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WORLD DATA CENTER

for Oceanography, Silver Spring

CATALOGUE OF DATA

and

 REPORT OF DATA EXCHANGE

2000 - 2001
World Data Centers conduct international exchange

of geophysical observations in accordance with the

principles set forth by the International Council of

Scientific Unions. WDCs are established in the

United States under the auspices of the National

Academy of Sciences.
WORLD DATA CENTER

for Oceanography, Silver Spring

2003

World Data Center for Oceanography

Silver Spring, Maryland

________

CHANGE NOTICE NOS. 66, 67, 68, AND 69

(1 JANUARY 2000 - 31 DECEMBER 2001)

CATALOGUE OF DATA

and

REPORT OF DATA EXCHANGE

2000 - 2001
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ABSTRACT

This publication lists and describes all data received by the WDC for

Oceanography, Silver Spring, during the period 1 January 2000 - 31

December 2001. It supplements the original six-volume Catalogue of

Data, which includes Change Notice Nos. 1-16. It also includes tabulations of data received during 2000 - 2001 as well as summarizations of

data received prior to 2000. The types of data include oceanographic

station data, bathythermograph data, current measurements, biological

observations, meteorological observations, and sea surface measurements. An Alphabetical Index of ship names and a Geographical Index

of ocean areas assist the user in selecting the required data.
CONTENTS

Page

ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

WORLD DATA CENTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

HOW TO USE THE CHANGE NOTICE TO THE CATALOGUE OF DATA . . . . 2

DATA EXCHANGE POLICY OF WDC FOR OCEANOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DATA SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

EXPLANATION OF THE ALPHABETICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL

 INDEXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

ALPHABETICAL INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

NUMERICAL LIST OF COUNTRIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

LIST OF DATA CENTER ACRONYMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

INDEX OF COUNTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS CONTRIBUTING DATA

 TO WDC FOR OCEANOGRAPHY DURING THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 2000 -

 31 DECEMBER 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

EXPLANATION OF WDC FOR OCEANOGRAPHY DATA INFORMATION

 SHEET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

LISTING OF ACCESSIONED DATA PUBLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

INTERNATIONAL DATA ACQUISITION AND EXCHANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

WDC FOR OCEANOGRAPHY DATA BASE SUMMARIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

GODAR ACCESSIONS, 2000 - 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

NODC ACCESSIONS, 2000 - 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

DATA HOLDINGS OF RNODC’s AND SPECIALIZED DATA CENTERS . . . . . . 49

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WORLD DATA CENTER

The World Data Center consists of the Coordination Office and thirteen subcenters:

World Data Center U.S.A.

 Coordination Office

National Academy of Sciences

2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20418, U.S.A.

Telephone: (202) 334-2744

 FAX: (202) 334-1377

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GLACIOLOGY (SNOW AND ICE):

WDC for Glaciology, Boulder

CIRES, Campus Box 449

University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.

Telephone: (303) 492-5171

 FAX: (303) 492-2468

PALEOCLIMATOLOGY:

WDC for Paleoclimatology

National Geophysical Data Center

NOAA/NGDC E/GC4

325 Broadway

Boulder, Colorado 80303, U.S.A.

Telephone: (303) 497-6160

 FAX: (303) 497-6513

ROTATION OF THE EARTH

WDC for Rotation of the Earth,

 Washington

Earth Orientation Department

U.S. Naval Observatory

Washington, D.C. 20392-5100, U.S.A.

Telephone: (202) 762-1469

 FAX: (202) 762-1563

OCEANOGRAPHY:

WDC for Oceanography, Silver Spring

NOAA/NODC E/OC53

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282, U.S.A.

Telephone: (301) 713-3295

 FAX: (301) 713-3303

METEOROLOGY:

WDC for Meteorology, Asheville

National Climatic Data Center

NOAA, E/CC

Federal Building

151 Patton Avenue

Asheville, NC 28801-5001, U.S.A.

Telephone: (704) 271-4474

 FAX: (704) 271-4246

SATELLITE INFORMATION:

WDC for Satellite Information

National Space Science Data Center

Code 633

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, U.S.A.

Telephone: (301) 286-6695

 FAX: (301) 286-1635
SOLID-EARTH GEOPHYSICS

(TSUNAMIS, GRAVIMETRY, EARTH

TIDES, RECENT MOVEMENTS OF

THE EARTH’S CRUST, MAGNETIC

MEASUREMENTS, PALEOMAGNETISM AND ARCHEOMAGNETISM,

VOLCANOLOGY, GEOTHERMICS):

WDC for Solid Earth Geophysics, Boulder

NOAA/NGDC E/GC1

325 Broadway

Boulder, Colorado 80303, U.S.A.

Telephone: (303) 497-6521

 FAX: (303) 497-6513

SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS

(SOLAR AND INTERPLANETARY

PHENOMENA, IONOSPHERIC

PHENOMENA, FLARE-ASSOCIATED

EVENTS, GEOMAGNETIC VARIATIONS,

MAGNETOSPHERIC AND INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC PHENOMENA,

AURORA, COSMIC RAYS, AIRGLOW):

WDC for Solar-Terrestrial Physics,

 Boulder

NOAA/NGDC E/GC2

325 Broadway

Boulder, Colorado 80303, U.S.A.

Telephone: (303) 497-6761

 FAX: (303) 497-6513

HUMAN INTERACTIONS IN THE

ENVIRONMENT:

WDC for Human Interactions in the

 Environment

CIESIN/Columbia University

P.O. Box 1000

61 Rt. 9W

Palisades, NY 10964, U.S.A.

Telephone: (914) 365-8988

 FAX: (914) 365-8922

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MARINE GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

(GRAVITY, MAGNETICS, BATHYMETRY, SEISMIC PROFILES, MARINE

SEDIMENT AND ROCK ANALYSIS):

WDC for Marine Geology and

 Geophysics, Boulder

NOAA/NGDC E/GC3

325 Broadway

Boulder, Colorado 80303-3328, U.S.A.

Telephone: (303) 497-6390

 FAX: (303) 497-6513

ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GASES:

WDC for Atmospheric Trace Gases

Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis

 Center

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6335, U.S.A.

Telephone: (423) 241-4842

 FAX: (423) 574-2232

REMOTELY SENSED LAND DATA:

WDC for Remotely Sensed Land Data

U.S. Geological Survey

EROS Data Center

Sioux Falls, SD 57198, U.S.A.

Telephone: (605) 594-6142

 FAX: (605) 594-6589

SEISMOLOGY

WDC for Seismology, Denver

U.S. Geological Survey

Denver Federal Center, MS-967

P. O. Box 25046

Denver, Colorado 80225-0046, U.S.A.

Telephone: (303) 273-8500

 FAX: (303) 273-8450
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PREFACE

The six-volume Catalogue of Data and the loose-leaf Change Notice Numbers 1-16, which have been integrated into the Catalogue, list all oceanographic

data received by World Data Center for Oceanography, from July 1957 through

June 1975. The Catalogue has a loose-leaf arrangement of sheets, which have been

punched for standard three-ring binders. It includes station location charts for

many cruises.

Beginning with Change Notice No. 17, each Change Notice is printed in a

modified format as a separate, bound publication describing all data received during a particular six-month or one-year period. The six-volume Catalogue of Data,

including Change Notice Nos. 1-16, continues to serve as a reference volume for

data received from July 1957 through June 1975. Provision has been made in the

modified format for correlating newly received data for a particular cruise with data

previously received for that same cruise and already described in a prior Change

Notice. The capability for identifying those data, which have been machine-processed by a national, regional, or responsible national oceanographic data center,

has been retained in the modified catalogue format.

Until recently, data gathered before the beginning of the IGY in 1957 had

not been extensively accessioned by World Data Center for Oceanography; however, numerous international bodies have pressed the WDCs, Oceanography to

accession as much historical data as possible, in order to augment the data bases

required for support of Climate Research and Global Change Programs. Thus, the

acquisition of pre-IGY, as well as post-IGY data, has become a high priority goal for

the WDC. The Catalogue now contains pre-IGY data accessioned by the WDC and

available in automated form to requesters in the international oceanographic community. The Global Oceanographic Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR) program has generated significant contributions of historical oceanographic observations from numerous countries.

It should be noted that the designations of countries used in this publication

do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of this Center

concerning the delineation of the territorial boundaries, the political subdivisions,

or the legal status of any country or territory. WDC for Oceanography, will make

every effort to promptly correct any inconsistency that is brought to its attention.
INTRODUCTION

The World Data Center system was established in 1957 to collect data from

the numerous and widespread observational programs of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) under the principles set forth by the International Council of

Scientific Unions (ICSU) and to make such data readily accessible for an indefinite

period of time to interested scientists and scholars. The system consists of World

Data Centers (WDCs) located in the U.S.A., Russia, Western Europe, Japan, India

and the People’s Republic of China. The WDC in the United States is established

under the auspices of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, where the Coordination Office is located. The WDC is divided into thirteen discipline subcenters whose

addresses are given on pages iv and v. These centers are located in institutions

which, in the opinion of the Academy, can best serve the interests of science because

of their data-handling capabilities for the appropriate scientific disciplines. WDC for

Oceanography, is collocated with the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)

in Silver Spring, Maryland.

After completion of the IGY program, ICSU delegated the responsibility for

the operation of the World Data Centers to its Comite International de Geophysique

(CIG) and subsequently to the ICSU Panel on World Data Centres. The framework

for continued international exchange of oceanographic data is set forth in ICSU’s

Guide to the World Data Center System and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic

Commission’s (IOC’s) Manual on International Oceanographic Data Exchange.

The types of oceanographic data desired for inclusion in the World Data Center system are those from international cooperative expeditions, Global Change and

Climate Research Programs, and those associated with various countries' National

Oceanographic Programs. Data are to be exchanged internationally in accordance

with provisions of the IOC’s Manual and the ICSU Guide. Lists of National Oceanographic Programs are compiled by various national committees on oceanography

and submitted to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission for dissemination to the international oceanographic community.

Contributors of oceanographic data to the World Data Center system and

national committees on oceanography are urged to compare the Catalogue of Data

with data gathering cruises and expeditions listed in IOC information documents or

on-line information systems to determine whether the cruises actually completed

agree with those listed and to ensure that the data resulting from them are transmitted to the World Data Centers in the manner prescribed by the IOC Manual and

the ICSU Guide. Data need not be limited to those identified in IOC documents or

on-line systems; WDC for Oceanography, welcomes all data that fall within the

framework of the ICSU Guide and the IOC Manual and that contributors may wish

to include in the international marine data base of the WDCs.

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HOW TO USE THE CHANGE NOTICE TO THE CATALOGUE OF DATA

Catalogue Numbering System

The catalogue numbering system uses groups of numbers and letters to designate identifying references for purposes of data archiving and retrieval. A catalogue

number consists of numerals for the assigned: series, country, institution, ship and

cruise.

Series — The catalogue numbering system is divided into basic groups called

series. At present, these consist of the 100 series for data from ships and other mobile

platforms and the 200 series for data from shore and fixed stations in the following

categories:

a. Coastal and island stations.

b. Near shore manned stations; i.e., lightvessels and platforms.

c. Offshore manned stations; i.e., ocean weather ships.

d. Unmanned stations; i.e., automatic buoys.

e. Stations on shipping routes.

f. Offshore reference stations visited regularly.

g. Cables in use for oceanographic observations.

h. Repetitive drifting observations; i.e., ice islands,

drifting buoys.

Country — A list in the Indexes section includes all countries and institutions

from which this Center has received data during this period together with their

discrete identifying numbers. The series and two-digit country number comprise the

first three digits of the catalogue number.

Example: For country number 01, Argentina, data from ships and mobile

platforms are catalogued as 101, and data from shore and fixed stations as 201.

NOTE: The designations of countries used in this publication do not imply

the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of this Center

concerning the delineation of the territorial boundaries, the political

subdivisions, or the legal status of any country or territory.

Institution — An institution which contributed data, either directly or through

its designated national agency or national, regional or specialized oceanographic

data center, is assigned a decimal number following the series/country number.

Example: The number 101.01 is assigned to data taken by ships and mobile

platforms and received from the Argentine Servicio de Hidrografia Naval, and the

number 201.01 is assigned to data taken at shore and fixed stations and received

from the same institution.

Ship — Each ship, or in some instances a group of ships operating together, is

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assigned a letter following the series/country/institution number. The letter is followed by a number assigned to the particular cruise as the data are received.

NOTE: The term “cruise” is used in this catalogue to define, whenever possible,

the beginning and ending dates of a series of data collected by a ship, usually

identified by the contributing institution with a cruise name and/or number.

Sometimes it is necessary to group several series of data from one or more ships

together under one catalogue number.

Example: The first cruise data received from the Argentine Servicio de

Hidrografia Naval are from the ship CAPITAN CANEPA, which is assigned the

letter A, followed by the number 01, thus A-01; the second cruise is A-02, the third A03, etc. Thus, the catalogue numbers 101.01 A-01, A-02, A-03, etc.

A similar system is used in the 200-series for ships but is not applied to

lightvessels and fixed shore stations; for the latter the ship/cruise identifier is omitted. For these categories, the series/country/institution numbers are given, but the

lightvessel’s or station’s name must be added instead of the ship/cruise number to

complete the catalogue identification.

Example: The Canadian station at Triple Island is identified as: 206.03 Triple

Island.

A shore station is listed under the country in or near whose territory it is

located. If observations are carried out and the data contributed by an institution of

another country, the observing country’s name and institution are listed after the

name of the country of location.

How to Use the Alphabetical Index

1. Look up the name of the ship or fixed station in the Alphabetical Index

where the related country/institution/ship catalogue numbers are listed.

2. Look up, under the respective countries, the indicated Catalogue Numbers.

How to Use the Geographical Index

1. Obtain the geographic area number and name from the Geographical Index

Charts.

