gov.noaa.nodc:9000197 eng utf8 dataset NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NOAA Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information custodian 2026-03-01T17:59:50Z ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) HELIUM, PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON and other data from HEIYO, KAIYO and other platforms in the NW Pacific, Philippine Sea and East China Sea from 1939-08-17 to 1988-09-27 (NCEI Accession 9000197) 2002-11-19 publication 2026-03-01 revision 1990 creation NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information gov.noaa.nodc:9000197 NCEI Archive Management System 9000197 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information publisher Osamu Yamada Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) https://www.jodc.go.jp/ HTTPS Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) website Institution web page information resourceProvider Japanese Hydrographic Office resourceProvider Japanese Hydrographic Office contributor Yamada, Osamu Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) https://www.jodc.go.jp/ HTTPS Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) website Institution web page information author Japanese Hydrographic Office author tableDigital A tape containing part of the annual exchange of chemical data from the Japan Oceanographic Data Center collected from East China Sea (Tung Hai), Philippine Sea, NW Pacific (limit-180) between 1939-1988 was received in 1990. Data was submitted by Dr. Osamu Yamada. The documentation included a description of the format used to collect the Ocean Station data. This data includes reference numbers L01202-L01219. Data found on magnetic tape W16915 has been copied on to the current NODC data storage system. This dataset is available to the public for a wide variety of uses including scientific research and analysis. completed historicalArchive NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.info@noaa.gov https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/contact HTTPS NCEI Contact Information Information for contacts at NCEI. information pointOfContact asNeeded NCEI Accession 9000197 was revised and a new version of the archival package was published. Updates to existing archival packages may provide additional files or replace obsolete files. The latest version contains the most complete and up-to-date representation of this archival information package. 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Please see journal.txt in the /about directory for additional details on changes made. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/metadata/landing-page/bin/gfx?id=gov.noaa.nodc:9000197 Preview graphic PNG 9000197 NCEI ACCESSION NUMBER 1990-08-21 publication AIR TEMPERATURE - DRY BULB AIR TEMPERATURE - WET BULB AMMONIUM (NH4) BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CHLOROPHYLL A cloud amount/frequency cloud type DISSOLVED OXYGEN DYNAMIC DEPTH ANOMALY HELIUM NITRATE nitrate + nitrite content (concentration) NITRITE NITROGEN - PARTICULATE OXYGEN PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON pH PHAEOPIGMENTS phosphate PHOSPHATE - TOTAL SALINITY SEA STATE Secchi depth SIGMA-T silicate SOUND VELOCITY suspended solids TOTAL PHOSPHORUS Tritium (Hydrogen isotope) WATER COLOR water depth WATER TEMPERATURE WAVE HEIGHT WAVE PERIOD WEATHER WIND DIRECTION WIND FORCE WIND SPEED ZOOPLANKTON BIOMASS theme NODC DATA TYPES THESAURUS bottle meteorological sensor Secchi disk instrument NODC INSTRUMENT TYPES THESAURUS physical profile theme NODC OBSERVATION TYPES THESAURUS AISEI MARU ASACHIDORI ASHU MARU ASU-85 BUZEN CHISHIO MARU (Chishio, Chishio-Maru) CHITOSE CHOFU MARU FUKUSHIMA MARU FUSAKAZE MARU HAKUYO-MARU HEIYO HINYO MARU HIROTA MARU HOKKO MARU HYOGO MARU JOYO MARU KAIYO KAIYO-MARU KII MARU KIJI KINSEI MARU KITAKAMI KOCHI KOFU MARU KOSHIJI MARU KUROSHIO MARU MIZUHO MARU SHIOKAZE SHIRANAMI MARU SHIRASE SHONAN MARU SHOYO SHUMPU MARU SOYO-MARU TAKUYO TOKUSHIMA MARU USS Lucid WAKATAKA MARU YASHIO