North East Asian Regional Global Ocean Observing System

(NEAR-GOOS)Progress Report

IOC/SC-WESTPAC-X, 12-14 May 2015, Pucket, Thailand

Outline

Project Description and Management Development of NEAR-GOOS Data

Bases and ProductsWork plan for the coming intersessional

periodCooperation with other regional projects

North East Asian Regional - Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS) is a regional pilot project of GOOS in the North-East Asian Region, implemented by China, Japan, Republic of Korea, and Russian Federation as one activity of IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC).

Project description

NEARGOOS

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PI-GOOS

IOCARIBEGOOS

IOGOOS

GOOS-AFRICA

EuroGOOS

Black Sea GOOS

MedGOOS

AFRICA

US GOOS

WA GOOSOCEATLANGOOS

EuroGOOS

NEAR-GOOS was conceived in 1995 and initiated in 1996 upon the formal adoption of the NEAR-GOOS Implementation Plan and Operational Manual by the 29th Executive Council of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) following a recommendation from the WESTPAC Regional Sub commission of IOC earlier in the year. It became one of the first regional pilot projects of GOOS.

The primary aim of the project in its first phase was to facilitate the sharing of oceanographic data in order to improve the availability of information and ocean services in the region.

The Project was successful in the first phase with achieved by establishing NEAR-GOOS database system.

Databases and websites for RT and DM were set up in each member state.

The NEAR-GOOS CC-XIII meeting was agreed with the objectiveof the 2nd Phase for NEAR-GOOS is:

To develop a comprehensive and sustained ocean observing network and an operational forecasting system in the region.

To improve the data exchangemechanisms developed in the first phasethrough increasing data parameters, coveragespace, timely, and generating more data products to improve the services anddemonstrate the value of NEAR-GOOSin the region

The 15th Session of the IOC/WESTPAC Co-ordinating Committee for the North-East Asian Regional/Global Ocean Observing System (NEAR-GOOS) October 8-9, 2013, Busan, Korea

Project management

NEAR-GOOS Data Bases and Products

Country Data base Responsible organization

Website address

Japan Regional RTDB JMA http://ds.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/goos/data/database.html

Regional RTDB JODC http://near-goos1.jodc.go.jp/China National RTDB NMEFC http://neargoos.nmefc.gov.cn/index.

phpNational DMDB NMDIS http://near-goos.coi.gov.cn/

Korea National RTDB KHOA http://sms.khoa.go.kr/koofs/eng/introduce/introduce.asp

National DMDB NFRDI/KODC http://kodc.nfrdi.re.kr/page?id=eng_index

Russia National RTDB FERHRI http://rus.ferhri.ru/esimo/Projects/Neargoos/

National DMDB POI http://www.pacificinfo.ru/near-goos/

Description of data Source Type Source Data Type- GTS Reports (oceanographic and marine meteorological

observations) FM13 SHIP, FM18 BUOY, FM62 TRACKOB, FM63 BATHY, FM64 TESAC

- Decoded Data (temperatures and winds)- GTSPP (quality controlled temperature and salinity data)- JMA Products1) Daily Sea Surface Temperatures (MGDSST: Global, Regional)2) 10 day mean SST (MGDSST : Northwestern Pacific)3) Monthly Mean SST (COBE-SST: Global)4) Daily Subsurface Temperatures and Surface Currents

(Assimilation model-MOVE/MRI.COM outputs: Adjacent to Japan)5) 10 day mean Subsurface Temperatures and Surface Currents

(Assimilation model-MOVE/MRI.COM outputs: Adjacent to Japan)6) Monthly Mean Subsurface Temperatures

(Assimilation model-MOVE/MRI.COM outputs: Adjacent to Japan)7) Monthly Mean Pacific Subsurface Temperatures (OI) *8) Monthly Mean Sea Surface Heights (Jason etc., Pacific)**

9) Sea Ice Concentrations (north-east Asian marginal seas)- JMA Research Vessels Cruise Plan

GTS

GTSGTSPP

JMA

JMA

in situ data

in situ datain situ data

AnalyzedGPVs

and images

Images

NEAR-GOOS Regional Real Time Data Base(RRTDB)

• Current RRTDB Contents

NEAR-GOOS Regional Delayed Mode Data Base (RDMDB)

• RDMDB contains 44 types of data(as of March, 2015)

(1) 41 types of data from RRTDB- GTS, NRTDB and other organizations, JMA products

(2) 3 types of data from other source- Japan Coast Guard, Tohoku University, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

(3) Total volume of RDMDB- more than 170GB (as of March 2015)

• Number of hits on RDMDB website

Fig.1 Annual variation of the number of hits on English and Japanese top pages of RDMDB website

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• Number and volume of downloaded data from RDMDB

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RT and DM Data Base systems have been operated by NMEFC and NMDIS of China respectively, and data have been uploaded into the NEAR-GOOS websites.