2. Look up the list of catalogue numbers of available data for the area in the

Geographical Index.

3. Use these catalogue numbers to locate information about the types and

amount of data available.

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How to Obtain Data from WDC for Oceanography

When communicating with the Center for additional information concerning

data, the requester should, where possible, refer to the specific catalogue numbers for

data of interest. The catalogue numbers are designed to facilitate the identification

and retrieval of the information or data you need.

Address all correspondence to:

Director, World Data Center for Oceanography

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 U.S.A.

If you telephone, the numbers are:

The Director: 301-713-3290.

The Data Archives: 301-713-3295.

FAX: 301-713-3303

E-mail: wdc@nodc.noaa.gov

If you wish to visit the Center, its office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. The Center is not open on Saturdays, Sundays, and U.S.

national holidays. If you wish the use of study space, you should, if possible, give the

Center advance notice so that necessary arrangements can be made. There is no

charge for the use of study space.

Data Exchange Policy of World Data Center for Oceanography

World Data Centers are held responsible for the provision of data and information to qualified requesters in the scientific community either in exchange or at a cost

not to exceed that of processing and shipping. Unless a requester specifies otherwise,

the Center is responsible for using the method which most satisfactorily reproduces

the data or information item at the least cost. For certain types of requests, limitations in funding, personnel, or facilities may preclude direct or free provision of data

or information by the World Data Center.

Data exchanges between WDC for Oceanography and WDC’s in the same

discipline usually take place without charge for routine exchanges of mutually

agreed-upon types of data received by WDC-A in internationally-approved data

exchange formats and in readily reproducible media forms. Non-standard data types

are not normally exchanged. The ICSU Panel has now recognized that it is not

always economically feasible to copy large data sets from one WDC to another. For

certain types of data, the exchange of inventories of available data in a WDC

subcenter may be considered acceptable in lieu of the transfer of the actual data sets.

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In general, reasonably-sized requests from national or regional contributors to

WDC for Oceanography may be considered as exchange, and equivalent data thus

provided to the requester without charge. For requests for unusually large amounts

of data, for specially formatted data, for derived data products, or for data to be obtained from outside the WDC system, WDC will normally be required to recover the

costs of processing and shipping, or, at its discretion, may arrange for the request to

be serviced by an RNODC or a regional, national, or disciplinary center. WDC may

serve as an intermediary or coordinator for requests for unique types of data or data

in other disciplines by placing the originator of the request in contact with the appropriate institution or disciplinary center.

Normally, WDC for Oceanography considers its data exchange commitment

with a cooperating Data Center to be limited to the servicing of those requests or

routine updating requirements intended to build or enhance standard data bases

operated by that Center for specific, mutually agreed-upon data types and geographical areas of national or scientific interest. If the availability of funding and resources

permit, the WDC also attempts to assist such cooperating Data Centers when they

require special data sets for institutions that are performing project-related research

for international climate and global change programs and/or that have historically

contributed data to WDC for Oceanography through that Data Center. WDC for

Oceanography is obliged, in any case, to follow the exchange and cost recovery policies of its sponsoring (funding) government agency, while attempting to maintain

consistency with data exchange guidelines of the ICSU Panel on WDC’s as published

in the ICSU Guide.

Data and information may be requested from WDC for Oceanography through

NODCs, Designated National Agencies, or any other organization identified by

national or international initiatives as responsible for communication with the World

Data Centers. These materials may also be requested directly from WDC for Oceanography. Organizations, institutions, or individuals from Member States of the IOC

may apply to the IOC Secretariat or UNESCO for possible assistance in funding

their projects.

Data Centers or institutions in the international community that have acquired an automated data set or specialized data product from the WDC must be

aware that original data sets are updated from time to time, errors corrected, or

spurious data deleted by the originating data center. Where duplicate data sets are

deliberately held in this way, the holder is responsible for making regular contact, as

required, with the originating center to check whether the old data set is still valid,

whether it should be deleted, or whether new data are available. The WDC bears no

responsibility in the conduct of these arrangements, except as regards the provision

of information in its role as a coordination and referral center.

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Acknowledgment of Data Sources

In many instances, data contributed to the Center are unpublished at the time

of receipt. Unpublished data are identified in the Change Notice by the absence of a

publication number in the column entitled Data Center Reference Number. Accordingly, as stipulated by the Guide, recipients of copies of such data from the Center are

reminded that the rights of the original investigators must always be respected.

Thus, it is requested that if any data supplied by WDC for Oceanography are

published, due acknowledgment be made of the institution (and where

appropriate, the principal investigator) which undertook the original observations. To facilitate proper acknowledgment, the Change Notice indicates the

originating institution.

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PART I

CATALOGUE INDEXES
EXPLANATION OF THE ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF SHIPS

AND FIXED STATIONS

This index presents in alphabetical order the names of the ships, lightvessels,

platforms, and shore stations that are listed on the Data Information sheets.

Ship or Fixed Station — The name of the ship, lightvessel, platform, lighthouse, shore station, etc. Names of ships and lightvessels are given in capital letters,

with lightvessels identified by (LV) after their name. All others not so identified are

shore or other types of fixed stations.

Country — The name of the country that used the ship to collect data, or the

name of the country in or near whose territory fixed oceanographic station observations were made. If the data were collected by an institution of another country, the

contributing country is listed after the one where the observations were taken.

Catalogue Number — The country and institution numbers and ship letter

assigned to each ship are given in this column to facilitate locating data information

in the catalogue.

EXPLANATION OF THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX

The Geographical Index is based on the divisions of areas shown on the three

charts immediately preceding the Index. These divisions are defined in “Limits of

Oceans and Seas,” Special Publication No. 23 of the International Hydrographic

Bureau, third edition, Monaco, 1953. To define the extensive areas of the Atlantic,

Indian, and Pacific Oceans more specifically, the following subdivisions have been

added:

23 - North Atlantic Ocean 32 - South Atlantic Ocean

23a - Northeast Atlantic 32a - Southeast Atlantic

23b - Northwest Atlantic 32b - Southwest Atlantic

45 - Indian Ocean 57 - North Pacific Ocean

45a - Northwest Indian 57a - Northwest Pacific

45b - Northeast Indian 57b - Northeast Pacific

45c - Southwest Indian

45d - Southeast Indian 61 - South Pacific Ocean

SO - Southern Ocean 61a - Southwest Pacific

61b - Southeast Pacific

South of latitude 50o South

The catalogue numbers of ship cruises extending into any of the areas, or

shore or fixed stations located in the areas, are listed under the area’s number and

name.

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX

Ship or Fixed Station Country Catalogue Number

 - C -

CHOFU MARU JAPAN 124.10 D

 - D -

DAVID STARR JORDAN UNITED STATES 139.23 Y

 - GGYUNGBUG 885 KOREA 143.02 DD

 (renamed TAMGU 5) 243.01 F

 - H -

HAKUHO MARU JAPAN 124.24 B

HOKKO MARU, JAPAN 124.20 A

HOKUSEI MARU JAPAN 124.02 C

HOKUSHIN MARU JAPAN 124.20 E

HOKUYO MARU JAPAN 124.20 G

 - I -

INCHEON 888 KOREA 143.02 FF

 - K -

KEIFU MARU JAPAN 124.01 F

KINSEI MARU JAPAN 124.20 C

KOFU MARU JAPAN 124.08 D

KOYO MARU JAPAN 124.16 A

 - N -

Neah Bay (Coast Shore Stations) UNITED STATES 239.02

NEW HORIZON UNITED STATES 139.08 V

 - O -

OSHORO MARU JAPAN 124.02 B

OYASHIO MARU JAPAN 124.20 B

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ALPHABETICAL INDEX

Ship or Fixed Station Country Catalogue Number

 - R -

ROBERT GORDON SPROUL UNITED STATES 139.08 Z

ROGER REVELLE UNITED STATES 139.08 Y

RYOFU MARU JAPAN 124.01 B

 - S -

SEIFU MARU JAPAN 124.11 D

SEIYO MARU JAPAN 124.04 D

SHINYO MARU JAPAN 124.04 B

SHIRASE JAPAN 124.31 B

SHUMPU MARU JAPAN 124.09 A

 - T -

TAMGU 1 JAPAN 143.02 II

TAMGU 3 JAPAN 143.02 HH

JAPAN 243.01 C

TAMGU 5 KOREA 143.02 DD

 (formerly GYUNGBUG 885) 243.01 F

TANKAI MARU JAPAN 124.20 A

TENYO MARU JAPAN 124.16 B

 - U -

UMITAKA MARU JAPAN 124.04 A

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GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX

43. BAY OF BENGAL 124.16 B-21 143.02 DD-07

124.16 B-22 143.02 FF-04

124.04 B-07 143.02 HH-02 143.02 HH-02

143.02 HH-03 143.02 HH-03

45b. NORTH EAST 143.02 II-01 243.01 C-29

INDIAN OCEAN 143.02 II-02 243.01 C-30

243.01 C-29 243.01 F-07

124.16 B-21 243.01 C-30

124.16 B-22 53. INLAND SEA

124.31 B-13 51. YELLOW SEA

124.31 B-14 124.04 D-03

124.31 B-15 143.02 FF-04

124.31 B-16 143.02 FF-05 54. SEA OF OKHOTSK

143.02 HH-02

45c. SOUTH WEST 143.02 HH-03 124.02 C-23

INDIAN OCEAN 243.01 C-29 124.02 C-24

243.01 C-30 124.20 G-07

124.31 B-13 124.20 G-08

124.31 B-14 52. JAPAN SEA

124.31 B-15 55. BERING SEA

124.31 B-16 124.02 B-70

124.31 E-02 124.02 B-71 124.02 B-70

124.02 C-23 124.02 B-71

45d. SOUTH EAST 124.02 C-24

INDIAN OCEAN 124.04 A-16 56. PHILIPPINE SEA

124.04 B-06

124.31 B-13 124.08 D-86 124.01 B-95

124.31 B-14 124.08 D-87 124.01 B-96

124.31 B-15 124.11 D-78 124.01 F-37

124.31 B-16 124.11 D-79 124.01 F-38

124.11 D-80 124.02 B-70

50. EASTERN CHINA SEA 124.11 D-81 124.04 A-17

124.16 B-21 124.04 B-06

124.01 F-37 124.16 B-22 124.04 D-03

124.01 F-38 124.20 B-07 124.09 A-102

124.02 B-71 124.20 B-08 124.09 A-103

124.04 B-06 124.20 C-07 124.10 D-90

124.10 D-90 124.20 C-08 124.10 D-91

124.10 D-91 124.20 G-07 124.24 B-67

124.16 A-40 124.20 G-08

124.16 A-41 143.02 DD-06

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GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX

57a. NORTH WEST 61a. SOUTH WEST 

PACIFIC PACIFIC

124.01 B-95 124.01 B-95

124.01 B-96 124.01 B-96

124.01 F-37 124.31 B-13

124.01 F-38 124.31 B-15

124.02 B-70 124.31 B-16

124.02 B-71

124.02 C-23

124.02 C-24 63. TASMAN SEA

124.04 B-06

124.08 D-86 124.31 B-13

124.08 D-87 124.31 B-15

124.16 A-40 124.31 B-16

124.16 A-41

124.20 A-27 SO. SOUTHERN 

124.20 B-07 OCEAN

124.20 C-07 (South of latitude

124.20 C-08 50 S)

124.20 E-07

124.20 E-08 124.31 B-13

124.31 B-14

57b. NORTH EAST 124.31 B-15

PACIFIC 124.31 B-16

124.02 B-70

124.02 B-71

124.02 C-23

124.02 C-24

139.08 V-27

139.08 V-28

139.08 V-29

139.08 Y-02

139.08 Z-03

139.23 Y-41

139.23 Y-42

239.02

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NUMERICAL LIST OF COUNTRIES *

 1. ARGENTINA

 2. AUSTRALIA

 3. BELGIUM

 4. BRAZIL

 5. BURMA

 6. CANADA

 7. CHILE

 8. COLOMBIA

 9. DENMARK

10. ECUADOR

11. FINLAND

12. TAIWAN

13. FRANCE

14. GERMANY

15. GERMANY

16. GHANA

17. GUATEMALA

18. ICELAND

19. INDIA

20. INDONESIA

21. IRELAND

22. ISRAEL

23. ITALY

24. JAPAN

25. MEXICO

26. NETHERLANDS

27. NEW ZEALAND

28. NORWAY

29. PAKISTAN

30. PERU

31. PHILIPPINES

32. POLAND

33. PORTUGAL

34. SPAIN

35. SWEDEN

36. SOUTH AFRICA

37. RUSSIA

38. UNITED KINGDOM

39. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

40. URUGUAY

42. YUGOSLAVIA

43. KOREA (Republic of)

44. IVORY COAST

45. NIGERIA

46. CONGO (People’s Republic)

47. MALAYSIA

48. MALAGASY REPUBLIC

49. MOROCCO

50. SENEGAL

51. THAILAND

52. TURKEY

53. VENEZUELA

54. EL SALVADOR

55. COSTA RICA

56. PANAMA

57. HONDURAS

58. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

59. HAITI

60. CUBA

61. JAMAICA

62. AUSTRIA

63. ROMANIA

64. EGYPT

65. LEBANON

66. ALGERIA

67. MONACO

68. GREECE

69. TANZANIA

70. SIERRA LEONE

71. TUNISIA

72. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

73. PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

74. CZECHOSLOVAKIA

75. MAURITANIA

76. BULGARIA

77. BENIN

78. PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC

 REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

79. IRAQ

80. LIBERIA

81. SINGAPORE

82. UKRAINE

83. REPUBLIC OF YEMEN

84. KENYA

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 * May refer to country designations during period data were received.
LIST OF DATA CENTER ACRONYMS

AODC Australian Oceanographic Data Centre

BODC British Oceanographic Data Centre, United Kingdom

CEADO Centro Argentino de Datos Oceanograficos

CECOLDO Centro Colombiano de Datos Oceanograficos

CEDO Centro Espanol de Datos Oceanograficos

CENADO Centro Nacional de Datos Oceanograficos, Mexico

CENDOC Centro Nacional de Datos Oceanograficos de Chile

CNODC China National Oceanographic Data Center

CNRDO Centro Nazionale Raccolta Dati Oceanografici, Italy

DOD Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum

ENODC Egyptian National Oceanographic Data Center

ICES International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

IFREMER Institut Francais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer

IHO International Hydrographic Organization

INOCAR Instituto Oceanographico de la Armada del Ecuador

INODC Indian National Oceanographic Data Center

ISMARE Irish Marine Data Centre

JODC Japan Oceanographic Data Center

KODC Korean Oceanographic Data Center

MARIS Marine Information Service, Netherlands

MEDS Marine Environmental Data Service, Canada

NOD Norsk Oseanografisk Datasenter

NODC National Oceanographic Data Center, U.S.A.

