JODCJAPAN OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA CENTER
since 1965

RNODC
ACTIVITYREPORTNo. 18March 2007

CONTENTS
Page

1. Prep-ODINWESTPAC ............................................................................... 2
2. RNODC's Activities under the Charge of the JODC............................... 3
2.1. RNODC for WESTPAC ......................................................................... 4
2.1.1. Status of CSR and Data Management........................................... 4
2.1.2. NEAR-GOOS RDMDB .................................................................. 92.2. RNODC for IGOSS .............................................................................. 122.3. RNODC for MARPOLMON ............................................................... 14
2.4. RNODC for ADCP................................................................................ 17
List of Participants on Prep-ODINWESTPAC ............................................ 19
Proposal to initiate a pilot project of Ocean Data and Information
Network for the Western Pacific region (ODINWESTPAC) ...................... 21
Japan Oceanographic Data Center
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department,
Japan Coast Guard
5-3-1 Tsukiji, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, JapanTel:+81-3-3541-4295
Fax:+81-3-3545-2885
e-Mail: mail@jodc.go.jp
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1. Prep-ODINWESTPAC
The Preparatory meeting for establishment of ODINWESTPAC (Prep-ODINWESTPAC) was held inconjunction with the 3rd International workshop on GODAR-WESTPAC, 4-6 December 2006, Japan.
The objectives of the preparatory meeting are to provide information on ODIN projects and how they
assist IOC regions; to inform the participants on the history of the ODINWESTPAC proposal; re-assessneed for ODINWESTPAC; to assess the available resources and needs for data and information
management capacity building in the region and how these needs can be met; to identify ODIN services
and products that need to be developed; to start the preparation of an ODINWESTPAC work plan for
2007-2009; to set up an ODINWESTPAC management structure to start the activities.
The meeting was hosted by the Japan Oceanographic Data Center, attended by Representatives from
IODE, IOC/WESTPAC, NEAR-GOOS, NOWPAP, SEAFDEC, and data managers from Australia, China,
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Russia and Vietnam. The meeting was opened by Mr. Kunikazu
Nishizawa, Director of JODC. Dr. Hyun-Tack Huh and Mr. Peter Pissierssens addressed the meeting on
behalf of the IOC/WESTPAC and IODE, respectively. Mr. Peter Pissierssens from IODE was invited togive a presentation on the ODINs and the background information on the ODINWESTPAC proposal.
Representatives from NEAR-GOOS, NOWPAP and member states were also invited to brief the meetingon the activities on data and information management.
In view of the requirements for an enhanced data and information capability in the WESTPAC region,
including development and establishment of NODCs, training in applying standard formats andmethodologies for marine data and information management, development and maintenance of national,
regional metadata bases, and development and dissemination of marine data and information products andservices, the meeting recognized the importance of the establishment of ODINWESTPAC in the
WESTPAC region and strongly recommended that the ODINWESTPAC project should be approved by the
7th Session of IOC/WESTPAC which would take place in 2008.
To facilitate the approval of ODINWESTPAC project and to draw some useful experience for the
future ODINWESTPAC, the meeting agreed on a proposal to initiate a pilot project of ODINWESTPAC.
This pilot project proposal will be submitted to the 19th Session of the IODE Committee (12-16 March
2007) for adoption. If adopted, it is expected that the pilot project will start after adoption by IODE-XIX
and end at WESTPAC-VII (provisionally planned for September 2008). During the pilot project, surveyof needs for capacity building in the WESTPAC region, development of capacity building tools andservices and development of proposal of ODINWESTPAC for WESTPAC-VII have been planed.
The list of participants on Prep-ODINWESTPAC is shown in ANNEX I.
The proposal of pilot project for ODINWESTPAC to IODE-XIX is shown in ANNEX II.

22. RNODC's Activities under the Charge of the JODCThe Eighteenth Session of IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information
Exchange (IODE-XVIII) was held at the Kursaal, Ostend, Belgium between 26 and 30 April 2005.
The IODE Committee, during its 5 day Session, reviewed the work of the past inter-sessional period.
Considerable attention was given to the IODE Review that had taken place during the inter-sessional period.
The Committee reviewed all recommendations by the Review Team and made several fundamental andstructural change decisions in response to the Review. These included the re-composition of the IODE
Officers, the abolishment of the system of RNODCs and IODE Regional Co-ordinator systems.
The Committee decided to abolish the system of RNODCs. However, to ensure that the resourcesand expertise acquired in the regional RNODCs will not be lost, the Committee instructed the ODIN
projects to incorporate the resources of existing regional RNODCs. Similarly, the Committee instructed
the Chair to discuss with host centres of other RNODCs how their operations, if considered essential for theinternational (science) community, could be maintained and properly acknowledged.
IODE officers, at their February 2006 meeting, requested the former RNODCs to incorporate these, as
relevant, in the terms of reference of the relevant ODINs. The officers also requested the centres that
hosted the former RNODCs for drifting buoys (Canada), IGOSS (Japan, USA and Russia), MARPOLMON(Japan, USA and Russia) and ADCP (Japan) to continue their work until the next Session of IODE.

