GODAR-WESTPAC Workshop March 5 – 7, 2002 Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) Oceanographic Research & Data Management in Japan

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 Organizations in Japan About 150 organizations 160 research vessels 900 research cruises/year  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

Regular Observation Lines 900 cruises / year

Data Holding at JODC

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 of Salinity Data

Distribution of Current Data

Historical Data provided from Domestic Organizations

Distribution Map obtained by Hokkaido University 7,496 stn,

Distribution Map provided from Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute Distribution of sampling stations Zooplankton biomass （ wet weight ）

Other Activities related GODAR in Japan  JODC investigating the un-digital data observed by the Imperial Navy before  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.

Thank you for your attentions !