PSMSL Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level

SADCO South African Data Centre for Oceanography

SISMER Systeme d'Informations Scientifiques pour la Mer

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INSTITUTION INDEX

Country Institution Catalogue Number

24 JAPAN Japan Meteorological Agency . . . . . . . . 124.01

Hokkaido University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.02

Tokyo University of Fisheries. . . . . . . . 124.04

Hakodate Marine Observatory . . . . . . . 124.08

Kobe Marine Observatory . . . . . . . . . . . 124.09

Nagasaki Marine Observatory . . . . . . . . 124.10

Maizuru Marine Observatory . . . . . . . . 124.11

National Fisheries University, 

Shimonoseki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.16

Hokkaido Regional Fisheries Research 

Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.20

Ocean Research Institute, University of 

Tokyo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124.24

National Institute of Polar Research . . . 124.31

39 UNITED STATES Scripps Institution of Oceanography . . 139.08 239.02

National Oceanic & Atmospheric 

Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.23

43 KOREA National Fisheries Research &

Development Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143.02 243.01

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PART II

WDC for OCEANOGRAPHY

DATA INFORMATION
EXPLANATION OF THE WDC FOR OCEANOGRAPHY

DATA INFORMATION SHEET

The Change Notice lists on Data Information sheets the data which have been

received by this Center. The entries are described below. Countries are arranged in

the sequence shown in the numerical list of countries. Data from each country are

arranged in the sequence of catalogue numbers. The 200-series data sheets follow

the last 100-series data sheet in the catalogue.

Country/Catalogue Number — The series number and two digit number of

the contributing country, as well as the identifying number for the data information,

are given in this column. Details of the catalogue numbering system are given in the

section "How to Use the Change Notice to the Catalogue of Data". The numbers

corresponding to the country and institution portions of the Catalogue Number are

found in the index section that lists countries and contributing institutions.

Country/Ship or Fixed Station — The country name, as well as the names of

ships are printed in capital letters; lightvessels are identified by (LV) following the

name. All other names not so designated are those of shore stations and other types

of fixed platforms, such as lighthouses (LH) or offshore towers; names are reported as

they appear with the data.

Start Date/End Date — The dates during which the data were gathered are

given in the order of day/month/year. In some instances, depending on the nature of

the project, the dates indicate the beginning and ending of a cruise or expedition,

while in others the dates indicate the first and last observations. For shore and fixed

stations months and years only are usually given.

Region — The region(s) of the World Ocean where observations were gathered.

The areas listed are defined in “Limits of Oceans and Seas,” International Hydrographic Bureau, Special Publication No. 23, third edition, Monaco, 1953, with certain

modifications as indicated in the Catalogue Indexes section.

Oceanographic Serial Stations:

Number of Stations — The number of oceanographic serial stations (also

referred to as hydrographic, hydrographical, hydrological and hydrochemical stations) at which serial measurements of temperature, salinity, and other chemical

values are made, normally to depths of five meters or greater. Data to depths less

than five meters are usually catalogued as Surface Observations. The single dagger

symbol (†) is used to denote data obtained by electronic, in-situ, Salinity/Temperature/Depth (STD) or Conductivity/Temperature/ Depth (CTD) sensors.

Physical and Chemical Data — All stations as a minimum have readings of

both temperature and salinity, unless otherwise noted. The types of physical and

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chemical data, available at serial depths as observed values, are listed using the

following symbols and abbreviations:

Oxy - Dissolved oxygen content

Nutr - Nitrogen, Phosphorous, or Silicon compounds

Pol - Heavy Metals, Hydrocarbons or other pollutants

BT’s — The type and number of mechanical bathythermograph (MBT) or

expendable bathythermograph (XBT) observations are indicated by:

MB - Analog prints of bathythermographs taken by a

mechanical BT

MTb - Tables or listings of mechanical BT temperature readings

at selected depths

XB - Analog prints of bathythermographs taken by an

expendable BT

XTb - Tables or listings of expendable BT temperature readings

at selected depths

DTb - Table or listings of digital BT temperature readings at

selected depths

STb - Tables or listings of bathythermographs reported at

selected levels only, eg. 5m. intervals

Currents — The types and quantity of observations of surface and subsurface

currents are indicated by:

Surf - Surface

Subs - Subsurface

Biological — The types of marine biological observations made and the

number of stations and/or abundance of data are indicated by any of the following

categories:

Phyt - Phytoplankton Pleu - Pleuston

Pigm - Pigments Sest - Seston

PrPr - Primary productivity Neus - Neuston

Zoo - Zooplankton Bent - Benthos

Nek - Nekton PeF - Pelagic fishes

Eggs - Fish eggs and/or larvae DeF - Demersal fishes

Micr - Microbiological data FObs - Fishery observations

Biol - Bioluminescence Bore - Borers and foulers

Poll - Pollution studies Cet - Cetacea

C14 - Carbon Plank - Plankton

Surf - Surface visual observations of birds, fishes

 mammals, reptiles or discolored water

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Meteorological — The presence of meteorological observations taken in conjunction with oceanographic data is indicated. These observations may include wind

direction and speed, weather, temperature of the air, dry bulb or wet bulb, atmospheric pressure, clouds, visibility, humidity, dew point, precipitation, solar radiation,

or radiosonde observations.

Sea Surface — The types of sea surface observations and measurements taken

are listed. In addition to the abbreviations and symbols listed for Physical and

Chemical Data, the following are also used:

T - Temperature of the water sample

S - Salinity

Col - Color of the water

Tra - Transparency of the water

Wa - Visual data on waves, including sea state

IWa - Instrumented wave data

Ice - Data on ice in the sea

LP - Light penetration

LPW - Long period wave records

Data Center Reference Number — Data which have been processed at a national, regional, or responsible oceanographic data center, usually have been assigned some type of identifying reference number by that center. The availability of

data in automated form is indicated by the initials of the data center followed by that

center’s reference number. For example, machine-processed oceanographic station

data for Reference Number 310863 of the National Oceanographic Data Center

would appear as NODC 310863.

Publication number refers to the number from the WDC for Oceanography

"Listing of Accessioned Data Publications" identifying the published report in which

the referenced data appear. The absence of a number in this column indicates that

the data were not received in published or processed form.

Remarks — Any additional information included to further describe the data.

The term “(CAT. OF DATA)” or “(Change)”, indicates that data for this listed cruise

represent an addition to data previously received by WDC for Oceanography, and

already described under this Catalogue Number in the Catalogue of Data (including

Change Notice Nos. 1-16) or the referenced Change Notice. An asterisk (*) is placed

beside each data entry which represents an addition to data catalogued previously;

the total number of observations held for this cruise is shown in parentheses ( ) beneath the data entry. Data entries preceded by a minus sign (-) and enclosed in

parentheses, e.g. (-9), indicate a deletion of observations.

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WDC-A, OCEANOGRAPHY DATA INFORMATION

TYPES OF OBSERVATIONS

NO. OF PARA- SEA PUBLICATION REMARKS CATALOGUE NO. SHIP/FIXED STATION DATE IHB

START END REGION STAS. METERS HH BTs CURRENTS BIOLOGY MET. SURFACE NUMBER

124................................. JAPAN...................................................

124.01 B-95 RYOFU MARU 28/01/1998 02/12/1998 56 229 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-125 Subs-365 Pigm-53 T, S 24.07-096 Cruises 9801, 9804, 

57a 9806, 9809, 9811

61a

124.01 B-96 RYOFU MARU 23/01/1999 05/11/1999 56 214 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-157 Subs-369 Phyt-34 T, S 24.07-097 Cruises 9901, 9904, 

57a Zoo-34 9906, 9909, 9911

61a Pigm-46

124.01 F-37 KEIFU MARU 21/01/1998 20/11/1998 50 166 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-140 Subs-993 X T, S 24.07-096 Cruises 9801, 9804,

56 9806, 9808, 9810

57a

124.01 F-38 KEIFU MARU 25/01/1999 21/11/1999 50 159 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-98 Subs-687 X T, S 24.07-097 Cruises 9901, 9904,

56 9906, 9908, 9910

57a

124.02 B-70 OSHORO MARU 16/10/1998 12/11/1999 52 199 H Nutr XTb-134 Zoo-85 X T 24.04-057 Cruises 89, 90, 91, 93,

55 FObs-34 Col, Tra 95, 96, 100

56

57a

57b

124.02 B-71 OSHORO MARU 10/03/2000 17/11/2000 50 201 H Nutr XTb-2 Zoo-105 X T 24.04-058 Cruises 102, 103,

52 FObs-39 Col, Tra 105, 106, 108, 110

55

57a

57b

124.02 C-23 HOKUSEI MARU 21/01/1999 05/10/1999 52 97 H Zoo-52 X Col, Tra 24.04-057 Cruises 81, 82, 83, 84

54 FObs-78

57a

57b

124.02 C-24 HOKUSEI MARU 21/01/2000 06/10/2000 52 106 H XTb-10 Zoo-43 X Col, Tra 24.04-058 Cruises 85, 86, 88, 89

54 FObs-53

57a

57b

124.04 A-16 UMITAKA MARU 11/09/1997 13/09/1997 52 8 H Oxy X 24.12-057 Cruise 69

124.04 A-17 UMITAKA MARU 03/03/1998 08/03/1998 56 8 H Oxy X 24.12-057 Cruise70

124.04 B-06 SHINYO MARU 24/07/1997 19/10/1997 50 85 H Oxy Pigm-44 X 24.12-057

52

56

57a

124.04 B-07 SHINYO MARU 10/02/1998 16/02/1998 43 7 H Oxy FObs - 8 X 24.12-057 Cruise 40

* DATA FOR THIS CRUISE REPRESENT AN ADDITION TO DATA PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED BY WDC, OCEANOGRAPHY.

H DENOTES DATA OBTAINED BY ELECTRONIC, IN-SITU, CONDUCTIVITY/SALINITY/TEMPERATURE/DEPTH (CTD/STD) SENSORS.

HH ALL STATIONS AS A MINIMUM HAVE READINGS OF BOTH TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

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WDC-A, OCEANOGRAPHY DATA INFORMATION

TYPES OF OBSERVATIONS

NO. OF PARA- SEA PUBLICATION REMARKS CATALOGUE NO. SHIP/FIXED STATION DATE IHB

START END REGION STAS. METERS HH BTs CURRENTS BIOLOGY MET. SURFACE NUMBER

124.04 D-03 SEIYO MARU 13/06/1997 18/06/1997 53 36 H Oxy X 24.12-057

56

124.08 D-86 KOFU MARU 30/01/1998 10/12/1998 52 303 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-68 Subs-451 Pigm-144 T, S 24.07-096 Cruises 9801, 9804,

57a 9806, 9810, 9811

124.08 D-87 KOFU MARU 30/01/1999 04/12/1999 52 350 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-103 Subs-500 Phyt-24 T, S 24.07-097 Cruises 9901, 9904,

57a Zoo-24 9906, 9909, 9911

Pigm-103

124.09 A-102 SHUMPU MARU 22/01/1998 05/11/1998 56 220 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-181 Subs-450 Pigm-83 T, S 24.07-096 Cruises 9801, 9804,

 9806, 9808, 9810

124.09 A-103 SHUMPU MARU 21/01/1999 02/11/1999 56 205 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-201 Subs-456 Phyt-45 T, S 24.07-097 Cruises 9901, 9904,

Zoo-45 9906, 9908, 9910

Pigm-75

124.10 D-90 CHOFU MARU 22/01/1998 04/12/1998 50 262 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-134 Subs-749 Pigm-40 T, S 24.07-096 Cruises 9801, 9804, 

56 9806, 9810, 9811

124.10 D-91 CHOFU MARU 20/01/1999 26/11/1999 50 276 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-105 Subs-664 Phyt-32 T, S 24.07-097 Cruises 9901, 9904, 

56 Zoo-32 9906, 9910, 9911

Pigm-43

124.11 D-78 SEIFU MARU 16/01/1998 06/12/1998 52 345 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-51 Subs-480 Pigm-77 X T, S 24.07-096 Cruises 9801, 9804,

 9806, 9810, 9811

124.11 D-79 SEIFU MARU 21/01/1999 09/12/1999 52 476 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-31 Subs-468 Phyt-45 X T, S 24.07-097 Cruises 9904, 9906, 

Zoo-45 Col, Tra 24.25-027 9910, 9911

Pigm-114 24.25-028

24.25-029

24.25-030

124.11 D-80 SEIFU MARU 18/01/2000 02/03/2000 52 485 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-42 Subs-422 Phyt-45 T, S 24.07-097 Cruises 00-01, 00-04,

Zoo-45 Col, Tra 24.25-031 00-07, 00-10, 00-11

Pigm-111 24.25-032

24.25-033

24.25-034

24.25-035

24.25-036

124.11 D-81 SEIFU MARU 12/01/2001 26/02/2001 52 86 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-4 Subs-94 Phyt-8 Col, Tra 24.25-036 Cruise 01-01

Zoo-9

Pigm-18

124.16 A-40 KOYO MARU 12/04/1998 25/12/1998 50 19 H FObs-5 X T 24.11-062

57a Wa, Col, Tra

124.16 A-41 KOYO MARU 12/04/1999 25/12/1999 50 19 H FObs-10 X T 24.11-063

57a Wa, Col, Tra

124.16 B-21 TENYO MARU 11/06/1998 19/01/1999 45b 45 H XTb-9 FObs-5 X T 24.11-062

50 Wa, Col, Tra

52

* DATA FOR THIS CRUISE REPRESENT AN ADDITION TO DATA PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED BY WDC, OCEANOGRAPHY.

