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North East Asian Regional Global Ocean Observing System

NEAR-GOOS:Current Status and Strategy

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GOOS Regional Alliances

NEAR-GOOS

SEA-GOOS

GRASP

PI-GOOS

IOCARIBE-GOOS

IO-GOOS

GOOS-AFRICA

EuroGOOS

BS-GOOS

MedGOOS

Eu

AF

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• NEAR-GOOS is a regional pilot project of GOOS in the NW Pacific region, presently with the participation of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation, with a view to demonstrating the usefulness of a regional ocean observing system within the framework of GOOS.

• To promote free oceanographic data exchange in real time through Internet, in support of daily mapping of sea conditions in marginal seas bordered by NEAR-GOOS participating countries, benefiting a wide range of marine users.

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Development of NEAR-GOOS1993 - IOC Initiated NEAR-GOOS as a regional pilot project of GOOS with the aim to share oceanographic data and to demonstrate the usefulness of GOOS

1996 – Initial Implementation Plan was prepared by ad hoc group headed by Prof. K.Taira; Co-ordinating Committee was established as a management body for the program (headed by N.Hasegawa)

1998-1999 – Current NEAR-GOOS Structure was fixed. NEAR-GOOS Data Bases was set up; operational manual was prepared revised and completed

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Data Suppliers

Data Users

Regional RealTime Data Base

Regional DelayedMode Data Base

Global Telecommunication System

Data Suppliers

National RealTime Data Bases

National DelayedMode Data Bases

REAL TIME =Within 30 days

NEAR-GOOS Data Flow

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User's Room registered users only!! Access to the data in the NEAR-GOOS RRTDB, Manual on Codes of WMO, etc

Data in the NEAR-GOOS RRTDBShort descriptions of the data in the NEAR-GOOS RRTDB

JMA Products Graphic-type products by JMA

Online Registration Operational Manual for the NEAR-GOOSLINKS

http://goos.kishou.go.jp

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RRTDB data and products

• in situ observations – GTS data: T/S profiles, surface ship and buoy

measurements – SST measurements from fishing boats provided

by JAFIC (Japan Fisheries Information Service Center)

– GTSPP T/S profiles provided by MEDS • JMA oceanographic analyses• Results of JMA oceanographic survey

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DATA SOURCES1. Global Telecommunication System (GTS)

• Surface and subsurface observation 2. Japan Meteorological Agency and its Marine

Observatories • Graphical charts and grid point values of

oceanographic analysis • Graphical results of research cruise

3. Far East Regional Hydro-meteorological Research Institute (Russia)• Surface observations• Coastal station observation

4. Japan Fisheries Information Center • Sea surface temperature observations

5. Marine Environment Data Service (Canada) • Subsurface observations

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• NEAR-GOOS RRTDB in situ data distribution in June 1-15, 2003– RED: SHIP reports: 80,243– BLUE: BUOY reports: 183,192 – PURPLE: BATHY and TESAC reports: 2,944– GREEN: JAFIC SST data: 5,730 (20N-90N, 110E-180)

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NEAR-GOOS RRTDB in situ data distribution in June 1-15, 2003RED: SHIP reports BLUE: BUOY reportsPURPLE: BATHY/TESAC report GREEN: JAFIC SST data

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• JMA oceanographic analyses – Daily, 10-days and monthly sea surface temperature analyses – Monthly ocean sub-surface temperature analyses– Sea ice analyses (will be distributed from the next sea ice season)

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• Results of JMA oceanographic survey – Three JMA marine observatories provide the results of their routine

oceanographic surveys in graphical form.

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RRTDB data management• Anonymous users can browse only

graphical form products. • Registered users can use all contents of

RRTDB through FTP/HTTP.– Anyone who want to use the data and products

can be a user through web-based registration – Registered user accounts which are not used for

more than 6 months are expired

• Data are uploaded once a day. • Thirty days after reception, all data in

RRTDB are sent to RDMDB.

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• Monthly numbers of the registered USERS – RRTDB started its operation in October 1996 – User accounts expiration check was introduced in Jan 2003. User

accounts which are not used for more than 6 months are expired.

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registered user FTPregistered user HTTPanonymous user HTTP

• Monthly FTP/HTTP connections in the period from Jan 2000 to May 2003

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• Composition of NEAR-GOOS RRTDB registered USERS – Total number of users: 102 as of June 23, 2003

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NEAR-GOOS partner

Research Inst. (Fisheries)Research Inst. (Others)

Operational AgencyAcademic Organization

Private Company

Personal UseMisc.

