MARPOLMON Data

Last update : December 6, 2007

This file contains Oil Slick, Tar Ball, Beach Tar and Hydrocarbon collected by IOC Marine Pollution Monitoring Programme (MARPOLMON) which was implemented in 1980 after taking over Marine Pollution Monitoring Pilot Programme (MAPMOPP, 1975 to 1980) to monitor marine pollution spreading in parts of oceans on a global scale and to evaluate pollution problems in marine environment. Samples may have been collected near marine discharge sites or during monitoring surveys of large ocean areas. JODC was one of RNODC for MARPOLMON for the WESTPAC region.

Oil Slick Data

Data Source : Domestic Marine Institutes and US NODC
Time Period : 1975 - 1989
Geographic Area : Worldwide
Data Volume : 105,811 stations
Retrieval Key : JODC Ref. No., Period for cruise file
Area Code, Period for geofile

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Tar Ball Data

Data Source : Domestic Marine Institutes and US NODC
Time Period : 1975 - 1989
Geographic Area : Worldwide
Data Volume : 9,198 stations
Retrieval Key : JODC Ref. No., Period for cruise file
Area Code, Period for geofile

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Beach Tar Data

Data Source : Japan Coast Guard, Thailand, India, Malaysia
Time Period : 1975 - 1989
Geographic Area : Japanese Areas and Thailand, Indian and Malaysia Areas
Data Volume : 9,239 stations
Retrieval Key : Area Code, Period for geofile

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Hydrocarbon Data

Data Source : Domestic Marine Institutes, Thailand, India
Time Period : 1975 - 1989
Geographic Area : Japanese Areas and Thailand and Indian Areas
Data Volume : 5,171 stations
Retrieval Key : JODC Ref. No., Period for cruise file
Area Code, Period for geofile

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