DENOTES DATA OBTAINED BY ELECTRONIC, IN-SITU, CONDUCTIVITY/SALINITY/TEMPERATURE/DEPTH (CTD/STD) SENSORS. H

HH ALL STATIONS AS A MINIMUM HAVE READINGS OF BOTH TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

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WDC-A, OCEANOGRAPHY DATA INFORMATION

TYPES OF OBSERVATIONS

NO. OF PARA- SEA PUBLICATION REMARKS CATALOGUE NO. SHIP/FIXED STATION DATE IHB

START END REGION STAS. METERS HH BTs CURRENTS BIOLOGY MET. SURFACE NUMBER

124.16 B-22 TENYO MARU 30/05/1999 12/01/2000 45b 56 H FObs-8 24.11-063

50

52

124.20 A-27 HOKKO MARU, 13/01/1995 12/10/1999 57a 304 H Nutr Zoo-294 T,S, Nutr - 216 24.06-074

 TANKAI MARU Pigm-520 Tra

124.20 B-07 OYASHIO MARU 10/04/1990 13/03/1991 52 375 H Oxy, Nutr Phyt-94 X Col, Tra 24.06-072

57a Pigm-11

124.20 B-08 OYASHIO MARU 12/04/1991 10/03/1992 52 542 H Oxy, Nutr Phyt-80 X Col, Tra 24.06-073

Pigm-20

124.20 C-07 KINSEI MARU, 11/04/1990 19/02/1991 52 542 H Plank-18 X Tra 24.06-072

 Ship not identifed 57a

124.20 C-08 KINSEI MARU, 09/04/1991 18/03/1992 52 481 H Plank-15 X T, S - 18 24.06-073

 Ship not identifed 57a Tra

124.20 E-07 HOKUSHIN MARU 16/04/1990 26/02/1991 57a 346 H Plank-24 X Tra 24.06-072

124.20 E-08 HOKUSHIN MARU 15/04/1991 21/02/1992 57a 346 H Plank-27 X Tra 24.06-073

124.20 G-07 HOKUYO MARU 16/04/1990 18/03/1991 52 489 H Plank-42 X Tra 24.06-072

54

124.20 G-08 HOKUYO MARU 09/04/1991 20/02/1992 52 442 H Plank-18 X Tra 24.06-073

54

124.24 B-67 HAKUHO MARU 23/05/1998 26/06/1998 56 19 H Oxy FObs-163 24.13-089 Cruise KH-98-2

(Eel Cruise VIII)

124.31 B-13 SHIRASE 14/11/1994 17/03/1995 45b 17 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-136 Pigm-113 X Oxy, Nutr, Pol 24.22-053 JARE-36

45c Wa 24.22-056

45d

61a

63, SO

124.31 B-14 SHIRASE 14/11/1995 15/03/1996 45b 17 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-77 Pigm-81 X Oxy, Nutr, Pol 24.22-054 JARE-37

45c Wa 24.22-056

45d

SO

124.31 B-15 SHIRASE 15/11/1966 17/03/1997 45b 11 H Oxy, Nutr XTb-237 Pigm-186 X Oxy, Nutr, Pol 24.22-055 JARE-38

45c Wa 24.22-056

45d

61a

63, SO

124.31 B-16 SHIRASE 17/11/1997 19/03/1998 45b Pigm-113 24.22-056 JARE-39

45c

45d

61a

63, SO

124.31 E-02 Ship not identified 22/07/1998 08/12/1998 45c 18 H XTb-31 Subs-18 24.22-057 JARE-39

* DATA FOR THIS CRUISE REPRESENT AN ADDITION TO DATA PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED BY WDC, OCEANOGRAPHY.

DENOTES DATA OBTAINED BY ELECTRONIC, IN-SITU, CONDUCTIVITY/SALINITY/TEMPERATURE/DEPTH (CTD/STD) SENSORS. H

HH ALL STATIONS AS A MINIMUM HAVE READINGS OF BOTH TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

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WDC-A, OCEANOGRAPHY DATA INFORMATION

TYPES OF OBSERVATIONS

NO. OF PARA- SEA PUBLICATION REMARKS CATALOGUE NO. SHIP/FIXED STATION DATE IHB

START END REGION STAS. METERS HH BTs CURRENTS BIOLOGY MET. SURFACE NUMBER

139................................ UNITED STATES...............................

139.08 V-27 NEW HORIZON 20/09/1998 06/10/1998 57b 136 H Oxy, Nutr Zoo-136 X Wa, Col, Tra 39.01.350 CalCOFI Cr. 9807, 

Pigm-136 9809

PrPr-27

139.08 V-28 NEW HORIZON 07/08/1999 21/10/1999 57b 132 H Oxy, Nutr Zoo-128 X Wa, Col, Tra 39.01-352 CalCOFI Cr. 9908, 

Pigm-132 9910

PrPr-32

139.08 V-29 NEW HORIZON 07/01/2000 31/10/2000 57b 198 H Oxy, Nutr Zoo-196 X Wa, Col, Tra 39.01-353 CalCOFI Cr. 0001, 

Pigm-198 39.01-354 0007, 0010

PrPr-46

139.08 Y-02 ROGER REVELLE 09/01/1999 29/01/1999 57b 65 H Oxy, Nutr Zoo-65 X Wa, Col, Tra 39.01-351 CalCOFI Cr. 9901

Pigm-65

PrPr-14

139.08 Z-03 ROBERT GORDON SPROUL 12/08/1998 15/12/1998 57b 75 H Oxy Zoo-64 X Wa, Col 39.01-350 CalCOFI Cr. 9808,

Pigm-75 9810, 9811, 9812

139.23 Y-41 DAVID STARR JORDAN 01/04/1999 15/04/1999 57b 66 H Oxy Zoo-61 X Wa, Col, Tra 39.01-351 CalCOFI Cr. 9904

Pigm-66

PrPr-14

139.23 Y-42 DAVID STARR JORDAN 07/04/2000 29/04/2000 57b 66 H Oxy Zoo-66 X Wa, Col, Tra 39.01-353 CalCOFI Cr. 0004

Pigm-66

PrPr-15

143................................. KOREA...................................................

143.02 DD-06 GYUNGBUG 885 06/02/1999 05/01/2000 52 244 Oxy, Nutr Zoo-117 X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-093 Standard Sections

143.02 DD-07 GYUNGBUG 885 10/02/2000 17/12/2000 52 384 Oxy, Nutr Zoo-174 X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-094 Standard Sections

 Renamed: TAMGU 5

143.02 FF-04 INCHEON 888 04/02/1999 28/12/1999 51 352 Oxy, Nutr Zoo-168 X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-093 Standard Sections

52

143.02 FF-05 INCHEON 888 19/04/2000 09/12/2000 51 260 Oxy, Nutr Zoo-125 X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-094 Standard Sections

143.02 HH-02 TAMGU 3 05/02/1999 14/12/1999 50 370 Oxy, Nutr Zoo-175 X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-093 Standard Sections

51

52

143.02 HH-03 TAMGU 3 09/02/2000 13/12/2000 50 365 Oxy, Nutr Zoo-179 X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-094 Standard Sections

51

52

143.02 II-01 TAMGU 1 23/02/1999 20/08/1999 50 43 Oxy, Nutr Zoo-20 43.02-093 Standard Sections

143.02 II-02 TAMGU 1 23/05/2000 06/08/2000 50 41 Oxy, Nutr Zoo-29 43.02-094 Standard Sections

* DATA FOR THIS CRUISE REPRESENT AN ADDITION TO DATA PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED BY WDC, OCEANOGRAPHY.

DENOTES DATA OBTAINED BY ELECTRONIC, IN-SITU, CONDUCTIVITY/SALINITY/TEMPERATURE/DEPTH (CTD/STD) SENSORS. H

HH ALL STATIONS AS A MINIMUM HAVE READINGS OF BOTH TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

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WDC-A, OCEANOGRAPHY DATA INFORMATION

TYPES OF OBSERVATIONS

NO. OF PARA- SEA PUBLICATION REMARKS CATALOGUE NO. SHIP/FIXED STATION DATE IHB

START END REGION STAS. METERS HH BTs CURRENTS BIOLOGY MET. SURFACE NUMBER

239................................ UNITED STATES...............................

239.02 Neah Bay, etc. 01/01/1999 31/05/2000 57b T, S * Change period to:

West Coast Shore Stations 01/08/1916-31/05/2000

NOTE: Not all years 

available for all stations.

243................................. KOREA...................................................

243.01 C-29 TAMGU 3 06/02/1999 12/12/1999 50 66 Oxy Zoo-24 X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-093 Korea - Japan 

51 Cooperative (Line 400)

52

243.01 C-30 TAMGU 3 10/02/2000 08/12/2000 50 60 Oxy Zoo-24 X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-094 Korea - Japan 

51 Cooperative (Line 400)

52

243.01 F-07 GYUNGBUG 885 25/08/2000 28/08/2000 52 16 Oxy X Wa, Col, Tra 43.02-094 Line 500

 Renamed: TAMGU 5

* DATA FOR THIS CRUISE REPRESENT AN ADDITION TO DATA PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED BY WDC, OCEANOGRAPHY.

DENOTES DATA OBTAINED BY ELECTRONIC, IN-SITU, CONDUCTIVITY/SALINITY/TEMPERATURE/DEPTH (CTD/STD) SENSORS. H

HH ALL STATIONS AS A MINIMUM HAVE READINGS OF BOTH TEMPERATURE AND SALINITY, UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.

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WDC FOR OCEANOGRAPHY DATA INFORMATION

The preceeding section lists primarily those data actually received directly

by WDC for Oceanography from its international contributors, usually in

either publications or in manuscript form. Data received in automated form

from Data Centers (including the U.S. NODC), oceanographic institutions,

or special project data centers are now identified and described in later

sections of this Catalogue.

LISTING OF ACCESSIONED DATA PUBLICATIONS

The following Listing of Accessioned Data Publications references by title and responsible institution all publications received during the period that contain

cataloguable data; it cross-references data publication information with the pertinent

WDC Data Information Number.
Information No.

WDC Data Data Publication Title

No.

Publication

WDC

24 JAPAN

124.02 C-23

124.02 B-70, 

Fishing No. 43 (Hokkaido University, March 2000)

24.04-057 Data Record of Oceanographic Observations and Exploratory

124.02 C-24

124.02 B-71, 

Fishing No. 44 (Hokkaido University, March 2001)

24.04-058 Data Record of Oceanographic Observations and Exploratory

124.20 G-07

124.20 E-07, 

124.20 C-07, 

124.20 B-07, 

2000)

- March 1991 (Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station, March

24.06-072 Data Record of Oceanographic Observations, No. 6, April 1990

124.20 G-08

124.20 E-08,

124.20 C-08,

124.20 B-08,

2001)

- March 1992 (Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station, March

24.06-073 Data Record of Oceanographic Observations, No. 7, April 1991

124.20 A-27

Research Institute, No. 65, January 2001) 

along the A-line" (Bulletin of the Hokkaido National Fisheries

in the Oyashio Region: A Summary of a 10-Years Observation

24.06-074 Seasonal and Interannual Variations in Nutrients and Plankton

124.11 D-78

124.10 D-90, 

124.09 A-102, 

124.08 D-86, 

124.01 F-37, 

124.01 B-95, 

December, 1998 (Japan Meteorology Agency, December 1999)

24.07-096 Data Report of Oceanographic Observations, No. 89, January -

124.11 D-80

124.11 D-79,

124.10 D-91,

124.09 A-103,

124.08 D-87,

124.01 F-38,

124.01 B-96,

December, 1999 (Japan Meteorology Agency, November 2000)

24.07-097 Data Report of Oceanographic Observations, No. 90, January -

124.16 B-21

124.16 A-40, 

No. 25, January 2000)

Data of Oceanographic Observations and Exploratory Fishings,

Pacific Ocean (National Fisheries University, Shimonoseki,

East China Sea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, and Central

24.11-062 Oceanographic Observations and Exploratory Fishings in the

LISTING OF ACCESSIONED DATA PUBLICATIONS

26
Information No.

WDC Data Data Publication Title

No.

Publication

WDC

124.16 B-22

124.16 A-41,

No. 26, January 2001)

Data of Oceanographic Observations and Exploratory Fishings,

Pacific Ocean (National Fisheries University, Shimonoseki,

East China Sea, Eastern Indian Ocean, Japan Sea, and Central

24.11-063 Oceanographic Observations and Exploratory Fishings in the

124.04 D-03

124.04 B-07, 

124.04 B-06, 

124.04 A-17, 

124.04 A-16, 

1999) 

24.12-057 Cruise Reports No. 8 (Tokyo University of Fisheries, March

124.24 B-67

Institute, University of Tokyo, 2000)

22, 1998 - July 2, 1998 (Eel Cruise VIII) (Ocean Research

24.13-089 Preliminary Report of the HAKUHO MARU Cruise KH-98-2 May

124.31 B-13

(Oceanography 19), October 1999) 

Institute of Polar Research, JARE Data Reports, No. 244

Expedition from November 1994 to March 1995 (National

24.22-053 Oceanographic Data of the 36th Japanese Antarctic Research

124.31 B-14

(Oceanography 20), October 1999) 

Institute of Polar Research, JARE Data Reports, No. 245

Expedition from November 1995 to March 1996 (National

24.22-054 Oceanographic Data of the 37th Japanese Antarctic Research

124.31 B-15

(Oceanography 21), October 1999) 

Institute of Polar Research, JARE Data Reports, No. 246

Expedition from November 1996 to March 1997 (National

24.22-055 Oceanographic Data of the 38th Japanese Antarctic Research

124.31 B-16

124.31 B-15, 

124.31 B-14, 

124.31 B-13, 

249 (Marine Biology 29), March 2000)

(National Institute of Polar Research, JARE Data Reports, No.