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2.1. RNODC for WESTPAC
2.1.1. Status of CSR and Data Management
The major activities of JODC are the collection and archiving of CSR (Cruise Summary Report of
IODE, ROSCOP's third edition), and data from the beginning of the WESTPAC program in 1979.
The geographic scope of the WESTPAC region is shown in Fig. 1.
The CSRs received by JODC in 2006 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 Hemisphereand the area enclosed by from 110 to 230 degree of longitude and from 0 to 30 degree of latitude in theSouth Hemisphere, here.

Fig. 1 the Geographic Scope of the WESTPAC Region

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Table 1 Inventory of CSR Received by JODC in 2006
AGENCY

SHIP

ORI, UTHAKUHO MARU

CMES, EUTANSEI MARU

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

HOD, JCG
HOD, JCGAREAPERIOD

DATA

2005/10/29 - 2005/11/3

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea,
Inland Sea
Philippine Sea,
East China Sea
Philippine Sea,
North Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean

2005/11/17 - 2005/12/28 G

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean

2005/6/28 - 2005/7/15

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean

2005/7/29 - 2005/8/16

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean

2005/8/27 - 2005/9/20

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean

2005/10/8 - 2005/11/1

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

2005/12/15 - 2005/12/27

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

HOD, JCGTAKUYONorth Pacific Ocean
Philippine Sea,
North Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Philippine Sea

2005/9/18 - 2005/9/24

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

East China Sea

2005/10/9 - 2005/10/14 G, H

OPMSHSSHIN OITA MARU

North Pacific Ocean

2005/4/19 - 2005/11/21 B

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Philippine Sea

2005/8/8 - 2005/8/14

D, G, HYNCMTYUGE MARU

Seto Inland Sea

2005/7/26 - 2005/7/28

G, H

YNCMT

YUGE MARU

Seto Inland Sea

2005/8/7 - 2005/8/10

B, H

YNCMT

YUGE MARU

2005/12/5 - 2005/12/8

G, H

MMO, JMASEIFU MARU

2005/10/4 - 2005/11/20

B, D, G, H,
M, P

KMO, JMA

KEIFU MARU

2005/11/2 - 2005/12/5

B, D, G, H,
M, P

HOD, JCG

SHOYO

Seto Inland Sea
North Pacific Ocean,Japan sea,
Sea of Okhotsk
North Pacific Ocean,Philippine Sea
North Pacific Ocean

HOD, JCGTAKUYONorth Pacific Ocean

2006/2/18 - 2006/3/13

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean

2006/2/24 - 2006/3/13

MFHS

AICHI MARU

East Pacific Ocean

2005/4/27 - 2005/6/17

2005/11/6 - 2005/11/11 G
B

2005/4/19 - 2005/5/11
2005/6/1 - 2005/6/17

2006/1/9 - 2006/1/17
2006/1/9 - 2006/1/26
G, H

2006/2/15 - 2006/3/8

MFHS

AICHI MARU

East Pacific Ocean

2006/1/27 - 2006/3/20

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2005/5/24 - 2005/5/25

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2005/7/12 - 2005/7/13

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2005/10/12 - 2005/10/13

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2006/1/17 - 2006/1/18

ADE

Kamiko Maru

Philippine Sea

2005/5/24 - 2005/5/25

ADE

Kamiko Maru

Philippine Sea

2005/7/12 - 2005/7/13

ADE

Kamiko Maru

Philippine Sea

2005/10/12 - 2005/10/13

ADE

Kamiko Maru

Philippine Sea

2006/1/17 - 2006/1/18

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2005/9/15 - 2005/7/15

H, P

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean

2003/1/31 - 2003/2/5

H

HOD, JCG

TENYO

North Pacific Ocean

2003/4/15 - 2003/4/21

H

HOD, JCG

TENYO

North Pacific Ocean

2003/8/1 - 2003/8/7

H

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean

2003/12/11 - 2003/12/24 H

HOD, JCG

TENYO

North Pacific Ocean

2004/5/29 - 2004/6/4

H

HOD, JCG

TENYO

North Pacific Ocean

2004/9/16 - 2004/9/29

H

5

H, P

AGENCY

SHIP

AREA

PERIODDATA

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

North Pacific Ocean

2004/11/9 - 2004/11/22 H

HOD, JCG

TENYO

North Pacific Ocean

2004/12/20 - 2004/12/24 H

HOD, JCG

TENYO

2005/2/22 - 2005/3/4

H

GSJ, AISTHAKUREI MARU No.2

2005/6/13 - 2005/7/12

G

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

North Pacific Ocean
Northwestern Pacificalong the Japanese islands
North Western Pacific2004/9/2 - 2004/9/9

B

ORI, UTHyARC,
NagoyaU
ADE

TANSEI MARU

Tosa Bay2006/5/9 - 2006/5/9

B, H, PTANSEI MARU

Sagami Bay

2006/5/1 - 2006/5/10

B, H

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2004/5/24 - 2004/5/25

H, P

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2004/7/12 - 2004/7/13

H, P

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2004/10/18 - 2004/10/19 H, P