MARU YOSHINO platform NODC PLATFORM NAMES THESAURUS Japanese Hydrographic Office dataCentre NODC COLLECTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS Japanese Hydrographic Office dataCentre NODC SUBMITTING INSTITUTION NAMES THESAURUS East China Sea (Tung Hai) Japan Sea North Pacific Ocean Philippine Sea Sea of Okhotsk Seto Naikai (Inland Sea) Yellow Sea (Hwang Hai) place NODC SEA AREA NAMES THESAURUS oceanography theme WMO_CategoryCode 2012-09-15 publication DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce dataCentre Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Data Center Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords information custodian AISEI MARU (ICES code: 492I) ASACHIDORI (call sign: JJ3316, ICES code: 49AD) ASHU MARU (call sign: JIJY, ICES code: 49M9) ASU-85 (ICES code: 492U) BUZEN (ICES code: 49VG, 1971-1984) CHISHIO MARU (call sign: JPVR, ICES code: 49CH, 1989-2006) CHITOSE (call sign: JJIA, ICES code: 49CO) CHOFU MARU (call sign: JCCX, ICES code: 49TU) FUKUSHIMA MARU (call sign: JGPP, ICES code: 49FK) FUSAKAZE MARU (call sign: JQKL, ICES code: 49FM, 1960-) HAKUYO-MARU (ICES code: 49HK) HEIYO (call sign: JLBD, ICES code: 49HE, 1956-1986) HINYO MARU (ICES code: 492H) HIROTA MARU (ICES code: 49HR) HOKKO MARU (call sign: 8LRY, ICES code: 49H5, 1976-) HYOGO MARU (ICES code: 49HJ) JOYO MARU (ICES code: 49JY) KAIYO (call sign: 8LYT, ICES code: 49BE, 1964-1993) KAIYO-MARU (ICES code: 49K6) KII MARU (ICES code: 49KV) KIJI (ICES code: 49KZ) KINSEI MARU (ICES code: 49ZD) KITAKAMI (call sign: JECU, ICES code: 49IM) KOCHI (ICES code: 492K) KOFU MARU (call sign: 8JNZ, ICES code: 49KF) KOSHIJI MARU (call sign: JJAE, ICES code: 49KJ) KUROSHIO MARU (ICES code: 49KR) LUCID (ICES code: 33LL, 1943-1945) MIZUHO MARU (ICES code: 49BM) SHIOKAZE (ICES code: 49VH) SHIRANAMI MARU (ICES code: 491S) SHIRASE (call sign: JSVY, ICES code: 49ZS, 1982-2008) SHONAN MARU (ICES code: 4998) SHOYO (call sign: JCOD, ICES code: 492S) SHUMPU MARU (ICES code: 49SU) SOYO-MARU (ICES code: 49SO) TAKUYO (ICES code: 49TK) TOKUSHIMA MARU (ICES code: 49TP) WAKATAKA MARU (call sign: JGWV, ICES code: 49WA) YASHIO MARU (ICES code: 49Y3) YOSHINO (call sign: JLAV, ICES code: 49YN) platform ICES/SeaDataNet Ship Codes OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF JAPAN OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > SEA OF OKHOTSK OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > EAST CHINA SEA OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN > YELLOW SEA place Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Location Keywords 2026 revision 24 Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords HTTPS GCMD Keyword Forum Page Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. 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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information custodian bottle bottle any type of water bottle sampling device Generic name for water collection device; usually used to determine temperature, salinity and provide water aliquots for measurement of a wide range of parameters; often referred to by a specific type of water sampling bottle, such as a Nansen or Niskin bottle. meteorological sensor meteorological sensor Any meteorological sensor, but also see specific instruments such as aerovane, anemometer, etc. Secchi disk Secchi disk The Secchi disk (or Secchi disc), as created in 1865 by Angelo Secchi, is a plain white, circular disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water transparency or turbidity in bodies of water. The disc is mounted on a pole or line, and lowered slowly down in the water. The depth at which the disk is no longer visible is taken as a measure of the transparency of the water. This measure is known as the Secchi depth and is related to water turbidity. [Wikipedia, 2021-09-02] AISEI MARU 1964 ASACHIDORI ASACHIDORI ASHU MARU ASHU MARU ASU-85 1963 BUZEN Use 49VG for platform BUZEN data collected from 1971- Sep 1984. Use 49J1 for platform BUZEN data collected after Nov 