List of Retrievable RDMDB Data

Last update : June 29, 2007


30 sec. interval sea level data
[File format]

Explanation :
30 sec. interval sea level data at tide station by Japan Coast Guard
File name :
yyyy_mm.30s_tidest
Example of File Name :
1999_05.30s_Awashima

Daily sea surface temp.
[File format]

Explanation :
Daily sea surface temperature data analysis by JMA (1996-2005).
File name :
yyyy_mm.sstanl
Example of File Name :
1999_05.sstanl


FERHRI ship data

[File format]

Explanation :
Ships obs. data from Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute (FERHRI), Russia
File name :
yyyy_mm.FERHRI
Example of File Name :
1999_05.FERHRI


FERHRI station data
[File format]

Explanation :
Station obs. data from Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute (FERHRI), Russia
File name :
yyyy_mm.FERHRI_station
Example of File Name :
1999_05.FERHRI_station


GLOBAL_BATHY

[File format]

Explanation :
The Global bathy data within the Global ocean area.
File name :
yyyy_mm.bathyG
Example of File Name :
2000_06.bathyG

GLOBAL_BUOY
[File format]

Explanation :
The Global buoy data within the Global ocean area.
File name :
       yyyy_mm.buoyG
Example of File Name :
2000_06.buoyG

GLOBAL_SHIP
[File format]

Explanation :
The Global ship data within the Global ocean area.
File name :
yyyy_mm.shipG
Example of File Name :
2000_06.shipG

GLOBAL_TESAC
[File format]

Explanation :
The Global tesac data within the Global ocean area.
File name :
กกกกกก yyyy_mm.tesacG
Example of File Name :
2000_06tesacG

GLOBAL_TRACKOB
[File format]

Explanation :
The Global trackob data within the Global ocean area.
File name :
yyyy_mm.trackobG
Example of File Name :
2000_06.trackobG


GTSPP Quality Controlled Temperature and Salinity Data
[File format]

Explanation :
Temperature and salinity data extracted from the quality controlled dataset by MEDS of Canada, which is responsible for real time data and quality control within the GTSPP. The file contain the updated data for last four months.
File name :
yyyy_mm.gtspp
Example of File Name :
2003_07.gtspp


Global sea and sub surface temp and salinity decode

[File format]

Explanation :
Sub surface temperature and salinity decode result.
File name :
yyyy_mm.glbts
Example of File Name :
2003_12.glbts


Global wind decode

[File format]

Explanation :
Global wind decode result.
File name :
yyyy_mm.glbwind
Example of File Name :
2003_12.glbwind


JAFIC's data

[File format]

Explanation :
Sea surface / sub surface temp. data from Japan Fisheries Information Service Center (JAFIC)
File name :
yyyy_mm.JAFIC
Example of File Name :
1999_05.JAFIC


Merged satellite and in-situ data Global Daily Sea Surface Temperature (MGDSST)

[File format]

Explanation :
The MGDSSTs are analyzed at the Office of Marine Prediction of the JMA with 1/4-degree grid resolution on the near-real-time basis.
File name :
yyyy_mm.mgdsst
Example of File Name :
2004_04.mgdsst


NOWPHAS : Nationwide Ocean Wave information network for Ports and HArbourS
[File format]

Explanation :
Japanese nationwide coastal wave data observed by the associated agencies of the Ports and Harbous Bureau of MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) and analyzed by Port and Airport Research Institute.
File name :
yyyy_mm.pariwave
Example of File Name :
2001_01.pariwave


ORI's PALACE data
[File format]

Explanation :
Subsurface temperature profile data observed by PALACE float from Ocean Research Institute (ORI), University of Tokyo, Japan
File name :
yyyy_mm.palace
Example of File Name :
1999_05.palace


Sea Surface Dynamic Heights in the Pacific
[File format]

Explanation :
Sea Surface Dynamic Heights (SSDH) analyzed every 5 days for 0.25 degree latitudinal and longitudinal squares in seas between 28S and 56N from 118.75E to 79.5W.
File name :
yyyy_mm.ssdh
Example of File Name :
2003_01.ssdh

Sea Surface Heights Anomalies in the Pacific
[File format]

Explanation :
Sea Surface Height Anomalies (SSHA) analyzed every 5 days for 0.25 degree latitudinal and longitudinal squares in seas between 28S and 56N from 118.75E to 79.5W.
File name :
yyyy_mm.ssha
Example of File Name :
2003_01.ssha


Sea Ice Concentration in the north-east Asian marginal seas
[File format]

Explanation :
Daily analyses of sea ice concentration in the north-east Asian marginal seas for 0.05 degree latitudinal and longitudinal squares between 35N and 65N from 115E to 165E during the sea ice season from December through May next year.
File name :
yyyy_mm.seaice
Example of File Name :
2003_12.seaice


Sea and sub surface temperature and salinity decode
[File format]

Explanation :
Sub surface temperature and salinity decode result.
File name :
yyyy_mm.ts
Example of File Name :
2003_12.ts