- 36 - ~ 39 Cruises to Syowa Station, Antarctica in 1994 - 1998

24.22-056 Report on Phytoplankton Pigments measured during the JARE

124.31 E-02

Tokyo, March 2001)

(Oceanography 22), National Institute of Polar Research,

December 1998 (JARE-39)" (JARE Data Reports, No. 253

24.22-057 Oceanographic Data in Lutzow-Holm Bay from July 1998 to

124.11 D-79

Prompt Report No. 410, July 1999)

Japan Sea, (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-027 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

LISTING OF ACCESSIONED DATA PUBLICATIONS

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Information No.

WDC Data Data Publication Title

No.

Publication

WDC

124.11 D-79

Prompt Report No. 411, October 1999)

Japan Sea, (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-028 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

124.11 D-79

Prompt Report No. 412, January 2000) 

Japan Sea, (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-029 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

124.11 D-79

Prompt Report No. 413, February 2000)

Japan Sea, (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-030 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

124.11 D-80

Prompt Report No. 414, April 2000)

Japan Sea (Maizuru Marine Observatory, Oceanographic

24.25-031 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

124.11 D-80

Prompt Report No. 415, Aug. 2000)

Japan Sea", (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-032 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

124.11 D-80

Prompt Report No. 416, Oct.2000) 

Japan Sea", (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-033 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

124.11 D-80

Prompt Report No. 417, Jan. 2001) 

Japan Sea", (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-034 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

124.11 D-80

Prompt Report No. 418, Feb. 2001) 

Japan Sea", (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-035 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

124.11 D-81

124.11 D-80,

Prompt Report No. 419, May 2001)

Japan Sea", (Maizuru MarineObservatory, Oceanographic

24.25-036 Oceanographic and Marine Meteorological Observations in the

39 UNITED STATES

139.08 Z-03

139.08 V-27, 

99-18, 3 Nov 1999 )

1998; CalCOFI Cruise 9812, 10-15 Dec 1998 (SIO Reference

Cruise 9810, 16-22 Oct 1998; CalCOFI Cruise 9811, 18-24 Nov

1998; CalCOFI Cruise 9809, 13 Sept -1 Oct 1998; CalCOFI

Cruise 9807, 9-27 July 1998; CalCOFI Cruise 9808, 12-18 Aug

39.01-350 Data Report - Physical, Chemical and Biological Data, CalCOFI

139.23 Y-41

139.08 Y-02,

April 1999 (SIO Reference 00-6, 14 April 2000 )

Cruise 9901, 9-29 January 1999; CalCOFI Cruise 9904, 1-20

39.01-351 Data Report - Physical, Chemical and Biological Data, CalCOFI

LISTING OF ACCESSIONED DATA PUBLICATIONS

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Information No.

WDC Data Data Publication Title

No.

Publication

WDC

139.08 V-28

October 1999 (SIO Reference 00-10, 29 June 2000 )

Cruise 9908, 7-29 August 1999; CalCOFI Cruise 9910, 3-21

39.01-352 Data Report - Physical, Chemical and Biological Data, CalCOFI

139.23 Y-42

139.08 V-29,

April 2000 (SIO Reference 00-16, 21 October 2000)

Cruise 0001, 7-27 January 2000; CalCOFI Cruise 0004, 7-29

39.01-353 Data Report - Physical, Chemical and Biological Data, CalCOFI

139.08 V-29

12-31 October 2000 (SIO Reference 01-5, 15 June 2001 )

Cruise 0007, 29 June - 14 July 2000; CalCOFI Cruise 0010,

39.01-354 Data Report - Physical, Chemical and Biological Data, CalCOFI

43 KOREA

243.01 C-29

143.02 I I-01, 

143.02 HH-02, 

143.02 FF-04, 

143.02 DD-06, 

Volume 48, September 2000)

(National Fisheries Research and Development Agency,

43.02-093 Annual Report of Oceanographic Observations for 1999 

243.01 F-07

243.01 C-30,

143.02 II-02

143.02 HH-03,

143.02 FF-05,

143.02 DD-07,

Volume 49, June 2001)

(National Fisheries Research and Development Agency,

43.02-094 Annual Report of Oceanographic Observations for 2000 

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PART III

INTERNATIONAL DATA ACQUISITION

AND EXCHANGE

THE INTERNATIONAL MARINE

DATA BASE
International Data Acquisition and Exchange

For the 40-year period since its inception during the International Geophysical Year

(IGY), WDC for Oceanography has provided comprehensive tabulations of its yearly

accessions and cumulative holdings as a reference standard by which the relative

success of international oceanographic data exchange through the WDC system

(under both ICSU and IOC/IODE guidelines) can be measured. The advent of data

acquisition programs, such as the Global Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR)

Project, combined with enhanced capabilities to utilize CD-ROM technology and

electronic data transmission for the rapid exchange of large data sets, have resulted

in a major infusion of data into WDC data bases.

A problem resulting from this obvious success story has been the difficulty that the

WDC has experienced in attempting to catalogue and tabulate these massive data

sets, using standard (traditional) cataloguing procedures. Additionally, the sheer

magnitude of many of these data sets (which may contain historical observations

taken over many years) often tends to overshadow the important yearly data

accessions from WDC’s regular contributors. To give proper recognition to these

regular contributors, while at the same time attempting to provide some detail with

regard to data sets received through programs such as GODAR, the following general

categories have been identified as representing major components of the WDC’s

International Marine Data Base (Figure 1):

1. Regular accessions from WDC contributors representing observations that can

be catalogued using standard (traditional) cataloguing procedures (Tables 1-4);

2. Historical data received under the aegis of the GODAR Program (Tables 5-6);

3. Data received through the co-located U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center

(NODC) (Tables 7-10).

The International Marine Data Base of WDC for Oceanography, then, as depicted in

Figure 1, now comprises the Center’s total data holdings - that is, it summarizes data

holdings from all three categories. Category 1 is defined as the material already

identified and described in Part II of this Catalogue; explanations are further

expanded upon on Page 34. Brief descriptions for Categories 2 and 3 appear on page

32.

In order to give timely recognition to data contributors, this data base includes data

sets received at WDC and NODC during 2000-2001 that may not yet be incorporated

into NODC's World Ocean Database 2001. Despite out best efforts, some duplicate

data may be included in these numbers.

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Global Data Archaeology and Rescue (GODAR) Project

The goal of the GODAR program is to augment the historical digital oceanographic

data archives by seeking out and recovering manuscript and digital ocean data not

yet included in the digital ocean databases accessible to the world research community. The term Data Archaeology and Rescue describes the two-part process of first

identifying and locating the data, and then performing the necessary steps to merge

them into a digital database. The enhanced historical ocean data archives resulting

from this Project have led to improved ocean climatologies and have also supported

more complete studies of ocean variability. The following activities are undertaken

as a part of the GODAR process:

— prepare inventories of data available only in manuscript or other analog form,

as well as data not currently available in digital form at a national or World

Data Center;

— digitize data that now exist only in manuscript or other analog form;

— ensure that all oceanographic data available for international exchange are

archived in digital form;

— perform Quality Control on all data;

— make all data readily accessible to the international community.

The WDC has very substantially augmented its data bases through numerous

GODAR contributions during recent years. Such contributions do not reflect,

however, the total benefit derived from GODAR; many digitally-received GODAR

contributions, that did not represent data “new” to WDC , were of equal importance

because they represented data sets previously received by the WDCs in manuscript

form only, as well as “rescued” data that had been held by originators on magnetic

media that were susceptible to loss by degradation.

The basic premise of GODAR seems to engender a spirit of cooperation; many

countries have contributed data that had previously been unavailable for

international exchange. GODAR has also presented an excellent opportunity for

developing countries to become more intimately involved with the IODE data

management process. GODAR has provided a mechanism with the implementation

of Regional Workshops, through which developing countries can facilitate the

processing, exchange, and preservation of oceanographic data.

Data Received in Digital Form through NODC

The WDC benefits significantly from its co-location with the U.S. National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). In addition to providing automated data management

services in support of the WDC, the NODC is an excellent source of oceanographic

data in digital form for national, as well as international, data-gathering programs.

Over the years, NODC has been a Special Project Data Center for numerous international cooperative investigations; this has led to the ready availability to the WDC of

many important international data sets in digital form.

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Figure 1. International Marine Data Base of WDC for Oceanography

Total: 8,107,585 obs.

Oceanographic

Station Data

3,693,053 obs.

(45.6%)

Bathythermograph

Data

2,773,658 obs.

(34.2%)

Other

25,329 obs.

(.3%)

Current Data

973,728 obs.

(12.0%)

Biological Data

641,817 obs.

(7.9%)

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WDC for Oceanography Data Base* Summaries

Oceanographic Station Data Base

Table 1 (page 35) summarizes the 1,369,363 oceanographic serial stations

received by nation under which these data are catalogued. Nations from which no

station data have been received are not listed, although in some cases publications or

other types of data may have been received.

Bathythermograph Data Base

Table 2 (page 37) summarizes the number of bathythermograph observations

received from the nation under which the data are catalogued. The number of cruises

on which the data were observed is also listed. A total of 606,510 bathythermograph

observations were taken during 9,440 cruises, which includes 2,076 observations

received in 2000-2001.

 Biological Data Base

Table 3 (page 38) shows, by nation, the number of biological observations

received by this Center since its inception and includes 6,399 observations received

in 2000-2001. A total of 184,199 observations, including plankton observations,

primary productivity measurements, pigment concentration measurements, carbon14 measurements, and fishery observations, have been taken during 2,434 cruises.

 Surface and Subsurface Current Data Base

Table 4 (page 39) summarizes, by nation, the number of surface and subsurface current measurements received by this Center since its inception. The total

of 706,638 current measurements includes 125,806 subsurface and 584,510 surface

measurements taken during 4,391 cruises. A total of 7,166 new current measurements were added in 2000-2001.

* Tabulations for these Data Bases (Tables 1 - 4) include cumulative historical and

contemporary accessions of data from regular exchanges with WDC contributors, and

represent only observations that could be catalogued using standard cataloguing

procedures. Recent data accessions from the GODAR Program and of digital data

sets from NODC are not included in Tables 1-4.

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Oceanographic Station Data Base

Table 1 — Number of oceanographic serial stations received by WDC for Oceanography,

from various nations

Nation Stations Received Total Stations on Hand Total Stations on Hand

in 2000 - 2001 prior to 2000 at end of 2001

 1. Argentina — 2,963 2,963

 2. Australia — 19,256 19,256

 3. Belgium — 4,941 4,941

 4. Brazil — 7,496 7,496

 6. Canada — 75,904 75,904

 7. Chile — 1,048 1,048

 8. Colombia — 1,267 1,267

 9. Denmark — 40,701 40,701

10. Ecuador — 2,234 2,234

11. Finland — 39,194 39,194

12. Taiwan — 693 693

13. France — 23,399 23,399

14. Germany — 68,415 68,415

16. Ghana — 2,772 2,772

18. Iceland — 10,567 10,567

19. India — 2,094 2,094

20. Indonesia — 2,352 2,352

21. Ireland — 2,553 2,553

22. Israel — 2,410 2,410

23. Italy — 4,160 4,160

24. Japan 8,611 422,639 431,250

25. Mexico — 1,517 1,517

26. Netherlands — 10,377 10,377

27. New Zealand — 1,941 1,941

28. Norway — 40,152 40,152

29. Pakistan — 174 174

30. Peru — 4,066 4,066

31. Philippines — 199 199

(continued)
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Oceanographic Station Data Base

Table 1.— Number of oceanographic serial stations received by WDC for Oceanography,

from various nations (continued)

Nation Stations Received Total Stations on Hand Total Stations on Hand

in 2000 - 2001 prior to 2000 at end of 2001

32. Poland — 9,174 9,174

33. Portugal — 3,959 3,959

34. Spain — 1,931 1,931

35. Sweden — 56,975 56,975

36. South Africa — 16,103 16,103

37. Russia — 109,530 109,530

38. United Kingdom — 51,911 51,911

39. United States 738 224,348 225,086

42. Yugoslavia — 8,292 8,292

43. Korea 2,201 49,815 52,016

44. Ivory Coast — 4,196 4,196

45. Nigeria — 997 997

46. Congo (P. Rep.) — 5,302 5,302

47. Malaysia — 150 150

48. Malagasy Republic — 1,311 1,311

49. Morocco — 9 9

50. Senegal — 1,795 1,795

51. Thailand — 2,311 2,311

52. Turkey — 637 637

53. Venezuela — 2,184 2,184

60. Cuba — 812 812

63. Romania — 355 355

64. Egypt — 308 308

68. Greece — 217 217

71. Tunisia — 157 157

73. China (P. Rep.) — 9,139 9,139

75. Mauritania — 411 411

Totals 11,550 1,357,813 1,369,363
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Bathythermograph Data Base

