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GODAR-WESTPAC Workshop March 5 – 7, 2002 Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) Oceanographic Research & Data Management in Japan
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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.
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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
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Regular Observation Lines 900 cruises / year
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Data Holding at JODC
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Serial Station Data 330,000 stn.
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XBT Data 98,900 stns.
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CTD/STD Data 105,000 stns.
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Distribution of Temperature Data 105,000 stns.
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Distribution of Salinity Data
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Distribution of Current Data
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Historical Data provided from Domestic Organizations
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Distribution Map obtained by Hokkaido University 7,496 stn, 1957-1994
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Distribution Map provided from Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute Distribution of sampling stations Zooplankton biomass ( wet weight )
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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.
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