without charge for the data and products themselves.
‘Data’ consists of oceanographic observation data, derived data and grid fields.
‘Metadata’ is “data about data” describing the content, quality, condition, and other characteristics
of data.
‘Non-commercial’ means not conducted for profit, cost-recovery or re-sale.
‘Timely’ in this context means the distribution of data and/or products, sufficiently rapidly to be ofvalue for a given application‘Product’ means a value-added enhancement of data applied to a particular application.

ANNEX VI
Terms of Reference for RNODC-WESTPAC (24 February 1979)
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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 coordinators for IODE and any other national contact points for data
management within WESTPAC who might be appointed by member states;
Publish a guide for WESTPAC data management for distribution to member states throughnational contact points.

ANNEX VII

Participants List of the 6th IOC/WESTPAC Training Course• Dr. Qinzheng Liu (China, National Center for Marine Environment Forecast)• Ms. Famiza Yunus (Fiji, South Pacific Applied Geoscienc Commission (SOPAC))• Mr. Nur Riyadi (Indonesia, Marine Environment Division, Hydro-Oceanographic Service,
Indonesian Navy)• Lt. Cdr. Norhizam B. Hassan @ Abd Ghani Rmn (Malaysia, Hydrographic & Oceanographic
centre, Naval Hdqrs., Ministry of Defense)34

• Dr. Hyunju OH (the Republic of Korea, KODC, National Fisheries Research andDevelopment Institute)• Dr. Elena Ustinova (the Russian Federation, Laboratory of Fisheries Oceanography, Pacific
Scientific Research Fisheries Centre (TINRO-Centre) )• Ms. Kaewnuratchadasorn Pattaratjit (Thailand, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development
Center (SEAFDEC))

ANNEX VIII

Course Program and Lecturers of the 6th IOC/WESTPAC Training Course
Monday, 21 October 2002
Morning : Opening Ceremony and Course Orientation
Afternoon : Lecture on Outline about IOC, WESTPAC, and NEAR-GOOS
by Dr. Keisuke TAIRA, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Tuesday, 22 October 2002
Morning : Study Visit to Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department
Afternoon : Country Report (Introduction of Oceanographic Data Management in the Participant's
Country)
Wednesday, 23 October 2002
Morning : Lecture on Oceanographic Data and Information Management in JODC
by Mr. Yoshihiko SUGIYAMA, JODC
Afternoon : Introduction to WDC-A and NODC activities
by Mr. Robert GELFELD, WDC-A for Oceanography
Thursday, 24 October 2002
Morning : Introduction to the IODE system and GODAR project
by Mr. Robert GELFELD, WDC-A for Oceanography
Afternoon : Introduction to the IODE Resource Kit
by Mr. Isao TEDOKON, JODC
Friday, 25 October 2002
Morning : Lecture on NEAR-GOOS Real Time Data Exchange System
by Mr. Takashi YOSHIDA, Japan Meteorological Agency
Afternoon : Study Visit to Japan Meteorological Agency
Monday, 28 October 2002
Morning : Lecture on Research for Ocean and Utilization and Management
by Dr. Yutaka NAGATA, Marine Information Research Center
Afternoon : Lecture on CTD and BT Data Processing
by Mr. Hideki KINOSHITA, Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, JCG
Lecture on Tidal Data Processing
by Dr. Minoru ODAMAKI, Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, JCG
Tuesday, 29 October 2002
Study Visit to the National Research Institute of Fisheries Science and the Japan Marine
Science and Technology Center
Wednesday, 30 October 2002
Morning : Lecture on Ocean Current Data Processing
by Prof. Yutaka MICHIDA, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo)
Afternoon : Practice on Practice Data Management by using PC

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Lecture on NEAR-GOOS Delayed Mode Data Exchange System and JODC Data Online Service System
by Mr. Takeharu MIYAKE & Mr. Yuichi KYUMA, JODC)
Thursday, 31 October 2002
Morning : Lecture on Marine Chemical Data Processing and Managementby Ms. Sachiko OGUMA, Marine Information Research Center)
Afternoon : Lecture on Marine Biological Data Processing and Management
by Prof. Makoto TERAZAKI, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo and
Mr. Tsuyoshi CHIBA, JODC
Friday, 1 November 2002
Morning : Course Evaluation and Closing Ceremony
Afternoon : Customized Special Study

ANNEX IX
Terms of Reference for RNODC-IGOSS (September 1979)
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Acquire BATHY, TESAC datasets and sub-surface temperature data from drifting and mooredbuoys 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 centers;
Acquire non-operational BATHY, TESAC, and sub-surface temperature data from drifting andmoored 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 asrequested;
Maintain a database and inventory for areas of responsibility;
Prepare products based on operational and non-operational IGOSS data, as appropriate;
Annually transmit to the WDCs datasets in GF-3 format, inventories and selected data products;
Prepare summaries and BATHY, TESAC, and sub-surface temperature from drifting and mooredbuoys database plots, and transmit to the IOC Secretariat every 15 August and 15 February fordata received during the previous 6 months;
Participate in efforts to monitor data flow;
Participate in IOC training programs, as feasible;
Provide, wherever possible, for exchange of documentation and software regarding quality
control and processing procedures, with other RNODCs.

ANNEX X
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.

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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;• A capability to work with discipline-oriented codes (biological and chemical);• A capability for converting marine pollution data to GF3 format or other internationallyrecognized format.
C. Products
The RNODC-MARPOLMON will:• Provide copies of processed data to World Data Centers A and B (Oceanography);• Provide machine listings and simple statistics of marine pollution data;• Produce graphics of marine pollution data, for usage by concerned member states.
D. Training
The RNODC-MARPOLMON will conduct formal or informal training sessions for data
center personnel involved in the program and who actively submit marine pollution data. Expensesof trainees will not, however, be borne by the RNODC concerned. Selection of trainees will bejointly arranged by the IOC and RNODC.

ANNEX XI
Terms of Reference for RNODC-ADCP (27 June 1991)
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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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