Third IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on NEAR-GOOS Data Management, Japan Oceanographic Data Centre Hydrographic Department Maritime Safety Agency Tokyo, Japan 24 January - 4 February 2000.

Abstract

This report presents a summary of the Third IOC/WESTPAC Training Course on NEAR-GOOS Data Management, which was organized by the Japan Oceanographic Data Center (JODC) under the auspices of IOC from 24 January to 4 February 2000 at the JODC, Tokyo, Japan. Five participants from China, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and Vietnam were selected by the IOC and the JODC, and many lectures were given on the following: the concept of NEAR-GOOS and its function in the WESTPAC region; The framework of the International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) programme; Processing and management on various marine data and information, etc., and also country reports were presented by the five participants regarding the data management and the state-of-the-art in the field of marine observation in their countries.