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2005/1/17 - 2005/1/18

H, P

ADE

Kaiko-maru

Philippine Sea

2004/5/24 - 2004/5/25

H, P

ADE

Kaiko-maru

Philippine Sea

2004/7/12 - 2004/7/13

H, P

ADE

Kaiko-maru

Philippine Sea

2004/10/18 - 2004/10/19 H, P

ADE

Kaiko-maru

Philippine Sea

2005/1/17 - 2005/1/18

H, P

ADE

Shiranami

Philippine Sea

2004/8/23 - 2004/8/23

KMO, JMA

KEIFU MARU

North Pacific Ocean

2006/1/18 - 2006/3/2

MMO, JMASEIFU MARU

Japan Sea

2006/1/25 - 2006/3/4

HOD, JCG

MEIYO

Philippine Sea

2006/5/24 - 2006/6/6

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

PL, HUTANSEI MARU

Pacific Ocean

2006/5/22 - 2006/5/30

H, P

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

2006/6/26 - 2006/7/12

G

HOD, JCG

MEIYO

2006/6/15 - 2006/7/7

H, P

ORI, UTHyARC,
NagoyaU

TANSEI MARU

North Pacific Ocean
Japan Sea, Sea of Okhotsk,
North Pacific Ocean
North Pacific Ocean

2006/6/16 - 2006/6/21

H

TANSEI MARU

Sagami Bay

2006/8/7 - 2006/8/10

HOD, JCG

TENYO

HOD, JCG

TENYO

North Pacific Ocean ,Philippine Sea
North Pacific Ocean

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Pacific Ocean

2006/8/14 - 2006/8/18

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Sea of Japan

2004/10/1 - 2004/10/5

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Sea of Japan

2005/5/10 - 2005/5/13

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Sea of Japan

2006/9/11 - 2006/9/11

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Sea of Japan

2005/11/21 - 2005/11/27 D

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

North Pacific Ocean

2005/12/13 - 2005/12/17 D

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

2006/9/12 - 2006/9/12

G

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

2004/8/14 - 2004/8/19

B

ORI, UTTANSEI MARUNW PacificWestern North Pacific,
off Honshu, Japan.
North Pacific Ocean

2005/3/22 - 2005/3/31

G

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

North Pacific Ocean

2005/3/22 - 2005/3/31

G

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Japan Sea

2005/4/23 - 2005/4/29

G

HOD, JCG

MEIYO

2006/8/30 - 2006/9/21

G

HOD, JCG

KAIYO

2006/8/23 - 2006/9/4

H, P

HMO, JMA

KOFU MARU

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

2006/4/28 - 2006/6/1

G, M, H, P

ORI, UTHAKUHO MARU

2006/1/5 - 2006/3/17

B, H, P

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

ORI, UTTANSEI MARU

Western North Pacific
East China Sea,
Japan Sea
East China Sea,
Japan Sea6

2005/11/26 - 2005/12/16 H
2006/9/23 - 2006/9/29
H, P

B

2006/10/6 - 2006/10/9
2006/10/28 - 2006/11/3

B, H

AGENCYSHIP

MMO, JMASEIFU MARU

HMO, JMA

KOFU MARU

AREA
Japan Sea,
Sea of Okhotsk
North Pacific Ocean

KMO, JMA

KEIFU MARU

North Pacific Ocean

KMO, JMA

KEIFU MARU

North Pacific Ocean

MMO, JMASEIFU MARU

Japan Sea

HOD, JCG

MEIYO

FF, NU

Nagasaki Maru

FF, NU

Nagasaki Maru

FF, NU

Nagasaki Maru

Philippine Sea
East china sea,
Japan sea.
Japan sea
East China sea,
Japan sea.

KMO, JMA

KEIFU MARU

Western North Pacific Ocean

PERIOD

DATA
B, G, M, D,
2006/4/27 - 2006/5/31
H, P
2006/6/22 - 2006/8/10 M, D, H, P
B, G, M, D,
2006/4/18 - 2006/5/22
H, P
B, G, M, D,
2006/6/14 - 2006/8/11
H, P
B, G, M, D,
2006/6/22 - 2006/8/10
H, P
2006/11/5 - 2006/11/17 G
2006/7/19 - 2006/7/28
2006/8/18 - 2006/9/1
2006/10/12 - 2006/10/21
2006/10/13 - 2006/10/31

B, G, M, D,
H, P

Data Type Code
B: Biology & Fisheries
G: Geology & Geophysics
M: Meteorology

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

Abbreviations of Agencies
Japan
FF, NU
GSJ, AIST
HMO, JMA
HOD, JCGHyARC, NagoyaU
KMO, JMA
MMO, JMA
ORI, UT
PL, HUYNCMTCMES, EUOPMSHS
MFHS
ADE

Faculty of Fisheries, Nagasaki University
Geological Survey of Japan,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hakodate Marine Observatory, Japan Meteorological Agency
Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, Japan Coast Guard
Hydrospheric-Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University
Kobe Marine Observatory, Japan Meteorological Agency
Maizuru Marine Observatory, Japan Meteorological Agency
Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo
Plankton Laboratory, Hokkaido University
Yuge National College of Maritime Technology
Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University
Oita Prefectural Marine Science High school
Aichi Prefectual Miya Fishery High School
Aichi Prefecture (Department of the Environment)

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Table 2 Number of Archived Data in the WESTPAC Region
YEAR