1984. Updated information from ICES for 49VG received on 2011-11-17. Code : 49VG Name : BUZEN Flag : JAPAN - JP (ISO Country Code) Commissioned Date : 1971-03 Decommissioned Date : 1984-09 Built date: 1971-03 Notes : WOD 5052. Data at OCL from 03.1971 - 09.1984 *Additional Information Sources:* - http://www.jodc.go.jp/NEW_JDOSS_HP/format/shipcode/fes8jp_e.htm - http://www.mirc.jha.jp/products/MODS2005/MODS2005.pdf CHISHIO MARU (Chishio, Chishio-Maru) Updated information from ICES for the vessel CHISHIO MARU from JAPAN (JP). NOTE: There are five platforms named CHISHIO MARU used as training vessels: USE 493E for data collected by CHISHIO MARU from May 1955 to Feb 1965. USE 493F for data collected by CHISHIO MARU from Mar 1965 to Apr 1975. USE 493G for data collected by CHISHIO MARU from May 1975 to Feb 1989. USE 49CH for data collected by CHISHIO MARU from Mar 1989 to 2006. USE 493I for data collected by CHISHIO MARU from 2006 to PRESENT. Name : CHISHIO MARU Country(s) : JAPAN(JP) (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 36 Fishing vessel Synonyms: Chishio-Maru, Chishio Call Sign : JPVR MMSI: 419751000 IMO : 8810308 Commissioned Date : 1989-03 Decommissioned Date : 2006 Current Length : 56.3 Built : 1989 WOD Code: 4613 Notes : Fisheries training vessel Information Sources: - http://www.nio.org/index/option/com_nomenu/task/show/tid/1/sid/12/id/124 - http://www.shipnumber.com/page-1704.html - http://maritime-connector.com/ship/sindhu-sankalp-8810308/ CHITOSE (JJIA) CHOFU MARU Operation dates: 1960 to 1987 FUKUSHIMA MARU FUKUSHIMA MARU FUSAKAZE MARU Updated information from ICES acquired on 2011-11-18. Code : 49FM Name : FUSAKAZE MARU Flag : JAPAN - JP (ISO Country Code) Call Sign : JQKL Commissioned Date : 1960-11 Notes : WOD 4691. Data at OCL from 1964 -1970. *Additional Information Sources:* - http://www.jodc.go.jp/NEW_JDOSS_HP/format/shipcode/fes3jp_e.htm HAKUYO-MARU HAKUYO-MARU HEIYO HEIYO HINYO MARU 1963 HIROTA MARU HIROTA MARU HOKKO MARU Updated information from ICES for the vessel HOKKO MARU from Japan. Name: HOKKO MARU Country Flag: JAPAN (JP) Platform Class: 36 Fishing vessel Call Sign: 8LRY IMO: 7527617 Commissioned Date: 1976 HYOGO MARU HYOGO MARU JOYO MARU 1964 KAIYO Pennant HM06; March 1964 - September 1993; JAMSTEC KAIYO-MARU Source: http://e-ships.net/index/K1.shtml IMO Ship Name Call Sign Ship Type DOB Flag 9115391 KAIYO MARU JKQQ Training Ship 1995 Japan KII MARU KII MARU KIJI KIJI KINSEI MARU KINSEI MARU KITAKAMI KITAKAMI KOCHI 1979-1980 KOFU MARU IMO 5406118 Built 1963. Became Coral Topaz (9WTD) in 1988. KOSHIJI MARU KOSHIJI MARU KUROSHIO MARU KUROSHIO MARU MIZUHO MARU MIZUHO MARU SHIOKAZE SHIOKAZE SHIRANAMI MARU 1972 SHIRASE Updated information from ICES for the vessel SHIRASE from JAPAN(JP). Name : SHIRASE Country(s) : JAPAN(JP) (ISO Country Code) Platform Class : 31 Research vessel Call Sign : JSVY Pennant : 5002 Commissioned Date : 1982-11-12 Decommissioned Date : 2008-07-30 Current Length : 134 Built : 1982-11-12 Notes : Icebreaker Information Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_icebreaker_Shirase_(AGB-5002) - http://www.newzeal.com/steve/Ships/shirasepics.htm General Comments: On ship list since at least 1991 SHONAN MARU INST. UNKNOWN SHOYO SHOYO SHUMPU MARU SHUMPU MARU SOYO-MARU Commissioned 01.1925 TAKUYO TAKUYO TOKUSHIMA MARU TOKUSHIMA MARU USS Lucid Updated information about this vessel received from ICES on 17 Feb 2009. NODC code: 33LL Name : LUCID Title : USS Platform Class : naval vessel Commissioned : 1943-12-01 Decomissioned : 1945-08-28 Notes : hull number AM-259 and is a mine sweeper; commissioned December 1, 1943 and decommissioned August 28, 1945; sold to the Republic of China as Yung Ting (AM45), reclassified as a Survey ship and renamed Yang Ming (AGS 362); permanently transferred to the Republic of China 12 March 1948 Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lucid_(AM-259), http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02259.htm WAKATAKA MARU WAKATAKA MARU YASHIO MARU YASHIO MARU YOSHINO (JLAV)