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Table 1 Data type and volume of NEAR-GOOS RDMDB Type of Data Description of Data Data Volume

BATHY Regional Data Sets of BATHY Report 8.9 MB

BATHY_G Global 9.5 MB

BUOY Regional Data Sets of BUOY Report 82.9 MB

BUOY_G Global 867.6 MB

SHIP Regional Data Sets of SHIP Report 110.2 MB

SHIP_G Global 572.1 MB

TESAC Regional Data Sets of TESAC Report 3.7 MB

TESAC_G Global 34.0 MB

TRACKOB Regional Data Sets of TRACKOB Report 0.5 MB

TRACKOB_G Global 2.1 MB

SSTANL(JMA) Gridded Daily Sea Surface Temperature data in the Western North Pacific 99.1 MB

DAILYSST Daily sea surface temperature data analysis 43.3 MB

GLBSST Monthly mean sea surface temperatures, Normal and Standard deviations 1.0 MB

WNPSST 10-day mean sea surface temperature, Normal and Standard deviation 1.1 MB

ADJSUBS(JMA) Monthly mean subsurface temperatures in seas around Japan(100m,200m,400) 2.6 MB

PACSUBS(JMA) Monthly mean subsurface temperatures in Pacific(100m,200m,400) 4.6 MB

SUBST Sub surface temperature decode result 234.8 MB

SUBST_ERROR Sub surface temperature decode error report 2.6 MB

TS Sea and sub surface temperature and salinity decode 67.1 MB

GLBTS Global 866.3 MB

WIND Wind decoded Data at RRTDB 61.6 MB

WIND_ERROR Wind decoded ERROR Report 0.5 MB

WIND2 Wind decoded Data (format ver.2.0) 15.1 MB

GLBWIND Global 238.0 MB

FERHRI ship Marine Meteorological observation data on board by FERHRI, Russia 2.9 MB

FERHRI station Marine Meteorological observation data at the station by FERHRI, Russia 0.1 MB

JAFIC Sea surface / sub surface temp. data from Japan Fisheries Information Service Center (JAFIC), Japan

24.1 MB

PALACE Sub surface temp. profile data observed by PALACE float from Ocean Research Institute (ORI), Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

0.1 MB

TOHOKU_Univ. XBT data observed by Tohoku University 0.1 MB

30s* 30sec. interval sea level data at the tidal station, Japan Coast Guard 2525.8 MB

Total 5882.3 MB

NEAR-GOOS Regional Delayed Mode Data Base (RDMDB)~ 10 Gb

-GTS (BATHY etc.)

-Gridded SST and subsurface Т

-Winds

-PALACE

-XBT, Tohoku U.

-Sea level around Japan

- J-DOSS (12 kinds of data) since July 1 2002

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- Serial oceanographic data (1961-2002) on temperature, salinity, nutrients,zooplankton

- Coastal station data (1923-2002) on SST, air temperature on 10:00, SST daily plots, etc.

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KOREA

JAPAN

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INA

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500 Line

K-LineJeju

Standard oceanographic surveys off Korean coast

since 1961 (1921), 6 times a year; 1965-70, since 1995, 4 times a year; since 1993, 1 per year

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NEAR-GOOS Current Status

• Initial Phase of the project as a regional data management system based on existing observational structures and data available to NEAR-GOOS data bases - has being completed.

• Second Phase - Strategic Plan is under development by the NEAR-GOOS Coordinating Committee

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2nd Phase NEAR-GOOS Vision

• SYSTEMATIC observations and associated research,

• OPERATIONAL system that brings PRODUCTS and SERVICES that meet the needs of USERS,

• providing information on the past, present and future

• of marine environment, ecosystem and climate.

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Goals– Development of a basic integrated ocean

observing and operational forecasting system, – that adheres to the GOOS principles of design

and principles of involvement, – that builds on the existing data management

and exchange mechanism developed in the first phase through

• the inclusion of additional parameters, • increased coverage in space and time, • the generation of a suite of data products, and • adequate QA/QC procedures.

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Objectives and Actions• Restructuring NEAR-GOOS to provide a more

comprehensive, flexible and expandable operational capability appropriate to a shift from a regional pilot experiment to a durable regional alliance;

• Strengthening and refinement of Data Bases network established in Phase 1 to deliver data and useful products;

• Implementation of NEAR-GOOS-labeled projects - enhance range of parameters, spatial coverage, range of products; - involve research scientists and organizations;

• Establish Outreach program of awareness rising, recruitment of partners, training and capacity building.

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Conceptual DesignCHINA JAPAN R O K RF

NEAR-GOOS COORD. COMMITTEE

OTHER INTERNATIONAL

PROGRAMS PICES, UNEP, WMO,

CEOS secretariat

Int’l Projects and Experiments

Data SSC

Regional Expt 1 SSC

Regional Expt 2 SSC CB

Projects SC

Joint initiatives

Partners

2 representatives each

NEARGOOS PROJECTS

PRODUCTS

USERS

Regional Expt 3 SSC

Remote Sensing

GOOS

IOC

JCOMM

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WESTPAC New Generation Satellite SST Project

AMSR-E/AVHRR Merged Products

2002年10月10日

(H.Kawamura)

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Monitoring along repeated sections

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проточной системы, установленной на судне, осуществляющем перевозки по регулярно повторяющимся маршрутам Измеряемые параметры: температура воды, соленость, содержание растворенного кислорода, флюорисценция, эпизодический отбор проб для определения биогенных элементов.