SD

1979

7,225

STD
47

CTD

XCTD

2,706

XBT

0

8,090

DBT

AXBT

672

0

BT

GEK DRIFT

17,2265,247

118

ADCP Unknown
0

12,370

1980

8,165

643

2,299

0

11,6252,293

017,083

6,215

186

0

12,666

1981

6,857

120

3,081

0

9,111

2,345

1,231

16,825

5,982

215

0

12,825

1982

7,836

214

2,967

0

11,0402,870

509

15,076

6,035

52

0

12,761

1983

7,967

368

3,965

0

11,426

3,068

824

13,290

6,016

109

0

12,386

1984

6,021

3

4,670

0

11,6103,855

860

15,786

7,039

68

0

12,776

1985

5,446

463

5,773

0

14,941

3,510

1,073

15,206

5,426

85

3,386

12,346

1986

8,536

269

5,770

0

16,994

2,365

1,517

11,739

5,793

29

2,994

9,822

1987 10,048

231

7,087

0

17,799

1,700

1,272

12,907

4,971

4

4,483

6,664

1988 10,210

29

9,853

0

19,658

1,045

1,197

9,990

2,811

248

13,359

5,736

1989

8,849

62

10,5280

18,666

475

1,323

7,796

1,626

314

59,587

4,744

1990

8,751

360

11,852

024,278

1,314

1,291

6,286

871

311

73,460

4,554
3,564

1991

6,408

0

15,016

023,190

1,405

1,509

1,825

841

348

50,362

1992

4,487

105

15,8240

25,576

18

1,199

1,146

216

227

91,934

3,516

1993

3,684

119

14,296

0

38,099

1,313

1,160

1,420

152

20

92,541

3,148

1994

1,601

128

2,050

0

29,281

108

0

7,763

320

0

24,123

0

1995

1,381

0

1,867

0

42,318

115

1,002

659

97

0

287,575

0

1996

1,323

0

2,168

0

32,782

208

939

344

61

0

793,067

0

1997

1,259

0

2,022

0

10,022

242

918

91

73

0

611,239

0

1998

1,166

0

1,755

7

11,274

178

934

101

146

0

538,944

0

1999

962

0

1,941

40

10,132

208

1,017

56

0

0

500,128

0

2000

958

0

1,865

48

11,237

155

875

72

313

0

240,617

0

2001

935

0

1,897

77

11,954

146

1,898

7

316

0

143,631

0

2002

0

0

2,427

178

9,338

65

1,133

33

443

0

77,979

0
0

2003

0

0

53

79

8,172

0

1,016

0

884

0

347,347

2004

0

0

0

127

855

0

0

0

0

0

232,039

0

2005

0

0

0

0

25

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2006

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

2,334 4,188,795

129,878

Total 120,075 3,161 133,732

556 439,493 29,673 24,697 172,727 61,894

Data Items
SD:
Serial station Data
CTD: Conductivity, Temperature, Depth profiler
XBT: eXpendable BathyThermograph
AXBT: Airborne eXpendable BathyThermograph
GEK: Geomagnetic ElectroKinetograph
ADCP: Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler

STD: Salinity, Temperature, Depth profiler
XCTD: eXpendable Conductivity, Temperature, Depth profiler
DBT: Digital memorial BathyThermographBT:
BathyThermograph
DRIFT: ship DRIFT

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2.1.2. NEAR-GOOS RDMDBThe NEAR-GOOS (North-East Asia Regional – Global Ocean Observing System) has been
implemented as regional GOOS by Russia, China, Korea and Japan. The NEAR-GOOS RDMDB(Regional Delayed Mode Data Base) undertakes the final management of the oceanographic and marine
meteorological data of the NEAR-GOOS.
The JODC has managed and operated the RDMDB based on the Recommendation of the 1st
NEAR-GOOS Coordinating Committee held in 1996. The RDMDB started to operate as a DMDB in
October 1996 and was given the status of the RDMDB by the Recommendation of the 3rd Coordinating
Committee in August 1998, and at the same time the registration application procedure was abolished toactivate its use. In addition, the provision of data to the anonymous users using guest account became
possible based on the approval of the 7th NEAR-GOOS Coordinating Committee in October 2002.
Incidentally, the user name of guest account is guest@onetime.
In the current system, each country’s NRTDB (National Real Time Data Base) is supposed to collectdata and send them to its own country’s NDMDB (National Delayed Mode Data Base) and the RRTDB(Regional Real Time Data Base) operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The NDMDB
independently collects the delayed mode data other than the data received from the NRTDB. The
RDMDB receives the data collected by each country’s NRTDB via the RRTDB and collects the delayedmode data from other sources to provide data for the users with monthly update.
At first, the data to be registered in the DMDB were only 6 items, which were collected by the RTDB
via the GTS. With the items added every year, the data to be registered in the RDMDB today are up to 40
items. Below is the main part of the data items:● Oceanographic data obtained by the Meteorological Agency via the GTS(BATHY, BUOY, SHIP, TESAC, TRACKOB)● Data converted into unified format by RRTDB(Water Temperature, Salinity, Wind)● Average water temperature data developed by the Meteorological Agency(Serial Station, Sea Surface)● Tide data with 30-second interval by the Japan Coast Guard● Water temperature data provided by the Russia Far Eastern Regional HydrometeorologicalResearch Institute● Water temperature data provided by the Japan Fisheries Information Service Center (JAFIC)● Water temperature data provided by the Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo● XBT observation data provided by the Tohoku University● Wave observation data provided by the Port and Airport Research Institute● Quality controlled data by the Canada Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS)(Water Temperature, Salinity)
The data registered in the RDMDB can be obtained through the Internet. The RDMDB data
provision system displays a list of data by item and by period so that data can easily be obtained only by
selecting the item on the screen. The URL of the RDMDB data provision system is given below.
http://near-goos1.jodc.go.jp/index.html
Archived data type and volume of NEAR-GOOS RDMDB is shown in Table 3.

