JODC International Activities

JODC has supported a number of international data exchange activities for success of its mission. Participating in these activities, oceanographic data and information will be further promoted worldwidely. JODC has been served as Japanese focal point for data exchange activities conducted under the framework of International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).

JODC has organized training courses on oceanographic data management since 1982 in support of the activities of IOC Regional Committee for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC), aiming to improve capacity of personnel who is currently involved in oceanographic data and information management in Member States of the WESTPAC region on basic concepts of the IODE system and its function, and acquisition, procession, and compilation of oceanographic data as Data Center.

International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE)

The IOC's International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) was established in 1961 to enhance marine research, exploitation and development by facilitating the exchange of oceanographic data and information between participating Member States and by meeting the needs of users for data and information products.

The IODE system forms a worldwide service oriented network consisting of DNAs (Designated National Agencies), NODCs (National Oceanographic Data Centres), and WDCs (World Data Centres - Oceanography). During the past 50 years, IOC Member States have established over 80 oceanographic data centres in as many countries.
This network has been able to collect, control the quality of, and archive millions of ocean observations, and makes these available to Member States.

The main objectives of the IODE programme are:

• to facilitate and promote the exchange of all marine data and information including metadata, products and information in real-time, near real time and delayed mode;
• to ensure the long term archival, management and services of all marine data and information;
• to promote the use of international standards, and develop or help in the development of standards and methods for the global exchange of marine data and information, using the most appropriate information management and information technology;
• to assist Member States to acquire the necessary capacity to manage marine data and information and become partners in the IODE network; and
• to support international scientific and operational marine programmes of IOC and WMO and their sponsor organisations with advice and data management services.

Please refer to the IODE homepage (http://www.iode.org) for the further information.

Project

Major projects JODC is currently participating in

• NEAR-GOOS (Link to NEAR-GOOS, IOC)
• IOC/WESTPAC
• ODINWESTPAC-PP (Link to ODINWESTPAC, IODE)
• PICES
• CLIVAR
• GEOTRACES (Link to GEOTRACES JAPAN)
• NOWPAP (Japanese)
• GODAR (Link to NODC)

Completed Projects

• WOCE (1990-2002)
• JGOFS (1990-2003)

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Last update : July 16, 2009