The website for China DMDB has been maintained and upgraded at http://near-goos.coi.gov.cn

A. Monthly sea level data from 6 Chinese coastal Stations

B. Delayed mode temperature and wind-wave data from 3 Chinese coastal Stations

C. Marine meteorological data, wave, temperature and salinity data from 13 Chinese coastal Stations

D. Efforts has been made in the development of data QC/QA techniques,and standard operating procedures fordata collection, processing andmanagement.

China National RTDB and DMDB

http://neargoos.nmefc.gov.cn

• China NEAR-GOOS Real Time Data Base

http://near-goos.coi.gov.cn

• China NEAR-GOOS Delayed Mode Data Base

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The RT and DM Data Base system have been operated by KHOA and NFRDI/KODC of Rep. of Korea respectively, and data have been uploaded into the National NEAR-GOOS websites.

Korea National RTDB has been maintained and upgraded at http://sms.khoa.go.kr/koofs/eng/introduce/introduce.asp

Korea National DMDB has been maintained and upgraded at KODC website (http://kodc.nfrdi.re.kr/page?id=eng_index)

A. Real-time oceanographic observation data from 20 Korean coastal/offshore Stations

B. Delayed-mode in-situ ocean observation data from 207 stations (1961~2014)C. NFRDI/KODC is developing new website for NEAR-GOOS Korea National DMDB which applies the GeoNetwork opensource metatdata catalogue system.

Korea National RTDB and DMDB

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• Korea National Real Time Data Basehttp://sms.khoa.go.kr/koofs/eng/introduce/introduce.asp

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• Korea National Delayed Mode Data Basehttp://kodc.nfrdi.re.kr/page?id=eng_index

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The RT and DM Data Base system have been operated by FERHRI and POI of Russian Federation respectively, and data have been uploaded into the National NEAR-GOOS websites.

Russia National RTDB has been maintained and upgraded at http://rus.ferhri.ru/esimo/Projects/Neargoos/

Russia National DMDB has been maintained and upgraded at http://www.pacificinfo.ru/near-goos/

A. Oceanographic and marine meteorological data from 3 coastal stations and ship reports

B. Data set of POI, FERHRI and TINRO marine expeditions (hydrology, chemistry and biology)

C. Several links has been recently established with the newly completed Russian Atlas Climate of the Seas (http://data.oceaninfo. info/atlas/Jap/index.html) and joint publication with NODC(USA) on Climatic Atlas of the North Pacific Marginal Seas (http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/OC5/ PACIFIC2009/ )

Russia National RTDB and DMDB

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• Russia National Real Time Data Basehttp://rus.ferhri.ru/esimo/Projects/Neargoos/

• Russia National Delayed Mode Data Basehttp://www.pacificinfo.ru/near-goos/

Gridded data access: Averaged by 1/4 degree squares data set of temperature and salinity

Other implementations

Work Plan for the Coming Intercessional Period

To enhance the efficiency and visibility of NEAR-GOOS To urge member states to provide more support, especially

the finance support to NEARGOOS activities To make the data more open, to continue improve the data

exchange and in order to make the data available for operational use and provide good services to the users

To consider the possibilities of expanding the data types (not only physical data, but also including non-physical data).

To improve the cooperation on the data products development and services

To establish the NEAR-GOOS Working Group on Products with the goal to improve the NEAR-GOOS products in a comprehensive manner

To retain the NEAR-GOOS Working Group on Data Management for the efficient and effective operation of the NEAR-GOOS database system

Cooperation with other regional projects

Products from SEAGOOS Ocean Forecasting Demonstration System will be share with NEAR-GOOS.

To continue cooperation with PICES….. To continue cooperation with NOWPAP to development the

capacity building for “Training courses on remote sensing data analysis”

To cooperate with ODINWESTPAC in using all of the data and products, and the information of NEAR-GOOS which includes the organizations, expertise to ODINWESTPAC

Development of regional observing system

Marine meteorological, wave, sea-surface temperature and salinity real-time data of 13 oceanographic stations distribution

meteorological, temperature, salinity delayed mode data of 7 sectional observationstations distribution

JMA

POI

NEAR-GOOS Cross Basin Section in 2011

47km

Marado

KOREA

149km

190km

독도Diameter 10mTonnage 50.4Parameters 20

(2007)

(2003)

(2009)

Network for automatic stations for sea level observations under the Tsunami warning program in Russia (2007-2010) Further development for automatic stations for sea level

observations under the Tsunami warning program (2011-2013) and mooring buoys

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