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GODAR-WESTPAC Workshop March 5 – 7, 2002. Oceanographic Research & Data Management in Japan. Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC). JODC ACTIVITIES. Since its establishment (1965), JODC has been fulfilling the role as the synthetic data bank of Japan
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GODAR-WESTPAC Workshop March 5 – 7, 2002 Oceanographic Research & Data Management in Japan Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC)
JODC ACTIVITIES Since its establishment (1965), JODC has been fulfilling the role as the synthetic data bank of Japan as the representative of Japan in the IODE system • Information Management; - National Oceanographic Programmes (NOP) - Cruise Summary Report (CSR) - Instruments Fixed on the Seabed • Data Management; Collection, Archive and exchange • International Activities RNODC for WESTPAC, NEAR-GOOS, WOCE/ADCP-DAC, JGOFS/DMO, etc.
Marine Research Organizationsin Japan • Japan Coast Guard • Japan Meteorological Agency • Fisheries Agency and Fisheries Experimental Stations • Defense Agency • Ministry of Environment • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology • Geographical Survey Institute • Universities About 150 organizations 160 research vessels 900 research cruises/year
Regular Observation Lines 900 cruises / year
Serial Station Data 330,000 stn.
XBT Data 98,900 stns.
CTD/STD Data 105,000 stns.
Distribution of Temperature Data 105,000 stns.
Distribution Map obtainedby Hokkaido University 7,496 stn, 1957-1994
Distribution Map provided from Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute Zooplankton biomass ( wet weight) Distribution of sampling stations
Other Activities related GODAR in Japan • JODC • investigating the un-digital data observed by the • Imperial Navy before 1945. • Japan Meteorological Agency • “The Kobe Collection” Dataset (CD-ROM) • National Research Institute of Fisheries Science • carrying out the digitalization of historical marine data • from 2001.