Владивосток

Пусан

Отару

Ниигата

Тояма

Россия

КНДР

Респ. Корея Япония

Планируемые маршруты мониторинга Японского моря с попутных судов

Комплекс измерительной аппаратуры

NOAA AVHRR MCSST 05/12/2001 V..Lobanov

Underway ferry monitoring

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Joint projects with other programsin the region

- promote NEAR-GOOS- exchange of scientific

ideas and expertise- provide NEAR-GOOS

infrastructure for data collection and distribution

- share resources - generate new data and

products

• PICES• PAMS/JECSS

• UNEP/NOWPAP • GEF/UNDP Yellow

Sea LME • COOP• Other IOC/WESTPAC

projects

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NEAR-GOOS Workshopon Data Products in Operational

Oceanography

In conjunction with the 6th IOC/WESTPAC Scientific Symposium,

April 19-23, 2004, Hangzhou, China

http://www.sio.net.cn

http://ioc.unesco.org/goos/neargoos/neargoos.htm

Credits: T.Yoshida, D.-Y.Lee, S.Sato, M.Kuijper, A.McEwan, H.Kawamura

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NEAR-GOOS Data Bases (1)Japan:

NEAR-GOOS Regional Real-Time Data Base: http://goos.kishou.go.jp

NEAR-GOOS Regional Delayed Mode Data Base: http://near-goos1.jodc.go.jp

People’s Republic of China:Real Time Data Base: http://dell1500sc.nmefc.gov.cn/NEAR-GOOS/near-goos.html

Delayed Mode Data Base: http://near-goos.coi.gov.cn

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NEAR-GOOS Data Bases (2)Republic of Korea:

Real Time Data Base: http://near-goos.kordi.re.kr

Delayed Mode Data Base: http://www.nfrda.re.kr/kodc/english/index.html

Russian Federation: Real Time Data Base: http://hydromet.com/project/near-goos/

Delayed Mode Data Base: http://www.pacificinfo.ru/en/near-goos/

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Further Development

• Data management system• Coordination mechanism• Commitment of participants• Funding status

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Further Development (1)• Data management system

– Restrictions of data exchange (on national and international levels)

– Additional parameters and areas to fill gaps

Actions:– Involve more agencies by increase the awareness

and conviction in the benefits– Solve EEZ data exchange problem on

intergovernmental level

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Further Development (2)• Coordination mechanism

– Lack of strong coordination in some countries– CC is not effective as a scientific steering

committee - not many experts are involved

Actions:– Enhance national commitments – Conduct special meetings and NEAR-GOOS

sessions during scientific symposia– Cooperate with other regional programs and

GOOS projects

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Further Development (3)• Funding status

– Lack of financial support (even for travel of CC members)

Actions:– Strategic Plan for 2003-2007 – Implementation plans for particular sub-projects

based on GOOS developments– Seeking for national funds– Share resources with other regional programs

(LME, NOWPAP etc.)

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CoordinationCo-ordinating Committee

China: Japan:Dr. H. Wang (NMDIC) Mr. T. Yoshida (JMA)Prof. Z. Yu (NMEFC) Mr. S. Sato (JODC)Republic of Korea: Russia:Dr. H.-D. Jeong (KODC) Prof. V. Akulichev (POI)Dr. D.-Y. Lee (KORDI) Dr. E. Karasev (FERHRI)

Dr. V. Lobanov (POI) – acting chairman

SecretariatThe IOC/WESTPAC Secretariat supported the Committee;currently pending; efforts by Mr. Y. Jiang, S. Mitsumoto and M. Kuijper are highly appreciated

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Table 2. Количество зарегистрированных пользователей

Institution Country

Government Education Nonprofit Organization Others Total

Japan 55 63 13 25 156 China 6 5 2 13 Korea 2 10 4 16 Russia 15 3 18 Others 7 10 1 25 43 Total 85 88 14 59 246

Table 3 Количество файлов, загруженных в месяц

Aug 2001

Sep. 2001

Oct. 2001

Nov.2001

Dec.2001

Jan.2002

Feb.2002

Mar. 2002

Apr. 2002

May2002

June2002

July 2002

Aug.2002

Japan 34 72 105 46 94 93 52 30 13 9 83 228 167China 0 0 14 1 9 0 0 47 909 0 0 0 0Korea 0 1 0 0 1 0 55 0 0 0 0 1 0Russia 0 16 5 10 45 23 0 29 0 173 256 5 284USA 0 27 64 0 0 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0Unknown 1 0 7 5 27 0 0 0 0 10 13 28 0others 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1Total 35 116 195 62 176 118 112 108 922 195 352 262 452

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GOOS ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCEn Most international trade goes by sean By 2020 66% of people live near coastn 20% of oil and gas come from offshoren Fish catch supplies 20% of protein n More than 50% of coasts are degradedn Marine resources average 3-5% of GNPn Total marine GNP is $1000 billionn 1% improvement would save $10 billionn Plus improved food, water, energy supplyn Cost of GOOS is around $2 billion ($1 billion

already invested)