Table 2 -- Number of bathythermograph observations received by WDC for Oceanography,

 from various nations thru 2001

 1. Argentina 79 4,050 3,688 -- 603 8,341

 2. Australia 683 -- 9,460 1 28,234 37,695

 3. Belgium 2 -- 15 -- -- 15

 4. Brazil 7 43 85 -- 485 613

 6. Canada 1,678 21,248 469 -- 44,627 66,344

 7. Chile 8 846 -- -- 165 1,011

 8. Colombia 2 316 -- -- -- 316

 9. Denmark 2 70 -- -- -- 70

10. Ecuador 11 -- -- -- 405 405

11. Finland 2 124 168 -- -- 292

13. France 169 352 -- -- 8,480 8,832

14. Germany 395 59 14,258 -- 19,537 33,854

16. Ghana 1 12 -- -- -- 12

18. Iceland 50 124 7,075 -- -- 7,199

19. India 2 -- 351 -- 522 873

20. Indonesia 13 162 118 -- -- 280

23. Italy 24 879 561 72 282 1,794

24. Japan 3,551 -- 166,878 -- 63,071 229,949

25. Mexico 23 -- -- -- 378 378

26. Netherlands 67 675 -- -- 3,942 4,617

27. New Zealand 21 -- -- -- 1,108 1,108

28. Norway 14 82 158 -- 462 702

29. Pakistan 2 -- 65 -- -- 65

30. Peru 31 -- -- -- 970 970

31. Philippines 1 -- -- -- 8 8

32. Poland 7 -- 153 -- 279 432

33. Portugal 24 448 2,725 12 194 3,379

34. Spain 6 194 -- -- 225 419

35. Sweden 6 10 57 -- 612 679

36. South Africa 3 -- -- -- 243 243

37. Russia 115 428 12,395 -- 5,388 18,211

38. United Kingdom 1,380 276 44,973 -- 17,844 63,093

39. United States 942 36,114 3,489 646 59,997 100,246

43. Korea (Rep. of) 28 -- 1,427 -- 276 1,703

44. Ivory Coast 6 618 -- -- -- 618

45. Nigeria 6 1,011 20 -- -- 1,031

46. Congo (P. Rep.) 21 2,389 83 -- -- 2,472

48. Malagasy Rep. 10 476 -- -- -- 476

50. Senegal 8 730 -- -- -- 730

70. Sierra Leone 2 194 -- -- -- 194

71. Tunisia 1 -- 121 -- -- 121

73. China (P. Rep.) 7 -- -- -- 620 620

99. Ships of Opportunity 30 -- -- -- 6,100 6,100

 Total 9,440 71,930 268,792 731 265,057 606,510

Type of data format

Nation No. of Mechanical BT Expendable BT Total

cruises Analog Tabular Analog Tabular
Biological Data Base

 Table 3 -- Number of biological observations received by WDC for Oceanography,

from various nations thru 2001

 Type of observation

 Nation No. of Primary

 cruises Plankton Productivity Pigments C-14 Fishery

38

1. Argentina 13 452 47 233 129 —

2. Australia 64 1,527 1,599 1,738 — 2,666

4. Brazil 16 754 — 175 — 36

6. Canada 58 1,342 669 1,303 47 100

8. Colombia 7 181 — 496 — —

10. Ecuador 3 895 191 116 — —

12. Taiwan 3 98 — 98 — 15

13. France 28 720 288 510 43 92

14. Germany 26 594 238 2,901 1,552 731

19. India 12 424 — — — —

20. Indonesia 61 2,004 5 702 — 7

22. Israel 1 58 — — — —

23. Italy 1 18 18 18 — —

24. Japan 1,428 45,923 180 27,894 30 8,532

25. Mexico 14 111 13 404 — —

26. Netherlands 2 150 24 36 — —

27. New Zealand 1 46 — 69 71 —

29. Pakistan 1 14 — — — —

30. Peru 7 517 3 27 10 12

32. Poland 1 — — 81 — —

33. Portugal 5 351 — 128 — 57

34. Spain 7 66 87 175 — 27

35. Sweden 1 — 18 — — —

36. South Africa 23 985 165 536 — —

37. Russia 12 3,837 743 262 — 389

38. United Kingdom 6 416 — 99 — —

39. United States 349 13,097 6,110 15,088 745 4,445

42. Yugoslavia 1 167 — — — —

43. Korea (Rep. of) 233 22,317 — — — —

44. Ivory Coast 3 27 7 — — 1

45. Nigeria 6 5 4 — — 2,018

46. Congo (P. Rep.) 4 24 93 70 — 1

48. Malagasy Rep. 9 84 54 54 — —

50. Senegal 11 34 — 477 — 258

60. Cuba 1 — 37 — — —

63. Romania 10 261 — — — —

64. Arab Rep. of Egypt 2 — — — — 188

71. Greece 1 3 4 — — —

73. China (P. Rep.) 2 — 68 139 — —

75. Mauritania 1 — — — — 1

Total 2,434 97,502 10,665 53,829 2,627 19,576
 Surface and Subsurface Current Data Base

Table 4 -- Number of surface and subsurface current measurements received

 by WDC for Oceanography from various nations thru 2001

 Nation No. of Subsurface Surface

cruises

 2. Australia 50 1,663 —

 4. Brazil 1 83 —

 6. Canada 21 1,558 1,052

 9. Denmark 62 — 20,184

10. Ecuador 1 46 9

11. Finland 6 5,472 5708

13. France 20 6,450 632

14. Germany 115 10,794 327,348

20. Indonesia 13 177 40

23. Italy 2 782 —

24. Japan 3,775 30,512 191,036

25. Mexico 6 — 6,816

26. Netherlands 21 10,242 —

28. Norway 6 2,691 86

32. Poland 2 291 —

33. Portugal 4 74 —

35. Sweden 116 22,751 24,237

37. Russia 49 20,660 1,510

38. United Kingdom 9 799 258

39. United States 58 4,493 4,940

42. Yugoslavia 25 603 149

43. Korea (Rep. of) 2 — 284

44. Ivory Coast 3 44 140

46. Congo (P. Rep.) 3 218 —

48. Malagasy Rep. 1 24 24

52. Turkey 1 5,095 40

63. Romania 19 284 17

 Total 4,391 125,806 584,510

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Table 5. Oceanographic station data received through GODAR, 2000 - 2001

NATION DATA SET NO. OF STATIONS

Argentina Servicio de Hidrografia Naval 2,394

Germany Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrograph (BSH) 1,068

Russia Murmansk Marine Biological Institute 9,968

Ukraine Southern Scientific Research Institute of Marine 16,765

 Fisheries and Oceanography (YugNIRO)

Ukraine Marine Hydrophysical Institute 1,551

United States Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 10,659

Multi-Country ICES 327,970

Multi-Country MEDAR/MEDATLAS 20,208

Table 6. Bathythermograph observations received through GODAR, 2000 - 2001

NATION DATA SET NO. OF OBS.

7892 Argentina Servicio de Hidrografia Naval

28369 Ukraine Southern Scientific Research Institute of Marine 

Fisheries and Oceanography (YugNIRO)

Multi-Country MEDAR/MEDATLAS 31,453

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Table 7. Oceanographic station data received through NODC, 2000 - 2001

STATIONS

NO. OF NATION DATA SET 

Argentina Antarctic Institute 197

Australia Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization 6,205

Canada Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, MEDS 43,500

Canada JGOFS, Marine Environmental Data Service 2,684

Chile Naval Hydrographic Institute 6,988

Ecuador Ecuador Coast, Instituto Oceanografico de la Armada 1,553

France Global Oceans, SISMER 4,569

Germany Atlantic Meridonial Transect, Max Planck Institute 60

Japan Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans, JMA 3,987

Japan Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans, JODC 2,622

Korea Korean Oceanographic Data Center 11,800

Netherlands Netherlands Indian Ocean Programme 165

United Kingdom Arabesque Expedition, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman 288

United Kingdom British Oceanographic Data Center 630

United Kingdom OMEX-1, NW European Continental Shelf 4,313

United States Agulhas Retroflection Cruise (ARC) 169

United States Arlindo Circulation, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 285

United States Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, Arctic Ocean 473

United States Coastal Mixing and Optics Experiment (CMO) 88

United States Fisheries-Oceanography Cooperative Investigations (FOCI) 599

United States Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) 3,143

United States Global Ocean-Atmosphere-Land System, Pan American 720

Climate Studies (GOALS/PACS)

United States Gulf of Alaska and Alaskan Coastal Waters 2,060

United States Inner Shelf Transfer and Recycling (ISHTAR) 1,965

United States JGOFS, Bermuda Biological Station 1,410

United States Kara Sea, EPOCA Cruise 121

United States Mid Atlantic Coastal Current (MACC) 620

(continued)

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Table 7. Oceanographic station data received through NODC, 2000 - 2001 (continued)

STATIONS

NO. OF NATION DATA SET 

United States National Ocean Survey, NOAA 1,374

United States North Arabian Sea Environment and Ecosystem Research 136

United States Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Assessment Program 68

United States Southern Oceans 1,651

United States U.S. Coastal Waters 3,583

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Table 8. Bathythermograph observations received through NODC, 2000 - 2001

NATION DATA SET NO. OF OBS.

Australia Australian Oceanographic Data Center 1,693

Australia Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research 206

 Organization

Canada Marine Environmental Data Service, Arctic, 4,575

 Pacific & Atlantic Oceans

Chile Naval Hydrographic Office 91

Germany Deutsches Ozeanographisches Datenzentrum, 19,960

 Worldwide

India India National Institute of Oceanography, Bay 67

 of Bengal/Indian Ocean

Japan Japan Meteorological Agency, Pacific, Indian, 417

 and Southern Oceans

Japan Japan Oceanographic Data Center, Pacific, Indian, 5,136

and Southern Oceans

United Kingdom British Oceanographic Data Center, OMEX 325

United States NMFS Groundfish Trawl Surveys, Bering Sea, 761

 Gulf of Alaska

United States Shipboard Environmental Data Acquisition 22,316

 System (SEAS) Program

United States WOCE Hi-Density Lines 9,752

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Table 9. Current Meter data sets received through NODC, 2000 - 2001

NATION DATA SET PERIOD

Australia PALACE Float, Indian Ocean Oct 1999 - April 2001

Canada MEDS Global drifting buoy observations Jan 1999 - Dec 2000

Japan NW Pacific ADCP Mar 1989 - Jun 1995

Japan Pacific, Indian, Southern Oceans GEKs Dec 1970 - Jan 1994

United Kingom BODC OMEX-I drifting buoys observations, Apr 1993 - Dec 1995

 Northwest European Continental shelf

United States Bering Sea Jul 1985

United States Florida Coast Jan 1997 - Dec 1999

United States Moored buoys along U.S. Coasts Sep 1999 - Jun 2001

United States NOAA PMEL, TAO, Equatorial Pacific Ocean May 1996 - Dec 1997

United States Sound Ecosystem Analysis, Gulf of Alaska Oct 1991 - Dec 1998

United States University of Alaska, Coastal Upwelling Aug 1973

 Ecosystem Analysis

United States University of Washington, Southern California Apr 1989 - Jul 1990

 Bight Studies, FLUX Experiment

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Table 10. Biological observations received through NODC, 2000 - 2001

NATION DATA SET NO. OF OBS.

Japan Marine Information Research Center (MIRC); Northwest 16,770 tows

 Pacific zooplankton

Japan Japan Oceanographic Data Center; Northwest Pacific 350 samples

 plankton

Japan Japan Meteorological Agency; Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean 1,229 samples

 and Southern Ocean zooplankton

United Kingdom PRIME Expedition; North Atlantic Ocean plankton 443 samples

United Kingdom OMEX-I; Northwest European Continental shelf plankton 228 samples

 and primary productivity 2,530 tows

United Kingdom Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS); 5,541 tows 

 North Atlantic plankton 9,244 samples

United States Gulf of Alaska zooplankton 554 samples

124 tows

United States Coastal waters of Washington/Oregon zooplankton 3,085 samples

United States Satellite observed global surface chlorophyll 19,980 obs.

United States Outfall Assessment Programs, Oahu, Hawaii 39 surveys

United States Bermuda Biological Station, JGOFS; AESOPS 1,415 samples

United States Environmental Studies; Port Valdez, Alaska benthic samples 929 samples

United States JGOFS/AESOPS; Southern Ocean chlorophyll 46 tows

United States Trans Alantic Study of Calanus (TASC) 1,319 samples

United States Bering Sea zooplankton 978 samples

United States Bering Sea zooplankton 247 tows

United States Kwajalein Atoll and Pacific Islands Coral Reef observations 66 samples

United States B.P. Bishop Museum Coral reef studies; Pearl Harbor and the 48 samples

 North Pacific off Oahu, Hawaii

United States GLOBEC 2,234 samples

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0

100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

500,000

600,000

Number of Stations

67 69 71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 2001

Year

Number of Oceanographic Stations

Received at the WDC by Year

1994 through 2001 totals include IOC/IODE/GODAR

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0

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

Number of Observations

71 73 75 77 79 81 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 2001

Year

Number of Bathythermographs

Received at the WDC by Year

1994 through 2001 totals include IOC/IODE/GODAR

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PART IV

DATA HOLDINGS OF

RNODC's AND

SPECIALIZED DATA CENTERS
DATA HOLDINGS of

RNODC's and SPECIALIZED DATA CENTERS

 This section of the Change Notice provides information on the availability of

specialized data sets prepared by the various Responsible National Oceanographic

Data Centers (RNODC's) and other Specialized Data Centers. Normally, only those

data sets that have actually been received by WDC for Oceanography are described

in this section; the WDC can provide digital copies of these data sets either in the

originator's format or in the prescribed international exchange format.

These data products are not described in the usual manner in the Catalogue

portion of the Change Notice, as the data are not always merged with the standard

WDC for Oceanography data bases. Thus they constitute a suite of data products,

prepared by RNODC's and other Specialized Data Centers, that are separate and

distinct from the standard data types regularly catalogued in the Change Notices

and normally available from the WDC.