9Table 3 Data Type and Volume of NEAR-GOOS RDMDBTYPE OF DATADESCRIPTION OF DATAPERIODVOLUME(MB)

BATHY

Regional Datasets of BATHY ReportJun,1996 -14.4

BATHY_G

Global Datasets of BATHY Report

Apr,2000 -

79.3

BUOY

Regional Datasets of BUOY ReportJun,1996 -340.1

BUOY_G

Global Datasets of BUOY Report

Apr,2000 -

4,783.4

SHIP

Regional Datasets of SHIP ReportJun,1996 -183.2

SHIP_G

Global Datasets of SHIP Report

Apr,2000 -

2,311.3

TESAC

Regional Datasets of TESAC Report

Sep,1998 -44.5

TESAC_G

Global Datasets of TESAC Report

Jan,1996 -479.7

TRACKOB

Regional Datasets of TRACKOB ReportJun,1996 -1.0

TRACKOB_G

Global Datasets of TRACKOB Report

Apr,2000 -

36.0

SUBST

Subsurface Temperature Decode Result

Jun,1997 -784.4

SUBST_ERROR

Subsurface Temperature Decode Error ReportJun,1997 -

5.5

TS

Temperature and Salinity Decode Result

Jul,2001

-

810.7

GLBTS

Global Temperature and Salinity Decode Result

Aug,2001 -10,616.4

WIND

Wind Data Decode Result

Jan,1998 -143.5

WIND_ERRORWind Data Decode Error Report

Jan,1998 -

1.4

WIND2

Wind Data (Format Ver.2.0)

Jul,2001-

114.0

GLBWIND

Global Wind Data Decode Result

Aug,2001 -1,820.6

SSTANL

Gridded Daily Sea Surface Temperature Datain the Northwest PacificJun,1996 - May,2000

101.0

DAILYSST(JMA)

Daily Sea Surface Temperature Data Analysis

Apr,2000 -229.7

WNPSST(JMA)

10-day Mean Sea Surface Temperaturein the Northwest PacificApr,2000 -5.7

WNPSSTNORM(JMA)Normals and Standard deviations of WNPSST

Jan,2000 - Dec,2000

1.0

GLBSST(JMA)

Global Monthly Mean Sea Surface TemperatureApr,2000 -5.6

ADJSUBS(JMA)

Monthly Mean Subsurface Temperature
in Seas Around Japan (100m,200m,400m)

Mar,2000 -

19.0

10

TYPE OF DATADESCRIPTION OF DATAPERIODVOLUME(MB)

PACSUBS(JMA)

Monthly Mean Subsurface Temperature
in Pacific (100m,200m,400m)

Mar,2000 -31.7

ASMDAY(JMA)

Daily subsurface temperaturearound Japan (100m, 200m, 400m)

Nov,2005 -

68.3

SSDH
(JMA)

Analyzed Sea Surface Dynamic Height in the Pacific

Jan,2003 -

179.2

SSHA
(JMA)

Analyzed Sea Surface Height Anomalies in the Pacific

Jan,2003 -179.2

COBESST(JMA)

Monthly mean sea surface temperatures
for 1 each degree squares over the global ocean

Jan,1996 -26.5

Jan,2000 - Dec,2000

4.8

COBESSTNORM
Normals and Standard Deviations of COBESST(JMA)
SEA_ICESea Ice Concentration in the Northeast Asia marginal Seas Dec,2003 -MGDSST

Merged satellite and in-situ data
Global Daily Sea Surface TemperatureApr,2004 -2,920.2

GTSPP

GTSPP Quality Controlled Subsurface Temperatureand Salinity Data Provided by MEDS

Jan,2003 -271.0

FERHRI ship

Marine Meteorological Onboard Observation Data
by FERHRI, Russia

Sep,1997 -4.0

FERHRI station

Marine Meteorological Observation Data at the Station
by FERHRI, Russia

Apr,2002 -0.3

Jul,1998-

54.1

Aug,1998 - Nov,2000

0.1

JAFIC
PALACESea Surface / Subsurface Temperature Data
from Japan Fisheries Information Service Center
Subsurface Temperature Profile Data Observed
by PALACE Float of Ocean Research Institute,
University of Tokyo

635.6

TOHOKU Univ.

XBT Data Observed by Tohoku University

Nov,1999 - Sep,2000

0.1

NOWPHAS

Japanese Nationwide Coastal Wave Data
by Port and Airport Research InstituteJan,2001 - Dec,2004

79.09

30s_TIDEST

30-sec. Interval Sea Tide Data at Tidal Stationsof Japan Coast Guard

Jan,1999 -Total

7,395.8
34,781.5

11

2.2. RNODC for IGOSSJODC has been acting as RNODC for IGOSS since September 1979 with the USA and Russia.
KODC has regularly submitted the log form of IGOSS BATHY/TESAC, totally 244 sheets of the log
sheets were submitted by KODC in 2006. Data Holding Status is shown in Table 4 and Station Plots areshown in Fig. 2-1 and Fig. 2-2.