Sub surface temp. decode

[File format]

Explanation :
Sub surface temperature decode result
File name :
yyyy_mm.subst
Example of File Name :
1999_05.subst


Sub surface temp. decode error

[File format]

Explanation :
Sub surface temperature decode error report
File name :
yyyy_mm.subst_error
Example of File Name :
1999_05.subst_error


Tohoku Univ XBT data

[No dataformat manual]

Explanation :
XBT data observed by Tohoku University.
The data observed after October 2000 are uploaded on J-DOSS.
http://www.jodc.go.jp/service.htm
File name :
yyyy_mm.tohokuUv
Example of File Name :
1999_11.tohokuUv


Wind decode

[File format]

Explanation :
Wind decode result
File name :
yyyy_mm.wind
Example of File Name :
1999_05.wind


Wind decode error

[File format]

Explanation :
Wind decode error report
File name :
yyyy_mm.wind_error
Example of File Name :
1999_05.wind_error


Wind decode format ver.2.0

[File format]

Explanation :
Wind decode result (format ver.2.0)
File name :
yyyy_mm.wind2
Example of File Name :
1999_05.wind2


Monthly Subsurface Temperature in the seas around Japan
[File format]

Explanation :
Monthly mean subsurface temperature at the depths of 100m,200m and 400m analyzed for 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree grid points in the seas around Japan from 121E to 161E between 24N and 48N.
File name :
yyyy_mm.adjsubs
Example of File Name :
2000_06.adjsubs


Daily Subsurface Temperature in the seas around Japan

[File format]

Explanation :
Daily subsurface temperature at the depths of 100m,200m and 400m analyzed for 0.25 degree x 0.25 degree grid points in the seas around Japan from 120E to 180E between 23N and 45N.
File name :
yyyy_mm.asmday
Example of File Name :
2005_11.asmday


BATHY data
[File format]

Explanation :
The oceanographic data within the NEAR-GOOS area which Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) collected through GTS in the WMO Code FM63 BATHY (Report of bathythermal observation).
File name :
yyyy_mm.bathy
Example of File Name :
1999_05.bathy


BUOY data

[File format]

Explanation :
The oceanographic data within the NEAR-GOOS area which JMA collected through GTS in the WMO Code FM18 BUOY (Report of a buoy observation).
File name :
yyyy_mm.buoy
Example of File Name :
1999_05.buoy


Monthly Mean Sea Surface Temperatures (COBE-SST)

[File format]

Explanation :
Monthly mean sea surface temperatures analyzed for 1 degree x 1 degree grid points in the global ocean between 90N and 90S.
File name :
yyyy_mm.cobesst
Example of File Name :
2004_04.cobesst


Normals and Standard Deviations of the Monthly Mean Sea Surface Temperatures

[File format]

Explanation :
Normals and standard deviations of the monthly mean sea surface temperatures for 30-year period.
File name :
yyyy_mm.cobesstnorm
Example of File Name :
2000_04.cobesstnorm


Daily Sea Surface Temperatures

[File format]

Explanation :
An extract of MGDSST in the region from 120E to 160E between 20N and 50N.
File name :
yyyy_mm.dailysst
Example of File Name :
2004_04.dailysst


Global Sea surface Temperatures

[File format]

Explanation :
Monthly mean Sea Surface temperatures
File name :
yyyy_mm.glbsst
Example of File Name :
2000_06.glbsst


Pacific Subsurface Temperatures

[File format]

Explanation :
Monthly mean subsurface temperatures at the depths of 100m, 200m and 400m
File name :
yyyy_mm.pacsubs
Example of File Name :
2000_06.pacsubs


SHIP data

[File format]

Explanation :
The oceanographic data within the NEAR-GOOS area which JMA collected through GTS in the WMO Code FM13 SHIP (Report of surface observation from a sea station).
File name :
yyyy_mm.ship
Example of File Name :
1999_05.ship


TESAC data

[File format]

Explanation :
The oceanographic data within the NEAR-GOOS area which JMA collected through GTS in the WMO Code FM64 TESAC (Temperature, salinity and current report from a sea station).
File name :
yyyy_mm.tesac
Example of File Name :
1999_05.tesac


TRACKOB data

[File format]

Explanation :
The oceanographic data within the NEAR-GOOS area which JMA collected through GTS in the WMO Code FM62 TRACKOB (Report of marine surface observation along a ship's track).
File name :
yyyy_mm.trackob
Example of File Name :
1999_05.trackob


Western North Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures

[File format]

Explanation :
10-day Mean Sea Surface temperatures
File name :
yyyy_mm.wnpsst
Example of File Name :
2000_06.wnpsst


Normals and Standard Deviations of Western North Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures

[File format]

Explanation :
Normals and standard deviations of 10-day Mean Sea Surface temperatures for 30-year period.
File name :
yyyy_mm.wnpsstnorm
Example of File Name :
2000_06.wnpsstnorm