Such data products are not necessarily intended to be routinely exchanged by

the WDC's under normal international data exchange guidelines. They may be

voluminous or costly to prepare and, thus, may be precluded from regular data

exchanges between WDC's and their exchange cooperators. Data sets in automated

form are available from the WDC's usually at a cost not to exceed the cost of

reproduction and postage.

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GTSPP

MEDALPEX

ROSCOP
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MEDITERRANEAN ALPINE EXPERIMENT

SEA LEVEL DATA SET

RNODC MEDALPEX (Sea Level)

In 1975, the IOC decided to support the development of an oceanographic program in

the Mediterranean during the GARP Alpine Experiment (ALPEX). The MEDALPEX

project took place between 1 September 1981 and 30 September 1982, with a special

period of observation from 15 February 1982 to 30 April 1982. It was a multinational project involving scientists from 7 countries.

The main purpose of MEDALPEX was to increase understanding of the effect of wind

forcing on the dynamics of the western part of the Mediterranean Basin. Specific

studies were undertaken, each having a particular scientific objective including:

1. The interrelationship between the general circulation

 and mesoscale eddies

2. Offshore dynamic response mechanisms under severe

 weather conditions

3. Storm surges and the piling up of water, especially

 in the Adriatic and Ligurian seas

The measurement of sea level was considered to be an important component of the

observation program to support these studies. A wide range of other types of oceanographic data were also collected, including classical and synoptic meteorological measurements, data collected using remote sensing techniques and data from current

meters, thermistor chains, waverider buoys, CTDs and XBTs.

The Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL) was requested by IOC to fulfil

the role of the Responsible National Oceanographic Data Center for the MEDALPEX

sea level data. The work was under-taken on behalf of PSMSL by the Marine

Information and Advisory Service (MIAS) - U.K.’s national oceanographic data center

(now the British Oceanographic Data Centre.)

Sea level data were submitted to MIAS from 29 of the 40 MEDALPEX sites. Measurements from 28 of the sites were taken using conventional stilling wells and, with

one exception, were supplied to MIAS as hourly values. Data from the remaining

site, off the coast of Corsica, were collected by an Aanderaa water level recorder at

half-hourly intervals.
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In compiling the dataset, MIAS translated all incoming data into a common format

with elevation values standardized to meters and times to GMT. The data for each

site were plotted as a time series and checks were carried out for gaps or constant

values, spikes, spurious data or punching errors. Further checks were carried out

by tidally analyzing and low pass filtering the data. Non-tidal fluctuations were

investigated using principal component analysis. Qualifying information applicable

to the data from each site was checked for inconsistencies and completeness, and

appropriate documentation was stored with the data in the form of plain language

records. The complete quality controlled dataset, including documentation, has

been stored on a single magnetic tape formatted in GF3, the IOC’s standard format

for the exchange of oceanographic data. A copy of the data set may be obtained as

ASCII files on floppy disk or via FTP over the internet from:

World Data Center for Oceanography, Silver Spring

NOAA

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282

U.S.A.

E-mail: NODC.WDC@noaa.gov

or

RNODC/MEDALPEX Sea Level Data

BODC

Bidston Observatory

Merseyside L43 7RA

U.K.

E-mail: bodcmail@ua.nbi.ac.uk
RNODC DRIBU

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RNODC FOR DRIFTING BUOYS

Background

The Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS) began operation of the

RNODC/Drifting Buoy Data in January 1986. The RNODC acquires Drifting

Buoy Data from worldwide sources, makes the data available to international

scientific programs, and prepares geographical plots of Drifting Buoy locations

and tracks for the world oceans on a monthly basis. The RNODC also provides

monthly statistics of operational buoys and the number of messages received from

them.

Acquisition of Drifting Buoy Data

There are three procedures by which Drifting Buoy Data are received by the

RNODC. The first and more traditional is for the principal investigator to submit

his data directly to the RNODC, or to his National Oceanographic Data Centre

which in turn submits the data to the RNODC. For historical data sets, this is

the only option available. Data received in this way are usually of the highest

quality, since they have undergone the most discriminating calibration and quality control procedures under the direction of the principal investigator; however,

data entering the system in this manner are not sufficiently timely to meet the

operational requirements of the major global science programs.

The second path for data flow to the RNODC is via the GTS. An advantage of

this procedure is that the data are available in time scales suitable for the operational requirements of researchers in programs such as TOGA and WOCE, as well

as for other operational users such as meteorological forecasters. Data received in

this way may be less accurate, because they have not been fully reviewed and

assessed by the principal investigator. For drifting buoy data, there is also a

problem in that using the DRIBU format on the GTS for some buoys may limit

the data that can be transmitted, because of a requirement to restrict the information to 256 bits.

A third procedure involves retrieving the DRIBU data as they pass through Services ARGOS. Although these data still have not been reviewed and assessed by

the principal investigator, they are an improvement over the GTS data in that

both time of observation and position time are available to improve velocity calculations. Data received by Service ARGOS are stored on magnetic tape for a period of 90 days. After this time, the tapes are reused and the data then reside

solely in the hands of the principal investigators. Canada and the United States
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have agreed to share the cost of buying copies of these tapes for the RNODC.

Data from a buoy can only be provided to the RNODC if the principal investigator

has given consent in writing.

RNODC/Drifting Buoy Data Base

MEDS utilizes a hierarchical database, called System 2000, to store the drifting

buoy data; because of the volume of data, each year of data is stored in its own data

base. In order to provide services to users at all time scales and to have available at

each time scale the best data possible, the RNODC has decided to accept all data

using the following hierarchical guidelines:

1. Where possible, Principal Investigators are requested to make their data

available to other operational users and to the RNODC by having the data

transmitted on the GTS. The RNODC will copy all available data from the

GTS, quality control it, and update it into the data base on a weekly basis.

2. Principal Investigators are also requested to agree to have Service ARGOS

provide a copy of their data to MEDS via tape each month whether or not

those data have already been on the GTS. The data circulated on the GTS

have only the one time included which poses a difficulty in calculating

velocities. Thus, the tape data with the two times is an improvement to the

database and will be used to replace the GTS data in the database. In

addition, data will be picked up which could not be circulated on the GTS

because of the format of the transmission from the buoy.

If Service Argos has not already been supplied with the calibration

constants, channel allocations, and algorithms, or has not been requested to

make the conversions to physical units, there will be a requirement for the

RNODC to obtain this information from the principal investigators.

Principal investigators are reminded that if the sensor data cannot be made

available, the position data itself is of value for the database.

3. Principal Investigators are requested to provide a copy of their Drifting

Buoy Data either directly to the RNODC when the fully processed, quality

controlled version is available, or to provide the data to their National

Oceanographic Data Centre, where the RNODC will be requesting such

data on a regular basis. Data received by this path will replace GTS or

Service ARGOS versions of the data in the database.

By receiving data in the configuration set forth above, and replacing earlier, lower

quality data as higher quality versions of the data arrive, the RNODC can offer

users a choice between timeliness and quality, as dictated by their particular

requirements.
The RNODC recognizes that in some cases there exists a need to restrict distribution of data to protect a scientist's right to benefit first from collection activities

carried out at considerable effort and cost. It is noted that the large international

experiments generally have data exchange agreements that state when the data are

available to other participants and to those outside the program. The RNODC will

honor such data exchange agreements and will, at a scientist's request, restrict

further distribution of the data according to the terms of the pertinent agreement.

In regard to data from individual scientists, bilateral agreements on further

distribution of data for a period of up to two years can also be made.

RNODC Services

As mentioned earlier, the RNODC maintains its drifting buoy data in a data base

structure. This provides maximum flexibility when meeting a request. While a

number of different qualifiers may be used to retrieve data, the most common are

area and time. Requesters may also specify all data or only those which have

passed the quality control procedures. On output, the data can be written on

various computer media, such as computer diskette, CD-ROM, 8-mm cartridge,

DAT and DLT tapes, in a standard subset of the GF3 formatting system or in some

other agreed ad hoc character format. In choosing the data format, users should be

aware that the GF3 Formatting System is supported by a powerful and growing

software system which is available for many of the more widely used host

computers. Note that the data can also be downloaded using File Transfer Protocol

(FTP) over the Internet.

Each month, the RNODC publishes a summary of the data it has received in real

time; also produced are global maps of drifting buoy tracks for the previous month.

These maps are issued regularly on a monthly basis. Anyone wishing to receive

this summary should contact the RNODC. There is no charge to receive this

product.

To obtain the RNODC Drifting Buoy Data Set, requesters should contact one of the

following:

RNODC for Drifting Buoy Data World Data Center for

Marine Environmental Data Service Oceanography, Silver Spring

Department of Fisheries and Oceans NOAA

200 Kent Street Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282

Ottawa K1A 0E6 Canada U.S.A.

Telephone: 613-990-0243 Telephone: 301-713-3295

FAX: 613-993-4658 FAX: 301-713-3303

Email: services@meds-sdmm.dfo-mpo.gc.ca Email: NODC.WDC@noaa.gov

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TOGA

TROPICAL OCEAN and GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE

PROGRAMME

TOGA Background

A major component of the TOGA International Implementation Plan was the

monitoring of the global atmosphere and the upper layers of the three tropical

oceans during the ten-year period of 1985-1994. Existing meteorological and

oceanographic observation systems were maintained and expanded by TOGA,

while new networks were also installed in key locations. These observations,

along with available historical data, have provided a description of the oceanclimate system and its variability from sub-seasonal to interannual scales.

TOGA Tropical Subsurface Data Centers

The TOGA Tropical Subsurface Data Centre in Brest, France operated within the

framework of both the IOC’s International Oceanographic Data and Information

Exchange (IODE) system and the Joint IOC-WMO Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS). This Centre has been continued for the WOCE program as

the Global Subsurface Data Centre. The Centre collects subsurface ocean observations from the following sources: (1) tropical oceans observations from the IGOSS

network; (2) additional vertical temperature profiles from XBT’s and from drifting

or moored buoys with thermistor chains, not sent over the GTS; (3) time series of

temperature and salinity at fixed depth from moored thermistor chains; (4) surface temperature and salinity data and vertical profiles of temperature and salinity from CTD’s, bottle casts, and WCTD’s; and (5) other subsurface ocean measurements from process-oriented intensive oceanographic observation projects in

the tropical oceans.

Initially, data are collected from radio transmissions, with fully digitized and

quality controlled observations added with time. The subsurface thermal data

described above are analyzed, and the Centre assembles and disseminates quality-controlled Level II-B data sets for the Global Oceans. The Centre is also re55
sponsible for provision of these data sets to the World Data Centers, Oceanography at appropriate intervals.

WDC-A, by virtue of its collocation with the U.S. National Oceanographic Data

Center (NODC), also has access to the Tropical Pacific Ocean data set jointly

maintained by NODC and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO), serving

as the Joint Environmental Data Analysis (JEDA) Center. JEDA tracks, acquires,

quality controls, and merges all available subsurface thermal data for the Tropical

Pacific. NODC assembles, reformats and initiates quality control of the data; SIO

performs further quality control and analysis of the data. Each yearly Level II-B

Pacific Ocean data set undergoes the full spectrum of quality control and analysis

by the JEDA Center; it is then provided to WDC-A.

TOGA Sea Level Center

The TOGA Project, realizing the importance of sea level data for research in ocean

dynamics and for the monitoring and prediction of oceanographic processes, established a TOGA Sea Level Center at the University of Hawaii. The purpose of this

Center to collect all sea level data taken by island-based and coastal tide gauges in

the area between 30°N and 30°S during the TOGA project, and to make them

available for research. The TOGA Sea Level Center also obtains and archives past

sea level data for the same region, when they are made available from the originators. Hourly, daily, and monthly values are prepared and archived, the data are

stored digitally and are passed on yearly to other TOGA data centers, to the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL), and to the World Data Centers,

Oceanography; The Archive is maintained online, with access through the World

Wide Web adn FTP. The TOGA Sea Level Center also supports the Global Sea

Level Observing System (GLOSS). Sea level data has assumed greater importance because of its utilization in the calibration of satellite altimeters, such as

GEOSAT. Since the conclusion of the TOGA program, many of the observing

stations have continued to provide sea level data on a regular basis.

Through the creation of the Joint Archive for Sea Level (JASL) with the University of Hawaii, the U.S. NODC is providing data management for this effort and

assisting in the acquisition, processing, quality assurance, archiving, and dissemination of the data. The Joint Archive for Sea Level submits sea level time series

data updates to NODC on a yearly basis. These updates may include data from

new stations, as well as previously unprocessed data from existing stations. In

addition, the updates may include data previously submitted to NODC that have

been reprocessed to improve data quality. Therefore, to update the sea level data

files for a station already in the database, NODC completely replaces the time

series of data for that station with a new version that may include both new and

reprocessed data.

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TOGA TAO Array

The TOGA TAO (Tropical Atmosphere Ocean) Array provided measurements of

surface winds, air temperature, humidity, SST, upper-ocean temperatures and

currents. This mooring array was established by TOGA in the Equatorial Pacific.

The array is comprised of the ATLAS (Autonomous Temperature Line Acquisition

System) wind and thermistor chain moorings and the PROTEUS (PROfile

TElemetry of Upper ocean currentS) downward-looking Acoustic Doppler Current

Profiler (ADCP) current measurement system. For the ATLAS moorings, surface

winds, air temperature, humidity, SST, and sub-surface temperature at 10 depths

down to 500 m are telemetered to shore via Service Argos serveral times a day,

and for PROTEUS, daily-averaged velocity profiles with 8 m vertical resolution

between 10 - 250 m are telemetered to shore in real time via Service Argos. Since

the conclusion of the TOGA program, TAO coverage in the tropical oceans has

been significantly enhanced.

NODC receives periodic updates to the TAO Array data set; WDC-A provides

updates of this data set to its counterpart WDCs.