Table 4 Data Holding Status of IGOSS BATHY/TESAC
YEAR

BATHY

TESAC

1982

22,667710

1983

25,478

5,443

1984

22,980

7,068

1985

26,079

5,784

1986

31,044

5,640

1987

40,301

6,580

1988

32,345

5,074

1989

27,933

4,996

1990

30,027

4,947

1991

22,731

2,137

1992

34,071

1,303

1993

35,058

2,153

1994

32,721

2,619

1995

33,908

2,207

1996

34,722

2,221

1997

37,993

1,427

1998

20,772

4,870

1999

19,701

9,632

2000

22,069

8,240

2001

26,99821,126

2002

26,44624,204

2003

29,192

55,212

2004

33,969156,136

2005

33,317

248,751

2006

24,175

277,46612

Fig. 2-1 Station Plots for BATHY

Fig. 2-2 Station Plots for TESAC

13

2.3. RNODC for MARPOLMONIn response to a recommendation by the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment(Stockholm, 1972), the IOC and WMO agreed to jointly undertake the design, planning, and developmentof 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 havebeen 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 major activities of the JODC are the collection and management of four types of data: oil slicks,
tar-ball, beach tar, and hydrocarbon, since 1975. Station Plots are shown in Fig. 3 and Data holding statusis shown in Table 5.
With regard to other type of Marine Pollution data, the present holding status of these data in JODC isintroduced in Table 6, and the Station Plots of the cadmium, lead and polychlorinated biphenyls data are
indicated as Fig. 4-1, Fig. 4-2 and Fig. 4-3, respectively.

Fig. 3 Station Plots for Oil Slick14

Table 5 Number of Archived Data for MARPOLMON
BEACH
TAR

YEAR
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Total

TAR
BALL

0
0
404
799
740
665
676
581
570
588
560
588
582
624
638
653
679
650
647
634
618
588
583
0
0
0
10
544
538
474
469
0
0
0
15,102HYDROCARBON

341
229
1,059
1,096
738
606
384
504
501
459
585
417
449
536
598
495
564
527
467
441
420
346
324
119
110
90
95
231
207
169
164
0
0
0
13,271

OIL
SLICK

0
10
604
722
877
482
387
423
362
334
329
98
239
81
62
65
68
65
60
61
60
52
53
71
86
26
66
67
40
71
55
0
0
0
5,976

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

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

NUMBER
1,922
3,969
98,845
19,941
1,126
2,054

DATA TYPE
PCB
As
Pb
Hg
Total-Hg
Cd

15

NUMBER
1,603
1,127
1,125
1,866
2,078
3,740

Fig. 4-1 Station Plots for Cd Datain the Northwest Pacific Ocean

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

Fig. 4-3 Station Plots for PCB Datain the Northwest Pacific Ocean

16

2.4. RNODC for ADCPThe JODC has been RNODC for ADCP since 1991.
The major activities of the JODC are the collection and archiving of data.
shown in Table 7 and Station Plots are shown in Fig. 5-1 and Fig. 5-2.

Data holding status isTable 7 Number of Archived Data for ADCP
YEAR
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995

NUMBER
3,545
2,994
4,932
13,553
66,24977,47463,034
110,666
125,476
57,007319,734
Total

YEAR
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006

NUMBER
805,385
636,971555,127
520,752
255,013
154,541
82,902359,171
234,322004,448,848

Fig. 5-1 Station Plots for ADCP Data in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean

17

Fig. 5-2 Station Plots for ADCP Data in the Northwest Pacific Ocean

18

ANNEX I.
List of Participants on Prep-ODINWESTPACMEMBER COUNTRIESCountryName

Organization

Australia

Mr. Gregory Reed

Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility

China

Mr. Zhang Dongsheng

National Marine Data and Information Service

Japan

Mr. Kunikazu Nishizawa

Japan Oceanographic Data Center

Korea

Dr. In-Seong Han

National Fisheries Research and Development InstitutePhilippines

Ms. Angelita Armentia

National Mapping and Resource Information Authority

UK

Dr. Lesley Rickards

Chair of IODE
(British Oceanographic Data Center)

USA

Dr. Sydney Levitus

World Data Center for Oceanography, Silver Spring

VietnamDr. Bui Hong Long

National Center for National Science and Technology

VietnamDr. Tran Tuan Dung

Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Organization

Name

IOC/UNESCO

Mr. Peter Pissierssens

IODE Programme Coordinator

IOC/WESTPAC

Dr. Hyung-Tack Huh

Chair of WESTPAC

IOC/WESTPAC

Mr. Wenxi Zhu

Acting Head of the Office,
IOC/UNESCO Regional Secretariat for WESTPACNOWPAP/UNEP

Mr. Norio Baba

NOWPAP Regional Coordinating Unit Toyama Office

NOWPAP/UNEP

Ms. An Tong

Data and Information Network Regional Activity

SEAFDEC

Ms. Siriporn Pangsorn

Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

19

RESEAECH INSTITUTES IN THE REGIONCountryName

Organization

Japan

Prof. Sei-ichi Saitoh

Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences
Hokkaido University

Japan

Mr. Osamu Yamamoto

Japan Meteorological Agency

Japan

Mr. Takashi Yoshida

Japan Meteorological Agency

Japan

Ms. Mizuho Hoshimoto

Japan Meteorological Agency

Japan

Mr. Masaru Okuno

Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, JCG

Japan

Dr. Junko Shimura

National Institute for Environmental Studies

Japan

Dr. Yutaka Michida

Ocean Research Institute, The University of TokyoJapan

Dr. Akira Tomosada

Marine Information Research Center
Japan Hydrographic Association

Japan

Dr. Toru Suzuki

Marine Information Research Center
Japan Hydrographic Association

Japan

Mr. Takeshi Ogawa

Northwest Pacific Region
Environmental Cooperation CenterJapan

Mr. Genki Terauchi

Northwest Pacific Region
Environmental Cooperation Center

Malaysia

Dr. Mohd Kushairi Mohd Rajuddin

University Industri Selangor

RussiaDr. Victor A. Akulichev

Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

RussiaDr. Igor Rostov

Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

20

ANNEX II.
Proposal to initiate a pilot project of Ocean Data and Information Network for theWestern Pacific region (ODINWESTPAC)
Preparatory Meeting for the Establishment of the ODINWESTPAC
5-6 December, Japan

1. Objectives
This pilot project aims to:(i)develop a number of products that will promote communication and collaboration between
WESTPAC member states, and between WESTPAC member states and other partners in thefields of ocean observations, data and information management, product/service delivery,(ii) implement relevant capacity building activities, specifically related to ocean data andinformation management and,(iii) prepare a formal proposal including objectives, deliverables, work plan, time table, budget anddraft recommendation to establish an Ocean Data and Information Network for the WESTPAC
region (ODINWESTPAC), in accordance with the decision of the Sixth Session of the IOC
Regional Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (IOC/WESTPAC-VI, Nha Trang, Vietnam,
May 2005), bearing in mind the work assigned to the inter-sessional working group establishedthrough Resolution IOC/WESTPAC-VI.2 and the preparatory meeting towards the developmentof ODINWESTPAC, Tokyo, 5-6 December 2006. The proposal will be submitted to theSeventh Session of the IOC Regional Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific, planned to beheld in September 2008, for its approval.
This pilot project proposal will be submitted to the 19th Session of the IODE Committee (Trieste, Italy,
12-16 March 2007) for adoption. If adopted, the pilot project implementation will start subsequently
to IODE-XIX and end at WESTPAC-VII (provisionally planned in September 2008)

2. Activities
During the pilot project, it is expected to:

1. Establish management structure
Preparatory meeting recommended that the Secretariat functions will be assumed by the
IOC/WESTPAC Secretariat, Bangkok, Thailand.
The meeting further nominated Mr. Kunikazu Nishizawa, Director of JODC as the Regional
Coordinator for the Pilot Project
Timing: informally done on 5 Dec. 2006. To be confirmed by IODE-XIX, March 2007
Cost:
in-kind21

2. Organize workshops
The purpose of the meetings will be to finalize the formal proposal for WESTPAC-VII.
A workshop will be held to finalize a proposal for WESTPAC-VII.
Timing:March/April 2008
Responsibility: JODC and IOC/WESTPAC Secretariat
Cost:
US$30-40K
3. Establish an ODINWESTPAC pilot project web site and mailing list(s)starting in April 2007, maintenance continued until the end of project
Timing:Responsibility: JODC and IOC/IODE Secretariat
Cost:in-kind
4. Start preparations for national and regional metadatabases documenting data holdings
available in the region
GeoNetwork is recommended if no tool is currently used. Otherwise current tool can be used
but need to investigate if structure is ISO-19115 compliant 1.
Timing:starting in April 2007 until the end of project
Responsibility: member states
Cost:
in-kind by member states
5. Collect cruise summary reports
starting in April 2007 until the end of project
Timing:Responsibility: member states
Cost:
in-kind

6. Continue the rescue and archival of historical oceanographic data as a follow-up to the
GODAR-WESTPAC project
starting in April 2007 until the end of project
Timing:Responsibility: member states
Cost:
in-kind
7. Prepare a directory of research institutions and experts in the region
It is recommended to use the IODE OceanExpert system as a tool. 2

starting in April 2007 until the end of project
Timing:Responsibility: input by member states; coordination by JODC
Cost:
in-kind by member states
8. Prepare a directory of ocean and coastal observation, research and management projects
and programmes implemented in the region (not limited to IOC activities)
European Directory of Marine Environmental Research Projects (EDMERP) will be good
example.
Timing:starting in April 2007 until the end of project
Responsibility: JODC
Cost:
in kind1

This activity should be coordinated with similar initiatives of other ODINs, projects or organizations (eg
PICES TCODE Metadata Federation project)
2
This activity should be coordinated with similar initiatives of other ODINs, projects or organizations (egNOWPAP DINRAC: DINRAC can provide list of organizations and experts in the NOWPAP region)22