WDC-A, Oceanography Support to TOGA

WDC-A, Oceanography serves as an archival center for each of these TOGA Data

Sets. Its responsibilities are to provide TOGA data sets to requesters in the international scientific community, at a cost not to exceed that of data reproduction

and postage, and to provide copies of all TOGA data sets received to World Data

Centers B and D, Oceanography in exchange. TOGA data and information are

available from the following Specialized Data Centers:

Global Subsurface Data Centre

Centre IFREMER de Brest

BP 70

29263 Plouzane, France

Email: Marie.Claire.Fabri@ifremer.fr

JEDA Center

National Oceanographic Data Center

NOAA

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 U.S.A.

Email: Melanie.Hamilton@noaa.gov

JEDA Center

Scripps Institution of Oceanography

University of California

La Jolla, CA 92093 U.S.A.

Email: wbwhite@ucsd.edu

The Joint Archive for Sea Level

University of Hawaii - MSB 312

1000 Pope Road

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 U.S.A.

Email: Patrick.Caldwell@noaa.gov

World Data Center for Oceanography, Silver Spring

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 U.S.A.

Email: NODC.WDC@noaa.gov
The RNODC/Southern Oceans (RNODC/SOC) was created in order to provide a

regional data management and data information service for Southern Oceans physical and chemical oceanographic data. The RNODC was created under guidelines set

forth in Recommendation XII.1 by the IOC’s Technical Committee on International

Oceanographic Data Exchange (IODE XII, Moscow 10-17 December 1986).

The Terms of Reference of the RNODC/SOC include the following responsibilities:

- Acquire, quality control, and store in standard format the physical and

chemical data obtained by the international community from the cruises and

research programmes carried out in the Southern Oceans;

- Co-operate closely with the World Data Centers, Oceanography by sending

regular shipments (at least once a year), free of charge, of complete sets of

physical and chemical data stored on magnetic tapes in GF3, and inventories,

data summaries, and other data products related to the physical and chemical data from the Southern Oceans;

- Assist the World Data Centers by sending copies to them of any ROSCOP

forms submitted to the RNODC-SOC;

- Co-operate with the BIOMASS Data Center, regarding exchange of data

and inventories, as well as other data products.

The RNODC-SOC is located in and operated by the Argentine Oceanographic Data

Center (CEADO).

RNODC SOC

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SOUTHERN OCEANS DATA SET
RNODC/SOC Oceanographic Data Set

The RNODC/SOC data set contains data for all available oceanographic stations for the Southern Oceans between 50o

 and the Antarctic Continent. Data for a

total of 15,670 oceanographic stations taken during 387 Southern Oceans cruises

are included in the data set. Seasonally, the data totals are approximately 2,500

observations taken during the Austral Winter (April-September) and more than

13,000 observations taken during the Austral Summer (October-March). Southern

Oceans observational data taken by 19 countries have been received by the

RNODC.

The RNODC/SOC data set is available from:

Argentine Oceanographic Data Center (RNODC/SOC)

Centro Argentino de Datos Oceanograficos

Ave. Montes de Oca 2124

1271 - Buenos Aires

Republica Argentina

Email: ceado@rina.hidro.gov.ar

 or

World Data Center for Oceanography, Silver Spring

National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 U.S.A.

Email: NODC.WDC@noaa.gov

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GTSPP

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GLOBAL TEMPERATURE - SALINITY PROJECT

INTRODUCTION

Making ocean temperature and salinity data quickly and easily accessible to users

is the primary goal of the Global Temperature - Salinity Program (GTSPP). A

cooperative international program, the GTSPP has now developed a global ocean

T-S data base comprised of data that are as up-to-date and of the highest quality

possible. Numerous IODE countries are now contributing to the program.

U.S. PARTICIPATION

The U.S. supports the GTSPP through the participation of its National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC). NODC fulfills several functions in support of the

GTSPP:

1. Data communications support. The Internet is used daily to transmit and

receive data and project information. Real-time data are relayed from NOAA’s

National Weather Service and the Navy’s Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center to

Canada’s Marine Environmental Data Service (MEDS). In addition, monthly fliers

are transmitted to oceanography centers in Hobart, Australia; Brest, France; La

Jolla, California; Miami, Florida; and other locations in the United States.

2. Data quality control. All GTSPP data are passed through standard data

quality tests, which are documented in the GTSPP Real-Time Quality Control

Manual (Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission Manuals and Guides No.

22, UNESCO, 1990). NODC has implemented two systems to apply quality tests to

data destined for the GTSPP database. The systems operate on UNIX-based workstations that are part of NODC’s client/server computing environment. One system

displays geographical positions of observations as compared to land masses, and

shows ship speed between observations as a check on positions dates and times.

The second system applies tests to subsurface temperature and salinity data, setting flags to reflect test results.

3. Database maintenance. GTSPP data are maintained in a relational database

that is managed by commercial software on the UNIX workstation. Real-time data

are added automatically, as they arrive from MEDS. Higher quality delayed mode

data are also being quality controlled and added to the data base. As these observations are added, the matching real-time data are tagged to avoid sending two copies

of the same data. The database makes it possible to quickly load and retrieve data,
as well as to provide statistics about the number of observations per geographic

region, time period, ship, or data type.

GTSPP DATA

Data in the GTSPP database are generated by ships or buoys from all regions of the

world’s oceans. Instruments used to collect the data include thermistor chains (on

buoys), XBTs, digital bathythermographs (DBTs), bottle samplers, and CTDs. The

data are sent in real-time (by radio or satellite transmission) and later in delayed

mode when ships return to port.

Delayed-mode records are generally of higher resolution than records sent in real

time. Therefore, NODC acquires delayed mode data (usually several months after

data were collected) and merges them into the database. To avoid duplication of

real-time and delayed mode observations, real-time records are matched to corresponding delayed mode records in the database. In that way, the GTSPP data

resource is built quickly from real-time records and subsequently enhanced by high

quality, high resolution delayed mode records.

SUPPORT TO CLIMATE RESEARCH

NODC continues to provide monthly files of real-time data to WOCE Upper Ocean

Thermal science centers in France, Australia, and the U.S.; each of these centers

uses the data in ocean climate research. Results of their scientific analyses are fed

back into the GTSPP database to enhance data quality. Also, in support of WOCE,

NODC now produces reports of the distribution of data along TOGA-WOCE-IGOSS

transect lines.

GTSPP has demonstrated the feasibility of a global ocean network of data management and science centers. The project has shown that computer technology and

networks, now in place, are sufficient for sustaining cooperative work such as that

being done in GTSPP. Experience gained from GTSPP will be useful to future

global ocean data management projects, such as the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS).

To obtain information about the availability of data from the GTSPP Data Base, as

well as participation in the Program itself, please contact the following:

National Oceanographic Data Center World Data Center for Oceanography

NOAA/NESDIS E/OC13 NOAA

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 U.S.A. Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 U.S.A.

Email: Melanie.Hamilton@noaa.gov Email: NODC.WDC@noaa.gov

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ROSCOP

REPORT OF OBSERVATIONS/SAMPLES

COLLECTED BY OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAMS

International marine data inventories, particularly the Reports of Observations/

Samples Collected by Oceanographic Programs (ROSCOPs 1 and 2) and their successor, the Cruise Summary Report (ROSCOP 3), have played a significant role in

the success of IODE data exchange and data management for more than 20 years.

In addition to their stated purpose of providing a means for determining the availability of internationally exchangeable data in advance of its actual receipt, these

inventories have also: (1) provided referral service to data not routinely exchanged

through the WDC system and (2) supplied important documentation in support of

processing by national and regional data centers.

The ROSCOP scheme was initially approved by IODE at its Fifth Session in 1970

as an interim marine data inventory, and the first ROSCOP 1 forms were received

by the WDC in 1971. A completely revised version (ROSCOP 2) was developed by

the Task Team on Inventories of Marine Data and Samples, and was accepted by

IODE at its Seventh Session in 1973; ROSCOP 2 forms were first received during

1974. Subsequently, in consideration of new requirements identified by IODE, the

form was completely redesigned in 1989; the resulting Cruise Summary Report

(also subtitled ROSCOP 3 for purposes of continuity), which was intended to be

more user-friendly, was approved by IODE in 1990.

Through the end of 2001, WDC for Oceanography had received and tabulated a total of 24,612

ROSCOP forms of all types (ROSCOPs 1, 2 and 3) for the twenty-year period. A general decline

in numbers of forms received from the first half of the period to the last half is evident. Certain

factors have obviously had a significant impact on the receipt of ROSCOP forms: (1) the occurrence of special projects of limited duration (such as the U.S. OCSEAP Program in the 1970s)

that generated large numbers of ROSCOPs; (2) a possible overall decrease in many countries’

national marine science programs; and (3) significant periods of policy changes or disruptions

that impact a Data Center’s activities.

In evaluating the long-term success of the ROSCOP program, it is important to

recognize the valuable contribution made by ICES in developing the automated

system that facilitates utilization of information received on the ROSCOP forms.

The automated ICES system is in use at WDC for Oceanography and previous

discrepancies between the WDC’s ROSCOP tabulations and the ICES system have

been resolved. A WDC project has now ensured that all of the WDC's historical

ROSCOPs have been provided to ICES.
Number of ROSCOP forms and Cruise Summary Report forms received by

WDC for Oceanography, Silver Spring, as of 31 December 2001

Country ROSCOP 1 Forms ROSCOP 2 Forms

Argentina 1 158 19

Australia -- 89 --

Belgium 15 13 --

Brazil -- 106 21

Canada 63 315 38

Chile -- 1 --

Colombia 9 -- --

Denmark 41 223 --

Ecuador 6 -- --

Finland 27 107 --

France 100 2,335 1,031

Germany 513 1,746 2,102

Ghana -- 2 --

Iceland 39 122 --

India 32 8 --

Indonesia -- -- 2

Ireland 12 43 --

Italy 3 -- --

Japan 214 1,638 212

Netherlands 78 295 11

Norway 108 404 --

Peru 3 -- --

Poland 82 100 --

Portugal -- 1 --

Spain 35 15 --

Sweden 38 203 --

South Africa -- 477 --

Russia 85 393 --

United Kingdom 614 2,412 622

United States 20 6,339 407

Korea (Republic of) 8 58 378

Congo (People's Rep.) 16 1 --

Senegal 1 -- --

Mauritania 2 -- --

Totals 2,165 17,604 4,843

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Cruise Summary

Reports
WOCE

WORLD OCEAN CIRCULATION EXPERIMENT

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BACKGROUND

The World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) was a component of the World

Climate Research Program that investigated the role played by ocean circulation in

the earth’s climate system. Its goal is to develop improved ocean circulation models

for use in climate prediction. The WOCE observational phase (1990-1998) used

satellites and in-situ physical/ chemical measurements taken during this largest and

most comprehensive ocean observational program undertaken to date, in compiling

a quasi-synoptic data set of unprecedented scope.

DATA MANAGEMENT

The WOCE Hydrographic Program (WHP) is comprised of One-Time Surveys, Repeat Hydrography, and Bathymetry data taken along WOCE tracks. The One-Time

Survey encompasses a range of physical and chemical measurements at discrete

stations and from continuous sampling. Repeat Hydrography sections and timeseries stations provide information on the temporal variability of the ocean in different seasons and years. The WHP Special Analysis Center represents the final stage

in the hydrographic data management process, providing a globally-consistent data

set and generating dynamical data products. Direct Current Measurements include

data from Current Meter Moorings, Subsurface Floats, Surface Drifting Buoys, and

Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCPs). WOCE Upper Ocean and Sea Surface

Observations consist of Upper Ocean Thermal Data, Sea Surface Salinity, and Surface Meteorological Data and Surface Fluxes. Upper Ocean Thermal measurements

are taken with XBTs, moored buoys, thermistor chains, profiling floats, and CTDs.

The unusually wide variety of data types observed during WOCE has required a

somewhat different approach to data management than was employed during previous international ocean surveys:

Data Assembly Centers (DACs) are managed by scientists, handle assembly and

quality control of data sets, and generate data products.

Special Analysis Centers (SACs) perform data analysis and synthesis functions,

including the generation of derived data sets.

Data Information Unit (DIU) is a central source of information on the status of

WOCE, tracking all data collection, processing, and archiving activities, and

acting as the primary interface between the WOCE data system and its users.
WOCE DATA AVAILABILITY

Resources and expertise from almost 30 countries have been combined to produce

an unprecedented collection of in-situ and satellite observations of the global oceans

for the period 1990-1997. The Global Data Version 1.0 CD-ROM Series, which was

the inaugural set of WOCE CD-ROMs, was released at the May 1998 WOCE Ocean

Circulation and Climate Conference in Halifax, Canada. The WOCE CD Version

2.0 was released in September, 2000 and contains data received by the DACs since

1998. This series, prepared by the U.S. NODC, makes available a unique and

diverse set of data that can be expected to provide invaluable assistance to climate

researchers. The CDs cover all facets of the WOCE field program: Bathymetry

Data, Hydrographic Data and Data Products, Upper Ocean Thermal Data, Subsurface Floats Data, Surface Velocity Data, Current Meter Moorings Data, Acoustic

Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) Data, Sea Level Data, Surface Meteorology Data,

Surface Fluxes, Satellite Derived Sea Surface Temperature (SST) and Sea Surface

Height Data

Version 2.0 of the CD Series presented many of the datasets in netCDF format. The

WOCE Data Products Committee (DPC) envisage that their recommendation to

adopt netCDF will allow, particularly in the final version (version 3) of the CDs, a

much easier approach to the synthesis of all the WOCE data.

The WOCE CD-ROMs are available upon request from WDC-A, Oceanography and

the U.S. NODC.

National Oceanographic Data Center World Data Center for Oceanography

NOAA/NESDIS E/OC1 NOAA E/OC53

Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 U.S.A. Silver Spring, MD 20910-3282 U.S.A.

Email: NODC.Services@noaa.gov Email: NODC.WDC@noaa.gov

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