9. Prepare a regional e-repository of scientific publications published by WESTPAC
experts 3;
Timing:starting in April 2007 until the end of project
Responsibility: IODE project office for hosting; input by countries
Cost:in kind
10. Prepare a list of potential partners (international organizations, regional organizations,donors, IOC programmes, other projects/programmes active in the region)
April 2007 – May 2007
Timing:Responsibility: JODC to host; input by member states
Cost:in kind
11. Assess capacity building requirements in the region
Timing:April 2007 – July 2007
Responsibility: JODC and IOC/WESTPAC Secretariat
Cost:in kind
12. Collect and share information on capacity building activities implemented in the region(training courses, seminars and workshops)
The collected information will be published and updated on the webpage.
Timing:starting in April 2007 until the end of project
Responsibility: JODC and IOC/WESTPAC Secretariat
Cost:in-kind13. Disseminate relevant data and information management tools and manuals.
Timing:starting in April 2007 until the end of project
Responsibility: JODC and IOC/WESTPAC
Cost:
in-kind
14. Implement training courses and workshops as required
The following training courses are planned at present. Other training courses may beconsidered depending on fund availability and assessment of needs.
(i) NEAR-GOOS – NOWPAP Joint Training Course on Remote Sensing Data Analysis,
Japan
Timing:Summer in 2007
Responsibility: JODC, NOWPAP CEARAC and NEAR-GOOS
Cost:
US$35K (UNESCO-Japan Funds-in-Trust: US$20K, NOWPAP: US$15K)(ii) Training Course on Basic Data Management and Information Management IODE
Project office, Belgium
2007
Timing:Responsibility: IODE Project Office and WESTPAC Secretariat
Cost:
US$40K (IODE Project Office Donor)

15. Prepare a proposal for the ODINWESTPAC project to be submitted to WESTPAC VII.
The proposal will be developed by correspondence during the pilot project considering theresults of activities above and finalized at the second workshop.
Timing:by WESTPAC VII
Responsibility: Project Co-coordinator and IOC/WESTPAC Secretariat
Cost:in-kind3

Need to get guidance from marine librarians in WESTPAC region if they wish this to be included23

3. Deliverables
The following are expected to be delivered by the 7th Session of IOC/WESTPAC, tentatively in
September 2008:
1. ODINWESTPAC pilot project web site and mailing list(s);2. National and regional metadatabases;
3. Updated WESTPAC cruise summary report database;
4. Directory of research institutions and experts in the region;
5. Directory of ocean and coastal observation, research and management projects andprogrammes implemented in the region;
6. Regional e-repository of scientific publications published by WESTPAC experts;
7. List of potential partners (international organizations, regional organizations, donors, IOCprogrammes, other projects/programmes active in the region);
8. Assessment report on the capacity building requirements in the region;
9. Several training courses and workshops;
10. Proposal for the ODINWESTPAC project to WESTPAC VII.

4.

Timetable and budget for the pilot projectNo.

Action/activity

TimingResponsibility

1

The pilot project approved at March 2007
IODE-XIXJODCs Director as In-kindtheProject
Coordinator
and
WESTPAC
Secretariat

2

Announcement to start the pilot April 2007
project

WESTPACSec. No costand IODE HQ

3

Establish web site and mailing list April 2007of ODINWESTPAC-PP

JODC
IOC/IODE
Secretariat

4

Start the preparation of national April 2007
andregional
metadatabases
documenting
dataholdings
available in the region

member states

5

Collect cruise summary report

April2007 member states
until the end of
project

24

Estimated costand In-kind

In-kind by member
statesIn-kindNo.

Action/activity

62007 member states
Continue the rescue and archival Aprilof historical oceanographic data as until the end ofafollow-up
tothe project
GODAR-WESTPAC project7

Prepare a directory of research April 2007 – Input by member In-kind by member
statesstates;institutions and experts in the end of 2007
CoordinationbyregionJODC

8Prepare a directory of ocean and April 2007 – JODC
coastal observation, research and end of 2007
management
projects
andprogrammes implemented in theregionIn-kind9

Prepare a regional e-repository of April 2007 – IODE
scientific publications published end 2007
officeby WESTPAC experts

Project In-kind

10

Prepare a list of potential partners

11

Assesscapacitybuilding April 2007 – WESTPAC
requirements in the region
July 2007
and JODC

Sec. In-kind

122007 WESTPAC
Collect and share information on April
capacitybuilding
activities until the end of and JODC
project
implemented in the region

Sec. In kind

13

Disseminate relevant data and April
2007 JODC
information management tools and until the end of
manuals
project

14

Implement training courses andworkshops as required

14

Training Course on basic data 2007
management and information,
IODE Project office, Belgium

IODE
Project USD 30,000 (TBI)
Officeand IODE Project office,
WESTPAC Sec.
Donor

NEAR-GOOS – NOWPAP joint Summer 2007
training course on remote sensing
data analysis

NOWPAP, JODC USD 35,000
and
WESTPAC NOWPAP 15k
Sec.
JFiT 20k (planed)
JODC, WESTPAC USD 20,000 (TBI)
Sec. and IODE HQ IODE, JFiT, Donor

(i)
14
(ii)
14
(iii)
15

TimingResponsibility

Estimated cost

In-kindApril 2007 – Input by member In-kind
May 2007
states;Coordination
by
JODC

Organization of a working meeting March/April(tentative)
2008

In kind

In kind
Prepare a proposal for the by WESTPAC Project
Co-ordinator and
ODINWESTPAC project to be VII
IOC/WESTPAC
submitted to WESTPAC VII.
Secretariat
Total

USD 85,00025